Called to be Light in the Workplace – A Workbook is the revised and expanded version of the second book (2003) in this series. This workbook challenges its readers to be ‘light’ on their respective job(s) in each of the three phases of career progression: (1) Entry-level (trainee or intern), (2) journey-man level (middle manager), and (3) senior level (executive or mentor). God’s Word ministers about how to encourage others at work and influence positive change in the midst of dysfunctiona...

In this gripping prequel to The Red Canoe, Buck navigates family, trauma and star-crossed romance in his search to track down his wayward brother.In this prequel to 2022's The Red Canoe, Buck, aka Michael Fineday, aka Red Deer is on his way to track down his wayward brother in the Twin Cities, when he's trapped in a snowstorm and rescued by Sally, a girl who is fighting her own demons. Though intrigued by Sally, most of Buck's time is spent trying...

An exploration of racial prejudice, sexual predation and the unrelenting pursuit of justice, The Red Canoe tells the story of carpenter Buck whose life is flipped upside down when a teenage girl shows up at his door.Buck, government name Michael Fineday, Ojibwe name Miskwa’ doden (Red Deer) is on the brink of suicide. He has just been served divorce papers by his wife Naomi, who is fed up with his savior complex and the danger it often attracts to their do...

This book considers the presence of the supernatural and Gothic elements of the Western on screen. These dark and sinister undertones often exist in Western narratives to draw attention to the ever-present issue of death and its haunting resonance which characters encounter. This book examines this through key historic moments in Western film and its contemporary incarnations. The book detects imposing correlations in themes and currents between the Gothic and the Western relating to exist...

Leadership is a spiritual gift from God (Romans 12:6-8). His Word reminds us that "Every good and perfect gift is from above... (James 1:17)." Unfortunately, it's a gift that, from time to time, is misused and abused by some in positions of power and authority. As a result, leaders at all levels, across multiple venues, cause those who they are entrusted to lead to walk away. People don't leave organizations. They leave because of poor leadership (people).Leadership wi...

This book looks at contemporary Gothic cinema within a transnational approach. With a focus on the aesthetic and philosophical roots which lie at the heart of the Gothic, the study invokes its literary as well as filmic forebears by exploring how these styles informed strands of the modern filmic Gothic: the ghost narrative, folk horror, the vampire movie, cosmic horror and, finally, the zombie film. In recent years, the concept of transnationalism has ‘trans’-cended its original boundarie...

Leadership with a Servant's Heart: Your Role as a Leader in Your Family is book number 3 of a five-book series on the timely topic of servant leadership. More specifically, leading others with a servant's heart. Nowhere throughout any of these books do I reference it as an easy task or responsibility. However, I know that through practical application, persistence, faith, patience, and intentionality, leading with a serv...

Leadership with a Servant's Heart: Your Role as a Leader in Your Family, and its 17 chapters, providesinsight and forethought that It is within the structure of the family unit that we begin to learnstrategies and principles that govern good leadership. Respect, honor, care, advocacy, support, love,and character are developed from a young age and often carry over into adulthood and the market-place. A good follower ultimately becomes a good leader. As we observe...

When Max Geist plans a rugged canoe trip on the rivers of Northern Minnesota, fifteen-year-old David fears that dealing with his father--an opinionated, stubborn, novice outdoorsman--will be the roughest part of their journey. Little does he know that once he enters the unforgiving wilderness his life, and that of his family, will be irrevocably changed.At the start of their trip, David's father and younger sister, Janie, briefly cross paths with a group of men who, unbeknownst to ...

The history of the helicopter may be traced back to the Chinese flying top (c. 400 B.C.) and to the work of Leonardo da Vinci, who sketched designs for a vertical flight machine utilizing a screw-type propeller. In the late nineteenth century, Thomas Edison experimented with helicopter models, realizing that no such machine would be able to fly until the development of a sufficiently lightweight engine. When the internal combustion gasoline engine came on the scene around 1900, the stage w...

The Routledge Companion to Folk Horror offers a comprehensive guide to this popular genre. It explores its origins, canonical texts and thinkers, the crucial underlying themes of nostalgia and hauntology, and identifies new trends in the field.Divided into five parts, the first focuses on the history of Folk Horror from medieval texts to the present day. It considers the first wave of contemporary Folk Horror through the films of the ‘unholy trinity’, as well as discussing...

A rotorcraft is a class of aircraft that uses large-diameter rotating wings to accomplish efficient vertical take-off and landing. The class encompasses helicopters of numerous configurations (single main rotor and tail rotor, tandem rotors, coaxial rotors), tilting proprotor aircraft, compound helicopters, and many other innovative configuration concepts. Aeromechanics covers much of what the rotorcraft engineer needs: performance, loads, vibration, stability, flight dynamics, and noise. ...