Higher Worlds

A Hasidic gunslinger tracks the renegade teacher who betrayed his mystic Jewish order of astral travelers across the demon-haunted American Southwest of 1879. In this acclaimed first volume, four sequential novellas and one bonus short story chronicle the weird adventures of the Merkabah Rider. Featuring The Blood Libel, The Dust Devils, Hell's Hired Gun, The Nightjar Women, and "The Shomer Express."

Knowing that you are "a spiritual being having a human experience" is eye opening and inspiring, but can it tangibly transform your life? Pioneering healer Aleya Dao does more than say yes to this question - she shows you how, with stories and practices that are as potent and fresh as a morning cup of coffee or tea. By turning to your inner world, you can work with the limitless energies that create your outer world, making strides you never thought possible.

In two-time O. Henry-prize winner Swamy's debut collection of stories, dreams collide with reality, modernity collides with antiquity, myth with true identity, and women grapple with desire, with ego, with motherhood and mortality.

On January 25, 1917, HMS Laurentic struck two German mines off the coast of Ireland and sank. The ship was carrying 44 tons of gold bullion to the still-neutral United States via Canada in order to finance the war effort for Britain and its allies. Britain desperately needed that sunken treasure, but any salvage had to be secret, since the British government dared not alert the Germans to the presence of the gold. Lieutenant Commander Guybon Damant was the most qualified officer to head the risky mission.

In today’s fast-paced and competitive business environment, simply meeting customer expectations is no longer sufficient. To truly stand out and drive Sustainable growth, your goal must be to turn satisfied customers into passionate Positive Activists for your brand. This transformation requires a strategic approach that goes beyond the traditional sales methods. Satisfaction Selling: How to Become a Trusted Advisor in High-Value Complex Sales and Build a Movement of Positive Activists is your comprehensive guide to achieving this transformation. This book introduces The Satisfaction ...

In "Border Wars," the ninth thrilling installment of the "Crystals of Memory" series, young Anders Brolly, a magical prodigy on the brink of his fifteenth birthday, embarks on a perilous journey that will test his powers and resolve. Accompanied by the esteemed Great One of Barquea, Depak Sona, his apprentices, and the Heir to Barquea, Prince Naveed, Anders must venture to the borders of three lands where mysterious attacks by the Natech threaten the peace and safety of innocent people. As they travel through treacherous territories, they encounter a host of incredible beings, including ...

Pakistan's pathway to developing nuclear weapons remains shrouded in mystery and surrounded by misconceptions. While it is no secret why Pakistan became a nuclear power, how Pakistan became a nuclear state has been obscured by mythmaking. In Pakistan's Pathway to the Bomb, Mansoor Ahmed offers a revisionist history of Pakistan's nuclear program and the bureaucratic politics that shaped its development from its inception in 1956 until the 1998 nuclear tests.

Can Aimi defeat a bigger competitor than teams sponsored by Silicon Valley's most powerful Internet behemoths? The teams boarded the Floating City to travel the world in search of hidden mythological relics that when found may open doors to new worlds for the winners. Aimi was defeated by her mentor in part one of this epic voyage. Has Aimi sacrificed her integrity to no avail? Can she make her way back to her team? If you like honest characters, beautiful twists, and Christian themes, then you’ll love father-daughter writing duo Bill & Mia Belew’s wonderful tale. Buy sixth-in-series, ...

In this groundbreaking book, education expert Tony Wagner provides a powerful rationale for developing an innovation-driven economy. He explores what parents, teachers, and employers must do to develop the capacities of young people to become innovators.

A major architect of welfare reform as President of the Board of Trade and as Home Secretary, Winston Churchill also continued to push a radical social agenda while running the Navy. While he was in charge of the Royal Navy between October 1911 and May 1915, not only were there major improvements in pay and conditions for sailors but detailed consideration was also given to the future of the spirit ration; to the punishing and eradicating of homosexual practices; to the spiritual concerns of the fleet; and to the regime of corporal punishment that underpinned naval discipline for boy sailors.

The imperial, globe-spanning pursuit of profit, joined with new forms of energy and new possibilities of freedom from hunger and discomfort, freedom to move and explore, has brought change to every inch of the Earth. Amrith relates in gorgeous prose, and on the largest canvas, a mind-altering epic in which humanity might find the collective wisdom to save itself.

With his trademark brilliance, generosity of spirit, and clear pastoral calling, Brian McLaren synthesizes an accessible and inviting understanding of what it means to follow Jesus.

The Billionaire’s Accidental Bride A fake engagement. A single dad. A scandal that could ruin them both. I never meant to fall for him. Liam Kingsley — my brother’s best friend. Billionaire CEO. Single dad with a smirk that could break hearts and a body built for sin. It started with a deal: one fake engagement to save his company. No feelings. No risks. But late nights turned into whispered promises. A single bed became a dangerous habit. And every time he touched me, every rule I set burned away. I swore I wouldn't lose myself again. Not after the last man shattered me. But Liam ...

This is the Simple Tennis method made popular by Hawaii Tennis Pro--it teaches you how to play doubles from beginner to advanced.

Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of both the American Dream and the New South. He is a young executive, and she is an artist on the brink of an exciting career. But as they settle into the routine of their life together, they are ripped apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. Roy is arrested and sentenced to 12 years for a crime Celestial knows he didn't commit. Though fiercely independent, Celestial finds herself bereft and unmoored, taking comfort in Andre, her childhood friend, and best man at their wedding.

Norfolk, December, 1943. A group of US fighter pilots is camped at an air base; their job is to escort bombers over Germany. Each mission could be their last. Goodbye Mickey Mouse is a vivid evocation of wartime England and a brilliant, multi-dimensional picture of what it is to be at war. At the center of the novel are two young men—Captain Jamie Farebrother, estranged son of a colonel, and cocky Lieutenant Mickey Morse (nicknamed "Mickey Mouse"), well on his way to becoming America's Number One Flying Ace.

In Straight Talk on Trade, Dani Rodrik, an early and outspoken critic of economic globalization taken too far, goes beyond the populist backlash and offers a more reasoned explanation for why our elites' and technocrats' obsession with hyper-globalization made it more difficult for nations to achieve legitimate economic and social objectives at home: economic prosperity, financial stability, and equity.

Can he control the beast within? Jacob is just like any other high school boy. He tries to make new friends and figure out the opposite sex, but he harbors a dark secret that isolates him from everyone else - schizophrenia. And the voice inside his head goads him to do horrific things. Can Jacob control his darker alter ego, or will tragedy unleash the beast hiding within? And more alarming, why and who are the outside forces pushing Jacob to reveal his darker side? Bestselling author Scott W Kimak tells the origin story of his most memorable character in this action-packed supernatural ...

AMPossible is the go-to guide for every amputee from the first day after limb loss to the day they get their life back.

In KL, Wachsmann fills this glaring gap in our understanding. He not only synthesizes a new generation of scholarly work, much of it untranslated and unknown outside of Germany, but also presents startling revelations, based on many years of archival research, about the functioning and scope of the camp system.