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Stewardship is the journey of financial insider John Taft toward understanding and affirming the importance of stewardship - which he has come to define as "serving others" - as a core principle for the financial services industry, the global financial system, and society at large. By defining the attributes of authentic stewardship, this book presents a path forward by analyzing the success of Canadian banks in weathering the financial crisis; evaluates the effectiveness of global financial reform efforts in making the financial system safer, sounder, and more secure

Over 50 great classic short stories, each around 20 minutes in length - perfect for short journeys, bedtime listening and those moments in between.... 'The Khitmatgar' by B. M. Croker, 'The Mummy of Thompson Pratt' by Charles John Cutcliffe Hyne, 'The Ghost at the Blue Dragon' by William J. Wintle, 'A Tropical Horror' by William Hope Hodgson, 'Miracles' by Barry Pain, 'The Dust That Was Barren' by P. C. Wren, 'His Unconquerable Enemy' by W. C. Morrow, 'A Tiger’s Skin' by W. W. Jacobs....

The discovery of a woman's body floating in the Medina River sends Jason and Vanessa out to a disturbing scene. Their investigation reveals a teenage girl connected to the dead woman has gone missing. With every new lead, they find themselves facing one big hurdle. Where is the girl?

A brutal early morning murder has Detective Annie Logan searching for clues among the woman's friends, but she can't determine if one of them is a killer, or will soon be the next victim.

A powerful story of love, loss, and redemption. The slow fall from grace. The search for spirit. A journey back to light. A Week of Years takes listeners on a poetry-driven excursion into a young man's soul. Divided into seven days, each day serves as a life chapter. The author captures the pain of love lost and the struggle to find purpose and meaning beyond the end of innocence. A deeply personal journal, encompassed and enhanced by poetry that dances intimately with life’s many faces.

Keiko Yoshida is a young Japanese girl living in San Francisco. Her life Is filled with family, hope, and even love. Pearl Harbor changes all that. She finds herself and her family living in a world of anger, suspicion, and fear. In the years that follow, she will be persecuted, isolated, and forced into a prison camp. But that will not kill her determination to hold on to hope.

Keiko Yoshida is a beautiful, young Japanese-American in pre-World War II San Francisco. Jesse Sommers is a native San Franciscan, who walks into Keiko's life just months before the attack on Pearl Harbor. Neither has any way of knowing what is coming, nor the impact events will have on their lives, but they are determined to hold on to a love being Torn by the Sun.

"The Romance of Missionary Heroism" unites travelogues, ethnographies and biographies in the form of accounts of the experiences of Christian missionaries worldwide

In an age of conformity brought on by huge cult-like corporations and ubiquitous social media is there still a road less traveled one might choose to follow? How better to confront the conformity of the 21st century than by consulting history's seven great freethinking philosophers? We live in a time of stereotypical ignorance: "Christians have narrow minds and oppose diversity," "Muslims value blind faith over reason," and “Women have never made any great contributions to philosophy.” Seven Great Freethinking Philosophers crushes these, and many other, myths by detailing how seven ...

David "Davy" Crockett (1786–1836) was a celebrated 19th century American folk hero, frontiersman, soldier and politician. Commonly referred to as the "King of the Wild Frontier," he represented Tennessee in the U.S. House of Representatives, served in the Texas Revolution, and died at the Battle of the Alamo.

In A Great Healing, author John C. Davis presents a series of essays written during the COVID-19 pandemic. Coming from a place of love and compassion, he writes about the many ways we can be a more loving society. Although his essays emerged from a need to cope with a particular time in history, the principles he explores are universal and applicable to any challenging or life-altering situation. Davis provides a healing balm for your soul and a guiding light to help you recognize the source of your healing, bringing you home to the reality of your beautiful soul.

La sociedad está llena de personas que pudieron ser grandes, personas que mostraban un futuro prometedor pero nunca lograron su potencial completo. Pero también están las otras, personas como Jefferson, Churchill, Bono y Oprah, que subieron al siguiente nivel multiplicando, aprovechando al máximo su talento y mejorando el mundo que les rodeaba en el proceso.

Desde el momento en que nacemos, las relaciones nos marcan, en nuestras familias, en el campo de juegos, en la escuela y en nuestros trabajos. Maxwell, un comunicador maestro y experto en estudio relacional, hace que el aprendizaje sobre las relaciones sea algo accesible para todos. Los líderes más sofisticados y los vendedores podrán asirse de habilidades que los harán progresar y los novatos en relaciones aprenderán técnicas que los transformarán en unos verdaderos dínamos de sus relaciones.

While exposing the risks inherent in maintaining a nontransparent relationship with customers, Tactical Transparency provides a methodology that will help your organization create its unique plan to bring greater authenticity to your company and your brands. Drawn largely from interviews with leaders in companies that have achieved measurable success in this arena, authors Shel Holtz and John C. Havens provide step-by-step details on how executives and professional communicators can create a transparency strategy that will keep their organization competitive in the 21st century.

Legendary sailor Captain J. C. Voss meets a mysterious man in his hotel in Victoria, British Columbia in 1897. The mystery man says he knows where tons of gold and jewels are buried on the remote Cocos Island. Voss takes a 35-foot sailing sloop 7,000 miles through gales in search of the pirate Treasure of Lima worth seven million pounds sterling in 1897 or over $200 million today. This is an edited, abridged, and annotated version of the first section of the Venturesome Voyages of Captain Voss concerning the voyage of the Xora sloop.

Kaufman's Hill opens with a prosaic neighborhood scene: The author and some other young boys are playing by the creek, one of their usual stomping grounds. But it soon becomes clear that much more is going on; the boy-narrator is struggling to find his way in a middle-class Catholic neighborhood dominated by bullies, the Creelys, who often terrify him.

Learn about one of the most popular novelists of the 20th century in this well written, informative introduction. Perhaps best known for his seven-book children's series The Chronicles of Narnia, C.S. Lewis also wrote extensively on religious topics concerning Christianity. Born to religious parents in Ireland, Lewis lost his faith as a young man but rediscovered it later in life through conversations with his friend and fellow author J.R.R. Tolkien.

Es casi imposible no hacerse la pregunta: ¿Dónde está Dios en esta pandemia? Esa es la pregunta que John Lennox trata en este nuevo libro escrito desde la sala—¡ahora dónde más!—de su casa en Oxford, Inglaterra. Recordando el estilo conversacional del autor C.S. Lewis en Mero Cristianismo (escrito durante la segunda guerra mundial), este es un libro para el tiempo más desafiante de nuestra generación. Siéntate y acompaña a John Lennox en ¿Dónde está Dios en un mundo con Coronavirus?.

Christ's mother Mary is perhaps the most misunderstood figure in the history and current practice of Christianity. This book seeks to clarify her nature and role by looking at four different perspectives. "The Personal" is told through the inspirational short story "Twin Fates." "The Historical" looks at Mary's influence down through the Christian age. "The Scriptural" is based upon John Henry Cardinal Newman's writings and examines Mary's role purely in terms of the Bible. And "The Spiritual" details Mary's role as Coredemptrix and the perennial truths of the spiritual life this role ...

Delight in intriguing, thought-provoking conversations about ethics, philosophy, and social issues! After Dinner Conversation is a monthly literary magazine publishing short fiction. Each issue features both established writers and up-and-coming authors who contribute fascinating philosophical insights on controversial topics like marriage equality, assisted suicide, the meaning of death, animal rights and defining your "purpose." It's time to go deep in search of truth! If you love reading imaginative short stories on hot topics that make your brain think deeply but also have you laughing ...