Afloat

Dark waters are rising. Who will stay afloat? Architect Vance Nolan has crafted a marvel — shining apartments floating in the peaceful cove of a winding river. The project is partially occupied and about to make investors rich when a sinkhole gives way. Torrential rains quickly flood the cove, leaving a handful of builders, investors, and residents cut off from the rest of the world. The motley group is bitterly divided over how to survive. Vance insists they wait for rescue. Developer Tony Dean wants to strike out into the darkness. And single-mom Danielle Clement, obligated to each man and desperate to protect her young son, Simeon, isn’t sure which one is wiser. Power failure, an unnatural daytime darkness, explosions, and a murder expose hidden intentions and dark histories. Then Simeon spots something strange underwater — beautiful, shifting lights in the dark depths. In this watery world, everyone’s secrets will eventually come to light. And deliverance may mean more than just getting out alive. Another stunning exploration of the human spirit and supernatural possibilities from bestselling author Erin Healy.

Religion & Spirituality

Healy, Erin

Christian Books & Bibles

Thomas Nelson on Brilliance Audio

You can tell a lot about a person by the way he dies. In the last week of his life, Jesus deliberately sets his face toward Jerusalem - and certain death. This is no ordinary week. Even the angels are silent as they ponder the final days of Jesus Christ. This is no ordinary walk. Jesus doesn't chatter. He doesn't pause. He is on his final journey. He walks determinedly to the holy city, angrily into the temple, wearily into Gethsemane, painfully up the Via Dolorosa. And powerfully out of the vacated tomb. Master storyteller and bestselling author Max Lucado invites you: "Let's follow Jesus on his final journey. For by observing his, we may learn how to make ours. And discover what matters to God."

And The Angels Were Silent: The Final Week of Jesus

LUCADO, MAX

The Beauty of Broken: My Story and Likely Yours Too

Find beauty and hope for the messiness of family life
Are you exhausted by the fairy-tale idea that following Jesus will mean our families won’t suffer? That a parenting formula can guarantee our children will turn out okay? That our families will be immune from being broken because we love God?
In The Beauty of Broken, Elisa Morgan, one of today’s most respected female Christian leaders, shares for the first time her very personal story of brokenness—from her family of origin to her family of creation, represented by her husband and two grown children. Over the years, Elisa’s family struggled privately with issues many parents must face, including: • alcoholism and drug addiction • infertility and adoption • teen pregnancy and abortion • divorce, homosexuality, and death
Each story layers onto the next to reveal the brokenness that comes into our lives without invitation. 
“We’ve bought into the myth of the perfect family,” says Elisa. “Formulaic promises about the family may have originated in well-meaning intentions, but such thinking isn’t realistic. It’s not helpful. It’s not even kind.”
Elisa offers hope in the form of “broken family values” that allow parents to grow and thrive with God. Values such as commitment, humility, relinquishment, and respect carry us to new places of understanding. Owning our brokenness shapes us into God’s best idea for us and enables us to discover the beauty in ourselves and each member of our families.
“…defies categories and breaks new ground as a raw account of a family that has been through everything…” —Philip Yancey Bestselling Author, What’s So Amazing About Grace?

Biographies & Memoirs

Morgan, Elisa

Community & Culture

History’s final chapter will be written in Jerusalem.When an Iranian president thunders a murderous threat or an obscure Turkish drunkard has a dream in Mecca or a Jewish couple from Brooklyn lands at Tel Aviv’s Ben Gurion airport, these events might seem disconnected. But they’re not. In Dateline Jerusalem,, CBN News correspondent Chris Mitchell connects the dots and unveils Jerusalem as the epicenter and crossroads of the spiritual, political, and, yes, supernatural worlds.For thousands of years, Jerusalem’s powerful draw has transcended simple economics, military strategy, and religious affiliation.In our own time, as the Arab Spring threatens to become an Islamic Winter, one commentator warns: “The Arab Spring doesn’t lead to democracy, it leads to Jerusalem.” Indeed, the fragile peace of Israel is in new peril as violent Islamic factions vie for control of surrounding nations. Yet Muslims are converting to Christianity in record numbers. Dateline Jerusalem untangles and chronicles all this through the riveting narrative of a Christian reporter in the upheaval of the modern Fertile Crescent.We live in a world where we cannot afford to be ill informed. What happens in the strategic Middle East, Israel, and Jerusalem is critical. It matters to you. Today’s news might focus on Washington, New York, London, or Moscow, but history’s final chapter will be written in Jerusalem.

Dateline Jerusalem: An Eyewitness Account of Prophecies Unfolding in the Middle East

History

Mitchell, Chris

Middle East

In East Salem, the elite St. Adrian’s Academy is at the nexus of a satanic apocalypse—and the fatal tide is rising.
When Hieronymus Bosch’s Garden of Earthly Delights is reunited with the pagans who commissioned it, a dark prophecy begins to unfold in East Salem, beginning with a savage double-murder by hellish creatures straight out of the painting itself. The lone survivor of the attack, a seventeen-year-old Brit, finds sanctuary at Tommy Gunderson’s home—and the place is soon surrounded by demons who seem to be biding their time…but for how long?
Tommy’s pond has been contaminated with Provivilan—an insidious drug that could transform New York City’s children into an army of violence-addicted murderers. But for an occult cabal in the upper echelons of Linz Pharmaceuticals, contaminating the water supply is just part of an ancient conspiracy against all of humankind.
As the clouds gather, Tommy and Dani realize they must infiltrate Linz and St. Adrian’s to stop the dissemination of Provivilan. Even then, it could take a tangible eruption of the battle between angels and demons to save humanity from the supernatural evils that have been summoned to East Salem.

Fatal Tide (East Salem Trilogy, 3)

Literature & Fiction

Wiehl, Lis

Genre Fiction

First Jesuit. First Latin American. And a new pope who chose as his first act a simple request: please pray for me.The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI took the world by surprise and for good reason. More than 600 years had passed since a pope last left his post.Jorge Mario Bergoglio, now Pope Francis, is a man of prayer, a man of action, and a humble man who has always promoted others over himself. In fact, it was Bergoglio who bowed out of the running in the papal election of 2005 to facilitate the rise of Benedict XVI.However, the new pope faces a Catholic Church in crisis—a church that has lost the media pull of John Paul II and is still hounded by pedophile scandals and the filtration of documents from former papal administrations. His first year may not be an easy one, but neither this man nor the church itself has ever shied away from the challenges thrust upon them.Pope Francis is austere and simple but has vast theological training. He is a man of his time but one who also travels by subway and bus just like any other citizen. Tirelessly fighting poverty and marginalization, he is a beacon of hope for the poor, persecuted sectors of the church. Has a Catholic spring finally arrived after a very long winter?Francis is the complete biography of a humble man who has suddenly become one of the most powerful and influential men on the planet.

Francis: Man of Prayer

Escobar, Mario

Leaders & Notable People

Discover the Best Marriage Secrets from the World’s Happiest Wives
Join Fawn Weaver on an exciting, exotic trip across six continents and through more than eighteen cities, as she discovers what makes a great marriage. Walk the streets of Mauritius, the historic ruins in Italy, and the vistas of New Zealand and Australia. Go from Cape Town to London, Manila to Buenos Aires, Winnipeg to Zagreb. Along the way, you will meet everyday women whose marriage secrets span cultures. You will hear their stories, witness their love, and be inspired by the proof that happy, healthy marriages do exist—and yours can be one of them!
“Let this stunning and captivating writer take you on a journey—an exploration around the world that ends up at a place far too few women have the sense enough to reach…a place called ‘Happy’.” —Priscilla Shirer, New York Times bestselling author, The Resolution for Women
“Poking through the mud of a media culture rife with exploitative images of desperate housewives, Fawn Weaver’s Happy Wives Club is a wildflower spreading hope for the institution of marriage, not as a religious or political institution, but as the opportunity for two souls to evolve together. This book is, first and foremost, a love story.” —Lissa Rankin, MD, New York Times bestselling author, Mind Over Medicine
“The beauty of this book lies in its simplicity, humility, and a style of storytelling that makes you sad the book is coming to an end. If there were ever a case made for ‘happily ever after,’ it’s the Happy Wives Club.” —Kristine Carlson, New York Times bestselling author, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff in Love
“Get ready for a global adventure—literally—where you will visit modern-day marvels of marriage done right. Fawn Weaver, your personal travel guide, is a master storyteller and pathfinder.” —Drs. Les and Leslie Parrott, #1 New York Times bestselling authors, Making Happy

Happy Wives Club: One Woman's Worldwide Search for the Secrets of a Great Marriage

Weaver, Fawn

How To Influence People: Make a Difference in Your World

“Impact comes from influence,” says leadership expert John C. Maxwell, “and influence can be earned.”How to Influence People is a coach’s playbook, a pastor’s guide, and a parent’s lifeline. From manager to teacher, salesperson to CEO, the ability to cultivate and direct influence is indispensable. In fact, you will find that learning to positively influence those around you is the only way to achieve real success in the many spheres of your complex life.How to Influence People is resplendent with the intimate, personal style that makes Dr. Maxwell’s seminars so successful and inspiring.With whom do you hold the most influence? With whom the least? Is your influence positive or negative? How can you increase your level of influence to better achieve your goals and help others achieve theirs? These are the questions at the heart of How to Influence People. Answering them will change your perception; implementing Dr. Maxwell’s techniques will change your life. Begin your journey to unimagined personal and organizational success by discovering the power of your own positive influence.

Business & Money

MAXWELL, JOHN C.

DORNAN, JIM

Management & Leadership

Is college worth the ever-increasing cost?
From the mouths of politicians and parents alike, the notion that “everyone should go to college” is conventional wisdom in America. Yet half of today’s college graduates are unemployed or underemployed. They have little to show for their time in school but a massive amount of student-loan debt and an education that’s left them unprepared for the workplace.
For anyone making a decision about their educational and financial future, Is College Worth It? is an indispensable guide. Former United States Secretary of Education William Bennett and humanities graduate student David Wilezol offer clear-eyed analysis and practical advice that goes far beyond glossy admissions brochures and convoluted financial-aid paperwork. You’ll discover:
• Which colleges offer a good return on your investment—and which ones don’t • How student-loan debt impacts your real-world finances • What the intellectual climate is really like inside many of today’s universities • A wealth of higher education alternatives to a traditional four-year degree
Is college worth it isn’t a question to be answered by educators and economists alone. It is also one that students and parents need to answer for themselves in order to secure an education—and a future—that is as responsible as it is rewarding.

Is College Worth It?: A Former United States Secretary of Education and a Liberal Arts Graduate Expose the Broken Promise of Higher Education

Education & Teaching

BENNETT, WILLIAM J.

Wilezol, David

Higher & Continuing Education

Jesus > Religion: Why He Is So Much Better Than Trying Harder, Doing More, and Being Good Enough

Abandon dead, dry rule-keeping and embrace the promise of being truly known and deeply loved.
Jefferson Bethke burst into the cultural conversation in 2012 with a passionate, provocative poem titled “Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus.” The 4-minute video literally became an overnight sensation, with 7 million YouTube views in its first 48 hours (and 23+ million in a year).
In Jesus &gt; Religion, Bethke unpacks contrasts similar to those he drew in the poem—highlighting the difference between teeth gritting and grace, law and love, performance and peace, despair and hope.
“Jeff’s book will make you stop and listen to a voice in your heart that may have been drowned out by the noise of religion. Listen to that voice, then follow it—right to the feet of Jesus.” —Bob Goff, author of bestselling book Love Does
“You will find yourself challenged to look past prejudice, habits, and traditions and rediscover the person you fell in love with in the first place: Jesus.” —Judah Smith, lead pastor of the City Church and author of bestselling book Jesus Is _____
“Be prepared for a trip unlike what you’d expect. Buckle up! It will open the eyes of readers of all ages and strengthen the faith of those chasing after the greatest leader this world has ever known.” —Governor Mike Huckabee, syndicated TV and radio host, and bestselling author
“Thinkers and seekers and questioners—start here. Wrestle it out. You can’t walk away from these provocative pages unmoved.” —Ann Voskamp, author of bestselling book One Thousand Gifts

Bethke, Jefferson

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