Normally, retreats are built to blend in to their surroundings for the sake of secrecy, and are built by those who don’t want others to know anything about their retreat. Dave Black explores these places and gets to go where most people never go—through the chain link fence, past the guard dog, and into the rarely seen survival retreat. You will learn how to:Protect and defend your retreatBuild in the right locationLive safely in your retreatHarvest food and...

The Downpour Anthology from Supposed Crimes started as a "butch women and thunderstorms" challenge. A throwback to classic lesbian erotica. The resulting stories are a mix of sexy, sweet, and downright dangerous. Women of all types tackle the storms of nature, magic, or mystery. Victorian times through the future of outer space. The classic pretty girl stranded by the side of the road in the rain, along with a pickup or two, ghosts, and, well, we won't spoil all the surprises.Proli...

♥ **For all those who don’t quite fit in...You were born to stand out! You are one of a kind with special talents and abilities. Let them shine.**♥That’s the message of this sweet book, which focuses on self-compassion and loving who you are.Sloan the Sloth isn’t good at sports like some of the other animals. He’s too slow. But Sloan knows that’s okay.Instead of being discouraged, he focuses on what he is good at. Sloan puts it best when he says…

Nervous? Anxious? Stressed? You’re not alone!Help young ones ease their anxiety with Brave the Beaver.Brave can't help but worry . . . about everything!Worry causes his heart to race and his stomach to ache. And when it gets really bad . . .POP!. . . the worry warts start popping up too!What’s a brave beaver to do? Can his daily mantra help calm his fears?“Worries, worries, go away!

The True Crime Autobiography of an Early 20th-Century Thief and Dope FiendJack Black's 1926 bestselling true-crime memoir inspired generations of countercultural writers, including William S. Burroughs.William S. Burroughs first read the book as an adolescent and cited You Can't Win as influential in his life and writing, mentioning the autobiography in his 1953 book Junky.

The authors examine youths' practices in digital culture affecting social change, pedagogy, and creative learning practices. Knowledge about these practices is discussed, in which learning, knowledge sharing, distinct social contexts, pedagogical relationships, and artistic creative inquiry are examined in diverse formal and informal environments.

How to Pay for College Bundle, 2 IN 1 Bundle: Student Loans and Paying for CollegeAfter students graduate from high school, the next step in the education journey is enrolling in college. But unlike high school education that is free, college is quite expensive. And this is one of the main deciding factors on whether students choose to attend college or not. With college tuition, books, supplies, and many other costs involved in college, this can rack up a big debt for a student ju...

In A Three-Dimensional Jesus, Clifton Black offers a fresh, critically sympathetic reading of the New Testament’s first three Gospels: Matthew, Mark, and Luke. Intelligent and accessible, conversational and whimsical, this volume helps readers consider the questions that are basic to the Synoptic Gospels’ interpretation. Black addresses their literary genre and origins; portrayals of the figure of Jesus and other central characters; the relationships among these three books; and t...

C. Clifton Black provides a thorough analysis of the most famous prayer in the Christian church, the Lords Prayer. He begins with an impressionist painting of how the ancients prayed during Jesus time in order to set the context for understanding the prayer he taught his disciples. Throughout the book, Black systematically interprets the rich meanings of each part of the Lords prayer. Additionally, he includes an overview of Christian thought on the Lords Prayer from early church mothers a...

Redaction criticism attempts to identify biblical authors' theological interests by examining their adaptation of sources. Focusing on representative studies of Jesus' disciples in the Gospel of Mark, this pioneering book by C. Clifton Black has become the standard evaluation of that method's exegetical reliability.Comprehensively reviewing recent scholarship, Black identifies three distinctive types of redaction criticism in Markan interpretation. He demonstrates that diverse redac...

Tracing scientific ideas about the structure of Earth, Global Warming creates an intellectual portrait of the shifts in thinking that have led to the current controversy, enabling readers to make up their own minds on this important issue.Global Warming takes one of the hot-button issues of our time and surveys it in historical context, creating an intellectual portrait of the multi-century shifts in thinking that have led to gradual acceptance of...

In the United States, federal judges occupy weighty positions. They interpret the Constitution, define people's rights and liberties, and apply laws and regulations to myriad cases. They also are older than ever. In 2023, the median age of a federal judge reached 70 for the first time. Nearly one-third of federal judges exceeded the age of 75. And ten percent were 85 years or older. The federal judiciary has become a graying judiciary. Recent advances in neuroscience show that cognitive ag...