Ars Angelica: The Angelic Magicians HandbookFor centuries, mystics, scholars, and seekers have turned to celestial forces for guidance, protection, and divine wisdom. Ars Angelica unveils the hidden traditions of angelic magic, exploring its foundations in medieval grimoires, Kabbalistic teachings, and esoteric philosophy. This book serves as both a historical study and a practical guide, revealing how sacred names, sigils, and celestial correspondences ca...

Eric Vlaun offers deep, unconventional insights into the complex life and character of Samson—insights that challenge the stigma attached to his legacy because of his downfall with Delilah. By reframing Samson’s story considering his unwavering commitment and distinctive way of fulfilling God’s call on his life, the author invites readers to rediscover and appreciate the man beyond his failures. Shattering the Stigma answers questions such as: • Why should we remember Samson—and what lesso...

Thoughts - Spiritual EnlightenmentThoughts appear from nowhereand are gone in a momentWithin my writings you will findwords that reflect Christ's teachingsI therefore share my thoughts with mybrother's & sisters in ChristGod Bless - Eric

The first scholarly biography of one of the most famous athletes of our time shows how Ashe worked for civil rights while playing a country-club sport in a white man’s world.Winner of the CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title of the Choice ACRLArthur Ashe explains how this iconic African American tennis player overcame racial and class barriers to reach the top of the tennis world in the 1960s and 1970s. But more important, it follows Ashe’s evolution ...

Embark on a perilous quest into a magical realm where a young boy must do battle with monsters and demons in order to survive.Immerse yourself in an epic fantasy adventure, based on the book by the hugely popular science fiction writer Douglas Hill, and brought to life in this full-cast performance.When his village is destroyed by the evil Prince Mephtik, young Jarral Gullen must search for answers. With the help of his three friends Archer, Scythe and the ...

Twin sisters are the investigating police in this unusual three-part detective seriesAlice and Belinda are identical twins, and have grown up sharing everything: toys, rooms, and friends. But as they begin their careers as detectives - a job they have each wanted for as long as they can remember - a computer error sees them accidentally starting at the same North London police station.Work gives them enough mysteries to be investigating as they attempt to m...

If baseball is America's national religion, then the Hall of Fame is its High Church. Being named among its 286 inductees makes you the closest thing our country has to an undisputed hero - even a secular saint. But the men in the Hall of Fame are no angels. Among their number are gamblers, drunks, race-baiters, at least one murderer, and perhaps the greatest collection of bona fide characters ever to be dignified by an honor of any kind.This is the book the Hall of Fame deserves. ...

At its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s, Detroit's status as epicenter of the American auto industry made it a vibrant, populous, commercial hub—and then the bottom fell out. Detroit : A Biography takes a long, unflinching look at the evolution of one of America's great cities and one of the nation's greatest urban failures. This authoritative yet accessible narrative seeks to explain how the city grew to become the heart of American industry and how its utter collapse—from ...

The companion book to the PBS series—a timeline and chronicle of the fifty years of black history in the U.S. in more than 350 photos.Beginning with the assassination of Malcolm X in February 1965, And Still I Rise explores a half-century of the African American experience. More than fifty years after the passage of the Civil Rights Act and the birth of Black Power, the United States has had a black president and black CEOs running Fortune 500 companies—as ...

“How can the NCAA blithely wreck careers without regard to due process or common fairness? How can it act so ruthlessly to enforce rules that are so petty? Why won’t anybody stand up to these outrageous violations of American values and American justice?”In the four years since Joe Nocera asked those questions in a controversial New York Times column, the National Collegiate Athletic Association has come under fire. Fans have begun to realize that the athl...

"Enlightening" essays on athletes, activism, and the important role sports plays in our society ( Publishers Weekly).Sportscaster Howard Cosell dubbed it "rule number one of the jockocracy": sports and politics just don't mix. But in truth, some of our most important debates about class, race, religion, sex, and the raw quest for political power are played out both on and off the field. From the NFL lockout and the role of soccer in the Arab Spring to the ...

A “captivating”* look at how center fielder Curt Flood's refusal to accept a trade changed Major League Baseball forever.After the 1969 season, the St. Louis Cardinals traded their star center fielder, Curt Flood, to the Philadelphia Phillies, setting off a chain of events that would change professional sports forever. At the time there were no free agents, no no-trade clauses. When a player was traded, he had to report to his new team or retire.Unwilling t...