Troubled times and strife bring unknown opportunities to unlikely people, including opportunities that could change the world. This novel is both about things that did happen and things that might have happened. It will take you back in time to the early 1870s in the prosperous English city of London. Josiah Raines is fashioned after the author's great-grandfather, Frederick Henry Daniels. He was a merchant banker in the City of London and a wealthy man. He was an Alderman and a Freeman of...

A Protector's Heart launches an ordinary sixteen-year-old boy, Carl, yearning for adventure beyond his books into a more dangerous and thrilling reality than he ever imagined. When a mechanical failure leaves Carl temporarily stranded at a spaceport in a lonely section of space, he discovers he is a professional hitman's target.Danger lurks around every corner as Carl tries to stay one step ahead of deadly assassins. Why would someone be so desperate to see him dead? There seems to...

There is much confusion about End Times topics. Scripture is twisted to fit with popular sensational theories. The return of Jesus and the end of the world, as taught in the Bible, are simple. In Common Sense Biblical Answers To End Times Questions, we examine what the Bible teaches in context. We will look at the Truth and expose serious errors that insult the work of the Holy Spirit and the work of Christ on the Cross. I challenge you to test everything in this book by the Word of God. D...

Theosis shapes contemporary Orthodox theology in two ways: positively and negatively. In the positive sense, contemporary Orthodox theologians made theosis the thread that bound together the various aspects of theology in a coherent whole and also interpreted patristic texts, which experienced a renaissance in the twentieth century, even in Orthodox theology. In the negative sense, contemporary theologians used theosis as a triumphalistic club to beat down Cathol...

As we look at our lives and the world around us, we can wonder if God exists and if He loves us as Christians claim. This short, easy-to-read book will guide you through the basics of why the world and our lives are in the shape that they are, what we can do about it, and how to personally know that God loves you. No matter if you are in a "good place" or a "bad place" right now, this book will bring encouragement into your life. Invest in yourself, and brighten your future!Bonus b...

The Agricultural Dilemma questions everything we think we know about the current state of agriculture and how to, or perhaps more importantly how not to, feed a world with a growing population.This book is about the three fundamental forms of agriculture: Malthusian (expansion), industrialization (external-input-dependent), and intensification (labor-based). The best way to understand the three agricultures, and how we tend to get it wrong, is to consider what drives their...

Co-published with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), which sponsored the project from which the book emerged.This book answers the question “What would your institution look like if students really mattered?” The authors argue that really putting student success at the center of attention will require a radical reimagining of higher education. Much of what is presented here is grounded in the findings of the American Association of State Colleges and Unive...

Love and Danger in the Old West is stories of legendary characters and the women who loved them. The stories begin with the confrontation between Wild Bill Hickok and Davis Tutt. These two men clashed over a watch taken from Hickok because of an unpaid debt. However, this deadly confrontation had competition for Susannah Moore as the underlying issue between the two men.Allie Earp was the common law wife of Virgil Earp for thirty-one years. Virgil and the three deputies he led foug...

When American Occupation troops withdrew from Japan did they leave behind a truly independent country? Or did they leave in place a behindthescenes network that determined much of the course of Japanese politics for decades to come?Painstakingly researched, by authors who have between them over fifty years of experience in Japan, this book looks at aspects of the JapanU.S. relationship that others have missed or avoided. At the heart of the book is the story of ...

Inspired by a powerful New York Times article that went viral, this young readers’ edition tells the uplifting true story of Black men and women from Compton, California, who found purpose through raising and riding horses.The Compton Cowboys are a group who grew up in the city where Kendrick Lamar and Serena Williams were raised; a city portrayed in the media as ground zero for gang violence. But in 1988, with the creation of the Compton Junior Posse, a youth program set ...

“Thompson-Hernández's portrayal of Compton's black cowboys broadens our perception of Compton's young black residents, and connects the Compton Cowboys to the historical legacy of African Americans in the west. An eye-opening, moving book.”—Margot Lee Shetterly, New York Times bestselling author of Hidden FiguresA rising New York Times reporter tells the compelling story of The Compton Cowboys, a group of African-...

A New York Times Best Thriller of the 21st Century“With Your House Will Pay, Steph Cha has taken a dark moment in Los Angeles’s violent history and cracked it wide open, creating a prism of understanding—of the pull of generational violence and its enduring devastation, but also of the power of human grace against all odds. It’s a touching portrait of two families bound together by a split-second decision that tore a hole through an entire...