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In the shadow of Mount Hood in the US Pacific Northwest, 16-year-old Tennant is checking rabbit traps with her eight-year-old sister, Sophie. The girls are suddenly overcome by a strange vibration rising out of the forest, building in intensity until it sounds like a deafening crescendo of screams. From out of nowhere, their father sweeps them up and drops them through a trapdoor into a storm cellar. But the noise only gets worse....

Questioning our faith and spiritual beliefs, while leaving the familiarity of our religious homeland, can be excruciatingly painful. Loneliness, isolation, and fear of rejection - from God and others - can give rise to shame, guilt, anger, and sadness. In Religious Refugees, therapist and ordained pastor Mark Karris explores this disorienting faith shift through the lens of cutting-edge psychological research, theology, philosophy, and, most importantly, the real world experiences of those who are going through - and have gone through - this arduous and confusing journey.

Wolf Creek is a Western historical fiction novel about a cowboy building a new home in the Rocky Mountains in 1882.

Nueces Grit: Texans Answer the Call absorbs listeners in the events and accompanying dynamics sweeping South Texas during the early years of the War Between the States. Texas’s best men have joined the fight, leaving the Texas frontier vulnerable to desperadoes, bandits, and hostile Indians. Follow the epic adventures of Texas Ranger Captain Luke Dunn, as he delivers frontier justice across the war-ravaged treacherous prairies of the Nueces Strip of South Texas.

Country singer Johnny Wales can't seem to put his guilt behind him. The only thing that is constant in Johnny's life has been his taste for alcohol. Plagued with one wrong decision after the next, Johnny’s finally ready to quit losing and start over. Johnny doesn't know where to begin, especially when temptation is lurking around every corner. After Johnny finally hits rock bottom, it’s time for him to stick to his guns. But Johnny needs help along the way. When a stranger named Abner arrives, Johnny's life turns upside down.

The former career of Captain Ike Smith, a retired fire investigator, exposed him to the dreadful human beings inhabiting the world of arson...a group of people he does not miss. Since retiring, he has been chasing his new passion and career as a charter boat captain, pulling kayak fishermen out for a weekend of fishing and fun on Tampa Bay in Florida. However, a call from an old supervisor unexpectedly pulls Ike back into the life he thought he had left far behind.

Understanding and abiding in “the fear of the Lord”, is an essential kingdom concept and is beneficial for both the believer and the unbeliever alike. However, the world throughout the ages has been misleading people teaching only Bible doctrine. Whereby this fallen world that we live in runs on various degrees of fear, therefore it has become far too easy to ascribe some kind of a fearful concern towards God, our creator. This audiobook will walk you through the scriptures concerning this subject and present to you how scripture defines “the fear of the Lord”.

Pulse of Perseverance is the honest, deeply personal tale of three young Black men's refusal to succumb to failure and how, together, they overcame daunting odds to take their place among the just five percent of US doctors who are Black. Through writing as passionate as it is relatable, the authors provide an unflinching look at the barriers Black Americans face as they try to move out of the place society has designated for them.

Sharp Obsidian lays bare the inner struggles of a father and his strong-willed teenage daughter when she begins to test life’s boundaries. Her father refuses to let destructive influences twist her morals. Dispirited, he commits his daughter to a teen recovery camp. She is indignant, but meets the challenge with grit, uncovers her true essence, and matures into a savvy young woman.