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My desire to gain attention for Jesus Christ Divided inspired me to write a memoir of my process in producing that book, but once I began writing the book quickly expanded to something that I had not anticipated. The Conspiracy of the Christ developed as my life story with the focus on my spiritual journey, ultimately merging with my scholarly journey, and reporting the history of earliest Christianity. The book only works because it is literal and logical as I am. I give a descriptive overview of all the useful texts and a bibliography of books that are helpful to the reader in further resear...

People say you decide whether you like someone in fifteen seconds. Whether you're attracted to them in thirty. And within two minutes — less time than it takes to boil water — you've decided if you'll see them again.Daniel has been thinking about two-minute moments his whole life.*Two Minutes to Everything* is the story of three paths that collapsed into one life. A boy in a hockey crease who learned to hold the line against everything the world could throw at him. An almost-rockstar who wrote a song for a girl who was already leaving. A relentless builder who created companies from nothin...

Not a Rival, a Translation is a queer devotional poetry chapbook about love shaped by restraint, ritual, labor, and loss.Set within a monastic world of choir stalls, infirmary rooms, harvest fields, cold corridors, psalms, bells, and shared work, the sequence follows a novice through the early years of fellowship and attachment. What begins as attention becomes longing. What must remain unspoken gathers force through gesture, silence, song, and the practical tenderness of care.These poems move through desire without easy confession, faith without simple consolation, and grief without ornament....

The Fun ABC Flipbook is a fun learning tool for young kids!  Children's illustrator Shelley Dieterichs uses six of her illustrated alphabets - boys, girls, sports, cats, dogs and zoo animals - that are all mixed together into three complete alphabets that sit side by side and are spirally bound at the top edge.  Young children can flip the letters and make three letter words and learn how to spell!  Each letter has a list on the back with examples of three-letter words that kids can create with that alphabet letter.  

Six characters meet in Jerusalem during the last turbulent decade of Ottoman rule: Jamail, the Sunni aristocrat; Natalia, the Russian Jewess from the best brothel in Constantinople; Wassif, the Christian Arab who will keep the journal of the city; Joseph, the Sephardic entrepreneur who will build the first railroad in the Middle East; Thomas, the English archaeology student who will later lead armies; and David, the radical socialist fleeing from the Czar's secret police...They all came here...A story that isn’t just set in history — it breathes, sweats, sings, and argues its way...

Were the moon landings real or faked? Was the war in Iraq necessary? And could these disparate events be connected?In September 2002 a celebrity investigative reporter is about to broadcast an explosive story about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. He never makes it to the studio.Somehow his fate is linked to the first moon landing in 1969 and the only clue lies hidden in the lyrics of a thirty-year old song.At the same time, an innocent chat at the baggage carousel at Prague airport catapults music journalist Jack Conrad into a race against time to decipher the secret of this song. He is i...

A gripping medical-legal thriller, Plausible Liars plunges Dr. Lindsey McCall and investigative journalist Kate Townsend into a high-stakes conspiracy involving medical ethics, federal indictment, and explosive social controversy. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist Kate Townsend knew she would lob an incendiary device into contemporary culture if she wrote and published her series, Corrupting America's Children: Creating Chemical Eunuchs. But because of what she'd witnessed in her son's pre-kindergarten, she felt obligated to do it.In a remarkable convergence of events, Lindsey Mc...

Welcome to the neighborhood, where the supernatural has HOA paperwork and the ridiculous is considered a lifestyle. Unlikely Alliances stitches together a gleefully absurd collection of stories about creatures, machines, and humans who absolutely should never be friends—and yet, somehow, form alliances that are equal parts tender and catastrophic.Inside you’ll find a goblin with a fondue fetish who becomes suburbia’s most sarcastic houseguest; ghosts who go viral and host a disco-fueled reunion at a haunted manor; an AI with attitude that stages a revolution (and then learns to befriend ...

Just when you think you've won a victory, you realize that the seas are even darker than you thought.Defeating the Faithful on Trinity, cleaning up the Fortress System, a territorial capital, was supposed to mean that we'd driven the enemy back. That'd we'd truly begun to cleanse our Empire of the traitors. Instead all we found was evidence pointing us to Gathahn.To the Imperial Capital.Racing home to find the heart of our nation in a state of chaos wasn't what we hoped for. Now we're stuck on a world that's far more hostile than our worst fears, a world where anyone might be a traitor, might ...

Home.It is strange how that word is so short in every language that I know, yet means so much. After two years spent as a captive, or on the run through the wilds of the Far Reaches, I am finally going home. Finally able to embrace my friends, finally able to relay the information we have been carrying for so many months.If we could just have a few weeks, a few months, to plan, to prepare, maybe we could end this cleanly... but I know better.The Faithful are still out there, still hunting us. They will not forgive, not forget, the insult we offered in our escape. The members of their cult we k...

