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Fourteen-year-old Stark McClellan (nicknamed Stick because he's tall and thin) is bullied for being "deformed" - he was born with only one ear. His older brother Bosten is always there to defend Stick. But the boys can't defend one another from their abusive parents.When Stick realizes Bosten is gay, he knows that to survive his father's anger, Bosten must leave home. Stick has to find his brother, or he will never feel whole again. In his sea...

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To understand why the world has turned against the United States, the Pew Research Center undertook an unprecedented survey of world opinion--more than 91, 000 respondents in fifty nations. The sobering and surprising findings are unveiled here.

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In Fire Storm by Andrew Lane, young Sherlock's friend and her father have vanished. Their house looks as if nobody has ever lived in it, the neighbors claim never to have heard of them. Sherlock begins to doubt his sanity, until a clever clue points him to Scotland. Following that clue leads him into a mystery that involves kidnapping, bodysnatchers, and a man who claims he can raise the dead. Only the budding detective Sherlock can untangle t...

In the title story of this collection, neighborhood boys crouch in a backyard toolshed, and conspire to prove their piano teachers to be witches. In "Cannibal Kings, " a disillusioned young man accompanies a troubled boy on a tour of prep schools through the Pacific Northwest, only to realize that he has lost his way in life. And in "Come Live With Me And Be My Love, " a middle-aged gentleman looks back at his mannered early life as a Ivy Leag...

Religion is at the core of Scotland's turbulent history and its unique cultural heritage. In a fast-paced enthralling celebration of its spiritual heritage, Harry Reid introduces us to a spiritual landscape of incredible richness and variety.

A 16-year-old boy who escapes a kidnapper thinks he can forget his trauma, but instead, he loses his grip on reality and believes he's part of an alternate world called Marbury.Sixteen-year-old Jack gets drunk and is in the wrong place at the wrong time. He is kidnapped. He escapes, narrowly. The only person he tells is his best friend, Conner. When they arrive in London as planned for summer break, a stranger hands Jack a pair of glasses. Thr...

Bestselling author Andrew M. Greeley and his sister Doctor Mary G. Durkin present an inspirational volume celebrating the greatest of all virtues: love.The ability to love wisely and well is the most important trait parents can pass on to their children. As we grow, the longing to share this love as well as receive it in turn remains throughout our lives. But where does this love come from?Love emerged in humankind not as a result of our being...

Digital Vertigo provides an articulate, measured, contrarian voice against a sea of hype about social media. As an avowed technology optimist, I'm grateful for Keen who makes me stop and think before committing myself fully to the social revolution." -Larry Downes, author of The Killer AppIn Digital Vertigo, Andrew Keen presents today's social media revolution as the most wrenching cultural transformation since the Industrial Revolution. Fusin...

This ground-breaking book offers insight, reflection and practical ideas for bringing together all Christians

St Paul's first letter to the Corinthians is one of the most engaging letters of St Paul. The issues that St Paul deals with in this letter are not only relevant to us today on a personal level but also on a community level. Ask yourself these questions, are there factions in the group you are a part of? How do you handle the immorality that seems so prevalent in the world today? How do we respect and honour one another's personality and gifts...

Longlisted for the 2015 Man Booker PrizeThe Illuminations, the fifth novel from Andrew O'Hagan, a writer "of astonishingly assured gifts" (The New York Times Book Review), is a work of deeply charged beauty--and one that demonstrates, with poignancy and power, that no matter how we look at it, there is no such thing as an ordinary life. Anne Quirk's life is built on stories--the lies she was told by the man she loved and the fictions she told ...

Nuala Anne McGrail, the enthralling heroine of 'Irish Love', returns, along with her devoted husband Dermot, to lend her second sight and irrepressible personality to another savoury concoction made up of equal parts of love, humour and intrigue.

Packed with practical ideas and original ready-to-use seasonal material, this volume will be widely welcomed by hard-pressed ministers and worship leaders looking for fresh inspiration in Advent.

Moving, laugh-out-loud funny, spiritually uplifting and beautifully written, Black Diamonds and the Blue Brazil is about football, journalism, politics, religion, tragedy and community spirit, seen through the eyes of a dedicated supporter of one of British football's least successful clubs.

¿The Gospel of John is a very interesting book with stories about Jesus that are not mentioned anywhere else in the Bible! In this gospel, Jesus encounters individuals from all walks of life and takes them on an eye-opening journeys, providing them with both spiritual and physical healing. Additionally, St. John takes us step by step through the last moments of Jesus' life, from his betrayal at the hands of Judas, to his glorious Resurrection....

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Blackwood, there's trouble in the old neighborhood! Murder in the sanctuary of the Church!"The church in question is St. Lucy's, a humble edifice at the heart of a venerable Chicago neighborhood now suffering the throes of gentrification. St. Lucy's has long stood as a bulwark against evil and change, which some in the community have often seen as much the same thing.Now three dead bodies have been left in the sanctuary, stripped, mutilated, a...