A poetic journey through loss and resilience. In 'The Long Defeat', Patrick Connors navigates the complexities of human experience with poignant verses that resonate deeply. This collection explores themes of loss, despair, and the enduring strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity. Connors's poems offer solace and inspiration, inviting readers to reflect on their own journeys of personal growth and social awareness. Perfect for readers of contemporary poetry s...

"The Black Tiger" is set against the backdrop of British-occupied India. The story follows the adventures of a mysterious figure known as the Black Tiger, a leader of a resistance movement against British colonial rule. The Black Tiger is a charismatic and enigmatic character whose actions and motivations drive the plot.The novel delves into themes of colonial resistance, cultural conflict, and the struggle for independence. The protagonist's quest involves not only fighting against coloni...

Woody Hartford is a young racing enthusiast. From the moment Woody Hartford saw this car-The Black Tiger-at age 17, he knew the car was special. When the owner of “The Black Tiger” is killed in a horrific racing accident, the car is labeled a “killer.” Woody is suddenly given the chance to race the Black Tiger, and Woody must make a decision whether to race the car, or run for the hills.

"Rated 4.9/5 stars on Goodreads. For fans of Dark Matter, The X-Files, and Robin Cook."Something is wrong with reality.Cameraman Mason Plater takes a routine job at a psychiatric hospital. A chance encounter with a comatose patient leaves him shaken - and haunted by dreams he can't explain. Dreams that feel more real than waking life. Dreams where someone is waiting for him.He isn't alone in noticing.In the United States, a charismatic church leader is risin...

Woody Hartford, seated upon a four-legged stool of uncertain design, examined the pieces of a carburetor that lay on a bench before him, and contemplated a problem of the nicest delicacy. The problem had nothing to do with the carburetor. Woody at seventeen could put that back together without even thinking of what he was doing. He'd cleaned and adjusted a score of them since he first started working at McNess Union Service Station, Hermosa Beach, California, two years ago. The problem con...

Church Planting Guidelines from the Teachings of George PattersonDiscipling others who disciple others who disciple others.Simple, yet confounding!Reproducible Pastoral Training clarifies specific, timeless guidelines toward the Lord's end that others are mobilized for outreach.It proceeds from the author's own grooming by George Patterson over many years, in which new movements of "chains of churches" were not simply theorized about, but stated.This book ...

Sentenced to death in 1982 for allegedly killing a police officer named Daniel Faulkner, Mumia Abu-Jamal is the most famous death row inmate in the United States, if not the world. This book is the first to convincingly show how the Philadelphia Police Department and District Attorney's Office efficiently and methodically framed him. It takes you step-by-step through what actually transpired on the night Faulkner was shot, including positioning each of the witnesses at the scene and reveal...

On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the city’s firefighters. It was a clear case of arson, and five people from Marlborough were duly convicted of the crime. But for veteran crime writer and crusading editor J. Patrick O’Connor, the facts—or a lack of them—didn’t add up. Justice on Fire is O’Connor’s detailed account of the terrible explosion that led to the firefi...

Ask the right questions and get improved, sustained employee performanceSince technology has made it easy to access, share, and distribute company data, many managers avoid live interaction, instead relying on emails, text messages, Web-based seminars to manage their employees. But although technology has changed, people have not. There is still a need for effective face-to-face communication; managers need to have the ability to ask the right questions and use the...

Since technology has made it easy to access, share, and distribute company data, many managers avoid live interaction, instead relying on emails, text messages, web-based seminars to manage their employees. But although technology has changed, people have not. There is still a need for managers who can communicate effectively face-to-face, and in order to do so, a managers need to have the ability to ask the right questions and use the answers to find solutions. Questions That Get Results ...

To contemporary sensibilities, the idea of divine judgment can seem at best off-putting, at worst a reason to jettison the biblical text altogether. Long gone are the days of Puritan preachers and their fiery, turn-or-burn tirades--but should preachers and teachers wholly avoid the topic of divine judgment? In the words of Dostoyevsky's character Ivan in The Brothers Karamazov, "What good can hell do, since those children have already been tortured?" Or, as Mary Ann Tolbert asks, ...

The book is a fascinating exploration of the critical issues which precipitated and then led to the famous rift between Freud and Jung. Extensive commentary from the secondary literature was presented and analyzed with a view toward identifying those issues which apparently played the largest roles in leading to the rift, with an equally interesting exploration of the divisive perspectives and issues which were found in Freud and Jung's own comments in their letters, as well as their other...