Seventeen-year-old Alex Jackson comes home from school to find that his father, a CBC news cameraman, wants to take him to China's capital, Beijing. Once there, Alex finds himself on his own in Tian An Men Square as desperate students fight the Chinese army for their freedom. Separated from his father and carrying illegal videotapes, Alex must trust the students to help him escape.Closely based on eyewitness accounts of the massacre in Beijing, Forbidden City is a powerful...

La vida de Allie ha dado un giro terrible. Sus padres se pelean todo el tiempo, le está yendo muy mal en la escuela y, por si fuera poco, piensa que tal vez esté embarazada. Incapaz de enfrentar a sus padres, decide irse de su casa y tomar la carretera con su amigo Razz, un patinador profesional de skateboarding. Cuando un enfrentamiento pone a Allie en peligro, Razz y Allie deciden volver, pero pasan justo por el camino de un tornado. Para sobrevivir al horror y la destrucción que sigue a...

Three people face life's powerful issue of which path to take. Enter William Bell, a quirky fellow who calls himself a life facilitator but hates the term. Whether they want assistance or not, William uses unique approaches to help them.Debra is a newly-widowed woman who is struggling with the grieving process. She dreams of houses and happens upon William in an unusual way. William helps Debra through some truly difficult times.Sam, a just-fired advertising director, recei...

The award-winning author of Stones and Zack brings us a collection of original stories that will captivate teens as completely as his bestselling novels.With these eight absorbing tales, acclaimed storyteller William Bell explores the highs and lows of characters struggling to belong.In “Chumley,” a high school boy’s comical eccentricities mask his true, more complicated self.Fourteen-year-old Albert’s sudden sense of shame at the g...

Allie's life has just taken a turn for the worse. Not only do her parents fight all the time, but she is failing classes at school and she thinks she may be pregnant. Unable to face her parents, she decides to run away. She hooks up with her friend Razz, a professional skateboarder, and goes on the road. When confrontations put Allie in danger, Razz and Allie head toward home and right into the path of a tornado. To survive the horror and destruction that follow the storm, she must find he...

Originally published in 1995, The Antievolution Pamphlets of William Bell Riley is the fourth volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth Century America, reissued in 2021. The volume comprises of nine antievolution pamphlets written by William Bell Riley during the interwar years. The pamphlets detail Riley’s antievolutionist ideas and activities, and the book attempts to place the work in the larger contexts of Riley’s career, as well as discussing the pamphlets incl...

Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England by William Bell Scott is a richly illustrated and meticulously curated exploration of England’s historical treasures. This remarkable work presents an array of antique furniture, silver plate, church ornaments, architectural fragments, and other artifacts of deep cultural value—each carefully documented to preserve the legacy of the region’s artistic and historical heritage.Scott’s detailed descriptions and expert obser...

Recipient of the 2026 Marine Corps Heritage Foundation's Eugene Sledge AwardIn this sharp, challenging memoir, Col Seth Folsom lays bare the complexities of modern military combat advisor missions at the twilight of America’s longest war. Nothing Here Worth Dying For tells the story of his command of Task Force Lion—a “purpose-built” combat advisor team—and his frenetic 2017 deployment to Iraq’s Al Anbar Province. Charged with the daunting task of advising...

Some of the sketches constituting these Antiquarian Gleanings were done before the idea of publication presented itself: very soon, however, the author found that objects of antiquarian interest were sufficiently numerous in this Nor-Humbrian province to suggest the advantage of going over the field, pencil in hand, and dedicating a small work to its Ornamental Antiquities.In following out this intention, the author has not confined himself to any particular class of objects. In som...

William Bell Riley (March 22, 1861 - December 5, 1947) was known as "The Grand Old Man of Fundamentalism." Born and educated in Indiana, Riley received his teacher's certificate and, later, graduated from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. He served several Baptist churches in Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois before taking the pastorate at the First Baptist Church in Minneapolis, MN, in 1897. Father Divine (1876 - 1965), also known as Reverend Major Jealous Divine,...

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Step into the rich tapestry of history with "Antiquarian Gleanings in the North of England," a captivating exploration of antique furniture, plate, church decorations, and other objects of historical interest. This meticulously curated collection offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the cultural heritage and artistic legacy of the North of England.Join the author on a journey through time as they uncover hidden treasures and forgotten relics, each one bearing witness to the ...