Something deadly lurks at the bottom of Wounded Horse Lake. County department of natural resources biologist Jack Burrows and his best friend Hank Klein are blissfully unaware of the danger as they set out to do an exploratory dive into the otherwise pristine body of water one weekend. A few minutes into the dive, the two friends spot something strange on the bottom. Hank goes in closer to investigate. Moments later, Jack sees his buddy rocketing toward the surface. He realizes right away that something has gone seriously wrong with the experienced scuba diver. A rapid ascent from such a depth can lead to decompression sickness (a.k.a. "the bends") or even death. Struggling to come to terms with the accident, Jack launches an investigation into what he and Hank saw down there and who might be responsible. Little does he realize where that investigation will lead. Like the tiny mountain lake itself, he comes to see that deadly secrets are lurking just beneath the surface--of his family as well as the otherwise idyllic community of Montville, where he lives. With the fate of so many resting in his hands, Jack must decide between perpetuating a terrible cover-up or revealing the truth and putting the future of his family and his entire community in peril.
Here's everything the aquarium keeper must know to maintain a magnificent tank at home: what to buy, how to care for it, and how to troubleshoot. More than 200 species of tropical fish receive detailed attention. Set up different tanks for a variety of fish and effects, and learn to use the full range of available paraphernalia.
Hans Urs von Balthasar (1905–1988), a prolific Catholic theologian from Switzerland, has been called a "new Father of the Church". His work—shaped not only by traditional theology and philosophy, but by literature, art, and music—made an impact on both Saint John Paul II and Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI. Aidan Nichols, O.P., describes Balthasar's fifteen-volume masterwork, the Trilogy, as "perhaps the high-point of twentieth-century Catholic theology". Yet for all Balthasar's brilliance, the core of his theology is extraordinarily simple: love—for God is love. Love lies at the center of life, indeed, at the center of being itself. For Balthasar, the answers to all of man's big, existential questions revolve around love. The Meaning of the World Is Love, compiled by psychologist Richard Clements, brings Balthasar's meditations to a wider audience, using brief excerpts from the theologian to walk readers through the landscape of divine love, which is our home. The path of love is the path of self-gift—as well as of truth, goodness, and beauty—and it is the only way to genuine fulfillment. Balthasar, as Clements shows, can point us to the very heart of reality: God, who gives himself to us without reserve.
WHITEHOT TRUEBLUE The hyphenated title and a book cover displaying a volcano and birds fl ying together till the end of time to the ends of the earth signify that passionatetender heartlines stuff White Hot-True Blue. Its parables, narratives, and eyewitness stories mesh refl ective thought and the living heart. This book eschews mainstream behavioral-technological psychology, a natural scientifi c discipline so theory-driven and obsessed with method that it merely generates abstract, cold objectivities and detached statistical generalities. White Hot-True Blue offers instead a psychological psychology, one that includes the soul and the spirit, one radically individualized and deeply personal--a psychology wielding a caring human touch. The human heart is not reducible to a physiological pump. Our heart is the mind warmed.
Does God exist? If so, what kind of God? And what about humankind? Questions like these drove Jerry Richard Boone to investigate spiritual matters for himself. He read, thought, and took notes. Gradually, the notes became chapters in this book about God. The author employs a straightforward readable style in setting forth his discoveries just as he experienced them. Reason, logic, and evidence, laced with a touch of humor and drama, present the reader with a message that is persuasive, at times controversial, and always personal.
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