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By current standards the world over, unschooling is a radical educational practice based on radical philosophical concepts. Should children really be given the freedom to pursue their own academic interests? The unschooling dads who have written for this book answer that question with a concerted "YES"! Discover their reasons for choosing this most unconventional of approaches to education for their children.

If God is sovereign, how can I be free to choose? But if God is not sovereign, how can he be God? Is it possible to reconcile God's sovereignty with human choice? This is one of the most perplexing theological questions. It's also one of the most personal. In Hand in Hand, Randy Alcorn says that the traditional approach to this debate has often diminished our trust in God and his purposes. Instead of making a one-sided argument from select verses, Alcorn examines the question in light of all Scripture.

The widower says his wife was killed by gangs - but now he’s running for Mayor of New York City. Just to be sure (or else to portray himself as a properly mourning husband), he hires PIs Joey Mancuso and Father Dom to solve the murder. Only they can’t help noticing he’s pushing them to come to the gang conclusion as well. Hey, is something fishy here?

Written to help fantasy and science fiction storytellers, game designers, gamers, and hobbyists, Cultures and Beyond, The Art of World Building #3 is a how-to guide for filling an imaginary world with fascinating societies. It includes chapters on creating culture, organizations, armed forces, religions, the supernatural, magic systems, technological and supernatural items, languages, names, and various systems our world will have, from health, educational, legal, and commerce, to information systems.

The Black Death was the first recorded pandemic in Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire. All across the continent, people learned just how gruesome and horrific disease could be as the plague crossed the boundaries of countries and the lines established by society, killing everyone equally. It showed that no one - not even archbishops and kings - was immune from its grasp.

Lack of self-confidence and problems with unhealthy self-esteem are usually the reason why smart, competent and talented people never achieve a satisfying life, a life that should easily be possible for them. Think about your childhood. At the age of four or five, there weren't too many things that you considered impossible, right? You weren't bothered or held back by any kind of criticism; you stayed indifferent to what other people thought of you.

In his seventh hard-boiled tale, New York-based Private Eye Joey Mancuso travels to the lush, verdant shores of Miami Beach. But this is no vacation - Joey’s wading knee deep into a gritty cesspool of corruption, using his street smarts and industry connections to investigate a vast financial conspiracy. A young hedge-fund employee - a kid right out of college, green as can be - was killed by an anonymous sedan while on a motorcycle ride after hitting the South Beach clubs. Miami Beach police don’t seem interested, but Joey does - the kid’s dad is a friend of a friend.

Chelsea Whitlock is a woman who has turned past trauma into a life filled with love and prosperity. When Tyler Atwater unexpectedly enters her world, emotions she thought were long buried resurface. Little does she know that fate is harboring a perilous threat to the delicate foundation of their burgeoning relationship. Parallel to Chelsea’s journey is that of J. Scott Anderson, a man who appears to be living the dream, with a flourishing career, good health, and a loving family. However, Scott’s idyllic life falls apart as he becomes the obsession of a sinister individual.

Randy Rainbow is uniquely himself. He loves painting his nails and listening to old Broadway albums. But when some kids at school tease Randy for being who he is, he goes to his beloved granny for a solution. And she has just the thing: a pair of sparkly pink glasses. The moment Randy puts the...

From his best-selling series, The Art of World Building, author Randy Ellefson provides more than 3000 World Building Prompts to inspire creators for everything they might want to invent.

The Cross of Christ has left a crater at the center of history, an inflection of sacrificial love toward which everything before and after this event is ordered and properly understood. That Christ is the Alpha and Omega—the logic, the meaning of creation itself, from whom the drama of salvation emanates and toward whom it moves—is a central but often neglected doctrine of Catholic Christianity.

Like many truckers, Ron Hartman drives long hours far from home, trying to make ends meet. Chasing the dream of owning his own big rig, he has lost the thing he loves most; his wife and son have moved out of his run-down trailer house. Desperate to win his family back, with his own truck and schedule, Ron is an ideal target for recruitment by major drug smuggling rings. When his truck breaks down and someone offers him a load that seems too good to be true, he is too desperate to heed the warning signs.

Only a fool steals from a wizard. Talon Stormbringer thought he knew the risk of stealing from Viland Shadowbreaker - until he got caught. The wizard will spare him if Talon fetches the deadly silver elixir from the Everway, a supernatural land of lost souls and worse, ruled by the Ever Fiend. Talon had assumed none of it was real but agrees to go despite a band of people he can't trust accompanying him. Of all the things they might discover on their journey, one is the hardest to learn.

Never before has a president stirred so much controversy, so much anger. But what’s the root cause of this negativity and why are people emotionally disturbed by the 45th president? These are questions that many folks have attempted to answer, but the real reasons have been difficult to pinpoint...until now.

In this debut audiobook from Jerod Smith you will be challenged to believe God at a level that you may not have thought possible. You will begin to realize the barriers that keep some people from living the life God has for them, then how to tear down those barriers! Through his challenging and witty writing, Jerod Smith helps you realize the absolute enormity of the God we serve, and just how much He loves you. No matter where you are in your faith, this audiobook will bring about a passionate desire in you to believe God at the deepest level. How Big is God in your life?

The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance gives valuable information on becoming a peak performer in sports, business, and life.

You can be a martial arts master with this self-hypnosis program. Randy will help you focus on what is required to be the master you are longing to be. Randy Charach is undoubtedly among America's top mind menders, renowned as a results-only hypnotist and hypnotherapist. Randy's abilities are in demand for TV work (entertainment) in addition to his world-famous clinical work. He is a certified trainer in the D.I.S.C. Personality Profiling system and author of over 20 books and audio programs.

Jillian is picture-perfect on the outside, but terrified of getting hurt on the inside. Brittany is a tough girl who trusts almost no one. Ian is a successful athlete who dabbles in the occult. And Rob is a former gang-banger who struggles with guilt, pain, and a newfound faith in God. These four college students will face the ultimate battle between good and evil in a single year.

Back Pain Relief -with Three Brainwave Music Recordings -Alpha, Theta, Delta -for Three Different Sessions. New brain scan technology shows that hypnotic suggestion can cause the pleasure centres of our brains to light up. In a 2005 hypnosis and brain-imaging study conducted at the University of Iowa, Doctors found that hypnosis actually blocks pain signals from getting to the part of the brain responsible for discomfort.

A Jake Muller movie? Why not? When Jake takes his nephew Peter to Louisiana to see the filming of a movie about him, they also make plans to visit some friends. Julienne Cormier, who changed the course of his life, is one of them. So is his former Captain, whose health has taken a surprising turn. So why are young people disappearing? And what has driven Julienne’s best friend to apparent suicide? And what is all this talk about zombies? Battle lines are being drawn, and Jake Muller isn’t about to back off from a fight.