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The modern world, with its emphasis on speed and busyness and the mis-named "social" media, has not been an especially welcoming place to develop long-lasting, solid friendships that help to nurture the heart. Providing exemplars and guidance in this challenging situation, this book on friendship looks at some of the details of the friendships of the eighteenth-century pastor-theologian Andrew Fuller to help us think about and engage in meaningful relationships that provide joy and comfort (in the older sense of that term as "strength") for the Christian journey.

Corporal Jackman and his platoon, alongside their ARVN allies, are thrust into a deadly mission on Long Son Island during the early months of 1967. Tasked with rooting out a fortified Viet Cong force, they encounter relentless guerrilla tactics, ambushes, and a sniper who strikes with deadly precision. As the island becomes a brutal battleground, Jackman must lead his men through a maze of violence and betrayal.

Do you feel “stuck” in life and don’t know how to achieve a real, lasting change? Are you tired of self-help gurus telling you what to do when they don’t really understand you as a unique individual? Would you appreciate a fresh perspective? In Thriving In Grace, authors Karen and Michael Dittman describe what they call “The Grace Cycle,” which taps into your inherent capacity for curiosity and connection as well as the power of God’s grace. This new approach helps to identify areas that call for change in our lives and make those changes in an integrated and lasting way.

Freedom By Design is the guide every service-based business owner needs but rarely finds, especially once growth starts feeling more like a grind than a reward. If your company has surpassed the $1M mark but left you with more stress, shrinking margins, and a team that leans too heavily on your shoulders, this book reveals why—and what to do about it.

Diese Geschichte packt den Leser ab der ersten Seite mit ihrer atemberaubenden Mischung aus Action, Abenteuer und politischen Intrigen. Im vierten Band, ...

Tracing the history of the LGBTQ+ community from the Stonewall Riots and “gay liberation” movements to the groundbreaking protests of the 1980s and 1990s, Fight AIDS! is a gripping narrative of the AIDS epidemic for young readers, told through the lens of the activism it fostered. Focusing on the people most directly affected by the crisis and on the individuals who fought for justice, it is an intimate and humane account of one of the most devastating eras in United States history and an electrifying celebration of the power ordinary citizens have to enact meaningful change.

Die Angriffe zu überleben bedeutet mehr, als sie sich jemals hätten vorstellen können ... Monate, nachdem ein Super-EMP-Angriff die Vereinigten Staaten verwüstete, ist das Land nicht mehr wiederzuerkennen. Alle großen Städte sind in der Hand von marodierenden Banden, während die Überlebenden Hungers sterben und die Regierung machtlos gegen die Gesetzlosigkeit im Land ist. Diejenigen, die glaubten, auf das Ende vorbereitet zu sein, müssen nun feststellen, dass sie niemals vorbereitet waren.

Nur sechs Wochen sind vergangen, seit ein Super-EMP-Angriff die Vereinigten Staaten verwüstete, aber schon hat sich das Leben dramatisch verändert. Das Land hat sich zu einem Ödland mit hungernden Menschen und marodierenden Banden gewandelt. Millionen Menschen sind gestorben und weitere Millionen leiden … ein Ende ist nicht absehbar. Nach den chaotischen Wochen des Zusammenbruchs befinden sich Gordon, Samantha, Sebastian, Cruz und Barone nun auf der Suche nach einer neuen Heimat - einem Ort, der Sicherheit und Zukunft verspricht.

One year after the events of book two, Hachi is trying her best to help lead the new world she created, even as her relationship with Araine is strained. A new series of challenges, both emotional and physical awaits her.

Taking place immediately after the events of book 1, Hachi and Araine have now recovered their memories as well as been granted a boon from the Founders. Together the pair are tasked with locating the remaining unopened Tau-born vaults hidden somewhere across the Sol System. Determined to complete her mission and return to the man she’s known all her life. Araine and Hachi set out on a quest that takes them through the universe and back, but for every action, there is a reaction, and they’ll need to face the consequences of every decision they’ve made.

