Born in the shadow of a dark, satanic cream cracker factory, Mike Harding struggled against the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and the catapults and half-bricks of the Black Hand Gang to find himself launched into stardom when he won the egg-and-spoon race at St Anne’s Crumpsall Junior School.For a while he was the leader of the Crumpsall Father Christmas and Tooth Fairy Cult but he gave that all up when he discovered that Dan Dare and girls were more interesting. After gr...

It was invented immediately after the war, in the factory a far-sighted English military man had set up to turn the German economy from making machines of warfare to more pacific products.By the seventies that dream had been amply fulfilled, as the VW Campervan became the conveyance of choice for West Coast hippies, Australian surf bums and Europeans taking the overland route to find enlightenment and good karma in India. It had also become – indeed, still is – the first choice for...

Have you ever struggled with the idea that God is mad at you? Have you entertained the discouraging thought that He's disappointed with you, disapproving of you, or unhappy with you in some way? I want to share with you an important message in this book: God isn't mad at you. He's not disappointed in you, or angry with you, or unhappy about you. In fact, I have ten reasons why God's not mad.

Mike Bonem recently wrote an article for Leadership, the premier journal for church leaders, on Good to Great to Godly, in which he explored the issue of how secular insights on business and leadership could or should be applied in churchesand how that intersects with the spiritual dimensions of the role. The article was exceptionally well-received, in large part because leaders at all levels and in all sizes of churches want to be better leaders but don't get the appropriate training or e...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.There is nothing quite as tempting as biting into a warm dish that you know has been made from fresh, natural ingredients, and that is the beauty of the Amish way of cooking.Amish culture emphasizes the simple life, and so the Amish prefer to prepare their food in the simplest, most natural way possible. Their traditional recipes have been handed down from mother to daughter for many generations. In the midst of...

Streaming music has proven it is here to stay. Artists and their teams now find themselves with many new challenges in the digital landscape. With more options than ever for music distribution, standing out in a crowd, deciding where to focus your energy and finding ways to reach your audience become critical choices you and your team will have to make. Music business executive Mike Warner provides actionable advice, time-tested through more than 20 years in the music industry with proven ...

A NATIONAL BESTSELLER"In Do Hard Things, Steve Magness beautifully and persuasively reimagines our understanding of toughness. This is a must-read for parents and coaches and anyone else looking to prepare for life's biggest challenges."—Malcolm Gladwell, author of Outliers and Talking to Strangers and host of the Revisionist History podcastFrom beloved performance expert, executive coach, and coauthor of ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The walk home after a night out was something I’d done on more occasions than I care to remember. This time was different though. Bumping into Alphonse in the park brought thoughts of sex with a muscular, black man. It’s not all he wanted, however, and there was nothing I could do when he revealed his true self. Being with a big black vampire seemed unreal, but it’s what I got that fateful night.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Grant finds himself mixing with the big boys when his form in the ice hockey youth squad gets him a call up to the first team. It’s intimidating, but being taken under the wing of Preston helps ease him into the way of things. That includes more than hockey when they end up alone in the showers one evening after practicing late. A come on makes him show his gratitude and it isn’t just the steam making things hot as they give in to a kin...

"[A] fast-paced mystery . . . Fans of the prolific Stuart Woods and Randy Wayne White will hope that Birtcher's engaging series has an equally long life." — BooklistA Nero Award FinalistAfter twenty years in the LAPD, Mike Travis should be enjoying his retirement in Hawaii. Instead, he's become a reluctant PI who can't manage to stay out of trouble—much to the chagrin of his long-suffering girlfriend.This time, the problem ...

Jesus came to seek and to save the lost, paying particular attention to the downtrodden and the poor. As followers of Jesus, Christians are called to imitate his example and reach out to those who have the least. This book offers biblical guidelines and practical strategies for reaching those on the margins of our society with the gospel of Jesus Christ. The authors—both pastors with years of experience ministering among the poor—set forth helpful “dos” and “don’ts” related to serving in t...

In 2013, three friends set off on a journey that they had been told was impossible: the north-south crossing of the Congo River Basin, from Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, to Juba, in South Sudan. Traversing 2,500 miles of the toughest terrain on the planet in a twenty-five year-old Land Rover, they faced repeated challenges, from kleptocracy and fire ants to non-existent roads and intense suspicion from local people. Through imagination and teamwork -- including building ra...