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Join three literary scholars and award-winning professors as they introduce you to dozens of short masterpieces that you can finish - and engage with - in a day or less. Perfect for people with busy lives who still want to discover-or rediscover-just how transformative an act of reading can be, these 36 lectures range from short stories of fewer than 10 pages to novellas and novels of around 200 pages. Despite their short length, these works are powerful examinations of the same subjects and themes that longer "great books" discuss.

For thousands of years those of Ra have sought to teach the Law of One to seekers of truth on Earth who wished to learn of the unity or oneness of all things...Don Elkins and Carla L. Rueckert worked together for 12 years to perfect the channeling process and receive philosophical inspiration and guidance from extraterrestrial sources. When Jim McCarty joined them in 1980 they began to receive a new and unique type of channeling contact from those of Ra...This audiobook is the transcript from the recording of that conversation between the Questioner and Ra.

In this compelling new book - drawn from conversations with and narrated by award-winning Vatican journalist John L. Allen Jr. - Barron, founder of Word on Fire Catholic Ministries, proclaims in vivid language the goodness and truth of the Catholic tradition. Through Barron's smart, practical, artistic, and theological observations - as well as through personal anecdotes about everything from engaging atheists on YouTube to his days as a young die-hard baseball fan from Chicago - To Light a Fire on the Earth covers prodigious ground.

God's Psychiatry teaches listeners how to acquire confidence, courage, and a new look at life. Dr. Allen teaches how to banish fear and worry, how to root out hate and suspicion, how to show true gratitude and generate appreciation with your friends and loved ones plus how to face life with enthusiasm and peace through the teachings of the Holy Bible and discipleship with Jesus Christ.

It's the 22nd century. Humanity has taken its first steps into the galaxy, and we've found ourselves in a vast playground of alien races, environments, and cultures. As the newest players on the universal stage, though, our position is readily apparent - we're at the bottom of the food chain.

An Actual Play podcast of the TTRPG Heart: The City Beneath, including content from the supplement ICHOR-DROWNED. Follow a party of delvers descending into a drowned hellscape to search for fragments of their pasts and hope for their futures.

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership is a groundbreaking book that combines the concepts of emotional intelligence and leadership in one model - emotionally intelligent leadership (EIL). This important resource offers students a practical guide for developing their EIL capacities and emphasizes that leadership is a learnable skill that is based on developing healthy and effective relationships.

During World War II, Port Chicago was a segregated naval munitions base on the outer shores of San Francisco Bay. On July 17, 1944, an explosion rocked the base, killing 320 men — 202 of whom were Black ammunition loaders. In the ensuing weeks, White officers were given leave time and commended for heroic efforts, whereas 328 of the surviving Black enlistees were sent to load ammunition on another ship. When they refused, 50 men were singled out and charged — and convicted — of mutiny. It was the largest mutiny trial in US naval history. 

Marriage is a lifelong commitment that brings two individuals together as partners in life. This practical guide will provide you with tips and strategies to help you reignite the spark in your marriage and build a stronger, more fulfilling relationship. Whether you've been married for a few years or several decades, these strategies can help you to deepen your love and connection, communicate more effectively, and build a brighter future together.

Achieving hope and success in all six areas is a concept I call Total Life Victory, rooted in the wonderful fact that the King of heaven loves us and wants us to enjoy abundant life in every part of life. God said it said Himself: “The thief comes only to steal, slaughter, and destroy. I have come that they might have life, and have it abundantly!” (John 10:10 TLV) On this podcast, you’ll find resources and tools that will show you how to gain your Total Life Victory. Don’t lose hope!

Ferocious storms, winged beasts, and falling angels are just some of the dark tales locked within these pages. Discover a world where carnage falls from the sky, and delve into the frenzy of a world gone mad as Heaven opens and all Hell breaks loose.

