From the bowels of Seattle's ruins to the depths of a dark secret.Rayna knew the rules…And everybody was supposed to follow them.Would she?Within the sprawling ruins of Seattle, the Nest looms high above as a stronghold of the aristocratic Crow class, ruled with an iron fist by Lord Corvus. Rayna and her resilient Hydrans have long toiled at the depths of Lake Union, crawling for valuable scrap metal to trade with the Crows. Everyth...

This is Kim Petersen’s memoir recounting how she and her family navigated through death of a child, facing fear of the water, personally building a sixty-five-foot power catamaran and a four thousand mile crossing of the Atlantic Ocean with her husband and two teenaged kids. It’s Eat, Pray, Love on the water.

With the flames of rebellion smoldering, the fight for freedom catches fire.All those old stories turned out to be true.There were monsters in the forest.And I had become their prisoner.Days after her capture, Rayna finds herself locked in a merciless desert prison, enslaved, beaten, and hopeless. But inside those eternal walls, she discovers new alliances that share her visions of liberty, fueling her determination to choose betwee...

In a world gripped by secrets, one woman breaks the chains of deception.Would you defy the shadows for a chance at freedom?My grandfather once told me that to know freedom, you must first feel it from the inside.I had begun to understand what he meant.Ready for war, Rayna embarks on a daring and perilous quest, plunging deep into the Nest, where rebellion against the tyrant Lord Corvus and his ruthless Crows is the ...

In this collection of short, heartfelt essays, Kim Petersen explores what it means to live an authentic life, strengthen bonds and nurture real connections in a hyper-connected world, while Xavier Eastenbrick goes deep on the Twin Flame Soul Connection.Each piece shares the unpredictable, meaningful and often humorous experiences of one woman’s journey as a daughter, a wife and a lover, a mother and a friend, as she ignores boundaries to get real.In these s...

**Do you have an amazing idea for a novel but you struggle to stay in the story?Do you ever find yourself struggling for creative inspiration?**When the moon has aligned and your muse is dancing beneath the stars as your fingers pulse along the keyboard, life is glorious to the writer. But what happens when you glance up and notice that the moon has shifted, your muse has left you high and dry, and the steady tempo of your words becomes all but a fading memory?You k...

Marriage’s central role in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distinguishes the faith while simultaneously reflecting widespread American beliefs. But what does Latter-day Saint marriage mean for men? Holly Welker presents a collection of essays exploring this question. The essayists provide insight into challenges involving sexuality, physical and emotional illness, addiction, loss of faith, infidelity, sexual orientation, and other topics. Conversational and heartfelt, the w...

“In her urgent call for solace in a world caught in the crux of disorder and chaos, Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim offers this anthology of meditations on our individual plight to nurture hope. Hope in Disarray imparts the architecture of hope through pieces of the modern world, giving relevance to our effort to enhance the relationship between the mind, the spirit, and the divine.”****—Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr., President and Founder of Rainbow PUSH CoalitionWith prac...

For nearly two decades, the Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions has served as a valuable resource for students and scholars of religion in Japan. This exciting update expands the audience to include non-specialists of Japan while also complicating the notions of “Japan” and “religion.” Asking the provocative question “why study Japanese religions?” the editors argue that studying Japan is vital for the academic study of religion writ large and make a case for the continued importan...

Ole Kristensen er en ganske almindelig ung mand. Han er 30 år, har et godt job, en sød kæreste og penge på lommen. Men han keder sig. Og da en af hans kolleger pludselig dør af hjertestop, sætter det Oles tanker i gang. Han beslutter sig for, at han vil afprøve sine egne grænser for at opnå det adrenalin-kick, der får ham til at føle sig levende. Ole siger sit job op, svigter sin kæreste, begynder at eksperimentere med stoffer og kaster sig ind i voldelige optrin. Han er imponeret over, hv...

Ole Kristensen er en ganske almindelig ung mand. Han er 30 år, har et godt job, en sød kæreste og penge på lommen. Men han keder sig. Og da en af hans kolleger pludselig dør af hjertestop, sætter det Oles tanker i gang. Han beslutter sig for, at han vil afprøve sine egne grænser for at opnå det adrenalin-kick, der får ham til at føle sig levende. Ole siger sit job op, svigter sin kæreste, begynder at eksperimentere med stoffer og kaster sig ind i voldelige optrin. Han er imponeret over, hv...

I Danmark er vin, øl og spiritus let tilgængeligt, da vi har en liberal alkoholpolitik i forhold til hvem, der kan købe det, hvor det kan købes, og hvornår det kan købes. Vi forbinder ofte alkohol med nydelse, hygge og socialt samvær, og det lovlige rusmiddel knytter os sammen på tværs af generationer og samfundslag. Men alkohol har samtidig sundhedsmæssige og sociale konsekvenser, og denne dobbelthed medfører en række dilemmaer. Unge kan føle sig udenfor fællesskabet, hvis de ikke drikker...