What effect does religion have on physical and mental health? In answering this question, this book reviews and discusses research on the relationship between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression and anxiety; heart disease, stroke, and cancer; and health related behaviors such as smoking and substance abuse. The authors examine the positive and negative effects of religion on health throughout the life span, from childhood to old age. Based on...

What effect does religion have on physical and mental health? In answering this question, this book reviews and discusses research on the relationship between religion and a variety of mental and physical health outcomes, including depression and anxiety; heart disease, stroke, and cancer; and health related behaviors such as smoking and substance abuse. The authors examine the positive and negative effects of religion on health throughout the life span, from childhood to old age. Based on...

How do you like your weirdness? A subtle nudge towards the untoward? A quick zap of zany? Or a full-on assault of aberration? Whatever your taste, you'll find it here, and many more strains of strange that you didn't suspect existed. From magic rain to a talking (severed) head, extraordinary eggs to belligerent birds, the stories in this collection enter the rabbit hole to explore its hidden corners and winding ways. Through all the variety, what they have in common is originality, creativ...

The second installment of this saga of gangland lore follows gregarious gangster, Michael Hardy, further down his twisted criminal path. The Last Jewish Gangster, The Middle Years, starts in 1968 with Hardy sentenced to twelve years in the world's most dangerous prison in Mexico after taking the rap for his mother's counterfeiting scheme, hoping to have finally earned her love and respect.Once he's released from prison, Hardy returns to Brooklyn and tries to go straight, but drifts ...

Luther is a darkly humorous mafia book that tells the story of Luther LaMotta, an accidental low-level hitman in the Manchini family mob. Luther wants nothing more from life than to savor music in the solitude of his plant-filled apartment, or to romp in borrowed luxury cars with his girlfriend/stripper Candy Barr, an Amish runaway. Instead, he is forced to clean up after mob hits, feeding victims' body parts to a crocodile named Bianca who is kept in a pit in a New York City basement....

Out of the Frying pan is an exceedingly dark comedy that follows the story of Luther LaMotta and Martini Conti as they escape the death and dismemberment they have left behind in New York. Driving a brand new, stolen Lincoln Town Car the only plan they have is to lay low and try to out wit the gangsters that have been sent to kill them. Over the course of their exodus from danger they pick up a cavalcade of people. Some will become new friends, some lovers, and others maniacal hunters desp...

This book was unknowingly written by Bradley Jesse “Beej” Larson, a twenty-two year old college student who died in a tragic van/truck accident on April 26, 2006, just three weeks shy of his graduation from Taylor University, Upland, Indiana and two months before matriculating to University of Wisconsin Law School. Over the months since his death, we discovered six years of diaries, starting from his junior year in high school and continuing to two days before his death, a prayer journal h...

After having a heart attack at sixty-five, I decided to get fit because apparently my response to nearly dying was to make exhaustion a competitive sport. Eventually, I became fit enough—or mentally unstable enough—to compete in duathlons, bike fondos, and time-trial events.When I turned seventy, I wanted the year to be epic. Evidently, cake and a quiet dinner were out of the question. Instead, I planned a fondo, a half marathon, a full duathlon in July, another duathlon in August,...

Tyler Stone is an enigma. He is polite, charming, intelligent, and possibly the most dangerous man you never want to meet. Disgusted by what he perceives as a society too stupid to realize it is being prayed on by divisive agendas that enrich a tiny minority, Tyler embarks on a killing spree. But this is no mindless act of violence; quite the contrary, it is a well-thought-out and executed plan that is akin to one man waging war against an entire nation. With casualties mounting, s...

• Does it seem like it's getting harder to find web marketing that works?• Do you struggle with getting new patients?• Are your competitors doing better than you in the search rankings?• Are you confused by all the new media choices?The good news is, it doesn't have to be that way. Your website should be your most valuable and most efficient marketing asset. If it isn't, it is time for a change.Dave Larson has been in the web development and marketing b...

Freelance Bible Bundle, 2 in 1 Bundle: The Future of Work and Freelance NewbieWhen you think of freelancing, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? You probably think of a writer, novelist, or journalist right off hand. That is primarily because for centuries, the only real job you could have as a freelancer had to do with your mastery of the written word. But this is no longer the case. We’re now living in a time that appreciates freelancers in hundreds of different jobs...

This compelling novel follows serial mass shooter Tyler Stone as he sows division and calamity across the United States. The narrative is interspersed with incisive and trenchant political commentary about a country that is on the precipice of a modern civil war. The book's protagonist is a fascinating enigma, as he exhibits the behavior of a deranged sociopath while taking on the mantle of galvanizing his fellow Americans to unite against a common enemy. By Targeting specific demographics...