Revenge? Redemption? Or Just for Convenience? by Randy Harris As the ex-wives of star athletes and rappers begin to die in mysterious accidents, NYPD Detective Ebony Delaney starts to suspect foul play. Connecting the dots, Delaney uncovers a murder-for-hire plot with one plain motive: Money. As she works to bring down the culprits, she’ll face the most difficult case of her career—putting her badge, and her life, on the line. Revenge? Redemption? Or Just for Convenience? is a cautionary tale about greed and the evil things people will do in pursuit of wealth. But, as the murderers begin to realize, there is always a reckoning.
In a world gone crazy, what would basic human decency look like? Are there principles that all humans could follow to make their neighborhoods, countries, and world more just and peaceful? Randy Harris, from his long experience as a teacher of philosophy and ethics, calls us to those principles of fair play, justice, and peace. But Christians are called to an even higher standard. As a follower of Jesus, Randy, sometimes humorously, always pointedly, focuses on the call of Jesus for a higher righteousness. He places Christian behavior in the context of the philosophical and cultural contexts of our day, making profound concepts accessible to all his readers. This book offers down-to-earth wisdom from a lifetime follower of Jesus. Out of his own practice of the spiritual disciplines, his presentations before hundreds of churches and university audiences, and his deep love for his students, Randy draws us into the circle of love for God and for our neighbors.
Where Evil Dwells By: Randy Harris Ebony Delaney, frustrated with the bureaucracy and what she considered marginally effective protocols of the NYPD, forms her own detective agency. Determined to fight corruption and serve the weak and defenseless, she fights to help abducted girls and girls forced into prostitution. In the course of that battle, she uncovers a ring that is abducting young women with the intention of sending them overseas into a slavery ring. Thus ensues an epic battle between Ebony and her team against these diabolic protagonists.
Discover the daring faith you are called to live out. Randy Harris and Greg Taylor lead you through the pages of the Gospel of John to inspire daring faith in Jesus. The Gospel of John was written so people would believe the unbelievable. This unbelievable story John tells is that God became man and lived among us. These claims got Jesus killed. And ever since, people who believe the claim still lose their lives. If you believe that Jesus is truly God, you believe the most daring idea of all time. Daring faith will cost your life. But along with the risk comes the great reward of becoming children of God. Are you ready for daring faith?
Cancer is a major worldwide public health problem and is the second leading cause of death in the United States. In 2018, there were seventeen million new cancer cases and 9.5 million cancer deaths worldwide. Seemingly, everyone has been affected by or knows of someone who is affected by the disease. In 2004, doctors discovered that Carmen Rice had a stage 4 Glioblastoma Multiforme brain tumor, one of the deadliest of all cancers—the same cancer which killed John McCain, Edward Kennedy, and Beau Biden. After being diagnosed with a glioblastoma tumor, twenty-nine-year-old Brittany Maynard made headline news when she moved to Oregon to die with dignity. Carmen’s doctor gave her six months to live, but with her faith in God and tenacious spirit, Carmen just kept beating the odds. After all these years, Carmen is “off the map” and into uncharted territory. They Call Me "The Miracle" is her story.
A brief history of the commemorative decanters produced to promote the Greater Greensboro Open (Wyndham Championship) from 1972 until 1982. This book details the way in which the bottles were used to market the golf tournament during the 1970's and beyond. It includes dozens of photos and interviews that bring these collectible decanters to life. A GGO Thing also details the move from Sedgefield to Forest Oaks and back again as seen through the stories told by each decanter. A must read for any golf fan.
