Have you ever prayed for direction, and then quietly wondered if the answer was really from God — or just what you wanted to hear?Is this really Him, or is this just me? Why does God feel silent right when I need Him most? How do I know if I'm being tested, or if I'm simply wrong?If you've asked yourself questions like these, you are not alone and you are not confused because something is wrong with you. You are confused because no one ever taught you how to tell the differ...

**Butterflies: Tiny Wings, Big Role in Biodiversity**What if the colorful butterflies dancing among flowers were much more than beautiful creatures?In this engaging children's ebook, young readers are invited to discover the fascinating world of butterflies and understand the important role they play in the balance of biodiversity.Through an accessible and captivating journey, children will learn how butterflies interact with flowers, contribute to pollination, serv...

Why is a dog “Fido” but a bird “Peter”? In this brilliant short text, Claude Lévi-Strauss shows that the way we name animals reveals a hidden structure of thought. What looks trivial turns out to be a system: classification, metaphor, and how we place ourselves in the world, everything is at play. Clear, surprising, and quietly profound, this short essay will change how you see the ordinary.

Bees: Tiny Heroes of BiodiversityWhat if the smallest creatures could make one of the biggest differences in our world?Discover the fascinating world of bees and explore the incredible role they play in keeping nature healthy and balanced. Through engaging explanations and captivating illustrations, young readers will learn how bees pollinate flowers, help plants reproduce, support food production, and contribute to the incredible diversity of life around u...

A country under siege. A high-stakes financial gamble to rescue it, and the men willing to risk all to make it succeed or sabotage it. The Shark Pond is a political and financial novel that blends literary fiction with insider realism, drawing readers into the arcane world of international banking, currency markets, and risky government decision-making. Set against the turbulent economic and political backdrop of the 1970s—a decade marked by inflation, shifting alliances, and monetary inst...

Handbook on the Physics and Chemistry of Rare Earths, Volume 69 in this ongoing series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors, including timely topics such as Lanthanide-based light upconversion implemented in molecular complexes using linear optics, Rare Earth-Transition Metal-Arsenides, and Molecular Complexes of High-Oxidation State Lanthanide Ions. - Provides the latest in...

The Experiencing God ministry is even more vibrant today than when it began. As it continues to rise, and the world continues to change, the Experiencing God book has been revised and expanded with more than seventy percent of its material newly written.A modern classic that has sold millions of copies worldwide, Experiencing God is based on seven Scriptural realities that teach us how to develop a true relationship with the Creat...

Pelvic fractures are severe and complex injuries that carry a high risk of complications and adverse sequelae for patients. Pelvic Fracture Reduction and Fixation: Technical Aspects and Principles, edited by Drs. H. Claude Sagi and Michael T. Archdeacon, provides case-based, easy-to-follow guidance on everything from positioning and surgical approach to operative and radiographic technique—exactly what today’s orthopaedic trauma surgeon needs to know for optimal patient management and stab...

When Mary Shelley's Dr. Frankenstein abandoned his creation, the Creature became a monster. Today, tech companies are creating a new kind of being—artificial intelligence—with superhuman mental abilities and emerging signs of creativity, self-awareness, and something that looks like emotion. What do we owe these beings we've made? And are we raising them well?In November 2025, Anthropic released what became known as the "Soul Document"—14,000 words acknowledging that questions abou...

On some evenings, the soul doesn’t need demanding masterpieces – just music that caresses it like gentle moonlight. This collection offers exactly that: five of the most dreamy night pieces, carefully simplified for advanced beginners and those returning to the piano. Beethoven’s Moonlight Sonata glides softly through the darkness, Chopin’s Nocturne Op. 9 No. 2 whispers of longing and tenderness, Debussy’s Clair de lune shimmers like silver light on still water, Brahms’ Lullaby gently rock...

In the mists of the northern territories stands L'Obsidenne — a black-stone manor with leaning towers, a bridge over an abyss, and a garden of glass roses and charred trees frozen for a century.Elisa Blackwood is twenty-four. Six years of servitude have taught her to read faces, steal forbidden books, and recognize blood magic when it calls. The letter arrives: "You are the last. Come before it is too late." She knows the risk. She comes for power — because nothing in her old life ...

For anyone who likes their horror laced with a little dark humor and a lot of consequence.Nine stories. Nine kinds of dread.In the title story, a cook drafted to serve an ageless, immortal president discovers exactly what price is paid to keep power young — and decides to serve up a reckoning of his own. A quiet new kid at a Montreal high school hides a past far more dangerous than anyone around him suspects. A man who cheats his customers out of their deposits learns what ...