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What the Fork! In futuristic Seattle, all words mentioning kitchens and food are forbidden. Swear words now largely sound like food and cooking utensils. Great Spatula! In this strange future, robotic Cybots coexist side by side with humans and perform most of the essential work. Robots even help raise the children. After the great nuclear catastrophe, the old ways of life shatter into fragments. 

In 1906, was launched the U-1 and in 1917, the German Imperial Navy had 128 submarines. During the last months of the First World War, the success of the U-Boots seemed unstoppable until the aeroplane was incorporated as an anti-submarine weapon. After the treaty of Versailles, the German command secretly undertook the rearmament of its armies, a process which speeded up with Hitler’s rise to power. The outbreak of World War Two and the beginning of a struggle for the control of the seas started to shape the legend of the deathly “wolf packs”.

How do we respond to sexual brokenness in truth and love? How is homosexuality different than other struggles? Is simply having same-sex attraction sinful? Drew surrendered his broken sexuality to the lordship of Christ in 1996, leaving behind a homosexual relationship. Drew takes the lessons he has learned in his own journey of transformation, as well as two decades of experience walking alongside those who struggle with their sexuality, and those in the LGBTQ community, to address these questions with pastoral insight, spiritual depth, humor, and practical wisdom.

James Barrie grew up in a family where the mother was the dominant figure. When he was six years old, his elder brother died in an accident, a trauma from which his mother never recovered. As his mother played a dominant role in his life, her pain and suffering affected Barrie deeply and changed his life forever. 

Colton is a trans man living in a climate-changed world. Tris is an elf who comes through the veil to the City by the Bay - the Caille - on a coming-of-age pilgrimage called the Cailleadhama. He is searching for his brother Laris, who went missing after crossing through the Caille years before. The two men find they have common cause, and together they set off to find Laris in a world transformed by the twin forces of greed and climate change. And in the end, they find out more than they ever expected, both about the warming world and themselves.

Unique to this title is: A historical introduction and a study of the themes present in A Tale of Two Cities, A Christmas Carol and The Chimes. Charles Dickens was an English writer and social critic. He was born in 1812 in Portsmouth. When his father was sent to jail because of unsettled debt, Dickens had to leave school and get a job in a factory. Dickens is believed to be the best novelist of the Victorian era and he became very popular during his lifetime. His novels are still widely read and translated.

The industrial revolution, started in the last decades of the 18th century, triggered the economic expansion towards the colonies, particularly those in the African continent. Nationalism, imperialism, and militarism had provoked different colonial conflicts among the European powers, which however managed to maintain a period of tranquility known as “Peace through strength”, which broke irreparably on the 28th of June of 1914.

A year from retirement and still reeling from daughter Leena’s kidnapping, Portland PD Detective Wayne Deetz is called upon to check on a domestic violence case. From the moment Deetz and his friend Callie Freeland show up to help Sonny Carlisle, they are blindsided by a lawless, toxic steamroller named Blaine Milligan.

White Fang is the story of a wolf dog that is rescued from its brutal owner and gradually becomes domesticated through the patience and kindness of its new owner, Weedon Scott. White Fang eventually defends Scott's father from attack by an escaped convict.

In The Call of the Wild, Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon in the 1890s. White Fang is the story of a wolf-dog that is rescued from its brutal owner and gradually becomes domesticated through the patience and kindness of its new owner. Lost Face (Including Other Short Stories) is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London.

Lost Face (Including Other Short Stories) is a collection of seven short stories by Jack London. It takes its name from the first short story in the book, about a European adventurer in the Yukon who outwits his (American) Indian captors' plans to torture him. The book includes London's best-known short story, "To Build a Fire". 

The condition of your child’s heart will determine their destiny. The greatest, and possibly hardest task you have as a parent is to shape their hearts for God. In this audiobook, Drew and Megan Land give you the biblical motivation and practical tools to cultivate the soil of their hearts so their identity, belonging and purpose in God can take root and grow.

Devastated by a massive meteor strike, the only habitable areas on the Second World are held by hostile species. The survivors are dehydrated, starving, and losing all vestiges of hope. They turn on each other and divide into factions. Now, the only hope for the planet is reunification with the First World. The dark lord celebrates his victory over the survivors’ seer, but he remains bound to the Second World. Desperate, he seeks to trick some of the survivors into helping him fulfill his plans for the Second World’s destruction.

It is no secret that our politics are in a bad place. People are bitterly divided, angry, and fearful. We seem unable to disagree with one another respectfully. In When Leaders Matter, Chaplain Joel Harder presents a three-step approach to engage leaders and restore the civility we need in our politics while promoting the integrity we need in our leaders. When that happens, leaders will be able to work and inspire our communities, states, and nation to address the real problems we are facing and navigate a way forward that will bless and benefit all of us. 

Unique to this title is: a study of the themes present in The Chimes. You may, of course, skip all of it and go straight to the main title if you do not want any spoilers and come back later to the beginning. The story of The Chimes concerns a working class man who comes to believe that he is worthless and worries that working-class people are wicked by nature.

The journey taken by The Business of Living is remarkable. Starting out as a one-person show in Hollywood in the mid-1990s, (directed by Bob Oedenkirk of Better call Saul fame) it was then introduced nationally via the syndicated morning radio show, The Bob and Tom Show, where it quickly gained a cult following. The author gave numerous “seminars” before going into seclusion around 2008. Followers of his methods have long debated – is it satire or a valid path to success? You be the judge.

The 12 sentient species who inhabit the Second World have noticed environmental changes. The forests are shrinking. Storms are becoming violent. The desert is hotter, the waters colder. But since each species is isolated from all others, they assume the changes they observe in their specific ecosystem aren’t a global problem. All except Amadah. Concerned about the loss of her beloved trees, she strikes out on her own into the forbidden desert lands of the Topazi to see if they have any answers.

In this timeless classic, Buck is a big-hearted dog whose blissful domestic life gets turned upside down when he is suddenly uprooted from his California home and transplanted to the exotic wilds of the Alaskan Yukon in the 1890s. As the newest rookie on a mail-delivery dog sled team, Buck experiences the adventure of a lifetime as he ultimately finds his true place in the world. 

Shadeward: Enervation follows Kiri, Zoella, and Meru as they battle history to reconcile ancient science against more recent legend. With their continued existence under threat from the forces of nature, only Meru’s desperate journey can divert the terrifying priestesses of Drayden from bringing death and destruction down on them all.  

I was lying on the floor in my bedroom experiencing a crippling panic attack, one of many that day. I had just returned home early from serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. I felt like a failure. The ensuing months involved bouts of debilitating depression, numerous medication prescriptions, countless therapy visits, and feelings of wanting to end it all, at times. It was in these moments that I learned a valuable lesson: We all have a mission, both in and out of the church, and there is meaning in our missions.