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JEANNE GUYON is Christianity's best-known and most influential woman in church history. Her autobiography has moved the hearts of believers for three centuries. Even today, in France, she is one of the greatest figures of French history. Guyon's influence reached the court of Louis XIV. Jealousy ensued, and she was imprisoned in the infamous Bastille. For most of her life she suffered persecution at the hands of the church, because she believed all Christians could have a rich prayer life. Perhaps John Wesley summed it up best: "Guyon is the greatest Christian to rise since the first century.

El declive se puede detectar. El declive se puede evitar. El declive se puede revertir. Jim Collins es probablemente el académico más reconocido del mundo de la empresa y del management. Trabajó durante cinco años en "Empresas que sobresalen" que, publicado en 2001, se convirtió rápidamente en un éxito internacional. Los críticos siguen considerándolo el mejor libro de management de la pasada década.

You want more. You want to belong to a community that looks out for each other. You believe in your bones we don't have to live detached, distracted, and divided. The question is, How? Shannan Martin invites you into deeper connection through simple resets.

Victory at Saipan was the key that opened the door to the soft underbelly of the Japanese Empire. Yet because the Japanese were aware of this vulnerability, they were willing to throw everything they had against the ever-encroaching American forces and fight to the death to defend this island.   

Not just another book about how to play pickleball, Pickleball Mindset dives deep into how to think on the court. Coauthored by Dayne Gingrich, top senior professional pickleball player and renowned mental performance coach, and Jill Martin, an attorney turned personal trainer and pickleball fanatic, this book follows their year-long coaching relationship in which Jill seeks to become mentally dominant on and off the court.

This is the second series of one-off comedies written by the genius behind the smash-hit radio sitcom “Cabin Pressure” – John Finnemore. The first series won the coveted Writers Guild of Great Britain award for Best Comedy. Each show is a comedy perfumed by just two actors - including...

A vivid account of the rivalry between future president William Henry Harrison and the Shawnee chief Tecumseh—and of the Native American alliance that fought westward expansion—from the New York Times bestselling author of Astoria “Taut, multi-layered . . . a much-needed reevaluation of...

Jesus & Your Mental Health delves into the intricate connection between biblical truth and the mind, fostering a comprehensive understanding of mental health within the Christian realm. This exploration illuminates the path to better engagement with mental health issues, paving the way for empathetic support for self and others.

Nearly 40 years ago, Ralph Martin's best-selling A Crisis of Truth exposed the damaging trends in Catholic teaching and preaching that, combined with attacks from secular society, threatened the mission and life of the Catholic Church. While much has been done to counter false teaching over the last four decades, today the church faces even more insidious threats from outside and within. In A Church in Crisis: Pathways Forward, Martin offers a detailed look at the growing hostility to the Catholic Church and its teaching.

Un amor prohibido. Un pasado que lo destruyó todo. Un viaje que hará tambalear los cimientos de una relación vetada. Los lazos de la familia atan, y los de la pasión pueden hacerlos saltar por los aires. Traiciones, secretos, intriga y mucha mafia te sumergirán en un mundo que no te permitirá salir indemne.

Claudia sigue el consejo de una amiga y se alista en una agencia de Au pair. Enseguida recibe la oferta de una peculiar familia para cuidar a las gemelas Lyon. Es la quinta au pair en tan solo dos meses y desconoce la razón por la que todas las jóvenes son despedidas tan rápido. En cuanto llega a la mansión familiar y conoce a Mr Lyon, puede hacerse una idea de por qué ninguna niñera permanece allí mucho tiempo.

Dr. Anarchy is a man with a simple dream: to conquer and rule the entire world. While he has yet to achieve his goal, he has managed to become absolute lord and master of one small corner of it. This is the story of what one man was able to achieve though hard work, dedication, careful planning, unhealthy obsession, giant robots, disintegrators, remote controlled grolem dolls, a horde of disposable henchmen, killbots, an annoying cyborg ninja, and 36 rules every supervillain should follow!

Commander Terex has had a terrible life. First he lost his mate, then he was taken over by an evil demon, then attacked and mutilated by the Dark Kindred, Two - enemy of his kind. He feels broken and the only thing that can make him whole again is vengeance - or so he thinks. Elaina Thornton has a secret grief - a sister who is terminally ill with no hope of recovery. She too, feels broken inside--unable to do anything but grieve. But then a prophesy is spoken - Elaina's healing and Terex's vengeance lie in the same direction, in the mysterious Dark Sector.

Right Ho, Jeeves sees Bertie Wooster blithely attempting to assume the role of Jeeves himself as a matters-of-the-heart adviser. Very unwise: from Gussie Fink-Nottle's romance with Madeline Bassett, to Tuppy Glossop and his stop/go engagement to Angela Travers, the young master succeeds only in making a bally mess of everyone's love-lives.

The Book of Proverbs, from the King James Bible, contains the lessons of wisdom of King Solomon, the son of his great father, David. They are invaluable precepts for Jews and Christians, and have guided many to spiritual and moral strength. At their foundation is love and obedience to God, the source of all wisdom. The Proverbs offer a powerful insight into human nature, with all its flaws. They demonstrate that diligent observance of God's laws can lead to a rewarding and successful life.

Brought to you by Penguin. Guide-dog Laura needed a new home. And, after listening to her owner, Jaina, talk on the radio about what would happen to her much loved guide and companion when she retired, Martin Clunes picked up the phone. He’d always been a soft touch when it came to animals...

Kandahar. The ancient desert crossroads and, as of fall of 2001, ground zero for the Taliban and al-Qa'ida in southern Afghanistan. In the northern part of the country, the US-supported Northern Alliance has made progress on the battlefield, but in the south, the country is still under the Taliban's bloody hold and al-Qa'ida continues to operate there. With no "Southern Alliance" for the US to support, a new strategy is needed if victory is to be achieved. Veteran CIA officer Duane Evans is dispatched to Pakistan to "get something going in the South." Foxtrot in Kandahar is his story. 

People all over the world know Metropolitan Kallistos Ware as a church leader, scholar, and writer. But far fewer know him as a man. Near the end of his life, he agreed to sit for several sessions and speak about his life, as well as his memories of the many different people he met and knew over the years and to give his thoughts on some contemporary questions facing the Church in our age. These sessions were recorded, transcribed, and edited for the present volume.

Cuando entro a mi oficina y veo a Emma Green esperándome se me paraliza el mundo. Intenté convencerme por años de que dejarla ir fue la mejor decisión que tomé en vida, pero ahora que la tengo delante mío, toda esa confianza desaparece inmediatamente y mi cuerpo se desespera por tenerla. Siempre fue mi talón de Aquiles, ella con su arte, sus colores y su luz, todo lo que llama a un ser sombrío y silencioso como yo. Pero, luego de tantos años, quizás considere una segunda oportunidad.

By day, Lucían brews potions and illuminates manuscripts in service to the monastery that took him in as a child, wielding magic based in his faith and his purity. By night, he dreams of the world outside the cloister-a world he knows only in books and scrolls.