This book is written for readers who have found themselves in a hopeless, helpless state; those who have reached the pinnacles of success yet plummeted into the depths of despair; and those who have achieved true joy in life and want to better understand the clutches of addiction, so they can reach out to those afflicted. Bill's hope and passion is to share his story so others may unshackle themselves from their addictions and take the miraculous steps back to sanity, experiencing the tran...

God gave us a Kingdom – we just need to take it.Those are the life-changing words of Bill Mitchell, who reveals how coming to the Kingdom of God can change your life – whether you’ve ever gone to church or not.Mitchell’s treatise affirms the work of more than forty different authors who wrote sixty-six different books proclaiming the greatest story of our lives. He seeks to answer questions such as:How to know what God has given to us?What is the purpose of ...

Hearts turn when history talks!Forever Stalwart tells the true and inspiring story of three pioneer families whose lives became intertwined through faith, sacrifice, and unwavering devotion to God. Titus Billings, Isaac Morley, and Edward Tuttle never sought fame or recognition. They simply desired to serve God, raise their families, and live in peace.Yet their journey led them through some of the most dramatic events in American and LDS Church history. Facing mob ...

Ever feel like you're so busy and stressed that you forget to breathe?Right now life has never seemed more overwhelming. The COVID pandemic, working from home and lockdowns have turned our working lives upside down, further blurring the line between work and home. We are taking less annual leave, working longer hours than ever and worried about redundancies. There are so many physical and emotional demands on us at the moment it makes it hard not to feel like we ar...

Bloomsbury presents Time to Breathe by Bill Mitchell, read by Bill Mitchell and Stephanie Racine.Ever feel like you’re so busy and stressed that you forget to breathe?Right now life has never seemed more overwhelming. The COVID pandemic, working from home and lockdowns have turned our working lives upside down, further blurring the line between work and home. We are taking less annual leave, working longer hours than ever and worried about redundancies. There are so many ph...

Until very recently, virtually all corporate trainers and instructional designers followed the traditional route to training--they identified their organizations' needs and then prepared and delivered formal event-based programs that were primarily classroom or e-learning based. Several learning professionals still take this way, even though they probably realize it cannot survive much longer. In a fast-paced corporate environment, where customer needs evolve rapidly and competitors bear down...

“The Bible is alive – it has hands and grabs hold of me, it has feet and runs after me”. Thus spoke Martin Luther, as cited by Knud Jørgensen in a quotation that summarizes the deeper meaning of this book. To the authors of Bible in Mission, the Bible is the book of life, and mission is life in the Word. This core reality cuts across the diversity of contexts and hermeneutical strategies represented in these essays. The authors are committed to the boundary-crossings that characterize cont...

Migration has been a reality since the beginning, when Adam and Eve were expelled from Paradise. There are important events in the Bible which involve migration, whether for economic reasons, the desire to be near a family member, the outbreak of war, and so on. This work introduces the topic of migration in various aspects, divided into thirteen tracks, bringing together a collection of more than 50 stories of the Bible. Each story is preceded by an introduction that helps contextualize t...

The Bags of Tricks Affair is the latest charming historical mystery in MWA Grand Master Bill Pronzini’s detective series.A con man always has a bag of tricks, ready to fool the unsuspecting, and almost everyone is unsuspecting until they get taken. When that happens, they turn to Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services, to recover their money and what’s left of their dignity, and perhaps even to save their lives.When one such case leaves Sabina Ca...

The Flimflam Affair is the latest charming historical mystery in Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Bill Pronzini’s detective series.Carpenter and Quincannon, Professional Detective Services is a fixture in San Francisco at the dawn of a new century. While the future is unclear, Sabina and John know one thing for certain: they will protect their clients from flimflammers, thieves, and murderers, and do whatever it takes to run these dregs of society i...

Appalachian Mountain Christianity examines the beliefs and practices of certain Protestant religious groups, primarily Baptists and Holiness Pentecostals, whose history is shaped in and by the Central Appalachian context. Particular attention is given to Primitive and Old Regular Baptists as well as certain denominationally connected or independent Pentecostal communions.Bill J. Leonard explores the ways in which Appalachian cultural and religious transitions and upheavals...

The stories of thirteen Black Minor League baseball players during the post–Jackie Robinson era, from the 1960s to the mid-1970s, who were figuratively and literally left behind even as both baseball and the country claimed a newfound racial progressiveness.