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The Lord of the Rings trilogy has delighted millions of fans worldwide in book and movie form. With the theatrical release of the two-part film The Hobbit slated for 2012 and 2013, attention will once again turn to J. R. R. Tolkien's classic works. In a culture where truth is relative and morality is viewed as old-fashioned, we welcome the chance to view the world through hobbit eyes: we have free will, our choices matter, and living a morally heroic life is possible....

Thoughtful observers agree that the planetary crisis we now face - climate change; species extinction; the destruction of entire ecosystems; the urgent need for a more just economic-political order - is pushing human civilization to a radical turning point: change or perish. But precisely how to change remains an open question.

In his most ambitious work yet, Shermer sets out to discover what drives humans' belief in life after death, focusing on recent scientific attempts to achieve immortality by radical life extentionists, extropians, transhumanists, cryonicists, and mind uploaders, along with utopians who have attempted to create heaven on earth.

There are over 100 million Pentecostals in Africa. In Latin America, Pentecostalism now vies with Catholicism for the soul of the continent, and some of the largest pentecostal congregations in the world are in South Korea. In To the Ends of the Earth, Allan Heaton Anderson explores the historical and theological factors behind the phenomenal growth of global Pentecostalism.

Why were Prometheus and Loki envisioned as chained to rocks? What was the Golden Calf? Why are mirrors believed to carry bad luck? How could anyone think that mortals like Perseus, Beowulf, and St. George actually fought dragons, since dragons don't exist? Strange though they sound, however, these "myths" did not begin as fiction.

The Protestant conviction that believers would rise again, in bodily form, after death, shaped their attitudes towards personal and religious identity, community, empire, progress, race, and the environment. In To Walk the Earth Again, Christopher Trigg explores the political dimension of Anglo-American Protestant writing about the future resurrection of the dead, examining texts written between the seventeenth and mid-nineteenth centuries.

Some people say extraterrestrials have been coming to Earth for millennia. Others say that UFOs are simply the work of government controlled and funded "black technology". But there is an ever growing pool of evidence that not only denies these claims but makes it abundantly clear that there is in fact a war being raged between man and alien. There are extraterrestrial beings visiting the earth and it appears the Men in Black are actually fighting a battle of secrecy.

Did man really evolve from apes? We have only dozens of bones to work with, and yet our entire evolutionary theory is based upon them. Is there another answer to the emergence of the amazing species we call man? Are we some kind of strange galactic experiment? Discover that the world is stranger than any X-Files plot! Meet Lloyd Pye and discover the true Origin of our Species.

Since time immemorial, there has been a very powerful and sinister force that has been paralyzing the human race. Their means of control surround us in our daily lives. The agenda is one that thrives on the suffering and slow destruction of all things humanity considers sacred, and the number-one target for them is the human race.

Aliens have been visiting planet Earth for millennia and our governments know all about it. Experts from the world of science and advanced Ufology expose how government factions may be dealing with Aliens on a daily basis. Technology is being diabolically utilized to create smokescreens to divert our attention from the stark reality that we are not alone. Thousands of sightings from across the world all point to one thing–the aliens are already here amongst us.

The 21st century is a critical time for our environment. Global warming, pollution, deforestation: the problems are large, and it's easy to feel helpless. Yet it's important not to get lost in despair; we can be serious about environmental problems and still be joyful. This ability is crucial not only for dealing with the environment, but also with spiritual practice.

The UFO Chronicles collector’s series discloses information you were never meant to know. Lt. Colonel (USAF Ret.) Wendelle C. Stevens was one of the world's most highly regarded UFO researchers. Wendelle spent much of his life involved in ufology and amassed one of the largest collections of UFO photos known to be in existence. Colonel Stevens tells of his experiences involving extraterrestrials, the history of various US military special programs, and reveals numerous cases involving the sighting, investigating, and recovery of Alien craft.

Are dolphins highly intuitive beings with a unique duty in the oceans? Is plastic off-gassing into our food poisoning us? Can breathing steamed bamboo leaves treat asthma? Did the First Nations Peoples have the right philosophies for harmonious living all along? All this and more is answered in this extraordinary conversation. Author and journalist Penelope Jean Hayes poses questions to Pax, channeled by intuitive Carole Serene Borgens, about plant-based diets and medicines, the best-practices of indigenous and First Peoples, and the profound wisdom of animals.