Eleven preachers with different gifts, backgrounds, and personal emphases show how they proclaim Christ from all the Scripture in a variety of contexts.Edmund P. Clowney (1917-2005), the late president and professor of practical theology at Westminster Theological Seminary, was a trailblazer of Christ-centered, redemptive-historical preaching. Through his classroom instruction, his publications, and his example as a preacher, he ignited in many seminary students and pastors a passi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.On the anniversary of one of the hardest, most painful days in Max O'Neill's life, he receives a mysterious text message that sends him on an adventure that answers questions of his past as he follows in his long-lost parents' footsteps into an epic space adventure within the video game universe he knew from his youth. This epic LITRPG adventure takes Max from his universe to one of science fiction at the touch of a button. To embrace t...

Over the last fifty years, tourism has become firmly established as a development option around the world. Commensurate with this, the study of tourism's developmental role has also expanded significantly. There now exists a broad understanding of the policies and processes, opportunities and challenges that apply to tourism's potential contributions to development. As the tourism environment now faces numerous challenges and transformations, it is timely to reflect on contemporary underst...

This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior, the police-like state found in many schools throughout the country, and the introduction of youth into the criminal justice system at an early age. The school-to-prison pipeline negatively and dis...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.My name is Morgan, and that's the name I've chosen. I'm on the run from my family—finally living as the man I am.But one rainy night at an inn, when my money's run dry and my past is catching up, I meet Lord Valtair, and I can't look away.I first saw him years ago from afar, another lifetime ago. Then, I'd had an impossible crush. Because he only likes men, and I hadn't known that I was one.But when he sees I'm i...

Alexander the Great: Conqueror, King of Macedonia, and Architect of the Hellenistic World is an engaging audiobook that explores the life, conquests, and lasting impact of Alexander the Great. This Alexander the Great biography follows his journey from a young prince in Macedonia to one of the most legendary military leaders in history.If you’re searching for an Alexander the Great audiobook that provides in-depth historical analysis, thrilling battle strategies, and a dee...

In Violence in the Films of Stephen King, contributors analyze the theme of violence in the film adaptations of Stephen King’s work—ranging from the earliest films in the King canonto his most recent iterations—through a variety of lenses. Investigating the diverse and varying roles that violence continues to play as both the level of violence and the gendered depictions of violence have evolved, many of the contributors come to the conclusion that King’s films have grown more violent over...

Join the scavenger hunt for fun and happiness!Third Flatiron's all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor anthology, Rhapsody of the Spheres, presents short stories about things that give us joy or meaning. The theme is inspired by the well-known "music of the spheres" philosophy (aka musica universalis) and movements of the heavenly bodies, which dates as far back as ancient Greece. The term, rhapsody refers to an outpouring of ecstatic expression...

Whether you’re in the mood for a Chicago-style deep dish of darkness, or prefer a New York wide slice of thin-crusted carnage, or if you just have a hankering for the cheap, cheesy charms of cardboard-crusted, delivered-to-your-door devilry; we have just the slice for you.Bring your most monstrous of appetites, because we’re serving suspense and horrors both chillingly cosmic and morbidly mundane from acclaimed horror authors such as Brian Evenson, Jessica McHugh, and Cody Goodfell...

Selected contributions to the Ninth World Shakespeare Congress, which took place in July 2011 in Prague, represent the contemporary state of Shakespeare studies in thirty-eight countries worldwide. Apart from readings of Shakespeare’s plays and poems, more than forty chapters map Renaissance contexts of his art in politics, theater, law, or material culture and discuss numerous cases of the impact of his works in global culture from the Americas to the Far East, including stage productions...

A revealing and insightful look at one of the modern world's most acclaimed historical novelistsPatrick O'Brian was well into his seventies when the world fell in love with his greatest creation: the maritime adventures of Royal Navy Captain Jack Aubrey and ship's surgeon Stephen Maturin. But despite his fame, little detail was available about the life of the reclusive author, whose mysterious past King uncovers in this groundbreaking biography.King traces O...

Romancing the King is a description of God’s yearning for relationship and intimacy with you.  Like Esther in the Bible, you are permitted to enter the King’s presence because you have been invited—the King desires you.   Intimacy with your Lord is a close, personal relationship where you can openly share with each other private information. To gain access to the splendor of His Kingdom, you must establish ...