A Novel of Trauma, Vengeance, and the Unbreakable Spirit of a WarriorDr. Kara Quiverly has spent her entire life being forged into a weapon. Raised in the shadows by a mysterious guardian known only as "Uncle Marcus," she was trained from infancy in martial arts, languages, and combat disciplines across a dozen countries-from the dojos of Okinawa to the battlefields of Israel. A Yale graduate and Harvard master's recipient, she served eight years as a Marine, leading Female Engagem...

SHEB: The Woolly Mammoth describes silly theories about how mammoth bones got to the island of Capri. One "scholar" proposed mammoths arrived via Noah's Ark. Another theorized that Capri mammoths weren't woolly at all; rather, they swam over since they were covered with down and had webbed feet. And a third scholar proposed a "Dumboesque" theory, envisioning that mammoths flew by flapping oversized ears. Given the ending developed by the two children, the story could possibly be categorize...

Soviet forces have occupied the famine-ravaged village of Hermakivka. Viktor must guard those dearest to him against libertine Nazi spies—'stragglers'—who wreak death and destruction upon the innocent. Yet he must confront a greater terror: The Shadow—the malignant spirit that masks reality and threatens to govern his soul.

A Verse-by-Verse Commentary on the Books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and EstherPacked with exciting Biblical history, the books of Ezra, Nehemiah, and Esther display God's faithfulness through trials, the promise of restoration, and the beauty of revival.This commentary provides deep insights to help pastors and teachers draw connections between Ezra and Nehemiah, both of whom display godly leadership and the power of prayer. Then readers will follow Esther to learn...

John was born in Richmond Victoria and due to many re-locations had a disrupted schooling which resulted in him being two years older than his class mates. In school, he lacked talent for English & Social Studies and was not much better at Maths. However he did well at Science, Art, woodwork and sheet metal work in other words he was good with his hands. He never read a book until he was nineteen years old. He sufferes with bipolar disorder, however, this did not stop him from writing this...

In February 1945, Israele Zolli, chief rabbi of Rome's ancient Jewish community, shocked his co-religionists in Italy and throughout the Jewish world by converting to Catholicism and taking as his baptismal name, Eugenio, to honor Pope Pius XII (Eugenio Pacelli) for what Zolli saw as his great humanitarianism toward the Jews during the Holocaust. Almost a half a century after his conversion, Zolli still evokes anger and embarrassment in Italy's Jewish community. This book is the first auth...

The Dictionary of Basilian Biography contains 632 biographical entries on the members of the Congregation of Saint Basil who died in the years between 1822, when the congregation was founded, and 2002. The dictionary presents the personal background, education, and various appointments as well as the character, talents, and bibliography of each member, while defining the contribution of each in the educational or pastoral work of the Basilian Fathers. This heritage belongs not onl...

I am pleased to be able to introduce this book by Monsieur lean-Claude Gall, firstly because it is a book, secondly because its author has been a colleague for 15 years, and finally because it is a book which demonstrates the growing importance of Palaeobiology. "Because it is a book". I have already commented else where on the value which the Earth Science community places on a book. And here I am speaking, not of a thesis or a specialised memoir, which are always precious, but of a manua...

In 2019, of the 252 Republican members of Congress, only 3 were African American. Lincoln’s progressive Republicanism had been supplanted by the regressive 1950s Southern-styled Democratic Party ideology of white primacy. America’s initial morally flawed constitution permitted slavery to persist, catalyzing and sustaining hostile unresolvable ideological warfare, driven by slavery issues, the Civil War, a failed post-war Reconstruction effort, and a brutal Jim Crow suppression. And since t...

The only book currently available that comprehensively integrates research and evaluation for evidence-based library and information science practice.Numerous books cover research and evaluation in general, but not within the context of library and information science. Many others cover the field of library and information science overall but with little focus on research. Knowledge into Action: Research and Evaluation in Library and Information Science of...

Countries that at different times in history were among the worlds greatest powers, such as Sweden, the Netherlands, France, Britain, and Germany, have gradually shifted their sights either in the wake of defeat or after protracted periods of grappling with decline, from winning the great power sweepstakes to topping the lists of nations offering the best quality of life. David Rothkopf One critical measure of the health of a modern democracy is it ability to legitimately extract taxes fro...

Have you ever experienced unmatchable joy and peace? Yet, you find yourself fighting to stay in the comfort of pure renewal? This 31-day devotional, Perpetual Radiance, reveals the authors (Ashari Wallace)some of her most prominent life situations where she sought, surrendered, and challenged herself to stay in pure joy, peace, and accepting the process of renewal. Not only is she sharing about past experiences, but she explains the beauty and retreat is consecrating, fasting for the Lord....