The collection includes "family stories where the unlikely occurs ... finding-your-place-in-the-world stories ... tall tales ... and barely exaggerated tales filled with modern urban pathos ... sweet and poignant testaments to youthful fancies, embarrassments, and unexpected compassion ... and there is the sheer poetry of haikus in the context of atmospherically drawn moments." (The above excerpted quotation is from the Introduction by Naomi Rose).

Based on a true story an inseparable match made in heaven love story that develops into a family of eleven that illuminates and illustrates the spiritual creativity and power of real love and exposes the deception bondage and ultimate destruction of an imitation counterfeit love. A financial rags to rich's story literally destitute to multi millionaire based in Los Angeles CA commencing in 1948 and travels through the explosive and transformative 1960's and embodies the 70's me mentality t...

A doctor uncovers a series of suspicious deaths that may be someone's twisted idea of mercy in this "superior thriller" from the New York Times–bestselling author's ( Publishers Weekly, starred review).Dr. Julie Devereux is an outspoken advocate for the right to die—until a motorcycle accident leaves her fiancé, Sam, a quadriplegic. Sam begs to end his life, but Julie sees hope in a life together. When he suddenly dies from an unexpected heart atta...

Why Missions and Evangelism Are an Overflow of Delighting in GodEvangelism and missions are parts of the Christian life often accompanied by fears, insecurities, and cultural pressures. In this addition to the Union series, Daniel Hames and Michael Reeves argue that an individual's relationship with God influences their evangelism and missions more than anything else. Scripture clearly shows that a believer's responsibility is to make God known in the world, but th...

Every challenge demands a hero. Every enemy, an adversary. Every secret, a revelation.Jack Williams, our elemental protagonist, returns, learning the delicate dance of controlling the elements, and encountering a daunting reality:Great power is a double-edged sword—one that wields immense responsibility and peril in equal measures.The fiery nemesis, Pyro, is on the loose, his hunger for chaos growing with every conflagration he ignites. As the flame...

Safe Is Not Enough illustrates how educators can support the positive development of LGBTQ students in a comprehensive way so as to create truly inclusive school communities.Using examples from classrooms, schools, and districts across the country, Michael Sadowski identifies emerging practices such as creating an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum; fostering a whole-school climate that is supportive of LGBTQ students; providing adults who can act as mentors and r...

A figure as fascinating as any of his celebrated subjects, Don Bachardy has lived an extraordinary life at the heart of Hollywood, literary, and artistic circles. His drawings and paintings reside in museums throughout Europe and the United States, and include portraits of movie stars, writers, artists, and public and private figures of every background—from Bette Davis and Joan Crawford to Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote—all rendered in a candid, expressive style.In this uniq...

The protagonist in the Pentagon Papers case and intrepid anti-nuclear activist brings his special brilliance and background to bear in a discussion of the political realities and choices he sees all of us facing, now and in the years to come, and ways in which we can bring about the dawning of an era in which people matter.

Stranded on a deserted island after a violent shipwreck, Robinson Crusoe must face the wild alone. With nothing but his wits, faith, and unyielding determination, he builds a new life in an unforgiving wilderness. This abridged edition brings Daniel Defoe’s groundbreaking tale of survival and spiritual growth to modern audiences with crisp clarity and cinematic pacing.Perfect for listeners of all ages, The Greats Abridged series distills timeless classics without losing th...

Laney Griffin is a man who will do anything to save his son from leukemia, but the cost of treatment has broken him financially. When he pursues an elusive murderer in the wilderness of his small, rural community in the hopes of securing a substantial bounty, Laney is confronted with something he never could have expected: a werewolf. The captive Lycan, in human form, turns Laney's life upside-down, forcing him to confront his haunted past and race against the clock because there's only 30...

The shadows are in my blood.I can feel them crawling through me, slithering under my skin and taking me hostage. But the darkness within me isn't nearly as bad as the darkness that lives around me.The four Celestial Heirs will stop at nothing to destroy the lives of me and my sister. But they haven't figured out yet, that we're the strongest creatures they've ever known.And when that secret comes out, we need to be ready to face them as well as any other cruel Fae w...

The contributions to this volume are devoted to a discussion of state-of-the-art research and treatment of problems of a wide spectrum of areas in complex analysis ranging from pure to applied and interdisciplinary mathematical research. Topics covered include: holomorphic approximation, hypercomplex analysis, special functions of complex variables, automorphic groups, zeros of the Riemann zeta function, Gaussian multiplicative chaos, non-constant frequency decompositions, minimal kernels,...