The book, "Questions for God, the next time you see Him" is written to help prepare readers for the moment they are standing before God and get the chance to speak with the Father Himself. Since God does not lie, this moment will be our only chance to discover the whole Truth about the history of the world and the mechanism of His Divine system that we live in. Because God is quite busy and our time for questions and answers will be limited so it seems prudent to know what questions are im...

This text/reference develops practical intuition into the art of RF circuit design and introduces users to the widely used simulation tool, Pathwave ADS, from Keysight Technologies. By using project-oriented assignments, it builds a strong foundation and focuses on practical applications illustrated by examples, simulation tutorials, and homework problems. Learning through doing has proven to be an effective preparatory tool for more advanced and complex applications, and this book is deve...

A witty, wild-spirited, purely American autobiography by a prostitute-turned-madam who lived and operated at the turn of the twentieth century.“Looking back on my life, and it’s the only way I can look at it now, nothing in it came out the way most people would want their life to be lived. And while I began at fifteen in a good house with no plans, just wanting as a young whore to hunker on to something to eat and something good to wear, I ended up as a business wo...

Long before Chernobyl or Fukushima dominated global headlines, the atomic age claimed its first catastrophic victims in the freezing deserts of Idaho. In the dead of night, an isolated experimental military reactor violently exploded, instantly killing three operators and permanently altering the trajectory of American nuclear power. The SL-1 reactor incident was not caused by a massive systemic failure, but by a terrifyingly simple human action: the manual withdrawal of a single, highly s...

More than 50 percent of marriages fail. The fallout left behind most failed marriages is devastating and leaves many scared emotionally. Why is this happening? Can it be changed? Marriage by Design has been created to educate the readers and provide a real blueprint for a solid marriage. In the current speed of light, twenty-four-hour news cycle, never-ending lifestyles we lead, very few folks slow down and really educate themselves on the institution and covenant of marriage. We jump in a...

There are two "Worlds" that people live in that determine their quality of life and how they experience reality: the World of Separation, which can be bleak, threatening, isolating, and cold, and the World of Connectivity, which is often colorful, safe, fulfilling, and warm. These two opposing paradigms of existence, which are reflective of two distinct Views, contain the roots and essence of all human problems, as well as the hope and promise for their successful resolution. The wise voic...

In this original interpretation and critique of Paul Ramsey’s ethical thought, D. Stephen Long traces the development of one of the mid-twentieth century’s most important and controversial religious social thinkers. Long examines Ramsey’s early liberal idealism as well as later influences on his work, including the just war doctrine, Reinhold Niebu

The hurricane that pummeled the northeastern United States on September 21, 1938, was New England’s most damaging weather event ever. To call it “New England’s Katrina” might be to understate its power. Without warning, the storm plowed into Long Island and New England, killing hundreds of people and destroying roads, bridges, dams, and buildings that stood in its path. Not yet spent, the hurricane then raced inland, maintaining high winds into Vermont and New Hampshire and uprooting mil...

Record unemployment rates, geopolitical unrest, global competitive pressures, volatile markets--all of these factors along with others create an unstable environment for business leaders as never previously experienced. The 21st Century is proving to be a highly unpredictable era where executives require new skills to compete and produce as never before. As the business climate continues to evolve, the fundamentals remain the same--managers need to innovate, create avenues to change and p...

This Very Short Introduction to Christian ethics introduces the topic by examining its sources and historical basis. D. Stephen Long presents a discussion of the relationship between Christian ethics, modern, and postmodern ethics, and explores practical issues including sex, money, and power. Long recognises the inherent difficulties in bringing together 'Christian' and 'ethics' but argues that this is an important task for both the Christian faith and for ethics. Arguing that Ch...

When he wrote this memoir over sixty years ago, the author planned a privately printed edition as gifts for his friends. He chose a pseudonym, W. W. Windstaff, to avoid embarrassing his socially prominent family. He did not view himself as a writer, and wrote his story with an intensity and honesty innocent of literary pretension. Windstaff led a colorful life. Entranced by airplanes, he joined the British air force as a pilot during World War I. Following his convalescence from a combat w...

"Lust will not keep…Something must be done about it."—inscription at the entrance to YoshiwaraFor over a hundred years the Western world has heard whispers of the pleasure city, Yoshiwara, set behind its walls in the city of Edo itself, which is today called Tokyo. Here was an eastern red light district, the place for the hedonists, the woman-seekers, the sensual plasure-hunters of old Japan. There, behind moated walls, an erotic Japanese world unmatched b...