How an unexpected lightning storm changed everything Ryan Stevenson’s Dove Award-winning breakout hit “Eye of the Storm” was an overnight success, but his path to releasing that song was decades in the making. Ryan always knew he was called to be a musician, yet it took years of career changes, failed label contracts, and leaps of faith for him to achieve his dream. In his debut book Eye of the Storm, Ryan shares his zig-zagging journey from farm boy to singer and songwriter, and the life events along the way that have shaped his relationship with God. From his insecurity with self-image, to his grief and fear during his mother’s lengthy battle with cancer, to his high-stress days working as a paramedic, Ryan describes the many ways his faith was tested—and how each trial helped him become more reliant on Christ. Eye of the Storm will inspire, encourage, and challenge you to trust more deeply in God, confident that any struggle you face in life will help mold you into the person He wants you to become.
Follow cousins on a road trip to Pride as they dive into family secrets and friendships in this contemporary novel—perfect for fans of David Levithan and Becky Albertalli. As kids, Mark and his cousin Talia spent many happy summers together at the family cottage in Ontario, but a fight between their parents put an end to the annual event. Living on opposite coasts—Mark in Halifax and Talia in Victoria—they haven't seen each other in years. When their grandfather dies unexpectedly, Mark and Talia find themselves reunited at the cottage once again, cleaning it out while the family decides what to do with it. Mark and Talia are both queer, but they soon realize that's about all they have in common, other than the fact that they'd both prefer to be in Toronto. Talia is desperate to see her high school sweetheart Erin, who's barely been in touch since leaving to spend the summer working at a coffee shop in the Gay Village. Mark, on the other hand, is just looking for some fun, and Toronto Pride seems like the perfect place to find it. When a series of complications throws everything up in the air, Mark and Talia—with Mark's little sister Paige in tow—decide to hit the road for Toronto. With a bit of luck, and some help from a series of unexpected new friends, they might just make it to the big city and find what they're looking for. That is, if they can figure out how to start seeing things through each other's eyes.
This book is a guide for both new and existing affiliates of the Amazon Associates Program that are looking for reliable way to build WordPress websites to promote products to refer sales for commissions. It was originally created for a live Amazon affiliate coaching webinar series that had 12 classes. Each of those 12 classes is now a main chapter of this book. It is a complete tutorial on how to build your own Amazon affiliate website without having technical knowledge or web design experience. It is also a first-hand guide on the construction of the website built for the live trainees, so you actually get real-life examples and have a real website you can visit to use as a reference. Each main chapter begins with an introduction, summary and a checklist. The checklist is excellent to use to ensure you have completed all of the main steps for that particular class with the construction of your own website. You can also find two pages for personal notes after each checklist, so you can add your own info as you progress. Proceed through all of the sub-chapters for the first class. As you read through the lessons, try to work along with them on your computer. Complete the checklist for each class before going on to the next class. After you are done with all 12 classes and this book, you will not only have the knowledge you need to build Amazon affiliate websites, but you will also have your first site completed and running already! Simply repeat the process to make more sites – the more sites you make, the better your monthly earning potential. Table of Contents 1 Amazon Product & Niche Research 1-1 Amazon category Exploration 1-2 Amazon Product Research 1-3 Special Amazon Pages 1-4 Amazon Niche Selection Strategies 2 Google Research 2-1 Google Keyword Research 2-2 Google Search Research 2-3 Google Trends 2-4 Domain Name Hunting & Selection 2-5 Additional Research & Site Pre-Planning 3 Site Planning 3-1 Page Planning Strategies 3-2 Page Organization & Structuring 3-3 Content Research & Planning 3-4 Planning for Product Advertising 4 WordPress Installation & Setup 4-1 Add