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『栄光の示現』は、スペンサーが著者ジョン・ポンティアスに語った驚嘆すべき臨死体験と、その後見た示現の物語です。失われた十部族の帰還や14万4,000人による選民の集合、新エルサレムの建設、福千年後に地球が日の栄えの状態に変えられることなどについての驚くべき示現を、スペンサーが初めて語ります。長年聖典の中に預言されていても、

Am Anfang war die Ruhe Was wäre, wenn die Ruhe zuerst da war – und der Mensch erst später kam? Mit feinem Humor, scharfem Blick und einer guten Portion Selbstironie begibt sich John Winterfood auf eine außergewöhnliche Reise durch die Welt des Menschen. Zwischen philosophischen Gedanken...

In the heart of a steampunk dystopia is Nirvana, a heaven in the world of Terra Firma. Arlo finds a new purpose after communing with God, an entity known in Nirvana as the Watcher. To serve this deity, he joins up with some old pirate companions on a mission, along with a preacher and friend named Cooper. In bringing back a stolen religious relic, Arlo must act fast, working with his pirate mates and the chosen people of The Book of Souls to save countless lives.

Many business books point to certain values or habits to be practiced and cultivated. But we need more than abstract principles to guide us in the pursuit of good business. More significantly, we need a genuine experience of the dynamic presence of God at work in our work. Businessman and CEO John Beckett calls us to the transformation of the workplace into a place where the kingdom of God is experienced.

Steeple City is set in Cork City, Ireland and is a humorous story of how selfishness and loneliness can consume a family whose mother dies giving birth. We get to see life through the eyes of the main character Fin, a funny, lying, stealing fourteen-year-old bastard who despises his older gay brother and womanising father.

A piercing, inspirational story of love and transformation, The Psalmist follows a recovering alcoholic who, reeling from his mother’s death and his sister’s disappearance, finds unlikely community and unexpected grace while raising his sister's baby. When Mark returns to his hometown in...

One essay (1909) lays out tactics for mountain fighting, focused on British Army experience on the Indian frontier (Afghanistan), penned by a British officer who fought in that conflict, Wilkinson Dent Bird. The other essay (1917) focuses on the British navy in World War I written by an author who specialized in British naval strategy and history, John Leyland. - Summary by david wales

The [15 June 1944] campaign on Saipan…brought many American casualties, and it also heralded the kind of fighting which would be experienced in subsequent operations in the Central and Western Pacific in the days that lay ahead in the Pacific War. Holland Smith declared it “the decisive battle of the Pacific offensive” for it “opened the way to the home islands.” Japanese General Saito had written that “the fate of the Empire will be decided in this one action.” It had truly been a “strategic strike” for the United States. - Summary by John C. Chapin

Built on Solid Rock Podcast is where business, leadership, recruiting, and entrepreneurship come together. Hosted by Shaun Boen and John Chisham, each episode delivers honest conversations, practical insights, and hard-earned lessons on building better businesses, stronger teams, and lasting success. From hiring and leadership to culture, resilience, customer service, and growth, we equip business owners, entrepreneurs, recruiters, and leaders with ideas they can put to work immediately. No corporate fluff. Just real conversations about building businesses and people the right way.

This monograph tells the story of thousands of U.S. Marines who supported Operations Sharp Edge, Assured Response, Quick Response, Noble Obelisk, and Joint Task Force Liberia, the noncombatant evacuation operations in 1990, 1991, 1996, and 2003 from Liberia, in 1996 from the Central African Republic, and in 1997 from Sierra Leone. - Summary by John W. Ripley

The objectives assigned on Bougainville were to seize a substantial beachhead and build airstrips. Then American planes could assure final neutralization of the Japanese airfields at Kahili, Buka, and Bonis airfields at the north and south ends of Bougainville. Facing the invading Marines was a formidable enemy force dispersed on the island. At Buin, for instance, there were 21,800 Japanese. Responsible for the defense was an old adversary, Lieutenant General Haruyoshi Hyakutake, commander of the Seventeenth Army, and the man the Marines had defeated at Guadalcanal. His main force was the 6th ...

