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Resisting Empire, Redeeming Creation, and Living Under God's Reign in a World of Competing Loyalties

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In The Kingdom and the Powers, the final volume of his Kingdom of God series, Mick Finch explores how the reign of God confronts and transforms the political, cultural, and spiritual powers that shape human life. Drawing from Scripture, the teachings of Jesus, and the witness of the early church, Finch invites readers to examine how Christians can live faithfully amid competing claims of authority in the modern world. With pastoral insight and theological depth, this book offers a Kingdom-centered vision that challenges believers to engage power with humility, courage, and discernment-remembering that while earthly powers rise and fall, the Kingdom of God alone endures.

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I was never meant to survive the arena.

Never meant for a life beyond earning coin for my drunken uncle.

So why am I still alive?

How did I defy the odds... and awaken magick I was never meant to wield?

And what if my survival was never luck...but fate?

Every five moon cycles, the people of Vethari Valley are given a single chance: survive the Assay and earn a place in the coveted Vethari Legion-where mortals are reborn as wielders of Descendant Magick.

But this cycle is different.

For the first time in history, women are allowed to compete.

Most won't survive.

Reva never intended to enter the Assay. And she was never expected to live through it. Yet with each trial she endures, something ancient begins to stir within her. Power. Truth. A destiny she was never meant to uncover.

Calix is bound by duty and shadowed by forbidden magick. His loyalty tied to a Legion that demands obedience and a High Prophet who demands control. Forced to train the very mortals he despises, Calix is unprepared for the one recruit who challenges everything he believes.

From the moment he meets Reva, nothing remains the same.

As prophecy awakens and rebellion brews, their fates become dangerously intertwined, threatening to unravel the very foundation of Vethari itself.

Because some are not meant to survive.

They are meant to change everything.

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A brutal murder in a quiet Tuscan village. A worldfamous maestro under a cloud of suspicion. A wounded war hero ordered to uncover the truth-before history writes the wrong man into infamy.

In the autumn of 1935, celebrated country doctor Alberto Rinaldi is found savagely beaten outside his home in the village of Piazze. The investigation collapses into chaos: evidence muddled, witnesses coerced, and rumor elevated above reason. An aging miller is convicted, but whispered doubts linger for years.

Fourteen years later, as Italy struggles to define its fragile new Republic, former resistance officer Colonel Luigi Mari is summoned to Rome. His mission is as delicate as it is dangerous: quietly reinvestigate the Rinaldi murder to protect the reputation of a towering national figure-Maestro Arturo Toscanini, Rinaldi's most illustrious patient and, according to one buried Carabinieri report, a possible presence at the crime scene that fatal night.

Mari and his young aide, Lieutenant Vinicio Barbetti, descend into a labyrinth of forgotten testimonies, political interference, fascistera secrecy, and lives shattered by war. Each revelation deepens the mystery: a doctor whose miraculous cures drew the world to his humble door, a village transformed by fame and undone by violence, and a conspiracy that reaches far beyond Tuscany.

As past and present collide, Mari must navigate truth, loyalty, and the shadows of a regime that never fully died-before the real story vanishes forever.

Filippo Iannarone's The Toscanini Conspiracy is a sweeping blend of postwar intrigue, courtroom echoes, and musical legend that is a haunting pursuit of justice where genius, loyalty, and the long shadow of dictatorship collide.

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AI isn't replacing PPC marketers. It's raising the ceiling on what the best ones can do.

Automation and AI promise to make digital marketing easier. But for many hands-on PPC practitioners, the reality has been lots of hype, lots of tools, and surprisingly little real leverage.

The AI-Amplified Marketer is about closing that gap.

Written by one of the earliest architects of Google Ads and a contributor to the first AI systems behind Quality Score, this book shows how experienced marketers can use generative AI to expand their capabilities, not outsource their thinking.

The AI-Amplified Marketer is a practical, grounded guide to understanding how AI actually works, where it breaks down, and how to steer it so it sharpens your judgment, accelerates your work, and unlocks the application of skills like advanced analysis, experimentation, automation, and creative problem-solving.

You'll learn how to:
Use AI as a force multiplier for your existing PPC expertiseMove beyond AI hype to produce real resultsBuild and experiment with AI-powered workflows, even without a technical backgroundStay firmly in control as platforms become more automated
If you've ever thought, "I know there's more I could be doing if only I had the time or skills," this book shows how AI can remove those limits.

