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The first in a series of action, suspense thrillers featuring Iraqi war veteran James Jagger. Wrongly accused of a crime he did not commit, Jagger now searches a small New England town for a sadistic child predator.

In a post-apocalyptic future, where humankind has descended back into the dark ages, a young swordsman and his small band of allies must stand against the Undead King and his army of ravenous zombies.

Have you ever heard of a platonic dating service for Catholic priests? This fellowship-winning short story and more can be found in Tales from the Mountaintop, a collection of tales about life in upstate New York. At times dark and weird and at others touching and uplifting, these stories will leave you wanting to visit the Catskill Mountains and maybe, just maybe, stay awhile.

The Dragon Child is an adventure/fantasy tale following Dragon, who is a half human and half dragon, born from an ancient magic brought forth by his parents' love. His father is human, and his dragon mother is the queen of the dragon empire. When they pass, Dragon inherits the throne, as well as a world full of troubles.

Podcasting Good to Great: How to Grow Your Audience Through Collaboration provides a behind-the-scenes look at how podcasters can build influential platforms. The book discusses various strategies for networking, even when you can't leave home to attend pricey conferences.

When Abraham Lincoln addressed the crowd at the new national cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863, he intended his speech to be his most eloquent statement on the inextricable link between equality and democracy. However, unwilling to commit to equality at that time, the nation stood ill-prepared to accept the full message of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.

An audiobook that follows a young girl's story of getting caught up in the evil web of Satan via the Ouija board and learns what happens when you open yourself up to evil. While fleeing the indiscretions of her father, Ella and her mother move to a small mountain town. Keeping their old life a secret, they soon discover this town has secrets of its own.

Walking on water. Multiplying the fish and the loaves. Raising Lazarus from the dead. The miracles of Jesus may be well known, but they are often treated as nothing more than fanciful tales. Written as a companion volume to The Storytelling God: Seeing the Glory of Jesus in His Parables, this book by Jared Wilson argues for the historicity and importance of the miraculous events surrounding Jesus’s life and ministry.

It has been said for years that smoothies are extremely healthy options for those who want to get the nutrients that are necessary, and for those who want to maintain their current weight or get rid of those extra pounds. Smoothies for Athletes and Weight Loss is not only a great collection of recipes and poignant advice for athletes, but it can also be used by persons that just want to have a healthier diet in the long run.

This book will empower you to discover your authentic self and achieve a happiness that’s practical, actionable, and sustainable. There are a lot of books on happiness. But what does it truly mean to be happy? Many suggest we simply need to manifest things in our lives like love, gratitude, and purpose and that living "in the moment" is the key to happiness. But how exactly do we do that? Come on, throw us a freaking bone! This book IS the bone.

As the new century unfolds, we face a host of economic and social challenges - jobs lost to "off shoring," a huge and growing number of Americans without health insurance coverage, an expanding gap between rich and poor, stagnant wages, decaying public schools, and many others. These are difficult and complex problems, but our government's strategy for dealing with them has been essentially not to deal with them at all.

Returned from the Great War, living in 1920s Hollywood, Walter Steale is hired as muscle by his politician brother while a platinum blonde, renowned for playing empty-headed nymphets in the flickers, rekindles his faith in the world. But before long, lies stack up around his work, and Steale finds himself on the front lines of corruption. Once he confronts his brother, Steale's dirty work is used against him to protect powerful state leaders.

Wisdom without passion is a Ferrari with no gas in the tank. Passion without wisdom is a tricked-out 57 Chevy with no steering wheel. Baby Boomers have relied on wisdom to pave the way to success. Education, knowledge, investing strategies, 401(k)s, real estate leverage, and carefully contrived career paths were expected to lead to success in the golden years. Seeing the overall failure of that formulaic approach to life, younger generations today have relied on passion as the guiding principle for their version of success.

Is Social Security really going bust, and what does that mean to me? If I hire an immigrant, am I hurting a native-born worker? How much can presidents really affect economic outcomes? Why does the stock market go up when employment declines? What's a "living wage?" Why do I feel so squeezed? If you'd like to know the answers to these questions, premier economist Jared Bernstein is here to help.

Leading homiletician Jared Alcantara offers a practice-centered, collaborative, technologically innovative, next-generation introductory preaching textbook. The book breaks new ground by adopting a practice-based approach to teaching preaching and by using innovative technological delivery to enhance the educational experience of learners.

"A Couple of Characters" is a clean, witty, and fresh album featuring two of Washington, D.C.’s up and coming comedians. Jared Stern and Robert Mac tackle everything from J date to Bob Barker in the first special for two rising stars.

Jared Dees, creator of the popular website The Religion Teacher, shows how applying the steps of lectio divina to teaching can reorient religious education toward encountering the person of Christ rather than merely sharing information about him. In Christ in the Classroom, Catholic author and speaker Jared Dees applies the five steps of lectio divina - reading/learning, meditation, prayer, contemplation, and action - to the ministry of catechesis.

Clark is Tanner's happy-go-lucky pup who loves a good belly scratch but doesn't like going to the dog park. There are too many dogs, too much commotion, and Clark is scared to make new friends. But when a beautiful dog surprises Clark at the water bowl, he'll have to learn to face his fears if he wants to play fetch. Can Tanner help Clark find the superhero within?

In the endless debate of science versus religion, The Self-Evident Truth explores how science works, what science actually knows, and how both science and religion need faith in order to be accepted as the absolute truth. The Self-Evident Truth debunks many science "facts" and utilizes logic and mathematics to show the Bible's accounts are actually more plausible than science.

A 14-year-old boy struggles with family relationships and accepting the beliefs he was taught as a child. While on the vacation of a lifetime, driving from the United States through México, Central and South America, he visits ruins and reads scripture. As his feelings and opinions begin to clarify, he decides to express his feelings through mazes of scenes representing his religious interpretations, with short write-ups intended to help other young people discover what took him so long to understand.