Few sane people would want to be locked in shackles, enclosed in a box, and thrown from a plane at 15,000 feet for fun. But for renowned escape artist Anthony Martin, whose fascination with locks began as a young boy, it's all in a day's work. Whether shackled in a bag with a python, padlocked in a cage beneath a frozen lake, or buried in a coffin under a ton of sand, Anthony regularly faces the risk of serious injury or death. However, unlike Houdini, who used illusion, Anthony's exploits...

The author reflects upon his Fascination with growing up in post war America. Recalling Fond memories of the black and white cartoons of the day and then to marvel at the first new color television the family would own. Running outside after school to play until the sun went down. Having fun between the rows of the many new homes then under construction and watching communities grow amid the rise of the giant retail stores.

We may not have fully considered our comfort level with secular culture and its lifestyles. Displays of ungodliness and sensuality are openly opposing God’s nature, and we may have grown desensitized to them. Sin is so widespread that we scarcely react when confronted with its practices and consequences. We expose ourselves to many influences; scarcely anything remains sacred. Regrettably, the distinction between Christians and non-Christians has become increasingly vague, with conversatio...

INSPIRING, INSIGHTFUL, ENLIGHTENING “No matter what your leadership role is in the church, you need this book.” The title “POWER” beautifully highlights Jesus Christ as our Model for Leadership, inviting you to focus on your inner self rather than just your skills. This book stands apart from typical leadership guides; it doesn’t just dive into techniques, styles, or practical steps. Instead, it gently encourages us to explore how leaders might sometimes overlook the importance of personal...

A vicious lie plunges Robert Robinsons life into darkness. As he prepares for his freshman year of college, he tries to put his tragic past behind him and move forward. But suppressed sexual desires ignite when he meets Jelin Church, the best friend of his roommate, Shawn Collins.Shawn Collins, the star shooting guard for the PCU Tigers, has dreams of making it into the NBA, but those dreams are threatened when illegal recruiting gifts surface. Now he must choose between advancing ...

Tony was taken in at the age of three by Mary Hynes and Janet Simons, after being separated from his mother, who suffered from schizophrenia. After that time, he was shuffled in and out of his grandmothers home before being placed in an orphanage, where he remained for one year. After a tumultuous court battle, he went home with the only two women brave enough to raise him. However, neither he nor his guardians could have imagined the trials awaiting their family after the proceedings ende...

Oprah's Book Club Summer 2018 SelectionThe Instant New York Times Bestseller**A powerful, revealing story of hope, love, justice, and the power of reading by a man who spent thirty years on death row for a crime he didn't commit.“An amazing and heartwarming story, it restores our faith in the inherent goodness of humanity.”—Archbishop Desmond Tutu**In 1985, Anthony Ray Hinton was arrested and charged with two...

Fully restored edition of Anthony Burgess' original text of A Clockwork Orange, with a glossary of the teen slang 'Nadsat', explanatory notes, pages from the original typescript, interviews, articles and reviewsEdited by Andrew Biswell With a Foreword by Martin Amis'It is a horrorshow story ...'Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until t...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER"Malby-Anthony offers a book of great inspiration and wide appeal to nature-loving readers." —Publishers WeeklyA heart-warming sequel to the international bestseller The Elephant Whisperer, by Lawrence Anthony's wife Françoise Malby-Anthony.A chic Parisienne, Françoise never expected to find herself living on a South African game reserv...

Der weltbekannte indische Jesuit Pater Anthony de Mello stellt in diesem Buch Wahrnehmungs-, Fantasie- und Andachtsübungen vor, durch die sich mit Leib und Seele das Bewusstsein für Gottes Gegenwart schärfen lässt. Für die vielfältigen Einheiten hat der erfahrene Meditationsleiter die kontemplativen Methoden des Buddhismus und Hinduismus mit den geistlichen Übungen des heiligen Ignatius von Loyola verbunden. Die Einheiten eignen sich für die Gruppe und den Einzelnen und erschließen auf gan...

"There is much to love between this book's covers. . . . There are many eureka moments in Life Sculpted—and some truly beautiful ones."—Eugenia Bone, Wall Street JournalMeet the menagerie of lifeforms that dig, crunch, bore, and otherwise reshape our planet.Did you know elephants dig ballroom-sized caves alongside volcanoes? Or that parrotfish chew coral reefs and poop sandy beaches? Or that our planet once hosted a five-ton dinosaur-crunch...

"Must reading for any true-crime fan . . . [a] diverse, colorful crew of art-gallery grifters and scammers . . . Highly recommended!" —Howie Carr, New York Times–bestselling authorArt scams are today so numerous that the specter of a lawsuit arising from a mistaken attribution has scared a number of experts away from the business of authentication and forgery, and with good reason. Art scams are increasingly convincing and involve incredible sums of money. ...