The death of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 deprived the United Kingdom of its longest-serving monarch. The Historical Dictionary of the Contemporary United Kingdom, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section contains cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as aspects of the country's politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for ...

This book describes economic value as a representational phenomenon and considers what is involved when people represent value to themselves and to others. It provides an original and thorough account of value from a pragmatic and interactionist perspective.McGill uses Peircian semiosis and other theoretical tools from linguistic anthropology in order to study economic value. He argues that economic laws are realized in situated interaction as Peircian legisigns and the si...

He was seven years old when the world he was born into vanished.Raised in Comfortville, a community engineered for order, comfort, and quiet sufficiency, Alexander Terver Zever has grown up within carefully maintained boundaries and unquestioned rules. Life there is stable. Predictable. Good, at least on the surface.But something in him resists the ease of it. A name he cannot place. Fragments of memory that do not belong. A persistent sense that the life assigned to him is...

Tess Auerbach reads bodies for a living. She tells Fortune-500 executives what their hands are doing while their mouths say something else, and she is very good at it, which is part of why she has spent fifteen years not saying the things she notices about the people she loves. Jude Auster runs a tennis academy in San Diego and is raising three kids. He says only what he means and means only what he says, and he has not played a competitive match since his shoulder gave out. When a seniors...

Why God Allows Suffering and How He Uses It to Transform UsWhy does God allow his children to suffer? While we may not always learn the cause of a specific trial we face, Scripture does address the question "Why?" with two compelling words: so that. God's Word promises that God's purposes will prevail in and through our suffering.God's Purposes in Our Pain examines 10 powerful statements from 2 Corinthians that highlight how God transform...

A collection of heartfelt letters filled with faith, hope, encouragement, and inspiration for anyone navigating life's difficult seasons. Written to remind readers they are not alone, each chapter offers comfort, perspective, and strength for the journey ahead.

This illustrated edition includes beautiful illustrations, a story summary, an author biography, and a character list.Step into the timeless world of The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame, a beloved classic of friendship, adventure, and life along the riverbank. In this charming tale, readers follow the unforgettable adventures of Mole, Rat, Badger, and the wildly unpredictable Mr. Toad as they explore th...

She didn't lose herself all at once. She lost herself one reasonable compromise at a time.Nadia Costa married Callum Ashcroft at twenty-seven believing love was enough.And for a while, it was. He was the man who showed up at her studio at midnight. Who sat on the floor among her architectural models and listened until two in the morning. Who told her she saw space the way other people heard music.Then slowly, quietly, without either of them noticing — she disappeared....

What if the season you've been trying to escape is the very place where God is trying to meet you?In Paused: The Pause That Refreshes, Dr. Kenneth E. Angel invites readers to reconsider the unexpected interruptions of life-not as wasted time, not as punishment, and not as the end of forward movement, but as sacred opportunities for God to renew, refine, and realign His people.Born out of a series of messages preached during the global pause of 2020, this book carries both t...

The Art and Science of Parenting and Grandparenting is an indispensable source of guidance and wisdom on the most critical challenges facing contemporary parents and grandparents.Award‑winning psychologist Kenneth Barish shows how we can protect our children’s emotional health, support their love of learning, have better conversations, and nurture children’s empathy and kindness toward others. Dr. Barish presents comprehensive, multi‑step plans for solving many problems of...

And his wife heard it.At a memorial ride packed with bikers, engines, brothers, and old ladies watching from the edges, one careless sentence exposes a betrayal that was never careless at all. The man she wore a chain for—the dangerous biker who once swore no woman would ever stand beside his bike but her—stays silent while another woman wears his leather, claims his softness, and occupies the place his wife built with years of loyalty, sacrifice, and blood-stained patience.B...

When a devastating EMP attack plunges America into darkness, civilization collapses in a matter of hours. Power grids fail. Communications disappear. Supply chains crumble. As cities descend into chaos and violence, millions are left struggling to survive in a world that no longer resembles the one they knew. Former soldier Lucas Croydon never believed the warnings of those preparing for disaster-until disaster arrives. Forced to confront the collapse of everything he once took for granted...