The wildest seven years in the history of hockeyThe Rebel League celebrates the good, the bad, and the ugly of the fabled WHA. It is filled with hilarious anecdotes, behind the scenes dealing, and simply great hockey. It tells the story of Bobby Hull’ s astonishing million-dollar signing, which helped launch the league, and how he lost his toupee in an on-ice scrap. It explains how a team of naked Birmingham Bulls ended up in an arena concourse spoiling fo...

Veteran hockey writer Ed Willes takes an irreverent look back at the sometimes thrilling, often infuriating and always fascinating history of the Vancouver Canucks.Cheering for the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks over the last half century has required patience, commitment and a forgiving nature. It’s not that the Canucks have been uniformly awful or drearily predictable. Far from it (as this past season would attest). But every time they seemed close to...

Gretzky, Lemieux, Messier, Coffey, Fuhr, all on the same team — in their prime. The greatest collection of hockey talent ever assembled, playing the games of their lives.Three epic 6-5 contests between Canada and the Soviet Union decided the ’87 Canada Cup.Canada evened the series, after the Soviets won Game 1, when Gretzky’s fifth assist of the game set up Lemieux’s hat trick, ending Game 2 in double overtime. Game 2 is widely considered one of the greatest hockey games ev...

Wildcard Westerns have hand-picked twelve outstanding short stories of the Old Frontier for this edition of western classics. Owen Wister, Bret Hart, Ed Garron and Andy Adams are among the contributors, all masters of western adventure. The stories take you behind the guns of a Civil War howitzer battery, into the Rocky Mountains in search of outlaws, and across the wild country of old Arizona in the midst of the Indian Wars. Not to mention an encounter between feuding landowners, and a wo...

Delve into the chilling narrative of one of history's most infamous serial killers, Ed Kemper. This meticulously researched book offers a deep exploration of his psyche, childhood, and gruesome crimes. Unravel the twisted motivations and psychological factors behind Kemper's reign of terror, while gaining insights into criminal profiling, forensic psychology, and the enduring impact on true crime culture.

*The bestselling author of The Mountain and No Shortcuts to the Top chronicles his three attempts to climb the world’s tenth-highest and statistically deadliest peak while exploring the dramatic and tragic history of others who have made—or attempted—*the ascent.“Viesturs and Roberts have written an exhaustively researched and wonderfully compelling history of the most fascinating and dangerous of the Himalayan giants.”—David Breashers, v...

Church growth models have often been long on promises and short on disciple-making. We continue to watch consistent church attendance shrink, and our desire to reach the lost is infected with a need for self-validation by growing our numbers at any cost. If we believe that God wants his church to grow, where do we go from here? What is the future of the church?Drawing from his 20 years and 15,000 hours of consulting, author Will Mancini shares with pastors and ministry leaders the ...

Excelling at No-Limit Hold'em is a sensation in poker publishing. Renowned poker professional and author Jonathan Little brings together 17 of the greatest no-limit experts in the world to discuss all aspects of the game. These experts include superstars such as Phil Hellmuth, Chris Moneymaker, Mike Sexton and Jared Tendler.In Part 1 strategies are analysed for topics such as understanding the fundamentals, satellite play, lower-buy in events, analysing tells and moving up...

In 'The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory', Lady Charlotte Campbell Bury presents a meticulous guide to culinary arts, interweaving accessible cooking techniques with elegant dining etiquette reflective of early 19th-century British society. Emphasizing the role of women in domestic spaces, the book balances practical recipes with a certain grandeur, suggesting a narrative style that fuses didacticism with charm. With over 300 recipes, ranging from simple broths to su...

Holy Ground: 30 Peace Declarations That Will Make You Untouchable is your Bible-based, audio-guided devotional and journaling companion for women ready to step into unshakable faith and calm.Each day, you’ll hear a short, powerful reading, speak life over yourself with scripture-rooted declarations, and reflect with guided prompts you can journal in the written companion. Listen while driving, walking, or resting — and let God’s Word saturate your heart.

Co-ed Naked Philosophy is the story of Christopher Ross, an edgy young philosophy professor at Gulf Coast University. Students adore him because he takes on controversial topics, and his department needs him to keep bolstering enrollment, but he faces losing his job due to an arrest for trespassing at an unofficial nude beach. Between brash and desperate, he decides to make his final seminar a clothes-free course, setting off a revolution in body attitudes that forges unexpected precedents...

In "The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New Dinner-Table Directory," Charlotte Campbell Lady Bury presents a comprehensive culinary guide that merges traditional recipes with practical dining advice, catering to the 19th-century societal elite in England. With a meticulous literary style imbued with a sense of domesticity and authority, Lady Bury crafts a work that is both informative and engaging, capturing a pivotal moment in the evolution of British cookery. The book not only provides a wi...