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Eternal Escapes Cemetery - a place of eternal rest for some and escape for others. After all once you're dead what can come after you?

It's no longer news to most of us that our society has a deep-seated racism problem. Christians of all ethnic and economic backgrounds are tired of seeing the ugly legacy of racism play out before their eyes and feeling ill-equipped to respond. Racism presents itself as an undefeatable foe - a sustained scourge on the reputation of the church. In Faithful Antiracism, Christina Barland Edmondson and Chad Brennan take confidence that Christ has overcome the world, including racism, and offer clear analysis and interventions to challenge and resist its pernicious power.

Kingston is a secluded East Texas town surrounded by a lake and giant pine trees. Except for Friday night football, there is not one thing worth getting excited about. Until Ronnie Javorsky runs onto the field after the national anthem and is shot to death by an unseen assailant. But Ronnie is just the first victim. A macabre game of murder has begun in the quaint town, a challenge to see which sadistic killer can rack up the most kills and do the most destruction before the sun rises. All at the invitation of a mysterious figure known as the Host.

Taking care of your mental health is a huge decision, as important as any other aspect of your life. Part of our mental health develops around our social needs, and discovering how to deal with the repercussions brought by the Pandemic has never been so essential. Toxic thoughts, depression, anxiety...our mental mess is frequently aggravated by a chaotic world and sustained by an inability to manage our runaway thoughts. But we shouldn't settle into this mental mess as if it's just our new normal.

Would you risk everything just to get a first date? Would you fly across the country, show up unannounced, and put your heart on the line to win the girl of your dreams? Chad Johnson did, and that was just the beginning of his adventure toward winning the heart of the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. Through Chad’s story of risking everything to win the heart of his one true love, you’ll learn timeless principles that will enable you to develop the kind of love that lasts forever.

In the Philippines, there are shape-shifting creatures known as aswang. Among them, none are more feared than the manananggal, a vile creature that rips itself in half as it takes to the night to hunt for its favorite prey—the unborn.

She's 22 or 39. She's from Texas or from Alaska. Her mother left her when she was little...or was she abducted? She's stalked by a loan shark, but she's never taken a loan. And him? A soft-spoken, SLR-wielding hero, passionate and sincere - yielding, even...except in love. When David decides to take the wacky, quirky Kalifornia Mooney as his housemate, he doesn’t expect his world to be turned upside down. As their mutual affection grows, so does the inexplicable chasm between the two friends.

Is it time for another revolution? Seismic culture shifts leave Christians wondering how to effect lasting change. While the Bible calls disciples of Jesus to humility, they often display pride. Pride is the enemy of discipleship on every level, and it keeps disciples from making an impact for the kingdom. In The Revolutionary Disciple, Jim Putman and Chad Harrington offer clear guidance for navigating cultural changes with humility. They walk listeners through the five spheres of discipleship and unveil their four core practices of humility along the way.

This book is about the history behind the slave trade. The origin of the slave trade and where it started, evolved, ended, and also a little bit of what's happening now in our generation.

We see the world through the lens of our beliefs. But where did those beliefs come from? Are they even ours? Did we choose them? Or, were they passed on to us like an unfortunate inheritance? Chad brings you along as he shares his own inspiring story of learning to manage the consequences of an abusive upbringing in rural Arkansas.

Three life-long friends embark on a journey to Africa for their annual hunt and get caught up in a series of power plays and cons by powerful men. They find themselves targeted by an ancient African tribe and must find a way to survive to make it home.

Eddie Hawkins, Browning M2 .50 caliber gunner, is good at his work. Some say the best in the business, although he still has plenty of demons to fight. Doubts about his ability still bug him, and things get worse with the arrival of a new platoon lieutenant determined to make his mark. No matter what the cost in men and morale.

Carrie Rhodes is escaping lifetime of abuse. Now she must hide from her boyfriend and the gang that wants her dead. When her car breaks down just north of Chicago, hope fades and she resigns herself to her inevitable fate. But hope returns in the form of an extraordinary man with dark secrets and an unusual occupation. For the first time, Carrie finds herself as part of an extended family where love is given freely and unconditionally.

A waiter, strapped for cash, has a watchful AI implanted before work. With a new body, an injured woman is brought face-to-face with trauma from her past. A microchip lets pet owners gain too much insight into their dog’s thoughts. In their debut anthology, Futures Gleaming Darkly, Clinton W. Waters offers a window into the human experience in a world that is both mundane and fantastic. Join a host of queer characters as they navigate love, loss, and life in a technology-enhanced, not-so-distant future.

You may think being a superhero is all about dodging bullets, fancy armor, secret identities, and thwarting supervillains - but not in Spire City. Here, you have to deal with crazy shamanic visions, and Nazi butchers brought to USA after World War II. Need we mention the malevolent thought forms and gangs of freakish mutants? Modern city life is tough enough, but in Spire City even the superheroes are stretched to the breaking point when the villains have better lawyers.

Why do so many of us postpone life until after death? What makes it so difficult to enjoy right now? This can be traced to a lack of presence. Rushing for tomorrow while forgetting today. Understanding presence requires an investigation into the conditioning mechanisms forming our identity and skewing our perception.

Like so many of us, Sam Paige is stuck in a rut. He's been working at a job he hates, just to make ends meet, and has totally forgotten that he has any choice in how his life turns out. But one day, an invitation to a fundraiser puts him in the orbit of famed auctioneer Max Farber, who insists Sam takes a chance on challenging his long-held beliefs about success, discipline, character, and, most of all, abundance.

Josephine Locke has always been unlucky in love, in life, and definitely in finances. On the cusp of eviction and newly unemployed, she inherits a bookstore in the sleepy little town of Little Comfort, Massachusetts in the wake of her aunt's death. However, strange occurrences in the store make her wonder if her aunt's ghost is trying to send her a message. But ghosts aren't real…right?

As an adult, Craig is reclusive and avoids facing his past, only to discover strange abilities that won't let him escape it. His struggle to find normalcy is challenged by his cousin Danny, a Chicago police detective who uses him to uncover clues at murder scenes. As Craig becomes involved with Lauren, he finds himself pulled ever further into Danny's pursuit of a vicious serial killer - the Tourist. But even if he chooses to forgo his chance at happiness in order to help his cousin, will he understand in time that both he and Danny are being hunted?

During March of each year, 70 million people fill out the National Collegiate Athletic Association basketball tournament bracket, either in national contests or office pools. The goal is to predict all the winners for a tournament of 68 teams. The odds against perfection are astronomical. A small group of social media marketers, led by mathematician Sinclair Dane, see this annual quest as an under-appreciated opportunity to make money on sports betting. For a $2 entry fee, they offer one billion dollars for anyone who can predict the winners of all the games.