Mississippi Delta, 1941Lila Rose never expected life to offer her more than the quiet rhythm of cotton fields and small-town whispers. Raised in poverty and caring for an alcoholic father, she's learned not to hope for much.Then she meets Graham, a young pilot from one of Mississippi's wealthiest families. Their unlikely love changes everything.But when war tears them apart and Graham is reported killed in action, Lila believes the future she'd dreamed of has died w...

In this scripturally rich exploration, senior missiologist Craig Ott unpacks the mission statement of the church: to glorify God by multiplying transformational churches among all people.This concise yet robust biblical-theological treatment focuses on God's glory, a strong ecclesiology, the importance of Scripture, and practical implications for congregational and mission practice. Ideal for launching discussion and reflection, the book helps readers refocus their vision and reig...

Most professionals are never taught how to develop business, let alone how to do it in a way that feels natural, repeatable, and authentic.In The Business Development Shift, business development coach Doug Ott flips the script on traditional sales advice. Instead of relying on charisma or chasing every lead, professionals learn how to grow their practice by focusing on what truly works: curiosity, trust, and consistency.Drawing on decades of experience coaching law...

No mercy for the fallen angel. No escape for the forsaken saint.Thea Thomas is a Judge - an earthbound angel - who tends the souls of the dead, saints and sinners alike. Upon their death, saints are sent to Glory. Sinners are snuffed out of existence.But Sebastian Alvarez is the sort of beautiful sinner that makes Thea want to abandon her divinity; and after a judgment gone wrong, Thea finds herself running into Sebastian’s mortal arms - the last p...

After twelve-year-old orphan, Alli Rosco, is cursed with a deadly spell, she must join the legendary Thieves Guild in order to try and save herself in this high-stakes debut.Twelve-year-old Alli Rosco is smart, resourceful, and totally incapable of keeping her mouth shut. Some of these traits have served her well during her nine years in Azeland’s orphanage, and others have proved more troublesome…but now that she’s escaped to try her luck on the streets, she has b...

Field Artillery presents a disciplined, comprehensive examination of artillery as both a technical arm and a decisive element in modern land warfare. Bringing together doctrine, operational reflection, historical perspective, and professional instruction, the volume ranges from the mechanics of fire support to the broader art of coordinating battlefield effects. Its significance lies in showing how artillery connects precision, mobility, communication, and command judgment within the evolv...

Louisa Unger, a young German woman in Post-War World II Germany kills a man in cold blood. Despite her crime, her fate is up to her - give up her countrymen for her freedom. She decides to play the loyalty card and remain in prison.During the interrogations, Louisa weaves her tale of the events by evading any real information. She relives reuniting with her estranged brother Freddy, falling in love with Kris, a former reconnaissance pilot and learning to fly to a plane. She recount...

Ever dreamed of quitting your job to pursue a more creative or entrepreneurial life? After surviving 5 cardiac arrests in one night following a minor accident, the author vows to ditch her career and live the rest of her one and only precious life writing fiction, making photographs, and creating art.Wanting to make sense of her decades-long frustrating quest for an artistic life and to discover how creative work became her salvation form the rationale behind this intimate memoir. ...

What happens when a mind-reading alien goes to middle school?Charlie Baker is the new kid at school. He looks like any other kid, but he's far from it, and somehow he has to fit in and not reveal his secret.He thought it would be easy, but on the first day, he already messed up big time. Now, a girl, Maya, knows he's from outer space, and the school bully, Caden, is out to get him.But Charlie has to make this middle school on earth thing work, so he...

The first edition of How Your Church Family Works was written nearly thirty years ago, and the reach and velocity of change in the last three decades poses a new challenge for churches. Thirty years ago, churches functioned in a fairly stable environment and focused on growth an expansion. The tide has turned now, though, and supplanted increase with decline. Bowen family systems theory—on which How Your Church Family Works is based—has not changed, but its application ha...

Emma and her friends face mysterious messages and the return of a dangerous enemy in the latest Codebreakers installment.Emma Avery is settling into her new life at Afton Academy, even after her terrifying confrontation with the Division and Owen’s betrayal of the Codebreakers. Then secret encoded messages start appearing in Emma’s school things with ominous warnings about Leonora, the head of the Division, who seems close to finding a compass with the power to loc...

The French, the Basques, and the myriad of foreigners who lived in wartime France often developed clever strategies for negotiating the Nazi Occupation of 1940–1944. This sometimes entailed living in harmony and cooperating with the “enemy,” accommodating to the Germans’ presence, or rejecting them through various modes of resistance and hostility. People so often simply tried to survive the Occupation as best as they could; and contrary to early perceptions of the French people. Most were...