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Ervin Laszlo, together with a distinguished group of visionary thinkers, presents a profound integration of science and spirituality. Discover how we can consciously participate in the evolutionary process and realize our connection to the greater whole. This thought-provoking book offers insights and guidance for those ready to embark on a journey of transformation and awakening. At once urgent and inspiring, The Sacred Quest is a guide and an invitation: to embrace our interconnectedness, co-create a sustainable future, and step into the sacred task of becoming one with our living world.

First published in 1935, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre is Traven's most famous and enduring work, the dark, savagely ironic, and riveting story of three down-and-out Americans hunting for gold in Sonora.

In Revealing God in Science, astrophysicist Jeff Zweerink ponders if science and Christianity are a match made in heaven. Next, apologist Balajied Nongrum wrestles with whether faith in God must make sense. OB-GYN Christina Cirucci reflects on life and suffering—drawing from experiences in her own life and from time spent performing medical work in Bangladesh. The impact of their stories, and nine others, will be truly life-changing.

In conventional political philosophy, law is understood as consciously created rules that are a necessary mechanism for regulating the excesses of the free market. Although coercive in nature, law is seen as a necessary defense against anarchy. But is the situation that simple? In his examination of the purpose and functioning of the legal system, John Hasnas challenges this false dichotomy, presenting a new theory of liberalism that demonstrates that the common law can serve as an effective alternative to traditional politically created legislation.

Job Crafting is a rigorous, modern take on job redesign that empowers workers to transform the jobs they have into the ones they want. Through the process of job crafting, a worker proactively alters their job to emphasize tasks that better align with their skills or that allow opportunities to learn new skills, with the help of executives who are willing to transform their organizations into supportive work environments.

Filled with real-life stories from the authors’ own experiences, Teach a Man to Fish provides churches and missions organizations with a blueprint for helping people help themselves in order to create lasting change and long-term sustainability and independence.

Dive into the world of wealth creation with Robert Kranendonk’s triumphant financial odyssey. Using his personal story, Robert crafted this comprehensive guide to reveal the secret dos and don’ts of strategic real estate investing as a roadmap to your financial prosperity. From identifying lucrative opportunities to mastering negotiation tactics, How I Spent My Way Out of Debt equips you with the knowledge to navigate the real estate market with confidence.

Every country provides some form of direct cash transfer to people in need, and this provision of money reaches hundreds of millions of people worldwide. But these provisions are often accompanied by heated debates on whether and how such assistance should be provided. Seeking a way to better understand the current global debates on cash transfers, Timely Cash provides a historical overview of the concept.

The great series The Story of Civilization by Will and Ariel Durant is one of the most monumental achievements in historical writing. In its eleven massive volumes, it tells the story of Western civilization from its origins to the age of Napoleon. This volume, The Climax of Christianity, is taken from The Age of Faith, the fourth in the series. It covers the years between 1095—the launching of the First Crusade—and 1300: the age of Dante Alighieri, whose epic poem Divine Comedy is one of the greatest treasures of our civilization.

Caring for widows is a key responsibility of the church, but it’s easily overlooked. This book explores the biblical exhortation to care for widows, then offers practical guidance for ensuring that widows receive the support they need. The pastoral experience of the authors shines through in every chapter, equipping pastors for this vital part of church ministry.

Hard Talk reacquaints us with the social power of speech while affirming the humane value of listening. Cole also reflects on the neuroscientific advances we’ve made in understanding barriers to speech and how we might reduce them.

Being a pastor is not a regular 9-to-5 job. There is an unending list of important things to do as you seek to serve others sacrificially. The demands of ministry make it difficult to find a healthy rhythm of life and work, and can leave you running on empty. How can we develop a sustainable pattern of ministry that both honors the Lord and the people we care for and that will also protect us from burnout?

You can attain the life you want! Joseph Murphy’s most powerful guide to using your visualizing faculties of thought will show you how. Includes bonus book of Joseph Murphy’s classic Believe in Yourself with wonderful stories of how others have reached the top and how you can, too. It is your right to be rich. In this all-in-one guide, Joseph Murphy teaches you how to use your mind and visualizing powers to attain a life of abundance. He boils down the essentials to achieving a prosperous life.

In Quiet Moments with God, Dr. Murphy offers his interpretation of a series of affirmations which were taken from the Bible. It includes chapters on money, health, faith, doubt, fear friendship, truth, wealth, anxiety, prosperity and treatment. In How to Use the Power of Prayer, Murphy says that you can have whatever you desire, all you have to do is ask. He claims that no matter how big an obstacle seems, or how hopeless things appear to be, all can be solved through the mysterious power of prayer.

Dr. Joseph Murphy covers many of the deepest issues of life and death that perplex the mind. Murphy’s lucid, matter-of-fact writing style should be very helpful with the Truth student's understanding of many of the seemingly abstract concepts put forward by Thomas Toward in his lectures on mental science. Murphy believes that the whole truth is that life begins and ends in one’s self. When the dominion of the individual is understood, then he finds the universe his playground, life an eternal day, and every man a delight to meet.

Many of us, even on our happiest days, struggle to quiet the constant buzz of anxiety in the background of our minds. All kinds of worries—worries about losing people and things, worries about how we seem to others—keep us from peace of mind. Distracted or misled by our preoccupations, misconceptions, and, most of all, our obsession with ourselves, we don't see the world clearly—we don't see the world as it really is.

Mein Spy gives a firsthand documentation of German espionage and sabotage in the U.S. in the lead-ups to both World War I and World War II. These activities, some only plotted, some carried out, defeated their own purpose. Instead of keeping America from intervening on behalf of the Allies, German disinformation and sabotage inflamed an American public opinion that up to that point had mostly been neutral.

The book outlines “the activities of Nazi agents in the United States, Mexico, and Central America” in the late 1930s. “During the past five years,” Spivak writes, “I have observed some of them, watching the original, crudely organized and directed propaganda machine develop, grow and leave an influence far wider than most people seem to realize.” First aimed at domestic propaganda, these activities extended to probing U.S. military secrets and attempting to damage U.S. relations to its neighbors to the south.