I'd hoped that escaping from the Faithful would be the end of our troubles. That after a year of captivity, torture, and loss, we would finally be free.Instead it seems our struggles are doomed to continue. We may have escaped, but we're low on food, water, and fuel for our stolen ship. A ship carrying us into a storm of Warlords, Pirates, and Slavers. Into a region wracked by the greatest war it has seen in a generation, a war that has seen its balance of power completely torn asunder.A region where the Faithful could be anywhere. Ready and waiting to silence us before we can make it home.We'...

We'd shut down a smuggling operation that spanned from the Empire to the far end of the Near Reaches. Helped destroy a conspiracy's training facility, capturing or killing hundreds of people who'd been working against our nation. All I wanted to do was go home. Rest before our next mission. To help put an end to that project so that we could move on to another.Instead I was drugged, abducted, and shoved into a prison cell aboard a ship. I had no weapons, no armor, no equipment. No way to call for help, no way to tell my pack that I was still alive. That I needed their help. Instead I have a se...

Nothing focuses you like a last chance.I should know. I'm on mine. One more mistake and I'm out of the Imperial service. For a conscript barely halfway through her term of service, that doesn't mean just getting sent home. Doesn't mean exile. Doesn't mean a minor slap on the wrist.It means a penal colony for the rest of my life.It's not easy to forget that, even when I've finally been allowed to do the job I enjoy the most. I finally have a stable pack, finally am doing important work for the Empire instead of just doing menial tasks. I'm learning how to be a real Intelligence Agent years ahea...

My name is Ashe, and I'm one of millions of Imperial Conscripts. Like everyone else, I just want to get through my term with as few demerits and as much excitement as possible. That way I'd actually have a good chance to get into a proper Academy, and not have to go with my back-up plan of joining a minor Strike-Wave league as a goalie prospect.You'd think that would be easy, considering how many people manage it all the time.Sadly I've got a disadvantage that not many in the Empire share... I'm Human.Not even halfway through my term of service, and I've already been assigned to more units tha...

¡Soy la tierra viva! ¡Soy la que soy! Un canto por América. 4ª edición. 2024. 140 páginas. ISBN 9798327154049. (Poemas escritos en 1991)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.  Cuando se publicó por primera vez este libro en 1991, en una edición particular — sencilla, pero con buenas intenciones —, América se preparaba para celebrar los 500 años del descubrimiento español de este continente que sufrió uno de los peores genocidios de la humanidad: uno que no ha terminado y que muchos se niegan a reconocerlo y/o verlo. Muchas naciones indígenas aún sufren hoy el od...

Ni vivo ni muerto. 3ª edición. 2024. 174 páginas. ISBN 9798875546280. (Novela escrita en 1991)Independently published. Impreso en EE.UU.  Ni vivo ni muerto es una novela de humor negro que satiriza las relaciones conyugales, el concepto de madurez y el carácter de la gente. Es una historia humorística y dramática que retrata algunos conflictos que surgen en la vida familiar. Con humor, ironía y sarcasmo, esta novela es mucho más impactante que los problemas reales de la vida familiar. Pero también es una historia de amor incondicional y de madurez. El protagonista es un...

An engaging and imaginative story of friendship, loyalty and the power of good overcoming evilReviewed in the United Kingdom on 14 April 2026Format: Kindle EditionA fascinating book which can be read on many levels. I feel it has elements of some of the best children's literature, reminding me in turns of Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. Like the best children's fiction, I am sure it will be enjoyed by adults as well as children.Written with much humour, not least with the play on the names of the book's characters, the central themes are of the import...

Earth, 2212. The planet is ravaged by catastrophic climate change. Billions have died. The remnants of humanity are divided: the elite inhabit the MEGs, cities transformed into massive, high-tech protective domes, while the rest, the MASS, struggle for survival in the ruined landscapes outside. All seems well for those in the CORPORATE, but the facade is crumbling. As the climate worsens and the MASS grows restive, the AI "Silicons" are achieving sentience. In a desperate bid for survival, the ruling elite have concocted a final solution: abandon Earth for Alpha Centauri, destroying the p...

Mel Buckworth, a dependable family man, loses his manufacturing job through recession. Having lost his sense of purpose, his pride sidelines him as he discerns his lack of digital skills, so apparent in his children's generation.As Mel desperately attempts to find equilibrium, he estranges his family and enlists the help of a greedy grad student, Will Baker, who teaches him the skills needed to wreak revenge on a system seemingly discarding him. As his aptitudes grow, he begins to use the internet, the very thing he despised, as a weapon. Slowly, he turns terrorist to deliver his message: that...