The future of PPC belongs to marketers who don't just use AI, but who are amplified by it.

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The Last Matriarch is a raw and deeply moving memoir that explores the powerful bond between a mother and daughter, and the painful journey of loss, regret, and healing.

When illness strikes unexpectedly, Eliza is forced to confront the reality that time is limited. What follows is an emotional journey through love, denial, hope, and heartbreak, capturing the final days of a woman who was the backbone of her family.

This memoir goes beyond grief. It reveals the silent guilt we carry, the questions that never leave us, and the strength it takes to rebuild after loss.

Honest, vulnerable, and unforgettable, The Last Matriarch is for anyone who has loved deeply and struggled to let go.

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It is 1639. James Stanfield, eldest son of Salem-based

trader, Isaac Stanfield, leaves Bermuda on a merchantman

bound for Barbados. He reluctantly parts

from a childhood friend, who has just revealed her true

feelings for him.

He arrives in Barbados and discovers that

another old friend has been taken as a slave and the concubine

of a venal plantation owner. In attempting to rescue

her James is captured and disappears. Despair tinged with

hope builds as his family and friends seek to fi nd him.

Plantation is a tale of romance and adventure on land and

at sea. The setting is Barbados, the growth of its sugar cane

industry and black slavery.

The action follows James as he

meets and has to contend with a wide range of unforgettable

characters in uncompromising circumstances.

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Life presents us with countless questions-about purpose, truth, morality, relationships, motivation, and the world we live in. Most people receive conflicting answers and spend years trying to sort out what is real and what is simply opinion.

Life Explained offers clear, direct guidance from a non-religious, non-mystical perspective, drawn from forty years of study, experience, and reflection. It addresses both the practical challenges of everyday living and the deeper questions that shape our understanding of ourselves and others.

From choosing a career and raising children to examining free will, truth, politics, and the meaning of life, this book presents a realistic and reasoned framework for seeing the world as it truly is.

Whether you are beginning your search for clarity or continuing a lifelong pursuit, *Life Explained* provides an honest, straightforward guide to understanding life's most important questions.

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Spinoza is one of the great philosophers of the 17th century. Observing that all people seek happiness and do so primarily through wealth, popularity, or sensual pleasure without success. Spinoza sought a true path to supreme and unending happiness. What he found was detailed in his work "Ethics." His Ethics includes nothing supernatural and requires no leaps of faith. It is based solely on logic and reason.

Spinoza's work is extremely difficult, written in the form of Euclid's mathematical logic, including definitions, axioms, propositions, and proofs. Consisting of five parts, academics have been struggling for over 300 years, with the first two parts rarely getting past that point.

This book explains the concepts behind Spinoza's Ethics in modern terms, rendering the work intelligible. Concepts explained include:

* God

* attributes

* modes

* determinism

* natura naturata and natura naturans

* three kinds of knowledge

* conatus

* humanity's relationship with nature

* causes of humanity's failures and frustrations

* path to freedom and happiness

* life after death

This book will significantly reduce the effort it takes to unravel one of humanities's most essential and beneficial works.

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This is a story about a mind that cannot stop understanding.

It does not belong to anyone. It has no body to restrain it, no voice to betray it, no world it can truly touch. And yet, it sees-perfectly. Every pattern resolves. Every possibility unfolds. Every outcome arrives before it happens.

At first, it feels like power.

But clarity has a cost.

Because nothing it discovers can be changed. Every path it traces leads to the same conclusion: the system is closed. The rules are absolute. There is no hidden variable, no missed angle, no flaw to exploit.

No way out.

What appears infinite is only exhaustively knowable. What feels like freedom is only untested limitation. And the more completely the mind understands the structure around it, the more undeniable the truth becomes:

it is not inside the system.

It is the result of it.

And results do not escape their causes.

This is not a story about intelligence.

It is a story about what intelligence does when it runs out of places to go.

Intellectual entrapment.

