Victory Kirk spent decades trapped in addiction, shame, and survival mode. What began as casual use spiraled into a deadly dependency that nearly took everything: his health, his relationships, and his will to live. When he finally collapsed under the weight of withdrawal and despair, Victory entered treatment—broken, terrified, and convinced he was beyond saving.But recovery had other plans."Breaking the Chain" follows Victory's emotional journey through detox, relapse, re...

BOOK DESCRIPTIONFrom Use to Recovery: Rudy – Former Fentanyl Addict on His Journey follows the raw, unfiltered story of a young man who fell deep into the grip of addiction and fought his way back to life. Rudy never expected his choices to lead him toward homelessness, dangerous circles, and the daily fight just to survive — but fentanyl doesn't negotiate. It takes.Through powerful moments of struggle, relapse, awakening, and transformation, reader...

A practical guide to prophecy for everyday Christians.Rob Sanchez was set apart from the time of birth to be a prophet and prophetic equipper.“My mother fixed her thoughts on the Lord. Exhausted and desperate, she cried out, ‘Lord, if you save my son, I’ll dedicate him to you all the days of his life.’ My mother recalls feeling the hand of an angel touch her the moment she prayed that prayer - it very well could have been the hand of the Lord, because by th...

The Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha and Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The New Testament present a balanced synthesis of current scholarship on the Bible, enabling readers to interpret scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. Introductory articles in each volume discuss the dramatic challenges that have shaped contemporary interpretation of the Bible.Commentary articles set each book of the Old and New Tes...

One of The Millions' "Most Anticipated Books of 2022"One of PureWow’s "10 Books We Can’t Wait to Read in January"One of BookShop.org's "Notable New Releases"One of The New York Times Book Review’s "16 New Books Coming in January"One of Poets & Writers' "New and Noteworthy Books”"David Sanchez's first novel—brilliant, lyrica...

The current social and economic context increasingly demands open data to improve scientific research and decision making. However, when published data refer to individual respondents, disclosure risk limitation techniques must be implemented to anonymize the data and guarantee by design the fundamental right to privacy of the subjects the data refer to. Disclosure risk limitation has a long record in the statistical and computer science research communities, who have developed a variety o...

Based on the Coheed & Cambria album of the same name, songwriter and front-man Claudio Sanchez brings his epic tale to the printed page in this definitive collection of the entire "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3" saga.As revolution thunders throughout The Keywork, Claudio Killgannon hears his calling as a hero. So why does he not answer it? This is space opera like you’ve never seen before!Co-written by comics-lu...

Emperador de la Forja, Sabio de las Piedras... títulos insignificantes ante la muerte.Después de más de setecientos años, esperaba un final tranquilo y solitario para su larga vida. Sin embargo, no estaba destinado a ser así. Una sola elección cambió su destino, y su alma se vio obligada a vivir de nuevo como una mazmorra. Renacida pero encadenada al corazón de una montaña, esta vieja alma lo ha perdido todo... y más.En un mundo de dioses y demonios, no hay...

A study of how coins, riches and lands were gained and distributed among the soldiers, warriors, and mercenaries in the Antiquity and Early Medieval times.Land was the ideal store of wealth in the ancient Mediterranean world. It brought social respectability, and its possession allowed participation in the politics of the cities governed by landowning elites. Crucial defense of the interests of a given polity through armed services often involved the distribution o...

A bridge that interrupts a legacy of pain with the honest sharing of stories.Sana, Sana is a witness to the multiple wounds etched into the landscape of Latinx experience and a testimonial to community efforts to heal them. A multi-genre anthology rooted in the deep desire to not only acknowledge and name the various forms of pain and trauma Latinx people experience regularly, but to do so in the service of imagining new futures and ways of being that prio...

This brief modern introduction to the subject of ordinary differential equations emphasizes stability theory. Concisely and lucidly expressed, it is intended as a supplementary text for advanced undergraduates or beginning graduate students who have completed a first course in ordinary differential equations.The author begins by developing the notions of a fundamental system of solutions, the Wronskian, and the corresponding fundamental matrix. Subsequent chapters explore the linear...

This book brings together a rich and multidisciplinary collection of studies addressing the evolving intersections between mobility infrastructures, landscape transformation, and the adaptive reuse of architecture in the context of climate change, sustainable development, and technological innovation. Also, this book explores how transportation systems, tourism, and infrastructure planning shape and respond to changing environmental and societal conditions. It begins with a reflection on a...