The book of Job is famous for its complex and compelling exploration of suffering and faith. It is less well-known for its contribution to a biblical understanding of God’s mission and the church’s role within it. In this detailed study, Tim J. Davy provides the most in-depth treatment yet of a “missional” reading of Job, building on the great strides taken in recent years in the missional reading of Scripture. A number of missiologically framed questions are examined, including the functi...

Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Speculative Fiction anthology led by best-selling author Kevin J. Anderson. A diverse group of authors join in with a broad spectrum of genres and styles sure to capture your imagination:Patrick Dugan, Sarah J. Sover, Tim Lewis, Michael La Ronn, Sara Jordan-Heintz, Kevin A Davis, Karen A. Phillips, Rachel Nussbaum, JL George, Laura Ruth Loomis, Michele Stuart, Kareem Miskel, Mike Jack Stoumbos, Madelyn Lopez

Research into minimum income standards and reference budgets around the world is compared in this illuminating collection from leading academics in the field.From countries with long established research traditions to places where it is relatively new, contributors set out the different aims and objectives of investigations into the minimum needs and requirements of populations, and the historical contexts, theoretical frameworks and methodological issues that lie behind each appro...

“Audacious . . . [a] giddy thrill.” — Los Angeles Times“Weird? Obviously. But oddly gripping and convincing. … Skip that evening Scotch and read this one stone-cold sober—it’s plenty trippy as is.” — Washington PostAmberville, Tim Davys’s first novel about Mollisan Town and its stuffed animal inhabitants, is both a noir novel with an unusual cast and an utterly original meditation on good and evil. In the words of Brad Meltzer (bestselling author ...

"When you're tired of run-of-the-mill fiction, it's time to read [Tim Davys]."—Brad Meltzer, author of The Book of Lies"A world that's violent, tender, hilarious, and downright sickening. Really, what could be better?"—Eric Garcia, author of Anonymous RexTim Davys is one of the most uniquely imaginative novelists writing today—the architect of Mollisan Town, a dark urban nightmare located in an alternate world populated by stuffed animals tha...

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Joseph and Josephine Morelli came to America from Italy in 1907 with their three young children and a secret that would go undiscovered for 80 years. Through 4 generations the family ran a restaurant while dealing with depressions, recessions, drought, disease, allegations, investigations, and murder – their own seven plagues. To survive, they had to cook up a lot more than the daily specials.“Let the Sauce Simmer” is a sad, happy and humorous account of the trials and tribulations...

The third edition of Fundamentals of Hydrology provides an absorbing and comprehensive introduction to the understanding of how fresh water moves on and around the planet and how humans affect and manage the freshwater resources available to them.The book consists of three parts, each of fundamental importance in the understanding of hydrology:The first section deals with processes within the hydrological cycle, our understanding of them, and how to...

"[An] audacious concept. . . . [A] giddy thrill." — Los Angeles Times"Weird? Obviously. . . . There's more than stuffing here, though, including questions of good vs. evil, life vs. death, and sanity vs. insanity. Skip that evening Scotch and read this one stone-cold sober—it's plenty trippy as is." — Washington Post on AmbervilleA horrific crime sets off a disturbing chain of events in Tim Davy's Mollisan Town. Like George Orwell's Animal Far...

Is There a Way to Prevent Alzheimer’s and Dementia?Alzheimer’s and Dementia is a debilitating way to spend the last years of a person’s life. When someone starts to lose their memory and is no longer able to take care of themselves, it’s sad to see any of our loved ones going through that. And if there was a way to prevent these horrible diseases, I’m sure that millions of people around the world would be interested in finding the answers.Well, today we sti...

The second book in Tim Davys’s Mollisan Town quartet—following the critically-acclaimed Amberville—Lanceheim is a literary and psychological drama in which the trials and tribulations of stuffed animals Reuben Walrus and Wolf Diaz illuminate the moral and philosophical dilemmas of humans. If you enjoy the works of Chris Moore (You Suck, Fool), Neil Gaiman (Stardust, Coraline), Clifford Chase (Winkie), and Jasper Fforde (The Big Over Easy

Time After Time, Part One tells two stories in parallel, one from most ancient Egypt (Kemet) told by Ishaq, an escaped servant of Tehuti—the revered demigod, the other story from modern times told through the eyes of Isaac, a grad school dropout entranced by alternative views of the ancient world—who gets an opportunity to explore it firsthand.In the ancient story, Ishaq escapes from his demigod master, Tehuti. He flees up the Nile to the capital of the land of Kemet. There he beco...