“For much of my life, […] I was unaware that my words echoed a script I was conditioned to follow, that the lights illuminated only that which I expected to see, and that the orchestra was merely a recording that had been playing since long before my birth.” - Nathan J. MurphyIn The Ideas That Rule Us, political theory researcher, author, and technology business owner Nathan J. Murphy takes an eye-opening, multi-disciplinary deep dive into how others’ ideology, pe...

Finlay Thatcher is a lost soul, guilt-ridden after the death of her twin brother. When Alabama's football coach gives her the opportunity to work for him, she knows it's her chance to move on, even if it means living her brother's dream.Caden Brooks is Alabama's star quarterback. He's got it all. The attention of adoring fans. A girlfriend who'd do anything to hold on to him. And a future in the pros. He's getting along just fine until Finlay steps into his life, despising him at f...

Hadley can tell the minute she lays eyes on Caynan, the cocky new guy at school, that he's someone to avoid. He may have looks, charm, and the attention of every other girl in town, but he's also got heartbreak written all over his pretty face.But what Hadley doesn't know—what no one knows—is that with Caynan, things aren't at all what they seem.His secrets have secrets and everything out of his mouth straddles the line between truth and fiction.Caynan knows better ...

Lyra Vale was nothing more than an omega healer—weak, unnoticed, and unimportant.Until the night fate revealed the truth.The Alpha King was her mate.Before the entire pack, King Kael Blackthorn publicly rejects her, shattering the sacred bond and destroying her place in the kingdom. Humiliated and exiled, Lyra is forced to flee the only home she has ever known.But the Moon Goddess was not finished with her story.Because Lyra carries a secret the Alph...

All Andi Parker has ever wanted, all she's ever dreamed of, is a spot on the Olympic track team. But when an accident leaves her hospitalized with serious injuries and shattered dreams, she's not only uncertain what her future holds but also completely alone.Drew Slater is a wanted man. Professional football teams want him for his arm. Women want him for his irresistible good looks and charming personality. But the well-crafted disguise he wears, the one that helps him score on and...

Hamster book covering the basics of everyday care, safety tips, and situations not normally thought of by a new hamster owner, with the intent to help others plan ahead of time, and avoid making mistakes..

The gap between the rich and the poor has grown dramatically in the United States and is now at its widest since at least the early 1900s. While by most measures the economy has been improving, soaring cost of living and stagnant wages have done little to assuage economic anxieties. Conditions like these seem designed to produce a generation-defining intervention to balance the economic scales and enhance opportunities for those at the middle and bottom of the country's economic ladder—but...

Dead bodies, bullies, child-snatching goblins and bloodthirsty werewolves. You can find all of these and more on the pages within. A Poor Excuse for a Book is a collection of short stories, an exploration in storytelling that features both nonfiction stories from the author's real-life childhood as well as fiction stories derived from the author's own unique imagination. The cross-section of true life and fantasy offers in-depth insight into the mind, imagination, and past of a newly emerg...

In college, I met several good buddies, good enough to call them my bros. We were so good to one another: always helping one another out, comforting one another and having each other’s backs.But we did more than that. When you’re a bubbling pot of male hormones that just happen to be into other men, you’re bound to experiment in college. After all, college is known as the place for men to explore their sexuality.And when your relationship with another man is so close, you m...

“The light finds only those who need it most. If you no longer see it, than you no longer need it.”Eight months after his fierce battle with The Shadow, Jay Zander finds himself able to resume the search for his father alongside his childhood friend Anna, and the mercenary turned ally, Sue. But, danger arrives when a mysterious energy source appears in the mountains, prompting legendary Ghost Thomas to investigate the disturbance. However, when he does not return, the group embarks...

“The Shadow feeds off our fears. And I’m going to let him starve.”Before a mysterious meteor shower creates a doomsday event in Mentis (and the rest of the civilized world), a ten year old boy’s parents protect him by locking him away; frozen in suspended animation for years, while the earth burns. 13 years later, Jay awakens from his slumber and discovers a Dystopian world overrun by vicious creatures know as Shadows. He embarks on a dangerous journey to locate a legendary organiz...

In the Old Testament, the Levites stand as key ministry leaders for the worship of the people of God, from their origins with Moses and the tabernacle, to their service at the Jerusalem temple, to their roles in the postexilic period. This study proposes a multidimensional reading of the texts centered on the Levites in the Davidic narratives of 1 Chronicles 10-29. From a literary point of view, the notion that the Levites are closely associated with the symbol of God's presence is explore...