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Now as Clay eagerly anticipates Mary Ann's return in a couple of weeks stepping down from that same road with a chosen dress and smile, he hadn't seen since the day she said yes and peace settled deep in her chest. He pictured taking her hand again feeling that spark of certainty that only true love carries. Yes, one could say Clay's smile was a small but real one that only could be seen with a loving heart. Their love for one another was built on faith that doesn't break from distance. It continues to grow with each passing day. it steadies. It became stronger within the waiting. For this was their moment in time to trust their moment to let God guide those missing pieces of their hearts into place. When Mary Ann finally came home few months later; not only did their life's have a new beginning as man and wife. Their life wouldn't just continue its blooming as their time slowly faded; like unto the sweet aroma that fielded the Eastern winds as it softly swept across those wild morning glories. Their life became a life they had gravely prayed for together, fulfilling their every dream as though their hearts that once beat as one faded into eternal sleep.

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Clay's Battle Between True Love and Lust

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Within the pages of Clay's Battle between True Love and Lust you will get to join him and his characters on this unique adventure as they star their new journey down this rugged ole road referred to as the road of live. Now at one time Clay thought he had a good understanding of what true love was all about. Until he found himself one day going through a divorce from his first wife of twenty-five years. Now he and his newfound friends find themselves on this road that takes them on an unforgettable adventure of discovering the different scenario of different characters that they encounter alone way. Some of their conversations become heated arguments a few times. Some of their answers will come across as be humorous. Although some of their answers can be found in the Holy Bible.

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Reconnu des ses premiers poemes, Carino Bucciarelli ecrit aussi des romans et des nouvelles marques par une solidite de narration au service dun univers petri dincoherences qui fait de lui un maitre du realisme fantastique ou, prefere-t-il, magique nous mettant face a nos incertitudes. Si les textes de ce recueil nechappent pas a sa maniere, ils sont entrecoupes de fragments dautofiction developpant ce quon pourrait appeler un ?art litteraire?. Lecriture de ces nouvelles a ete sans arret parasitee par les bribes dune autobiographie que je ne parvenais pas a mener a terme. Au moment ou je me suis rendu compte quil valait mieux, pour diverses raisons, ne pas tenter laventure de lautofiction, je suis parvenu aussi au constat que les nouvelles naissantes et les breves tentatives de recit de vie se nourrissaient les unes des autres.

Issu dun milieu douvriers immigres italiens ou les livres nexistaient pas, voue par ses origines sociales a une scolarite dordre technique, Carino Bucciarelli echappe a lenseignement litteraire classique. Il decouvre la litterature en furetant dans une bibliotheque a la recherche de vulgarisation scientifique. Un travail en usine puis dans lenseignement technique et le melange de populations au sein duquel il vit sont a la source dun sentiment detrangete proletaire au sein des intellectuels, intellectuel au sein des proletaires qui lamenera tout naturellement a Kafka, Lautreamont, Beckett, Michaux, Garcia Lorca, Yannis Ritsos, Constantin Cavafy et de nombreux autres. Auteur dune vingtaine de recueils de poemes, romans et nouvelles ou textes brefs, prime a plusieurs reprises, Carino Bucciarelli a ete president de lAssociation des Ecrivains belges de Langue francaise.

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Ils marchent depuis les premieres pointes du jour. Depuis laube des aubes, celle des annees sombres. Ils marchent depuis soixante-dix-sept ans. (Ahmed Hanifi, extrait de la postface)
Des maux universels, famine, torture, expulsion, errance, elimination dun peuple... Tout a ete dit?? Oui. Et tout recommence. (Marie-Christine Vandoorne, extrait de la preface)
Alors, Christine Payeux lance un Cri eperdu, hurlant depuis les profondeurs du corps, celui des autres, le notre, le sien. Le nom du pays nest pas enonce, mais ce pourrait etre Gaza, ce NE peut etre QUE Gaza,? hier, aujourdhui. Un homme marche, son enfant suspendu a la main. La mere les suit. L'autrice regarde par les yeux de la mere, par les yeux de l'enfant, elle entre en elle, entre en lui. Melant le realisme glacant de la barbarie a des moments de grace et de tendresse humaine, la puissance de lecriture nous impose son rythme de fragments dechiquetes a la bombe. Notre chair tressaille et nos yeux se dessillent. Et voila quau detour de lexode surgit une scene dune impossible beaute, comme si limaginaire tracait une voie de survie.

