Higgins plans an introductory chapter that will contextualize the Synod and explain why it’s special and potentially transformative. The book will also contain a day-by-day record of personalities, crises, behind-the-scenes politics, lapses, triumphs.

When his butterfly-collector father is swindled to within an inch of his life, a vengeful Hector leaves the city of Urbs Umida in pursuit of a fiendish villain with a glass eye. The trail leads to Withypitts Hall, a forbidding Gothic mansion as warped as its inhabitants and their secret schemes. Soon Hector finds himself embroiled in mysterious deeds more poisonous than his worst imaginings, but every twist and turn brings him closer to his revenge . . .

Power Rangers"meets"INVINCIBLE"in this new superhero universe with contemporary sensibilities, now collected for the first time in a deluxe! Nathan Burnett has just turned thirty, and things aren't great: he's working (and failing) at two jobs, his credit card debt is piling up, and his only move...is moving back home with his parents. But when Nathan discovers and unlocks the ethereal, cosmic RADIANT, he's given the power to radically change his fortunes. There's just one problem: the pow...

A lively look at the influence of Ancient Greece on contemporary culture—"A primer, lavish lecture and love song" ( Kirkus Reviews).Why is ancient Greece important? Because, quite simply, if we want to understand the modern Western world, we need to look back to the Greeks. Consider the way we think about ethics, about the nature of beauty and truth, about our place in the universe, about our mortality. All this we have learned from the ancient Greeks. They...

Ratnip befriends a pet guinea pig in this sixth book of the chapter book series from the author of Good Dog.Ratnip ventures off the City’s streets and into an apartment building to visit Diana, his pet guinea pig friend. Ratnip is very impressed by Diana’s luxurious life in her pet house, but Diana is bored and itching for adventure. And adventure is something that Ratnip knows a thing or two about!With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost ever...

Deep within the heart of the Moiraean Mountains lies the town of Opum Oppidulum - home to the freezing Lake Beluarum and it's rumoured monster. An inescapable asylum stands in the centre of the lake, enclosed by the sheer cliffs of Drop Rock island. When Ambrose Grammaticus, famous inventor and master engineer, viciously attacks his own son, Rex, he is hauled to the island and imprisoned. Rex knows his evil stepmother, Acantha, is behind his father's 'madness', but how can he prove it? Onl...

An earthquake has rumbled through the twisted city of Degringolade, stopping the town Kronometer and the infamous Phenomenals in their tracks. Legend has it that if the ancient clock stops ticking a terrible fate will befall the people of Degringolade, and there's no denying that the super-mundane entities of the tar-pits are behaving strangely. They know something that the townspeople don't: deep below the city, something has woken up. And it's hungry . . .

Customary laws and traditional institutions in Africa constitute comprehensive legal systems that regulate the entire spectrum of activities from birth to death. Once the sole source of law, customary rules now exist in the context of pluralist legal systems with competing bodies of domestic constitutional law, statutory law, common law and international human rights treaties. This book promotes discussion and understanding of customary law and explores its continued relevance in sub-Sahar...

Corrupt Austin police detective Danny Phelps--mid-forties, overly confident, and a charming smartass--chooses a path of power, money, and authority and embodies symbols of fear--badge, weapons, sirens. The experience of a horrific childhood incident inspires Phelps to pursue law enforcement and with honorable intentions initially, until egotistical passions and lust for power seduce him to abuse his detective's position of authority.Through manipulations, he steals money and drugs ...

"Reaching Your Full Potential" is a powerful 100-day devotional journey that will help you discover your purpose, build your faith, and unlock your God-given potential.Through daily scripture, reflection, and practical application, you'll learn to:Overcome obstacles and achieve your goalsDeepen your relationship with God and othersLive a life of purpose, passion, and fulfillmentDon't pass up this chance to change your life and realize your greatest p...

When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him, he steals away on the back of a carriage and leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village, where he crosses paths with the tall and limping figure of Joe Zabbidou - a pawnbroker with a difference. For Joe trades secrets, not goods, for cash.Ludlow is employed to record the villagers' fiendish confessions in The Black Book of Secrets. Bodysnatching; thievery; murder. The people of Pagus Parvus ha...

Plants have played key roles in science fiction novels, graphic novels, and film. John Wyndham's triffids, Algernon Blackwood's willows, and Han Kang's sprouting woman are just a few examples. Plants surround us, sustain us, pique our imaginations, and inhabit our metaphors - but in many ways they remain opaque. The scope of their alienation is as broad as their biodiversity. And yet, literary reflections of plant-life are driven, as are many threads of science fictional inquiry, by the co...