Hunter has seen a lifetime of war leading augmented troopers into battle on numerous worlds. He thought those days were long gone. He was wrong. His hidden life in the urban sprawl, bright neon lights, and unending crime of the old world changes the day he's tracked down by his Colonel Nakamura, his previous commander. His old friend Kuzma is on the run and missing on Mars, a colony on the brink of civil war. A murderous cult tightens its grip on the colony while rumours of synthetic humans led by a mysterious woman spread like wildfire.

Vietnam, October 1966. ANZAC and US forces have secured Route 15 running through the heart of Phuc Tuy Province. Now at full strength the ANZAC 5th Battalion take the fight to the enemy in a grand, aggressive sweep. Their mission to locate and destroy Viet Cong bases and infrastructure within the Nui Thi Vai Mountains. They’ve been in this area before, but never in sufficient numbers to bring the enemy to bear.

Hachi is an unstoppable Tau-born juggernaut on the battlefield with her golem Araine. The two wake up in a cryopod after a thousand-year sleep to find the world she knew is gone, and the others who came with her are nowhere to be found. Determined to find others like themselves, Hachi and Araine embark on their search, encountering a human scavenger named Sara, and a treasure hunt through space ensues.

Vietnam, 1966. US and Australian forces are slowly taking back control of Phuc Tuy Province. Skirmishes and battles are fought every day but when a Viet Cong unit decimated an ARVN convoy is decimated near Bình Ba they are taught a valuable lesson. The enemy have supporters even this close to Saigon and they need to be rooted out.

Hoping to prevent a bloody war, Will departs in search of the mythical hidden gate to the elven homeland and believes the country is safe in his absence. He is wrong. Adept at manipulation, the elves seek to conquer from within, and their spies have already infiltrated the kingdom. As Selene prepares to defend her throne, she discovers that the elven plot runs deeper than the blackest shadows. Duty demands she put her nation first, but a loathsome ally urges a darker choice.

Für Gordon Van Zandt waren Treue und Pflicht gegenüber dem Vaterland so selbstverständlich, dass er direkt nach 9/11 das College hinschmiss und ins Marine Corps eintrat. Doch diesen jugendlichen Idealismus ließ er bald in einer kriegsgeschändeten Stadt im Irak zurück. Zehn Jahre später kämpft er noch immer mit den Geistern seiner Vergangenheit, als er und seine Familie plötzlich einer neuen Realität gegenüber stehen.

Millions have died trying to shatter the enemy fortifications, and Private Callahan and his comrades are ordered to try again. But this time they have something new. Lines of heavy tanks, their engines revving, and the sky overhead filled with squadrons of fighter aircraft. Their task is to assault an impregnable fortified hilltop, manned by thousands of battle-hardened German soldiers, determined to contest every yard of ground.

Randy Shilts was the preeminent LGBTQ+ reporter of his generation. He was the first openly gay reporter assigned to a gay beat at a mainstream paper and one of the nation's most influential chroniclers of gay history, politics, and culture. Shilts wrote three seminal works on the community: The Mayor of Castro Street, on the life, assassination, and legacy of Harvey Milk; And the Band Played On, detailing the failure of politics as usual during the early AIDS epidemic; and Conduct Unbecoming, a history of the US military's mistreatment of LGBTQ service members.

Danielle war immer schon anders. In einer Stadt, in der blond und blauäugig das Ideal und auch den Großteil der Bevölkerung stellt, ist sie eine Außenseiterin. Diese geschützte Siedlung, nach mehreren verheerenden Kriegen vielleicht das letzte Refugium der Menschheit, birgt jedoch Gefahren und Geheimnisse. Gregor, ihr Ausbilder und Mitglied des Rates, weist sie immer tiefer in die Abgründe der Gesellschaft ein. Als er Dan in Kontakt mit der Untergrundorganisation "Die geöffneten Hände" bringt, stellt sich ihr Leben komplett auf den Kopf.

Seren awakens to a mysterious reality, devoid of her past, trapped in a maze where survival is her only escape. But the labyrinth is not her sole adversary; it's the other players that pose the greatest threat. She soon aligns herself with a motley crew of strangers, united by the shared determination to escape their prison. Together, they plunge headlong into a gauntlet of escalating challenges that pit them against the unforgiving environment, the intricate maze, and the ruthless competition of their fellow players.