Critical Lives

The Critical Journey, at its core, is a description of the spiritual journey: our response to our faith in God with the resulting changes that follow. In this book, authors Janet O. Hagberg and Robert A. Guelich address the following issues: the struggle to find meaning and wholeness, the crisis of values and identity at mid-life, the quest for self-actualization, the healing of early religious experiences, and questions about the spiritual journey. Their goal is to help us understand where we are on our individual faith journeys and also appreciate where others are in theirs.

Critical Thinking for Work & Everyday Life Sharpen your thinking. Spot misinformation. Make smarter choices—faster. Do you ever feel overwhelmed by conflicting information? Struggle to know what’s true, or second-guess your decisions at work, online, or at home? You’re not alone. In today’s world, most people are never taught how to think critically. This book makes it simple. Critical Thinking for Work & Everyday Life gives you clear, practical tools to cut through confusion and build lifelong skills you’ll actually use. Inside, you’ll discover how to: Spot fake news, myths, ...

Share the innermost feelings of emergency services workers as they encounter trauma, tragedy, redemption, and even a little humor. This audiobook details a progression from innocence to enlightened caregiver to burnout, glimpsing into each stage personally and professionally.

In Critical Connections, renowned sociologist and author Dr. Tracy Brower delivers inspiration and pragmatic new insights on community and connection that you can use in your own life to build belonging, find and make friends, and create a happier life. The author explains how you can avoid bad friendships, reconnect with old friends, deepen existing friendships, and start a new friend group.

*With a foreword from Tim Keller* A bold vision for Christians who want to engage the world in a way that is biblically faithful and culturally sensitive. In Biblical Critical Theory, Christopher Watkin shows how the Bible and its unfolding story help us make sense of modern life and culture...

What happens when life hangs in the balance at 150 mph — and you're the only one who can save it? Operation Flight Nurse: Real-Life Medical Emergencies takes you inside the cockpit and the chaos of critical care transport. Written by David M. Kaniecki, DNP, APRN-CNP — a flight nurse practitioner with over 20 years of experience in emergency and critical care — this gripping collection of true stories reveals the life-or-death decisions that define flight nursing. Each chapter unfolds a real emergency: a massive heart attack mid-flight, a stroke racing against the clock, a trauma ...

In a world overloaded with information, emotions, and conflicting opinions, clear thinking isn’t just useful—it’s essential. Critical Thinking: The Thought Upgrade gives you a simple, practical roadmap to sharpen your reasoning, analyze arguments with confidence, and make better decisions in everyday life. Designed for busy readers, this book breaks complex skills into easy steps you can apply immediately. You’ll learn how to spot logical fallacies, evaluate sources, avoid common cognitive biases, stay objective in heated situations, and cut through misinformation—especially ...

The Daily Lesson is not your average self-help book. It's a collection of thoughts and reflections that challenge you to look at life differently. With a touch of philosophy, each essay explores topics we often think about but rarely talk about. From dealing with the loss of our parents to understanding love's complex nature, this book gets to the heart of what it means to be human. These essays are straightforward and speak to modern-day experiences, bringing a fresh perspective to familiar feelings. Whether you've seen some of these ideas before or they're completely new to you, each will...

Chip and Dan Heath, the bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick, tackle one of the most critical topics in our work and personal lives: how to make better decisions. 　 Research in psychology has revealed that our decisions are disrupted by an array of biases and irrationalities...

Fooled by Randomness is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don’t understand. The other books in the series are The Black Swan, Antifragile...

If you were raised by a narcissistic mother and are struggling with the lingering effects of a toxic upbringing, this is the road map you need to heal the past and thrive in the present and future.

This compelling #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America—and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives. Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that...

There was a day when things started feeling… off. Not broken. Not dramatic. Just confusing in a way that made everyone slightly more tired than usual. Rules stopped making sense. People talked without listening. Problems grew bigger than they needed to be. And everyone seemed to be in a hurry—without knowing why. That was the day Calvin started noticing. With the quiet help of his beagle, Pudge, Calvin began to see something strange happening all around him: common sense hadn’t disappeared—it had simply been ignored. This story isn’t about fixing the world. It’s about noticing ...

What if you could reinvent the way you think–and build the life you know you're capable of? You’re trying to move forward–but something seems to be holding you back. You feel like you are missing a key piece of information that, once discovered, will allow you to get on the right track. The pressure to figure it all out keeps building. What you need is a way to think that brings momentum, not more confusion.

OUTSMART CHAOS. TEACH YOUR CHILD TO THINK LIKE A PROBLEM-SOLVER. Have you ever watched your child carefully plan something… only for everything to go wrong at the worst possible moment? The homework disappears the morning it’s due. The science project breaks right before the presentation. The tablet dies exactly when the battery hits 1%. Moments like these can feel frustrating for kids — but they’re also powerful opportunities to learn how the world really works. Engineers and scientists have a name for this pattern: Murphy’s Law. Murphy’s Law isn’t about bad luck. It’s ...

The Zondervan Biblical and Theological Lectures series provides a unique audio learning experience. Unlike a traditional audiobook's direct narration of a book's text, Biblical Critical Theory Audio Lectures, Part 1 includes high-quality live recordings of college-level lectures that cover the...

Three novels. Three sisters. One revolution in English fiction. This edition contains: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë — The governess who refused silence Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë — The love story that dismantled every rule of the novel Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë — The unflinching witness to what power does to the powerless Plus a 15,000-word critical afterword by Henry Bugalho — "The Brontë Sisters: Life, Literature, and Legacy" Before they were literary icons, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne Brontë were three women writing at the same table in a parsonage on the edge of the ...

The New York Times bestselling authors of Switch and Made to Stick explore why certain brief experiences can jolt us and elevate us and change us—and how we can learn to create such extraordinary moments in our life and work. While human lives are endlessly variable, our most memorable...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the remarkable man whose life inspired the heartstopping film, ‘I Swear’, a book that offers extraordinary insight into what it’s like to live with a severe form of Tourette’s Syndrome: a fascinating, complex condition that’s more common than most of us...

Should we believe in God? In this brisk introduction to modern atheism, one of the world’s greatest science writers tells us why we shouldn’t. Richard Dawkins was fifteen when he stopped believing in God. Deeply impressed by the beauty and complexity of living things, he’d felt certain...