By the beginning of 1944, United States Marine forces had already made a dramatic start on the conquest of areas overrun by the Japanese early in World War II. Successful American assaults in the Southwest Pacific, beginning with Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in August 1942, and in the Central Pacific at Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands in November 1943, were crucial campaigns to mark the turn of the Japanese floodtide of conquest. The time had now come to take one more decisive step: assault of the islands held by Japan before 1941. These strategic islands, mandated to the Japanese by the ...

Looking Through the Lens of Hopefulness delivers interesting insights on self-awareness, mental health, and spirituality through in-depth interviews with international authors, performers, educators, and philosophers.

Live Like a Leader Show — Where Great Leaders Master Great Communication L = f (c): Leadership is a function of Communication. Great leadership is a function of great communication. Join leadership communication expert, TEDx speaker, author, and executive coach John Bates, founder of Executive Speaking Success, as he explores the communication, leadership, and life secrets of the world’s top leaders. From NASA astronauts and bestselling authors to Navy SEALs, global executives, entrepreneurs, and Keynote/TED/TEDx speakers — discover the lessons, stories, and strategies that empower them ...

Strength Beyond Muscle is where biblical truth meets the science of human excellence.Hosted by John Sheaffer, creator of Greyskull Barbell and author of books such as The Greyskull LP and STRIP: Lose Fat Find Yourself, the show explores the convergence of practical psychological strategies with the eternal truth in Christ and Scripture. A lifelong student of human performance, Neurolinguistic Programming, and the mechanics of personal change, John has helped others change their bodies, their beliefs, their language, and their lives for more than two decades. Strength Beyond Muscle examines ...

A thorough treatise on different ways people have tried to defraud life insurance companies, with many entertaining examples. The present . . . volume is . . . commended as a trustworthy record to those for whose use and reference it is primarily intended—life insurance companies and agents, medical examiners, insurance lawyers, and medico-legal experts. . . . [It] is not confined to the exposure of the cunning contrivances and artifices of this class of schemers and plotters; it includes picturesque views of detection and punishment; of the determined efforts of the companies, at whatever ...

Stories of World War I warfare, published in 1916 in the midst of the war. (That's why names of persons and units are literally "blanked" out.) Alec John Dawson (1872 - 1951), generally known as A. J. Dawson (pseudonyms Major Dawson, Howard Kerr, Nicholas Freydon) was an English author, traveller and novelist. During World War I he attained the rank of Major, and was awarded the MBE and Croix de Guerre in recognition of his work as a military propagandist, a work the listener may want to keep in mind. (Terminology note: "Boche" means the Germans, singular or plural; "Blighty" means ...

Norie's series of piloting and sailing directions was something of a staple in the chart-room of 19th century British (and other) merchant vessels. The description of landmarks and ports, as well as the rules and regulations provide another viewpoint to an earlier age. Please note that these piloting directions are rather completely out of date. They are given here for purposes of historical interest only, and should not be used for navigation purposes. (Summary by P Hirvonen)

It’s 1851 and the Crystal Palace Exhibition is on in England. English American the Reverend Dr. Choules leaves Newport, Rhode Island with three teenaged students - James Robinson, George Vanderbuilt, and Weld French, who are forced to leave the fourth member of their blue-blooded quartet at home - and all four travelers promise to write to “Dear Charley”, Charles Duston, of later fame. The boys meet the Duke of Wellington, travel down the Rhine, and meet many friends along the way. While the letters are filled with some prejudice against the Catholic religion, they are a product of their...

When Phillip and Margaret Waverton's car skids off the road during a relentless storm, they stumble upon an eerie, isolated house that seems to hide more than just its creaky floors and dark corners. This old mansion is home to the peculiar Femms, whose oddities turn a simple shelter into a night of suspense and revelation. As the storm rages outside, the Wavertons and their spirited friend Roger Penderel quickly realize that they are not merely guests but unwitting participants in a chilling mystery. Behind the facade of hospitality lies a tangled web of secrets, where every creak of the ...