This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.★★★★★ Finally - fantastic thriller fiction with solid faith!★★★★★ Faith, real characters, gripping suspense. This book has it all! Loved it!Dark secrets swirl around the small coastal town of Weyport as Mary-Jean Foley discovers just how far she would go to protect her son.Even with a new sheriff in town. Even when her husband doesn’t agree. Even when she...

The wars in Afghanistan and Iraq have focused new attention on a perennial problem: how to end wars well. What ethical considerations should guide war’s settlement and its aftermath? In cases of protracted conflicts, recurring war, failed or failing states, or genocide and war crimes, is there a framework for establishing an enduring peace that is pragmatic and moral?Ethics Beyond War’s End provides answers to these questions from the just war tradition. Just war thinking ...

Atoms, Radiation, and Radiation ProtectionDiscover the keys to radiation protection in the fourth edition of this best-selling textbookA variety of atomic and sub-atomic processes, including alpha, beta, and gamma decay or electron ejection from inner atom shells, can produce ionizing radiation. This radiation can in turn produce environmental and biological effects both harmful – including DNA damage and other impacts of so-called ‘radiati...

The introduction of "Black" studies programs into institutions of higher education was a direct response to the mandate for change at all levels that characterized the civil rights movement and the social rebellions of the 1950s and 1960s. In Out of the Revolution, Delores P. Aldridge and Carlene Young collect thirty-one of the nation's top scholars to provide a complete reference for understanding the impetus for, the development of, and future considerations for the discipline o...

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in terms of how the Civil War has come to be studied, documented, and analyzed.The Atlanta campaign and Sherman’s March to the Sea changed the course of the war in 1864, in terms both of the up...

You'll gain a newfound perspective on Scotland's historical struggle for independence by exploring the family lineage that disinherited their nobles and sparked civil war.July of 1331 saw the gathering of a most unusual army; its billets scattered across the modest ports of Yorkshire’s eastern coast. Its purpose, the invasion of Scotland and the overthrow of the yet inchoate line of Bruce kings. This was a task monumentally disproportionate in scale to the tiny arm...

Are you tired of working long hours and barely making ends meet as a waiter in the service industry? Do you dream of finally achieving financial freedom and stability? Look no further! Double Your Tips or Your Money Back is the ultimate guide to transforming your serving skills and boosting your income.In this book, you'll discover proven strategies and techniques that will help you increase your tips and take home more money. From mastering the art of upselling to providi...

The many storied monarchs of twelfth century England lived, fought, loved, and died surrounded by their illegitimate relatives. While their many contributions have too often been overlooked, these illegitimate sons, daughters and siblings occupied crucial positions within the edifice of royal authority, serving their legitimate relatives as proxies and lieutenants. In addition to occupying roles and offices at the center of royal administration, Anglo-Norman and Angevin royal bastards, exi...

A biography of Harald Hardrada tracing his exile, mercenary exploits, and rise to power as Norway’s Last Viking.A wounded and teenaged Harald Hardrada fled Norway in 1030 following the death of his half-brother King Olaf II at the Battle of Stiklestad. He would return home decades later as a battle-hardened mercenary commander, weighted down with plunder acquired from wars fought across the Mediterranean. Harald’s transition from exiled semi-royal to a famed advent...

Religious studies—also known as comparative religion or history of religions—emerged as a field of study in colleges and universities on both sides of the Atlantic during the late nineteenth century. In Europe, as previous historians have demonstrated, the discipline grew from long-established traditions of university-based philological scholarship. But in the United States, James Turner argues, religious studies developed outside the academy.Until about 1820, Turner contends, even...

In John of Brienne: King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople, James Turner offers an in-depth exploration of one of the medieval world's most intriguing yet underappreciated figures. John of Brienne, who ascended from a relatively modest French aristocratic background, secured not one but two of the era's most prestigious crowns: King of Jerusalem and Emperor of Constantinople. Through a blend of personal ambition, strategic marriages, and opportune alliances, John navigate...

Embark on an adventure that will test the limits of survival and unravel the enigmatic tales of those who seek solace in the heart of the untamed. In "Savannah Solstice," a diverse group gathers at Umphlati Lodge, their lives intertwining against the backdrop of a vast wilderness teeming with secrets.Lauren, a woman with a warm smile but hidden longing, draws the attention of fellow adventurer Michael and ex-soldier Eben. As bonds form, they find themselves entangled in a web of pe...