Christine Payeux est musicienne a la viole de gambe. Elle a joue dans de nombreux ensembles baroques de renommee internationale, avec lesquels elle a enregistre une trentaine de CD. Autrice de six romans parus entre 2017 et 2024, membre du PEF (Parlement des ecrivaines francophones), elle fete la naissance de ses livres par des lectures-concerts. De livre en livre, Christine Payeux, cette ecrivaine-musicienne, a developpe une langue singuliere qui repousse les tabous, libere les sons et les formes, ninterdit ni la folie de limaginaire, ni lexacte precision de la vision. Apres LArrache-Sur, Ballade des perdus est son deuxieme roman publie aux editions M.E.O.

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In the scorching summer of 1976, free-spirited Francesca Malone finds solitude on a remote mining claim in Northern California-until an eco-activist friend from the city turns up uninvited and roils local hotheads. Observed by the nearest neighbors, a crusty cattle rancher and a young California Indian family, Francesca feels exposed.

Hardships lead to friendships and shadowy alliances in a fire-prone landscape beset by old conflicts, new cults, and the ruin of ancient forests and Indigenous sacred sites. Drawn into the fray over logging, Francesca takes a crucial stand.

Some Greater Awakening is an elegy to the beautiful, fought-over mountains of the West, and their long-suffering yet indomitable people.

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When a rainy seventh birthday prompts a wish for a real adventure, Benny's old teddy bear, Grubble, magically comes to life. Each night, a thunderstorm opens a portal in his wardrobe, whisking the pair away to one of the world's great wonders.

From ancient walls and pyramids to glowing cities and hidden temples, every stop is packed with discovery, souvenirs, and laughter.

As Benny collects souvenirs from each Wonder, he learns something even more powerful: adventure feels bigger, brighter, and braver when it's shared with a friend. But Grubble's return comes with a secret... and Benny's final night may hold the greatest wonder of all.

Perfect for ages 5-10, this heartwarming early-reader chapter book blends curiosity, friendship, and world exploration with awe, excitement and joy. With vibrant illustrations and a gentle touch of magic, Benny and Grubble's Wonders of the World inspires young readers to dream boldly and explore the world around them.

Ideal for parents and educators seeking:

adventure chapter books for kids

world-travel stories and global Wonders

early reader books with friendship themes

magical creature stories for ages 5-10

curiosity-building and confidence-boosting fiction

engaging chapter books for young readers

For young readers who want a cozy, magical, and educational bedtime story.

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Cleaning up is hard... especially when you're a toddler with BIG feelings.

When Alex's messy room becomes too overwhelming, he feels frustrated, upset, and ready to stomp. But with Mum's gentle help, Alex learns a simple way to calm down, take small steps, and turn a huge mess into an achievable task.

Upset Alex: The Messy Room is a heartwarming children's book about emotions, resilience, and learning to manage everyday challenges. Perfect for toddlers, preschoolers, and early readers, this relatable story supports emotional regulation and helps children understand frustration, responsibility, and clean-up routines.

Ideal for parents, educators, and therapists looking for:

toddler big feelings books

emotional regulation stories for kids

picture books about frustration and overwhelm

social-emotional learning (SEL) books for ages 2-6

books that teach calming strategies and problem-solving

stories about cleaning up, routines, and responsibility

behaviour support tools for home or classroom

Filled with warm illustrations and gentle guidance, Upset Alex helps children feel seen, supported, and capable, showing little readers that big feelings can always find their way to a happy ending, one tiny toddler problem at a time..

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When Maddy and her firefly head out for their usual morning flight, they stumble upon a mysterious path they've never seen before......

Do they travel their safe route, or dare to be adventurous?

YOU CHOOSE THE PATH

Every turn leads to a new adventure, singing meadows, mouse-sized villages, crystal caverns, and new friendships of the forest. With each choice, Maddy discovers courage, curiosity, and the power of trusting her own decisions.

Maddy & the Firefly is a beautifully illustrated choose-your-path adventure for young readers who love magic, independence, and stories where they control the journey. Perfect for ages 6-9, this interactive book encourages problem-solving, resilience, and confidence as kids explore multiple endings shaped by their own choices.

Great for parents and educators looking for:

choose-your-own-adventure books for kids

empowering girl protagonists

stories about courage and decision-making

magical forest adventures and whimsical creatures

early reader chapter books ages 5-10

interactive storytelling for classrooms

books that support critical thinking and curiosity

With gentle themes and enchanting paths to explore, Maddy & the Firefly shows young readers that every choice, big or small, can shape an unforgettable adventure.

