The greatest mystery of the ancient world remains the identity of who set fire to the Great Library in Alexandria.One hundred years later, Heron of Alexandria—the city's most renown inventor and creator of Temple miracles—receives coin from a mysterious patron to investigate the crime. Desperate to be free of the debts incurred by her twin brother, she accepts and sets in motion a chain of events that will shake the Roman Empire and change the course of history forever.

This accessible volume equips language teachers and content specialists with practical strategies for planning, teaching, and assessing English-medium instruction in multilingual classrooms.English-Medium Instruction for Language Teachers is a practical and engaging guide to English-Medium Instruction (EMI) supports instructors who teach academic subjects through English in contexts where it is not the first language of most students. Blending essential th...

This Is How God Talks to You is a practical, beginner-friendly DayReader™ that helps you start (and stick with) Bible reading in just 10–15 minutes a day. In 60 short entries, readers learn simple tools, the right questions to ask, and encouragement that turns “overwhelmed” into a confident daily rhythm. Benefits include:A Simple, Actionable Plan: This DayReader™ breaks down the overwhelming task of Bible reading int...

In a world drowning in digital noise... you're not alone. Rapid tech advances plus endless feeds equals a constant bombardment of information, images, and "truths" that shift by the hour.The Real Cost? Many believers today feel:Overwhelmed and exhausted by the scrollDisconnected from what’s actually true and reliableStruggling to spot the real from the misleading, ...

At long last, the Puritan most often reached for is finally gathered in full.For generations, Thomas Watson’s works have been beloved, quoted, and reprinted in fragments, yet never collected in a definitive edition. This seven-volume set rectifies that omission, bringing together Watson’s published writings in a uniform, carefully edited, and eminently usable form for the church today.Watson is that rare combination: simple enough for the newest reader, wei...

Adlerian Counseling and Psychotherapy, Seventh Edition, is a timely and timeless resource for practitioners at all levels of experience. It explains and illustrates individual, group, and couples work with children, adolescents, and adults of all ages. Chapters highlight Adler's and Dreikurs's unique contributions to child guidance, lifestyle assessment, and early recollections, and they also discuss Adlerian therapy’s special relevance for culturally sensitive work.The se...

Havana, 1879. Yellow fever is sweeping the city - and nine-year-old Lucy Brown has vanished.Her family knows only what they can see: a broken railing, blood on the deck, and an empty sea where Lucy should be.But Havana is hiding more than a sickness.Lucy's father is behind bars. Her mother and sister are searching a city that has stopped answering. The crew of the Cadet refuses to accept the worst. And all the while, strange things are happening in the stre...

SPLATTER THE NORMALFor this book, weird horror isn’t weird enough, and the extreme needs to be more extreme: the nineteen stories in Extremely Weird Splatter take the “quiet” respectability that characterizes a lot of weird fiction these days and fuses it with the elsewhere typically grounded—but very loud—transgressions of the extreme and splatterpunk. The results are messy, fantastic, and nineteen kinds of bizarre and disturbing.Join three Lifeti...

A companion to the best-selling, award-winning Laugh and Grow Bible for Kids, this storybook Bible follows the life of Jesus from His birth through His resurrection and ascension. The Laugh and Grow Bible for Kids: Jesus Stories includes Jesus's teachings, parables, miracles, and more! Each of the 52 stories will help kids get to know Jesus as their Savior and Friend.Key Features:● Includes 52 beautifully illustrated stories from the Gospel...

Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold is a powerful account of one of the most devastating human crises of the 21st century. Drawing on firsthand research conducted in Burma (Myanmar) and neighboring countries, the book uncovers how the Rohingya Muslims have been systematically isolated, impoverished, and targeted in a state-led genocidal campaign. Through more than 150 interviews with survivors, local officials, religious leaders, and international actors, the authors reveal how discr...

AI for Healthcare provides a comprehensive, evidence-based guide to how artificial intelligence is transforming medicine. Structured in three parts, the book first demystifies core technologies (machine learning, deep learning, large language models, and AI agents) through concrete clinical examples.It then examines real-world applications already deployed in hospitals worldwide, including diagnostic imaging, predictive medicine, connected health, digital mental health the...

Rooted in Eurocentric and North American beliefs, conventional social work theory increasingly fails to address the interconnected, global nature of contemporary social problems. Bringing together scholars and practitioners from across environmental studies, gender studies, philosophy, anthropology and beyond, this edited collection forges a transdisciplinary, decolonial framework for reimagining social work education and practice. It draws on Indigenous knowledges, postcolonial perspectiv...