With the Old Breed Random House Publishing

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"Eugene Sledge became more than a legend with his memoir, With The Old Breed . He became a chronicler, a historian, a storyteller who turns the extremes of the war in the Pacific - the terror, the camaraderie, the banal and the extraordinary - into terms we mortals can grasp." - Tom Hanks NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERIn The Wall Street Journal , Victor Davis Hanson named With the Old Breed one of the top five books on epic twentieth-century battles. Studs Terkel interviewed the author for his definitive oral history, The Good War . Now E. B. Sledge's acclaimed first-person account of fighting at Peleliu and Okinawa returns to thrill, edify, and inspire a new generation.An Alabama boy steeped in American history and enamored of such heroes as George Washington and Daniel Boone, Eugene B. Sledge became part of the war's famous 1st Marine Division - 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines. Even after intense training, he was shocked to be thrown into the battle of Peleliu, where "the world was a nightmare of flashes, explosions, and snapping bullets." By the time Sledge hit the hell of Okinawa, he was a combat vet, still filled with fear but no longer with panic.Based on notes Sledge secretly kept in a copy of the New Testament, With the Old Breed captures with utter simplicity and searing honesty the experience of a soldier in the fierce Pacific Theater. Here is what saved, threatened, and changed his life. Here, too, is the story of how he learned to hate and kill - and came to love - his fellow man."In all the literature on the Second World War, there is not a more honest, realistic or moving memoir than Eugene Sledge's. This is the real deal, the real war: unvarnished, brutal, without a shred of sentimentality or false patriotism, a profound primer on what it actually was like to be in that war. It is a classic that will outlive all the armchair generals' safe accounts of - not the 'good war' - but the worst war ever." - Ken BurnsFrom the Trade Paperback edition.

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Nightmares! Random House

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Multi-talented actor, Jason Segel, teams up with New York Times bestselling author, Kirsten Miller, for the hilariously frightening, New York Times bestselling middle grade novel, Nightmares! The first book in a trilogy about a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.§§Charlie Laird has several problems.§§1. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.§2. He had to move into her purple mansion-the creepiest place in Cypress Creek.§3. He can't remember the last time sleeping wasn't a nightmarish prospect. Like even a nap.§§What Charlie doesn't know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. Nightmares can ruin a good night's sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world . . . well, that's something only Charlie can face. And he's going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird.§§For good.§§Praise for Nightmares! §§"Charlie Laird, who learns fear will eat you alive if you feed it, makes an impression, and...readers will want to accompany him again."- The New York Times Book Review §§"A touching comical saga...about facing things that go bump in the night."- US Weekly§§ " Coraline meets Monsters, Inc. in this delightfully entertaining offering from actor [Jason] Segel and co-author [Kirsten] Miller."- Publishers Weekly §§"[ Nightmares! ] succeeds at scaring and amusing in equal measure...[It's] sweet, charming, and imaginative."- Kirkus Reviews §§"Segel...and Miller build an entertaining, cartoony world full of scary (but not too scary) monsters, silly jokes, plucky kid heroes...with a promise of adventures to come."- Booklist §§"An engaging and creative story...woven with a generous amount [of] humor."- VOYA §§"There's humor and a fairly high ick-factor."- School Library Journal §§"Cleverly crafted...This novel presents just the right mix of 'scary and humorous.'"- ILA Literacy Daily

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The Little Book That Still Beats the Market John Wiley & Sons Inc