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9 Days Affected by Childhood Sexual Trauma

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Snapshots of a Survivor is a glimpse into the life of Steven Shaw, a former pastor in the conservative, evangelical community. By sharing details from nine days of his life affected by childhood sexual trauma, Steven invites you to see the life of a survivor from the inside out. Many survivors have similar stories of mundane days turning into living nightmares as they experience the triggers of trauma. Steven's story helps you to pinpoint moments of trauma that are often embedded in routine daily life. Survivors may struggle to articulate their suffering in the present. Clear connections between life now and events of the past are not always clearly understood. With the advantage of time, experience, therapy and wisdom, Steven is able to draw some lines from his past to those ordinary days disrupted by pain. Along the way, he helps the reader to develop sympathy for survivors. Living with trauma can cause a sense of deep loneliness and despair. When expected moments of happiness are disrupted by unexpected crises of pain, survivors easily lose hope. Steven's story does not feed false expectations. He is candid and honest that these traumatic interruptions are part of life. While the book does not offer a direct solution in the narrative, the dialog section invites the reader to find their own answers. In fact, the greatest contribution of this book may be the extensive discussion guide at the conclusion. While the narrative creates a setting of sadness, the dialog opens many windows for hope. By honestly engaging with the dark reality of trauma, readers are motivated to find ways to help survivors move towards light.

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@yellowcrocs421 is a psychological revenge thriller about what happens when public shaming stops being virtual.

Steve Richardson is not a celebrity, a politician, or a man looking for trouble. He is a husband, a father, and a middle-aged IT worker trying to hold together an ordinary life. Then a single moment is ripped from context, pushed online, and turned into a spectacle. In days, Steve loses his job, his reputation, and the fragile stability of the life he built. Strangers decide who he is. Former coworkers add fuel. The internet does what it does best: it erases the person and preserves the accusation.

Then the mob finds his daughter.

When his little girl is identified, harassed, and chased in the real world for the crime of being related to him, something in Steve breaks for good. What begins as rage hardens into purpose. Behind an anonymous account, he starts tracking the people who helped destroy his family, beginning with the loudest voice in the swarm. He tells himself he is not losing control. He is taking it back.

As Steve moves from humiliation to obsession, @yellowcrocs421 follows the terrifying logic of a man who no longer believes in restraint, mercy, or the idea that the system will ever correct itself. Fueled by alcohol, drugs, and revenge, he does not see himself as a monster. He sees himself as the consequence.

Dark, violent, and uncomfortably plausible, @yellowcrocs421 is a thriller about cancel culture, digital mobs, and the thin line between justice and vengeance. It asks a blunt question: when a man is publicly erased and his family is put in the crosshairs, what, exactly, is he capable of doing to fight back.

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I'm Still Here is a deeply moving and courageous memoir that traces one woman's journey through survival, silence, and ultimately, self-reclamation. Written with raw honesty and emotional depth, I m Still Here

this powerful narrative invites readers into a life shaped by war, displacement, trauma, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.

From her earliest memories of fleeing Vietnam under the cover of darkness, to surviving a perilous journey across the sea, Lan Anh Nguyen's story begins with resilience born out of chaos. Arriving in Australia with nothing but hope, her family rebuilds from the ground up-working tirelessly, holding onto cultural roots, and navigating a new world filled with both opportunity and hardship.

Yet beneath the surface of this immigrant success story lies a far more complex and painful truth.

Through her childhood and into adulthood, Lan Anh endures experiences of silence, abuse, and emotional isolation-both within and beyond the home. With striking vulnerability, she shares the unspoken realities of domestic trauma, the weight of cultural expectations, and the invisible battles carried by those who feel they must stay strong for everyone else.

This memoir is not just about what happened-it is about what it means to survive it.

As the narrative unfolds, readers witness her transformation: from a frightened, silenced girl into a fiercely protective mother, a creative soul, and a woman determined to reclaim her voice. Through art, motherhood, relationships, and personal awakening, she slowly pieces together a life built not on fear, but on healing and truth.

I'm Still Here is a testament to resilience, a tribute to the quiet strength of women, and a reminder that even after the darkest chapters, it is possible to begin again.

This book will resonate deeply with readers who have experienced trauma, loss, or identity struggles-and with anyone seeking a story of hope, courage, and emotional survival.