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From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times best-selling author of Lincoln in the Bardo, a literary masterclass on how to become both a better writer and reader, on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about how to live. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the listener through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for 20 years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program.

The New Testament book of Revelation was meant to be one of the most potent and practical in the Bible. But popular interpretations strive to identify specific people and events which simply are not there. When Revelation’s images are recognized as familiar ideas drawn largely from the Old Testament, the book can change the way we live by changing the way we see the world.

A group of ghost hunters set out to investigate an abandoned cabin deep in the woods of North Carolina. They knew about the history. They knew about the deaths. It’s too bad they didn’t take the botched exorcism more seriously.

Never Quote the Weather to a Sea Lion: And Other Uncommon Tales from the Founder of the Big Apple Circus is a celebration of Paul Binders life in and around the circus. Drawing on 35 years with the show he created, the Big Apple Circus founder and founding Artistic Director invites us inside the fence every kid peers through for an intimate look at the uncommon life of circus artists, their animal partners, and the roustabouts who spend their days in a world that is both close-knit and international, high-minded and low comedy, death-defying and ludicrous.

In Haunting of America, Reverend Christopher Anderson calls upon a decade of experience in paranormal investigation, demonology, and ministry to pull back the curtain of what is tangible, revealing a hidden dimension of spiritual conflict. Through biblical realities combined with personal experiences, Reverend Anderson brings the listener face to face with certain diabolical spirits haunting Western society, politics, and religion. Haunting of America reveals hope for a brighter tomorrow by activating mustard seed faith today.

What Pretty Girls Are Made Of breaks the lipstick seal of silence in this thinly veiled tell-all about what it’s like working in the cosmetic trenches. Roth’s roman-a-clef centers around the indefatigable Alison Kraft, who lands a new career in the cutthroat world of high-end makeup, ensnared under a new boss who could give even Miranda Priestly a run for her money.

Humans are coded for relational connection with other humans. Often, that coding has been short-circuited and needs reactivating. However, we do not need to learn it; we need to relearn it. This is not a new language; it is the language of your birth. The Connection Codes are the blueprint and tools for the relational connection we all need and crave. They are the culmination of over 30 years of research, education, and experience and draw from many centuries of insights and wisdom.

A new crime family saga begins under the watchful eyes of Godfather Uncle Vincent. Family loyalty, betrayal, and a reexamining of a crime boss' faith ensue in this exciting new drama of a crime family's rise from humble beginnings in Italy to New York and onto the casinos of Vegas.

Welcome to 1987, part of the era of VHS and arcade games. A time when teenagers on BMXs create worlds of imagination. The Four Horsemen - Tommy, Mikey, Kurt, and Ted - need something new to spice up their gatherings because, well, boys will be boys. When a stranger approaches Mikey with bootlegged tapes in the trunk of his car, Mikey isn’t interested, but the board game the man presents might just do the trick.

Your strong emotions and introverted nature indicate that you may be an empath or a highly sensitive person. People may overwhelm you, so you prefer to be alone - your intense inner life is interesting enough. As an empath, you have amazing creative potential and even spiritual powers. However, being an empath has its dangers: Narcissists can sense you like sharks sense a drop of blood.

Nobody meant to do it. But somehow, “stewardship” has become church code for “giving to support the church”. Giving to support the church is a real and legitimate need. But stewardship is about the image of God, who and what we were made to be. As such, it is the goal of gospel salvation. It describes wisdom and health and happiness in Christ. It describes a huge part of what we must teach our children.

Belle Gunness and the Bender’s were a different breed of criminal, more deadly, and harder to detect. While bank and train robbers rarely harmed their victims, Belle Gunness and the Bender’s took a gruesome pleasure in killing their victims before they robbed them. The Banditti of the Prairie was a loose-knit band of thieves that came together during the 1830s and 1840s. Their field of operations covered a multi-state area, including Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, and Arkansas.

Emotional intelligence, sometimes referred to as a soft skill, could be the single biggest thing blocking your personal effectiveness. Emotional intelligence controls the way we manage situations and emotions - our own and others'. People with high emotional intelligence don’t behave reactively to a situation. They manage their impulses and stress, enabling them to connect effectively with others and turning the situation to their advantage!

A Journey West is the saga of Jasper Mason and his family moving west - seeking a place to call home - while overcoming the dangers and hardships of a challenging and harsh western life. Jasper Mason and his family will face down trouble, ranging from outlaws to small-town politics, as they look for a community where they can put down roots. From eating dust on the trail to being shopkeepers, Martha and Jasper’s life together is continually tested.

Faith that is alive puts the truth into practice. Christian faith rests upon divine truths woven throughout the Bible. But to become living faith, these truths must inspire a set of convictions that shape the way we live. What are the central truths of the Bible? What does a life shaped by those truths look like in the real world? By sketching core biblical ideas and pairing them with corresponding character studies from the Old and New Testaments, 14 simple convictions emerge.

Trial lawyer Eddie Terrell's professional life is prospering. His personal life is a dumpster fire. Usually racing to the prize fight, Eddie comes to the realization that he needs to beat a hasty retreat from the enticing flames and recalibrate on his own impulsive and subjective terms. Wishing to expand his professional interests by accomplishing something on the darker side, Eddie decides to head an investment scheme with a promising payoff. Of course, there are risks that must be navigated, risks that might require dangerously effective actions.

Many songwriting books teach you to write "a" song. Seven Foundations for Great Songwriting teaches you how to write song after song after song for a lifetime. Whether your goal is to jump-start a songwriting career, improve your current craft, or just write songs for family and friends, this book will teach you the best practices great songwriters have used for generations.

In Early Wake-Up Call author, award winning broadcaster, and Life Coach Glenn Klein distills the lessons he has coached for decades which he applied from the outset of response to the pandemic. We all went through the initial shock, fear, and economic shutdown due to Coronavirus. Glenn Klein responded with skepticism, proactively positive proposals and predictions from the beginning. Why did Klein immediately start criticizing the decisions the government, medical bureaucracy, media, and the public were making and proposing healthful solutions from the beginning?

Have you ever wondered about the meaning of life? The Bible? Your purpose? The Gospel: God's Great Undoing masterfully explains the answers to these questions and more while revealing the deep story of what God is doing with his universe. The author, Dr. Glenn Fink, uses his scientific training to examine the story of the Bible in a fresh new light. God made the universe good, and he gifted us with free will. But we used it to mess up his beautiful cosmos! What God did to fix it is amazing, but what his great act of undoing did for us is nothing short of shocking.

A village blacksmith from the middle of nowhere, Thomas seeks adventure after surviving a plague that eradicated his homeland. Following his father’s advice and heading east, Thomas finds himself entwined in a surge of attacks by a thieves’ guild known as Neydis. Similarly lost adventurers soon join him along the Queen's Road, and they set their sights on breaking through the grasp of Neydis and finding "safe" adventure in dungeons without any dragons.