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He was saved at age 6. His father was a deacon and evangelism director. His mother, a Christian schoolteacher. Jon went to church 3 times a week and attended a Christian middle school and graduated from a Southern Baptist college. In college, despite receiving an A the following semester, was asked to step down from the debate team for being “too antagonistic". At 24, he fell away from his faith. By age 32, Jon D. Webster had authored more atheist books than Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens combined. His 7 books, Nothing Sacred: An Atheist Quote-A-Day Calendar Blasphemy: Atheist ...

I failed English in high school. I failed English in college. I failed one writing class so many times, it disqualified me from completing my major. After graduating with a degree in Theatre, my mother and step-father each wrote a book and became authors. The way I saw it, if they could, I could too. Today, at the age of 33, I have authored 6 paperbacks (one of which I sold the rights to a multi-millionaire business coach) and over a dozen Kindle e-books (one of which became a #1 best-seller on Amazon in its category in new releases). I have been invited to speak at conferences, appeared on...

Welcome to The B2B CMO Podcast, a show for marketing executives who are redefining what it means to be a strategic leader. Join Jon Miller and Sydney Sloan every week as they talk with the very best CMOs who are navigating the modern marketing playbook and positioning themselves as strategic leaders. Each episode, we unpack what it really takes to lead through complexity, earn trust at the strategy table, and shape the future of growth. We’re building the community, research, and frameworks CMOs need to reclaim their strategic role and drive sustainable growth. For more marketing leadership ...

One hundred and twenty years ago, Mark Twain left Huckleberry Finn’s father dead in a room crowded with oddities: a wooden leg, women’s underclothing, two black cloth masks, and more. Now, in a resonant and remarkable new novel, Jon Clinch tells the story of how the brutal and explosive Finn met his end in a room jammed with the telltale artifacts of his strange and mysterious life.

Ezra Kowalski never wanted houseguests, much less a mood-sensing plant that changes color when people get emotional. But now that Nora’s garden plot is home to a rare specimen of stellaria, Ezra’s quiet homestead has become a magnet for scientists, reporters, and tourists with feelings—and worse, opinions. Ezra can handle the odd visitor. Barely. But when a shiny corporate rep shows up with plans to turn his property into a full-blown attraction, Ezra starts to wonder if it’s time to post a “Go Away” sign… in thirty-six languages. All he wanted was cucumbers. Now he’s got a ...

The science is real. The math is remorseless. The choices are impossible. When Federation inspectors walk through a children's hospital on the colony world of Verlaine and frown at the survival rates, Deputy Health Minister Jean-Marc Bergeron knows what's coming. The numbers are too positive. Too many children are surviving to adulthood. And the Human Genome Mandate, the iron law that has governed humanity's expansion across the stars for four centuries, demands change. The Federation’s demand: raise Verlaine's mortality rate from 2 percent to 15 percent. Let two and a half million people...

After years apart, a group of estranged friends gather at a secluded cabin in the woods for a reunion party. Their celebration is interrupted when Chase Bowen—a mysterious, handsome young man—shows up at their door, wet, cold and stranded. Despite some reluctance amongst the guests, the visitor is invited into the cabin to wait for a mechanic.

The official Bramnick guide to interpersonal skills. The author is a politician, comedian, and trial lawyer.

The story of the music that accompanies the cinematic adventures of Ian Fleming's intrepid Agent 007 is one of surprising real-life drama. In The Music of James Bond, author Jon Burlingame throws open studio and courtroom doors alike to reveal the full and extraordinary history of the sounds of James Bond, spicing the story with a wealth of fascinating and previously undisclosed tales.

The Coffee Bean is an inspiring tale that follows Abe, a young man filled with stress and fear as he faces challenges and pressure at school and home. One day after class, his teacher shares with him the life-changing lesson of the coffee bean, and this powerful message changes the way he thinks, acts, and sees the world. Abe discovers that instead of letting his environment change him for the worse, he can transform any environment he is in for the better.

"The Committee" has masterminded a fiendish, far-reaching plot rooted in the highest corridors of power. Code name: Tantalus. Tantalus - all the more daring because it is so obvious - strikes at the very lifeline of humanity. Its aim is enormous, horrible, and unknown even to the superpowers. Only one man, Christopher Locke, an unsuccessful college professor, can expose the trail that begins with the brutal execution of every person in an obscure South American town. But even as Locke navigates the labyrinth leading to The Committee and Tantalus, The Committee is hunting him down.

Neglected by his wife and haunted by his past, Scoot McDonald, a taxi driver, succumbs to his sex addiction and visits a brothel. He awakens the next morning in his taxi in an abandoned multistory parking garage, aching all over and bleeding internally. He tries to bury and forget his secrets, but he soon finds himself blackmailed into working for Vincent Luciano, the leader of a local crime syndicate. He refuses at first, but the truth concerning his night at the brothel turns out to be much more sinister than he had imagined...

In this highly entertaining and insightful memoir, one of television’s most respected broadcasters interweaves the story of his life and career with lively firsthand tales of some of the most thrilling events and fascinating figures in modern sports. No sportscaster has covered more major...

A space shuttle is destroyed during flight, and the CIA recalls disgraced agent Blaine McCracken to uncover the people responsible. A space shuttle disappears during a routine repair mission, 180 miles above Earth’s surface. An intelligence operative with a dark secret is murdered, his car set ablaze, while he is in the middle of fulfilling a depraved fantasy. And a reporter receives a message from a dying man that suggests the organization responsible may be one of the world’s most prestigious corporations. The government knows just one man who can untangle this mystery: a throwaway on the deactivated list. Exiled to a desk job in Paris for stepping on the wrong toes, Blaine McCracken is a killer—a ruthless pursuer of truth who will let no one, friend or enemy, stand in his way when civilian lives are in danger. McCracken gets results, and his country needs him now more than ever.

Ex-fighter pilot Cowboy, "hardwired" via skull sockets directly to his lethal electronic hardware, teams up with Sarah, an equally cyborized gun-for-hire, to make a last stab at independence from the rapacious Orbitals.

Two pioneers in integrative mind-body medicine guide you through a series of three meditation practices for optimum health, focusing on the breath, the body, and the emotions. It's an excellent way to experience the proven health and stress-reduction benefits of meditation, even if you've never...

Do the words "end times" grip you with fear, anxiety, or a sense of helplessness? Perhaps you've resigned, thinking the world's descending into chaos and there’s nothing you can do about it. This isn't the time to hunker down and wait for divine rescue. Seasoned ministers and intercessory watchmen Jon and Jolene Hamill invite you to break free from defeatism and step into your God-ordained assignment. Now is the time to rise up, pray, and partner with Heaven to shift the atmosphere and bring divine intervention.

If it can happen in show business, it’s happened to Jon Cryer. Now he’s opening up for the first time and sharing his behind-the-scenes stories in a warmly endearing, sharply observed, and frankly funny look at life in Hollywood. In 1986, Jon Cryer won over America as Molly Ringwald’s...

In Difficult Conversations Don't Have to be Difficult, bestselling author Jon Gordon and veteran human resources professional and executive coach Amy P. Kelly deliver an inspiring new take on how to make tough workplace conversations an asset in building a stronger team and organization. The book, written as a business fable, follows Ruth, the CEO of a successful multinational company who has been instructed by her board to prepare her company for sale.

Discover the definitive biography of Yogi Berra, the New York Yankees icon, winner of 10 World Series championships, and the most-quoted player in baseball history. Lawrence "Yogi" Berra was never supposed to become a major league ballplayer. That's what his immigrant father told him. That's...