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The Table We’re Building is a conversation with a trauma therapist and a spiritual director—wounded healers reclaiming faith after abuse, naming harm without shame, and crafting a bigger, braver table for belonging. Pull up a chair for candid stories from fellow survivors, therapists, theologians, and activists who refuse to surrender Jesus and his work to the forces that weaponized them. Together we’ll practice consent-based spirituality, celebrate chosen family, and imagine a faith wide enough for everybody.

After humanity's deep space probe Squanto goes missing in the Gauntlet, Staff Sergeant Martin Kelvin and Sergeant Frank Cage are pulled from leave to search for the vessel. Three teams have already vanished in the quantum corridor where time fractures and physics breaks down. But Squanto didn't just find a path through; they found something waiting in the darkness.

Over the span of 48 lectures, four experienced lawyers and teachers recreate key parts of the first-year law student experience, introducing you to main areas of law most every beginning student studies. Enriched with famous cases from the annals of American law and powerful arguments by some of history's most successful lawyers, these lectures offer access to an often intimidating, surprisingly accessible, and civically important field.

A relatively recent addition to more traditional law school topics like torts and contracts, legislation and regulation have become more and more of a mainstay in some of the country’s top law schools. Over the course of 12 nuanced and balanced lectures, examine a host of topics including the nature of regulation, the merits of lawmaking by legislation, the challenge of interpreting statutes, and the role of federal agencies in our legal system.

When the Colonial Shield Federation needs someone to face an ancient alien threat, they don't call their best; they call the only Marines who survived first contact. Problem is, a decade of hard living has taken its toll on Frank Cage and Martin Kelvin. Frank has spent the last ten years drowning his memories in whiskey and starting bar fights, while Martin walks around on a cybernetic leg, tending his garden and trying to forget the past. But their retirement comes to an abrupt end when a military transport arrives, crushing Martin's prized tomatoes and bringing orders that can't be refused.

The New York Times bestselling series! The first book in L.J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling Vampire Diaries series, the basis of the hit CW TV show starring Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, and Ian Somerhalder. Elena Gilbert is a high school golden girl, used to getting what she wants. And who...

Buckle up for another terrifying trip through the twisted minds of sixteen masterful storytellers in Kevin J. Kennedy’s 24th Horror Collection anthology – The Sinister Edition. This chilling new volume delivers a blood-soaked banquet of horror, perfectly crafted for fans of the strange, the grotesque, and the utterly unforgettable. From the ashes of the apocalypse to the darkest corners of the digital world, this collection spans a nightmarish spectrum. You'll face unspeakable body horror, stalk the streets with the undead, and howl alongside werewolves under a cursed moon.

Hell has many doors… and Kevin J. Kennedy just tore them all open. Ten masterfully twisted minds each offer their own chilling vision of damnation, sin, and suffering. These aren’t just stories—they’re warnings. Tales so disturbing, you’ll be praying your soul is clean. So ask yourself: Have you lived a good life? Enter, if you’re brave enough… but don’t expect to come back the same. Contains stories by Edward Lee, Gord Rollo, Bryan W. Alaspa, Bill Davidson, Jeffrey Thomas, Viggy Parr Hampton, Thomas Smith, David-Jack Fletcher, Brian Moreland & Ryan Colley. Edited by Ann Keeran

Eight years ago, an engineered virus ravaged the globe, infecting and transforming humans into apex predators called Variants. Now, almost a decade after the end of the war, civilization has slowly clawed toward recovery. But evil and intelligent forces dwell in the shadows with the starving beasts, scheming to restart the extinction cycle and end humanity forever. And once again, Beckham, Fitz, and Kate will rise to fight them, joining forces with new heroes to try and save what’s left of the world.

What is embryonic stem cell research? Why is it so controversial? What is its relationship to human cloning? Events are moving so fast and biotechnology seems so complicated that many of us don't have an informed opinion about issues that are remaking the human future before our very eyes.

Join the last vestiges of Humanity and their alien allies (the reptilian Thrynn, the insectoid Velox, and the plant-based Elowan) as they attempt to carve out their own territory in a sector of space filled with wondrous opportunity and deadly threats. Brave explorers seek out new worlds to colonize while merchants cruise from starport to starport, their holds laden with exotic goods. Not all in this futuristic setting have noble intent. For every prospector and trader attempting to make a difference, a dozen pirates, smugglers, and mobsters engage in all manner of criminal enterprise.

In the late 2020s and early '30s, corporations managed to render the major governments of the world obsolete. The big corporations owned most of the territories as well as the majority of the world's wealth. While many of the old traditions were still observed in various parts of the world, the true power was with the corporations. In the late '30s, what would be known as the Corporate Wars began as larger companies initiated hostile takeovers in a whole new fashion. Employees, armed with corporate weapons, warred for dominance. On May 1st, 2067, it all ended in a nuclear fire.

Daily Strength, a year-long devotional, walks Christian men through Scripture passages that speak to their most pressing issues. Featuring content from the ESV Men's Devotional Bible, each daily devotion features a short summary of a Bible passage with a thought-provoking message from from one of more than forty contributors. Arranged canonically from Genesis to Revelation with short introductions to each Bible book, Daily Strength encourages and enlightens men throughout the year while equipping them for moral and spiritual transformation.

Greer Lockheart is a nanny to her core. When she takes on a new job of working for three families at once, she’s not sure she can see her way through the chaos. As the days tick by and she falls more in love with each kid in her care, she can’t help but also fall more in lust with their mothers. But these women are complicated. And Greer keeps running face first into their pasts, especially Ivy’s ex. Who seems bent on taking the family down, beginning with the weakest link, Greer.

Each episode of Above the Median answers one question: how do you become the obvious choice in your market? Host Robert J. Smith — a five-decade Fortune 500 production leader — sits down with business owners, physicians, attorneys, and executives to break down the system behind real authority, visibility, and trust. Real stories, a proven playbook, zero fluff.

The Final Conflict...The Last Deadly Kiss Elena Now she rises from the dead to recreate the powerful vampire trio. Stefan Summoned by Elena, he keeps a promise to her and fights the most terrifying evil he's ever faced. Damon Joining the brother he once called enemy, Damon battles this new...

The second book in the New York Times bestselling series by L.J. Smith. This special paperback TV tie-in edition of the second book in L.J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling The Vampire Diaries series features cover artwork from the hit CW TV show based on the book, starring Nina Dobrev, Paul...

While training for a manned mission to Mars, Dr. Sophie Winston and her team of scientists find themselves cut off from the rest of the world. Trapped inside a biosphere deep within the confines of Cheyenne Mountain, Sophie and crew discover they are the survivors of a brutal alien invasion. But as they struggle to stay alive, they realize their safe haven is far from safe and that they must team up with other survivors around the world to defeat the aliens before it’s too late for humanity and the Earth. 

New York Times bestselling series The Return: Nightfall is the fifth book in L.J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling Vampire Diaries series. Elena Gilbert is back from the dead, but she’s come back changed—with newfound powers and blood that is irresistible to vampires, including Stefan...

New York Times bestselling series This special paperback bind-up contains The Fury and Dark Reunion, the third and fourth books in L J. Smith’s New York Times bestselling series The Vampire Diaries. Elena Gilbert has risen from the dead as a powerful vampire. But she still finds herself caught...