WHY DO WE PRAY? Thich Nhat Hanh explores the power of prayer in Buddhist and other spiritual traditions—re-envisioning it as an inclusive practice that creates healthy lives through awareness and intention.Life’s fast pace leaves little room for reflection and attention to the present moment. To seek relief from stress and pain, we often turn to consuming in order to forget our suffering, but we soon find that material wealth is not enough to bring true happiness, ...

In Effective Biblical Counseling, Gold Medallion Award-winning author Dr. Larry Crabb presents a model of counseling that can be gracefully integrated into the functioning of the local church. He asserts that counseling is simply a relationship between people who care and that its goal is to free people to better worship and serve God. This book will show you how to help people achieve obedience and character growth in their lives, and establish a sense of personal worth and security along...

A steampunk short story set in the world of Iron & Blood: A Jake Desmet Adventure. When a fellow agent goes missing, Jacob Drangosavich and Mitch Storm of the Department of Supernatural Investigations head to Ruin Creek, a railroad town near a mysterious crater. Vengeful ghosts, skinwalkers and a Navajo shaman are just some of the clues Mitch and Jacob must piece together to find out what happened to the missing agent – and how to lift the curse on Ruin Creek.

An essential guide for navigating the challenges of fatherhood while building a foundation of faith, love, and values in your children.Becoming a father is one of life's most profound joys and solemn duties. The path ahead will be filled with questions and self-doubt—am I ready for this? How do I nurture faith and values? Can I still pursue my dreams? What if I mess up? In The Spirit of Fatherhood, Larry Hagner provides fellow dads the wisdom and tools to ...

What is consciousness? Conventional thinking tells us it is the images, sensations, thoughts, and feelings produced by the brain. When the neurons in the brain stop firing, consciousness ceases to be. But does it?

Hungry for Ecstasy: Trauma, The Brain, and the Influence of the Sixties by Sharon Klayman Farber explores the hunger for ecstatic experience that can lead people down the road to self-destruction. In an attempt to help mental health professionals and concerned individuals understand and identify the phenomenon and ultimately intervene with patients, friends, and loved ones, Farber speaks both personally and professionally to the reader. She discusses the different paths taken on the road t...

The iconic inhabitants of Larry Marder's unique Beanworld universe are introduced in this complete collection of Beanworld comic-book issues #1-#21!Join Mr. Spook, Professor Garbanzo, Beanish, and many others as they experience adventures in their world that prove, whether friends or adversaries, they are all ultimately dependent on each other for survival. Marder's deceptively simple artwork illustrates a self-contained ecological fantasy realm w...

Expand your vocabulary and verbal acuity!It’s a multi-session communications retreat in a box! And with Verbal Mastery, this eleven-part audio program, you’ll have unlimited access to the world’s top communication experts any time you want. Become a clever conversationalist and confident communicator, never at a loss for words in any social or work situation. From your choice of words to how to use them to work a room, the Verbal Mastery audio suite offers hours o...

Engages with the perspectives of people with autism, in their own voicesAutism has been defined by experts as a developmental disorder affecting social and communication skills as well as verbal and nonverbal communication. It is said to occur in as many as 2 to 6 in 1,000 individuals. This book challenges the prevailing, tragic narrative of impairment that so often characterizes discussions about autism.Autism and the Myth of the Person Alone seri...

This eBook examines the lovable, highly-intelligent, and family-friendly Border Collie. It provides an analysis of the dog's behavioral patterns, characteristics, and unique traits.

Ashton is your typical kid, friends, likes, hobbies and such. However, he sees things; things that would make a great horror movie. His vivid dreams are scaring his family and friends. His dreams cause a chain reaction of events that will forever shape America and cause us to r eflect on the direction we are headed in. The year is 2016 and the country has never been more divided. Special interest groups run the country and the once great United States of America has become the butt of many...

Jerry Mitchell, now the commodore of submarine Development Squadron Five, is dismayed when USS Toledo is reported missing in Arctic waters, close to Russian territory. The vessel is captained by his former shipmate and close friend, Lenny Berg. Eager to investigate, Jerry convinces the Navy to redirect one of his squadron's boats to find out what happened. It turns out Toledo was sunk just outside of Russian territorial waters by a torpedo launched from a naval mine. Even more disturbing i...