Once every five years, the Northern Clans of the Durupinen gather at Fairhaven Hall. There at the ancient castle, surrounded by the very spirits they are bound to protect and serve, the clans settle disputes and shape the laws that govern the Gateways to the spirit world. For the first time, Jess and Hannah Ballard have to represent their clan. It is an awesome responsibility—a great honor . . . and they are sure it's going to be the most boring week of their lives.Oh, how very...

Creative Mind & Success presents Ernest Holmes's early formulation of the principles that would become central to Religious Science: the disciplined use of thought, belief, and spiritual law to shape outward circumstance. Written in lucid, aphoristic prose, the book blends metaphysical instruction with practical self-culture, standing within the New Thought tradition alongside works by Ralph Waldo Trine, Emma Curtis Hopkins, and Thomas Troward. Its style is direct yet contemplative, urging...

The book records Karl Holms personal account of his work in rkenen Sur, a shanty town in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn during the worst years of the Depression. Here, in the shadow of Manhattan, he found life at its grimmest, but life that responded to practical love expressed in the form of shelter, food, and the Christian message. Follow his adventures as a cat led him to a desperately ill man. Follow him on his rounds in the hospitals, reconnecting the ill and dying to their families...

Experience the world you love as you've never seen it before . . .From bestselling author E. E. Holmes comes a collection of short stories that will take you on an unforgettable journey into the lives of your favorite characters from the Gateway Trilogy and the Gateway Trackers series. Go back in time and explore Fairhaven Hall with Karen and Elizabeth when they were just Apprentices. Hear in her own words how Savvy discovered the truth about her gift when she was ...

The Age of Justinian and Theodora (Vol. 1 & 2) is an expansive study of the sixth-century Byzantine world, centered on the reign of Justinian I and the formidable political presence of Theodora. Holmes reconstructs imperial administration, warfare, theology, law, court life, and social customs with a panoramic method characteristic of late Victorian historical writing. His prose is dense, learned, and architectonic, situating Procopius, the codification of Roman law, the Nika revolt, and t...

Forgive Us Our Sins is the complete collection of The Cardinal Sins is a chilling seven-book horror novella series, each installment centered on one of the seven deadly sins: Lust, Gluttony, Greed, Sloth, Wrath, Envy, and Pride. These modern tales explore mankind's timeless struggle against the allure of sin, blending elements of fantasy and mythology with classic horror.Each novella delves into a different sin, weaving stories wh...

With the NASDAQ having lost 70 percent of its value, the giddy, optimistic belief in perpetual growth that accompanied the economic boom of the 1990s had fizzled by 2002. Yet the advances in information and communication technology, management and production techniques, and global integration that spurred the “New Economy” of the 1990s had triggered profound and lasting changes. Frontiers of Capital brings together ethnographies exploring how cultural practices and social relation...

In the sleepy, secluded town of Beauville, Louisiana, something dark and ancient stirs beneath the surface. When young journalist Elena Garcia receives a tip about strange disappearances and an unsettling obsession with Circe's Bakery, she uncovers a chilling secret: the alluring pastries are infused with Ambrosia, a powerful elixir that bestows otherworldly beauty—and a monstrous curse.As Elena delves deeper into the mystery, she is drawn into a battle against Circe, the enigmatic...

When burned-out archivist Colin Drake accepts a quiet assignment cataloging inmate letters at the abandoned Willowmere Prison, he thinks he’s found a reprieve from the chaos of the world outside. But buried beneath the dust and decay lies something waiting to be remembered—and something that remembers him.Inside a rusted tin box, Colin finds a collection of inmate letters—desperate, angry, unfinished. As he transcribes the names onto clean paper, he thinks he’s simply preserving hi...

Like its bestselling predecessor, Multilevel Modeling Using R, Third Edition provides the reader with a helpful guide to conducting multilevel data modeling using the R software environment.After reviewing standard linear models, the authors present the basics of multilevel models and explain how to fit these models using R. They then show how to employ multilevel modeling with longitudinal data and demonstrate the valuable graphical options in R. The book also describes models for...

The most respected, all-in-one global STD reference - now in full-colorWith a level of detail and scientific rigor that no other text can match, Sexually Transmitted Diseases takes you through all aspects of STDs, from epidemiology to diagnosis and public health measures. Featuring an exciting new full-color format, the fourth edition of Sexually Transmitted Diseases delivers the most encyclopedic overview of the clinical, microbiological, and public healt...

A Kingdom Divided uncovers how evangelical Christians in the border states influenced debates about slavery, morality, and politics from the 1830s to the 1890s. Using little-studied events and surprising incidents from the region, April E. Holm argues that evangelicals on the border powerfully shaped the regional structure of American religion in the Civil War era.In the decades before the Civil War, the three largest evangelical denominations diverged sharply over the sin...