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Abigail Johnson hadn’t expected that a lawman of the Wild West would ignite something in her she’d thought died along with her first husband. Now that they are married, he wants to take her into the Indian Territory. Gabe Hawkins aims to find what lies further beneath Abby’s matronly facade. When an order from the territory judge reassigns Gabe to Fred, Indian Territory, he and Abby are forced to start a new life away from civilization.

A dangerous and revolutionary philosophy is responsible for the street fires in America. It fuels the actions of Black Lives Matter and Antifa. It invades curricula in public schools and in our military. It is in our churches. You have heard the phrase “white privilege,” the need for “safe spaces” on campuses, and perhaps the tongue-twister “intersectionality.” Behind all of these is an ideology called critical theory, which is a form of cultural Marxism that divides society into the oppressed and the oppressors.

If you're looking for fun new ways to talk about pooping, then Poophemisms is for you. From going to throw down some brown to chumming for sewer rats, you'll never run out of ways to tell your friends and loved ones you're going to crap! Poophemisms is a veritable dictionary of defecation, with over 1,737 different ways to say you need to take a dump. Arranged alphabetically, the book covers everything from "adding a wing to the manor" to "zapping the porcelain".

During a career in the emergency services, you will see every imaginable type of tragedy. In this sometimes humorous, sometimes heartrending, memoir, Ashby rises from a lowly recruit in Pasadena, California, to battalion chief with the Los Angeles County Fire Department. He shares, with authentic detail, the horrific incidents that firefighters encounter. At the same time, Ashby provides a look into his personal life and how you can’t just “leave your work at work” when you serve in this capacity.

Modern evangelicals have gained money, power, and influence, and it has been like giving whiskey to a two-year-old. The need of the hour is theological, not political. The arena is the pulpit and the table, not the legislative chamber. Before we are equipped to proclaim His lordship to the inhabitants of all the earth, we must live as though we believed it in the Church.

This audiobook is for everyone with: "Pandemic Panics"; COVID-caused stresses; and those affected by these normal, life-altering, microbial mayhems. The best defense to COVID-19 is to understand its causes. It gives us comfort that pandemics do have cures. For perspective, Earth’s mass extinction events give us context to our own damn pandemic experiences, where we can emerge with hope and wisdom!

Huguenot Garden is a children's story of the daily and adventurous episodes in the lives of Rene and Albret Martineau, young twin sisters in a 17th-century French-Protestant family. This entertaining but moving story follows the twins and the rest of the Martineau family as they work, worship, commune, and suffer persecution together.

This is the true story of one man’s bravery, ingenuity, and daring determination as he trekked thousands of feet up in the mountains. Listeners will learn about the struggles Sven Somme endured as he eluded 900 German soldiers set out to capture him.

Nadia's school is choosing a new mascot, and her idea is totally going to win! She’s also going to kick butt writing for the school newspaper this term.... Maybe. A couple of weeks in, the newspaper is a big mess. The mascot contest is mayhem, too. (Who knew choosing a costumed character could cause such controversy?) Then Nadia and Titi discover that the hippo amulet holds a second secret, one that’s super powerful - and super scary. Too bad they have no idea how to stop it. But Nadia is on the case!

When someone brings up the subject of violent video games, it's usually for one of two reasons: first, to insist that media violence is turning our kids into killers; second, to deny that the media has any effects on us and to call anyone who says otherwise a moral crusader. Like most complex issues, the effects of media violence aren't so black-and-white. This book cuts through the rhetoric and grandstanding to directly answer the questions that parents, gamers, and researchers have.

Published almost 20 years ago, Douglas Wilson’s Case for Classical Christian Education is a call for parents and educators to do more than just teach kids how to read or to do math and science. Instead, parents and teachers need to educate children’s minds, hearts, and imaginations. Both homeschooling parents and Christians seeking to build schools will find a lot of guidance from this book. Wilson explains the benefits of an education that is both distinctively classical and distinctively Christian, and explains what such an education might look like.

Pictures on coins and paper money reflect what the USA values. This includes the importance of: Independence, liberty, freedom, and how many different people join together, to become one nation. With this audiobook, listen to our story, to how the many pieces become one, American people.

Michael Cycle and his talking BMX bike, C.A.T.T., smell something fishy at TV Academy. They're out to prove that middle school Mafioso, Tony Tenor, is up to no good. Is this two-wheeled team in over their head? Or will they reel in their biggest catch of the day?

Though most Christians refrain from predicting exactly when our world will end, many believe that when Earth's finale does arrive, it will be a catastrophe. Details vary, but the general assumption is the same: Things will get much, much worse before they get better. But is this really what the Bible teaches? Leaving aside the theological terms that often confuse and muddle this question, Douglas Wilson instead explains eschatology as the end of the greatest story in the world.

Howell Warren hasn't seen another human face for over five years. If he did, that person could die at any time. This is the world of the "Sleeping Sickness". As the world recovers from a devastating solar flare, society is just getting back on track when a strange phenomena begins. Violent dreams are coming true all over the world. Those featured in the dreams are killed in real life, showing terrible injuries like those in the dreams. No one is safe because no one can control their dreams.

Lily Cavanaugh is a chef, restaurant owner, and cookbook author. She worked hard to get there. Her one regret is master chef Evan Taylor. She worked in his restaurant, fell in love with him, and dealt with his temper - until one day he went too far. Lily walked and took her heart with her. She never forgot him or the heat she felt. One night while she's teaching a cooking class, in walks Evan and the director of his new TV show, Dylan Bryant. They offer her an intriguing proposition.

This book shines a light on the subject of seasons. The Sun shines unevenly on our spinning world. Different amounts of sunshine heat our Earth differently, and amazingly cause seasons. As a bonus, we see how sunshine links to what we breathe, drink, and eat, too. Listen to this book for the exciting true story of seasons and how they impact all life on Earth!

Wissenschaftliche Ideen öffnen unseren Verstand. Sie erklären, wie unsere averstand Alltagsgegenstände funktionieren. Dieses Buch macht Wissenschaft praktisch, unterhaltsamund leicht verständlich. Mit Dringlichkeit und Energie sehen wir die Wissenschaft in den Elementen, Gegenständen und in uns selbst! Science ideas open our minds. They explain how our everyday items work. This book personalizes science by making it practical, fun, and easy to understand. With urgency and energy, we see the science inside elements, objects, and ourselves!

In John Knox: Stalwart Courage, Douglas Wilson staunchly defends this staunch reformer, not only lauding his stalwart courage, but also upholding his much-neglected gentler virtues - love, mercy, tenderness, and humility. At Knox’s funeral, one of his friends said, “Here lies one who neither flattered nor feared any flesh.” John Knox sought the approval of neither commoner nor queen, but only his God. John Knox was a reformer of church and culture worthy of honor and emulation, and his story should be one we know well.

In this book, Harding explores the proposition that tools are "extensions of the body", and that there's no absolute boundary between the "natural" and the "artificial". Crossing over the line between the self and the not-self, Harding realized that there is no definite frontier where you can say you stop and the rest of the world begins. The Meaning and Beauty of the Artificial takes you on a wide-ranging safari through the animal kingdom and then into the human world, where you see "man and machine" with new eyes.