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In 2005, Joel Greenblatt published a book that is already considered one of the classics of finance literature. In The Little Book that Beats the Market- a New York Times bestseller with 300,000 copies in print - Greenblatt explained how investors can outperform the popular market averages by simply and systematically applying a formula that seeks out good businesses when they are available at bargain prices. Now, with a new Introduction and Afterword for 2010, The Little Book that Still Beats the Market updates and expands upon the research findings from the original book. Included are data and analysis covering the recent financial crisis and model performance through the end of 2009. In a straightforward and accessible style, the book explores the basic principles of successful stock market investing and then reveals the author's time-tested formula that makes buying above average companies at below average prices automatic. Though the formula has been extensively tested and is a breakthrough in the academic and professional world, Greenblatt explains it using 6 th grade math, plain language and humor.He shows how to use his method to beat both the market and professional managers by a wide margin. You'll also learn why success eludes almost all individual and professional investors, and why the formula will continue to work even after everyone "knows" it. While the formula may be simple, understanding why the formula works is the true key to success for investors. The book will take readers on a step-by-step journey so that they can learn the principles of value investing in a way that will provide them with a long term strategy that they can understand and stick with through both good and bad periods for the stock market. As the Wall Street Journal stated about the original edition, "Mr. Greenblatt...says his goal was to provide advice that, while sophisticated, could be understood and followed by his five children, ages 6 to 15. They are in luck. His 'Little Book' is one of the best, clearest guides to value investing out there."

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My Life in Full Little, Brown

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'A must-read for working women and the men who work with us, love us and support us' Hillary Rodham Clinton'Surprising and compelling' Financial TimesThe much-anticipated and inspiring memoir by Indra Nooyi, the trailblazing former CEO of PepsiCo, offering clear-eyed insight and a call to action for how our society can really blend work and family - and advance women - in the twenty-first centuryFor more than a dozen years as one of the world's most admired CEOs, Indra Nooyi redefined what it means to be an exceptional leader. The first woman, person of color, and immigrant to run a Fortune 50 company - and one of the foremost strategic thinkers of our time - Nooyi transformed PepsiCo with a unique vision, a vigorous pursuit of excellence, and a deep sense of purpose. Now, in a rich memoir brimming with grace, grit, and good humor, My Life in Full offers a firsthand view of a legendary career and the sacrifices it so often demanded.In her book, Nooyi shares the events that shaped her - from her childhood in 1960s India, to the Yale School of Management, to her rise as a consultant and corporate strategist who soon ascended into the most senior executive ranks.The book offers an intimate look inside PepsiCo, detailing how she steered the iconic American company toward healthier products and reinvented its environmental profile without curbing financial performance - despite resistance at every turn.At the same time, Nooyi built a home with her husband - also a high-powered executive - two daughters, and members of her extended family. My Life in Full includes her unvarnished take on the competing pressures on her attention and time, and what she learned along the way. This book, as has her personal journey, will inspire young women everywhere to believe that they, too, can climb to powerful roles without giving up on the desire for a family and children.But, as Nooyi eloquently argues, her story is not a call for women to simply try harder, but is proof of the importance of organised care structures in all of our success. Nooyi makes a clear, actionable, urgent call for business and government to prioritise the care ecosystem, from skilled care networks to zoning policy, to paid leave and flexible and predictable work hours, each so critical to unleashing the economy's full potential and helping families thrive.Generous, authoritative, and grounded in lived experience, My Life in Full is both the story of an extraordinary leader's life, and a moving tribute to the relationships that created it.

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The Age of Spiritual Machines PENGUIN GROUP USA

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Step into the world of Ray Kurzweil, the "restless genius" (Wall Street Journal) and "ultimate thinking machine" (Forbes), whose predictions for an age in which man and machine are interchangeable are startling, provocative -- and closer to realization than you think.Imagine a world where the difference between man and machine blurs, where the line between humanity and technology fades, and where the soul and the silicon chip unite. This is not science fiction. This is the twenty-first century according to Ray Kurzweil, the inventor of the most innovative and compelling technology of our era. In his inspired hands, life in the new millennium no longer seems daunting. Instead, it promises to be an age in which the marriage of human sensitivity and artificial intelligence fundamentally alters and improves the way we live.More than just a list of predictions, Kurzweil's prophetic blueprint for the future guides us through the inexorable advances that will result in: computers exceeding the memory capacity and computational ability of the human brain by the year 2020 (with human-level capabilities not far behind); relationships with automated personalities who will be our teachers, companions, and lovers; and information fed straight into our brains along direct neural pathways. Eventually, the distinction between humans and computers will have become sufficiently blurred that when the machines claim to be conscious, we will believe them.

