Mayhem on the Eno River Visitors to the Eno River don't expect to encounter haunted houses, train wrecks or fun outings that turn into tragedy, but some of them have experienced just that. In 1771, a few of America's first rebels were hanged near the river. An accident at a sawmill led to a series of hauntings. A Valentine's Day dance became the area's greatest murder mystery. Train-hopping teenagers had harrowing experiences, and a baby abandoned in a suitcase was found by a nearby farmer...

Beginning your day with God can really make the day rich and meaningful, not to mention successful in ways you never dreamed possible. The time you sow in the morning is a precious seed that brings forth a beautiful day filled with strength, joy, and a love made sweeter because it begins with the One who loves you best.Good Morning, God is a wonderful morning devotional filled with inspiring scriptures, true-to-life stories, and encouraging reflections to help you fulfill ...

There is a deep peace that can be found in the quiet of the night ... resting from the demands of work, family, friends and pondering the activities of the day. It is a great time to share those cherished moments with the One who loves you most.Good Night, God is a night time devotional that offers you a collection of inspiring scriptures, true-to-life stories, and encouraging reflections to help you draw near to the heart of God and experience His life-changing grace. As ...

Blessed Be Your Name, the number three worship song worldwide by writer/worship leader Mat Redman and Beth Redman, continues the worship experience for men and women, young and old. With every day that passes, readers grow closer to God and experience the joy of praising through Blessed Be Your Name.

The Heart of Worship by Matt Redman has become one of the most beloved and popular songs among worshippers the world over. Its very lyrics will inspire and motivate you to seek a closer relationship with God, but this devotional offers you much more—it will take you on a remarkable 30-day journey of worship and devotion that will change your life forever.Examine the song one line at a time, explore the rich themes of what it means to abandon yourself to worship, raise your...

Build Your Dream House For A Song is a different breed of self-help book. Instead of step-by-step instructions, it offers an extraordinary strategy for building the house you've always wanted - whether it's a timber-frame retreat or a California contemporary. The author eplains numerous tactics for saving tens of thousands of dollars, including: how you can buy land for twenty percent of its retail value at tax-defaulted land sales, buy building materials at auctions for nextto nithing, de...

Before he could find his way home, he had to understand where he came from.In the summer of 1964, twelve-year-old Peter Gallagher is sent to St. James Military School, not as an adventure but as a consequence-a family's attempt to rein in a boy whose curiosity and restless spirit have become too much to contain. What begins as "summer school" soon reveals itself as something far more lasting, a turning point that will change him forever.Growing up in St. Pa...

It is May, 1798, and Ireland is a country at war.One hundred thousand peasants have risen up against the Crown to the tales of men, women and children butchered as traitors. It is whispered that the feared and despised ghosts of Oliver Cromwell’s New Model army have returned seeking bloodshed, and no one is safe.Major Lorn Mullone, a man forged by war and torn by past failures, is sent by the government to apprehend Colonel Black, a dangerous and shadowy figure, who is harmin...

Born in a provincial city in the Peruvian Andes, the Franciscan linguist and theologian Luis Gerónimo de Oré (1554–1630) lived during a critical period in the formation of the modern world, as the global empire of Spain engaged in a nearly continuous struggle over resources and religion.In the first full-length biography of Oré, Noble David Cook and Alexandra Parma Cook reconstruct the friar’s life and the communities in which he circulated, tracing the career of this first-generat...

We are currently riders of the information storm. AI fascinates us, images mesmerize us, data defines us, algorithms remember us, news bombards us, devices connect us, isolation saddens us. Deeply embedded in digital technology, we are the very first inhabitants of life in the quantum zone. The Quantum Revolution is about life today – its entanglements, creativity, politics, and artistic vision.Arthur Kroker and David Cook explore a new way of thinking drawn directly from ...

While it now attracts many tourists, the Colca Valley of Peru’s southern Andes was largely isolated from the outside world until the 1970s, when a passable road was built linking the valley—and its colonial churches, terraced hillsides, and deep canyon—to the city of Arequipa and its airport, eight hours away. Noble David Cook and his co-researcher Alexandra Parma Cook have been studying the Colca Valley since 1974, and this detailed ethnohistory reflects their decades-long engagement with...

Get our minds together People we gotta get our minds together because our minds is all we got. The mind is the most consistent weapon you got. The human mind is like a nuclear bomb and can create a masterpiece and there is no limit to what the mind can do. God gave you this gift to create, to solve problems, to cure diseases, to help the hungry and to go deep into another person's body and bring that person back to life. The human mind, there is no limit to what the human mind can do, the ...