This book is about men who understand that there are things that they are allowing to be more important to them than God. These men understand that they have a calling on their lives, but it is not easy to get in position in order to receive what the Father has for them. They want it, willing to become it, can’t get over self, so the growth doesn’t come. At times, the babe remains or the steps of that good man are never taken. That work they were created to do sometimes goes undone. Our br...

Witness the dramatic urban history of a rocky archipelago evolving into a booming global megacity. Perfect for your daily commute, this immersive narrative sweeps you across centuries of maritime trade, imperial rivalries, and relentless industrialization. Dive into a vibrant, gritty world where ambition built a financial empire on the shores of the Arabian Sea.Feel the urgent pulse of a metropolis where railways, roaring textile mills, and sprawling docks drew millions seeking for...

Composers 1 to 20By: Christopher WarrenIllustrated by: Dalian GrantComposers 1 to 20 is a book that combines the subjects of math, music history, literature, and geography. The book gathers a collection of composers across a time span of over 300 years starting from the Baroque era all the way until the 20th Century Modern era. It also covers a diverse grouping of musical styles, genres, and countries. The goal of Composers 1 to 20 is to introduce children to classica...

Jumper the zebra loves to jump. In fact, one night he dreams about jumping. He jumps over trees, and houses, and even a plane. He dreams he can jump over everything. In the morning, he tells his parents and grandfather about his awesome dream. They tell Jumper his dream can come true and he is capable of anything and everything he decides to do. He wants to become the world’s famous zebra. Jumper works hard and practices jumping in the forest every day. He wins a competition for jumping ov...

Christopher H. Warren wrote All the Noise of It: Living in a Tuscan Hilltown, a fascinating account about the thirty years he has spent in the small medieval village of Sorano, renovating his home and investigating traditional life. In that time he was indulged in the kitchens of many of the warm and welcoming townspeople, and became an accomplished cook. In Feasts from Paradiso he turns his attention to his breathtaking garden, which Warren restored and now cultivates; its flowers, vegeta...

In the 1930s, iconic American author Ernest Hemingway spent five summers at a ranch on the edge of Yellowstone National Park. Here he did some of his best writing, and his experiences in the mountains are connected to twelve of his most famous works, including For Whom the Bell Tolls. Hemingway declared that the ranch near the small, wilderness town of Cooke City, Montana, on the edge of Yellowstone, was one of his favorite places to write in the world, on par with Paris and Madrid.

I Foodini are Sean Lawson, Jenn Andreoli and Chris Warren- cooks who collaborated on a series of videos and webcasts documenting their friends, stories and recipes in Tuscany, Italy and the island of Dominica in the Caribbean. In the over 30 years that I have lived in the medieval hilltown of Sorano in Tuscany, I have had the great fortune to be invited into the homes of and been fed by many of the welcoming townspeople. Two, in particular, became my adoptive aunties, and between them, the...

Former Secretary of State Warren Christopher reflects on humanity’s interdependence and reliance on each other, in "A Shared Moment of Trust," her contribution to NPR’s This I Believe series.This I Believe is a National Public Radio program that features Americans, from the famous to the unknown, completing the thought that begins with the series title. The pieces that make up the program compel listeners to re-think not only what and how they hav...

Varian Fry, a young editor from New York, traveled to Marseilles after Germany defeated France in the summer of 1940. As the representative of the Emergency Rescue Committee, a private American relief organization, he offered aid and advice to refugees who found themselves threatened with extradition to Nazi Germany under Article 19 of the Franco-German armistice — the “Surrender on Demand” clause.Fry risked his life to rescue those targeted by the Gestapo in “the most gigantic man...

At Berkshire Hathaway, we like companies that are easy to understand. Doris Christopher’s “keep it simple” approach has a lot to teach anyone who is reaching for the American Dream. Frankly, if I can’t understand a company’s business, I figure their customers must have a pretty hard time figuring it out, too.I would challenge anyone on Wall Street to take $3,000 and do what Doris Christopher has done: build a business from scratch into a world-class organization. But follow the sim...

If you’re here for a ghost story, you may be disappointed.It’s a romance, it’s a mystery, it’s full of intrigue, it’s a celebration of the magic of books, but (spoiler alert?) you’re not going to find any supernatural beings on these pages. If that disappoints you, well, this book may not be for you.But if you love a good book, you’re about to meet a kindred spirit. His name is Roger Mifflin, and he can’t stop talking about how books can save your life, save your soul and p...

First Published in 2004. The economic impact of barriers to world trade and investment in services has been thought impossible to measure. As a consequence, significant global policy initiatives such as the General Agreement on Trade in Services have been concluded in an information void. This book challenges the view that impediments to services trade cannot be quantified, detailing how these barriers can be measured and their significance estimated. The book contains studies measuring im...