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If We Were Villains Flatiron Books

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Spool of Blue Thread Vintage Publishing

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'It was a beautiful, breezy, yellow-and-green afternoon...' This is the way Abby Whitshank always begins the story of how she and Red fell in love that day in July 1959. The whole family on the porch, relaxed, half-listening as their mother tells the same tale they have heard so many times before. And yet this gathering is different. Abby and Red are getting older, and decisions must be made about how best to look after them and their beloved family home. They've all come, even Denny, who can usually be relied on only to please himself. From that porch we spool back through three generations of the Whitshanks, witnessing the events, secrets and unguarded moments that have come to define who and what they are. And while all families like to believe they are special, round that kitchen table over all those years we see played out the hopes and fears, the rivalries and tensions of families everywhere - the essential nature of family life. "She's changed my perception on life." (Anna Chancellor). "One of my favourite authors." (Liane Moriarty). "She spins gold." (Elizabeth Buchan). "Anne Tyler has no peer." (Anita Shreve)." My favourite writer, and the best line-and-length novelist in the world." (Nick Hornby). "A masterly author." (Sebastian Faulks). "Tyler is not merely good, she is wickedly good." (John Updike). "I love Anne Tyler." (Anita Brookner). "Her fiction has strength of vision, originality, freshness, unconquerable humour." (Eudora Welty).

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Hydrogen Peroxide - Medical Miracle RHINO PUB SA

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Peroxides are supposed to be bad for you. Free radicals and all that. But now we hear that hydrogen peroxide is good for us. Hydrogen peroxide will put extra oxygen in your blood. There's no doubt about that. Hydrogen peroxide costs pennies. So if you can get oxygen into the blood cheaply and safely, maybe cancer (which doesn't like oxygen), emphysema, AIDS, and many other terrible diseases can be treated effectively. Intravenous hydrogen peroxide rapidly relieves allergic reactions, influenza symptoms, and acute viral infections. No one expects to live forever. But we would all like to have a George Burns finish. The prospect of finishing life in a nursing home after abandoning your tricycle in the mobile home park is not appealing. Then comes the loss of control of vital functions the ultimate humiliation. Is life supposed to be from tricycle to tricycle and diaper to diaper? You come into this world crying, but do you have to leave crying? I don't believe you do. And you won't either after you see the evidence. Sounds too good to be true, doesn't it? Read on and decide for yourself. . When using H2O2, noted sensitivity to pollen and food allergens clinically improved. Improvement in allergic bronchitis, asthma and chronic sinusitis... significant improvement in energy and endurance. Discover how this miraculous healing agent works, and why the medical establishment wants to suppress it. No other chemical compound comes even close to hydrogen peroxide in its importance to life. Join Dr. Douglass as he reveals how this fascinating healer works to rid the body of disease.

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Those Classic Crooners marketing design

