Author: Sarah Granger
Publisher: Entangled: Select Historical
ISBN: 1640630996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
A French musket ball to the leg takes Captain Hugh Fanshawe from the battlefield and leaves him enduring long, quiet days compiling paperwork at Horse Guards headquarters. He knows his lameness makes him the object of pity and distaste at the stifling social engagements he dutifully escorts his mother and sister to, but everything in his orderly life changes when Colonel Theo Lindsay arrives. Theo is everything Hugh is not. He’s a man of physical perfection and an enjoyable companion, and their friendship deepens into love. But when the army suspects there’s a French spy at Horse Guards, Hugh discovers nothing is as it seems, and the paper he shuffles daily could save his lover’s life.
A Minor Inconvenience
Author: Sarah Granger
Publisher: Entangled: Select Historical
ISBN: 1640630996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
A French musket ball to the leg takes Captain Hugh Fanshawe from the battlefield and leaves him enduring long, quiet days compiling paperwork at Horse Guards headquarters. He knows his lameness makes him the object of pity and distaste at the stifling social engagements he dutifully escorts his mother and sister to, but everything in his orderly life changes when Colonel Theo Lindsay arrives. Theo is everything Hugh is not. He’s a man of physical perfection and an enjoyable companion, and their friendship deepens into love. But when the army suspects there’s a French spy at Horse Guards, Hugh discovers nothing is as it seems, and the paper he shuffles daily could save his lover’s life.
Publisher: Entangled: Select Historical
ISBN: 1640630996
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 185
Book Description
A French musket ball to the leg takes Captain Hugh Fanshawe from the battlefield and leaves him enduring long, quiet days compiling paperwork at Horse Guards headquarters. He knows his lameness makes him the object of pity and distaste at the stifling social engagements he dutifully escorts his mother and sister to, but everything in his orderly life changes when Colonel Theo Lindsay arrives. Theo is everything Hugh is not. He’s a man of physical perfection and an enjoyable companion, and their friendship deepens into love. But when the army suspects there’s a French spy at Horse Guards, Hugh discovers nothing is as it seems, and the paper he shuffles daily could save his lover’s life.
Start Here...
Author: Bill Hurt
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973664755
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Do you find yourself feeling frustrated because of a lack of spiritual growth in your life? In such a fast-paced society, it is unfortunate that God often draws the short straw when it comes to our time. Yet the reality of the Christian faith is that it is impossible to grow in our relationship with God if we do not spend time in prayer, Bible study, and reflection. In Start Here..., author and pastor Bill Hurt gives you a road map for developing a daily devotional time with God. There are one hundred daily devotions along with a scripture passage for each day. This starting point will help launch you into a daily time of communion with our Creator. The more you know him, the more you will love him. The more you love him, the more you will want to serve him. Start here and start now. Most of us could use a little quality time with the one who knows us the best and loves us despite ourselves.
Publisher: WestBow Press
ISBN: 1973664755
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
Do you find yourself feeling frustrated because of a lack of spiritual growth in your life? In such a fast-paced society, it is unfortunate that God often draws the short straw when it comes to our time. Yet the reality of the Christian faith is that it is impossible to grow in our relationship with God if we do not spend time in prayer, Bible study, and reflection. In Start Here..., author and pastor Bill Hurt gives you a road map for developing a daily devotional time with God. There are one hundred daily devotions along with a scripture passage for each day. This starting point will help launch you into a daily time of communion with our Creator. The more you know him, the more you will love him. The more you love him, the more you will want to serve him. Start here and start now. Most of us could use a little quality time with the one who knows us the best and loves us despite ourselves.
The Unbreakable Boy
Author: Scott Michael LeRette
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400206774
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Unbreakable Boy is the raucously tender story of the life of a teenage boy with a rare brittle-bone disease who joyfully embraces life's tragedies and triumphs--and the inspiring story of how his father was transformed through their journey together. Like any other teenage boy, Austin loves pizza, movies, dancing, and girls. But unlike most other eighteen-year-olds, he has a rare brittle-bone disease, was locked in a mental ward as a child, and is autistic. Yet Austin doesn't let any of that stop him. His is a world where suffering a broken back is a minor inconvenience and the quest for the ultimate strawberry shake just might be the best day of his life. Austin's journey dares readers to believe that miracles are possible; hope does spring eternal; and we can find joyous moments to celebrate every day. Written with remarkable candor by Austin's father, Scott, and New York Times best-selling author Susy Flory, The Unbreakable Boy weaves the beautiful and often humorous tale of how Austin teaches his father--and everyone else he encounters--to have faith in God and trust that one day life's messes will all make sense.
