A Friend in Need, A Fantasy Game World, and a Reluctant HeroHal Dix had success at home after his initial outing into the world of Fantasma. He leveled up in both his job and at home. Everything was going fine in his life.Then, the mage Tildi, the Elder showed up again with news from the other world. His friend was in trouble and only he could help. Hal didn't want to be a hero, but he wasn't the sort of fellow to leave a comrade behind.Whisked away...

Theosis shapes contemporary Orthodox theology in two ways: positively and negatively. In the positive sense, contemporary Orthodox theologians made theosis the thread that bound together the various aspects of theology in a coherent whole and also interpreted patristic texts, which experienced a renaissance in the twentieth century, even in Orthodox theology. In the negative sense, contemporary theologians used theosis as a triumphalistic club to beat down Cathol...

From the cotton boll to the Cotton Bowl in modern American cultureThere are few places on earth as thoroughly identified with a crop as the American South is with cotton. Burgundy is known for wine, and Java has coffee. In the South, for most of its history, cotton was king. Through much of the twentieth century, cotton cultivation determined nearly every aspect of life in the region. In Bale After Bale, leading historians and cultural critics offer multif...

“Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan doesn’t mean to attract trouble, but it always finds her. While in Puerto Vallarta, she inadvertently witnesses a murder from the balcony of her hotel room. Her father and brother don’t believe her, attributing what she thinks she has seen to an overactive imagination. The next day, K.C. spots one of the men and trails him to the offices of a legal firm. There, she cunningly learns his identity. Over the next few days, several frightening and dangerous close...

Robert lives in Hermiston Oregon with his wife and two dogs. While driving truck for a local farming company many thoughts wopuld stream through his mind until he decided to write them down. Using his celphone he texted hundreds of poems with sunrise and local scenery pictures to his wife and friends. The practice continued until it was suggested he put them into a book. The cell phone camera proved unreliable to reproduction but the poems became a lifeline to many as he was impressed to w...

Hanson W. Baldwin was America’s best-known military writer and analyst in the 20th century covering conflicts from World War II to the Vietnam War. He was the military editor of the New York Times for forty years and his dispatches from Guadalcanal and the Western Pacific won him a Pulitzer Prize in 1943.This first biography of this Naval Academy graduate begins with an appreciation of the human and literary values learned from his Baltimore newspaper family. His midshipman years,...

One who massacres first class killers and everyone less than that. Whether it be the slow torturous way, or the quick and bloody way, the Butcher kills a high number of people in its life time. Throughout history, the only reason a Butcher ever stopped killing, was death by natural causes, or running into another Butcher. This is the story of not only how one person became a Butcher. This is the story of a group of Butchers. Although they all had different personalities, they banded together,...

“An excellent adventure. Sure to appeal.” (Resource Links)“K.C. likes herself, which makes her pretty likable… the lure becomes more addictive with each adventure as you return to the lives of familiar friends.” (Quill and Quire)Hello, world! My full name is Konstantina Cassandra Flanagan, but my friends call me KC. My older brother Rudy says that stands for Kook Case, but in fact I am an accomplished detective.I already solved mysteries in Puerto Valla...

Tae Kwon Do is a modern martial art, well known all around the world for it's lighting fast, often high spin kicks. Taekwondo was developed during the 1940s and 1950s by various Korean martial artists combining and incorporating the elements of Karate and Chinese Martial Arts along with the indigenous Korean martial arts traditions of Taekkyeon, Subak, and Gwonbeop.

Although there is nothing sweeter than the Gospel, there is much more sweetness to be enjoyed. Few Christians seem to experience the transformation they hoped for, and often burn out too early. This is because we cannot escape the interpretation war each day over our identity. What if we are ruled by a lie more than the truth about who we are? What if condemnation has been their primary motivation, and has functioned for us more than grace, for too many years?What if, on the front ...

The Christian life is a battle, but many believers today don’t realize their involvement in spiritual warfare.Our secular society, characterized by doubt and spiritual skepticism, leaves many Christians embarrassed even to talk about demonic forces of opposition. In order to awaken Christians to the battle around them and prepare them for it, Robert Smart surveys the terrain, identifies the enemy, and conveys defensive and offensive maneuvers for combating Satan.Just as mil...

Now You Can Channel the Universe's Power for Abundance, Success, and Unparalleled Happiness!Have you ever felt the tug of the universe's energy, eager to tap into its profound potential to manifest abundance, success, and happiness?In a world where countless desires and dreams seem just out of reach, understanding and harnessing the Law of Attraction becomes paramount. The struggle to align your thoughts, actions, and beliefs to ma...