Looking up at the stars at the age of ten, John Casper dreamed of being a space explorer. The Sky Above tells how persistence and determination led to flying in space, after serving the nation as a combat fighter pilot and test pilot. Despite life-threatening experiences and failures, his spiritual faith was pivotal in overcoming life’s challenges. This expanded edition includes a Q&A with the author as well as book club discussion questions.Through vivid storytelling, the...

For centuries, America's social, political, and legal foundations have been shaped by doctrines, beliefs, and systems that continue to influence the nation's identity and its people. Many of these historical narratives have fostered division, reinforced racial inequality, and left lasting psychological and cultural scars across generations.Drawing on history, psychology, and social analysis, Dr. John W. S. Howard explores the origins of these deeply rooted issues, from the Doctrine...

Sensory Processing DisorderUnderstanding Sensory Differences, Diagnostic Confusion, Treatment, and Everyday FunctioningSensory Processing Disorder explores the complex ways people receive, organize, interpret, and respond to sensory information-and how these differences can affect everyday life.For some individuals, ordinary sounds, textures, movements, smells, foods, or environments can become overwhelming. Others may appear unus...

The Handbook on Pastoral PsychologyHow can Christian faith and psychological understanding work together in caring for people who are experiencing emotional, relational, spiritual, and psychological struggles?The Handbook on Pastoral Psychology explores pastoral care at the meeting point of Christian theology and psychological understanding. It presents pastoral psychology and pastoral psychotherapy as an integrated form of care ...

Bloomsbury presents Everyday Bias by Howard J. Ross and Jake Ross, read by John Moraitis.To be human is to be biased, especially with today’s technologies and politics reinforcing our unconscious reactions.Most people do not see themselves as biased towards people different from themselves, yet disparities and dangerous prejudices still run rampant. Why is that? And is there anything we can do about it?Building on the transformatio...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This collection of the greatest mysterious dark tales gathers together more than 100 authors and more than 1000 short stories (!), which makes it truly unique in its kind. Be ...

This American classic has been corrected from the original manuscripts and indexed, featuring historic photographs and an extensive biographical afterword.

Ty Hardin is very good with a gun. Working alone, Ty recovers some cattle from a gang of herd-cutters. Ty then decides to use his skill with a gun on the side of law and order. Ty becomes a town marshal, a bounty hunter, and town marshal again. When Ty is told he has cancer he decides to go to California to see the ocean before he dies. The trip to California turns out to be very interesting. Ty frees a town from a gang that has taken it over. When Ty stops for a meal with a farmer he disc...

If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities. This first volume of “The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written” features 30 stories by an all-star cast, including Ambrose Bierce, Algernon Blackwood, Robert W. Cham...

This carefully crafted ebook collection is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents: Treasure Island (R. L. Stevenson) Blackbeard: Buccaneer (R. D. Paine) Pieces of Eight (Le Gallienne) Gold-Bug (Edgar A. Poe) The Dark Frigate (C. B. Hawes) Hearts of Three (Jack London) Captain Singleton (Defoe) Swords of Red Brotherhood (Howard) Queen of Black Coast (Howard) Afloat and Ashore (James F. Cooper) Pirate Gow (Defoe) The King of Pirates (Defoe) Barbarossa—Kin...

The "Vampire Tales" is the biggest, hungriest, undeadliest collection of vampire stories ever assembled. Dark, stormy, and delicious, once it sinks its teeth into you there's no escape. Vampires! Whether imagined by Bram Stoker or Anne Rice, they are part of the human lexicon and as old as blood itself. They are your neighbors, your friends, and they are always lurking. Now we have compiled the darkest, the scariest, and by far the most evil collection of vampire stories ever, with over 80...

Five more unforgettable adventures await in Lost Sci-Fi Books 591–595, a collection that spans ancient civilizations, impossible technology, psychological suspense, and the darker corners of human imagination. These classic stories prove that great science fiction never stands still—it constantly surprises.Travel to a forgotten underground kingdom in The Lost Race by Robert E. Howard, where an ancient civilization has survived beyond the reach of h...