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
ISBN: 1400206774
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
The Unbreakable Boy is the raucously tender story of the life of a teenage boy with a rare brittle-bone disease who joyfully embraces life's tragedies and triumphs--and the inspiring story of how his father was transformed through their journey together. Like any other teenage boy, Austin loves pizza, movies, dancing, and girls. But unlike most other eighteen-year-olds, he has a rare brittle-bone disease, was locked in a mental ward as a child, and is autistic. Yet Austin doesn't let any of that stop him. His is a world where suffering a broken back is a minor inconvenience and the quest for the ultimate strawberry shake just might be the best day of his life. Austin's journey dares readers to believe that miracles are possible; hope does spring eternal; and we can find joyous moments to celebrate every day. Written with remarkable candor by Austin's father, Scott, and New York Times best-selling author Susy Flory, The Unbreakable Boy weaves the beautiful and often humorous tale of how Austin teaches his father--and everyone else he encounters--to have faith in God and trust that one day life's messes will all make sense.
The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World
Author: Alexander Armstrong
Publisher: Coronet
ISBN: 1444762060
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The world is full of pointless things. From rail replacement bus services to chip forks. From war to windchimes. From people who put cushions on beds to people who read the bit they write about the book on amazon. Look around you right now. Just about the only thing that isn't pointless is you. You look amazing. Join Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, the hosts of BBC1 quiz show Pointless as they take you on a journey through The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World. Filled with play-along quiz questions and unlikely facts, their hilarious collection of musings on some of the most pointless things found in everyday modern life is the perfect blend of the obscure, the fascinating and the downright silly.
Publisher: Coronet
ISBN: 1444762060
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 222
Book Description
The world is full of pointless things. From rail replacement bus services to chip forks. From war to windchimes. From people who put cushions on beds to people who read the bit they write about the book on amazon. Look around you right now. Just about the only thing that isn't pointless is you. You look amazing. Join Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman, the hosts of BBC1 quiz show Pointless as they take you on a journey through The 100 Most Pointless Things in the World. Filled with play-along quiz questions and unlikely facts, their hilarious collection of musings on some of the most pointless things found in everyday modern life is the perfect blend of the obscure, the fascinating and the downright silly.
The Passage
Author: Maria K
Publisher: TSK Group LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Two continents, divided. Two lands, honoring their heritage to ensure the wellbeing and prosperity of their people. One tradition to keep them all going.
Publisher: TSK Group LLC
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 12
Book Description
Two continents, divided. Two lands, honoring their heritage to ensure the wellbeing and prosperity of their people. One tradition to keep them all going.
Statehouse and Greenhouse
Author: Barry G. Rabe
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815796358
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
No environmental issue triggers such feelings of hopelessness as global climate change. Many areas of the world, including regions of the United States, have experienced a wide range of unusually dramatic weather events recently. Much climate change analysis forecasts horrors of biblical proportions, such as massive floods, habitat loss, species loss, and epidemics related to warmer weather. Such accounts of impending disaster have helped trigger extreme reactions, wherein some observers simply dismiss global climate change as, at the very worst, a minor inconvenience requiring modest adaptation. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that an American federal government known for institutional gridlock has accomplished virtually nothing in this area in the last decade. Policy inertia is not the story of this book, however. Statehouse and Greenhouse examines the surprising evolution of state-level government policies on global climate change. Environmental policy analyst Barry Rabe details a diverse set of innovative cases, offering detailed analysis of state-level policies designed to combat global warming. The book explains why state innovation in global climate change has been relatively vigorous and why it has drawn so little attention thus far. Rabe draws larger potential lessons from this recent flurry of American experience. Statehouse and Greenhouse helps to move debate over global climate change from bombast to the realm of what is politically and technically feasible.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 0815796358
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
No environmental issue triggers such feelings of hopelessness as global climate change. Many areas of the world, including regions of the United States, have experienced a wide range of unusually dramatic weather events recently. Much climate change analysis forecasts horrors of biblical proportions, such as massive floods, habitat loss, species loss, and epidemics related to warmer weather. Such accounts of impending disaster have helped trigger extreme reactions, wherein some observers simply dismiss global climate change as, at the very worst, a minor inconvenience requiring modest adaptation. It is perhaps no surprise, therefore, that an American federal government known for institutional gridlock has accomplished virtually nothing in this area in the last decade. Policy inertia is not the story of this book, however. Statehouse and Greenhouse examines the surprising evolution of state-level government policies on global climate change. Environmental policy analyst Barry Rabe details a diverse set of innovative cases, offering detailed analysis of state-level policies designed to combat global warming. The book explains why state innovation in global climate change has been relatively vigorous and why it has drawn so little attention thus far. Rabe draws larger potential lessons from this recent flurry of American experience. Statehouse and Greenhouse helps to move debate over global climate change from bombast to the realm of what is politically and technically feasible.
