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When Nurse practitioner Layla Matthews awakens in her own coffin, she begins a journey that takes her to “The Body Auction,” where she uncovers a devious and meticulously orchestrated underground nightmare. Though the business of human trafficking has been all over the news, it has long remained a problem for “other people,” until Layla finds herself face-to-face with the realities of a depraved, multi-million-dollar-industry, and soon learns that the darkest depths of evil is much, much closer to home than she ever thought possible.

More people are LGBT than ever before—including in the churches. Gay acceptance is now an issue in historically conservative congregations. Christians must face the Biblical and pastoral implications. How does the Gospel answer the gay challenge to the church? In this challenging and helpful book, Presbyterian Pastor Shawn Mathis calls the church to take this moral crisis head-on. He faces hard facts that many Christians are afraid to face.

Ten years ago, his wife died in his arms. God saved him for Himself. Now, he wants his first love to catch her killer. Tom Greer left Myerton six months after his wife Joan’s death, determined to leave the painful memories behind. Ten years later, now-Father Tom Greer returns for a four-month assignment as the temporary pastor of Saint Clare's Parish in Myerton. His only desire is to serve God's people quietly, then leave again. But the past won't leave Father Tom alone…

These short but profound reflections from David Mathis, author of The Christmas We Didn’t Expect, will help you to look deeper at Jesus’ life, sacrificial death and spectacular resurrection - enabling you to treasure anew who Jesus is and what he has done for us. Many of us are so familiar with the Easter story that it becomes easy to miss subtle details and difficult to really enjoy its meaning. This audiobook will help you to pause and marvel at Jesus, whose now-glorified wounds are a sign of his unfailing love and the decisive victory that he has won.

Peter Thiel is a well-known figure in the financial world. The founder of Paypal, his legacy has drastically influenced the online industry and shaped the course of technology history. Now, this biography delves into his incredible life, from his upbringing in Germany, the US, and South Africa to his early work with judges and lawyers.

From his birth and his beginnings as a software developer to the idea which led to Facebook’s founding, this biography delves into the life and legacy of one of the internet’s most famous and influential figures. Detailing both Zuckerberg and Facebook’s journey to the present day, you’ll learn about the company itself, Zuckerberg’s role as an influencer, and the enormous power which Facebook wields.

Marriage between sinners has its inevitable messes. If you’ve been married longer than a week or two, you know how the hard realities of life in a fallen age can come crashing in. Perhaps you had a season of “once upon a time,” but soon enough you realized that this marriage, in this world, is not yet your “happily ever after.”

Ecological footprint accounting, first introduced in the 1990s and continuously developed, continues to be the only metric that compares overall human demand on nature with what our planet can renew—its biocapacity—and distills this into one number: how many Earths we use.

Naiya is a wereleopard. Except she doesn’t know how that’s even possible, considering her entire breadth of knowledge of such things comes from pop culture and classic horror movies. So when her wealthy adoptive parents—in a flash of frustrating cluelessness—drop her into rehab just so she can get picked up by some shadow organization, Naiya can’t help but feel like everything she thought she knew about herself is wrong.

Being a University of Michigan football fan should be joyful. Michigan is an elite academic institution whose football team boasts 43 Big Ten championships. But these days, college football is complicated. The NCAA is corrupt and exploitative, and Michigan keeps losing to Ohio State. It’s hard not to wonder, as Ben Mathis-Lilley does in this book: why are we doing this? The Hot Seat is a chronicle of one of the wildest years in Michigan football history, but also a search for the truth about fandom, from the pages of history books to the wilderness of online forums.

Three hundred years ago, an alien race saw extinction looming on their horizon and seeded several different worlds with their DNA. In an artificial dimension near Earth, they created a half-human race known as the KImsavi tribe. They instructed their hybrid children to live close to nature, while on the other side of that same world, an evil empress named Belall created her own version of a utopian society for her witches. Eighteen-year old Danny Heller has grown up in Belall City as a member of the "unfortunate gender".

How did companies like Facebook, PayPal, Oracle, and Google get started? Who built the internet as we know it now? What are their stories? How did these tech giants turn innovation into a global technological empire? You’ll learn it all and more with The Tech Billionaires Collection!

A New York Times Outstanding Book of the Year.Joe's decision to leave home is prompted by despair over his Mother's blindness to his younger brother's talents and his older brother's drug addiction.

It’s a big break and a heartache on the same day for Alley Oz. The theft of her invaluable guitar sends this aspiring rock star on a Hollywood quest with her glam crew—including the hot guitar tech who is also her number one suspect. While dodging an array of sleazy producers, eccentric directors, and other general weirdos, Alley offers you, aspiring rock star or movie star or both, a cheeky guide to Hollywood stardom

Ride along with “the Cowboy Preacher,” Scott Mathis, as he shares his life story through the different horses and humans that have impacted his life. You’ll laugh, cry, and be strengthened in your life journey as you start with his first pony at age five, Sparky, which he rode to school.

The marketplace and allocation of internal resources are both increasingly competitive. Safety strategies of the future must align with evolving business goals. Will your company's safety efforts keep up with the demands of the future? Emerging trends are becoming increasing visible regarding how safety is viewed, thought of, strategically managed, and how progress is measured. Moreover, the cast of characters, the roles they play, and accountability for responsibilities are evolving, all for the better.

One of the greatest gifts you have been given in life is your ability to dream. Everything that we have today began with someone's dream. In From Success to Significance, motivational speaker Kris Mathis delivers a step-by-step program that teaches you The 8 Keys to Achieving any Goal or Dream. These principles will help you discover your true purpose, how to take control of your life, and then help you go on to make your goals and dreams a reality.

C S. Lewis stands as one of the most influential Christians of the twentieth century. His commitment to the life of the mind and the life of the heart is evident in classics like the Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity―books that illustrate the unbreakable connection between rigorous thought and deep affection. This volume explores the man, his work, and his legacy―reveling in the truth at the heart of Lewis’s spiritual genius: God alone is the answer to our deepest longings and the source of our unending joy.

She came to work with the children, not fall in love. Part-nanny, part entertainer, Addison Bell has always had an enduring love for children. So what better way to use her creative energy than to spend the summer nannying at the renowned Thousand Island House on Staple's Island? As Addi thrives in her work, she attracts the attention of the recreation pavilion's manager, Liam Donovan, as well as the handsome Navy Officer Lt. Worthington, a lighthouse inspector, hotel patron, and single father of mischievous little Jimmy. But when Jimmy goes missing, Addi finds both her job and her ...

My wife’s killer finally caught, I was content to leave Myerton to serve in the isolation of the same monastery where I found my call to the priesthood. The temptations of the past still occupy my mind, but behind these walls I’m safe from them. A call from the Archbishop sends me back to Saint Clare’s, to find out if a young priest has broken his vows. Confident I’ll find nothing wrong, I’m content to return. Then a young woman is murdered, and the priest stands accused. Helen is on the case, and I must work with her again to find the truth.