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Płyta 1.1. Everybody Loves Somebody2. Till Then3. Here I'll Stay4. Why Don't You Believe Me5. The Glow Worm6. Because You're Mine7. Pennies From Heaven8. Takes Two To Tango9. When You're Smiling10. Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes11. All I Have To Give You12. As You Are13. About A Quarter To Nine14. If You Were The Only Girl In The World15. Bye Bye Blackbird16. Come Back To SorrentoPłyta 2.1. Rambling Rose2. For Me & My Girl3. Deep Purple4. I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now5. Somewhere Along The Way6. All Of Me7. Oh Marie8. Heart & Soul9. Santa Lucia10. I Know A Dream When I See One11. I'll String Along With You12. My Heart Has Found A Home Now13. Never Before14. The Night Is Young & You're So Beautiful15. You Belong To Me16. Blue SmokePłyta 3.1. Big Bad John2. Gonna Build A Mountain3. You've Made Me So Very Happy4. What The World Needs Now Is Love5. The Good Life6. Hey Won't You Play (Another Somebody Done Somebody7. Macarthur Park8. Something's Gotta Give9. My Way10. The Birth Of The Blues11. Up, Up & Away12. Wichita LinemanPłyta 4.1. What Kind Of Fool Am I?2. This Guy's In Love With You3. The Impossible Dream4. Do What You Gotta Do5. Hey There6. In The Ghetto7. On The Road To Mandalay8. The Girl From Ipanema9. The Lady Is A Tramp10. What Now, My Love?11. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)12. Ev'ry Time We Say GoodbyePłyta 5.1. The Windmills Of Your Mind2. If3. All I Need Is Just A Girl Like You4. Macarthur Park5. Can't Take My Eyes Off You6. Here's That Rainy Day7. We Have All The Time In The World8. Top Of The World9. By The Time I Get To Phoenix10. Feelings11. SoftlyPłyta 6.1. The Look Of Love2. Ghost Riders In The Sky3. Almost Close To You4. La Vita5. Didn't We?6. For Once In My Life7. The Song Is You8. Come Back To Me9. When You've Laughed All Your Laughter10. Don't Let Me Go11. Little Green Apples12. Time After TimePłyta 7.1. Saturday Night (Is The Loneliest Night Of The Week2. Nancy (With The Laughing Face)3. All Or Nothing At All4. Five Minutes More5. September Song6. Night & Day7. You'll Never Know8. Let's Take An Old-fashioned Walk9. The Hucklebuck10. Time After Time11. Mam'selle12. Almost Like Being In Love13. Stella By Starlight14. A Lovely Way To Spend An Evening15. Begin The Beguine16. Some Enchanted Evening17. Nature Boy18. The Birth Of The BluesPłyta 8.1. Sweet Lorraine2. Dream3. If I Loved You4. I'm A Fool To Want You5. Nevertheless6. One Finger Melody7. They Say It's Wonderful8. Goodnight Irene9. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy10. Oh! What It Seemed To Be11. Sunday, Monday Or Always12. I Dream Of You13. Day By Day14. The Old Master Painter15. Don't Cry Joe16. People Will Say We're In Love17. Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin'18. The Things We Did Last SummerPłyta 9.1. Too Young2. Mona Lisa3. Unforgettable4. Somewhere Along The Way5. Nature Boy6. My Baby Likes To Be-bop7. I'll Never Say Never Again Again8. I Almost Lost My Mind9. For You, My Love10. Calypso Blues11. Yes Sir, That's My Baby12. Tis Autumn13. Lillian14. Lush Life15. (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons16. Route 6617. Orange Colored Sky18. Because You're MinePłyta 10.1. Faith Can Move Mountains2. Because Of Rain3. Red Sails In The Sunset4. Always You5. Jet6. Home7. Sweet Lorraine8. Little Girl9. Lost April10. Those Things Money Can't Buy11. Harmony12. For All We Know13. Portrait Of Jennie14. Lillette15. The Firm Fram Sauce16. All For You17. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You18. Straighten Up & Fly Right...

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Pure Country marketing design