Machiavelli in Tumult
Author: Gabriele Pedullà
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107177278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Reconstructs the origins of the idea that social conflict, and not concord, makes political communities powerful.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107177278
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
Reconstructs the origins of the idea that social conflict, and not concord, makes political communities powerful.
My Analogies
Author: Tracy Leon Streeter
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463499132
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
In Jeremiah 18:2, God instructs His prophet to, “Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.” Jeremiah’s obedience to God allowed him to see a potter at work with clay and then hear God tell him how he wishes to be the Potter and that His people be clay in His hands. This book will tell you of some of the most unlikely things and places that God has caused me to hear His word. It is such a blessing to see and hear God in some of the things that we would consider ordinary. But with the voice of God behind it, that which was just ordinary become extraordinary.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1463499132
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
In Jeremiah 18:2, God instructs His prophet to, “Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words.” Jeremiah’s obedience to God allowed him to see a potter at work with clay and then hear God tell him how he wishes to be the Potter and that His people be clay in His hands. This book will tell you of some of the most unlikely things and places that God has caused me to hear His word. It is such a blessing to see and hear God in some of the things that we would consider ordinary. But with the voice of God behind it, that which was just ordinary become extraordinary.
The Legend of Black Thunder
Author: Kaleb Quist
Publisher: Kaleb Quist
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Michelle Rosenchild is a young woman who's grown sick of working in retail. After being betrayed by Corporate America, she turns into a supervillain known as "Black Thunder," who vows to expose the corruption of modern society. Together with her pals Captain Silverware, Deerboy, and Minor Inconvenience Man, they try plotting world domination, only to realize it's incredibly difficult when you're poor and don't know how to build a super death-ray. Instead, they decide to plot a bank robbery, so they can make some quick cash, and maybe buy their own secret supervillain island somewhere. But along the way, Black Thunder gets recruited by a gang of terrorists known as "The Furies," who are hell-bent on tearing down the city's government. Now, Black Thunder is faced with a dire choice: Should she help "The Furies" with their acts of villainy...Or defend the corrupt system she claims to hate? THE LEGEND OF BLACK THUNDER is a black comedy which deconstructs supervillain tropes from throughout comic book history, questioning the idea of what it means to be a villain, and who the true "villains" are in the world today. After all, who should we be more afraid of: Comic book villains, or the people they owe back-taxes to? Read what top critics are saying about The Legend of Black Thunder: “Well, at least it’s better than ‘The Golden Age.’” – everyone “Wait, why is this written like a stage play?” – also everyone “I’m totally going to read it!” – people who read 5 pages and then put it away “It was okay, I guess.” – people who actually read it “Of all the books I’ve ever read, I can definitely say that this was one of them.” – The Rock (Not Dwayne Johnson—literally just a rock.) “Makes for great kindling.” – Kindling Magazine (which also makes for great kindling) “seen.” – The Washington Post ABOUT THE AUTHOR KALEB QUIST is a non-award-winning “author” whose last book, The Golden Age – a story about retired superheroes living together in a nursing home – peaked at 1,354,971 on Amazon’s list of best-selling novels. Kaleb Quist currently resides in Southern Oregon, which is only slightly better than anywhere in California. When he’s not making up words about fake people for monetary gain, he enjoys firing people at places he doesn’t work, driving 5 miles over the speed limit, and screaming obscenities at the local ducks.