Domain to Web Hosting Account 4-2 Domain Name Server (DNS) Management 4-3 Installing WordPress 4-4 Initial WordPress Settings Setup 4-5 WordPress Theme Setup 4-6 WordPress Plugin Setup 5 How to Use WordPress 5-1 Widget Setup & Usage 5-2 WordPress Menu System 5-3 Categories, Posts & Tags 5-4 WordPress Pages 5-5 WordPress Core, Plugins & Theme Updates 6 Site Construction 1/2 6-1 Content & SEO Writing 6-2 Home Page Creation 6-3 Category Pages Creation 6-4 Custom HTML Menu Creation 7 Site Construction 2/2 7-1 Creation of Additional Site Pages & Content 7-2 Custom HTML Menus for Category Pages 7-3 Interlinking Content 7-4 Finalization of Site Menus 7-5 Custom WP Page Widgets 8 Amazon Advertising 8-1 Join Amazon Associates Program 8-2 Product Style 8-3 UpsellAzon 8-4 ExtendAzon 8-5 Daily Deal Azon 8-6 ComboZon 9 Facebook Marketing 9-1 Facebook Fan Page Creation 9-2 Facebook App Creation 9-3 Add Facebook to Your Website 9-4 Facebook Group Creation 9-5 Facebook Advertising 10 Google and YouTube Marketing 10-1 Google Analytics 10-2 Google Webmaster Tools 10-3 Google Plus 10-4 YouTube Channel Creation 10-5 Video Recording 10-6 Video Editing & Publishing 11 Squidoo Marketing 11-1 Getting Started with Squidoo 11-2 Lens Research & Targeting 11-3 Lens Creation Tutorial 11-4 Squidoo SEO Tips 11-5 Avoiding Problems with Squidoo 12 Site Flipping 12-1 Site Flipping Recommendations 12-2 Forum Site Flipping 12-3 Selling Sites on Flippa 12-4 Private Site Sales with Affiliates Resources
School-wide, fifteen-year-old Carter Stevenson is known as "that twitchy, stuttering kid" thanks to his Tourette's syndrome. After a disastrous talent show places him at the center of attention, he dreams of disappearing. When his parents announce the family is moving cross-country, that dream comes true. He'll lay low through the summer in his new quiet California town, and when school starts, he'll keep to himself. No one will ever be the wiser. He doesn't anticipate Ethan. Seventeen-year-old Ethan Hart, the neighbors' older son, is a few years into recovery from a traumatic brain injury. He is sensitive, joyous, and uninhibited. To him, Carter moves like the music only Ethan sees. He knows he and Carter are destined to be best friends and then boyfriends, if only Carter would get on the same wavelength. Carter isn't sure about a social life, but as Ethan introduces him to a new world of friends who accept him, tics and all, he starts to see the bright side of not hiding away. Adapted as a YA edition of the award-winning novel Ethan, Who Loved Carter by Ryan Loveless.
The Wes Anderson Collection: Isle of Dogs is the only book to take readers behind the scenes of the beloved auteur’s newest stop-motion animated film. †‹Through the course of several in-depth interviews with film critic Lauren Wilford, writer and director Wes Anderson shares the story behind Isle of Dogs’s conception and production, and Anderson and his collaborators reveal entertaining anecdotes about the making of the film, their sources of inspiration, the ins and outs of stop-motion animation, and many other insights into their moviemaking process. Previously unpublished behind-the-scenes photographs, concept artwork, and hand-written notes and storyboards accompany the text. The book also features an introduction by critics and collaborators Taylor Ramos and Tony Zhou, and a foreword by critic Matt Zoller Seitz. The fourth volume of the New York Times bestselling Wes Anderson Collection, Isle of Dogs stays true to the series with its rich design and colorful illustrations, capturing Anderson’s signature aesthetic vision and bringing the series's definitive study of Anderson's filmography up to date. Isle of Dogs tells the story of Atari Kobayashi, 12-year-old ward to corrupt Mayor Kobayashi. When, by Executive Decree, all the canine pets of Megasaki City are exiled to a vast garbage-dump called Trash Island, Atari sets off alone in a miniature Junior-Turbo Prop and flies across the river in search of his bodyguard-dog, Spots. There, with the assistance of a pack of newly-found mongrel friends, he begins an epic journey that will decide the fate and future of the entire Prefecture. The film features the voices of Bryan Cranston, Koyu Rankin, Edward Norton, Bob Balaban, Bill Murray, Jeff Goldblum, Kunichi Nomura, Akira Takayama, Greta Gerwig, Frances McDormand, F. Murray Abraham, Tilda Swinton, Akira Ito, Yoko Ono, Mari Natsuko, Harvey Keitel, Courtney B. Vance, Ken Watanabe, Scarlett Johnasson, Fisher Stevens, Nijiro Murakami, and Liev Schreiber.
