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The goal of Foundations of Social Understanding: A Theory and Institutions Based Introduction to Sociology is to convey the essential aspects of sociology, keeping the focus on the theoretical ideas that form the backbone of the discipline. This book fills a niche for instructors and students who wish to have a rigorously presented, yet low-cost text that covers essential aspects of the field.

What can your spiritual ancestors teach you about holy living today? Although they led ascetic lives centuries ago, St. Benedict, the Desert Fathers and Mothers, and other early Christian saints have much to teach everyone in the 21st century. Through their enduring writings, they created blueprints of the spiritual life that remain as powerful in our time as ever.

Follow the contemplative path with Thomas Merton as your guide. In 1942, Thomas Merton relinquished a promising academic career to join the Abbey of Gethsemani. Instead of running away from the world, however, he actually developed his most profound wisdom about it.

After Chandler Harper's mom accepts a job offer in Crooked Oak, Chandler and his family move in with his grandma. He starts experiencing paranormal activity, so he decides to dig into the mystery of the town and the urban legend of Mary Crowe, The Veil Lady.

Acting jobs don't grow on fire escapes, so struggling actress Esther Diamond is outraged when her guest role as a hooker on controversial TV drama The Dirty Thirty is jeopardized by zombies, angry spirits, and a voodoo curse. Meanwhile, the talented teens Esther is coaching at a Harlem cultural center are also being attacked by the sinister supernatural power that's spreading through Manhattan.

Ein Leben für ein Leben. Jeder kennt den Kampf zwischen Gut und Böse. Doch was passiert, wenn dieser Kampf in ein und derselben Person tobt? Sie hatte sich ihrer Dunkelheit verschrieben und akzeptiert, dass ihr Leben niemals wieder so werden würde, wie es einmal war. Dem Motorradclub, der sie aufgefangen hatte und mittlerweile zu ihrer Familie geworden war, verdankte sie ihr Leben. Doch ihre eigene Dunkelheit hielt sie fest im Griff. Ihre Seele wurde zerfetzt. Ihr Herz hörte auf zu schlagen und Liebe? Liebe war nur noch ein Wort, ohne Bedeutung für sie geworden. Sie hasste. Sie jagte.

Thomas Fisher’s life was rocked by an unexpected family revelation that stripped away what he once believed about his cultural identity and community. Faced by this late-life catharsis, Fisher resigned from a senior executive position to seek his real origins - and understand why the shocking truth remained concealed for over a hundred years. This journey of discovery is chronicled in “Gifts from Prometheus,” Fisher’s debut book.

In The Balanced Wealth Approach, certified financial planner and wealth manager Tom Hine reframes the retirement discussion by placing the emphasis on healthcare as much as wealthcare.

Ten bestselling, critically acclaimed authors deliver a fresh novel of interconnected stories that follows a group of young adults over the course of a few wild, transformative hours at an epic house party. House Party offers a delightful snapshot of diverse classmates getting ready to say goodbye to high school and hello to life’s next chapter—but not before they make their final night together one they’ll never forget!

There are currently no specialized treatments for social media addiction and anxiety type conditions attributed to social media usage. Whereas most "remedies" for social media abuse call for "vacations", "breaks", and "parental surveillance" from the applications, Delete Me refutes these methods as ineffective. Author J.A. Thomas, MSW, who is one of a growing army of industry experts going offline, offers powerful and personal reasons for all of us to abandon these treacherous online platforms.

In this dreamlike tale, Fred is visiting his grandfather when time suddenly stops. Setting out to discover why, Fred meets Maestro Orpheus and his magical lyre. Together they begin a musical adventure along the Corridor of Time, on their way to wind the World Clock. Drawing on a broad range of classical music by composers from Bach and Haydn to Chopin and Strauss, Maestro Orpheus and the World Clock explores the intimate relationship between time, memory, and music in a way that is intended to delight and fill with wonder.

Camp New Beginnings isn’t the safe place Matt Voorhees thought it was. An intense flood stole the life of one of the nine survivors. And now all that remain from their cryocolumn are eight 17-year-olds and a troubled man named Darin, who Matt doesn’t trust. They still don’t know where the cryovault is and are no closer to finding it, due to a monstrous snowstorm forcing them to stay put. But they know they’re running out of time. Dr. Westbrook is dead, and there is no one tending to the over five thousand pods of cryogenically frozen people - the last of the human race.

Every follower of Christ recognizes the importance and value of a consistent and vital prayer life, but many struggle to succeed in this essential aspect of Christian living. Thomas J. Ramundo draws upon a lifetime of observation, study, experience, and fascination with prayer to share biblical principles to motivate your prayer life. At the same time, he does not shy away from difficult questions such as:

Ketogenic and Intermittent Fasting diets to assist individuals in losing weight and boost wellness.

Did you know that most financial advisors - in fact over 80 percent - have no written succession or continuity plan? It’s wild, but true, and The Zen of Business Acquisitions is the answer to a growing concern for more financial preparedness. As the financial advisors of the Baby Boomer generation edge closer to their own retirement, there has been an unprecedented wave of sales, mergers, and acquisitions. This increased surge in activity has created a great deal of valuable insight into the rules for success inside this industry, but it has also muddied the waters.

Have you ever wondered if there is life on other planets? The answer is affirmative. They are among us, and we share a single Creator. GForce returns in this third installment of Portal Code RHN-G3 to fight against the Dark to defend the universe, and on the way, Georky knows what is his true lineage and his purpose, receives prophetic messages encrypted in a number of dreams-visions with those who will travel to the past and the future, discover the nature of the chupacabra hybrid and receive a relic with powers, divine hands.

In a difficult era, a man named Sam discovers a secret in the mansion that was his dream. All the course of his life he wished to have his own destiny, a property, and a family of his own, but he became a hermit who put a family on the brink of danger and thus everything around him, without knowing that his destiny and his future would be bigger than a man can believe. An unexpected event causes him to hide his whole life in the bowels of a bunker. There he created the vault of time that would change his life and become User 111-1, a time traveler to an uncertain future.

Texas Cherokee Detective Lucas Stonecoat is back, and with help from FBI profilers and police shrink Meredyth Sanger, now Lucas' wife, he is on the trail of a serial killer the press calls The Baby Slayer. It is a grisly if apt name given the killer. Lucas and his task force are soon on the track of the pedophile murdering monster, possibly the worst excuse for humanity that Lucas has ever come across. But all the systems of law enforcement have become obstacles to catching and keeping this particular suspect behind bars.

When Hani, an Egyptian diplomat under Akhenaten, is sent to investigate the murder of a useful bandit leader in Syria, he encounters corruption, tangled relationships, and yet more murder. His investigation is complicated by the new king’s religious reforms, which have struck Hani’s own family to the core.

In novels such as Extreme Instinct and Darkest Instinct, Robert W. Walker has probed the deepest recesses of the criminal mind, bringing us face to face with killers as brilliant as they are vicious. Now Walker returns to the gritty streets of Houston he first explored in Cutting Edge, where Detective Lucas Stonecoat and police psychiatrist Meredyth Sanger face a new predator: The Snatcher.