There are creatures lurking in our world. Obscure creatures long relegated to myth and legend. They have been sighted by a lucky-or unlucky-few, some have even been photographed, but their existence remains unproven and unrecognized by the scientific community.These creatures, long thought gone, have somehow survived; creatures from our nightmares haunting the dark places. They swim in our lakes and bays, they soar the night skies, they hunt in the woods. Some are from our past, an...

James Patrick Thomas's path toward nuclear disarmament began on Good Friday, 1982, when he and his fellow peace pilgrims started walking away from the Trident Nuclear Submarine Base near Seattle. Their Bethlehem Peace Pilgrimage would span 6,700 miles across the United States and nine other countries, each step aimed at ending the nuclear arms race.After two years on the road, Jim continued his pursuit of peace and disarmament. Back in Spokane, Washington, Jim turned his attention ...

The relationship between the church and the scriptures of Israel is fraught with complexities, particularly in regard to how the first Christians read scripture in light of the gospel of Christ. Patrick Egan examines the text of 1 Peter in light of its numerous quotations of scripture and demonstrates how the epistle sets forth a scriptural narrative that explains the nature and purpose of the church. Egan argues that 1 Peter sets forth an ecclesiology based in a participatory christology,...

Education can be a battle, especially in the face of violent, aggressive and self-destructive behaviours. Patrick Thomas shares his 20 years of learning from the battles won and lost within the trenches of the alternate education system. He uniquely explains how and what these youths adaptive behaviours have not so subtly been communicating and how their identity development is the critical force behind their ability to change and achieving personal happiness. Within the guise of practical...

No enemy of the United States has escaped the cunning and bravery of Captain Zakkova Ikanovich, a fifteen-year veteran of the US Navy SEALs. After a highly decorated career that includes the killing of Osama Bin Laden, Ikanovich and his 140-pound King Cobra snake retire. But the president of the United States and his advisors are not about to let Ikanovichs skills go unused.He is hired as a private citizen to undertake black covert operations and eliminate some of the worlds worst ...

The history of tales of swordplay and magic go back almost as far as there has been civilization. Our early stories featured individuals in battle with extraordinary creatures. This collection is a tribute to the great heroes of sword and sorcery in the past. Not just the ancient past, but the more recent time of the great popes of the mid-20th century.

Sermons and stories of faith, hope, and love from the heart of afriend and follower of Jesus. With humor and grace, these simplebut profound writings will lead you into the presence of One whoseword brings healing and hope to longing hearts.

From the Monster under the bed to the residents of the House of Frankenstein, we've all grown up with Monsters. They even inhabit our cereal boxes.We're here to celebrate the monsters who scare us. Over the centuries, the level of terror needed to scare us was low. Before film, television or radio our main source of fright came from books and storytellers. Even in 1931 a warning was placed into the film during early showings of Dracula

Thomas Patrick Hughes's Dictionary of Islam is an ambitious nineteenth-century reference work that gathers doctrines, rituals, historical figures, legal concepts, sects, Qur'anic terminology, and social practices associated with Islam. Written in the alphabetic form of a scholarly lexicon, it combines philological explanation, comparative theology, and missionary-era ethnography. Its style is precise and documentary, often citing Arabic sources and earlier Orientalist scholarship, while al...

Doctor Griffin is about to give Larry Talbot his final dose of Monocaine B, which will prevent Talbot from turning into the Wolf Man. Dracula, along with his son, our daughter and the Frankenstein Monster, wants to get his hands on the Monocaine B because it will turn him invisible.Doctor Van Helsing brings in a team to help Griffin fight off Dracula and his brood. Among them is Dr. Allenby, the She Wolf of London. Doctor Griffin's son Jeremy is expecting a visit from his fiancée, ...

From Water and Stone is a collection of sermons and stories shaped by grace, memory, and the quiet holiness of ordinary life. Drawing on Scripture, pastoral experience, and moments both tender and hard won, Thomas Patrick Nolan invites readers to listen for God’s voice in familiar places: at the kitchen table, along a riverbank, in the broken bread of shared lives, and in the stones we carry with us through time. These reflections are rooted in preaching and lived faith, yet they read like...

The increased interest manifested in relation to all matters affecting the East, and the great attention now given to the study of comparative religion, seem to indicate that the time has come when an attempt should be made to place before the English-speaking people of the world a systematic exposition of the doctrines of the Muslim Faith. The present work is intended to supply this want, by giving, in a tabulated form, a concise account of the doctrines, rites, ceremonies, and customs, t...