If you enjoy opening a box of chocolate candies and being surprised by the flavor, the texture, the filling, or the richness of the treat, you will be overcome with joy and excitement by the surprises you will find in the Bible as you read it in chronological order with the daily devotional thoughts from The Bible 365 that go along with scriptural passages for each dayThe daily devotionals that go along with the chronological reading of the Bible make each days reading clearer or a...

Stories, poems, comic and pieces byArthur H Manners〈〉Chloie Piveral〈〉Chris Kelso〈〉Franki Halliwell〈〉Hiron Ennes〈〉Jadie Bea〈〉John J Kennedy〈〉Joyce Bingham〈〉Mark Toner〈〉Matjaz Vidmar〈〉Pippa Goldschmidt〈〉Rachel Plummer〈〉Scott Payne〈〉T Lucas Earle〈〉Timothy QuinnCover by Stephen DalyLots of lovely illustrationsStoriesThe Perpetual - John J KennedyTall Tales at Vent Camp - Scott PayneFerin and Balgorg - T. Lucas EarlePeace is the Absenc...

Waverly (1814) virtually inaugurates the historical novel, entwining Edward's education with the Jacobite Rising of 1745. Stationed in Scotland, the ingenuous officer drifts from Hanoverian loyalty toward Fergus and Flora Mac-Ivor, counterpoised by Rose Bradwardine and her whimsical Baron. Scott's digressive, ironic narrator layers dialect, humor, and antiquarian detail across settings from Tully-Veolan to Prestonpans, balancing romance with skeptical realism to meditate on loyalty, modern...

The misuse of both legally prescribed and illegally supplied drugs is now so widespread that it affects, either directly or indirectly, a high proportion of the population, impacting many areas of daily life. There are few countries that are not touched by some aspect of substance misuse and the consequences for individuals, families and the wider

When Scott and Connie Payne first arrived at Inner City Mission, they thought they had homelessness figured out. Soon, their beliefs collided with a world beyond their understanding. The solutions they offered—taken from America's playbook on poverty—failed to bring real answers.“Everyone knows homelessness is about the lack of housing, jobs, and money, so why question it?” Yet, after watching the same people fall back into homelessness, the Paynes had no choice. They had to find a...

A young sergeant, recovered from battle against Rommel's Afrika Korps, is appointed leader of a dozen know-it-all draftees being poured into the Army’s replacement pool. He toughens them into an effective team. As they land at Utah Beach, the Wehrmacht hands out its own bloody lessons. In minutes, one is dead and a second wounded, the onset of a pitiless 10-month ordeal. In horrific combat from Normandy through the Bulge to the Elbe River, they learn to defeat a skilled and hardened enemy....

"When Scott and Connie Payne first arrived at Inner City Mission, they thought they understood homelessness. Then they met Elaine."

Accelerating Cleanup at Toxic Waste Sites: Fast-tracking Environmental Actions and Decision Making presents truly innovative advances in investigative and cleanup technologies, offering valuable solutions that streamline the data collection process, speed up the time it takes to characterize a site, and expedite decision making. Using easy to understand graphic displays, tables, text summaries, and real world case studies, and by synthesizing technical and regulatory reference information ...

Ivanhoe situates late twelfth‑century England at the hinge of Richard I's uncertain return and Prince John's opportunism, fusing tournament pageantry and forest warfare with a clear‑eyed inquiry into conquest, law, and belonging. Through Ivanhoe, Rebecca, Isaac of York, and the formidable Templar Bois‑Guilbert, Scott stages Norman–Saxon frictions and the ethics of chivalry. In archaizing yet agile prose, the unabridged text preserves his antiquarian detail, ironic omniscience, and the chro...

Set during the Jacobite Rising of 1745, the novel traces Edward Waverley, a young Hanoverian officer, as he drifts from English complacency into Highland loyalties, torn between prudence and charisma. In the unabridged text, Scott's ironic narrator blends romance with documentary verisimilitude—dialect, antiquarian notes, legal minutiae—so that Tully-Veolan's faded feudalism and Prestonpans' sudden violence become a meditation on historical change. Scott, a Scottish advocate and Sheriff-De...

Set in late fourteenth-century Perth under the waning reign of Robert III, The Fair Maid of Perth braids civic ritual, clan rivalry, and intimate romance. Scott evokes burgh guild life around Simon Glover and his steadfast daughter Catherine, while the fiery armourer Henry Gow and the conflicted Highland youth Conachar are drawn toward the combat on the North Inch. With archival scruple and dramatic drive, he opposes Lowland law to Highland honor, threads in royal intrigue—Albany, Rothesay...

"Don't shoot the messenger" is a phrase taken very lightly throughout the World of Tor as the Bureau of Bad News continues to fuel its power by delivering terrible fates from its golden throne in the City of Trig. Anyone who receives such a letter, and is read out loud, will face a terrible demise, and so will the deliverer. These "Messengers" are considered bile as they travel to deliver such misfortunes, so why would James Roger Clemit volunteer for such a job? Be ready to be engaged in ...