A national BestsellerIn 1988, South Africa teeters on the brink of chaos. Seventeen-year-old Bradley Steyn crosses Pretoria’s Strijdom Square and walks into a nightmare: Barend Strydom, the white supremacist ‘Wit Wolf,’ massacres black bystanders during their lunch break. Bradley cradles a dying man, confronting the insanity of a nation unraveling. Haunted by PTSD, consumed by rage, he spirals—until his parents send him to the SA Navy. There, the apartheid regime’s Security Branch ...

Beyond the Average Divorce provides marriage and family scholars and students a rich depiction of how children and adults of all ages respond to diverse divorce experiences. Rather than emphasizing means and averages in looking at "typical" family reactions to divorce, authors David H. Demo and Mark A. Fine emphasize variability and change over time in the pre-divorce, divorce, and post-divorce process. The book′s three parts explore theoretical and methodological tools fo...

In this charming biography especially for young people, Mark Bozzuti-Jones gives us a warm and caring glimpse of Barbara C. Harris, the first woman to be ordained a bishop in the Anglican Communion.Based on conversations with Bishop Harris, her family, and her close friends, Bozzuti-Jones addresses complex issues of faith, discrimination, and the presence of God in ordinary events. This is an excellent gift for confirmation or baptism, or for anyone curious to know the answer to th...

Non siamo nati per ingrassare. Il nostro cervello è un "genio metabolico", una guida esperta che ci suggerisce cosa mangiare o evitare per il bene della nostra salute. Eppure in America diabete e obesità sono ormai una piaga sociale, oltre che sanitaria, e anche in Europa e in Italia i numeri cominciano a preoccupare. E così da decenni si combatte una vera e propria guerra contro la cattiva alimentazione, addebitando tutta la colpa, di volta in volta, ai grassi, ai carboidrati o alle prote...

This little guide introduced you to the City of Norwich and contains over 100 links to the principal hotels, restaurants shops and other facilities while at the same time giving independent advice about what to see and where to visit. It is not a sponsored advertisement for the city but nor is it an exhaustive guide. What it does do is tell you what's there, and connect you with the details. It is designed with the traveller with a portable or hand held device in mind.

The 2016 presidential election was unconventional in many ways. The election of President Donald Trump caught many by surprise, with a true outsider — a candidate with no previous governmental experience and mixed support from his own party — won the election by winning in traditionally Democratic states with coattails that extended to Republican Senate candidates and resulted in unified Republican government for the first time since 2008. This result broke with the pre-election convention...

This book presents a new approach to understanding the family unit and how and why it functions as it does. The approach focuses on the cognitions of family members and how these, in turn, shape individuals' behavior and the functioning of the family system.The use of the cognitive-behavioral perspective in family science has gained a quick and broad acceptance among social scientists and practitioners during the past decade. One reason for its success is that the basics of the app...

There's A Fine Line is a book that shared principles in business and life that separate the winners from the rest of the pack.The book outlines startegies and patterns that will help any business person or salesman achieve a higher level or activity and prodcution in their careers.Mark interviews several seccessful individuals at the end of the book from all walks of life such as CEO's of major corporations, entrepenuers, pro athletes, professors, bankers, and more.......

Featuring excerpts of essays collected from over one thousand young adults while in the throes of divorce, this book paints a picture of the pain and the hope shown by the storytellers. By framing the narratives with an analysis of the most recent divorce literature, the authors provide readers with a greater and more vivid understanding of the effects of divorce.Challenging the contention that most children will be irretrievably hurt by their parents' divorce, some stories clearly...

"Dorcey Wingo is one of the few pilots who can translate helicopter stories for a wider audience, picking up on those human details that resonate with everyone, even people who have never touched a "cyclic." Outsiders may never completely understand why helicopter pilots make the sacrifices they do, but you will come to a lot closer to grasping it after reading Captain Methane. Whether he's writing about himself or others, Dorcey's stories are invariably grounded in sharp observation and r...

This book introduces young lawyers to the art of trial advocacy. The author provides a historical context and shares engaging stories of exemplary trial lawyers throughout history. He then walks the reader through the role and qualities of the trial lawyer and presents an in-depth primer on rhetoric and persuasion. Each stage of the trial is considered in depth with examples from real cases.

God has given every believer an inward compass to point the way through life. The Spirit of God is The Guide Inside–your built-in 24/7/365 guide through every decision you'll ever make. He has the answer to every question. He knows everything about everything. And he holds the blueprint for your life. Yet, God's will isn't automatic. Just as much as God will lead, you must learn how to follow. Recognize, develop and fine-tune your ability to follow God as Mark Brazee shares principles from...