For centuries, Christians have inadvertently been wallowing in the muck and mire of "race theory" and its language. It's time to start speaking of humanity in biblical terms as God intended. The Kingdom of God does not refer to mankind in the words and phrases of misguided scientists. We remain divided as a culture while the Church has the very answer for ethnic reconciliation. The Fallacy of Race seeks to inspire the listener to reflect the heart and mind of God in our culture, bringing healing and unity to our land. 

Welcome to MES Explores (formerly Mise-en-Scène), a show where we look at all manner of films from around the world, and, more often than not, take a cerebral look at the story lines and deeper meanings contained within.

What starts as a low-key, fun outing turns into something much more demanding when crime elements surface at the Blazers basketball arena. New crime adversaries from Seattle are after expanding their influence in the Northwest and have selected Portland as their target. Their initial effort is focused on 20,000 hostages and a billion dollars in ransoms. People will cooperate or be forced to watch a savage animal attack on the basketball court floor on two captives failing to deliver the ransoms.  

People have their own bents and that includes Tony Capone and Roger from Nebraska. After what Tony did earlier in attempting to take down Blue Knight, one would think he would go away quietly - that he would unhappily accept the inevitability of his sentencing for attempted murder and subsequent incarceration. However, as Roger/Blue Knight discovers, that is not Tony's way. 

Blue Knight's confidence was building. He proved himself against major adversaries The Artiste and Ivan in Chicago and Kadar in New York City. There were some bumps along the way but they added to what the new superhero needed to know. Interference with activities of the petty crime elements was easy. However, there was an additional lesson, one not anticipated. Further, the related experience took place at a most unexpected time and location ... during a vacation in paradise ... Hawaii! Roger/Blue knight had no one to blame but himself for what happened. He caused the incident. The source of his vulnerability was his lack of realization that the very powers that rendered Blue Knight a superhero could trigger dangerous unforeseen situations. It was an important and necessary experience, but it greatly altered his time on the Big Island. Most important was how the matter was handled and in the end, its resolution. Roger/Blue Knight never turned away from a challenge and he behaved no differently during his sojourn to an island known for its tropical splendor and ... LAVA! 

The importance of Blue Knight's secret alternate identity relationship to Roger was clear. While Blue Knight\Roger never forgot this, they did not dwell on it. The connection had not been a problem and they had much else to occupy them. Furthermore, Blue Knight was fully protected by his plastinium armor, and they had been successful in hiding any link to Roger. Any effort to discover an alternate identity for Blue Knight would require careful study and significant guesswork. In the end, there could be no definite conclusion to justify an action. That might be viewed differently depending on the potential rewards. Tony Paisano was eager to restore the glory days of Al Capone in Chicago. He was convinced of the calling because he believed he was a descendant in the lineage of Capone. Tony was committed to the drastic actions that would be necessary. It was a course certain to present a confrontation with Blue Knight. Tony made every effort to be ready ... even to the extent of finding a way to bring the knight down. 

Roger's dreams of the heroic knights of old compel him to seek his own modern day destiny. Leaving his home and family in Nebraska, he ventures forth to seek his fate in Chicago. Good fortune brings him to a new home and new friends, but Roger is never easy on himself. He waits impatiently for his course to reveal itself. Only his dreams of Camelot bring him peace. Seeking to lose himself in this release, he looks for a book on knights in The Food for The Mind bookstore. He is drawn to an unusual looking volume, titled Knights by I. M. Merlin.

Every Boy Should Have a Man takes place in a post-human world, where creatures called oafs keep humanlike "mans" as beloved pets. One day, a poor boy oaf brings home a man, whom he hides under his bed, in the hopes his parents won't find out. When the man is discovered, the boy admits it is not his - but the boy is no delinquent. Despite the accusations being hurled at him, he's telling the truth when he says he found the man wandering aimlessly in the bramble.

The CliffsNotes study guide on Twain's The Prince and the Pauper supplements the original literary work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the work, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries, and a comprehensive index, all for you to use as an educational tool that will allow you to better understand the work. This study guide was written with the assumption that you have read The Prince and the Pauper.