Bill Christman had always been an affectionate and confident child, but when he entered first grade he began to be plagued with anxieties and fears. From the moment he awoke, his mind was filled with a single thought: Something bad is going to happen. Over time, he found release in rage and became a serious behavioral problem. By high school, he was getting drunk, fighting all the time, in trouble with the law and, eventually, homeless. He began to seriously consider ending his life.

They thought it was over, but the more friends they gain, the more they will lose, new secrets, new lies, and more family drama. Three years later, Danny and Eric Parker, Chantelle and Adam Matthews, Daisy Whitehouse and Quinn Parker are back along with new friends and unwelcoming visitors. If you liked Dealiest Trip, brace yourself for the continuation with Deadliest Trip 2!!!! Like me on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/mobileprotection#!/pages/Sonya-Christman/114119505347582

On 1 July 1523, Johann van den Esschen and Hendrik Voes, two Augustinian friars from Antwerp, were burned on the Grand Plaza in Brussels, thereby becoming the first victims of the Reformation. Despite being well-known, the event barely registers in most Reformation histories. By tracing its origins and examining the impact of the executions on Martin Luther, on the Reformed Augustinian world, and on the early Reformation in the Low Countries and the German speaking lands, this study defini...

Winner of the 2023 Book of the Year Award from Chicago Writers AssociationFinalist for the 2023 Heartland Booksellers AwardSilver Winner for the 2022 Foreword INDIES Book AwardIf This Were Fiction is a love story—for Jill Christman’s long-ago fiancé, who died young in a car accident; for her children; for her husband, Mark; and ultimately, for herself. In this collection, Christman takes on the wide range of situations and landscapes she enco...

This book is about what it means to make a choice. As mothers, how do we carry life and death in our bodies and survive with our hearts intact?The Heart Folds Early is a story of transformation through tragedy, and an examination of the way in which great loss can make us simultaneously fearful and intrepid. Emerging from a childhood that included both devastating sexual abuse and the sustaining joy of being deeply (if imperfectly) loved, Jill Christman’s ...

Freedom is widely regarded as a basic social and political value that is deeply connected to the ideals of democracy, equality, liberation, and social recognition. Many insist that freedom must include conditions that go beyond simple “negative” liberty understood as the absence of constraints; only if freedom includes other conditions such as the capability to act, mental and physical control of oneself, and social recognition by others will it deserve its place in the pantheon of basic s...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Medical Terminology is a foundational textbook designed to help students master the language of healthcare. It focuses on the components of medical terms, including prefixes, suffixes, and word roots, and introduces diagnostic, therapeutic, surgical, and symptomatic terminology related to all body systems. This resource provides a clear and systematic approach to understanding and using medical terminology in real-world healthcare setti...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Nursing Fundamentals introduces students to the foundational principles of nursing practice, including the scope of nursing, effective communication techniques, and caring for diverse client populations. Using the nursing process as a framework, this textbook covers essential concepts such as safety, oxygenation, comfort, spiritual well-being, grief and loss, sleep and rest, mobility, nutrition, fluid and electrolyte balance, and elimin...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This textbook elaborates on the basic concepts of health and illness as presented in Open RN Nursing Fundamentals and builds on content presented in Open RN Nursing Skills and Open RN Nursing Pharmacology. It applies theories of nursing in the care of clients through the life span, utilizing problem-solving and critical thinking while studying common conditions affecting different body systems. Evidence-based ...

Diet Riot: A Fatterpunk Anthology features twelve fat-positive horror tales of people who come into their own, celebrate their curves, and save the day. There are babysitters and bakers, thieves and roller derby stars. Young women unsure about their bodies meet demons and water spirits who offer assistance–in their own way, of course. Danger lurks in hospitals, in the mysterious occult shop in the local mall, and in a house filled with cats. Campers, trash collectors, and house flippers al...

Pastor Ted Christman takes up the question of baptizing children and young people in Baptist churches. Clearly, he strongly opposes the premature baptism practiced in many Baptist churches. He also argues for close examination of a young person’s confession of faith and life by discerning parents and elders. Moreover, he offers sound questions and principles for doing so. However, appealing to “the baptism of disciples alone” from the Great Commission, he also pleads for charity toward...

Perhaps you are familiar with the term “gardening.” It is a tangle of weirdness. Turns out there’s more to it than growing a lovely lawn or prolific pepper plant. Planet Pomegranate is a collection of columns written by journalist Laura Christman for the Home & Garden section of the Record Searchlight, the daily newspaper in Redding, Calif. The pieces are a mix of conversations, observations, reflections and frustrations. Some related to the garden; some are not. Revealed are the stories o...