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Packed with 52 topical chapters—ideal for listening daily or weekly—and presented with refreshing clarity, Devoted to Jesus is designed to help both new and mature believers grow together. This is a journey you’ll first want to experience yourself and then utilize to invest into others.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

In these selections, an animal plays an important role in the action or plot of the story. The animals in these stories are real or are stand-ins for humans: Sredni Vashtar by Saki (H. H. Munro) Kholstomer, The Story of a Horse by Leo Tolstoy A Dark-Brown Dog by Stephen Crane Kashtanka by Anton Chekhov The Cat That Walked By Himself by Rudyard Kipling The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe The Fly by Katherine Mansfield The Boar-Pig by Saki (H. H. Munro) The Tiger Guest by Pu Songlbying Jackals and Arabs by Franz Kafka

In about 1450 AD, an exceedingly prosperous generation of Native Americans, known then as the Anasazi, vanished from their strongholds in the American Southwest--disappeared without so much as a trace. However, the Native Americans of the present day Navajo Nation dispute the theoretical findings of modern day archeologists and anthropologists.

Les Territoires sont peuplés de chimères, de bonnes fées et de démons. Nul n'y entre, pas même un enfant, sans risquer de perdre sa vie et son âme... Une plage déserte, quelque part sur la côte Est des États-unis. Jack Sawyer, douze ans, scrute l'horizon, tourmenté... Sa mère se meurt d'un mal inconnu, et Jack désespère de pouvoir l'aider.

"The Open Boat" by Stephen Crane is a profound short story that captures the struggle for survival experienced by four shipwrecked men adrift in a small dinghy after their steamer, the Commodore, sinks. The narrative is based on Crane's real-life experience of being stranded at sea, and it explores themes of nature's indifference, the bond between humans in the face of adversity, and existential reflections.

Danny n’a que cinq ans, mais il possède le " shining ", un don qui le fait rayonner d’une énergie psychique. Lorsque son père devient le gardien d’un vieil hôtel, les visions de Danny deviennent incontrôlables. Isolé du reste du monde par le blizzard, l’hôtel semble développer une force maléfique. Et qui sont ces mystérieux clients qui hantent ce lieu prétendument désert ?

Arlott and Swanton typified the contrasting aspects of post-war Britain. Because of their strong personalities and distinctive voices – Swanton's crisp and upper-class, Arlott's with its Hampshire burr – each had a loyal following. As England moved from a class-based to a more egalitarian society, nothing stayed the same – including professional cricket. Wise, lively and filled with rich social and sporting history, Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket shows how, as the game entered a new era, these two very different men battled to save the soul of the game.

Step back in time with "Midnight Sketches," a captivating audiobook narrated by the talented Mike Vendetti. Published in 1898 by the renowned author Stephen Crane, this collection invites listeners into a world where the simplicity of life coexists with the complexity of human emotions. Through eight beautifully crafted vignettes, Crane masterfully explores themes of love, loss, ambition, and desperation, reminding us that while eras may change, the essence of the human condition remains constant.

Some men want to take over the world. Others want to watch it burn. But those men aren’t Dick Winchester. No, his goal is much simpler: to take his underground food delivery service into the mainstream and overthrow the app-based fat cats dominating Arlington, Virginia. By force, if necessary.

The Canary Islanders made huge contributions to Louisiana and the nation. And author Stephen Estopinal intertwines these reflections of family oral histories and local traditions into El Tigre De Nueva Orleans: A Novel from the Melilla Chronicles. In the rural farm country south of New Orleans, Bartolome de Melilla, the trilingual grandson of a famous Spanish soldier, was raised on tales of battles against the British.

In the vast expanse of the universe, a timeless guardian watches over the memories of every soul. But when an ancient anomaly threatens to unravel reality itself, the Cosmic Librarian must confront a dangerous truth buried deep in the archives. Faced with an impossible choice, the Librarian embarks on a journey to save the universe, risking the very knowledge they've sworn to protect. The Cosmic Librarian is a mesmerizing tale of sacrifice, duty, and the fragile balance of existence. Will the Librarian’s ultimate decision save the universe—or destroy it?

A crash course in managing productive, successful, and happy employees! Effective employee management is imperative to a business’s success, but all too often management books turn the important details of best practices into tedious reading that would put even a CEO to sleep. Management 101...

With decades of combined experience researching and reporting from the occupied West Bank and Gaza, Jerusalem, and around the Middle East, Beverley Milton-Edwards and Stephen Farrell gained unrivaled access to Hamas.

A climate defined by wet and dry seasons, a mostly mountainous terrain, a biota prone to disturbances, a human geography characterized by a diversity of peoples all of whom rely on burning in one form or another: Mexico has ideal circumstances for fire, and those fires provide a unique perspective on its complex history. Narrating Mexico's evolution of fire through five eras, historian Stephen J. Pyne describes the pre-human, pre-Hispanic, colonial, industrializing (1880-1980), and contemporary (1980-2015) fire biography of this diverse and dynamic country.

From the psalmist's assertion that no one in heaven or earth is like God, George Swinnock derives his principal doctrine namely, God is incomparable. Throughout The Blessed and Boundless God, he proves his doctrine by demonstrating God's incomparableness in His being, attributes, works, and words. Swinnock is a pastor-theologian who views theology as the means by which we grow in acquaintance with God and, consequently, in godliness.

Data lakes and warehouses have become increasingly fragile, costly, and difficult to maintain as data gets bigger and moves faster. Data meshes can help your organization decentralize data, giving ownership back to the engineers who produced it. This book provides a concise yet comprehensive overview of data mesh patterns for streaming and real-time data services. Authors Hubert Dulay and Stephen Mooney examine the vast differences between streaming and batch data meshes.

In 1827 the Royal Navy purchased a Baltimore clipper and renamed her the Black Joke. Assigned to the Preventative Squadron, she patrolled the west coast of Africa and freed 3,692 captives from enslavement. Beloved by seafarers and celebrated by the public, the Black Joke would become the most famous weapon in the campaign for abolition. But in her previous life as the Henriqueta, the Black Joke had been a slave ship. Through the experiences of slavers and abolitionists, captives and crew, Stephen Taylor charts the vessel's extraordinary double life.

With the station secure for now, Operation A-Team is a go! Assistant Engineer Sky and her fellow crew must journey back to the planet they originally crashed on to rescue those they left behind. With the help of a new program and the cybernetic Princess Klaala, the crew also assigned a hunting competition task by Goldenrod; hunt as many creatures with specially provided weapons as they can. If they succeed, then a path to the inner station will be open.

Seattle attorney Daniel Raine is going through some tough life changes; he's getting divorced and his law partner is leaving him to become a judge. If Raine can't find a way to stay afloat, he'll be practicing law out of his car. Then, the perfect opportunity—a rich socialite called Abigail Willoughby—arrives at his door, wanting to divorce her even richer husband.