The Lord’s Prayer – Tidbits from Its Extraordinary History

Engross yourself in an intimate exploration of the Gospel and researched details of the relationship between Jesus and His family, especially the startling specificity concerning His mother. Discover how Jesus’ stepbrothers fostered the founding of the new religion. Enjoy learning how Jesus’ heritage, Palestinian lifestyle, and politics influenced His ministry. Get surprised by how prayers from antiquity determined Jesus’ teachings. Become knowledgeable about the religious and personal importance of the terms and phrases in the Lord’s Prayer. See how the prayer remained the same throughout changes in language. Also read how the Jewish Brethren and Gentile Christians struggled to reach agreement on how best to worship under Jesus’ new life instructions. While thousands of interpretations of the Lord’s Prayer and its profound implications for the Christian religion have been published, there has never been a book this unique, or unusual, in its offerings.

The Macau Maverick

Working as a Christian doctor in a place controlled by the Macau Mafia, Dr. Bill Swan was in constant danger of being discovered as an underground Christian missionary. Using Macau as a base, he smuggled Bibles into China and slipped through the net of the Chinese Communist government. He established medical clinics and staffed them with Christian nurses, doctors, and teachers who set up underground churches. They were always in danger of being discovered. Some actually were. People disappeared, and lives were lost. The story is true, and the life he lived is an inspiration to those who are called to take the story of Christ to a world that has never heard it. As one of his converts asked, “This is good news. Why haven’t we heard this story before?”

The Negotiation Process

This book will change your life! It will give you a brand-new perspective to negotiation. It will take you from stressful, unpleasant, confrontational situations to a world of stressless, enjoyable, and collaborative ways of conducting business. It will also help you to shape the future of your business with a clearer vision of what you want it to be.

All books and theories about negotiation stop at when you close a deal. But this is a very short-termed vision of negotiation. If you want your business to survive the upcoming waves of mergers and acquisitions, digital revolutions, and international trade, you need to add sustainability to your negotiations. This book will show you how to get there. 

The Phenomenology of Death

Why do we prefer to say that someone has “passed away” rather than simply saying that the person has died? When did people begin to believe that there was existence after death? In what other ways does death affect how we live?

This book examines death as a phenomenon in human culture. It looks at how our attitudes about death have changed over many centuries. There is a detailed critique of views on the belief in existence after death, and an analysis of how our attitude about existence after death affects our attitudes about the meaning of life. There is also an explanation of how death influences our everyday psychology and psychological responses. An important indication is why existence after death will soon be generally considered to be a scientific fact.

The Ramblings and Correlations of an Intergenerational Mind

I grew up in Vancouver where I’ve run the gamut of alcoholism, addiction, dysfunction, and every other intergenerational effect around. I am a Heiltsuk, born in Bella Bella, BC. My name is Billie, and I am known on a popular social media site and from my childhood as Billie G. I am the sixth daughter of a handsome carver/fisherman and a beautiful mom who worked in the cannery in Namu, BC. I am a proud mom of four beautiful sons, Martin, Gregory, Miguel and Jamie. I am a grandmother, an aunt, a daughter and a niece, sister, cousin and friend.

I had absolutely no idea why my people and I are so broken. I had no idea what intergenerational effects were until I went to college and then university. Before I had the privilege of earning an education, I had no idea why I’d led a life stagnant and laden with dysfunction or why I could not just ‘be healthy.’ I did not understand why I had to take the long rough and tough way around towards healing.

I have since earned a Bachelor of Social Work degree from an indigenous perspective and I have learned a lot about me and my life and how I’ve been affected by intergenerational effects. I understand now why I am so stigmatized. I understand now who I am and where I come from. I have recognized not a lot of people, indigenous or otherwise, are unaware of what intergenerational effects are. I have correlated some effects with my life in hopes of giving more clarity in how they affect me and my people. These are my views, this is my understanding, and this is my life. These are The Ramblings and Correlations of an Intergenerational Mind.

The Role of Language in Teaching Children Math

It can be difficult to recognize that in spite of the precision and power of mathematics, both the verbal and symbolic language it uses have the same qualities of ambiguity as every other human language. In The Role of Language in Teaching Children Math, Dr. Kastner reveals strategies to overcome the fact that traditional and current mathematics curricula, beginning in the early grades, fail to provide students with the conceptual understanding required to advance to levels where the delight of geometry and calculus become accessible. Kastner’s clear prose and organic organization assists teachers, parents, and students to untangle abstract meanings required for mastery in the field of mathematics.

