Brian J : 404 books

Where is Western culture going? What should Christians think about it? Those who already ask these questions often come up with confused answers. Those who do not are, arguably, living in a fool's paradise (or a fool's hell.) In this second edition of Subversive Christianity, Brian Walsh returns to...

Discover new ways to heal and to relieve pain. Last year in the U.S., 3 million people were hospitalized for injuries and 30 million more were treated in ERs. Over 20 million people suffer from osteoarthritis. Bone and joint problems account for $850 billion yearly. As the population ages, these figures...

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers...

This book describes methods for designing and analyzing experiments conducted using computer code in lieu of a physical experiment. It discusses how to select the values of the factors at which to run the code (the design of the computer experiment). It also provides techniques for analyzing the resulting data so as to achieve these research goals.

A fascinating addition to rhetoric scholarship, Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things expands the scope of rhetorical situations beyond the familiar humanist triad of speaker-audience-purpose to an inclusive study of inanimate objects.   The fifteen essays in Rhetoric, Through Everyday Things persuasively...

This book describes methods for designing and analyzing experiments that are conducted using a computer code, a computer experiment, and, when possible, a physical experiment. Computer experiments continue to increase in popularity as surrogates for andadjuncts to physical experiments. Since the publication...

Holacracy is a revolutionary management system that redefines management and turns everyone into a leader. Holacracy distributes authority and decision-making throughout an organization, and defines people not by hierarchy and titles, but by roles. Holacracy creates organizations that are fast,...

THE END OF THE WORLD WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING​ Three years after a devastating pandemic transformed humanity into vicious and wild creatures, Ed Brady struggles to protect his two sons. His wife is dead. His boys are all that matter to him now, his only reason for living. They’re headed...

With St. Louis compromised, Ed and his sons find themselves once again searching for the next safe haven. Kansas City, Missouri beckons; an outpost in a dangerous and vicious wilderness. When a freak accident separates Ed from his family, he’ll be forced to fight harder than ever to be reunited...

Since the virus ended the civilized world, Ed Brady has searched for a safe haven for his children, a place outside the wastelands where they might have a chance at something resembling a normal life. Now, with St. Louis and Kansas City lost, Ed looks to the West, toward the promise of a last...

WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIME After a long road trip, a traveling salesman wants nothing more than a burger and fries in a quiet booth at a roadside greasy spoon. But when a group of twenty-somethings causes a scene, two men take exception. Problem is, these two aren’t ordinary men. And they aren’t about to let things slide.

Pastor Dan Owens wants to believe there’s still good left in an evil world. When he meets Lilly, he’s certain that helping this woman in need is the right thing to do. In fact, it’s his mission in life. But when a murderous gang kidnaps Lilly, Dan’s oath to protect her will send...

Time travel. Forgotten dreams. And dark purposes. Welcome to the world of Recursion.   **Paris, 1955 – **Molly Gardner is an agent for the ISD, a secret government agency policing the time tunnels. Her job has always been to protect the world from Interlopers, illegal travelers who exploit...

A seasoned investigative reporter takes us behind the scenes of one of the most shocking cases in California history when a greedy and seductive wife brutally murders her devoted husband. Tavia Williams thought her new stepmother was sweet and charming. Tavia, just a few years younger than...