The Marriage Gift will inspire and equip you to pray boldly and specifically every day of the year to grow in confidence and intimacy with both your spouse and the Lord.Prayer is one of the greatest assets to your marriage. Whether you already feel comfortable praying together or need help kickstarting your prayer life, The Marriage Gift is your go-to guide for bold, powerful prayers for your marriage.Filled with practical...

This Language, A River is an introduction to the history of English that recognizes multiple varieties of the language in both current and historical contexts. Developed over years of undergraduate teaching, the book helps students both to grasp traditional histories of English and to extend and complicate those histories.Exercises throughout provide opportunities for puzzling out concepts, committing terms and data to memory, and applying ideas. A comprehensive glossary a...

Originally published in 1824, this firsthand account describes how, in June 1822, young English seaman Aaron Smith was taken captive by Cuban pirates when his ship was boarded en route from Jamaica to England. A skilled navigator, fluent in Spanish, and regarded as what was then acceptable as a ship’s surgeon, he was an attractive candidate for conscription.Forced to work as a navigator and participate in pirate boarding parties for ten months, he suffered mightily and witnessed un...

Dale Conroy has a record, a past he cannot outrun, and a job offer he cannot afford to turn down. He takes under-the-table maintenance work at a long-abandoned psychiatric facility tucked deep in the mountains.The building is falling apart. The locals avoid it. The man who hired him seems familiar in a way Dale cannot explain. And when the doors lock behind him, something shifts.What begins as routine work unravels into something far more disturbing. Hallways change shape. ...

This book tells the story of a family that makes the commitment to move from Texas, USA to Panama City, Panama. Unlike other books, this is your guide through the relocation process**.** The author covers important information related to the visa options and how they related to your choice of renting or buying in Panama. How to gather the required documents for your Panamanian attorney and ensure they are correctly apostilled or authenticated. And he puts it all into the c...

Winner of the 2004 Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry PrizeBlue on Blue Ground is about the body, desire, anxiety, and obsession—how what we want redeems and isolates us (and is sometimes used against us). These poems are artful yet accessible, lyrical yet direct, strange but recognizable.Smith's relentless self-examination, fear, sense of humor, and vulnerability are all laid to bare in crisp, precise language. From lonely observations, bizarre medical fascinations, emotion, loss, and h...

In his third poetry collection, Primer, Aaron Smith grapples with the ugly realities of the private self, in which desire feels more like a trap than fulfillment. What is the face we prepare in our public lives to distract others from our private grief?Smith's poetry explores that inexplicable tension between what we say and how we actually feel, exposing the complications of intimacy and the limitations of language to bridge those distances between friends, family members...

Azra Hemnoth, a baron from the Bazra Desert, must defend his city against the Zahrin raiders. Seldom do the raiders muster in this much force, but there are rumors they have a new leader. The rumors are not hopeful ones, speaking of a powerful sorcerer from a world beyond the borders of Antia, bringing with him whispers of a war that tears across the Anciantos Empire. Azra must fight to protect his family, his city, and the kingdom, or war will descend upon Antia, the likes of which would ...

A fictional tale grounded in pure reality. Blank Check, an intriguing, inspirational Young Adult novel, that takes place on a fictional U.S. island.After serving his country as an Army Ranger, high school principal Josiah Rollins quits in disgust over the broken educational system he can no longer serve. Little does he know this impulsive act would lead him to an unbelievable opportunity to change everything and serve his country and students in the way he had always dreamed....

Stop Lying is Aaron Smith’s most personal and vulnerable work yet. Revolving around the death of the poet’s mother and how Smith, a gay man, faces his upbringing where his sexuality was viewed as sinful and unnatural, these poems plumb the complexities of what families say and choose not to say. How does one grieve when a relationship will forever remain unresolved? What does it mean to both regret and not regret one’s decisions? What if survival doesn’t look like what we’re told ...

The Laws of NJustus: Introduction to the Cosmic Community - Dive into the cosmic realms with this enlightening exploration of universal principles and celestial wisdom. Through the guidance of Poetiiic NJustus, readers will embark on a profound journey of self-discovery and spiritual enlightenment.Through his work, Poetiiic NJustus offers a unique perspective on the nature of reality, the interconnectedness of all beings, and the cosmic laws that govern existence. He weaves togethe...

Journalist Aaron Smith's new memoir holds up a unique mirror to Australia. What he sees is at once amazing, disturbing and revealing. The Rock explores the failings of our nation's character, its unresolved past and its uncertain future from the vantage point of its most northerly outpost, Thursday Island.Smith was the last editor, fearless journalist and the paperboy of Australia's most northerly newspaper, the Torres News, a small independent regional tabloid th...