When justice fails, one man becomes something darker than the evil he hunts.Lieutenant James Barnes is a seasoned homicide detective, a man who has seen the worst humanity has to offer. But nothing prepares him for the brutal reality of a child killer who keeps slipping through the system-protected by powerful forces hiding in the shadows.As the body count rises and the system betrays him, Barnes is pushed beyond the limits of law and morality. What begins as a pursuit of j...

Is there a cycle in your personal or family life that no matter what you do, it continues to follow you? How about whenever you take one step forward, something comes and knocks you three steps back? Oftentimes what we fail to realize is that the keys to living our best life is found in the word of God. With every problem, God provides a solution because he desires his children to live a supernatural life. A supernatural life is one that experiences first-hand the power of God intervening ...

JESUS CAST OUT DEMONS. YOUR CHURCH STOPPED TEACHING YOU HOW.Somewhere between the Book of Acts and your Sunday morning service, the church quietly dropped a quarter of what Jesus actually did. He taught, He preached, He healed, and He delivered. Somewhere along the way, that last part got labeled "extreme," reserved for "those" churches, while the rest of us kept praying the same prayer over the same stuck place in our lives and calling the lack of change normal.

From Mad Men to MAGA: how nostalgia came to be and why we are so eager to indulge it.From movies to politics, social media posts to the targeted ads between them, nostalgia is one of the most potent forces of our era. On Nostalgia is a panoramic cultural history of nostalgia, exploring how a force that started as a psychological diagnosis of soldiers fighting far from home has come become a quintessentially modern condition. Drawing on everything from the ...

Poland and Russia have a long relationship that encompasses centuries of mutual antagonism, war, and conquest. The twentieth century has been particularly intense, including world wars, revolution, massacres, national independence, and decades of communist rule—for both countries. Since the collapse of communism, historians in both countries have struggled to come to grips with this difficult legacy.This pioneering study, prepared by the semi-official Polish-Russian Group on Diffic...

A brooding fugitive hides out in a crumbling hotel that was once filled with celebrities enjoying the successes of postwar America. He is a racist with a criminal past, an anti-hero who reflects on the ruins of the South and simultaneously on the life of a German performance artist called “Jupp”. The fictional Jupp is a thinly-veiled cipher for the late real-life German artist, Joseph Beuys, and the photos in the novel are photos of the performances by the controversial Beuys. At once echo...

In this captivating fusion of science and personal memoir, writer David Adam explores the weird thoughts that exist within every mindDavid has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn’t Stop is his honest attempt to understand the condition. At what point does a harmless idea become a blinding blizzard of unwanted thoughts? Drawing on the latest research on the brain, as well as historical accounts of patients and their treatments, this is a book that will challeng...

This Element develops an analytical framework for understanding the role of ideas in political life and communication. Power in Ideas argues that the empirical study of ideas should combine interpretive approaches to derive meaning and understand influence with quantitative analysis to help determine the reach, spread, and impact of ideas. This Element illustrates this approach through three case studies: the idea of reparations in Ta-Nehisi Coates's “The Case for Reparations,” the idea of...

When the shepherd boy gets bored, he shouts "Wolf!" and all the villagers come running. What will happen when a wolf really does appear?A beautifully illustrated retelling of this favourite traditional story. Based on the original Aesop fable, this provides a gentle introduction to the importance of telling the truth.Must Know Stories includes favourite tales, celebrating the diversity of our literary heritage. Level 1 stories are told in under 500 words, for children to re...

At the biological crossroads of the Americas, Costa Rica hosts an astonishing array of plants and animals—over half a million species! Ecotourists, birders, and biologists come from around the world, drawn by the likelihood of seeing more than three or four hundred species of birds and other animals during even a short stay. To help all these visitors, as well as local residents, identify and enjoy the wildlife of Costa Rica, Carrol Henderson published Field Guide to the Wildlife of Co...

The hilarious sequel to the smokin’ hot New York Times best seller, perfect for story timeNews alert! It has just been discovered that there are NO MORE TACOS left anywhere in the world. This is a huge problem because, as you know, dragons love tacos. If only there was a way for the dragons to travel back in time, to before tacos went extinct. Then they could grab lots of tacos and bring them back! It’s the perfect plan, as long as there’s no spicy salsa. ...