When winning at all costs becomes too expensive.Eddie Alonso, a former pro soccer star, whose career was ended by a violent and intentional assault, is now a reluctant high school science teacher and varsity coach in St. Cloud, MN. When two of his favorite student players are recruited by an upstart Finnish soccer club owned by an eccentric tech billionaire with a secretive cognitive training program run by Dr. Anna Lehtinen, Eddie is suspicious of the motives but ...

Jonah didn't ask to be a prophet. After seeing the damage it did to his father, he just wanted to be left alone and to lead a quiet life. God had other ideas. What interest could God have in Nineveh, a non-Hebrew city worshiping false gods? How did Jonah survive three days in a fish's belly? This more plausible version of Jonah's story tells it the way it really could have happened. Fish and all.

Using the high-profile 2017 blasphemy trial of the former governor of Jakarta, Basuki ‘Ahok’ Tjahaja Purnama, as its sole case study, this book assesses whether Indonesia’s liberal democratic human rights legal regime can withstand the rise of growing Islamist majoritarian sentiment.Specifically, this book analyses whether a 2010 decision of Indonesia’s Constitutional Court has rendered the liberal democratic human rights guarantees contained in Indonesia’s 1945 Constitution ineffe...

Walter was always running away from something—a broken heart, shame, the truth. He was also unknowingly pursued by something sinister, and, when he finally held still too long, it caught him.

Jordan J. Winslow had tried love. He had tried marriage. And he swore that he would never go through that mess again. Then he met the beautiful, dynamic Catherine. She was not interested in this geek. But Jordan had a plan. He would give her what she wanted most, a winning season for her sculling team. Implementing the plan would make this time in his life the best he'd ever known, and worse than he could have ever imagined.

Eskander's woman betrays him. His king banishes him. His best friend is murdered. Now Eskander lives for revenge. He will make an army and dispense justice, even if thousands die. But what will he live for when revenge is impossible? And what will he do when he becomes a target of revenge? Eskander struggles across a world, following the road sunward, driven by forces he strives to understand, and finally discovers his incredible, real purpose.

Discover the next frontier in sports training—improving your mental game, no matter your age or experience—and how to become the Playmaker, both in your professional and personal life.Coaches search for it. Parents dream of it. Fans love it. Athletes want it.The playmaker on any sports team possesses it: an elusive, intangible quality combining anticipation, perception, and decision-making skills. This quality raises their game above the competition and all...

Discover the next frontier in sports training—improving your mental game, no matter your age or experience—and how to become the Playmaker, both in your professional and personal life.Coaches search for it. Parents dream of it. Fans love it. Athletes want it.The playmaker on any sports team possesses it: an elusive, intangible quality combining anticipation, perception, and decision-making skills. This quality raises their game above the competition and all...

A new world and a glorious story destined to reach the biggest audience yet.They are called the Dreamers. They look like sleeping children. They are, in fact, Gods.There are eight elder Gods, four awake, four asleep, by turns. When they sleep, they sleep for eons. The only time the Gods are vulnerable is when the sleepers awake.Knowing this, the Ruler of the Wasteland, ambitious to become a God by destroying Gods, watches and waits, marshalling troops for war. So it...

The heart-stopping first chapter in bestselling author Jessica Shirvington's Disruption series.What if a microchip could identify your perfect match?What if it could be used against you and the ones you love?Eight years ago, Mercer Corporation's M-Bands became mandatory. An evolution of the smartphone, the bracelets promised an easier life. Instead, they have come to control it.Two years ago, Maggie Stevens watched helplessly as one of the people she loved most...

"This crazy redhead is on to something. Her pink Rambler story alone is worth the price of the book." -- Elmore Leonard"Amy Alkon is intellectually promiscuous--and funny as hell." -- Paleopsychologist Howard Bloom, author of The Lucifer PrincipleWe all just suck it up every day. You leave the house for a latte and somebody'll flip you the bird on your way and force their loud cellphone conversation on you once you're there.It doesn't have to be th...

HOLIDAY HIDE OUTWhen computer expert Arden DeMarco hacks secret files and discovers evidence of treason, a price is put on her head. What started as a mission to help a friend is now a fight for her life with assassins and the FBI tracking her down. There’s no time to get distracted by her brother’s best friend, Kane Walker, but the security expert promised Arden’s family he’d bring her safely home for the holidays. Instead they’re dodging bullets—and fighting their growing feeling...