Author: Dan Barker We live in a changing world. The Church is no different. At conference, especially lately, we hear exciting changes announced over the pulpit. We might feel we live in an era of change, however, change was the norm since day one of this great Church. For instance, during the 1920s, Primary children, ages 8 through 11, attended the temple along with their parents and participated in Baptisms for the dead. What was the Rag Mission, or better yet, the Gold mining Mission? D...

Wildlife is a collection of high quality images of marine life, flora and fauna presented in an ebook format by Western Australian photographer, Daniel Barker.Optimised for devices with colour screens, this ebook contains 52 photographs of subjects that range from the beautiful to the bizarre, and together they present a composition that seeks to showcase the interesting and extraordinary things that can be discovered in even the most tranquil corners of the natural world. Living i...

Sergeant Stone, the unforgettable character from James Prine's Tales From the Id, is back in his own enthralling collection of short stories by Prine's nephew, Daniel Barker. Stone is a New Orleans beat cop, but he is also much, much more. His jurisdiction extends from pre-pyramid Egypt to the distant future, from New Orleans' dark alleys to other dimensional realms. Ride with him on an unparalleled journey of imagination and unlock the secrets of the Nazca Plains, the Salem Witch...

The inimitable Sergeant Stone returns with fifteen new short stories in this exciting follow up to Sergeant Stone, NOPD! He still guards the Crescent City against threats both ordinary and otherworldly, but that is not his only beat. Journey with him from the wars of ancient India to a dystopian future where a one-world state wields irresistible weapons against a rebellious populace. Along the way he will lay down the law in the Old West, join the French Foreign Legion in a desperate stand...

Slime, from Children's author David Walliams.WELCOME TO THE ISLE OF MULCH…This little island is home to a large number of horrible grown-ups. The school, the local park, the toy shop and even the island’s ice-cream van are all run by awful adults who like nothing more than making children miserable. And the island is owned by the most awful one of all – Aunt Greta Greed!Something needs to be done about them.But who could be brave enough?Meet Ned – an...

Once Again, Great Leaders Make Great History—but Not History as We Know It. . . .History shows that leadership is crucial in war, but there are other factors at work. What if history were given a twist or two, and great commanders on land and sea fought their greatest battles under different circumstances?Suppose General Douglas MacArthur had been captured before he could escape from Manila and became a prisoner of war?Suppose Joan of Arc had not been...

When a scouting expedition goes disastrously wrong, Marius Quinctius Regillus finds himself in a horde of trouble. With the Mongols encircling the grand fortress city of Antioch, Regillus and his men are trapped between a governor's ambitions and the Mongolian weaponry. With nowhere to turn, can they save the city, or will Antioch Burn?Discover a new threat to the industrial Imperium of Rome in Antioch Burns, the latest novella in the Steam Empire Chronicles by award-winning author...

Welcome to the End of Empire. Set over two hundred years from now, in a world very much like Imperial Rome, this is the story of General Peter Black, the last decent man, as told through the eyes of his devoted (and illegitimate) daughter, Justa. Raised on battlefields, more comfortable in the company of hard men of war than with women or other children, Justa must keep the truth of her birth hidden. Her father regards her as an embarrassment, a reminder of his one and only indiscretion. Y...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • In this “powerful, historically accurate novel” (The New Yorker), the sole Spartan survivor recounts the bloody and epic battle of Thermopylae that decimated his fearsome society.“Vivid and exciting . . . Pressfield gives the reader a perspective no ancient historian offers: a soldier’s-eye view.”—The New York Times Book ReviewAt Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and ad...

David Weber's How Firm a Foundation is the latest novel in the New York Times-bestselling Safehold series begun with Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, and A Mighty Fortress.The Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very survival. What most of its subjects don't know even now, however, is how much more it's fighting for. Emperor Cayleb, Empress Sh...

David Weber's Like a Mighty Army is the hotly anticipated seventh volume in the New York Times bestselling Safehold seriesFor centuries, the world of Safehold, last redoubt of the human race, lay under the unchallenged rule of the Church of God Awaiting. The Church permitted nothing new-no new inventions, no new understandings of the world.What no one knew was that the Church was an elaborate fraud--a high-tech system established by a rebe...

War is no longer coming.It is here.Mar is no longer the nameless thief who clawed his way out of the streets—he is king, warlord, and the most dangerous force in a world that fears what it does not understand. With a skyship at his command and magic no one else can wield, he has taken the fight directly to the Brotherhood of Phaelle.And he is winning.But victory has a cost.Each battle pushes him further from the boy he once was and deeper into someth...