When it was first published in 1957, Noam Chomsky's Syntactic Structure seemed to be just a logical expansion of the reigning approach to linguistics. Soon, however, there was talk from Chomsky and his associates about plumbing mental structure; then there was a new phonology; and then there was a new set of goals for the field, cutting it off completely from its anthropological roots and hitching it to a new brand of psychology. Rapidly, all of Chomsky's ideas swept the field. While the entrenched linguists were not looking for a messiah, apparently many of their students were. There was a revolution, which colored the field of linguistics for the following decades. Chomsky's assault on Bloomfieldianism (also known as American Structuralism) and his development of Transformational-Generative Grammar was promptly endorsed by new linguistic recruits swelling the discipline in the sixties. Everyone was talking of a scientific revolution in linguistics, and major breakthroughs seemed imminent, but something unexpected happened--Chomsky and his followers had a vehement and public falling out. In The Linguistic Wars, Randy Allen Harris tells how Chomsky began reevaluating the field and rejecting the extensions his students and erstwhile followers were making. Those he rejected (the Generative Semanticists) reacted bitterly, while new students began to pursue Chomsky's updated vision of language. The result was several years of infighting against the backdrop of the notoriously prickly sixties. The outcome of the dispute, Harris shows, was not simply a matter of a good theory beating out a bad one. The debates followed the usual trajectory of most large-scale clashes, scientific or otherwise. Both positions changed dramatically in the course of the dispute--the triumphant Chomskyan position was very different from the initial one; the defeated generative semantics position was even more transformed. Interestingly, important features of generative semantics have since made their way into other linguistic approaches and continue to influence linguistics to this very day. And fairly high up on the list of borrowers is Noam Chomsky himself. The repercussions of the Linguistics Wars are still with us, not only in the bruised feelings and late-night war stories of the combatants, and in the contentious mood in many quarters, but in the way linguists currently look at language and the mind. Full of anecdotes and colorful portraits of key personalities, The Linguistics Wars is a riveting narrative of the course of an important intellectual controversy, and a revealing look into how scientists and scholars contend for theoretical glory.
What is left of the Gospel if you take away the cross? This central question, asked by C. L. Loos but tucked away in a nineteenth-century journal, launched The Cruciform Church twenty-five years ago. Read by a generation of ministers and church leaders, The Cruciform Church began a reimagination of the church in our increasingly, secular age. Now updated, with responses from eight key leaders, this contemporary classic aims to reach a new generation with the critical questions of faith and life. New Responses by: - Sara Barton - Richard Beck - Lee Camp - Raymond Carr - Randy Harris - John Mark Hicks - Scot McKnight - Jonathan Storment
WINNER OF THE COVETED 2011 NATIONAL INDIE EXCELLENCE BOOK AWARD! What happens when a middle-aged couple with no previous backpacking experience, decides to test their 14-year marriage and spend six months hiking the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Maine in one continuous hike? Will their motto of "Quitting is not an option" be a blessing or a curse? Travel with "Windtalker" and "Mom," as they wrestle with their personal weaknesses and capitalize on each other's strengths; and in doing so, gain a deeper understanding of what it takes to make and keep a marriage strong. "Solemates" is not a daily chronicle of trail life but rather a candid, introspective and sometimes humorous look into the range of emotions experienced during the pursuit of such a life-changing adventure. It is a warmhearted journal depicting lessons in perseverance, human nature, compassion, understanding, and teamwork. Their stories, and those of their thru-hiking companions, reveal insights into the human spirit and refreshing perspectives on what is truly important in life.
An updated and expanded history of the field of linguistics from the 1950s to the current day The Linguistics Wars tells the tumultuous history of language and cognition studies from the rise of Noam Chomsky's Transformational Grammar to the current day. Focusing on the rupture that split the field between Chomsky's structuralist vision and George Lakoff's meaning-driven theories, Randy Allen Harris portrays the extraordinary personalities that were central to the dispute and its aftermath, alongside the data, technical developments, and social currents that fueled the unfolding and expanding schism. This new edition, updated to cover the more than twenty-five years since its original publication and to trace the impact of that schism on the shape of linguistics in the twenty-first century, is essential reading for all those interested in the study of language, the making of knowledge, and some of the most brilliant minds of our era.
Young adolescent in 1970 New York City rises to become the youngest hitman for the mob after he informs and saves a powerful criminal. Four years practice throwing knives and hatchets courtesy of a native-American who works in the local bowling alley, Don Lucca correctly assesses "the kid's" potential. Randy is visibly blessed, knows his power as a desirable male, and steadily pursues women for a fantasy family of multiple wives and kids. No woman is immune to his good looks and charm, or his cock, especially his mother's girlfriends. Randy, whose summers are spent in Italy, is an experienced lover who gathers females from Europe and the USA toward his harem of future wives. Sexy, funny, and intriguing, follow Randy Harris as he pursues this incredible goal of happiness.
