This volume explores Nietzsche's decisive encounter with the ancient philosopher, Epicurus. The collected essays examine many previously unexplored and underappreciated convergences, and investigate how essential Epicurus was to Nietzsche's philosophical project through two interrelated overarching themes: nature and ethics.Uncovering the nature of Nietzsche's reception of, relation to, and movement beyond Epicurus, contributors provide insights into the relationship between suffer...

Hollywood superstar Max Conroy is A-list all the way—one of the few actors who can guarantee box office blockbusters on opening weekend. Max has it all: the devil-may-care charisma, the stunning movie star wife, and a sizable personal fortune that grows along with his legend.When Max escapes from a rehab center in Arizona, disoriented and longing to return to his blue-collar roots, he becomes the target of a motley group of kidnappers planning to cash in by holding him for ransom. ...

This book frames the mission of the Continental Philosophy and History of Thought series at Lexington Books. International leading scholars contribute essays that explore and redefine the relationship between received arguments in contemporary Continental philosophy and various influential figures and arguments in the history of thought. By bringing Continental philosophy and the histories of thought into dialogue, editors Christian Lotz and Antonio Calcagno broaden the standard canon of w...

The blood that holds the power to change the fate of Allinan is the same blood that will destroy her.Even though Maray has returned to the world she grew up in, she isn’t safe. Grasping for power, Rhia seeks her blood to claim its magic. To prevent this, the rogue revolutionaries intend to kill Maray first.This time, running isn't an option. She must return to Allinan, where she belongs and where she has the best shots of learning to control her ma...

Finally presented to the Allinan public, Maray’s life at court soon becomes dictated by traditions and duties. Wearing the face of the iconic queen, she is too easily recognized, and as a princess, the entire Allinan court is watching her every move.When even with Rhia locked up in the dungeons, the attacks on Maray’s loved ones continue, she learns that Rhia’s plan runs much deeper, and the more Maray knows the more the fear for her life and for all of Allinan blazes—for the force...

James White’s classic Christian worship text, revised and updated.The book students of worship have read and re-read is now revised and updated for the first time in more than twenty years.Author Ed Phillips, one of White’s graduate students, is joined by practitioners and teachers from emerging generations, who contribute timely and well-researched material from their own areas of expertise. This new content brings the original up to date, filling signific...

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America. This book was intended to move the discussion of immigration, generally speaking, and of immig...

Prophetic solutions and strategies for confronting Racism.From the earliest days of America, racism has been a prevailing issue. But on May 25, 2020, George Floyd’s death sparked a fresh fire in the tinderbox of American society.As racial tensions continue to mount, Christians cannot remain on the sidelines. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called the church the conscience of the state. It is the duty of the people of God to maintain their prophetic edge, offerin...

Who you are is the foundational core of any golf game. Your personal qualities determine your potential as a golfer. The B.I.G. system concentrates on the 18 personal qualities that good golfers should aspire to develop. These inspirational, aspirational qualities are both positive character traits and requisites for taking your game to the next level. The B.I.G. system is built around continuous intellectual curiosity. In the Mechanical Shot section of the book, the most important shots o...

This book addresses several important questions in the fields of modern, comparative, and world literatures. At a time in which “weak theory” and transnationalism are becoming increasingly pressing topics, the volume considers the utility of philosophical logic, literary worlds, and analytic Asian Philosophy to understand world literature. In doing so, it investigates the ways in which Chinese, English, French, and Japanese writers eager to tackle the challenges of modernity gazed both acr...

The theory of “literary worlds” has become increasingly important in comparative and world literatures. But how are the often-contradictory elements of Eastern and Western literatures to cohere in the new worlds such contact creates? Drawing on the latest work in philosophical logic and analytic Asian philosophy, this monograph proposes a new model of literary worlds that is best suited to comparative literature dealing with Western and East Asian traditions. Unlike much discussion of worl...