Lily is discovered as a baby in a Scottish wood while Tom is doing chores for Laird John. The love in the little girl's heart shines so brightly that the people she loves can see it. Her star teaches children everywhere about how the love in their hearts can shine for Jesus.

in an era of unprecedented abundance—where many of us have far more than the essentials of food, shelter, and social connection—dissatisfaction remains pervasive. We find ourselves restless, disgruntled, even chronically disheartened, as if no amount of material or relational comfort can soothe the unease within. Why is this the case? In When Enough is Never Enough, author Dr. Oliver Ross examines why we frequently suffer from our own habitual “more, better, different” thinking, which fixa...

Two years of marriage. One dinner party. And a face from the past that changes everything.Kai Marchetti thought he had it all figured out. A billionaire husband. A beautiful home. A life that looked perfect from the outside. Then Marcus Reyes walks through the door at his husband's business dinner, and every wall Kai spent years building starts to crack.Adrian Cole built an empire from nothing. He can close any deal, win any boardroom, control any outcome. But he can't cont...

Seaside Stories: 29 Books of Boating Adventures gathers a capacious body of maritime adventure writing in which coasts, rivers, harbors, and open water become arenas for curiosity, discipline, danger, and comradeship. Ranging from brisk episodic tales and practical boating narratives to mysteries, survival episodes, and morally inflected coming-of-age adventures, the volume reflects the broad appeal of nautical fiction. Its many voyages, rescues, contests, and encounters with uncertain wea...

He's the captain who never lets anyone in. I'm the new guy who wasn't supposed to matter.Evan Carter doesn't do distractions. Captain of the rugby team. Heir to a company that already has his whole life planned out. Future husband to a girl he's never actually chosen. He holds the line — on the pitch, and everywhere else.Then Finlay Murray transfers in, and every rule Evan's ever lived by starts to crack.Finlay's got a temper, a killer left shoulder, and a past he's...

In "Robert Orange," John Oliver Hobbes delivers a richly textured narrative that intertwines themes of identity, societal expectations, and personal ambition. The novel, set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Britain, follows the journey of its eponymous protagonist as he navigates the complexities of love and career within a society teetering on the brink of modernity. Hobbes's literary style is marked by sharp wit and keen social observation, reminiscent of contemporaries such as...

***WINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR SHORT STORIES/COLLECTION***A celebration of the beloved, award-winning poet Mary Oliver, narrated by actress and activist Sophia Bush featuring selections from the late poet’s work, in her own voice, plus a tapestry of complementary voices reflecting on Oliver’s legacy.Wild and Precious: A Celebration of Mary Oliver is a first of its kind audio commemoration of one of the greatest poets in modern history. Actre...

1 History of Solvent Abuse The practice of deliberately inhaling various gases or vapors in order to induce an altered state of mood or sensibility is not new. As noted repeatedly in other reviews (eg, Cohen, 1973; Novak, 1980), it was recognized in early Greek civilization as an adjunct to divination; indeed, it has now become customary, if not obligatory, to refer to the Oracle at Delphi before considering the more recent history of the subject. According to legend, the priestess a...

René Descartes is one of the formative figures in Western philosophy, logic and mathematics. His famous statement: ‘I think, therefore I am’, has become perhaps the most famous phrase in all of philosophy. Descartes’s ground-breaking writings attempted to establish unshakeable foundations of knowledge, and set a trend for subsequent Western philosophy, which has endlessly critiqued and expanded upon his ideas.

A gripping, fact-based story of how Daniel Morgan and his courageous riflemen played a crucial role in George Washington's victory in the American Revolution. They wore hunting shirts, deer-skin leggins and moccasins. Each had a tomahawk and a scalping knife in their belts and carried "long rifles" in their hands. Every rifleman was a Patriot volunteer, a tracker, and a hunter. And they could kill a redcoat from 250 yards. "This is a war story. It's about real people and events before, dur...

The New York Times bestselling, “heart-thumping” (Sean Hannity) espionage thriller from #1bestselling author Oliver North offers an epic tale of America’s future in the year 2032, about the kidnapping of a prominent physicist who knows too many state secrets for the president’s liking—especially in a re-election year.The kidnapping of Martin Cohen, an MIT physicist who is privy to sensitive scientific information, from a Houston energy conference b...

From Oliver North—whose New York Times bestseller Heroes Proved was praised by Sean Hannity as “a heart-thumping ‘must-read’ for every American”—comes a gripping, nonstop thriller that could only be written by someone who has “been there, done that.”Veteran undercover FBI agent Jake Kruse is investigating a smuggling ring in southern California when his assignment is cut short. A prominent criminal defense attorney wants to hire Jake on another ki...