Weston and H.P. are once again called upon to match their wits (such as they are) against the nefarious organization that they've each run afoul of thrice before, but now this diabolical cabal is under new leadership, and the first order of business is eliminating old enemies. Further complicating matters, the duo's closest friends are implicated in a high-profile crime that threatens their livelihoods and possibly even their lives. Now no one is safe, and every revelation pulls them further into harm's way. Will Weston and H.P. discover in time who's behind the insidious plot to ruin their new year?
Having completed their co-authored manuscript, Weston and H.P. consider the hard work finished, but a new threat necessitates their continued collaboration...rescuing an abducted friend from a grave fate. The pair must save their friend and unravel the mystery of who's behind the abduction—all while keeping those closest to them out of the crosshairs. Have Weston and H.P. pushed their luck too far? Will they be able to expose the puppet master behind this tortuous plot before time runs out?
Middle-aged romance novelist Weston Payley moves from Chicago to the small Illinois town where he summered as a boy. He's looking for a simpler life, but instead finds complications, like beguiling single mom Rebecca. As their affair heats up, Weston becomes embroiled in a murder investigation. Suddenly this sleepy town turns into a hotspot of danger and passion. So much for a fresh start… Weston's new life might now come to a sudden end.
As if being a new father wasn't challenging enough, Weston decides to collaborate with his friend, and sometimes rival, H.P. to write a mystery featuring their two most stalwart characters—the Spinster and the Pirate Hunter. However, when members of an enigmatic organization return to Weston's small town to exact their revenge, he and H.P. become embroiled in a mystery of their own, and if they don't solve it soon they could end up paying the ultimate price. Can Weston keep those closest to him out of harm's way? Will H.P. survive their partnership with his sanity intact?
Springtime brings new beginnings, but a relative of an old adversary brings peril and chaos for Weston and his friends. The group is pursued through their hometown and beyond by an enigmatic assailant set on revenge, and the reason for his hostility seems rooted in H.P.'s past. Will H.P. and Weston unravel the mystery of their pursuer's identity before they and their friends are caught? Will people from their past be able to help, or have they only reappeared to inflict further harm?
Principles of Fundraising: Theory and Practice provides readers with an overview of the theory and practice of fundraising for nonprofit organizations. It approaches fundraising from a marketing position, yet incorporates concepts from the law, economics, accounting, history, sociology, psychology, theology, and ethics. While many fundraising textbooks are heavily geared toward practice, this textbook balances the approach and provides a basis for further study in the field of fundraising.
A deeply reported book that brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate, moving portrait of those working to end it. Conducting hundreds of interviews during the course of over one year reporting on the ground, Washington Post writer Wesley Lowery traveled from Ferguson, Missouri, to Cleveland, Ohio; Charleston, South Carolina; and Baltimore, Maryland; and then back to Ferguson to uncover life inside the most heavily policed, if otherwise neglected, corners of America today. In an effort to grasp the magnitude of the repose to Michael Brown's death and understand the scale of the problem police violence represents, Lowery speaks to Brown's family and the families of other victims other victims' families as well as local activists. By posing the question, "What does the loss of any one life mean to the rest of the nation?" Lowery examines the cumulative effect of decades of racially biased policing in segregated neighborhoods with failing schools, crumbling infrastructure and too few jobs. Studded with moments of joy, and tragedy, They Can't Kill Us All offers a historically informed look at the standoff between the police and those they are sworn to protect, showing that civil unrest is just one tool of resistance in the broader struggle for justice. As Lowery brings vividly to life, the protests against police killings are also about the black community's long history on the receiving end of perceived and actual acts of injustice and discrimination. They Can't Kill Us All grapples with a persistent if also largely unexamined aspect of the otherwise transformative presidency of Barack Obama: the failure to deliver tangible security and opportunity to those Americans most in need of both.
Everyone should read this revolutionary book, not only a Christian testimony of a miraculous reception of the baptism of the Holy Spirit, beyond speaking in tongues, the story of interracial love, from opposite backgrounds, melding together through trials and tribulations, and finally, the challenge from Jesus, exhibited by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to love even our enemies, taking up the cross, and becoming servants to all.
The Oxford Commentaries on the State Constitutions of the United States is an important series that reflects a renewed interest in constitutional history and provides expert insight into each of the 50 state constitutions. Each volume contains a historical overview of the state's constitutional development, a section-by-Section analysis of its constitution, and a bibliography. This series provides the essential reference tools for understanding state constitutional law. Book jacket.
Can we align global production and consumption systems with sustainability? Can business growth actually lead to a healthier planet? Can companies innovate through the circular economy to create competitive advantage and genuine impact? Waste to Wealth proved that the emerging circular economy advantage exists – now Lacy, Long and Spindler show you how to realize it at speed and scale in The Circular Economy Handbook. We stand at a crossroads, with rising geopolitical and geo-economic tensions, massive technological change and a host of social and environmental challenges. We are pushing planetary boundaries to their limits, with climate change and threats to biodiversity and oceans as just a few examples. Significant impacts are already being felt, and both people and planet face potentially catastrophic and irreversible consequences if we don’t urgently change our global model and systems. Our current linear “take, make, waste” models of production and consumption will not be sustainable in a world of some 9 billion people by 2050, especially with ever-expanding rates of consumption. Thriving within these dynamics demands more than incremental adjustments to business-as-usual. The circular economy offers a powerful means to decouple growth from use of scarce and harmful resources, enabling greater production and consumption with fewer negative environmental impacts—at the same time, making companies more innovative and competitive. In fact, this book shows that $4.5 trillion in economic value is at stake. Delivering on the promise of a circular economy demands impact and scale, extending through value chains and, ultimately, disrupting the entire economic system. In The Circular Economy Handbook, the authors illuminate the path from insight to action, from linear to circular. With case studies, advice and practical guidance, they show leaders how to pivot towards a holistic circular organization, embedding circularity internally and delivering broad-based system change. With unique insights across business models, technologies, and industries – featuring stories and real-world examples from circular pioneers – this book is the essential guide to help companies become leaders in the movement to secure the circular economy advantage.
What are the spiritual dynamics of leadership? How can you be more a person of God, aflame for God, anointed and empowered by God -- truly a Spirit-filled leader? Here are answers that you will read again and again.
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