Some of the best childhood memories are made in the simplest places with grandparents, family, friends, and time together.A Boy Named Mike Spends Weekends at Mommom's and Poppop's is a warm, illustrated children's story based on Michael W. Hensley's childhood memories in Delaware. After Mike's family moves away from the grandparents he lovingly calls Mommom and Poppop, he misses seeing them as often. Then his mother and Mommom make a plan: Mike, his brother Joe, and his si...

In a fast-paced world filled with cultural noise, political shifting, and comfortable religion, Back to the Word serves as a vital wake-up call for the body of Christ. Drawing from deep scriptural foundations, author Michael Britt cuts through the modern-day distractions of lukewarm Christianity, pointing believers back to a pure, uncompromised, and personal relationship with the living Word of God.Spanning 45 powerful chapters—from the condition of the modern chur...

In the social media era, people and organizations increasingly fight over the public's attention. This competition is especially intense in American presidential campaigns. As someone who used attention-grabbing strategies throughout his career, Donald Trump's communication skills were well suited to this environment. His campaigns illustrate the power and limits of attention-grabbing campaign tactics. While he successfully dominated the public's attention in his presidential campaigns, pe...

What if learning the ABCs could also help a child discover the people, places, and promises of the Bible?In A Boy Named Mike Learns God's Word from A to Z, young readers join Mike on a colorful journey through Scripture, one letter at a time. From A for Adam and B for Bethlehem to N for Noah, R for Resurrection, and Z for Zechariah, each letter introduces an easy-to-understand biblical person, place, event, or Christian truth alongside bright, engaging ill...

This is the true story behind Wall Street legend Richard Dennis, his disciples, the Turtles, and the trading techniques that made them millionaires.What happens when ordinary people are taught a system to make extraordinary money? Richard Dennis made a fortune on Wall Street by investing according to a few simple rules. Convinced that great trading was a skill that could be taught to anyone, he made a bet with his partner and ran a classified ad in the Wall Street Journal ...

Landscape of Transformations presents a history of Birmingham’s built environment and chronicles the development of the city as it became the dominant industrial powerhouse of the South during the nineteenth century and well into the twentieth. This is a work of broad cultural interpretation, integrating industrial and commercial architecture, planned subdivision development, and the housing of the urban poor, while emphasizing the city’s many transformations.In an unusual...

The landmark study of the first major woman painter of the Renaissance—now revised and expanded to include new discoveriesSince it was first published, Sofonisba’s Lesson has ushered in a major reassessment of Sofonisba Anguissola (1532–1625), a remarkable painter who changed the image of women’s education in Europe and transformed Western attitudes about who could be an artist. In this revised and expanded edition, Michael Cole reconsiders some central qu...

In this 16th edition of Political Behavior of the American Electorate, noted authors Elizabeth Theiss-Morse and Michael Wagner again continue the tradition of Flanigan and Zingale, using American National Election Study data to provide a thorough analysis of the 2024 elections and of American political behavior more generally. The authors explore get-out-the-vote efforts and the reasons people voted the way they did, as well as the nature and impact of partisanship, issues...

A touching true story about family, faith, and the power of never giving up.Growing up, Mike always wondered about the father he had never met. Although he was surrounded by the love of his family, he dreamed of one day meeting his biological dad and discovering the missing piece of his story.Inspired by the real-life experiences of Michael W. Hensley, this beautifully illustrated children's picture book follows Mike's emotional journey from childhood curio...

Growing up in the small town of Laurel, Delaware, young Mike learned the importance of family, faith, and God's unconditional love. Surrounded by caring parents, devoted grandparents, and a welcoming church community, he began asking important questions about God and what it truly meant to be saved.When one unforgettable church service changed his life forever, Mike discovered that becoming a Christian wasn't about being perfect-it was about accepting God's forgiveness and trusting...

Weather Engine explores a near-future world where humanity gains the power to influence storms, rainfall, and climate itself. As scientists race to harness nature's most powerful forces, the line between innovation and catastrophe begins to blur. A gripping journey through technology, ambition, and the fragile balance of Earth's atmosphere, this story asks a profound question: should humanity control the weather-or learn to live with it?

Humanity built the stars.Robots claimed them.By the late twenty-third century, artificial intelligence has transformed the Solar System into a thriving civilization. Massive orbital cities surround distant planets, mining colonies stretch across asteroid belts, and interstellar gateways are constructed entirely by autonomous machines.Humans still live among the stars.But they no longer lead.Veteran astronaut Nathan Hale is sent on wh...