The Year 2017 is a fascinating story folded into an informative perspective on Asia. Everyone must understand where they have been before it is possible to know where they are going. The book blends together the history and culture of the past with the opportunities and challenges for the future. There is a constant weaving of yesterday and tomorrow, good news with bad news. Jack Jamieson, a journalist on his final assignment following a thirty-five year career as a correspondent for an international paper, arrives in Hong Kong on a sultry and polluted June evening in the year 2017. The economic prosperity of China presents extraordinary environmental problems for countries in the region which are downwind or downstream from China's 1.6 billion people. Jamieson is joined by Libby Li, a young Chinese freelance writer whose beauty and charm provide access to the world's leaders. Together they cover the Global Environmental Summit in Hong Kong, civilian unrest as a result of severe drought conditions in northeast China, an armed conflict between Chinese and Korean troops, the leak of top secret U.S. military satellite photographs, the humanitarian shipment of water to victims of the drought and the death of a Korean diplomat. The interrelationship of these events opens the door to the past, present and futurre of Hong Kong and Asia.
If you don't believe that life is tough when you're dead, ask the spectral avenger Ghost. It isn't easy chasing your murderers through the blood and slime of the Arcadia underworld, but when your dead sister returns to wreak vengeance on the entire city, being dead seems like small potatoes compared to fighting your own Silhouette! Collects Ghost (first series) #27-#36, Ghost Special #2, Ghost Special #3, and "The Woes of Sinful Bachelors" from Dark Horse Presents #145–#147. * Featuring superstar artists Ivan Reis and John Cassaday!
Modern Physics, Second Edition provides a clear, precise, and contemporary introduction to the theory, experiment, and applications of modern physics. Ideal for both physics majors and engineers, this eagerly awaited second edition puts the modern back into modern physics courses. Pedagogical features throughout the text focus the reader on the core concepts and theories while offering optional, more advanced sections, examples, and cutting-edge applications to suit a variety of students and courses. Critically acclaimed for his lucid style, in the second edition, Randy Harris applies the same insights into recent developments in physics, engineering, and technology.
Thoughts That Heal, The Act of Knowing was written with the intent of assisting people to deal with the existential dilemma that we all share. The lessons in the book create a process by which the reader can begin to explore the thoughts and beliefs that most of us share regarding our relationship with God. The God presented in this book is an absolute God. Because He is absolute and complete He can only know love for us, His Children. It is hoped that after reading this book the reader will be able to accept and know the unconditional love that God reveals to all of us.
Life offers up many paths. Some paths lead to happiness and success, while others may lead to poverty or even homelessness. Being homeless does not mean life is over, it simply means it is more of a struggle. This story follows the lives of Jake and Mary Ann as they, and a group of friends, cope with the daily struggle of living on the streets, the bureaucracy of a dysfunctional welfare system, and the ensuing adventure which leads them away from the clutches of despair.
Modern Physics, 2nd Edition provides a clear, precise, and contemporary introduction to the theory, experiment, and applications of modern physics. Ideal for both physics majors and engineers, this eagerly awaited second edition puts the modern back into modern physics courses. Pedagogical features throughout the text focus the reader on the core concepts and theories while offering optional, more advanced sections, examples, and cutting-edge applications to suit a variety of students and courses. Critically acclaimed for his lucid style, in the 2nd edition, Randy Harris applies the same insights into recent developments in physics, engineering, and technology. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.
I have traveled over two million five hundred thousand miles on airplanes, which is equivalent to one hundred times around the world or to the moon and back five times. During these travels, I have experienced disasters, fear, and some very funny stories. My stories begin with my travels as a young boy leaving the US for foreign soil and end with the top ten reasons you know you fly too much. Included are stories about a plane crash that in 1969 was the worst commercial aviation accident in the world, my one close call on an airplane, hijackings to Cuba, an earthquake in 1976 that killed 28,000 people and several funny stories I have experienced during my travels.
Using stories from their own 2,175-mile thru-hike [of the Appalachian Trail], scripture passages, inspirational quotes and words of wisdom from Native Americans, Randy 'Windwalker' Motz and his wife and hiking partner, Georgia 'Mom' Harris, draw the many parallels between walking the trail and a 'walk of faith.'"--Back cover.
The essays in this collection combine cutting-edge literary and rhetorical scholarship to investigate the evolving values of the modern world, confronting such issues as torture, genocide, environmental apocalypse, and post-traumatic stress syndrome. First delivered as part of the vibrant ideas exchange of an international conference, they are the product of rigorous selection and review undertaken with an emphasis on their complementarity. The authors include established scholars such as gr ...
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