War correspondent Jack Connors flees to the Far East to try to forget the horrors of Iraq.Awaking from the flashbacks that haunt his sleep, Jack aimlessly wanders the streets of Chiang Mai, explosions and gunfire playing in his head in a loop. He stumbles upon stallholders setting up shop, the air heavy with incense and spices. He chances upon a computer games stall.It is out of place, as is the elderly Chinaman hawking his wares. Jack's eyes rest on Virtuality, a game that p...

Completely reorganized to be more clinically focused on diagnosis and treatment, Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, Eighth Edition, provides the up-to-date information practitioners, researchers, and students need in an easily accessible manner. Drs. Dennis S. Chi, Dineo Khabele, Don S. Dizon, and Catheryn Yashar oversee an expert team of international, multidisciplinary authors who offer practical coverage of the entire field, including new management and treatment strategie...

Power plants are essential to achieving the standard of living that modern societies demand and the social and economic infrastructure on which they depend. Yet their indispensability has allowed them to evade responsibility for their vast carbon emissions. Fossil-fueled power plants are the single largest sites of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, making them one of the greatest threats to our planet’s climate. Significant as they are, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the social cau...

***GRAMMY WINNER**National Bestseller**Nominated for an Audie for Best Business/Personal Development Audiobook*A brilliant and empowering collection of final reflections and words of wisdom from venerable civil rights champion, the late Congressman John Lewis at the end of his remarkable life.**Congressman John Lewis was a paragon of the Civil Rights Movement and political leadership for decades. A hero we won’t soon forget, Lewis was a beacon of hope and a mo...

Twort's Water Supply, Seventh Edition, has been expanded to provide the latest tools and techniques to meet engineering challenges over dwindling natural resources. Approximately 1.1 billion people in rural and peri-urban communities of developing countries do not have access to safe drinking water. The mortality from diarrhea-related diseases amounts to 2.2 million people each year from the consumption of unsafe water. This update reflects the latest WHO, European, UK, and US standards, i...

A believer once told me how he would gather with a Bible study group and discuss Andrew's Life for Today commentary notes. Many in the group found this method of study to be helpful in their walk with God. So, I decided to put together Discipling Through Galatians, a study guide based on notes from Andrew’s Living Commentary and Life for Today Study Bible and Commentary: Galatians, Ephesians, Philippians & Colossians Edition. Also included are questions ...

Power plants are essential to achieving the standard of living that modern societies demand and the social and economic infrastructure on which they depend. Yet their indispensability has allowed them to evade responsibility for their vast carbon emissions. Fossil-fueled power plants are the single largest sites of anthropogenic greenhouse gases, making them one of the greatest threats to our planet’s climate. Significant as they are, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the social cau...

At nine years old, Tim Gannon was already working, delivering newspapers before sunrise to help his family make ends meet. Most people would have let that be the story. Tim let it be the foundation.He went on to co-found Outback Steakhouse, create the Bloomin' Onion, and help build six restaurant brands across more than 1,400 locations worldwide. He became a five-time U.S. Open Polo Champion and was ranked number one in the world at fifty. He lost what he had built. And then he reb...

Two Hearts Dancing: A Spiritual Journeybook for Gay Men isn't a guidebook on "coming out" but a guidebook on coming in--coming in to who we are as mystics, lovers, and healers. Nor is it a sequel to the gay underground classic Two Flutes Playing but a companion volume to it. The first section of this book, "Stories of our People," contains fourteen tales that are grounded in gay archetypes and ends with a responsive reading to be used in gay men's rituals. The second part, "Poems for Our T...

For those who are weary of Christian cliché and compromise crowding out what was supposed to be good news, The Naked Gospel offers the fresh take on the story of Jesus you've been waiting for.As a university student, Andrew Farley found himself physically and emotionally addicted to street evangelism and Bible study. Yet despite his fervid behavior, he knew something was missing.That something was an understanding of the gospel that is stripped of ...

THE TEXT OF THE NEW TESTAMENT (TTNT) is an introduction, intermediate and advanced level coverage of the text of the New Testament. Andrews introduces the new and relatively new reader to this subject in the first few chapters of TTNT. Andrews deepens his handling of the material, while still making it easy to understand in the next few chapters of TTNT, all the while being very informative in both sections. All of this prepares the reader for the advanced chapters that come from ...

The battle between Marvelous Marvin Hagler and Thomas Hearns is remembered as one of the greatest fights of all time. But in the months before the two finally collided on April 15, 1985, there was a feeling in the air that boxing was in trouble.With Hagler–Hearns looking like boxing's last hurrah, promoter Bob Arum embarked on one the most audacious publicity campaigns in history, hyping the bout until the entire country was captivated. Could Arum possibly get a memorable fight out...