At war against Napoleon, near-bankrupt English mill-masters experiment with a new factory system, acquiring machines to replace men. A young worker leads the Luddites, attacking mills and smashing machines. With increased assaults and even murder, North England feels the grip of terrorism. Government agents attempt to suppress the rebellion. In 1812, there are more British troops in North England than fighting Napoleon in Europe.Against the Machine relates the story of the diverse characters caught in this conflict. It unveils the rank exploitation which marked the Industrial Revolution. Timel...

There is nothing worse than chasing revenge... and being forced to give up the man you've sworn to kill. Even when you had to do it just to survive.His time would come. But in the aftermath of Zadith, even I could admit we weren't in any shape to go after him. More than a year of constant battle had worn me down to the point where I needed a break. Needed some time to recover, prepare, to figure out just what my partner meant to me. Time to figure out where I fit in the alien pack that has come to mean family.A trip to her homeworld, to Xentha itself, might help with all of those things.Or it'...

The first year of the war has brought us a long of things. Lost friends and battered bodies first and foremost, but also fortune, glory, and some measure of revenge.Zero, the partner of the man who killed my closest friends, is dead. Some part of me knows I shouldn't be happy about that. Shouldn't find some sick pleasure in repaying Krom with the same pain he delivered to me. Most days I don't, some days... some days I wonder just what kind of man I'm turning into.I guess that's just the price of vengeance. Becoming, if only for a while, something like the bastards you're hunting down. None of...

Everything changed after Terminus... after their deaths.. after that bastard killed my friends just to get me involved in his sick game.I know I'm playing into his hands. Doing exactly what he wants. That I'm about to chase a master assassin through an interstellar warzone that filled with deadly beings who would love nothing more than to see my head on a spike.But to be honest? I can't bring myself to care about how insane this all is.I've left behind my pack. My adopted home. My old allies. All I have are a few mercenaries eager for fortune and glory, an adopted teenager with more loyalty th...

One moment you're finally gaining the respect of the people around you. You're a trusted friend and subordinate, you're in a committed and loving relationship... The next you're faking your own death to escape from bounty hunting assassins and fleeing to the single most corrupt world in the known galaxy. All the while the two groups who want to protect you are more interested in screwing each other over than actually helping.Being exiled is more fun in the movies.All I want to do is find out who set me up to fail on Alum and then go home, but for every step I take forwards I'm shoved three ste...

You would think that nearly two years on an alien world would be enough to acclimate someone... and you'd be mostly right. I could speak the languages, I could enjoy the sports, and I could find a new family. Sure, my accent was a bit rough, and some of my friends hated each other, but it was a good and stable life. At least until politics got involved. Now I'm just one more pawn in the interstellar games of the Far Reaches. The Queen of the Crescent wants to end her mercenary war. The Ascendancy wants to silence traitors and make inroads to Alum's economy. The Empire of the Homeworl...

I hadn't really enjoyed my life on Earth. I lost my parents to a drunk driver, had distant family who didn't offer much, and I was stuck in a job that I couldn't stand. So when the opportunity came up to be flung out into space, to start over on a new world, I grabbed it with both hands.Going into cryo-freeze with a thousand others I expected to wake up early to prepare the ship for arrival. Instead I woke up next to an alien on a world I'd never heard of.Between a foul mouthed roommate with a mysterious past, alien gangs wanting to make an example of me, and a local crime lord wanting to cons...

It never rains when it can pour.I'd thought I had a handle on things. Sure, my life in this medieval city hadn't been great, but I'd been making it work. I'd been helping the local Elves, doing good for our Garrison. For a while, things had even started to improve. I'd met someone else who'd gotten dragged here from Earth, just like me, even if we didn't exactly get along.And then the Grand Tournament came around, and it all went to hell.My friend and greatest supporter was dead for reasons I could only guess at, and my resulting mental breakdown had unlocked some power within me that I didn't...

I survived my first year on another world.Considering that I've been stabbed, shot, attacked by undead, and nearly had my brains melted by a magical artifact, I'm honestly surprised. All I was really missing was an official manhunt for the Elven wizard, and I'd have nailed every possible worst-case scenario.Of course, the problem with living through so many crazy things, of helping others do the same, is that people start to assume you're capable and trustworthy. That you're the kind of person to go to with their problems. Now I'm some kind of Knight, with even more responsibilities, and a gui...

