They are about what the title is called, poems of life, especially spiritual life, seeking and putting God first. The title was inspired by Scripture in John 6:63, Jesus said, the words I speak are spirit and life. It is a book of question poems, teaching poems, poems of symbols, love, and romantic poems. Poems that minister the Word of God, which is why you may see Scriptures on the pages of the poems, or being mentioned in a poem, because there is a spiritual and natural world, that we d...

War Memorialization and Nation-Building in Twentieth-Century Southeast Asia explores how three Southeast Asian countries— the Philippines, Thailand, and Singapore—have utilized war memorialization in their nation-building efforts.Set against the backdrop of colonialism, world wars, independence struggles, and the Cold War, the book interrogates how these nations’ war experiences have shaped national myths and legitimized state narratives. Examining the role of state-sponso...

Maple Leaf is a witch, not the dark and brooding kind, but the sort who brews potions with a splash of gin, talks to her plants (who talk back), and insists on holidaying somewhere with strong tea and better gossip. So when she books a much-needed vacation in the desert kingdom of the Jade Feast, she expects foot massages and fragrant markets, not a brooding king in crisis.Enter King Saragon: charming, stressed, and one evil wizard away from total ruin. After a fortuitous meeting, d...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERSince the death of the Druid Allanon, the Four Lands have changed profoundly, with magic strictly forbidden in the Southland, now under totalitarian rule. Yet Par still has some power of the Wishsong. When he accidently brings a mythic horror to life, a man calling himself Cogline drives it away. Cogline brings a message from Allanon: venture to the dread Hadeshorn, along with the other Scions of Shannara. For in the future, all li...

Humanity has raised exploiting the solar system to an art form. Bella Lind and the crew of her nuclear-powered ship, the Rockhopper, push ice. They mine comets. And they're good at it.The Rockhopper is nearing the end of its current mission cycle, and everyone is desperate for some much-needed R & R, when startling news arrives from Saturn: Janus, one of Saturn's ice moons, has inexplicably left its natural orbit and is now heading out of...

Nominee, Audie Awards - Fantasy, 2018Minalan gave up a promising career as a professional warmage to live the quiet life of a village spellmonger in the remote mountain valley of Boval. It was a peaceful, beautiful little fief, far from the dangerous feudal petty squabbles of the Five Duchies, on the world of Callidore. There were cows. Lots of cows. And cheese.For six months things went well: He found a quaint little shop, he befriended the local lord, the...

The immortal knight hunts a ruthless vampire through the battlefields of the Hundred Years' War.AD 1346. King Edward III wages war to claim the crown of France by conquest. On the battlefield of Crecy, Richard confronts a mysterious knight with inhuman strength fighting beneath a banner as black as death.To find his dangerous new enemy, Richard assembles a company of veteran men-at-arms and deadly English archers. Together, they must invade France and burn ...

Blackmail, corruption, treachery, murder—the glory that was Rome

**Earth is falling. Will our call for help be heard? The Saints of Salvation is the extraordinary conclusion to Peter F. Hamilton’s Salvation Sequence: a high-octane adventure from a master of the genre.'The most powerful imagination in science fiction' – Ken Follett, author of The Pillars of the Earth**Live in hiding – or die for freedomHumanity welcomed the Olyix and their utopian technology. But mankind was tricked. Now these visitors are extrac...

With humanity on the verge of extinction, a lone hero holds the key to survival and the fate of the world.In the long-anticipated and thrilling conclusion of the Born of Ash series, Keira is thrust into a desperate battle for survival when the full power of the ancient precursor technology awakens beneath the war-torn surface of Asherho. Hunted by relentless enemies, and haunted by the rising forces of darkness, Keira must use her unique connection to the machine t...

Detective Mike Nash thought that moving back to Yorkshire from London would give him a quieter life. Little did he know . . .Four victims.Four murders.No connection.Except their hearts have all been removed.Detective Mike Nash races against time to find a link between these grisly crimes. Who is wreaking a trail of destruction and what do they want to prove? There is...

Strange wickedness is rising up on the magical isle of Fincayra. To save his homeland, and his destiny, Merlin is forced to travel to frightening places—both on the land and within himself. Joined by Hallia, the deer-woman he has grown to love, and by his own mischievous shadow, Merlin discovers a magical mirror that can alter anyone's fate. But when he looks into it, the person he sees is the person he least expects to find.