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I Believe Frankie Laine I Hope So Willie Nelson Mule Train Frankie Laine Cry, Cry, Cry Johnny Cash Face of a Fighter Willie Nelson Oh, Lonesome Me Johnny Cash Happiness Lives Next Door Willie Nelson Jealousy Frankie Laine So Doggone Lonesome Johnny Cash Rock Island Line Johnny Cash That Lucky Old Sun Frankie Laine Night Life Willie Nelson Call Of The Wild Frankie Laine Folsom Prison Blues Johnny Cash Two Timin' Woman Johnny Cash The Last Letter Willie Nelson Any Old Arms Won't Do Willie Nelson The Cry Of The Wild Goose Frankie Laine Jezebel Frankie Laine I Didn't Sleep a Wink Willie Nelson Wide Open Road (Undubbed Master) Johnny Cash I Walk the Line Johnny Cash 16 Tons Frankie Laine Building Heartaches Willie Nelson A New Way to Cry Willie Nelson Half A Man Willie Nelson Blazing Saddles Frankie Laine Hey, Good Lookin' Jo Stafford & Frankie Laine Hey Porter Johnny Cash Get Rhythm Johnny Cash Both Ends of the Candle Willie Nelson The Wreck Of The Old '97 Johnny Cash Mam'selle Frankie Laine Slow Down Old World Willie Nelson There You Go Johnny Cash Hummingbird Frankie Laine Train Of Love Johnny Cash Pride Wins Again Willie Nelson Belshazar - Undubbed Version Johnny Cash Georgia On My Mind Frankie Laine High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) Frankie Laine I Can't Find the Time Willie Nelson Next In Line Johnny Cash I Let My Mind Wander Willie Nelson Granada Frankie Laine Will You Remember Mine? Willie Nelson Sugarbush Doris Day & Frankie Laine Straight A's In Love Johnny Cash Don't Make Me Go - Altenate Johnny Cash Music, Maestro, Please! Frankie Laine Country Boy Johnny Cash Ashamed Willie Nelson Black And Blue Frankie Laine Blame It On the Times Willie Nelson Doin' My Time Johnny Cash I'm Gonna Live Till I Die Frankie Laine Home Of The Blues Johnny Cash Rainy Day Blues Willie Nelson Baby, That Ain't Right Frankie Laine Everything but You Willie Nelson I'll Stay Around Willie Nelson If The Good Lord's Willing Johnny Cash Home Is Where You're Happy Willie Nelson Answer Me Frankie Laine Give My Love To Rose (Alternate) Johnny Cash Love Is A Golden Ring Frankie Laine Rose, Rose I Love You Frankie Laine Ballad Of A Teenage Queen Johnny Cash Go Away Willie Nelson Remember Me (I'm The One Who Loves You) Johnny Cash On the Sunny Side of the Street Frankie Laine The Ghost Willie Nelson Healing Hands Of Time Willie Nelson Let's Pretend Willie Nelson Still There'S You Frankie Laine Shine Frankie Laine Big River Johnny Cash I Was There When It Happened Johnny Cash Rawhide Frankie Laine Guess Things Happen That Way Johnny Cash The Shelter of Your Arms Willie Nelson Born To Lose Johnny Cash Right from Wrong Willie Nelson That's My Desire Frankie Laine Riders In The Sky Frankie Laine Life Goes On Johnny Cash I'm Gonna Lose a Lot of Teardrops Willie Nelson Broken Promises Willie Nelson Come In Stranger Johnny Cash Strange Lady in Town Frankie Laine The Ways Of A Woman In Love Johnny Cash Old Dogs, Children And Watermelon Wine Frankie Laine You Wouldn't Cross the Street to Say Goodbye Willie Nelson I Feel Sorry For Him Willie Nelson Don't Fence Me in Frankie Laine Blue Train Johnny Cash It's Just About Time Johnny Cash Moonlight Gambler Frankie Laine You're the Nearest Thing to Heaven Johnny Cash There Must Be a Reason Frankie Laine Goodnight Irene Johnny Cash Mean Eyed Cat Johnny Cash...

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ABC of ICT Card Deck van Haren Publishing