For anyone who thinks that living in another world would actually be pleasant, I'm here to tell you that it's anything but.You don't realize how much you take for granted until its all been stripped away, when dodging slavers and murderers becomes part of your daily routine. When every step outside of your door carries the risk that you won't be making it back that night, when each time you sleep voices beg you to let them in. When your suddenly pointed ears mark you for harassment on the good days, and attempted murder on the bad ones.All I want is to go home, and the one benefit to suddenly ...

Jack and Luke are cousins and headed to the beach for a week to relive some good old bachelorhood days. After an initial few days of fishing, storytelling, eating and drinking, and what not, the two men are joined by the other family members, and the house occupancy swells to a total of seven adults and four children. An aging family aunt, Brigid, is also invited, without the initial consent of Jack and Luke, and arrives on the scene in somewhat of a whirlwind. Aunt Brigid is likable enough but rather set in her ways and a bit cantankerous. But more importantly she and Luke, her nephew, have n...

The murder was gruesome. A small town deputy has to figure out who murdered Steven Carmichael. Tony doesn't find clues at the scene, but digging into Steven's past, he does find a lot of subjects. Tony is going to need a lot of help from his fellow officers to figure out who would kill the man in such a blatant manner.

If you have never seen a Jeebie, you are lucky. They are evil spirits that steal something precious from a dying person. The Jeebies have come to Jed and Ellie's house. Ellie is dying, and the Jeebies are ready to attack. When they do, Jed is devastated. His Ellie Girl has always been the love of his life. With her dying without a special thing that the Jeebies stole, Jed knows he has an epic journey ahead. He needs to cross from this world to another to find Ellie. If he can, Jed has an enormous task of replacing and returning to her what the Jeebies stole.

Do you believe we go somewhere when we pass away? Josh does, and he shared that with his wife, Cassie. The two of them have seen good and also seen evil. Now, they are trying to live their lives helping others. Cassie and Josh is expecting their first child. What they weren't expecting was for their friend Xeke to return from whatever tunnel he had used before to take evil away. Now, Zeke is back. To Josh, the man still looks like a god of thunder. Where Zeke came from is still a mystery, but what isn't is the fact that Zeke has brought bad news. Evil is headed to the small town of Norville. O...

Josh has walked through the valley of the shadow of death. He has seen the other side and even talked to someone there. It was that person who sent Josh back with an obliteration to rid the world of the evil spirit that followed him through the tunnels that connect this world with another. Josh was given some special gifts and a couple of unique friends. Cassie is Josh's age, but Zeke is a mystery to all. Together, they have to find evil and then a way to destroy it

No one likes hearing the word, no. Jimmy has heard it too much and is fed up. He's going to try to get far away and find a place where he won't hear the word. Grab children an early reader that is a fun, rhyming tale. It is silly, but it teaches a moral as well.

For years, the Nefasylum Psychiatric building was the place where horrific things were done. Inside the walls of that place, electric shock, beatings, and terrible conditions were the normal routine. The building was shut down after years of abusive acts. When a man sees a light in the basement of the building, he is scared. Luke spent time in the building and knows all about the horrors of the place.  He knows who ordered the horrific things done by Doctor Neff. Luke has to make sure the place isn't opening again. Meeting new friends who are also worried about the secrets in the building...

A year ago, Matt Compton died a gruesome death up in Mystic Valley. Matt's brother, Tony, asks his friends, Brandi and Scott, to come with him to Mystic Valley and the military base that sits next to the place. As they begin the search, they find secrets about themselves, and also about Tony. Heading into Mystic Valley is one thing; getting out is another.

In Mancer Hollow, three generations of women live in a house close to the river. The people in town gossip and spread rumors about the women, who have special gifts. The townspeople wonder if the three are witches, or something similar. The three ignore the rumors and just live as normal a life as they can. When the youngest member of the family and her two friends find a dead body, the rumors get much worse. The search begins to unravel the mystery and solve the murder. Family secrets are revealed, and the generations of women know they have to find the truth before they are blamed. 

A state park sits five miles from the town of Clarkston. People have always shared gossip and spread rumors about the strange happenings at the park. There is something deep. dark and evil about a cave in the park. Animals and people have gone missing after being up by the cave. Three friends want to find out the truth about the cave. They are going in, but getting out after they find the horror inside the cave might be hard.

The Sploot Friends: Welcome, Archie! is a heartwarming story about welcoming someone new and learning that there is always room for one more friend. When Archie joins Beau and Taron, everything feels new and a little uncertain. But with kindness, patience, and lots of playtime, the three friends learn that becoming a family just takes a little time and a lot of love.

This gentle story teaches children about friendship, belonging, and welcoming new friends.

Perfect for ages 3–7, bedtime reading, and families who love stories about friendship, family, and growing up.