The church spends $1.5 million for every one new follower of Jesus. Apple sells 26 iPads every minute What is it that makes Apple so exciting and Jesus so boring? What is it that compels someone to bring their iPod everywhere and their Bible nowhere? In a word: marketing. Jesus is a life-changing product with lousy salespeople—people who are intimidated and embarrassed by the word "evangelism" and who show more enthusiasm for their gadgets than their GodWhat would life look like if ...

26 poems, A-Z. It’s a word-nerd’s wet dream. Dictionary geek dives below the two-syllable surface to quarry in the silt of the obscure. Retrofits his findings to suit his inclinations. Dresses up his ignorance as poetry…“Like a new Leonard Cohen throwing handfuls of water into the sun, Tim Sinclair tosses words, imagination, soul and an affectionate sense of play onto the page where they glitter and sparkle. These small gems of paragraphs perplex, amuse, intrigue and delight. I hav...

Shortlisted for the Wild & Woolley Independent Publishing Prize, the debut collection from poet and novelist Tim Sinclair captures a young writer experimenting with his craft and developing the strength of his voice.Now republished in ebook format to mark ten years since its original publication.“An exciting and delicate book, subtle and tense… from clipped staccato abbreviations of social moments to more ruminative poems, the cycle induces and seduces the read...

Never Quit Climbing is a book about hope, guidance, wisdom and the determination to overcome. Using principles gleaned in actual hiking and climbing, Gary Sinclair takes the reader through a personal journey of learning to as a young person love and value the mountains to the moment years later when his wife Jackie heard that she had stage three colorectal cancer. Ironically, she had just accomplished her first fourteen thousand foot summit three months before her diagnosis.During ...

In this memorable account of 17 trips he made to Hawaii's North Shore starting in 1974, Bruce Jenkins, considered the Kerouac of surf writers, profiles the area's elite, the superstars who live to conquer Hawaii's deadliest waves. Here are the egoists, stylists, gladiators, and purists of the sport, from big-wave greats Darrick Doerner and Mark Foo to bodysurfer Mark Cunningham and bodyboarder Mike Stewart. Features 77 color photos.

On a deserted beach late at night, a man encounters a miracle...for the second time.

The title tells all. It is something I came up with, while writing a screenplay titled KICKS. In the screenplay a character says: "Life sure is a crooked map made under twisted stars." which is used to explain the fact that truth is often stranger than fiction, and that nobody should try to presume, or second guess life.

100 pages of illustrations and dark poetryHow to Read This Book: This ebook is best viewed on a tablet (like an iPad) or color e-reader (like a Kindle Fire) to fully appreciate the images. To zoom in on the illustrations, you may need to double tap on the image before widening your pinched fingers on the screen.***This book. It is odd. It makes little to no sense at times. Also may seem dark. This is all a jumble of my actions, thoughts, and emotion...

Longtime vegan and animal rights campaigner, Jenny Moxham proudly presents Volume 2 of insightful Animal Rights Poetry.These 25 poems were written to inspire kindness and compassion for animals and to raise public awareness about the routine suffering inflicted on them at the hands of man. The poems are written in an easy style and will hopefully inspire readers to take up the cause for animals.Included in this book of poems are the following:They Will Never Know A S...

The classic tale of Beauty and the Beast will capture the heart of every child. Perfect for reading aloud to small children, or for more confident readers to enjoy by themselves, children will be thrilled by the adventures of the young heroine as she gradually discovers the goodness beneath the outwardly terrifying exterior of the Beast. This attractive new version is retold with warmth and sensitivity, and illustrated with lively decorative pictures by Annabel Spenceley.

मुंशी प्रेमचंदप्रेमचन्द का जन्म ३१ जुलाई सन् १८८० को बनारस शहर से चार मील दूर समही गाँव में हुआ था। आपके पिता का नाम अजायब राय था। वह डाकखाने में मामूली नौकर के तौर पर काम करते थे।प्रेमचन्द के कहानी साहित्य में राष्ट्रीयता का स्वर सबसे ज्यादा मुखर है। उस युग के स्वतंत्रता आंदोलन ने ही प्रेमचन्द जैसे संवेदनशील कलाकारों में राष्ट्रीयता जैसा प्रबल भाव डाला था। प्रेमचन्द गाँधी जी से बहुत प्रभावित हुए थे और राष्ट्रीयता के क्षेत्र में उन्हें अपना आदर्श मानकर चले थे। माँ, अनमन, दा...

"I started writing poems when I was about 15 or 16 because that was my way of saying the things that I wanted to say and they stayed in books mostly. So this about 15 years of my head and my heart and what it thinks and what it doesn't get to say."This collection of over 30 poems is written by actor Duncan Pow. Best known as Linden Cullen in Holby City, Scottish born Duncan has a written a collection of Love poems for you to read and share.