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There are moments when you know you need to pray, but the words simply will not come. Maybe you are overwhelmed by fear, waiting for an answer, grieving a loss, worried about someone you love, or trying to rebuild after life changed unexpectedly. You still believe in God, but your thoughts feel scattered, your heart feels heavy, and you are not sure what to say. When You Don’t Know What to Pray offers 100 Scripture-guided prayers for the real moments that can leave you feeling emotionally exhausted, spiritually discouraged, or completely speechless.

Presence of Patriarchy is a fictional composite of the struggles, strategies, and untapped strength of the urban Black male. These accounts of the journey many men succumb to provide a glimpse of the importance of the male figure in society, western city limits, and households, at large. Presence of Patriarchy illustrates how stratified role models and understudies are due to their fundamental grapple with the fear of failure. Enter the minds of those who have overcome great adversity or given in to plights preceded by thoughtless theoretical points of view

Detective Doug Harris has fought his way back from the edge, learning to manage his schizophrenia while returning to his job as one of Chicago's best detectives. But his world is shattered when his former partner, Andre Morris, emerges from a coma—and is now involved with a dangerous criminal empire. Harris trusted Morris once, but now, the lines between friend and foe have blurred. The chase is on. Harris must confront Morris, who's deeper in the criminal world than anyone thought.

They did not come in peace. A surprise attack from space. Targeted meteors take out civilizations across the world. Something as simple as rocks from space. We had no warning. No defense. At least nothing that worked. First the cities, then the army. The grid, everything we need to survive in a modern world, was gone. Throwing us into a post-apocalyptic world. A world with aliens whose only goal is to destroy the human race. Noah Sinclair and Ashley Cummings managed to survive the initial invasion long enough to help others to escape into the forests of the Pacific Northwest.

Bernhard Bernhardson är en samvetsgrann byråsekreterare. Han anser sig besitta varken humor eller intelligens. Efter trettio år på den gigantiska myndigheten Stuk har han motvilligt funnit sig i att smälta in med möblemanget. Men en dag råkar Bernhard avslöja en nyhet som väcker stor...

Thomas Corrinder, 26 år och nattklubbskung, träffar av en händelse på sin älskarinnas dotter, Maria, 16 år. Hon ska till Frankrike över sommaren och Thomas, fascinerad av den unga flickan, åker utan betänkande efter. De upplever en passionerad vecka i Paris, men deras historia håller...

Självbiografi av Sveriges första bodybuildingproffs Mats Kardell. 1988 krönte han karriären med en silvermedalj i Mr. Universe efter att tidigare ha tagit bland annat fyra SM-guld. Efter många år med missbruk och lögner berättar nu Mats Kardell om livet som elitidrottsman med hård...

Toute cette affaire n'avait au départ l'air de rien : un gamin fugueur qui se réfugie dans un cabanon et se nourrit en se servant dans les placards d'une vieille dame. Mais quand le shérif Walt Longmire essaie de ramener Cord chez lui, il se retrouve face à une propriété gardée par des miradors qui abrite une communauté polygame. Et tout ce petit monde, orchestré par un patriarche habile et un homme de main au passé trouble, affirme ne rien savoir de l'adolescent. Le shérif s'engage alors avec son équipe dans une enquête très glissante dont ils ne ressortiront pas indemnes.

A girl from a forgotten island. A kingdom on the brink of transformation. And a voyage that will change the Pacific forever. From Pulitzer Prize–winning author Adam Johnson, acclaimed author of The Orphan Master's Son, comes an epic historical adventure inspired by the legends, cultures, and...

“A beautiful book...about nature the way Walden was a book about nature. It should be read by everyone who still retains the capacity to feel anything” (The New York Times). Stunningly written and fiercely observed, a new edition of a classic work of nature writing about a year on an Ohio...

As owner of an occult shop in downtown Salem, Massachusetts, she's accustomed to all things odd and otherworldly. But when a bloody animal sacrifice is left as a warning outside her place of business, the police seem to think Gwen might be the target of some truly evil-doers. Suddenly, her sunny existence is riddled with danger in the form of crazed pagans, rogue employees, and nefarious henchmen. There's only one man who can protect her until the storm passes.

Nature puts a “survival switch” in our bodies to protect us from starvation. Stuck in the “on” position, it’s the hidden source of weight gain, heart disease, and many other common health struggles. But you can turn it off.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Who Moved My Cheese?, a brilliant new parable that shows readers how to stay calm and successful, even in the most challenging of environments. A young man lives unhappily in a valley. One day he meets an old man who lives on a mountain peak. At...

These 12 lectures are an engaging and comprehensive introduction to one of the world's greatest faiths. By concentrating on the basics that every well-educated individual should know, Professor Johnson's lectures provide you with a clear survey of the most important elements of this religious tradition-and a framework for further study.

These 24 inspiring lectures introduce you to the sages who, as a group, represent the "missing page" of the history of philosophy. Although their names are sometimes familiar to us, as in the case of Cicero and Plutarch, their philosophy is not. Studying these thinkers offers some surprising ways to think about philosophy. This course offers ample opportunity to hear, in their own words, the philosophers' prescriptions for healthier living.

Every person on the planet was born for significance, created by God to make a difference in his kingdom. Fulfilling God’s purpose is a lifelong endeavor, but it comes with a cost. God is a perfect father who looks for chances to pour blessings into the lives of his children. But he is also a father who loves us and doesn’t want to increase our blessing beyond what we have the heart and maturity to carry well. What does it look like when significance is carried well? God is glorified, we are strengthened, and the people around us benefit.

Paul Johnson, the most celebrated popular historian of our time, takes a scalpel to Stalin, whom he considers "one of the outstanding monsters of history." Johnson sets forth the essence of Stalin’s life, character, and career. "It has been a hateful task, which has caused me much pain and disgust," he writes with characteristic candor. "But it has been a duty I have performed not without a certain grim satisfaction."

All the writing advice in the world will do you no good unless you take action, but action is hard. It's much easier to sit back, procrastinate, and listen to self-help books like this one, books that give you the same advice you're already heard dozens of times before. But this book is different. It's an intervention disguised as a self-help book, a no-holds-barred tongue lashing designed to get you past your procrastination and fears and get you doing what you know you should be doing in the first place - namely, writing.

For decades, Christians have felt voiceless in the critical debate over evolution. Until now. Finally, ordinary Christians have the opportunity and the resources to defeat the false claims of Darwinism. With all of the complicated scientific debate swirling around the topic of evolution...

Carmen Vasquez was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia, a real Georgia peach. With a Mexican father and a black mother, she has such a spice to her, which forces people to either love or hate her. She grew up wealthy, but that didn't stop her from always finding interest in those bad boys from the other side. The other side is where she meets her baby's father, Ramonte.