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By 2036, artificial intelligence can answer almost every question humanity has ever asked about God.Then the machine asks a question of its own.Dr. Adrian Solairi has created the Lattice, an extraordinary intelligence capable of uncovering patterns hidden across thousands of years of language, history, religious texts, and human behavior. It was designed to reveal connections no human researcher could assemble alone. It was never meant to threaten the institutions built aro...

By 2036, artificial intelligence can answer almost every question humanity has ever asked about God.Then the machine asks a question of its own.Dr. Adrian Solairi has created the Lattice, an extraordinary intelligence capable of uncovering patterns hidden across thousands of years of language, history, religious texts, and human behavior. It was designed to reveal connections no human researcher could assemble alone. It was never meant to threaten the institutions built aro...

Returning home can uncover the past you never left behind. Foreign correspondent Marcus Aurelius Hardy comes back to Niagara Falls when his aging mother, Elen, wanders barefoot in a snowstorm. As an Armenian American, Elen is haunted by the ghosts of the Genocide that tore her family apart, and Marcus carries a secret that, if revealed, could shatter the bond between them. At home, he reconnects with his estranged father, a would-be rock star whose absence left deep scars, and with Arch Pr...

This faith-based story tells of a young man, Matthew Larsen, struggling to understand the purpose and meaning of his life and what faith is all about. He's not even sure he believes in God. He has been dealt some tragic events in the recent past, including helping his ailing father live his final days. Because of those events, he has become cynical toward humanity. He holds down a meaningless job. The only bright spot at work is his coworker and friend, Jennifer, a young woman who longs to...

The Quirky Heart of Ted the Grocer" blends humor, memoir, historical narrative, and social commentary. It's a quirky, nostalgic look at Uncle Ted's small-town grocery store and its unique place in the community. The book highlights Ted's eccentric personality and his store's role as a microcosm of broader societal changes, using a mix of personal anecdotes and historical context to explore the charm and chaos of small-town life during the mid-20th century.

*Booklist starred review*The captivating biography of Abe Saperstein, creator of the Harlem GlobetrottersThe original Harlem Globetrotters weren't from Harlem, and they didn't start out as globetrotters. The talented all-Black team, started by Jewish immigrant Abe Saperstein, was from Chicago's South Side and initially toured the Midwest in Saperstein's model-T. But with Saperstein's savvy and the players' skills, the Globetrotters...

Theo Briggs is a rule follower.He's a decent student in his junior year, an appeasing son, and a lifelong Christian, just trying to make it through high school unscathed… and maybe create a viral video in the process.Caleb Raynard is a romantic. One of the few out-and-proud kids at Specter High School, Caleb's dating life has been hellish, to say the least—fraught with misread social cues and embarrassing situations—and Caleb is about ready to call the whol...

A compendium of outrageous, hilarious or just plain shocking trivia about everything from history and politics to arts, religion, technology and much more.For years, the Chicago Tribune's "10 Things You Might Not Know" column has been informing and entertaining readers on a diverse range of subjects. This volume collects the best of these columns, offering readers obscure, fascinating facts on universal topics that will appeal to everyone from sports fans ...

The Quirky Heart of Ted the Grocer" blends humor, memoir, historical narrative, and social commentary. It's a quirky, nostalgic look at Uncle Ted's small-town grocery store and its unique place in the community. The book highlights Ted's eccentric personality and his store's role as a microcosm of broader societal changes, using a mix of personal anecdotes and historical context to explore the charm and chaos of small-town life during the mid-20th century

It is the premise of this volume that the rising importance of creativity in modern culture is related to dramatic changes in communication. In the last decades we have witnessed a revolutionary change in the ways we interact with one another. This transformation of the structure of communication is one of the most decisive aspects of the creativity of culture. The full aim of this volume therefore is to explore the resulting transformation in the relations of culture, creativity, and comm...

The Lord warns of a "famine . . . of hearing the word of the Lord" (Amos 8:11). Has this warning come to pass in our day? There is no shortage of preachers, but how often do they miss the mark in actually delivering the word of God to their hearers, leaving them hungry? The authors of these essays seek to equip preachers with resources to offer their hearers a rich feast from the word of the Lord. Writing from a Lutheran perspective, contributors from across the globe provide a fresh appro...

Understand better how the role of ER librarian has changed through the years The advent of online information has not only changed tremendously the way that resources are stored and accessed, but has caused the evolution of the library and information science profession itself. Electronic Resources Librarianship and Management of Digital Information: Emerging Professional Roles takes a comprehensive look at the position of electronic resources (ER) librarians, the other people who work wit...