Join former literature professor Sean Byron McQueen as he returns to face big questions, big tech, Big Love, and death in his final thrilling adventure.It’s the summer of 2036, and Sean’s beloved, M, has been missing for nine years and is presumed dead. M’s cruel captors have “cursed” Sean with the promise of torture and death, forcing him to live off the grid in a remote Irish tower with a robotic manservant for friendship and protection.When Sean cautious...

Dive into the second entry in Mike Kelley’s spellbinding trilogy, with freethinking literature professor Sean Byron McQueen returning for another high-stakes adventure in the near future of chat bots, supercomputers and brain computer interface.It’s been nine years since Sean Byron McQueen and quantum physics professor Emily Edens—aka M—discovered his murdered best friend’s Theory of Everything. Now, Sean and M live a near-idyllic life on the campus of a college th...

The Whole Story for the Whole Family is the family devotional parents need to help their kids grow in their faith.Parents are called to be the primary spiritual influence in the lives of their children. That means we, as parents, should help them know and understand the Bible so they can know, love, and understand God and His Son, Jesus. But so many parents feel overwhelmed and exhausted at the thought of discipling their children. Where to begin?The Whole Stor...

Embark on a thrilling international quest to unlock the mysteries of the universe.Sean McQueen is a staid, middle-aged NYU literature professor leading an uneventful life, until he receives a cryptic letter from his intellectually and poetically gifted best friend, Dylan Byrne. Following years of extensive research, Dylan claims that he has discovered "the theory of everything": a revelation that promises to alter man’s view of existence by reconciling science with...

Unleash the fire within and dive into Flames of Retribution, a scorching anthology that ignites the imagination with dragon-driven tales of valor, mystery, and primal terror. From Jon Michael Kelley's The Ghost of Arriscado Basin, where a spectral beast stalks the shadows, to J. VanZile's Isle of Ash and Flame, where a stranded crew battles a monstrous predator, these stories deliver heart-pounding adventure. Join knights, tricksters, and unlikely heroes as they ...

A Christian’s desire to grow in faith is beautiful and biblical, best illustrated in Jeremiah 17 where Scripture describes “The man who trusts in the LORD” as being “like a tree planted by water . . . It will not worry in a year of drought or cease producing fruit.”But how do people really grow? Transformational Discipleship describes the process that brings to life that kind of person described in the Bible. There’s no magic formula or mantra to recite here, but rather a ...

“Wednesdays were pretty normal,” writes Michael Kelley, looking for a bright spot amidst the chemotherapy routine brought on by his two-year-old son Joshua’s cancer diagnosis. His book of the same name offers much to anyone who’s tired of prescriptive spirituality and would rather acknowledge and work through the difficulties of faith with some transparency.Joshua battled and beat the disease, but not before his family had to reconcile what it means to believe in God despite a brok...

What happens to a promising young athlete and musician after he undergoes a traumatic kidnapping at the hands of three vicious hoodlums? What is the effect on his family? This novella follows David Strong on his road to recovery from an experience that is life-changing for David, his family and the woman who stands by him through some very tough times.

Make your first year of teaching one to rememberBecoming a new teacher is one of the most fun, exciting, and challenging experiences you’ll encounter in your life. Who wouldn’t want a little help getting ready before sitting down behind the teacher’s desk for the first time?That’s where First-Year Teaching For Dummies comes in. You’ll find easy-to-follow strategies and techniques to help you navigate the politics of education in your community, dev...

Paul wrote Ephesians while under house arrest as a prisoner in Rome. But though he refers to himself as a prisoner in 3:1 and 4:1, in 6:20 he refers to himself as an ambassador for the faith (albeit, an ambassador in chains). This dichotomy summarizes the book. Paul's writing reminds believers that God's magnificent blessings equip disciple to rise above—to be optimistic and full of hope even in the midst of adversity and oppression.

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

A brain explains?most math and science study guides are dry and difficult, but this is the exception. Following the successful, 'The Humongous Books', in calculus and algebra, bestselling author Mike Kelley takes a typical statistics workbook, full of solved problems, and writes notes in the margins, adding missing steps and simplifying concepts and solutions. By learning how to interpret and solve problems as they are presented in statistics courses, students prepare to solve thos...