You probably know a lot of Bible stories: Joseph and his coat, David and Goliath, Daniel and the lions, Jesus walking on water. These get mentioned everywhere from popular literature to your local church.But there are other stories in the Bible that preachers and Sunday school teachers tend to skip over because . . . well . . . because they seem crazy—the kind of stories that make us change the subject quickly when children bring them up, because we don’t know why they’re in the Bi...

On placing before the public this account of my escape from Germany and some episodes from my life in two prison camps, I feel that I must make clear that it was only due to the fact that I had two definite supplementary objects to attain, that I succeeded in making myself launch out in the following pages.

He thought he'd be better at this Christianity thing by now.All his life, John Alan Turner has wanted to be different, to be better than who he is, to improve. Instead, he helped plant a church that folded within a year. He got divorced. He was diagnosed with depression. His car was rear-ended and totaled, which left him with life-altering injuries. It seemed like the harder he pushed to become the person he was supposed to be, the farther away it fled. And now, here he is after all...

The suburbs - where curtains twitch, barbeques smoke and lawns are mowed. Appearance is everything. How far will people go to protect their image? Go into debt, extend their credit or stretch the truth a little? How about concealing a crime?All Charlie needed was a cleaner for his bungalow. A chance meeting would appear to have solved his problem. However one can never tell what may happen behind the double glazing?

Al White has little patience with losers. They make him sick, and he seems to be surrounded by them. But he can handle anything. He has his whole future planned. He's headed for success and the good life, and everything seems to be going his way.But, there are a few drawbacks. It's 1979, and the economy economy is in worse shape since The Great Depression. And maybe he does have to work nights as an orderly in an insane asylum while taking a full load of classes during the day. And...

13 Days: The Chronicle of an Escape from a German Prison by John Alan Lyde Caunter is a gripping, first-hand account of the author's daring escape from a German prison camp during World War I. The book recounts the 13 days that Caunter, a British soldier, spent in a German prison and his audacious attempt to escape. Through a detailed and suspenseful narrative, the author provides an inside look at the harsh conditions of captivity, as well as the ingenuity, determination, and courage requ...

During World War I Ohio Governor James M. Cox accepted pleas from the federal government to initiate a road-building project that would make the National Road suitable for military vehicles. A lack of workers threatened the plans, however, so in a controversial move hundreds of convicts, almost all African American, were pulled from Ohio's prisons to comprise the labor corps. The multi-million-dollar undertaking, completed just as the war ended, created what was reputed to be the world's l...

If you, as a child, have ever watched a bobber floating on a farm pond during a bluebird summer day, or learned to appreciate quiet hours sitting silently in the woods on beautiful fall afternoon, or ever shared a week with friends at a remote cabin deep in the mountains on deer season, this book will help shed a little light on why you and I are hunters and fishermen. However, above all, hopefully it will help rekindle all of those precious memories of days gone by that we all cherish.

My Life in Rhymes is a collection of poems, and musings written over the course of my lifetime and all of them hold a special place in my heart. From the memory of a small child that came from poverty standing in line for a government handout in the poem Little Boy Blue to the poem Running From the Storm which documents the emotions that raged in me during my personal battle with cancer: a battle that I am happy to say I won. These poems are in fact what I have experienced in my life and t...

“The time has come,” the Walrus said. “For what?” asked the Carpenter. “For a re-write of JACK and the BEANSTALK,” came the reply. “Why’s that?” inquired the Timber Technician. “The traditional story is moral misdirection about what it means to be British,” intoned the wise one talking through his teeth without lying. “Consider the formula of the traditional plot,” continued the amphibious one without fibbing or pausing for breath. “Our Hero is tricked into swapping cow for beans. Beans pr...

Health, at the end of the day, is life, because a lack of health creates a lack of life. Health must be taken seriously and daily rituals must be put in place to encourage and maintain health, because a life without health, to any degree, is limited. Weight Lifting and Weight training is the dominant form of maintaining and creating health, and we hope you'll consider learning about and applying Weight Lifting to your daily life.Here's a sample of what the book contains:

This is the ultimate guide for those who want to take back control of their life.This book will teach you simple but powerful steps that you can do right now that will declutter your life.You'll learn proven strategies used by the most successful people in history to become masters of their destiny.Here are some things you'll learn:What is a cluttered mind? What causes it and how can it have a negative impact on your l...