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From the New York Times bestselling author of Misquoting Jesus comes a surprising history of Jesus’ most radical commandment, tracing how this extraordinary duty to love even those who are strangers to us has shaped our world and our lives. From the earliest of times up through Greek and Roman...

ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist—Christian Living WORLD Magazine Book of the Year Short List—Science Discover this adapted edition of two bestselling books! The human body holds endlessly fascinating secrets. The resilience of skin, the strength and structure of the bones, the dynamic...

Witness extraordinary true accounts of God at work across the globe. Reignite your faith in the power of the gospel through remarkable stories of God’s work in the global church. Discover how the church that Jesus started over 2,000 years ago continues today: around the world, in your church...

NEW RELEASE ~ WITH FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS! Why did 701 of 12,618 investigated sightings end up closed with no answer ever attached to them? Every fact drawn from academic research and documented institutional data. This True Verified Facts book collects 400+ answers pulled from archives, inquiry reports and unsealed files. It is built to educate, entertain, and hand you the kind of detail that ends an argument at the dinner table. Inside This Book: Which classified program the wreckage at Roswell was finally traced to Why a spy plane flying above 60,000 feet turned ordinary airline pilots ...

Yes, angels are real. They are not the product of your imagination. “If we had open spiritual eyes we would see not only a world filled with evil spirits and powers—but also powerful angels with drawn swords, set for our defense.” —Billy Graham God's invisible hosts are better organized...

This program features an introduction read by the author. “I am an eighties baby who grew to hate school. I never fully understood why. Until now. Until Bettina Love unapologetically and painstakingly chronicled the last forty years of education ‘reform’ in this landmark book. I hated...

About the Book: This book is written for tennis professionals and for those who might want to enter the field of tennis teaching and become a professional instructor or coach. Parents who want the best available instruction for their children will find this book essential for selecting the right instructor to help their child fulfill their tennis dreams and to enjoy this great game of tennis for a lifetime. If you are currently a tennis pro and not a member of a professional organization, I strongly recommend that you join either the United States Professional Tennis Association (USPTA) or ...

The apostles are gone. The persecution is starting. The false teachers are already inside the church. And the people holding onto this faith are simply, humanly, running out of steam. That's not a modern church problem. It's the exact situation five New Testament writers were staring at when they picked up a pen — James, Peter, Jude, and the anonymous author of Hebrews — and none of them offered their readers a technique for coping. They offered a Person. James, Peter, Jude, and Hebrews Unguarded walks through all five letters exactly as they were written — without smoothing over the ...

In a moving example of unconditional love in dif­ficult times, Gregory Boyle, the Jesuit priest and New York Times bestselling author of Tattoos on the Heart and Cherished Belonging, shares what working with gang members in Los Angeles has taught him about faith, compassion, and the enduring...

Beyond the Bell is the complete, practical guide for teachers who have decided — or are seriously considering — that it's time to build a life outside the classroom. Drawing on real labor-market data, seven proven career pathways, and honest, step-by-step guidance, this book helps you tell the difference between a school that's broken and a profession that no longer fits, translate your classroom experience into language hiring managers understand, and build a financial and practical bridge to your next chapter — without guesswork, without guilt, and without starting from zero. Inside...

The words of Jesus—red letter words—are the most important and life changing ever spoken. Discover the things Jesus thought were most important. What He says about how to live. His relationship with God and the Holy Spirit. And His overwhelming love for you. More than 115 passages from the...

A riveting investigation into a school, a scam, and a notorious college admissions scandal that exposes the inequalities and racial segregation of American education, from two award-winning New York Times journalists T.M. Landry College Prep, a small private school in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana...

NEW RELEASE ~ WITH PHOTOGRAPHS THROUGHOUT Why did a thirty-foot tyrannosaur turn out to be covered head to tail in feathers, overturning everything we pictured about dinosaurs? Every fact sourced from peer-reviewed academic research and official scientific records. This True Verified Facts book delivers 300+ astonishing facts spanning four and a half billion years of life on Earth, written to educate, entertain, and arm you with knowledge worth sharing at any table. Inside This Book: Why Earth's earliest super-predator scanned the seas through more than sixteen thousand separate lenses How ...

First time on audio! You Are Here: Keywords for Life Explorers is the magnum opus of our most important living Catholic author, David Steindl-Rast, the beloved Benedictine monk, living mystic, and pioneer of interfaith dialogue. Unlike anything he’s written before, You Are Here offers...

NEW RELEASE ~ WITH FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS The planet closest to the Sun holds ice that never melts, and a moon out by Saturn sprays its ocean into space. Every fact is sourced from peer-reviewed academic research and official scientific records. This True Verified Facts book delivers 400+ sourced facts about the worlds circling our star, written to teach you something real, keep you turning pages, and hand you knowledge worth repeating out loud. Inside This Book: Why Saturn's north pole is wrapped in a six-sided jet stream nothing else in the system resembles What the first visitor from ...

It's fun to teach your dog new tricks. This book shows you step by step how to teach your dog to perform on command. Your friends will be amazed at how smart your dog is!

Reiki master and best-selling author Diane Stein has been a dedicated hands-on healer since 1988. Stein believes strongly that this powerful healing art, once a closely guarded secret tradition, should be accessible and available to all. Since she began teaching in 1990, Stein has initiated...

NEW RELEASE ~ WITH FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS! North America invented the horse and then lost it. What brought it back after ten thousand years? Every fact is sourced from peer-reviewed academic research and official scientific records. This True Verified Facts book delivers 250+ documented facts about the giants that once made North America richer in big animals than the Serengeti is today, written to educate, entertain, and arm you with knowledge worth repeating. Inside This Book: Why the saber-toothed cat's bite was only about a third as strong as a lion's The bird that soared over Ice Age ...

In the fast-paced world of instant messaging and television without commercials we have forgotten the value of waiting. We don't know that there is a value in waiting. In doing nothing. Being still. But I believe it is the only way to truly know who God is. I need to know him. I need a reason to get up in the morning. I am on a quest, but I don't want to go alone. Will you come with me?

NEW RELEASE ~ WITH FULL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS! A Komodo dragon that had never met a male laid twenty-five eggs, and eleven of them were fertile. How is that possible? Peer-reviewed scientific journals and official records back up every fact. This True Verified Facts book delivers 300+ documented facts about snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and the strangest reptile alive, written to educate, entertain, and arm you with knowledge worth repeating at any table. Inside This Book: The lizard whose venom led scientists to a modern diabetes medicine Why the sex of a hatchling is not decided when ...