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Scratch beneath the surface of a coffee bean, a red pepper flake, a poppy seed, a mold spore, a foxglove leaf, a magic-mushroom cap, a marijuana bud, or an apple seed, and we find a bevy of strange chemicals. We use these to greet our days (caffeine), titillate our tongues (capsaicin), recover from surgery (opioids), cure infections (penicillin), mend our hearts (digoxin), bend our minds (psilocybin), calm our nerves (CBD), and even kill our enemies (cyanide). But why do plants and fungi produce such chemicals? And how did we come to use and abuse some of them?

Drawing on decades of teaching and mission experience, leading missiologist Darrell Whiteman helps people in cross-cultural ministry learn how to explore and understand their social, cultural, and religious context so they can more effectively witness to people in cultures different from their own.

'A ghost story and a police procedural all rolled into one with bags of tension… I couldn't read it in the dark!' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'A stunning Halloween read' Reader review ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I finished it in the early hours as I needed to find out what happened!' Reader review...

The stunning second book in the Annie Graham crime thriller series * * * * Six months on from the case that changed everything, police officer Annie Graham is not looking to stir up more shadows of the past. She’s still haunted by the crimes she’s witnessed, and she’s found a new role...

Civil war between demons and angels lies just on the horizon. Justice Alezair Czynri, newest recruit of the Purgatorial Jury, is thrown into a world of murder, exploitation, mind-altering substances and bureaucratic red-tape as he and his court attempt to diffuse escalating conflicts. And beneath the turbulent surface, things are very wrong. Ever since his induction into the Celestial Court, Alezair has been treated with disdain by the Justice Commander, Leid Koseling.

The thrilling fourth book in the Annie Graham crime thriller series A serial killer on the loose. A mystery that must be solved before time runs out. Elderly Martha Beckett is a prisoner in her own home, and has been ever since her older brother disappeared at just nine years old. * * * * Six...

Fighting for Your Character distils some of the life lessons that can be gleaned from training in the art of jiu-jitsu. We have organized the materials around the belt colors that are earned as one advances through their training from white to blue to purple, to brown and then black. Each belt level presents its own physical, intellectual, and emotional challenges. You will examine those challenges through a process of self-guided reflections. We hope these thoughts will inspire you to embrace this inner journey and to adopt the mindset of a warrior fighting for your character.

The edge-of-your-seat fifth book in the Annie Graham crime thriller series * * * * Don’t go into the woods. Because you’re in for a big surprise… Annie Ashworth is currently off duty. With her baby bump growing fast, she is under strict instructions to stay away from police work and look...

Annie Graham has fought her demons, and is ready to leave them behind. Her new cottage seems like the new start she’s craved: quiet and quaint, it’s empty of the memories which have haunted her for so long. But before long, the ghosts of a forgotten tragedy stir within Annie’s new home. Someone – or something – is coming for her. And this time, she might not get the chance to run…

The final book in the Annie Graham series will leave you racing to the finish! * * * * Annie Ashworth is on maternity leave from her police job, enjoying spending time with baby Alfie. Her days at home might lack excitement, but after all of the horrific crimes she’s witnessed, that’s fine...

Worried about bladder leaks? Have you ever had a good laugh and wet your underwear? Or maybe you accidentally leaked a few drops while coughing or sneezing. Urinary leakage is common, but it can cause anxiety, embarrassment, and social isolation. Your doctor may have told you to try Kegels only for them not to work, and now you may be wondering if your leakage can be helped. The answer is yes it can!

The United States is trapped in the third year of a brutal civil war. Once-great cities now lie in ruins, reduced to radioactive wastelands. As the Red Faction hatches a ruthless plan to end the war on its terms, the world can no longer stand by. To defend freedom and restore order, the CANZUK alliance—Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom —must act. As war approaches, in the North, an untested deputy prime minister faces shadowy international forces threatening her nation’s survival, while in the divided South, a desperate president is willing to gamble everything ...

Sanctum is lost. The angels have won. Regent Qaira Eltruan is cornered. Surrender or stand to lose everything - everything being Advisor Leid Koseling and his sanity. As his people await news of their fate, the Court of Enigmus circles Sanctum, ready to deal swift punishment for Leid's contract breach. All fronts look bleak, and now there's much more at stake than Qaira's world. Except Qaira isn't willing to hand Leid over, nor is surrender part of his vocabulary.

Virgil Jones is in for the fight of his life. In recovery after being kidnapped and nearly tortured to death on his previous case, he is addicted to prescription pain killers, his life is spinning out of control and the governor has just fired him from his position as lead detective of the Indiana State Police Major Crimes Unit.

The Celestial War is past. The Court of Enigmus has been under new management for half a century. Leid Koseling awakens to find she can see things that her subjects can't. As the Court of Enigmus tries to identify exactly what their Queen has become, a deadly mistake sets the stage for a new discovery: there is much more to Exo'daius than they realized. And with that discovery brings a new threat, set to wipe the Vel'Haru off the face of the Exodian map.

As lead investigator of the Indiana State Police Major Crimes Unit, Detective Virgil Jones tackles only the toughest cases in the state, and the one he faces this time has the city of Indianapolis on edge, near the brink of panic. A team of serial snipers are on the loose. Their killing ground is the city. Their victims are chosen at random. Or are they? With no witnesses and very little evidence, it's up to Virgil Jones and his team to find out who is behind the on-going massacre and stop them once and for all...if they can.

The Quantum Wayfarers are under attack. Their gates have been blown wide open, and a rift in the multiversal space-time continuum is now expanding on a lonely research planet within the cosmic boundaries of TriColony Sigma. The Court of Enigmus is subsequently called to arms, equipped only with Zira’s warnings of the ‘other-place’ and all the dangers it contains. He and Qaira are assigned to cross the rift, find out what has caused it, and amend its expansion.

Laith knows what loss feels like. She knows it in her bones, and in the way her minder, Akani, looks at her whenever Laith's attention is diverted. She knows it in the way that her father dies a slow, painful death as he succumbs to the wrath of a plague that has ravished the Evgans, her people, for centuries. She knows it in the loneliness and isolation of having nothing to attain except title of Queen of the Svissan Isles. And then her world ends.

The Court of Enigmus has abandoned their post and gone into hiding on an icy post-apocalyptic world, working desperately to find a way to defend themselves against the Framers and keep Leid out of Sarine's warpath. Concurrently, Qaira must face his tainted past before his waning conscience and crumbling mental health make him a liability. Regalis Sarine-376 has a new partner, Inspector Dracian-786. His expertise offers hope that finding the Vel'Haru responsible for her companions' deaths is within reach.

The Argent Forces have been crippled. Two Vel’Haru are dead. Calenus Karim, Exodian Silver King, is no longer willing to stand by and let the war continue. And in the middle of this all, Yahweh is forced to deal with the death of his brother and his permanent placement as Leid’s newest guardian. The carrion crows are circling Qaira and Leid once more, their wings beating to the countdown of the doomsday clock that permanently looms over the Jury’s heads.