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A new approach to dry and formal training and change programs; this card deck makes strong and sound points with a humorous pack of cards. Designed and drawn by Paul Wilkinson and Jan Schilt well-known and respected throughout the world for their GamingWorks products Review. Key Features Addresses the impact of Attitude, Behaviour and Culture on IT projects Practical exercises to use with the ABC products A great training tool to use to identify your team improvement needs The exercises can be integrated into your ITIL and ITSM training Helps develop the people skills vital to realizing successful ICT change Encourages team building along the way Endorsements "Any IT Service Management initiative that doesn't address ABC is bound for failure, Any educational institute wanting to give people the capabilities and knowledge for successfully deploying ITIL should use the ABC cards to support the necessary discussion in training modules leading up to formal certification" - Maarten Bordewijk, Getronics-PinkRoccade, senior ITIL trainer, Netherlands "The ABC card exercise was a lot of fun, and put people immediately to work, brainstorming on the worst practices and their consequences, aided by the easily recognizable cartoons. It was interesting to see how people from different backgrounds could quickly interact and agree on how the situations apply to daily life and how they need to be approached." "From my perspective at EXIN, I see that the ABC card set helps people understand the problems and the typical worst practices. It helps people discuss the consequences and possible solutions, and with that it achieves something very important: it gives hands-on experience in solving ITSM related issues." "This is a great aid for people seeking for certification in the different levels and practices of ITSM, whether it is ITIL or ISO 20000 or other good practices. EXIN has always developed the exams based on the believe that the candidates need more than just theory, but also practical knowledge, and this helps people gain practical knowledge." - Alejandro Debenedet, EXIN, Netherlands "This card game is a valuable instrument for training and consulting companies like service Management art. Because it is easier to point out worse practices. I use some of the cards in training or consulting sessions. The moment I see the behavior I take out the card and put it on the table, so we can have a discussion around it. It is much more powerful than addressing it verbally

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Does God Love Everyone? Cascade Books

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Does God truly love all persons? Most Christians think the obvious answer to this question is, ""Yes, of course he does!"" Indeed, many Christians would agree that the very heart of the gospel is that God so loved the whole world that he gave his Son to make salvation available for every single person. This book shows that one of the most popular and resurgent theological movements in the contemporary evangelical church--namely, Calvinism--cannot coherently and consistently affirm this vital claim about the love of God. While some Calvinists forthrightly deny that God loves everyone, more commonly Calvinists attempt to affirm the love of God for all persons in terms that are compatible with their doctrines that Christ died only for the elect--those persons God has unconditionally chosen to save. This book shows that the Calvinist attempts to affirm God's love for all persons are fraught with severe philosophical and theological difficulties. Calvinism, then, should be rejected in favor a theology that can forthrightly and consistently affirm the love of God for all persons. Nothing less is at stake than the very heart of the gospel. Option 1: ""In his defense of God's sincere love for everyone, Jerry Walls provides a biblically robust and logically astute perspective. He rightly argues that 'this issue is not simply an academic question to be debated by scholars . . . what is at stake is the very nature of the gospel we preach.'""    Option 2: ""Do not be misled, this book is not really about John Calvin. Nor is it even about the TULIP systematic that bares his name. Rather, it is primarily about the person, character, and love of our graciously good God. In that regard, Jerry Walls has produced a work that will serve the church for generations to come.""   Option 3: ""Walls gets to heart of the matter when he asks, 'What does it say about a theological system if many of those who believe it doubt whether God loves unbelievers? Do we have good news for everyone? Is there a message of hope for all persons? Can we honestly preach to all unbelievers that God loves them?' Calvinism, applied logically, cannot answer these questions in a way that is consistent with the scriptures."" --Leighton Flowers, Director of Youth Evangelism for Texas Baptists ""The movement loosely known as Calvinism has emerged as a vibrant and powerful force within evangelical Protestantism. Jerry Walls, in turn, has emerged as the most forceful and rigorous critic of Calvinism. In this short and readable book, he puts his theological knowledge and philosophical acumen to work in making a biblical and logical case that Calvinism is beset with real difficulties. Does God Love Everyone? raises some sharp challenges that deserve serious engagement."" --Tom McCall, Professor of Biblical and Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School  ""Arguably the greatest service this volume offers is a solid response to the busy ministry leader who is asking, 'So, what's the big fuss over Calvinism?' Does God Love Everyone? provides understandable answers to that contemporary question. Those Christian faith traditions, who have historically embraced a vibrant evangelistic effort, will appreciate the clear observations Walls provides for keeping their commitment to effectively reach 'all the people,' with the gospel, on sturdy theological ground."" --Byron D. Klaus, Former President, Assemblies of God Theological Seminary ""Walls demonstrates biblically and philosophically the 'heart of what's wrong with Calvinism' while maintaining an irenic spirit. Everyone concerned about truth, evangelism, and the honor of God ought to read this book, especially if they are not yet settled in their mind about the Calvinist 'doctrines of grace.'""

