What enables people to bounce back from stressful experiences? How do certain individuals maintain a sense of purpose and direction over the long term, even in the face of adversity? This is the first book to move beyond childhood and adolescence to explore resilience across the lifespan. Coverage ranges from genetic and physiological factors through personal, family, organizational, and community processes. Contributors examine how resilience contributes to health and well-being across th...

Psychology has exploded across the academic and popular landscape in the last hundred years. Dozens of schools of thought have arisen and thousands of books have been written on the nature of our personalities, our development, our relationships and our inner well-being.All of this has been of interest (and sometimes of concern) to Christians because of the importance we place on a correct understanding of human nature. Psychology often seems disconnected from, if not antithetical to, Chri...

Exploring Earth's Secrets: 71 Geology Books gathers a capacious cross-section of writing through which Earth has been made legible: field guides, popular scientific accounts, textbooks, surveys, and narratives of discovery. Its scope reaches from minerals, strata, fossils, and glaciers to volcanoes, caves, mountains, and the deep time recorded in landscapes. Foundational discussions of geological change and paleontological evidence stand alongside accessible treatments of national parks an...

In this first biography of Theodore Paleologus, new documentary evidence exposes him as a hardened mercenary and killer in the pay of the wicked Earl of Lincoln but also supports his imperial pretensions – long dismissed by historians. Yet despite his black record, memorial services are still conducted with imperial honours at Theodore's grave in Cornwall and he now enjoys a new lease of life in fantasy fiction.Award-winning author John Hall traces the extraordinar...

Before Emily Benson heads off to college in the fall, she'll be with six housemates in a summer share house on exclusive Ocean Island. She's excited about meeting her housemates and making some new friends.For the first time in her life, eighteen-year-old Emily Benson will be on her own and she's looking forward to it. She's going to party until dawn, sleep until noon, sunbathe on the beach, snorkel, water ski, and do whatever she wants all summer long. It will be so great not to h...

Life for Joe Peter’s is good, but it is about to change. Little does he know mankind’s future may depend on it. But will humanity be ready for the challenge… An ancient alien nation has plans for this young world’s people, they have the technology and the need to succeed, but is arrogance their downfall… Mankind for the first time has the answer to the one question that has been asked down the centuries, …are we alone? But what now? The world leaders each have their own agenda, so what is ...

Marriage Covenant Keepers is a comprehensive guide to building and sustaining healthy, Christ-centered marriages. It explores the many dimensions of intimacy—emotional, physical, spiritual, and intellectual—while addressing practical challenges such as conflict resolution, trust-building, and navigating modern expectations of marriage.Dating is exploratory, but marriage establishes a covenant commitment witnessed by God and community that fundamentally changes the nature of the rel...

I wrote this for many reasons. There are many of us that have had to give up the closeness and comfort of someone that has passed. We feel lost, sad, and hurt.Then there are the young teenagers who wonder if there is a God or if Jesus lives. After all, they have never seen Himbut neither have you. They see all of the television shows about evil things, time and time again. Although I know that this is entertainment, there are those who wonder. For many years I have waited to do thi...

You won’t be able to stop reading once you pick up Dr. John Hall’s terrifying account, A New Breed: Satellite Terrorism in America. Dr. Hall’s narration is based on true-life events and what you’ll find will open your eyes to a completely new form of terrorism.Dr. Hall has treated numerous patients who have complained about voices in their heads, eventually being driven to a form of serious psychosis. In his book, he describes his relationship with his significant other, Mallory, a young, ...

Is the United States a nation of materialistic loners whose politics are dictated by ethnic, racial, religious, or sexual identities? This is what America has become in the eyes of many commentators. Americans seem to fear that their society is breaking apart, but how accurate is this portrayal and how justified is the fear? Introducing a balanced viewpoint into this intense debate, John Hall and Charles Lindholm demonstrate that such alarm is unfounded. Here they explore the institutional...

John D. Hall spent twenty-three years officiating softball and hockey primarily in northwest British Columbia. In this book he describes his journey with all the highs and lows associated with each sport; from achieving his goal of an umpiring berth at a National Championship in 1995 and his induction by Softball Canada into the Canadian Indicator Club in 2001; to his career as a hockey official and eventual falling-out with hockey altogether. He also tackles the subject of abuse of offici...

In the spring of 1832, when the Indian warrior Black Hawk and a thousand followers marched into Illinois to reoccupy lands earlier ceded to American settlers, the U.S. Army turned to rival tribes for military support. Elements of the Menominee, Dakota, Potawatomi, and Ho Chunk tribes willingly allied themselves with the United States government against their fellow Native Americans in an uncommon defense of their diverse interests. As the Black Hawk War came only two years after the passag...