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"Have you considered My servant Job?" Those are the words spoken by the Lord to the Accuser. They were spoken with Divine confidence. God knew the character of Job, and knew that he would not forsake his Maker, even in the midst of unimaginable persecution. From a study of Job's inspired book, the Bible student can learn about evil and suffering, about the character of godly people, about the futility of human reasoning, and about the blessed assurance we can have in the midst of trials. God is not dead, nor does He sleep: Wrong shall fail. Right shall prevail. The Lord is in control. Trust...

In 1997, creator Joss Whedon revisited a screenplay that had previously been adapted into a relatively forgotten horror-comedy film: Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Dissatisfied with how the film turned out, Whedon developed his own version of the story as an allegory for the "horrors" of growing up. For seven years, Buffy and her friends (the Scoobies) battled demons, both of the metaphorical and literal kind and, along the way, took part in a series that defines the term "cult classic."

Fifty years after the moon landings, the commercialization of space travel is finally here, but do we still know how to dream? Final Frontier recalls the heady thrill of the Apollo era and glimpses wonders yet to come. Inside, find a dozen uplifting stories of humor, tragedy, sacrifice and good old fashioned cussedness by today's award-winning authors - plus a healthy dose of optimism. All that, plus a forward by a NASA astronaut and a piece by Spider Robinson, inspired by Robert Heinlein. The Final Frontier is open for business!

Hard-hearted miser, Ebenezer Scrooge, is haunted by a litany of terrifying apparitions, each bent on redeeming the old man's soul before Christmas Day is come. Charles Dickens' seminal holiday masterpiece has delighted readers for generations, but over the years many of its words and phrases have become antiquated to modern readers. The text in this edition has been altered slightly to accommodate those who might not be familiar with some of the original author's mid-19th-century terminology. In addition are fifteen new illustrations to accompany the timeless tale. The original, unaltered ...

The writings of the wisdom literature books are varied. They are linked only in terms of their common author, but even that is not always a given. Still, most of the writings of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon are penned by the wise King of Israel, and from his words, we learn much. The Book of Proverbs imparts practical wisdom that still enlightens us today, despite being thousands of years removed from their original writing. Ecclesiastes offers tremendous insight into the human experience, and reminds us that all the pursuits of this world, if they are lived without God at ...

The Kingdom of Jesus came with power. It spread from Jerusalem, throughout Judea, to Samaria, and even reached the hearts of Gentile believers. The ministries of Peter and Paul take center stages, as the Gospel spreads throughout the world, from the holy city where Jesus died and rose, to the capital of the Empire, Rome itself. Journey back to the first century, to the beginning days of the church of Jesus, as a movement of twelve believers becomes a Kingdom of thousands, turning the world upside-down in the process!

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The wind has been stolen. As the Kingdom of Yumea endures the terrible curse, a shocking coup brings turmoil to the land. With the castle on fire, the only prince still alive is secretly carried away to Humao, the Isle of the Dishonored, to be trained by the King's last living loyalist. He is their final hope, but before he is ready to claim the throne that was stolen from him, he must earn the respect of the people he hopes to lead. If he does not, the Kingdom will fall, and he will go down in history as the LAST SON OF YUMEA!

In the mid-20th century, a routine mission to the moon resulted in an unmanned rocket missing its mark and tumbling toward the sun. The rocket was presumed lost. Life went on. A century later, the rocket came back. Believed at first to be a piece of space debris, it was soon confirmed to match the description of the ship from the long-lost moon mission. It looks like our rocket, it feels like our rocket, but it is not our rocket. What is it? How did it get here? Who sent it? And why... Debris is a science-fiction story full of mystery, adventure, and contemplation on the human condition and...

In 1912, an obsessed scientist, searching for a away to cure aging, accidentally develops a serum that turns the living into the undead. On the run from a zealous private inspector, the scientist and his poor assistant book passage on the first ship out of England. Meanwhile, the heiress to a peanut butter empire is wooed by a shady socialite, claiming to be an extended member of the Royal Family. An American wedding is decided and the would-be bride and groom, along with a meddling step-aunt, book passage on the first ship out of England. The fates of both parties, and many more, cross ...

A series of shocking deaths forces a Connecticut father and son back to their hometown in rural Louisiana. While investigators unravel the reason behind the killings, long-buried remnants of a traumatic childhood come back to life. Buried Deep is a slow-burn horror that explores the dangers of dark family secrets, and the demons that can latch onto them...

