For many Americans, the recovery from the 2007 recession, a recovery that officially began in 2009, feels very remote, or nonexistent. Even as the stock market surges and millions of jobs have been created, they see a very different picture. Many Americans still believe in the basic notion that anyone who works hard should be able to support a family and get ahead. What can we do to make that happen?

Rumours are as old as human history, but with the rise of the internet it's now possible to spread stories about anyone, anywhere, instantly. In the 2008 US election many Americans believed Barack Obama was a Muslim. The conspiracy theory book 9/11: The Big Lie has become a bestseller. Hearsay has fueled economic boom and bust - so much so that in many places it's now a crime to circulate false rumours about banks. Why do ordinary people accept rumours,...

Examines the history of the great Islamic expansion, reveals how the Arab armies were able to overcome almost everything in their path, and brings to light the unique characteristics of Islamic settlement in new lands and the conversion to Islam of vast populations.

"Examines how Native Americans created vast intertribal networks of communication to control their own sources of information, spread and reinforce ideas, and collectively discuss and mobilize resistance against government policies during the late nineteenth century"--

In Moments Together for Living What You Believe--focused readings chosen from the bestselling Moments Together for Couples--a husband and wife will learn how to make their actions correspond with their belief in Jesus Christ. This final book in the Moments Together series reveals how the Holy Spirit empowers us to love one another! When our actions honor God, we spread His love and light to everyone we meet!

DEATH, when we plant the word of God from our lips to the ears of another person, and it take roots, what they were doing wrong, stops. In return, they start speaking that what is righteousness of God to someone else. This is passed on and on. God word's is life, and it keep drawing more and more. My friends, wouldnt it be nice, if God would let us see how many ears of corn grew from the one word we spread or plant. God become glorified and we get...

This collection contains seven of Rachel Elizabeth Cole's touching short stories.In "Fallen Leaves," a mother must come to terms with the bad blood between her late husband's grandmother and herself. In "Listen to the Rain," a young couple going through a rough patch struggles to find happiness. In "Caring for Lily," a young mother wrestles with her decision to return to work. In "For Good or For Bad," a dissastisfied wife must decide if she'll risk...

Within the embrace of majestic mountains and whispered tales of magical creatures, lives young Addie with her wise and loving grandmother. Dreaming of one day meeting a mythical unicorn, Addie is led by Gran on an epic quest to find the ancient Magic Jar of Wishes, said to make dreams come true. With an adventurous spirit and a compassionate heart, Addie embarks on a journey that will take her deeper into the mountains than she has ever gone, encountering...

"We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win." - John F. Kennedy "We need to get this back to the labs before we can run any real tests." Taylor ran off from...

Exit West meets Normal People in this moving dystopian love story eerily in tune with our times. At once evocative and propulsive, City in Flames is a love story about two isolated people with a deep yet fragile bond trying to find their way to each other while political disorder engulfs the world around them. Sara is a graduate student living away from home and struggling to finish her degree. When she kindles a long-distance relationship with...