How can we reconcile belief in a loving God with the suffering of innocent human beings and earthly creatures in the natural world? This question, as old as the Old Testament's book of Job, has been mainly grappled with over the centuries by learned theologians and philosophers. But in this groundbreaking work, the author is sent on a journey across thousands of miles to speak to Hindus, Muslims, Buddhists, and Christians like himself following the 2004 colossal tsunami waves that killed m...

The Definitive Insider’s Guide to Auditing Software SecurityThis is one of the most detailed, sophisticated, and useful guides to software security auditing ever written. The authors are leading security consultants and researchers who have personally uncovered vulnerabilities in applications ranging from sendmail to Microsoft Exchange, Check Point VPN to Internet Explorer. Drawing on their extraordinary experience, they introduce a start-to-finish methodo...

This superb memoir of a gay, working class boy from Manchester exploring how to reconcile his sexuality with his Catholicism is all the more powerful because of his deep knowledge of and commitment to his faith. Spanning the late 1960s to the present day, Mark Dowd’s Queer and Catholic chronicles a changing attitude to same-sex attraction over more than half a century and is packed with stories in turn funny, deeply moving and spiritually insightful, including: coming out to his parents by...

The survivor of a brutal academy must exhume her own past in the first book in a new series from the international bestselling author of the Library Trilogy and the Broken Empire series.Set a thief to catch a thief. Set a monster to punish monsters.The Academy of Kindness exists to create agents of retribution, cast in the image of the Furies—known as the kindly ones—against whom even the gods hesitate to stand. Each year a hundred girls are sold t...

The South African national bestseller, now in audio.HE WITNESSED A RACE-FUELLED MASSACRE AS A TEENAGER. THEN HE INFILTRATED THE RIGHT-WING EXTREMISTS PLOTTING TO ASSASSINATE NELSON MANDELA.In 1988, seventeen-year-old Bradley Steyn walked into Pretoria’s Strijdom Square and witnessed white supremacist Barend Strydom shooting black civilians. He held a dying man in his arms. That moment would follow him into the South African Navy, apartheid’...

There has been a lack of reliable academic studies regarding Filipino martial arts that have uniquely developed in the Philippine archipelago. This anthology assembles pioneering scholarly materials valuable for any interested in the Filipino combatives, as well as chapters specifically on the practice.

The very best writing on Ignatian spiritualityBuilding on the foundation of the original An Ignatian Spirituality Reader, this second volume offers a vibrant collection of essays that explores the relevance of St. Ignatius of Loyola to modern lives, communities, and institutions around the world.Drawing from a wide range of backgrounds that includes theologians, educators, artists, and social justice leaders and from a diverse spectrum of voices tha...

**Full of glimpses into gleaming worlds and fairy tales with teeth, Seasons of Glass and Iron: Stories is a collection of acclaimed and awarded work from Amal El-Mohtar."Narrator Rachel Elizabeth Smith’s absorbing performance makes each story unforgettable.” — Kirkus Reviews**"Rachel Elizabeth Smith narrates so crisply that listeners won't miss a single word...and delivers with a straightforward clarity that gives each piece its place in the spotli...

Shogun meets Game of Thrones in the blockbuster epic fantasy event of the year. A. S. Tamaki weaves a powerful tale of ambition, vengeance and sacrifice in this masterful fantasy retelling of an ancient Samurai saga, packed with memorable characters, stunning worldbuilding and epic adventure.Sen Hoshiakari is an exiled prince of a clan that lost everything in his father's failed rebellion. Deprived of his birthright, Sen is determ...

A visionary and atmospheric gothic fantasy about necromancy, vengeance, and soul-consuming love, the first in a duology from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady MacbethOnce there was an island where the dead walked the earth, and seven noble houses ruled by the arcane secrets of necromancy.A conqueror’s blade brought them low, burning their libraries, killing their lords, and extinguishing thei...

A devastating love story. A bewitching twist on history. A blood-drenched hunt for purpose, power, and redemption."...narrator Rory Bennet voices Sarmodel like a French Peter Lorre, and it’s *chef’s kiss*" — Book Riot“...[Narrators Rory Barnett and Imogen Church] elevate the supernatural intrigue and psychological tension, keeping listeners fully engaged. A dark, witty listen blending horror and history into a vivid, gripping, and ...

**As a magical revolution remakes a city, an ancient evil is awakened in a brilliant novel from the Hugo-nominated author of Foundryside and the Divine Cities trilogy.“An absolutely wild ride . . . Foundryside blew me away, and this is a perfect sequel.”—Amal El-Mohtar, The New York Times Book Review**A few years ago, Sancia Grado would’ve happily watched Tevanne burn. Now, she’s hoping to transform her city into something new. Something better. T...