A LIFE AWAKENING is a chronicle about the troubled life of a young man named Ethan Elliot, as told by his spirit guide, William. In the first of this series, Whispers from Within, we join Ethan as he feels he finally has found his soul mate in his relationship with Jennifer. Little does Ethan realize that his entire world is about to be turned upside down. Yet, as Ethan's spirit guide, William will guide Ethan to places he never expected to go, and to people he never expected to meet. Ethan's story begins in New York, after problems developed in his relationship with Jennifer. Heartbroken, Ethan, with the aid of divine intervention, decides to move on, in the hope of finding greener pastures and a new life. What Ethan discovers about himself is an important milestone, as it is to all of us when we awaken to the myriad of possibilities in the lives our souls chose to live. As Ethan listens to stories of the many people he meets from all walks of life, he slowly begins to re-evaluate his own true purpose in life. With the progression of both time and maturity, Ethan discovers the very essence of life itself, as well as the importance of those whom he considers true friends. Have you ever experienced a moment in your life when you thought everything was perfect, only to discover that circumstances were about to change abruptly? Whispers from Within will open your eyes to possibilities that at first blush you never would have considered, as you follow Ethan through his journey. All too often in our lives, we develop a preconceived notion of what the ideal should be in a life partner, a family, a job, or any of the many situations that require decisions on a daily basis. We make those decisions based on a number of factors, often just by watching what our friends and family are doing with their lives. But in life's grand scheme of things one size doesn't fit all, so we adjust our lives based on our own life experiences. Whispers from Within, for both Ethan and the reader, celebrates life, with its many paths that lie before us. An entirely new world of options for living one's life can be found once we drop the pretense of believing we always know what we want out of life. With the aid of your spirit guide, you will gain the ability to quiet the noise of daily life, while going deep within yourself to discover your truest motivations. Like Ethan, eventually you will begin to stop fighting the life your soul chose this time around, and begin to live a life of joy that others could only envy. In time, Ethan learns an important lesson, that a life well-lived has its own rewards, and neither Ethan, nor the lives he touches, will ever be the same.
We reached out to a bunch of our favorite creators with one mission in mind--to bring original, unconventional characters and stories to life. THE MIX TAPE is an eclectic collection of stories based on characters that are anything but your average lot. Talking hamburgers, misunderstood ghosts, and punk rock grandmas are just the tip of these stories that are best described as “off the beaten track.”
Dr. Mark Sanders, a brilliant and attractive young man, is determined to findthe meaning of true love. His faith walk is challenged when life takes him ona path of intricate hardships and inconceivable heartache.
This wide-ranging resource provides an authoritative overview of the criminal justice system in America, including its history, legal and philosophical foundations, dimensions of racial and economic inequality, and insights into daily life inside America's complex court and correctional systems. Explore the origins and evolution of America's criminal justice system, the moral values and legal doctrines that shaped the nation's laws and prisons, and current problems, controversies, and reforms related to criminal justice. Profiles of leading figures in the field of criminal justice and social activism, related primary documents, suggestions for further reading and a detailed chronology are also included.
