“A lovely, evocative book. It conveys a hopeful love of life and a satisfyingmix of reality and the otherworldly and supernatural . . .”~ Writer’s DigestDo we have helpers from other dimensions?Rebecca is an alternative high school teacher who never planned to havechildren. Although nearing fifty, she becomes pregnant with her partner,Reuben.Her sister, Martha, has always judged Rebecca harshly for her footloose life.Much to h...

Finalist for Christianity Today’s Biography of the Year AwardWhat if Mother Teresa or Billy Graham lived and worked — and nobody knew their names? What if one of the church’s most influential missionaries went almost unnoticed?Meet Katharine (Katy) Barnwell. Within Bible translation, she’s a legend. Outside of Bible translation, few have heard of her. But not even Billy Graham holds a candle to what God did through Katy.From hiding ...

"I Forgot!" is a children's book featuring Ralph, the field mouse. It was written to help parents learn additional skills in raising their children. It is the first in a series of books dealing with common themes.This book is intended to be used by parents WITH their children. It's an indirect way to begin to talk about your child's forgetting.The final page of the book is for ADULTS only. The moral of the story andvalues presented in the book are highlighted.Use the final ...

This book gives a structured account of Egypt's transition from Ptolemaic to Roman rule by identifying key relationships between ecology, land tenure, taxation, administration and politics. It introduces theoretical perspectives from the social sciences and subjects them to empirical scrutiny using data from Greek and Demotic papyri as well as comparative evidence. Although building on recent scholarship, it offers some provocative arguments that challenge prevailing views. For example, pa...

President Thomas S. Monson told the story "A Christmas Dress for Ellen" at the First Presidency Christmas Devotional in 1997, and an adaption of his address was published as a Christmas booklet in 1998. The story was related to President Monson by Marian Jeppson Walker (now deceased) , a daughter of Mary Jeppson, the mother in the story. Sister Walker and her husband, William, also exchanged correspondence about the story with President Monson over the years. Additional details were obtain...

Using the account of David and Goliath, President Monson compares David's plight to that which we encounter in mortality. As President Monson explains, our Goliaths of envy, greed, pride, discouragement, and so forth can be conquered when we are armed with 'stones' of courage, effort, humility, prayer, and duty.

After becoming a mother at seventeen for her six orphaned brothers and sisters, Helen has finally given herself time for her personal life in A Greater Destiny, the final book of three telling Helen Monson’s early life story. Set near the end of the Great Depression up to the beginning of WWII, Helen shares honest, intimate, engaging stories familiar to a young woman of the time and universally appealing to readers today. With her, we leave home in sheltered Salt Lake City for New Year’s E...

Cheyenne Williams, a young black mother was given a surprised birthday party where she was forced to defend herself from a male bully. She ended up knocking him out while someone was live streaming the event and the video went viral. When haters of Tatiana, the Women’s World Boxing Champion saw it, they mocked her and told her that this ordinary housewife could take her down. Tatiana was a vicious and dangerous professional fighter with a record of 40 wins, 0 losses and 40 knockouts. She w...

Due to many issues related to long-term carbon dynamics, an improved understanding of the biology of C4 photosynthesis is required by more than the traditional audience of crop scientists, plant physiologists, and plant ecologists. This work synthesizes the latest developments in C4 biochemistry, physiology, systematics, and ecology. The book concludes with chapters discussing the role of C4 plants in the future development of the biosphere, particularly their interactive effects on soil, ...

The darkness is always there, lurking in the corners, skulking behind the shelves, waiting under the stairs, sleeping between the stars. But there is always hope, a light to show the way!Michael R. Collings delves into modern and historical horror in his essays; explores the edges of sanity and reality in his fiction; and visits far shores, distant planets, and the hapless programmer next door in his poetic musings.Join the three-time Bram Stoker nominee and World Horror Co...

This book blends historical, theological, and philosophical inquiries into what “modernity” means with the aim of showing how Newman can analyze, critique, and explain fruitful ways forward within a diverse range of subjects. First, it surveys historical and theological topics such as how Newman understood “modernity,” the sensus fidelium, the role of doubt and modern views of reason; Newman’s university ideal; and a return to the saint for much-needed anthropological insights. Second, the...

From Readers' Favorite Book Award winner Becky Monson comes the sequel to the chick lit romance hit Thirty-Two Going on Spinster.Julia Dorning thought she would die a lonely spinster. That was until nine months ago, when her world was turned upside down. Now she's got a dream career as a bakery owner, and a relationship with handsome Jared Moody—a life she never thought possible.Just as she's starting to feel comfortable in her new life, Julia is i...