"The perfect storm" is a stark and compelling journey into the dark core of nature that leaves listeners with a breathless sense of what it feels like to be caught, helpless, in the grip of a force beyond understanding or control.

Western philosophy is a vast intellectual tradition, the product of thousands of years of revolutionary thought built up by a rich collection of brilliant minds. When most of us study philosophy, we're focusing only on the Western intellectual tradition brought about by people such as Aristotle, Descartes, and Nietzsche. But to understand the Western intellectual tradition is to only get half of the story. Just as important, and just as valid a contribution...

Examines the lives of various biblical characters and explores how they have been assessed across the centuries from the early Jewish, Christian, and Muslim commentaries to interpretations both inside and outside institutional religious settings.

Focusing on the seven centuries from 300 to 1000, this course examines the period of European history known as the "Dark Ages." The period is dominated by two empires, the Roman Empire and the Carolingian Empire.

Relaxation has a profound effect on health, but the more you try to force it, the harder it is. On Relax Rx: A Self-Hypnosis Program for Health and Well-Being, hypnosis and mind-body medicine expert Dr. Steven Gurgevich gives us his effortless drug-free prescription for relaxation: a clinically designed audio program of guided trancework sessions that are medically proven to reduce physical tension, relieve anxiety, and create inner calm-in just 10...

When their pastor father dies suddenly, leaving little money, three sisters realize that they need to take drastic action to survive. Each answers a newspaper ad soliciting Christian brides. Faith goes to Texas, where her intended, a well-to-do rancher named Nicholas Shepherd, seems to be having second thoughts. While her wedding is repeatedly postponed, Faith meets a local widower and decides to teach his blind son Braille. In time, Nicholas...

The dwarven nations are facing extermination. Their ancient enemy has returned. The Horde is coming and, along with it a dark tide is spreading across the world of Tanis.

Federal agent Dan Sullivan shelves his retirement to infiltrate a band of payroll thieves. But he didn't expect to meet stubborn mail-order bride Hope Kallahan, who gets kidnapped by the gang and held for ransom, or that she would be a veritable magnet for danger. As she intimidates hardened criminals into cleaning house and talks Dan into rescuing her, Dan believes God had a reason for throwing her in his path.