Who was Moses, really?From Hebrew slave to Egyptian prince to God's chosen deliverer, Moses' story is one of the most extraordinary in all of Scripture. In this book, learn how Moses finds his true identity face-to-face with God himself.Through the exploration of the biblical, historical, social, and cultural contexts, biblical scholar J. Daniel Hays offers a biographical account of the life of Moses, illuminating the person that G...

"A sweet and engaging story that’s hard to stop reading, with truly good characters and a well-written and believable plot." - YA Books CentralSometimes life doesn’t go according to plan.My summer was planned from packing lists to trip itineraries. Or so I’d thought.It’s the night before my trip abroad, and my boyfriend Matt showed up at a party with another girl. The boyfriend I’m supposed to spend seven weeks with in Brazil.No way...

A coherent, covenant-centered reading of 1 PeterBecause the First Letter of Peter is densely woven, readers may focus on favorite verses without understanding the larger framework that gives those statements meaning. Scott J. Hafemann offers a better way in this new contribution to the Pillar New Testament Commentary series, teaching readers how to engage fruitfully with the letter as a whole.Analyzing the letter as a single, sustained argument, Hafemann un...

Chosen by Booker T. Washington himself, this respectful biography traces the public life of one of America's most influential leaders through the eyes of men who knew him well. It is less a full life story than a clear account of the major phases of his work, his rise from slavery to national prominence, and the enduring legacy of education, service, and dignity he left behind. Theodore Roosevelt's preface hails Washington as a great American whose devotion to industrial education, practic...

Welcome to Oberon, one of the seven wonders of the Common Worlds—a perfect half-sphere of a planet that defies the laws of physics.Jameson has just arrived on this strange world in search of a rare psychoactive called pith. His local guide, Xander, is a handsome, cocky wing man with a troubled past, who guides him into the wilds on a quest to find the source of the mysterious substance.As the world starts to fall apart around them, they race to avert a cataclysm while fight...

Most people think blockchain is about cryptocurrency. It isn't. At its core, blockchain is an operating system for digital trust. The Blockchain Operating System explains blockchain from the ground up through systems thinking rather than technical complexity. Instead of beginning with wallets, mining, or speculation, the book begins with a simple question: How can strangers trust one another without relying on a central authority? From that foundation, readers are guided through the archit...

Artificial intelligence is often discussed as a single tool: a chatbot, image generator, search assistant, or productivity application. But AI is becoming something much larger. It is increasingly embedded in software, businesses, institutions, physical infrastructure, and the systems people rely on every day. Understanding AI therefore requires more than learning how to write prompts or use the latest application. It requires seeing the full operating system forming around it. In The AI O...

When Lisa returns home on Halloween night, the porch light is already on. Inside, a family she has never seen before is moving through her house as if they belong there. A woman opens the kitchen cabinets. A child sits on the rug. A man waits at the table. Upstairs, someone turns on the shower. Lisa tells them to leave. They don't. They are calm. Polite. Almost reasonable. And that is what makes them so frightening. As trick-or-treaters gather outside and her calls for help keep failing, L...

Some people spend their lives waiting for happiness to arrive. Others discover it was never somewhere else. In the quiet community surrounding Frog Creek, one woman moves through ordinary days with unusual attention. She notices what others overlook: the light on the water, the pauses between conversations, the small moments that quietly shape a life. As friendships deepen, unexpected relationships form, and familiar routines begin to reveal something larger beneath them, she slowly comes ...

Artificial intelligence is changing the nature of work, creativity, education, leadership, and everyday life. As machines become increasingly capable, one question rises above the rest: What remains uniquely human? The Human Advantage OS argues that the future does not belong to those who compete with machines at what machines do best. It belongs to those who strengthen the qualities technology cannot make abundant. Drawing on systems thinking, leadership, psychology, business, and philoso...

Over a century after the end of the Earth, life goes on in Redemption, the sole remaining lunar colony, and possibly the last outpost of humankind in the Solar System. But with an existential threat burrowing its way to the Moon’s core, humanity must recolonize the homeworld.Twenty brave dropnauts set off on a mission to explore the empty planet. After training for two and a half years, four of them—Rai, Hera, Ghost and Tien—are bound for Martinez Base, just outside the Old Earth c...

SOMETIMES ORDER BECOMES CHAOSLeopold Lane—after being “collected” for the Office of the Lost by Crispin Eladrin Moss’caladin—is tucked away cozily with his beloved office fae in their treehouse. Happily ever after, right? Not so fast.Before Leo can even get settled, Crispin’s mother disappears, leaving Crispin in charge and his brother Aspin in a panic. As Queen of the Fae, she has also left them a little surprise: a bit of oxymoronic magic that turns their world upside dow...