"I have spent the last four years watching people die." With these wrenching words, diplomat and humanitarian Stephen Lewis opens his 2005 CBC Massey Lectures. Lewis's determination to bear witness to the desperate plight of so many in Africa and elsewhere is balanced by his unique, personal, and often searing insider's perspective on our ongoing failure to help. Lewis recounts how, in 2000, the United Nations Millennium Summit in New York introduced eight Millennium Development Goals, whi...

More than half a century after Einstein first described the energetic unity of the world in his famous equation, E=mc2, we are finally beginning to understand the spiritual and mystical implications of his discovery.Sanctuary: The Path to Consciousness is about the miraculous possibilities that emerge when we see the universe as a matrix of frozen light, the spiritual manifestation of our intuitive consciousnesses. In this remarkable novel, you will find a...

What could be worse than being stuck at home, bored to death?The president has declared a country-wide lockdown, and everyone has to stay at home in order to combat the spread of the highly-contagious Falcevirus. Sixteen-year old Lucas is enjoying not going to school, but is slowly going stir crazy on a diet of video games and household chores. Things start taking a turn for the strange when he gets a frantic call from his friend Nkata, with news that his infected brother Walter ha...

The harsh realities of village life in Colonial New England are fertile ground for gossip and superstition. Catherine Williams, a wealthy widow and midwife, refuses to believe that an Irish Catholic servant girl is to blame for the mysterious death of a newborn infant Catherine delivered. With the help of her Native American assistant, Massaquoit, she must use the town's own religious prejudices to discover the truth. Historical Mystery by Stephen Lewis; originally published as a Berkley Prim...

Another Way describes a new way of leadership for the 21st Century, one that inspires people to delve deeply into their own selves and that creates a mysterious relatedness among strangers. When this leadership happens, we remember people are created to experience community, to find joy in one another, and to create a better world out of a deep reservoir where the soul resides. Written by the leaders of the Forum for Theological Exploration, the internationally recognized leadership incuba...

In Salem in 1692, as the paranoia leading to the famous trials is heating up, Rebecca Martin, a midwife and healer, tries desperately to save her son Michael who has been accused of murder. Harassed by Magistrate John Hathorne, the novelist's ancestor, she finds the suspicion of witchcraft hovering about her pushing both her and Michael toward a last walk to the hanging tree on gallows hill. Colonial Historical Mystery by Stephen Lewis; originally published by Belgrave House

Christian innovation is a topic that has emerged for congregations, community leaders, and aspiring faith-rooted entrepreneurs. But what does it really mean to innovate as a Christian? Why does it even matter? In this book, learn a six-step approach to Christian innovation grounded in the life and ministry of Jesus, and African diasporic people's ingenious experiences: what the authors' communities call making a way out of no way. Journey with Stephen Lewis and Kimberly R. Daniel to encoun...

Growing up in mid-century Brooklyn, Seymour Lipps nemesis is Junior Constantino. Seymour becomes an attorney, Junior a petty criminal. Both at different times have been involved with the sensuous Lois. When Junior is accused of a rape murder he enlists Seymour as his defense attorney. Out of this tangled triangle, The Monkey Rope tells a story that grabs you and doesnt let go. Mystery by Stephen Lewis; originally published by Walker

Lawyer Seymour Lipp tries to help a teenage girl who was persuaded by her father to give her baby up for adoptionand now wants to change her decision. Her father, Paul Morrissey, had arranged the adoption through a shady lawyer to a Vietnam vet and his wife. When Morrissey is murdered, Lipp investigates several people who would benefit from his death. [Second Seymour Lipp mystery] Mystery by Stephen Lewis; originally published by Walker Mystery

Told in the compelling voice of Rachel Moore, a housemaid in 17th century Puritan Boston and featuring that colony’s two most powerful figures in Governor John Winthrop and his courageous opponent Anne Hutchinson, From Infamy to Hope is the story of the religious persecution of a servant girl made pregnant by rape. Convicted of fornication, she is sentenced to wear a black W for “whore” on her gown. Over the opposition of Hutchinson, the colony heads into war with the Pequot India...

Beginning with the simple two-word sentence and working up to multi-clause possibilities, Templates shows students how to manipulate syntactic patterns for maximum rhetorical effect. Although it teaches grammar, it does not do so with the goal of correcting mistakes. Rather, it encourages writers to make full use of the complexity and flexibility of English sentence structure. Combining an emphasis on the writing process with both an awareness of audience and a raised consciousnes...

1CHAPTER ONEMy new boss, the Head of the MurderSquad, Abbey who was the dayshift supervising officer, was near pulling his hair out. He had been trying unsuccessfully, I might add, to pair me with a suitable partner. Whether it was just my abrasive personality or me coming from the undercover area where you had to think on your feet; where you worked alone usually with your nominated partner being your ‘catcher’. There in the background, hopefully watching your arse. Relying mainly on your...