The success of the Apollo program in the 1960s was the first step in our manned attempts at conquering space. Salt Mines revisits aerospace history-that-never-was and explores the plausibility of interplanetary space travel, the confrontations between management and the union, and the effects of downsizing on the sudden emergence of violence in the workplace. Colorful characters who work in the "salt mines" add threads of complexity, laughter, and pathos to the story. There is Chuck Gibson, an avowed union man who likes nothing better than to hear Minerva Aerospace Corporation (MAC) ́s top executives get a roasting. And yes, the prima donna of Mahogany Row, Dr. Rick Davis, although rather eccentric, is someone to be reckoned with. Then there is Jiggs Tanaka, the Hermes coordinator, who never gets the respect he deserves from his subordinates despite his prudence and sensitivity to people issues. On the other hand, Andy Stahl, the demoted Orion coordinator, who drives around naked in a van, is uproariously funny mouthing cryptic utterances from Tennyson ́s "Morte d ́Arthur" and Shakespeare ́s The Merchant of Venice. Not to be forgotten is Will Hardy, the super-dipper, whose speech "Uncle Sam ́s Cabin" has made him the darling of Wall Street. And of course, Nina Hill, the only woman technical writer. Her penchant for enticing top corporate executives precipitates a murder. Finally, there is Derek Lambert, the protagonist. Most of the story unfolds from Derek ́s point-of-view in an episodic narrative of events that reflect the intriguing and dynamic world of the aerospace industry at its height in the 1980s. Intertwined with the events is Derek Lambert ́s recurring nightmare of a past he wants desperately to forget. Although he dearly loves his wife, Jenny DuBois, he can ́t bring himself to forgive her for walking out on him during their honeymoon. In the pressure-laden environment at MAC, Derek manages to remain neutral in the day-to-day conflicts between management and the employees, although his life is inextricably committed to the Hermes program. The Hermes is to be the first manned space capsule to go on a grand tour of the solar system in 1982. This tour coincides with the alignment of the planets, a heavenly phenomenon occurring only once in 179 years. Working at the salt mines might have been a perfect haven for Derek had it not been for the visit of his mother. Since his emotional and psychological problems stem from a strong attachment to his mother, her arrival rekindles the old guilt feelings that have dogged him for years. As if by coincidence, everything takes a downturn at the salt mines. In a period of five months, MAC totters on the brink of financial collapse. Lawsuits. Intrigues. Tension-related deaths. Strikes. Layoffs. Murder. The effect is devastating. To escape being drawn into the morass of the salt mines syndrome, Derek turns to Cindy Li, a beautiful Chinese stewardess. Derek resists the idea of a relationship at first, but Cindy will do anything to achieve her goal. As these societal, corporate, and personal problems compound, the episodic pace accelerates into a suspenseful thriller that is resolved in the novel ́s final shocking developments.
Three men's lives, told through the story of one song. Jerry Jeff Walker, the singer and writer behind the classic hit "Mr. Bojangles," never would have expected that his song, inspired by an experience in a New Orleans jail cell, would make Richard Nixon cry, or that it would be covered by Sammy Davis, Jr., the entertainment giant and, controversially, a supporter of Nixon. This work, told through the perspective of writer, performer and listener, traces these three men's overlapping journeys through the American consciousness. Chapters discuss the history of Walker's song, Davis's rise from rags to riches, Nixon's journey from grocer's son to president, and more.
The handsome Dr. Mark Sanders finds love again with his childhood sweetheart. But when Mark discovers an abandoned child might hold the key to saving his life, he wonders if the three of them can become a family. Or will the illness threatening his life steal him away from everything he loves? Will Mark go against his doctor's advice, risking his life to play in the AFC Championship game in order to advance his team to the Super Bowl? Mark must choose: the family of his dreams or the dreams of his teammates. Doctor, NFL quarterback, husband, father, can Mark have it all? One More Moment in Time is all he needs to become everything he knows God wants him to be. This amazing, heartwarming story, of a young couple walking in faith and trusting in love, unfolds as they learn to depend on God's promises - and on each other. An epic love story to read in front of a crackling fire. Elizabeth A. Ryan is a Christian Romance Author. Elizabeth and her four children and three grandchildren make their home in Georgia. She is an active member of Believer's Church. She enjoys bringing God's Love into the hearts of those she meets through her books. Her first book in this series is Endless Love. Book 2 of the Endless Love Series
The only available historical dictionary devoted exclusively to the 1940s, this book offers readers a ready-reference portrait of one of the twentieth century's most tumultuous decades. In nearly 600 concise entries, the volume quickly defines a historical figure, institution, or event, and then points readers to three sources that treat the subject in depth. In selecting topics for inclusion, the editors and authors offer a representative slice of life as contemporaneous Americans saw it - with coverage of people; movements; court cases; and economic, social, cultural, political, military, and technological changes. The book focuses chiefly on the United States, but places American lives and events firmly within a global context.
This work covers the individuals and events of what most consider to be the greatest era in boxing history. The first chapter compares the 1970s to all other eras, from the early 1900s and Jack Johnson to the present day and the Klitschko brothers, proving through an established set of criteria that the '70s stand above all other eras. The second chapter focuses on the tumultuous 1960s and the circumstances that led to the blossoming of unprecedented competition. The remaining ten chapters cover the years 1970 through 1979, revisiting the people and the rivalries of an era that produced Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton and Holmes, boxers known to people who didn't even follow the sport.
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