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Meeting people from other religions is an incredible blessing and a unique challenge. As Christians, what do we need to know about their beliefs to effectively interact with them? And how can we share about Jesus with sensitivity for someone's relationship to their current faith? A compilation from some of today's top religion scholars, The Popular Handbook of World Religions is a clear and insightful guide to understanding and conversing with followers of the world's major belief systems.

Former cop Jasper Cole has come home to Buckhorn to ranch—and to find some peace. But there’s one part of his past he doesn’t object to facing again. Darby Fulton acts like she’s forgotten the searing one-night stand they shared in college, but to Jasper, she’s as fascinating and tempting as ever. And when she’s drawn into an unsettling local mystery, he follows, despite his misgivings.

Some people might dream of inheriting a hotel somewhere as picturesque as Buckhorn, Montana. To Casey Crenshaw, though, her late grandmother’s property is a white elephant to be sold as quickly as possible. The place has been boarded up for years, and locals have murmured about ghost sightings ever since a young woman was murdered there. But it’s not the imaginary ghosts that worry Casey - it’s the flesh-and-blood man who’s throwing a wrench into all her plans. Finn James intends to find out what really happened at the hotel years ago.

Six moving profiles reveal the complex realities behind gun violence in the United States. Author Daniel J. Patinkin exhaustively interviewed each of six shooters about their life experiences and about the unique circumstances that compelled them to use a firearm against another person. The result is a series of profound narratives that is sure to distress and challenge the listener, but also, perhaps, to provide enlightenment and inspiration.

If you are new to the idea of who Jesus is or you are just tired of him being buried under steeples and religious lingo, this audiobook is for you. Do you want to be excited about life again? Do you want to understand how Jesus is actively involved in your day, your goals, and your future? The short chapters in this audiobook will provide you daily inspiration and transformation for a whole month. Just as natural eyes should open daily, spiritual eyes must also see him more and more. If your heart longs for him, listen to this audiobook and begin the adventure of seeing Jesus.

Big Brother's Little Problem is the fourth book in The Holiday Boys series of teachable lessons for children. Big brother deals with a problem known by all older siblings: a younger sibling that wants to follow you everywhere, leaving very little room for privacy. But big brother discovers a blessing in disguise in having a younger sibling that refuses to leave his side.

Alliston Hayes loved three things: getting married, hats, and the late Jac Jarger. So when she got the chance to combine the three with the help of a demon-possessed cat and an ancient book, how could she pass it up? And how could she know that her enthusiasm would result in "The Incident"?

Do you pray to God or is it something you’ve given up on? Would you like to learn how to pray properly once more? Prayer can be a powerful thing. The act allows us to communicate on a personal level with God, asking for things which may be personal to us, or requesting his help with troubles. But sometimes we can lose our way, and prayer can often seem irrelevant in today’s modern world. Prayer: The Power of Praying to God seeks to reverse this idea and provides you with chapters that examine how you can change the way you pray to get the most from it.

Best-selling author TJ Clementine thought she’d be safe with her sisters during the holidays. She was wrong. Dead wrong. Now her “biggest fan” has followed TJ to Whitehorse, Montana, with visions of murder in mind. The only person who can help TJ is ruggedly handsome loner Silas Walker - if she can trust him. Because this mountain man knows just how to hunt deadly shadows...and win.

Prayer is a core Christian practice, but for many, this means "saying prayers" or asking God for various favors. In this audiobook, we will review a variety of methods of prayer that have been used in Christianity. Whether you're a beginner who is just learning how to pray or a more mature Christian who has been at it awhile, this book will offer specific guidance, encouragement, and support for practicing several time-tested methods of prayer.

Think you can't write a great novel in a month? Think again. Most of the best novels in history were written in a month or less. Professionals do it all the time. And with Becoming an Every Day Novelist, so can you. Prolific author J. Daniel Sawyer walks you through the process in this lively and fun day-by-day guide to going from blank page to a publication-ready novel...and doing it every month.

Supermodel Annabelle “Annie” Clementine is back in Whitehorse, Montana. And there’s nothing cowboy Dawson Rogers wants more than to see his ex-lover’s backside…on the road out. He’ll even risk his heart again and help sell her late grandmother’s house so Annie can leave ASAP. Except along with the house, Annie inherited a mystery. And if they don’t solve it soon, someone’s willing to kill for the answer.

In 1987, Staten Island's Willowbrook State School for people with intellectual disabilities closed its doors for good. Broke and almost finished with graduate school, Dan Tomasulo was hired to relocate Willowbrook's most severely disabled inhabitants into a groundbreaking community-based group home. American Snake Pit is the story of the disregarded souls who ended up in Tomasulo's care; of the resilient staff who helped make such a momentous success possible; and, most of all, of one man's persistent struggle to give voices to those who could not advocate for themselves.

Whether it's history itself getting lost in the stone silence of a lighthouse or the time flow of medieval armor clashing from the grave into the now of your mind, this year's honor roll of top stories from Tell-Tale Publishing will pull you up in your chair and set your pulse racing. But that's what you want...isn't it? There will be thoughtful dilemmas to keep you pondering, moral choices and choices for the oldest of reasons - love - and, above all, the test of love versus fate.

He was sure he could handle one petite PI with an attitude - but he'll need her help to solve the secret of his missing sister and outwit a ruthless killer. His family never fully recovered from the kidnapping of his siblings decades ago. Now Boone McGraw finally has a lead on his missing sister's location, but it means working with feisty private investigator C. J. Knight. Desperate to solve her partner's murder, C. J. doesn't believe her case could possibly be connected to the sexy horse breeder's investigation...until they find themselves running for their lives.

Writers face a world of infinite possibility - and hard decisions. To navigate the publishing world, you must understand business and money from the point of view as a businessperson, not an employee. J. Daniel Sawyer, longtime businessman, educator, and author of over 20 books guides you through the transition from thinking like an employee to thinking like an entrepreneur, and gives you the tools you need to make informed decisions about how to grow your fiction writing from a hobby to a life-sustaining career.

Everybody lies - especially when dating. Fortunately, Luke has your back. A self-appointed honesty enforcer, he volunteers at bars using VR optics and data mining in his quest to referee the game of love. He'll keep you honest and send you home happy...if you play fair. But a world without secrets holds all kinds of surprises, even for Luke - like transparency activists, and broken hearts, and the unexpected appearance of an Open Source Woman.

In this lecture, Dr. Siegel shares some of the important ways that mindfulness practices can help us live better lives. He explains what happens to the brain when it starts to become more "integrated". By linking differentiated parts of the brain, people can actual use their minds to change their brains, which can help alleviate the negative effects of mental stress.

On a trip to visit his ailing grandfather, 17-year-old Peter meets a magician who claims to know how to grant Peter's dearest wish: to perform impossible illusions. But dearest wishes come with costs, and new opportunities come with each turn of the cards in a hospital room at the edge of nowhere.

Killian Loch's beat at the San Diego Herald is anything but thrilling, and he is in danger of being one of the first to get his exit papers if the newspaper is bought out. He gets one last chance when he's sent to Las Vegas to get the most colorful story he can. The catch is, the job's not what he really wants. He dreams of being a novelist, and when he hears his book has been picked up by a major publisher, he starts counting the days until he quits.