THE DAUGHTER OF HACHIMAN is a story set on the dishonored island of Humao, long after the events of the first book in the Dishonored Anthology. When a cruel Governor goes too far to root out troublemakers, he stirs up a rebellion led by a thrill-seeking, mischievous hero. This story is a tale of two halves, the first of which is adventurous and light-hearted, and the second is full of heartbreak, revenge, and the ugliness of war.

Inspired by the Count of Monte Cristo, El Dorado tells the story of a southern American falsely accused, wrongfully convicted, and harshly imprisoned. An oil discovery in Confederate Arkansas promised to make Edward Danvers one of the wealthiest men in the South. Instead, he is framed for treason, arrested, and after a sham of a trial, is sentenced to die in a Confederate Prison in Virginia. In prison, Edward meets a man named Abe Farrow, an elderly veteran of the War of 1812, who knows of a city filled with riches, hidden deep within the Andes Mountains of Colombia. Too old to escape and ...

Frustrated with teaching and seeking a life of adventure, Albert Einstein builds a time machine intending to visit the 19th century and trade places with his natural doppelganger, Mark Twain. Unbeknownst to him, Nazi scientists have secretly been developing their own time travel plans with ambitions to conquer the world two generations earlier using an army of reanimated corpses from the first World War! It's up to the world's greatest scientist to save history, but he's going to need help from a cantankerous writer to do it... This is part three in the Farcical Zombie Trilogy. This is A ...

The final book in the Chumpty Dumpty trilogy begins with a scandalous kidnapping, continues with an innocent (egg)man being framed, and ends with an epic battle between fire magic, ice magic, armies of soldiers, escaped prisoners, and more! The Impossible Quest is what Chumpty is faced with, as he and his friends Art and Betty plunge into the dreaded "Curse'd Woods," where a person's worst fears come to life.Adventure, friendship, comedy, thrills, scares, and more await in the exciting conclusion to the Chumpty Dumpty fairy tale series!

The town of Helena, Nevada had once been a booming site for gold rushers looking to rest on their way to the Pacific Coast. That was fifty years ago, however, and now Helena is a town on its last legs. No one visits, no one settles, and no one shops, despite the train station and tracks that run right through the heart of their community. Everything changes, however, when out of work Broadway actor Wendell Lodge visits, looking to start a new life. Recruited to bring a little excitement to their sleepy village, Lodge brings a taste of the theatrical to Helena, marketing it to travelers as ...

"You ought to know by now that every town has its secrets. There are three kinds of people: Those who make the secrets, those who keep the secrets, and those who die trying to leak the secrets. There's a secret in that old house. Don't ask me what the secret is. It might be something simple. It might be something truly horrifying. That's for you to figure out..." Arnold Gillespie moves his family back to his childhood home, a place of repressed memories and unresolved trauma. They are not alone. Arnold denies it. His son, Teddy, suspects it. And a semi-retired police officer with ties to ...

Now you're a Christian. You've given your life to Christ. Naturally, you have questions. "What have I done?" is a big one. "How do I be a Disciple?" is common. "What if I sin?" is one we all must consider. "How do I study the Bible?" is important to ask. Becoming a Christian is not the end, but the beginning. You have questions (a lot of them). That's okay. The Bible has the answers. Let's talk about it...

This verse-by-verse study of GENESIS takes the reader on a journey spanning over two-thousand years of human history. Man's beginnings in the garden, his first exposure to temptation and sin, the flood of Noah, the call of Abraham, the offering of Isaac, the trials and tribulations of Jacob, and the faithfulness of Joseph, and so much more is brought to life in this study. Fundemental questions that people have asked for ages are answered here: Are we alone? Why are we here? Do we matter? Genesis has the answers, and they point us to the Maker and Master of everything, the One who formed us...

The epic fantasy story begins with a sword in a stone, waiting for its rightful wielder to claim it. While a new Kingdom blossoms in France, an aggressive King, bitter over a secret in his past, campaigns across Europe, determined to see the world to submit to his rule. Two Knights hold his ear, one who swears by a code of valor and another who lives only for bloodshed. Politics, ambition, betrayal and more fill the pages of the first book in the six-part KINGDOM OF ARTHUR series...