For all dog lovers, a stunningly illustrated and scientifically informed global guide to our beloved canine companions and their wild kin.Dogs are spectacularly diverse. From the world’s smallest wild canid, the diminutive fennec fox, to the majestic grey wolf, and from the towering great Dane to the tiny Chihuahua, The Book of Dogs celebrates the connections between humans’ best friends, their ancestors, and their wild cousins, offering insights into both...

"A fascinating look into the origins of modern man."—Publishers Weekly"Authoritative."—New York Times • "A masterpiece."—Wilson QuarterlyUnraveling the mystery surrounding the ancient mother tongue that gave us English and other languages spoken by half the worldRoughly half the world's population speaks languages derived from a shared linguistic source known as Proto-Indo-E...

Unveiling the shadowy depths of one of history's most controversial events, JFK Was Killed by Consensus: Dealey Plaza Was Just the Final Stop by Dr. David W. Mantik shatters the veil of the Warren Commission's conclusions. With forensic precision, Mantik dives into the web of alliances, deceptions, and betrayals that culminated in the tragic events of November 22, 1963. Explore the roles of key figures—Bill Harvey, David Morales, and Lyndon B. Johnson—and discover the chilling dynamics of ...

'The Japanese attacked us, they mortared us, they shelled us...they did everything.'On 21 July 1942, a large Japanese reconnaissance mission landed along the north-eastern coastline of Papua, it would soon turn into an all-out attempt to capture Port Morseby. This is the powerful story of the three weeks of battle by a small Australian militia force, the 39th Battalion, supported by the 1st Papua Infantry Battalion and the Royal Papuan Constabulary, to keep the Japanese at bay. Out...

All Cora wants is a new start. But when your problems come back to haunt you, how far will you go to exorcise them?After the tragic loss of her horror writer father, Cora is starting over in a new town, at a new school where nobody knows her. Nobody knows about her OCD tics. Nobody knows about her time in a mental hospital. Nobody knows she sees her father's ghost.But her new start is shattered when she fails to suppress her OCD tics in class. She finds her...

Austen, broken by a turbulent past, sets out on a cross-country journey to California, seeking the faint promise of a new beginning. But early on, he encounters a troubling scene— a baby left alone in a rundown roadside motel in a small Missouri town. The child' s mother, Taylor, is on her own desperate journey, battling addiction and the crushing weight of poverty in a town gripped by the opioid crisis. In a fragile attempt at redemption, Austen and Taylor forge an unlikely companionship....

"Exceptionally absorbing and thrilling. ... Masterful." — NatureA "magnificent" ( Scientific American), genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA's deep space mission to Europa, the Jovian moon where might swim the first known alien life in our solar systemIn the spirit of Tom Wolfe and John McPhee, The Mission is an exuberant master class of creative nonfiction that reveal...

Displaced Persons and the Reshaping of American Immigration after World War IItraces the journey of U.S. policy toward displaced persons (DPs) in post-war Europe, examining how America transformed from a nation resistant to accepting refugees to one that ultimately created a groundbreaking resettlement program.Despite initial public apathy and political resistance, America eventually welcomed roughly 400,000 refugees through a nationwide program, reopening the gates of U.S...

From the authors of the bestselling series Yesterday's Gone, comes the roller coaster ride of a sci-fi serial thriller, WhiteSpace: Season One.Hamilton Island looks like the perfect home. Maybe it would be, if it wasn't filled with tomorrow's nightmares…The Puget Sound bedroom community has it all — beautiful homes with white picket fences, a thriving tech sector, and one of the best school systems in the state.But not everything i...

Rudolf Bultmann is one of the most widely known but least read theologians of the twentieth century. He is famous as the one who "demythologized" the New Testament, but very few understand what he meant by this or how his hermeneutical program connects to the other areas of his theological project. Bultmann presents a unique challenge to readers, not only because of his radical theological inquiry but also because of the way his ideas are worked out over time, primarily through short, occa...

Applies the popular Christ Walk approach as a path to reconciliation and healing“Walk it off,” that much-used advice of coaches, turns out to work in the spiritual realm, too. Take a walk with Anna and David as they explore reconciliation and healing using the best-selling framework found in Christ Walk: A 40 Day Spiritual Fitness Program. Through their own experiences with moral injury, illness, and trauma, the authors have found that sometimes the best w...

Gen Z is Slipping Away - Right Now.Pastors, youth leaders, parents: Your kids and teens are spending hours online, trolling social media sites, looking for something of value in this world. Are they finding it? Or are they bombarded by lies about identity, purpose, and morality that are pulling them straight into darkness. Churches are hemorrhaging young people - not because they're rebels without a cause, but because we've failed to arm them with Christ's uncompro...