The Nine Realms thought they’d seen the worst — but Kevin is back. Still pickled, still unpredictable, and somehow armed with a spear made of celery. From Loki’s disastrous TikTok trial to Odin being stuck on jury duty, the chaos only escalates until breakfast itself becomes the battlefield.Pickled trolls, the Breakfast Banshee, and the Great Casserole Beast threaten to smother reality in gravy. It’s up to Snorri, Herring the goat, Jeffrey the Mop, and a very briny Kevin to stop th...

Every step he takes is watched. Every secret he hides is known.When a nameless stranger enters a forgotten realm where judgment hangs in the air like mist, he finds himself walking a path shaped by shadows, whispers, and long-buried truths..The Journey of a Stranger is a gripping fantasy mystery filled with eerie atmosphere, hidden truths, and a hero you’ll question until the

A compact and practical guide to help you prepare a speech for any occasion and to run a meeting. Covers preparation and delivery, developing poise, dealing with nerves and acquiring self assurance. The author is an experienced public speaker and chairperson, a clergyman, former deputy speaker of the NZ Parliament and a former mayor of a major NZ City

Jackson "Jacko" Smith is dyslexic, but like many people affected by the learning disability, he is highly intelligent. His best friend Sammy Collins helps him get through school and unlocks his potential. Jacko progresses through the ranks of local government until Mother Nature intervenes and the straight boy and the gay boy become a couple.As Jacko and Sammy start a family and challenge social mores, Jacko enters politics, horrified at the direction the Australian government is t...

Australia is a nation in transition. Marriage equality looms but homophobia still rules. Depression and suicide are commonplace as Dean Prentice and his lover, Danny, grow up together in country Victoria. When Dean moves to a nearby regional center to study veterinary science, he finds acceptance and love when reunited with Danny. Profound tragedy visits Dean's life and he grieves, moving on through a series of lovers both male and female and struggling to focus on his studies and his drea...

目錄Lesson 1: Becoming a DiscipleLesson 2: Becoming a Victorious ChristianLesson 3: Abiding in ChristLesson 4: The Holy Spirit in the Life of the BelieverLesson 5: The Filling of the Holy SpiritLesson 6: The Fruit of the SpiritLesson 7: The Gifts of the SpiritLesson 8: Growing in ServiceLesson 9: Growing in WorsbipLesson 10: Growing in Stewardship

The Civil Wars of the seventeenth century had a devastating effect upon Wales and the Marches, stripping the country of its human resources and ruining whole communities. This book explores the years of conflict between 1642 and 1649, detailing the campaigns, sieges and battles which took place in every corner of the country, presenting information from a wide variety of sources to paint a wide-ranging picture of the nation at a significant turning point in its history.

Nickerbacher: The Funniest Dragon tells the story of a friendly and playful dragon, who dreams of one day becoming a stand-up comedian. If only it were that simple! Nickerbacher's duty is to protect the supportive Princess Gwendolyn and to instill fear, not mirth, in the townspeople, as his father, Papa Dragon, is quick to remind him of. When the brash Prince Happenstance challenges Nickerbacher to a fight, it only reinforces how Nickerbacher is supposed to act and dispatch of the threat t...

This book provides a solid foundation from which most practical, theoretical problems related to sandwich structures can be derived and solved. The text brings together many problems found in the literature, such as those concerning buckling, post-buckling, free vibration, and dynamic response under various types of loadings. Sandwich construction with functionally graded facings is also briefly discussed, wherein topics obtain theoretical solutions from one comprehensive, consistent theor...

Dragons are magical. Some are ferocious, some are friendly, and some are silly, but whatever kind of dragon it is, we love reading about them and their incredible adventures. Nickerbacher is a very special dragon. He wants to make his family proud of him, but he doesnt want to be like all the other dragons. Hes afraid to tell his papa that there are enough dragons to guard princesses. What Nickerbacher wants more than anything in the world is to make people happy. He wants to be a comedian...

Thoroughly updated and revised—with half of the chapters new to the second edition—Missiology equips the reader with a vast resource on contemporary missions. This graduate-level introduction is divided into five sections (Introduction to the Study of Missiology, Biblical Basis of Missions, Theology of Missions, and Applied Missiology) and offers essays on modern missions issues and methods such as contextualization, spiritual warfare, and orality, as well as chapters on major wor...

They are the monsters under the bed when you are little, the shape just caught out of the corner of your eye when you thought you were alone, the shadow of something in a dark corner that surprises you and then isn't there. They stop you dead with a knot of unexpected terror in the pit of your stomach. We have all seen fleeting glimpses of them. Never long enough to see them as I saw them, but it was them. I recognized it the instant I saw it. We've all seen flashes of them, the dark shado...