"As teachers of mathematics, it is critical that we continually foster meaningful mathematical conversations with children in order for them to develop a deep understanding of the math. Bernice’s extraordinary, thought-provoking book is a primer on how the language we use to teach and talk about mathematics can either obscure or illuminate the profound beauty of mathematics. The Role of Language in Teaching Children Math should be read by any serious teacher of mathematics."

--Debby Halperin, Recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching 2014

The Seventy-Thousand-Dollar Outhouse

This second book by Donald D. Yackel continues the format and organization of his first, The Idling Bulldozer and Other Paddling Adventures. However, unlike that offering, this one starts with a personal reflection on the author’s connection to boats and the water. Subsequent chapters describe paddling trips in Canada, Costa Rica, Florida, and Mexico. While each chapter provides a glimpse into part of the world most readers will never visit, the author’s vivid descriptions will take you there.

As one reviewer put it: “I am an armchair adventurer. I loved the descriptions of the various areas in the U.S. and Canada…the terrain, the wildlife…places I will never see…places most people will never see or experience. The challenges of paddling in various places and conditions, the hardships, the challenges and the rewards make for a great and interesting read.”

A second reviewer writes: “Even if you are not a paddling enthusiast, the stories are fun! Don writes in a conversational tone…it's like you’re sitting next to him while he tells his stories.”

Each tale is a memoir of what the author experienced on the adventure: what he saw, what he did, how it felt, whom he traveled with, and the dangers and rewards experienced. Whether you are a veteran kayaker, a rank beginner, or have never been in a boat before, you can find something to relate to in this book.

The Sexpert

If your intimacy has stalled, this book offers passionate possibilities. Gain insight into techniques that attract partners as you discover adventurous positions for deeper satisfaction.

Delve into the keys to compatibility and learn how to better understand and communicate attraction with a lover. Whether you want to boost a committed bond or relay interest to someone new, these tips help bring relationships to thrilling new heights.

Enjoy exercising erotic expertise as you and your special someone read together. Let steamy stories and scenarios richly illustrated within these pages stimulate excitement and inspires exploration between the sheets.

Give your sex life a boost while getting in sync with a partner like never before. The Sexpert has the passion and power to transform lulls into lust.

The Unexpected Chronicles

Taking place in the year 2025, an invasion of alien creatures called Instinctive Outside Beings (IOBs) have taken over the world. With the world merely destroyed, a man named Clay Treston finds himself struggling within a reality he has long lost. Tortured and beaten from the impact of the IOBs, he continues to fight and protect a city full of survivors in order to hang on to a past that holds him together. But when suspicious events begin to appear, he soon learns a bigger plot beginning to unfold around him, as he tries to hold himself together to fight. On the verge of losing himself and the city, he is then forced to not only learn what his true path is in the world, but to put aside his feelings to finally see a new reality before him.

The Vampire Man

Volker Elis Pilgrim (1942-2022) was a bestselling author in Germany, publishing a range of controversial books such as his study of the evils of mother love, a guide to sexual emancipation, and four massive volumes which psychoanalyzed Hitler as a sexually deranged serial killer. The Vampire Man, completed just before his death, is his first book in English. It has an important message: there are vampires among us, killing us softly in our sleep.

His book presents a brilliant investigation into a phenomenon that affects millions of people. Pilgrim has detected a sleep disorder which he describes as “an energy transfer” between two people who sleep in different rooms, even in different buildings. It’s a kind of clandestine relationship. His theory is that there is a taker, who feeds off the spirits of someone else in their sleep – and robs them even of the will to live. Such takers, Pilgrim believes, have a vampire personality.

Their victims are donors. They suffer from restlessness and deep disturbance in the night and are mystified about what causes their disorder. Pilgrim’s book is a warning – and offers help to donors so they can avoid “nightly energy robbery.”

The author was once described as “the most interesting person on Earth.” The Vampire Man introduces the English-reading world to a profound and towering genius – and his book may even save lives.

The Who Onstage 1969-1971

The Who achieved legendary status from their Woodstock 1969 concert. With truly groundbreaking music and theatrics to match, this performance brought about a great era for The Who, where each concert reached the height of visual and musical perfection.

During 1969–1971, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend, Keith Moon, and John Entwisle had no equal onstage. Some of their greatest music was performed at the Woodstock Music Festival, Fillmore East, Tanglewood Music Shed, and the Forest Hills Tennis Stadium. The photos within this book have captured their magic.

The Who were unpredictable, always pushing the limits musically, led by a powerhouse of four unique individuals the likes of which the world has never seen since.

This is The Who!

The Wisdom of Great Granpa

A collection of philosophical thoughts and practical advice regarding physical exercise. Thoughts, advice, and ideas derived from high school coaches, college professors, my mother, my grandmother, and a philosopher by the name of Blaise Pascal.