In the summer of 1957, the Indiana towns of French Lick and West Baden decided to merge two high schools that had been fierce rivals for decades. It was a decision that did not go over well in those divided communities. W. Timothy Wright weaves the gripping story here, chronicling the events that followed the fateful consolidation of two schools and two basketball teams. But an extraordinary first season slowly revealed the team’s fierce determination to win, and the players became a micro...

Abbot Timothy Wright proposes sowing a small seed from which might grow a greater respect between the world's two largest religions, Christianity and Islam. Indeed, he believes that the seed has already been planted. Christians give unique value to their revealed Scriptures as the "Word of God." Muslims speak of the Qur'an as God speaking to them.In No Peace without Prayer, Wright presents the case for developing this faith in the Word of God to establish groups of Christi...

Crowdfunding is already transforming the way many entrepreneurs and enterprises around the globe think about community engagement and fundraising for various causes. This book puts forth the belief that policymakers, public servants and various governments, municipalities and regions can significantly benefit from crowdfunding through employing crowd-related mechanisms within their frameworks and using their crowd as an asset — a crowdasset. Using real-world examples, this book explores th...

From a New York Times bestselling author comes a captivating romance of 16th century Scotland!FORBIDDEN LOVEWhen a spirited Scottish lass crosses paths with a charismatic Outlander, sparks fly that threaten to set fire to their separate worlds…Vibrant Fiona MacLeod has never left the Isle of Skye, except in the pages of cherished books. However, everything changes when her mother makes a deathbed request that Fi travel to F...

Meet the couple that launched the Beauvisage Family series!Dashing French corsair Jean-Philippe Beauvisage revels in a life of complete freedom…until the night at a ball in Georgian London, when a Russian beauty quietly steals his heart.Heartbroken Antonia Varyshkova, who has lost her parents and her home in a St. Petersburg fire, stops in London en route to a new life with her brother in Colonial America. When her arrogant ship’s captain, Tobias Ormond, in...

Prayer: Christian and Muslim Perspectives is a rich collection of essays, scriptural texts, and personal reflections featuring leading scholars analyzing the meaning and function of prayer within their traditions. Drawn from the 2011 Building Bridges seminar in Doha, Qatar, the essays in this volume explore the devotional practices of each tradition and how these practices are taught and learned. Relevant texts are included, with commentary, as are personal reflections on prayer b...

★☆ In School, We’re Always Told What to Learn Right? Maths, Science, English. Whatever it is. However! Were We Ever Told to Learn HOW to Learn? Read On... ☆★Think about that for a moment: how much would you learn if you had the full potential of your skills? Attending classes would be much easier, and reading a book would be more fulfilling. The power to do it resides in the science of accelerated learning. You will be able to learn all the special techniq...

When Anna Ramsey learns that a meth-addicted looter has dug up what might be the funerary mask of Montezuma, she books the next flight to Oaxaca. Determined to redeem her father, a discredited art collector, and to one-up her unfaithful fiance, Anna hurls herself headlong into Mexico's underground art world. But others are chasing the treasure as well. Anna soon realizes that everyone is masked-some literally, others metaphorically. Indeed, Dancing with the Tiger is a splendid reminder tha...

Blessed people flourish by a power that transcends human talent or hard work—a mystical grace empowers them to be joyful and fruitful. But does it ever feel like others are blessed while you're stuck?With honesty and warmth, Alan Wright shares his inspiring journey from craving blessing to living the blessed life. The absence of his father's affirmation left him struggling for years with symptoms of the unblessed life: shame, pretense, and drift. But when he grasped the most powerf...

What kind of leader are you when no one is watching?The Virtuous Leader makes a compelling case that effective leadership is, first and foremost, a moral activity, and that competence without character is never enough. Drawing on decades of experience leading some of Australia's most respected independent schools, Dr Timothy Wright and Clive Logan argue that the leaders who earn lasting trust and create genuinely thriving organisations are those who do not merely hold good...

This is my third book out of seven that I will be publishing in my Maddy series. I am anxious to get them all published, but God is anxious to teach me patience. All the books are aimed at connecting kids to Jesus not just with Bible stories but also with real-life struggles that they face.This book is going to take the reader inside Maddy’s heart. When her best friend moves away, God moves in. Maddy is learning that losing her best friend is never easy, and that God is someone who...

The Pygmalion PlotBy: Timothy R. WrightAnother average birthday for J.T. Brown, an average guy from Missouri. Average, that is, until a mysterious attack on the St. Louis Arch turns his world upside down. When he meets the strange and beautiful Cassandra Troy, he learns that there are other Earths beyond his own. Together with his old friend Eric—now a transdimensional peacekeeper in the employ of the otherworldly Baryls—he and a ragtag team of mages and warriors must band t...