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HIS COUNTRY SPIT HIM OUT. THE SHADOWS DESTROYED HIM. NOW HE'S THEIR ONLY HOPE. The clock is ticking. A catastrophic zero-day cyberweapon is set to cripple the American power grid in the dead of winter, killing millions. And a scared kid fleeing for his life across Europe holds the encrypted keys...

Fr. Matthew Schneider LC, a priest on the autism spectrum, knows the challenges that autistics face in prayer, as well as the autistic traits that can be leveraged to deepen one’s prayer. With clarity and honesty, he shares from his own experience and that of others on the spectrum to give hope and confidence to listeners.

Did you know that anyone can learn to achieve flow? This book shows you how. Discover the secret weapon of champions: Flow. Unlike a rare talent, anyone can learn to cultivate this state and access peak performance in their sport. Create the optimal conditions for cultivating flow in your own athletic career. Cultivating the flow state in sport can be a powerful way to improve your performance and achieve a greater sense of satisfaction and enjoyment in your athletic pursuits.

In this timeless spiritual classic, Florence Scovel Shinn reveals that life is not a battleground—but a beautifully designed game, governed by metaphysical laws and divine intention. First published in 1925, The Game of Life and How to Play It has helped millions understand the power of words, faith, imagination, and intuition in shaping their reality.

If there is to be real renewal in Christian life, a culture steeped in the blood of the Lamb, saints must rise up to seed it. Only the witness of sanctity can save us now. More than ever, we need heroic men of God like St. Ignatius of Antioch, bishop and martyr of the early Church, whose life and letters Dr. Regis Martin illuminates in these stirring pages. No other writer of the Apostolic Age has expressed with such passion, such blazing intensity, an ardent thirst for God as St. Ignatius, traveling in chains across Asia Minor toward the Colosseum.

There was once an ancient bodyguard serving the most powerful man in the world who unexpectedly felt himself called to spearhead a massive project nine hundred miles from his home. His otherwise stable existence was shattered by news that changed his life and the destinies of thousands. This humble bodyguard servant was Nehemiah. Nehemiah’s story will fascinate, energize, and inspire you to decipher the leadership puzzle with vigor. Lead Like a Bodyguard will become your wise and indispensable companion for the journey ahead.

Mental Wealth reveals an approach to workplace mental health and wellbeing that is proven to actually get results. Despite having a huge impact on the productivity, profitability, and culture of organizations, there is very little guidance currently provided to managers and leaders on how to effectively manage workplace mental health and wellbeing. What does exist is often focused on the legal aspects of minimizing risk that it misses the psychology of workplace mental health and high performance and actually ends up creating risk for workplaces.

After he and his buddy survive the bloody landing on the beaches of Salerno, Frank Moster is more determined than ever to play a part in liberating his birth parents' homeland from the Nazi scourge. What he doesn't expect is that he'll become personally involved with an Italian family whose lives are being ravaged, first by the German occupation and now by the brutal fighting and deadly bombings on the heels of the Allied invasion - or that, for the second time in his life, he'll come face to face with the heartache and trauma of being orphaned at a very young age. 

He played video games, excelled athletically and academically, manifested contagious joy and wit — even in suffering — and befriended all those he met. St. Carlo Acutis (1991–2006), already hailed “the greatest saint of the century,” was a Thomas Aquinas in blue jeans. It’s almost unheard of that parents take part in the beatification of their own child. So, too, is it uncommon for parents to miraculously be brought back to the Faith and dedicated Christian living by their child.

When Charlie Rideout’s best friend David vanishes from Denver’s vibrant drag bar scene, he turns to the last person who should take the case. Max Evans is a jaded private detective still haunted by the murder of his husband at the hands of a serial killer he helped put behind bars. But the deeper Max and Charlie dig into David’s disappearance, the more the shadows of Max’s past close in around them. A taunting business card smeared with blood. A killer who was supposed to be locked away. And the terrifying realization that David’s abduction was never about David at all.

Based on interviews with the protagonist and his medical and police records, Through the Wall dives into the world of an individual who tries to battle out with his conscience and almost loses his sanity due to the voices he hears in his head. Find out how the protagonist falls in love with the girl of his dreams and flees from the police, thinking that he’s a super hero.

Only the risen dead can save the living! It was supposed to be just another case for Forensics Detective Lowie Mortem. Nothing could be further from the truth. While investigating a particular case, Mortem is brutally, savagely, and inexplicably murdered. However, as fate would have it, he's granted a new lease on life and risen from the dead by a mysterious warlock.

For the second time in human history, we are on the verge of broad new breakthroughs in health, productivity, and personal freedom. And many-to-many networks are the reason. In business, government, and war, information is no longer the privilege of a powerful few. Now everyone knows what anyone knows, and we are applying that diversity of experience and perspective to expand the frontiers of our lives. We are starting to think together.

Rylan is a happy and rambunctious five-year-old who comes from a loving family who share with him stories about their childhood memories of school while also sharing the importance of education. Rylan’s family attends the first day of school with him and are in for more than the joy of seeing Rylan start kindergarten, as the family members are in for a few school-day surprises of their own.

Two friends engage on a seemingly boring road trip to visit a dying family member. Little did they know they would be thrust into the fight for their life. A fun "fictional autobiography" about the lengths that someone will go to for the people that they care about, and the bonds of friendship.

From my observations, there have been great strides in Christian thinking regarding seeking help for physical health problems. However, this does not seem to be the case when it comes to mental health issues. In this audiobook, I address this stigma that exists among Christians when it comes to depression. My intention is to dispel myths about depression and to get people to understand that it is a condition to which we are all vulnerable. I also hope to increase people's understanding of God's will that we have healthy minds as well as healthy bodies.

Are the 1932 Yankees the greatest team of all time? This is the story of their remarkable season, led by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig, toward one of the most lopsided and talked-about World Series in baseball history. At the outset of the Great Depression, as FDR campaigned to replace Herbert Hoover, a baseball season was played across America.

Cryptocurrency has emerged as a force strong enough to disrupt the global monetary system as we know it. Why now? By taking a closer look at the events that transpired around GameStop stock in early 2021, we begin to unpack some important answers to that question. 

Fanhood has an understandable allure. It can be a welcome distraction, a way to connect with a tribe, an outlet that won’t get you fired, jailed, or divorced (usually). But when cheering for a team causes more anxiety than joy, when it affects how we show up for those we love, when our obsession with a team’s journey comes at the expense of our own - that’s when an innocent hobby has turned toxic. Once upon a time, this was me. Fanhood may have served you at one time. But deep down, you know it’s a sissified waste...

Victory is earned one play at a time. In The Freshman Full-Back, Ralph D. Paine delivers a spirited tale of determination, teamwork, and personal growth set against the exciting backdrop of early American college football. As a young athlete faces the challenges of competition, friendship, and...