Did Abraham bring Genesis-like stories to Canaan that Moses uses in the Torah?Did Abraham Avenge the killing of Lots father Haren?Genesis tells us Terah became the father of Abram, in Ur of the Chaldeans; while history shows Abraham was born in 2000 BC into the worlds most advanced civilization, the 3rd Dynasty of Ur.When God tells Abraham go forth to a land that I will show you he was probably going to go there anyway as part of a ...

Farspace 2 is, at times, darker, more cautionary and less care-free than its predecessor. It is an exploration of the dangers of the future that we will be challenged with, should our species be so fortunate to reach that distant land. There are stories about control—by entities that want to harm or protect us. Stories about exploration—not the happy, "everything is wonderful out there and all will be great if we only go" stories, but rather the "yes it's dangerous out there, and we can ge...

A Future without Walls offers a comprehensive and complex analysis of Othering, while unveiling the connections between our divisions and the roots, forms, and consequences of the walls that have been erected. It also offers concrete steps forward to help us dismantle these walls.In A Future without Walls, T. Richard Snyder draws upon his half-century of activism in the struggle for justice and weaves analysis, prescription, and personal story throughout. Racism, ...

Moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict scholars, and nuclear experts imagine a world free from nuclear weaponsAt a 2017 Vatican conference, Pope Francis condemned nuclear weapons. This volume, issued after the 60th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis, presents essays from moral theologians, defense analysts, conflict transformation scholars, and nuclear arms control experts, with testimonies from witnesses. It is a companion volume to A World Free fr...

Meticulously outlining an arsenal of cutting-edge tools and strategies tied to predicting performance and a “passion for excellence,” David Snyder has developed what may be a paradigm shift in our understanding of the way high-performing individuals can be identified, selected, and professionally coached. Drawing on Snyder’s interviews with a team of performance and hiring experts nationwide, How to Hire a Champion will help all leaders to build: — A better model and process for selecting ...

More than 30 years after its 1985 release on the Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Mario Bros. continues to be one of the best-selling video games of all time. For many, completing the classic side-scrolling platformer remains challenging enough to provide many hours of entertainment.In late 2016 an American gamer known online as "darbian" completed the game in record time, rescuing Princess Peach in 4 minutes, 56 seconds. darbian practices speedrunning, a method of play in whic...

IN THE MID-1840S, two families make their way to America. The Waters family emigrates from Ireland, hoping to find a better life in New York City. Meanwhile, in Nigeria, a family is captured by hostile parties and sold to white slavers. At the end of the slavers' harrowing journey across the Atlantic Ocean, Mowori, the surviving member of the family, is sold to a South Carolina plantation owner.Nicolas Waters, the youngest son of the Waters clan, struggles to find respect, acceptan...

Just Thinking is a gentle yet powerful invitation to pause, breathe, and look inward. Through warm reflections and deeply personal moments, David Michael Snyder, Th.D., opens a doorway into the everyday heart of the Christian journey-the doubts we fight, the hope we cling to, the failures we rise from, and the grace that meets us again and again.Each page feels like sitting with a pastor who understands the weight of life's storms and the sweetness of God's presence in the quiet mo...

Reasserting America in the 1970s brings together two areas of burgeoning scholarly interest. On the one hand, scholars are investigating the many ways in which the 1970s constituted a profound era of transition in the international order. The American defeat in Vietnam, the breakdown of the Bretton Woods exchange system and a string of domestic setbacks including Watergate, Three-Mile Island and reversals during the Carter years all contributed to a grand reappraisal of the power and prest...

A healthy and united America--perhaps a country more united than it has ever been--is truly possible, and it starts with us. John Kingston draws on wisdom from history, science, faith, and culture, along with his own experiences, to offer eight principles for discovering purpose, meaning, and true community.We live in the greatest peace and prosperity that the world has ever known, but Americans are feeling more division, isolation, depression, and despair than eve...

Winter bike races are rare, so Eli and Max were excited to fly into Mackinac Island to watch the Pee Paw, a fat tire bike race across the Ice Bridge and through the snow blanketing the island. The discovery of four fingers poking up through the ice of Lake Huron abruptly ends their plans. Assembling their team, they were not prepared for the web of gossip, lies, and deceit that were going to be hindering their investigation. Finding out that everything they are being told needs to be quest...

Branding is an important part of growing any enterprise, be it a personality or a business.To do this, content creation and marketing is a key element for this to work effectively and since there’s a growing mistrust of corporate businesses and politicians who are constitutional authority figures.Branding, be it personal or corporate normally costs a lot of money to achieve not to mention resources and time.Here’s what you can expect: