A local basketball star in a small Ohio town tries to remake his life in middle age, but instead must confront a murderer and the prospect of leaving his hometown and giving up everything that once gave his life meaning.Nicholas “Duke” Ducheski is the most important man in the eastern Ohio steel town of Mingo Junction. Nearly two decades after he made the winning shot in the state championship basketball game, he remains much adored and the focal point of community pride. Hardly a ...

The Stewardship Controversy: A Deeper Look into Biblical StewardshipWhat if stewardship is more than managing money — what if it's the very heart of the battle between Heaven and Hell?In The Stewardship Controversy, Kiwayne L. Ferron takes readers on a groundbreaking journey through Scripture to uncover stewardship's divine origin — from Eden to eternity. With profound clarity and biblical depth, Ferron reveals how stewardship is not just ...

Born in Jamaica and arriving in the United States as a young teen, Ferron S. Johnson faced numerous challenges that could have derailed his dreams. This is an author who defied all odds to create a better future for himself and those around him.. However, instead of succumbing to the hardships, he used them as fuel to drive his determination and resilience. Through his own personal experiences, he discovered the power of mindset and how it can transform one's life. Drawing from his own exp...

A Long Time Ago in a Cutting Room Far, Far Away is a behind-the-scenes look at some of the most influential films of the last fifty years by Paul Hirsch, a film editor who worked on more than forty features.Starting with his work on Carrie, Hirsch gives insight into the production process, touching upon casting, directing, cutting, and scoring. It’s a riveting look at the decisions that went into creating memorable and iconic scenes and offers fascinating portrait...

A compelling reevaluation of the Enlightenment from one of its leading historiansIn this concise and powerful book, one of the world's leading historians of the Enlightenment provides a bracing and clarifying new interpretation of this watershed period. Arguing that philosophical and historical interpretations of the era have long been hopelessly confused, Vincenzo Ferrone makes the case that it is only by separating these views and taking an approach grounded in so...

The Enlightenment was a laboratory of modernity that changed the history of the Western world, helping to bring about globalisation and the rise of a powerful intellectual class. It gave the scientific revolution new methods and a new purpose by ushering in the sciences of man. At the same time, it constantly interrogated these new sciences, wary of the possibility that they might lead to discrimination rather than emancipation. The late Enlightenment, the most mature and productive period...

Learn C\# programming from scratch using the all-new Unity 6 as a fun and accessible entry point with this updated edition of the bestselling series Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesBuild a strong foundation in programming concepts and the C\# languageBecome confident in the fundamentals and features of Unity in line with Unity 6Create a playable game prototype in Unity―a working first-p...

A timeless and insightful volume of essays—with more than 130 recipes—by the master of American cuisineThe Armchair James Beard showcases the many roles of America's first celebrity chef: teacher, culinary alchemist, restaurant reviewer, occasional dieter, visionary, and gourmand. Collected by Beard's longtime friend and colleague John Ferrone, each essay resonates with impassioned opinions and a distinctly American voice. Beard takes us on a journey from ...

It is October of 1838 as a volunteer cavalry of Mormons gather in the woods. Ill-prepared for battle, they organize as best they can to face hundreds of mobbers who, with the governor’s support, have besieged the people of DeWitt, Missouri. With supplies running low, members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are starving. But there is a bright light amid the darkness of despair: the cavalry’s distinguished leader, Seymour Brunson. As Major Brunson leads his nervous soldier...

Arnold J. Toynbee, the most famous professional historian of the twentieth century, is widely quoted as having declared that “History is just one damn thing after another.” This book argues that history is not about “things” at all but is all about turning points—the decisions, acts, innovations, errors, ideas, successes, and failures on which the shape of a nation’s life—our lives—depends. It presents the one hundred points at which America’s path decisively turned on its way to where we ...

A Lucas Davenport thriller by internationally bestselling novelist John Sandford.A Lucas Davenport thriller by internationally bestselling novelist John SandfordHe was the best at what he did. A chameleon, invisible... uncatchable. For how could you catch an invisible manAfter a two-year break, Lucas Davenport is back on the force and his first job is dealing with state investigator Meagan Connell. Determined to prove a lin...

Job counselor Ralph Ferrone reveals the ins and outs of acing a job interview, from initial preparation of the résumé right through to the final thank-you note.Whether you get the job or not is determined in the interview. . . .The job interview is the single most crucial step in the whole application process. In Don't Blow the Interview, you'll learn:-How to secure the interview, from résumé preparation to query letters and more