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On February 1, 2003, Columbia disintegrated on reentry before the nation's eyes, and all seven astronauts aboard were lost. Author Mike Leinbach was a key leader in the search and recovery effort as NASA, FEMA, the FBI, the US Forest Service, and dozens more federal, state, and local agencies combed an area of rural east Texas the size of Rhode Island for every piece of the shuttle and her crew they could find. Assisted by hundreds of volunteers, it would become the largest ground search operation in US history.

From Dickens's A Christmas Carol to the ghost stories of M.R. James, the tradition of a haunted tale at Christmas has flourished across the centuries. The twelve stories of The Winter Spirits are all centred around Christmas or Advent, boldly and playfully re-imagining a beloved tradition for a modern audience. Taking you from a haunted Tuscan villa to a remote Scottish island with a dark secret, and drawing inspiration from festive traditions from all around the globe, these vibrant haunted stories are your ultimate companion for frosty nights.

For over half a century, scholars have labored to show that C. S. Lewis' famed but apparently disorganized Chronicles of Narnia have an underlying symbolic coherence, pointing to such possible unifying themes as the seven sacraments, the seven deadly sins, and the seven books of Spenser's Faerie Queene. None of these explanations has won general acceptance, and the structure of Narnia's symbolism has remained a mystery.

Peek into the mesmerizing imagination of C. S. Lewis with the world's leading authority on the beloved author. The Chronicles of Narnia is one of the best-selling book series ever. Its enduring success is no accident, but rather the result of C.S. Lewis's extraordinary imaginative skill. Few understand the full cosmological and theological depths of Lewis's world. In Christology, Cosmology, and C. S. Lewis, you will discover new dimensions that will enrich your enjoyment of these classic tales.

Follow the adventures of Isabel Soto as she explores the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle.

A new podcast exploring the vast internet depths in pursuit of knowledge. Each episode will cover one (or more) subjects that could be in danger of permanently going away. While trying to educate myself on these topics we fall down rabbit holes of internet research and see what we learn along the way.

The Five Solas of the Protestant Reformation are a set of keys to salvation, theology, belief systems that have been building blocks the reformed/protestant churches have recognized the past 500 years. But as Christians, we must never stop seeking direct ways of leading a with-God life. With this book, discover the need for a sixth Sola to be added to your daily consciousness: Sola Spiritu Ambulatio, or Walking in the Holy Spirit Alone.

Die Tradition, zur kalten Jahreszeit Spukgeschichten zu lesen, hat sich über die Jahrhunderte hinweg bewährt. Denn was gibt es Schöneres, als es sich an langen, dunklen Winterabenden mit Geistergeschichten gemütlich zu machen? Wenn die Dunkelheit hereinbricht und der Nebel aufsteigt, zünden Sie sich also eine Kerze an und lassen Sie sich von diesen gespenstischen Erzählungen in den Bann ziehen.