The numbers are alarming--at least to people of faith. Many, especially the young, are leaving the church and abandoning faith in God. Social scientists have for decades been documenting with numbers what church leaders and families have experienced directly. What is much less noted and evaluated is the substantial number of those who leave faith and the church and eventually come back to both. Why people leave is an important question, but so is why people return--a question much less oft...

"The book is well written, documented and is very easy to read. It's a great volume of what was there during the invasion and how it fared in the end." -IPMS/USA The book comes in three distinct sections – the first is an in-depth analysis of the German 'Westwall' defense system built between 1936 and 1944. This includes the build phases, the organization of the workforce and the political background. The second section looks at the Allied campaign to overcome the defenses of the Siegfried...

"If you're looking for a tactical WWII battle in a French village, this provides a top-rate resource." — Historical Minatures Gaming SocietyVillers-Bocage remains lodged in the imagination of many readers as a costly and controversial defeat for the British Army in Normandy. This point of view is entirely reliant on just ten minutes of fighting plucked from a two-day battle. This account sets out to rectify that view. Based on prolific first-hand information, including extensive int...

Words carry immeasurable significance: The universe was created with a word; Jesus healed and cast out demons with a word; rulers have risen and fallen by their words; Christians have worshiped through words of song, confession, and preaching. Even in our technological age, politics, education, business, and relationships center on words.Since the tongue is such a powerful force-for good or evil-we are wise to ask: What would homes, churches, schools, even the public square be like...

On January 6, 1975, Nottingham Forest were thirteenth in the old Second Division, five points above the relegation places and straying dangerously close to establishing a permanent place for themselves among football's nowhere men.Within five years Brian Clough had turned an unfashionable and depressed club into the kings of Europe, beating everyone in their way and knocking Liverpool off their perch long before Sir Alex Ferguson and Manchester United had the same idea.This...

“The ‘Then’ photos are an excellent selection and mainly consist of the work of British war photographers embedded in the attacking units, which gives them a vivid immediacy. The ‘Now’ photos offer a very interesting comparison… a useful and interesting book, and one to be recommended if you have an interest in WWII ground operations.” - IPMS/USAWhen the Allied armies broke out from the Normandy bridgehead in late July 1944, it became of paramount importance that t...

We establish wills to pass on our possessions and property to family members and friends, but what about the things that really matter: our values, beliefs, wisdom, and stories? Those are the things of lasting significance, the things that make up a spiritual legacy. Daniel Taylor, a heralded teacher, bestselling author of Letters to My Children (over 50,000 sold), and a proven master of preserving spiritual legacies, shows how anyone--not just professional authors or those who co...

Sofia is in love with Marc Cassell, but she shouldn’t be. In fact, as an unassigned Whisperer she should not be anywhere near him. Passing dreams from the stars and guiding them with a whisper, the interdimensional beings, the Whisperers, send elaborate messages in the hope to prevent a staged third world war that, thanks to the devious Lords of Time and their machine dream monitoring system, target the Dreamers of Earth.After Marc’s midnight visions lead him to a prison cell under...

Ever since his addiction began with a 1-1 draw against Coventry City at the age of seven, Guardian journalist Daniel Taylor has been both blessed and cursed to be a Nottingham Forest fan. Deep into the Forest is the story of his quest to track down those legendary figures who defined the clubs history and gather their first-hand accounts about the exhilarating highs and excrutiating lows, from the European Cups and Wembley triumphs to the relegations, cup shocks and controversies. In the...

This is the One is a fascinating insight into the mindset and winning temperament of the recently retired Sir Alex Ferguson, the most success manager in English football. When This Is The One was first published in 2007 it was hailed by Michael Crick as 'one of the all-time Manchester United classics' and featured by The Times in their quest to find the 'Best Ever 50 Sports Books'.Written over the course of two eventful and controversial seasons, it offer...

Jon Mote--grad school dropout and serial failure--has been hired to investigate the murder of his erstwhile mentor, Richard Pratt, a star in the firmament of literary theory. Feeling unequal to the task, Mote skitters on the edge of madness, trying to stifle the increasingly threatening voices in his head. His only source of hope is the dogged love of his developmentally disabled sister, Judy, who serves as cheerleader, critic, and moral compass. Death Comes for the Deconstructionist follo...

“…this book provides a great deal of photographic insight about the siege. …there appears to be a wealth photographic history, much of which could serve as references needed by those modelers in dioramas and period staging for models themselves.” - IPMS/USAThe siege of Leningrad was the longest ever endured by a modern city, and the deadliest siege in recorded history. It lasted for nearly 900 days, from late August 1941 to late January 1944, bringing unparalleled ...