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"Annihilation is upon you. The whirlwind you now find yourselves in is filled with agony and anguish. Look upon me and despair, for my design is vicious, my resolve is merciless, and your end will be horrendous!"Within the folklore of the low countries in Europe there is an ancient nocturnal creature of nightmares, a trickster, a shapeshifting demon, merciless and horrifying, that torments its victims before killing them. This creature is still among us today, feeding on the fear o...

In popular evangelical literature, God is loving and friendly, described in heartfelt, often saccharine language that evokes nostalgia, comfortable domesticity, and familial love. This emotional style has been widely adopted by the writers most popular among American evangelicals, including such celebrity pastors as Max Lucado, Rick Warren, and Joel Osteen. Todd M. Brenneman provides groundbreaking insight into the phenomenon of evangelical sentimentality: an emotional appeal to readers' f...

Make your lessons interesting, interactive, and engagingSuccessful lessons are explicit, yet also inspire active learning and opportunities to respond. As the one shaping lessons, can you do better? Probably, and you’re not alone. Research shows teachers consistently offer students far fewer than the recommended opportunities to respond, leaving all students—including those with special needs and behavior challenges—less than engaged and falling short of t...

"I have read dozens of books on starting companies, but this is the first that accurately captures why startups fail and provides a tool for entrepreneurs and investors to measure and manage these sources of failure." Michael Hatfield, Co-Founder, Cerent, Calix, Cienna, and Carium.What makes a startup successful?This book, from award-winning business school professors and a tech serial entrepreneur, tells what makes startups successful. Instead of telling st...

This Gripping Legal Thriller Is a Perfect Summer ReadWhen Jared Neaton grew tired of the shady ethics of his big law firm and left to go out on his own, he never expected the wheels to fly off so quickly. One big case collapsing on him has pushed him to the brink and it's all he can do to scrape by. He can't risk another bad loss.Erin Larson is running out of options. In the wake of her father's death, she found a slim piece of paper--a deposit slip--with an unbelievable am...

The Garden of Paradise is the place where Adam and Eve first lived. But after the fall of Adam and Eve, brought about by the serpent's pride, mankind descended from this paradise to the earth. In a conversation with God, transcribed by the author, God describes how to regain this paradise.God reveals that the Tree of Knowledge symbolizes our ancestry, and that the fruit borne possesses the heavenly spark found within all life. The love of God that sparks our life from within connec...

Scholars use the term "theater of life" as a metaphor to discuss the identities we adopt and roles we perform in social settings, but this collection of stories looks at these roles and identities from a Christian perspective. Here, you are invited to find your own arc of spiritual rebirth and redemption. Each story in this series explores the soul's trials and transformations, examining the opposing energies of good and evil that shape our existence.Through the sacred dialogues ca...

Now more than ever, truth seems relative. In effort to respect everyone's sense of truth, we've negated even the possibility of an ultimate truth. However, contrasting ideals and differing versions of reality cannot all hold equal merit. Truly, there is one reality, and one for all. Therefore, I submit to you, my readers, that there is an ultimate truth and, moreover, that this truth is a person-and not only a person, but God incarnate. Over two thousand years ago, Jesus of Nazareth posed ...

If You Can't Cashflow After This is a step by step guide to building passive income without needing any of your own money or credit. It's the second book in the "I've Got Nothing For You" series. This series of books aims to guide you through the process of becoming financially free through real estate investing. If You Can't Cashflow After This was written for people who are fed up with the traditional "rat race" style of living and want to create a new way of living no matter if you have...

We have a spiritual link with the heavens. Our energy reserves are drawn up and channeled into the center of the mind, expanding our awareness of that vertical tunnel that connects us to the heavens. By using the Filament Above the Waters technique provided in this book, readers can achieve meaningful clarity and rebalance the spirit through meditation. When we understand our connection with the heavens, we can begin to communicate with our spiritual family. With practice, this communicati...

This work attempts to understand the chaotic and enigmatic presidency of Donald Trump through Neustadt’s iconic work on presidential power and bargaining. Neustadt’s model explains much of Trump’s difficulties in office, but not his relative success. It argues he defies expectation due to new political realities such as party polarization, a transformed media, and the administrative presidency.

Explore the remarkable history of one of the jewels of the US National Park systemCalifornia’s Northern Channel Islands, sometimes called the American Galápagos and one of the jewels of the US National Park system, are a located between 20 and 44 km off the southern California mainland coast. Celebrated as a trip back in time where tourists can capture glimpses of California prior to modern development, the islands are often portrayed as frozen moments in history w...