Light is everywhere. It gives us vision, keeps us warm, and facilitates life. Light is even responsible for developments in communications technology, the internet, and space travel. However, light is not just a physical concept. It is a central theme used throughout scripture to literally and metaphorically describe spiritual concepts. Throughout history, scientists have studied light physically and theologians have studied light spiritually. But what if these two realms of study were com...

Franklin's Way to Wealth; or, Poor Richard Improved is a classic collection of practical wisdom and timeless advice on personal finance, industry, and self-improvement, compiled from the writings of Benjamin Franklin, one of America's most celebrated Founding Fathers. Originally published as a preface to Poor Richard's Almanack, this influential work distills Franklin's shrewd observations and maxims into a concise guide for achieving prosperity and success through diligence, frugality, an...

The true story of the first female serial killer to die in the electric chairNicknamed “the Blonde Borgia,” Anna Marie Hahn was a cold-blooded serial killer who preyed on the elderly in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine district in the 1930s. When the State of Ohio strapped its first woman into the electric chair, Hahn gained a place in the annals of crime as the nation’s first female serial killer to be executed in the chair.Told here for the first time in riveting deta...

Sir John Franklin (1786–1847) was a British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer who served in wars against the United States and Napoleonic France. He led three expeditions into the Canadian Arctic in 1819, 1825, and 1845. In his last expedition to force the Northwest Passage, his ship became stuck in the ice leading to many unsuccessful rescue missions. “Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea” is Franklin's account of the Coppermine expedition to chart the north coast of...

The indispensable guide to building costs in Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria and the UAE. Features detailed information across all sectors and by individual country, plus comparative information.

This unique publication provides the only detailed, multinational guide to the cost of construction work across Africa.Thirteen chapters cover individual countries (Algeria, Cameroon, Chad, Côte d'lvoire, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zambia) providing:key data on the main economic and construction indicatorsan outline of the national construction industry, covering structure, tendering and contract procedures, ...

Experiments and Observations on Electricity Made at Philadelphia in America is a seminal scientific work by Benjamin Franklin, first published in the mid-18th century. This influential book compiles a series of letters and papers written by Franklin to Peter Collinson, a fellow of the Royal Society of London, detailing Franklin’s groundbreaking experiments and discoveries in the field of electricity. Through clear, methodical descriptions, Franklin recounts his innovative investigations, i...

My Brilliant Career is a classic Australian work published in 1901 by Stella Miles Franklin, with an introduction by Henry Lawson. A thinly veiled autobiographical novel, it paints a vivid and sometimes grim picture of rural Australian life in the late 19th Century.Sybylla Melvyn is the daughter of a man who falls into grinding poverty through inadvised speculation before becoming a hopeless drunk unable to make a living from a small dairy farm. Sybylla longs for the intel...

This book is organized thematically, rather than chronologically, in order to focus on and illustrate the various principles below. Our purpose is to encourage others to step out and trust God to live and serve Him-under the supernatural guidance and power of the Holy Spirit.Pioneering--The process and practice of Missionary Evangelism and how God calls us to follow Him, often without a clear road map of what is ahead.Provision--How God miraculously supplies all our needs w...

If you are seeking a closer relationship with God, you will be totally absorbed within the personal stories of the supernatural and visions shared in Experiencing the Heavenly Realm.Practical methods to develop a closer walk with God admonish you to engage in a more intimate relationship by getting to know the Father on a personal level. Individual testimonies about how to overcome obstacles substantiate the healing power and loving-kindness of God toward all who ...

The autobiography of any great figure is likely to be interesting. Benjamin Franklin's is all the more so in that he not led a memorable life himself (only part of which he covers here), but was a lively observer who spent time in not only in different parts of the young thirteen colonies, but in London, where he worked as a journeyman printer and had his own sentimental misadventures. Whether you are interested in this monumental figure himself or life in the period in America and England...

Does it sometimes feel as though painful events and circumstances have caused your heart to flatline? Have you been looking for a chance to change? If you know that something needs to be done, then hear God saying to you, "It's time." Give him permission to begin a work of healing within you. It's time to restart your heart.In this inspiring 21-day devotional, author and pastor Jentezen Franklin offers hope and encouragement to individuals seeking reconciliation, healing, and break...