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Seven great chapters on the foundations of marriage and family, including "Why Women Are Weird & Men Are a Mess", "How to Love Your Spouse - Regardless", "Why Christian Children Rebel", and more.

In late September of 1866 a former confederate soldier returned home. But his dreams of putting the battlefield and bloodshed behind him were cut short. Deep in the night he learns of an awful and terrible truth. A pair of strange men arrive and dig up the body of his recently deceased father. He quickly learns that they are not simply grave robbers. But they are in fact part of a secret organization. One dedicated to the defense of mankind.

Shawn Crowley and his new bride join up with a cattle drive. After the past few months both need a break. But those hopes are shattered as rustlers attack the herd. In the aftermath they learn that the cattle were never the target. The rustlers were after the artifacts buried in a nearby Ute burial ground. Shawn hurries to investigate. What he finds floors him. The burial ground doubled as the nest of a pair of dragons. Now Shawn has just one week to find and return the egg. If he fails then the pair will drown the country in a sea of blood and fire.

Knapp draws on his own experience of losing both his first and second wife to cancer to provide insight into some of the unhelpful responses we often make, and presents a repertoire of ideas on how to be a genuine friend and helper to a grieving person. Various chapters in the book deal with different kinds of losses, including the trauma of losing a spouse or child, divorce, loss of pets, and other losses that we sometimes fail to recognize need to be grieved over if healing is to occur.

Under the seas there is a captain. He is feared by his enemies and tolerated by his friends. His name is Wolfgang Tiberus Howle. A feirce sailor and werewolf aboard the SS Moon beam. A powerful submarine built by the Gods in Atlantis. Come along as he and his motley crew of misfits try to save the world from evil wizards, insane gods and the evils of soap operas.

"A fiery explosion and a flare of unbearable pain. Thus ended book one of the Star Strider. Now Matt Stone and the ones he has grown to love face all new challenges. Ancient enemies have left their haunts at the whispers that the Legendary Star Strider has arrived. New trials face Matt and his friends. From trying to rescue Karsay from the grasp of the warlord Darius. To navigating the ins and outs of parenthood while figuring out a relationship. As war looms on the horizon events are set in motion that can't be stopped. They will learn their actions will affect the very course of history.

Have you ever seen someone and thought? There is no way they're human. Or maybe you wonder why nobody has ever gotten a clear picture of Bigfoot. Well chances are that weird guy isn't human. And as for the picture thing. Well that would violate the woodland treaty of '55. What about all those things from folklore? You know like the Wendigo or maybe elves. Well the Wendigo is a recluse. and elves are actually stranded aliens.(long story)

Boto Slate wakes up on his fourteenth birthday and is excited to know he is homeless. Not being bound down means he can strike out as an adventurer. He begins his new life not knowing what fate has in store. An ancient and nearly forgotten evil cult stirs. They have but one goal. Destroy the Gods and reshape the world in their twisted image. Standing in their way is Boto Slate. A half dwarf, quarter elf and quarter human hybrid who wields powerful magic. But is naïve and unexperienced in the ways of the world. And is also the object of a misguided Goddess's affections.

Shawn Crowley is on his way home after defeating the vampire who killed his family. On his way home he stops in a small town to rest his horse. But he notices the townsfolk are busy scorching the surrounding area. Millions of cicadas are swarming the town. They aren't just buzzing around lanterns or singing in the trees. They are killing people. But by dawn they're gone. But he knows the following night they'll return. Can Shawn find the reason behind the rage of these docile insects? Or will he be their next victim.

Shawn Crowley was just a teenage boy when he and his Pa went to buy cattle. What was supposed to be a routine trip becomes a life changing experience. They return home to find their family slaughtered. In the midst of their mourning the recently deceased rose as vampires.

It wears many faces and goes by many names. Some long for it. Others try to prevent and avoid it. What is this thing you ask? Why it is the one promise and only truth in all of creation. It is the one thing that comes for us all. The bringer of absolution. A troubled youth finds it in a grave yard. While another one will find it at the hands of one he trusted. Others find it at the hands of a being not of this world yet part of the integral part of it. You may find yourself asking what is this thing?

In a small town in Arkansas there sits an old house. It's dirty and dilapidated. There hasn't been a human occupant in several years. The man who built it died under strange circumstances. And over the years even more have died or disappeared in or around it. Why hasn't it been torn down? Or how has it escaped being targeted by developers? Good questions but the answer isn't a simple one. For the house served as more than just a dwelling for a person. It serves as a nexus between worlds. And the home of a being of dark origins. It is a house, a courtroom and an execution grounds.

Matt Stone lived a life of hardships and misery. One fateful day, his life seemed to crumble. He was fired and accused of murder all in one afternoon. With the help of a neighbor, he evades capture. In a twist of fate, he stumbles upon an abandoned barn. Inside sits an odd vehicle. Little does he know it's the key to his salvation. The vehicle transports him across the universe to a planet known as Arkerus. There, he meets a girl named Karsay Hellstrom.

Mary Carter had a good life. A decent job. A man who loved her and whom she wanted to marry. But all of that changes when she dies suddenly. She goes to a strange afterlife and learns she was not meant to die. As she's coming to terms with this revelation, she wakes up safe at home. Soon she begins to question her sanity. Hearing voices and seeing people who aren't there. Can she unravel the tangled web that has ensnared her mind and body? Or will her sanity crumble along with reality?

Have you ever wondered what Big foot does on his day off? Or were hippies really about peace and love? Why are there really so many junked cars in the south? Well sit down and find out about this and more. This is a collection of stories that take place in the world of Harold Hatch cryptid liaison. From magical mishaps to aliens abducting hobos.

It's been a little over two months Shawn lost his family to a vampire. After tracking down and killing the monster he returned home hoping for a shot at a normal life. A rider in the night brings dire news. His uncle Calvin and his entire family have vanished. Shawn takes off to find out what happened. At the house he finds a strange altar in the barn and a pile of corpses. None of which belong to Calvin or his family. After a brief investigation he learns Calvin learns his uncle had a new worker on his farm. Shawn soon learns that the stranger is part of a cult of necromancers.