Publisher: Kaleb Quist
ISBN:
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Michelle Rosenchild is a young woman who's grown sick of working in retail. After being betrayed by Corporate America, she turns into a supervillain known as "Black Thunder," who vows to expose the corruption of modern society. Together with her pals Captain Silverware, Deerboy, and Minor Inconvenience Man, they try plotting world domination, only to realize it's incredibly difficult when you're poor and don't know how to build a super death-ray. Instead, they decide to plot a bank robbery, so they can make some quick cash, and maybe buy their own secret supervillain island somewhere. But along the way, Black Thunder gets recruited by a gang of terrorists known as "The Furies," who are hell-bent on tearing down the city's government. Now, Black Thunder is faced with a dire choice: Should she help "The Furies" with their acts of villainy...Or defend the corrupt system she claims to hate? THE LEGEND OF BLACK THUNDER is a black comedy which deconstructs supervillain tropes from throughout comic book history, questioning the idea of what it means to be a villain, and who the true "villains" are in the world today. After all, who should we be more afraid of: Comic book villains, or the people they owe back-taxes to? Read what top critics are saying about The Legend of Black Thunder: “Well, at least it’s better than ‘The Golden Age.’” – everyone “Wait, why is this written like a stage play?” – also everyone “I’m totally going to read it!” – people who read 5 pages and then put it away “It was okay, I guess.” – people who actually read it “Of all the books I’ve ever read, I can definitely say that this was one of them.” – The Rock (Not Dwayne Johnson—literally just a rock.) “Makes for great kindling.” – Kindling Magazine (which also makes for great kindling) “seen.” – The Washington Post ABOUT THE AUTHOR KALEB QUIST is a non-award-winning “author” whose last book, The Golden Age – a story about retired superheroes living together in a nursing home – peaked at 1,354,971 on Amazon’s list of best-selling novels. Kaleb Quist currently resides in Southern Oregon, which is only slightly better than anywhere in California. When he’s not making up words about fake people for monetary gain, he enjoys firing people at places he doesn’t work, driving 5 miles over the speed limit, and screaming obscenities at the local ducks.
Points of Origin
Author: Diao Dou
Publisher: Comma Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A letter-writing campaign goes awry when a law is passed that only allows people to walk the streets at night, if they maintain a squatting position at all times... A town is overrun with cockroaches; despite the government’s official expressions of concern, the only person doing anything about it is branded an agitator... A widower is forced to move into the city to live with his son, bringing his cat and his strange country ways with him... Diao Dou’s short stories perform a kind of high-wire literary acrobatics; each one executes an immaculate mid-air transition, from closely observed social realism to surrealist parody, and back again. Covering all aspects of modern Chinese life – from the high-minded morals of an emerging middle class, to the vividly remembered hardships of an all-too-recent collectivist past – these stories offer a very particular window into the contemporary Chinese psyche, and show a culture struggling to keep pace with the extraordinary transformations that have befallen it in the space of a single lifetime. Diao Dou is wildly regarded as one of China’s leading satirists, praised for his refusal to follow any of the numerous literary trends that often dominate the Chinese literary scene. www.commapress.co.uk/books/points-of-origin
Publisher: Comma Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 233
Book Description
A letter-writing campaign goes awry when a law is passed that only allows people to walk the streets at night, if they maintain a squatting position at all times... A town is overrun with cockroaches; despite the government’s official expressions of concern, the only person doing anything about it is branded an agitator... A widower is forced to move into the city to live with his son, bringing his cat and his strange country ways with him... Diao Dou’s short stories perform a kind of high-wire literary acrobatics; each one executes an immaculate mid-air transition, from closely observed social realism to surrealist parody, and back again. Covering all aspects of modern Chinese life – from the high-minded morals of an emerging middle class, to the vividly remembered hardships of an all-too-recent collectivist past – these stories offer a very particular window into the contemporary Chinese psyche, and show a culture struggling to keep pace with the extraordinary transformations that have befallen it in the space of a single lifetime. Diao Dou is wildly regarded as one of China’s leading satirists, praised for his refusal to follow any of the numerous literary trends that often dominate the Chinese literary scene. www.commapress.co.uk/books/points-of-origin