Unmasks the long-forgotten story of how a flying, superhuman vigilante played a pivotal role in the founding of the American labor movement.On July 5, 1828, more than a century before Superman arrived on Earth, a superhero took flight in Philadelphia’s night sky. Buried on page three of a small local newspaper, the announcement of his arrival appeared under the title “The Night-Hawk, No. 1” with a cryptic epigraph from Romeo and Juliet: “I’ll be a candleho...

Pope Francis says he wants “a mess.” Are you foolish enough to make one? We Christians claim to have a great message for the world. But if it’s so great, why are more people leaving the Church than joining? The message clearly isn’t getting through. We must be doing something wrong. Matthew Warner has spent the last twelve years passionately sharing the life-changing truths of the Christian faith with others. As a student of the Information Age, he is eager to use every means of communicat...

"This important study explores the medicalization of alcohol abuse in the 19th century US" and its influence on American literature and popular culture ( Choice).In Rum Maniacs, Matthew Warner Osborn examines the rise of pathological drinking as a subject of medical interest, social controversy, and lurid fascination in 19th century America. At the heart of that story is the disease that afflicted Edgar Allen Poe: delirium tremens. Poe's alcohol a...

Today's college students face a difficult decision: how to choose the right college major. With so many choices, and a major job shortage across the country, it is hard to know which majors will help a college graduate find a job and build a lucrative career.This book provides valuable data on the top emerging fields that are set to explode with job opportunities over the next 5 to 10 years. It examines several sources of research and summarizes it all in a simple, easy to read for...

Americans are drifting away from the Church in record numbers. At the heart of this crisis is a failure in communication. With over ten years of experience working with over ten thousand churches as the founder of Flocknote, Matthew Warner offers church leaders a practical guide to leading their flock somewhere truly meaningful—no matter their church role! You’ll learn:▪ Why some people listen and others don’t▪ How to get them to open (and respond to) your messages▪...

A Big Fat Wedding BanquetWhen sent to another world, even a routine shopping trip becomes an adventure: all these new scents and foods and possibilities... not to mention heavily armed and drunken jerks causing trouble in the streets. And while this mysterious stranger sure seems helpful, he can't help Asuta and Ai Fa prepare enough giba meat to feed a small army... or a large, honor-bound wedding party. Can a few new recipes and and the lovely ladies of the Ru Clan ensure success? ...

Though the meeting with Cyclaeus has come to a close, the problems facing our heroes are far from resolved. The twisted noble’s demands are still too much to swallow, leaving the fates of the former main Suun house up in the air. And as if that wasn’t enough, a new threat has appeared in the form of Goram Redbeard’s son Jeeda, who swears revenge against the people of the forest’s edge. Plus, Asuta’s old regulars have departed from Genos, though some new faces are starting to fill the void....

Asuta's an apprentice in his dad's restaurant - until corrupt real estate developers set it on fire. After running into the blaze to save his dad's knife, he wakes up in a forest on another planet. Can modern cooking skills keep him alive amongst the natives? Or will his guide and associate, Ai Fa, take him out with his own knife first? There may be strange new ingredients to try, but techniques hold firm when Cooking with Wild Game.

Do a Little Business!When a visitor to the Forest's Edge gets a taste of Asuta's cooking, things quickly start taking off for the young chef! With an offer to fund a food cart on the table, can Asuta create a killer recipe to sell hungry denizens in the City of Stone - or will they write off the Giba King without a second glance?

Meeting For A Meat MeetAsuta's begun cracking the nut of cooking giba - but butchering and roasting up strange new beasts is easy compared to satisfying the appetite of Ai Fa's grand enemy, Donda Ruu. Can Asuta and the ladies of the Ruu household win over the great hunter and the guests at a grand wedding party? Or do shame and exile from the forest's edge await? A chef's life is never easy, especially when Cooking With Wild Game.

Sizzle, an opossum, and Mama are foraging one day when a man captures Mama. This man, Crackle Fingers, runs a taxidermy business out of his house, and he plans to add Mama to his collection. Sizzle turns to a family of cats for help. Shadow, a talkative black cat, invites Sizzle to eat from the family’s food bowl on a backyard deck. Moody is a senile but kind tabby, and Buttercup is an overweight and overprotective orange cat. In order to befriend the cats and rescue Mama, he’ll have to re...

CURSED . . .Living at her family’s rice plantation, Alice Wharton learns some disturbing news from her mother: their bloodline has been cursed. Jesus Christ punishes them for having psychic powers allegedly stolen from a Heavenly angel. He exacts penance in the form of the mother’s adulterous “communion” trysts with their reverend.FORGOTTEN . . .Escaping from the predatory reverend, Alice marries Major Thorne Norwick at his Georgian cotton plantation. She also meets...