When it comes to religion, people often have more questions than answers. In A Beginners Guide to God, author Eric Neal hopes to eliminate some confusion surrounding religion and provide a clear and universal pathway to the creator.In this guide, Neal addresses some of lifes biggest questions: Does God exist? What happens when we die? Is this our only life? Who created the universe? How was the universe created? Why was it created? What is the spiritual realm? Why do peopl...

The Mercer TrapAfter more than three decades of service, Fire Marshal Daniel Mercer retires believing his most difficult cases are finally behind him. He has spent his career investigating fires, uncovering the truth, and protecting the people of his community. One case, however, has always remained particularly significant—the investigation that sent Calvin Rourke to prison for a series of devastating arsons that destroyed properties and changed countless lives.

In plague ravaged Germany, young ratcatcher Klaus and his beloved white rat Helga fight the infestations of vermin. Their business is violently interrupted by a mysterious man known only as the Piper who wields a strange instrument that can control the minds of rats. Helga is stolen, and she must survive the madness of the Piper, and the twisted mind of a very strange crow. But not far behind the Piper is a band of bloodthirsty knights eager to put an end to his sorcery, and none will be s...

DAME'S FLAME GAMESDamian "Dame" Culver has spent years chasing a dream that never came true.He wanted to become a firefighter.He applied to department after department, endured the testing, interviews, and rejection, and watched others earn the badge he believed belonged to him. But rejection didn't extinguish his obsession. It transformed it.Unable to enter the fire service, Dame begins studying it from the outside. He collects firefighter memorabilia, foll...

In today's complex emergency response environment, firefighters are more than just first responders to fires—they are critical providers of emergency medical services (EMS) on the front lines. Firefighter EMS & Medical Aid in the Fire Service by Eric J. Neal is a comprehensive guide designed specifically to prepare firefighters, EMTs, paramedics, and fire service leaders for the medical challenges they face alongside traditional firefighting duties.Combining years of pract...

Clean Smoke & Dirty SilkBy day, Emma Cross runs toward burning buildings.By night, she runs from the truth.A decorated firefighter, Emma has dedicated her life to saving others. But when her retired firefighter father is diagnosed with a life-threatening illness, the crushing cost of his medical care leaves her with an impossible choice. Desperate to keep him alive and unwilling to let him sacrifice everything he worked for, Emma se...

SMU's journey from the infamous 1987 "Death Penalty" to its historic inclusion in the 2024 College Football Playoff is a story of resilience, determination, and transformation. In 1987, the NCAA imposed its harshest sanction ever on SMU's football program, canceling the entire season due to repeated violations involving illicit payments to players. This decision crippled the program, leaving SMU to rebuild from scratch and endure decades of struggle, including sparse fan attendance, limite...

This book examines the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States using the concept of syndemics to contextualize the risk of both well-known, and a few lesser-known, subpopulations that experience disproportionately high rates of HIV and/or AIDS within the United States. Since discovery, HIV/AIDS has exposed a number of social, psychological, and biological aspects of disease transmission. The concept of “syndemics,” or “synergistically interacting epidemics” has emerged as a powerful framewo...

Eoin Colfer meets Rick Riordan—with a little Margaret Peterson Haddix sprinkled on top—in this hilarious sci-fi series from New York Times bestselling authors Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman.When fourteen-year-old Noah falls from the trees on his classmate Sahara, he doesn’t understand how, or why, he would have been up there. It’s just one more in a string of strange things happening to Noah lately.Like when he keels over and every muscle in his b...

Readers who enjoy strange science, quirky humor, and out-of-this-world plot twists will be captivated by this third and final book in the electrifying Accelerati Trilogy from New York Times bestselling and award-winning author Neal Shusterman and author/screenwriter Eric Elfman.Nick Slate, in order to protect his father and little brother, reluctantly must help the Accelerati complete Tesla's great device. Their power-mad leader wants nothing less than to ...

Noah Prime must set out to save his friends and the universe once again in this action-packed, alien-filled, hilarious novel in the New York Times bestselling The N.O.A.H. Files series.Noah Prime never expected to wind up a fugitive hunted by aliens.To be honest, he had never even believed in aliens…until a team of them blew up his house. He escaped—and managed to save the world—by using his mysterious ability to harness the traits of ever...

MAKING GOOD THINGS HAPPENEveryone negotiates daily at home and on the job in an attempt to reach agreements. Negotiating is a natural part of our lives. We often do it without actually thinking about it. But important occasions inevitably arise when we need to employ special negotiating skills, whether for personal or business purposes. That is when this book becomes invaluable.Making Good Things Happen contains over 300 strategies and tactics that comprise all of the funda...