When Beryl Seaton accepts a position as governess at the isolated Brooks estate, she expects little more than a lonely winter in the English countryside. But the moment she crosses the threshold, the house begins to whisper.Her young charge, Stephen, is silent and strange. The nursery is sealed. And no one will speak of the woman who held the position before her.At night the halls echo with quiet sobbing. Doors open on their own. Something watches from the shadows.A...

Stephen: A Soldier of the Cross was originally published as a sequel to Titus. It follows the life of Stephen as he is appointed to serve the Grecian widows, preaches boldly, and is eventually stoned to death. The story follows the intertwining activities of Caiphas and Anna, Annas the real high priest and Caiphas's father-in-law, and Saul of Tarsus, as well as fictional characters Seth and Anat, orphaned brother and blind sister from Egypt who come to Jerusalem to see if Anat can be heale...

When Beryl Seaton accepts a position as governess for the Brooks family, she has no idea that a horrific secret is waiting for her in the nursery of a remote English mansion.What happened to Stephen? What happened to the previous governess who was supposed to look after him? And what causes the mysterious sobbing sound that drifts through the empty rooms at night?As she struggles to uncover the awful truth about the family, Beryl starts to realize that she's been drawn into...

The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award–winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series follows Lillian and Will tracking the suspicious disappearance of a woman who might have known too much. From the author of Fortune Favors the Dead and Murder Under Her Skin.Vera Bodine, an elderly shut-in with an exceptional memory, has gone missing and famed detective Lillian Pentecost and her...

Take a deep dive into the shadows and light of one of the most subversive, corrosively funny, and beloved suspense thriller masterworks as author Stephen Rebello unravels for the very first time the tense and drama-filled story of the making Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.As entertaining as it is to watch Strangers on a Train, so too is the previously untold backstory that packs all the suspense, drama, and twists of a thriller. After all...

New York's famed female detective duo, Pentecost and Parker, are back in their fourth audacious adventure. Perfect for fans of The Thursday Murder Club, The Marvellous Mrs. Maisel, Agatha Christie and M. C. Beaton.When Vera Bodine, an elderly recluse with an exceptional memory, goes missing, detective duo Lillian Pentecost and her assistant Willowjean "Will" Parker are hired to track her down. But New York City in 1947 is a dangerous place, and th...

'A movingly personal book ... the fruit of much deeply meditated sharing of the good news with people of all sorts. Reading it is a real discovery of the fresh waters of faith.' - from the foreword by Rowan Williams'After this, when Jesus knew that all now was finished, he said, "I am thirsty."'Jesus' words from the cross - a picture of God sharing the world's suffering, experiencing our humanity - can be a window onto God's purposes, leading to a ...

An intriguing request from a friend at his twenty-fifth college reunion takes P.I. John Marshall Tanner to Charleston, South Carolina.Seth Hartman fought for civil rights in the sixties, and his past is catching up to him. Branded as a traitor to his race by the Alliance for Southern Pride, the lawyer is now receiving death threats from the right-wing hate group.Going undercover at the Alliance, Tanner finds himself at the heart of a racial debate that is still very much al...

Paints a compelling picture of impressive pre-Columbian cultures and Old World civilizations that, contrary to many prevailing notions, were not isolated from one anotherIn Ancient Ocean Crossings: Reconsidering the Case for Contacts with the Pre-Columbian Americas, Stephen Jett encourages readers to reevaluate the common belief that there was no significant interchange between the chiefdoms and civilizations of Eurasia and Africa and peoples who occupied ...

Authors Regina Stephens Owens, Crystal Johnson Cross, and Harriet D. Moore offer a powerful framework for sustaining learning and designing a transformational learning culture for adult learners. By focusing on building capacity, developing culture, continuously learning, and sustaining community, they empower systems to develop adult learners’ skills and achieve transformational learning and results in every part of the organization.K–12 district and school leaders and ins...

Many societal challenges defy simple solutions within the grasp of one academic discipline, a single type of organization, or a country acting alone. Such “wicked problems” require collaboration that crosses social, political, or geographic boundaries. Collaboration across boundaries is increasingly seen as a necessary way forward, whether for the cases of education, health care, community policing, or international trade. At the same time, collaboration poses its own challenges, and what ...

Take a deep dive into the shadows and light of one of the most subversive, corrosively funny, and beloved suspense thriller masterworks as author Stephen Rebello unravels for the very first time the tense and drama-filled story of the making Alfred Hitchcock's Strangers on a Train.As entertaining as it is to watch Strangers on a Train, so too is the previously untold backstory that packs all the suspense, drama, and twists of a thriller. After all...