In "The Wades: Jonathan Wade, D.D., Deborah B. L. Wade; A Memorial," Walter N. Wyeth crafts a profound exploration of the lives and legacies of Jonathan Wade, a prominent figure in religious scholarship, and his wife, Deborah Wade, who stood as a pillar of support and encouragement in his pursuits. Wyeth employs a reflective literary style that intertwines narrative biography with pastoral insight, meticulously chronicling their contributions to faith-based education and community activism...

In "The Wades: Jonathan Wade, D.D., Deborah B. L. Wade; A Memorial," Walter N. Wyeth presents a poignant and meticulously crafted homage to the lives and legacies of Jonathan Wade, a distinguished minister, and his wife, Deborah. Exploring themes of faith, dedication, and resilience, Wyeth employs a blend of biographical narrative and reflective prose, calling upon rich historical context to frame the Wades' contributions to their community and the broader ecclesiastical history of their t...

Thaddeus Thatcher makes a blood pact with his best friends that they will all graduate college and go forth into the world, pursuing a life of glorious, swashbuckling adventure.Thaddeus sets out, determined to fulfill his vow, and discovers the wonders and beauty of new places and people. While on a romantic weekend sailboat getaway on an atoll off the coast of Tahiti, he runs into the celebrity Avior Aviideus.Avior likes Thaddeus's adventurous spirit and invites him to be ...

This book is a unique scholarly attempt to examine Don Quixote from multiple angles to see how the re-accentuation of the world’s greatest literary hero takes place in film, theatre, and literature. To accomplish this task, eighteen scholars from the USA, Canada, Spain, and Great Britain have come together, and each of them has brought his/her unique perspective to the subject. For the first time, Don Quixote is discussed from the point of re-accentuation, i.e. having in mind one of the ke...

Avior Aviideus is born with an impossibly rare condition. The particles that make him up are phasing in and out of the universe. To save his life, doctors upload his consciousness into the Simulation, where he spends his childhood in infinite digital freedom.Now a teenager, the doctors stabilize his particles and reintroduce his consciousness to his body. Avior is told that he has one phase left in his particles. If he can phase into that other universe, the Interverse, one more ti...

What's holding your company back from the growth you know is possible?Every entrepreneurial leader eventually hits a ceiling. The skills and grit that fueled your start-up can't carry you through scale-up. Instead of freedom, you feel frustration-people problems, profit pressures, lack of control, or endless firefighting.In Grow!, Expert EOS ImplementersⓇ Jonathan B. Smith and Jeanet L. Wade reveal a proven roadmap for breaking through those barrie...

Black LGBT Health in the United States: The Intersection of Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation focuses on the mental, physical, and spiritual aspects of health, and considers both risk and resiliency factors for the Black LGBT population. Contributors to this collection intimately understand the associations between health and intersectional anti-Black racism, heterosexism, homonegativity, biphobia, transphobia, and social class. This collection fills a gap in current scholarship by prov...

This volume examines the relationship between states and organized crime. It seeks to add to the theoretical literature for analyzing the criminalization of the state. The volume also explores the nature of organized crime in countries throughout the Americas from Central America to the Southern Cone.

In the most recent Democracy Index, the Economic Intelligence Unit downgraded the United States from a “full democracy” to a “flawed democracy.” Democracy, Civic Engagement, and Citizenship in Higher Education takes a hard look at the state of American democracy today through the lens of one of the nation’s most important actors: colleges and universities. Democracy is more than voting: it includes a wide range of democratic practices and depends on a culture of civic participation. Critic...

There is a universal restlessness today among believers, young and old—unease, unhappiness, and unrest that exists in our pursuit of happiness.Unarguably we find the answer in the life and salvation of Jesus Christ. Undeniably the miracles of His virgin birth, death on the cross, and resurrection from the grave hold the key to eternal life and ultimate joy. But what if in addition to these awaited a miracle revealed in Jesus' three years of public ministry, the rou...

The Dover Demon is real...and it has returned.In 1977, Sam Brogna and his friends came upon a terrifying, alien creature on a deserted country road. What they witnessed was so bizarre, so chilling, they swore their silence. But their lives were changed forever.Decades later, the town of Dover has been hit by a massive blizzard. Sam's son, Nicky, is drawn to search for the infamous cryptid, only to disappear into the bowels of a secret underground lair....

Among the many consequences of Spain’s annexation of Portugal from 1580 to 1640 was an increase in the number of Portuguese authors writing in Spanish. One can trace this practice as far back as the medieval period, although it was through Gil Vicente, Jorge de Montemayor, and others that Spanish-language texts entered the mainstream of literary expression in Portugal. Proficiency in both languages gave Portuguese authors increased mobility throughout the empire. For those with literary as...