Jay Sullivan is a pathetic mess, tortured by his daughter’s kidnapping, and is nothing like the legendary assassin he used to be. Could a clue out of nowhere be the redemption he needs? Or is he destined to remain an alcoholic nomad walking through life alone?Sullivan is a legendary assassin working for a secret government organisation. He is an expert in murder, able to kill a man and cover it up without even breaking a sweat.His only weakness is his daugh...

Comment être chaleureux et ne pas se faire envahir, comment être ferme sans être rejetant ? Ce manuel pratique apporte une réflexion et un outil d’ajustement permettant de parvenir à trouver à chaque instant la bonne distance entre soi et l’autre. Les professionnels du soin, de l’éducation, du social, de la relation d’aide ou de l’accompagnement y trouveront des repères nécessaires et suffisants pour travailler plus sereinement dans des contextes souvent éprouvants.

À l’instar de la stratégie développée notamment par WarrenBuffett, Jean-Joseph Haas propose avec cet ouvrage, accessiblemême au néophyte, un guide de l’investissement en Bourse àl’opposé de la spéculation à court terme.En identifiant et en expliquant les cinq « moteurs » qui caractérisentles valeurs de croissance, il propose une logique d’investissementà moyen et long terme sur des titres dont l’historique et lesfondamentaux démontrent que l...

The first comprehensive trade history of sex ed in American schools—and an impassioned call to reform sex ed into a powerful tool for reproductive justice and social equalityThe U.S. has some of the highest rates of STIs and teen pregnancies in the industrialized world. A comprehensive sex education curriculum—which teaches facts on contraception, prophylactics, consent, and STIs—has been available since the 90s. Yet the majority of states require that sex educatio...

Common Grace is often considered Abraham Kuyper's crowning work, an exploration of how God expresses grace even to the unsaved. Kuyper firmly believed that though many people in the world will remain unconverted, God's grace is still shown to the world as a whole. In this third and final volume of Common Grace, Kuyper brings his argument to its logical completion by turning to practical implications. With detailed explorations on matters of church and state, family, upbri...

In Common Grace,Abraham Kuyper presents to the church a vision for cultural engagement rooted in the humanity Christians share with the rest of the world.Kuyper fills a gap in the development of Reformed teaching on divine grace, and he articulates a Reformed understanding of God's gifts that are common to all people after the fall into sin. This first volume contains Kuyper's demonstration of the biblical basis for common grace and how it works.This translation of...

From a preeminent literacy scholar, this book provides a research-based framework to guide teachers on how the sciences of reading and writing can be merged to strengthen instruction in both areas. Young-Suk Grace Kim explains the essential skills and mechanisms that underpin reading and writing and describes ways to leverage their interconnections to accelerate student learning. The book offers comprehensive coverage of both theory and research, identifying underlying pri...

L’expérience nous prouve que certaines décisions sont plus difficiles à prendre que d’autres. Pour viser la meilleure décision possible, il est nécessaire d'y voir clair – c'est le discernement – et, parfois, cela implique de voir autrement – c'est l’esprit critique. L’entreprise, qui est un haut lieu de la prise de décision, se donne pourtant rarement les moyens de les promouvoir. Et ce n’est pas faute de littérature sur le sujet. Mais peut-être qu’il y manquait...

Common Grace is often considered Abraham Kuyper's crowning work, an exploration of how God expresses grace even to the unsaved. This second volume of Common Grace contains Kuyper's doctrinal exploration of the impact and implications of this aspect of Reformed theology.This translation of Common Grace, created in partnership with the Kuyper Translation Society and the Acton Institute, is part of a major series of new translations of Kuyper's most importan...

La pierre est depuis longtemps considérée comme le meilleur moyen de se constituer un patrimoine solide et l’investissement immobilier séduit année après année un nombre de Français toujours plus grand. Mais les vents contraires peuvent parfois souffler fort : entre hausse des prix, montée des taux, nouvelles contraintes d’endettement et normes énergétiques de plus en plus strictes, il y a de quoi dissuader le plus motivé des aspirants acquéreurs.Pour Adrien Giraud...

Grace and Truth: Rare Sermons by Jonathan Edwards is a collection of fifteen sermons on various topics, with the general theme being the gracious warning of God to flee approaching wrath by coming to the Savior for mercy and forgiveness. Readers familiar with the preaching of Jonathan Edwards, as well as those who are new to his ministry, will find encouragement in these pages. These sermons have been carefully edited by Dr. Don Kistler to make them more approachable to the modern...

The first comprehensive trade history of sex ed in American schools—and an impassioned call to reform sex ed into a powerful tool for reproductive justice and social equalityThe U.S. has some of the highest rates of STIs and teen pregnancies in the industrialized world. A comprehensive sex education curriculum—which teaches facts on contraception, prophylactics, consent, and STIs—has been available since the 90s. Yet the majority of states require that sex educatio...