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Five Moral Pieces Mariner Books

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Embracing the web of multiculturalism that has become a fact of contemporary life from New York to New Delhi, Eco argues that we are more connected to people of other traditions and customs than ever before, making tolerance the ultimate value in today's world. What good does war do in a world where the flow of goods, services, and information is unstoppable and the enemy is always behind the lines?In the most personal of the essays, Eco recalls experiencing liberation from fascism in Italy as a boy, and examines the various historical forms of fascism, always with an eye toward such ugly manifestations today. And finally, in an intensely personal open letter to an Italian cardinal, Eco reflects on a question underlying all the reflections in the book--what does it mean to be moral or ethical when one doesn't believe in God?

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Bastard Son and the Devil Himself Penguin Random House Children's UK

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'An action-packed X-rated Harry Potter' - TelegraphIn a world divided between good and evil, what happens when you're both? Nathan Byrn is the illegitimate son of the world's most dangerous witch. Kept in a cage by the Council of Fairborn witches, who believe he is destined to follow the same destructive path as his father, Nathan must find a way to unlock his full powers before his seventeenth birthday, or face madness and death. His one hope lies with the sinister Blood witch Mercury. But Mercury's help always comes at a price - one Nathan may not be able to pay . . .Previously published as Half Bad.

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Water Dancer Random House Publishing

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER OPRAH S BOOK CLUB PICK  From the National Book Award winning author of Between the World and Me, a boldly conjured debut novel about a magical gift, a devastating loss, and an underground war for freedom. This potent book about America s most disgraceful sin establishes [Ta-Nehisi Coates] as a first-rate novelist. San Francisco ChronicleIN DEVELOPMENT AS A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE Adapted by Ta-Nehisi Coates and Kamilah Forbes, produced by MGM, Plan B, and Oprah Winfrey s Harpo FilmsNOMINATED FOR THE NAACP IMAGE AWARD NAMED ONE OF PASTE S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time NPR  The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Vanity Fair  Esquire Good Housekeeping Paste   Town & Country  The New York Public Library  Kirkus Reviews Library Journal Young Hiram Walker was born into bondage. When his mother was sold away, Hiram was robbed of all memory of her but was gifted with a mysterious power. Years later, when Hiram almost drowns in a river, that same power saves his life. This brush with death births an urgency in Hiram and a daring scheme: to escape from the only home he s ever known. So begins an unexpected journey that takes Hiram from the corrupt grandeur of Virginia s proud plantations to desperate guerrilla cells in the wilderness, from the coffin of the Deep South to dangerously idealistic movements in the North. Even as he s enlisted in the underground war between slavers and the enslaved, Hiram s resolve to rescue the family he left behind endures. This is the dramatic story of an atrocity inflicted on generations of women, men, and children the violent and capricious separation of families and the war they waged to simply make lives with the people they loved. Written by one of today s most exciting thinkers and writers, The Water Dancer is a propulsive, transcendent work that restores the humanity of those from whom everything was stolen.Praise for The Water Dancer Ta-Nehisi Coates is the most important essayist in a generation and a writer who changed the national political conversation about race with his 2015 memoir, Between the World and Me. So naturally his debut novel comes with slightly unrealistic expectations and then proceeds to exceed them. The Water Dancer . . . is a work of both staggering imagination and rich historical significance. . . . What s most powerful is the way Coates enlists his notions of the fantastic, as well as his fluid prose, to probe a wound that never seems to heal. . . . Timeless and instantly canon-worthy. Rolling Stone

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