Here it is… the story behind one of television's most successful, longest-running shows.  Come with DOCTOR WHO on a trip through time… to the early days of the programme when it all began… meet actors, authors and television staff… see inside a TV studio and watch a production take shape… learn the secrets of the monsters… relive every 'Doctor Who' story since the beginning… follow the Doctor through four incarnations and - prehaps - begin to discover just WHO is DOCTOR WHO?

From audible.com:

The story of John C. Houbolt, an unsung hero of Apollo 11 and the man who showed NASA how to put America on the moon.

Without John C. Houbolt, a mid-level engineer at NASA, Apollo 11 would never have made it to the moon.

Top NASA engineers on the project, including Werner Von Braun, strongly advocated for a single, huge spacecraft to travel to the moon, land, and return to Earth. It's the scenario used in 1950s cartoons and horror movies about traveling to outer space.

Houbolt had another idea: Lunar Orbit Rendezvous. LOR would link two spacecraft in orbit while the crafts were travelling at 3,600 miles an hour around the moon. His plan was ridiculed and considered unthinkable. But this junior engineer was irrepressible. He stood by his concept, fired off memos to executives, and argued that LOR was the only way to success.

For the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, hear the untold story of the man who helped fulfill Kennedy’s challenge to reach the moon and begin exploring the final frontier.

MERE CHRISTIANITY

First broadcast as informal radio "talks" and later published as three separate books.  The Case for Christianity, Christian Behaviour, and Beyond Personality are presented together in Mere Christianity.  In his remarkably  direct and accessible style, the renowned Christian apologist shows how the power of Christianity manifests itself - not in any single denomination but as "mere" Christianity, a total force.  For Lewis sets out to prove only that "in the center of each there is something, or a Someone, who against all divergencies of belief, all differences of temperament, all memories of mutual persecution, speaks with the same voice."

"Lewis is the ideal persuader for the half-convinced, for the good man who would like to be a Christian but finds his intellect getting in the way." - Anthony Burgess, The New York Times Book Review

"The point about reading C. S. Lewis is that he makes you sure, whatever you believe, that religion accepted or rejected means something extremely serious, demanding the entire energy of the mind." - Harpers

"If wit and wisdom, style and scholarship are requisites to passage through the pearly gates, Mr. Lewis will be among the angels." - The New Yorker

"A legacy of solid, genial Christianity." - Commonweal

C. S. Lewis was a professor at Cambridge and Oxford universities.  His other bestselling books include The Screwtape Letters, The Chronicles of Narnia, and Space Trilogy, all available from Collier Books.

DISCOVER THE HEART, WISDOM, AND STRENGTH THAT CONNECT YOU TO YOUR FATHER IN HEAVEN.

Every stage of being a dad comes with its own set of challenges.  But one challenge encompasses them all: how do I become the best dad I can be?

In this devotional, author Becky Thompson joins her dad, Dr. Mark Pitts, to lead you on a journey of discovering the Father's heart so you can be encouraged, strengthened, and challenged in your role as a dad.

The Midnight Dad Devotional Facebook community has become a global movement of prayer and encouragement fof dads looking for support through every quiet - or not-so-quiet - night.

Now in this book, you will find 100 connections to the Father's heart with reflections and prayers to give you:

• Strength for each night and the day ahead
• Wisdom from the Bible for difficult circumstances
• Affirmation of the importance of your role
• Reassurance that God is with you

Join the global prayer movement with dads just like you.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME ANYWHERE, THE FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF THE BIN LADEN RAID FROM A NAVY SEAL WHO CONFRONTED THE TERRORIST MASTERMIND AND WITNESSED HIS FINAL MOMENTS

From the streets of Iraq to the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean, and from the mountaintops of Afghanistan to the third floor of Osama bin Laden's compound, operator Mark Owen of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group - commonly known as SEAL Team Six - has been a part of some of the most memorable special operations in history, as well as countless missions that never made headlines.

No Easy Day puts readers alongside Owen and the other handpicked members of the twenty-four-man team as they train for the biggest mission of their lives.  The blow-by-blow narrative of the assault, beginning with the helicopter crash that could have ended Owen's life straight through to the radio call confirming Bin Laden's death, is an essential piece of modern history.

In No Easy Day, Owen also takes readers onto the field of battle in America's ongoing War on Terror and details the selection and training process for one of the most elite units in the military. Owen's story draws on his youth in Alaska and describes the SEALs' quest to challenge them-selves at the highest levels of physical and mental endurance.  With boots-on-the-ground detail, Owen describes numerous previously unreported missions that illustrate the life and work of a SEAL and the evolution of the team after
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The events of September 11.  In telling the true story of the SEALs whose talents, skills, experiences, and exceptional sacrifices led to one of the greatest victories in the War on Terror, Mark Owen honors the men who risk everything for our country, and he leaves readers with a deep understand-ing of the warriors who keep America safe.

MARK OWEN is a former member of the U.S. Naval Special Warfare Development Group, commonly known as SEAL Team Six.  In his many years as a Navy SEAL, he has participated in hundreds of missions around the globe, including the rescue of Captain Richard Phillips in the Indian Ocean in 2009.  Owen was a team leader on Operation Neptune Spear in Abbottabad, Pakistan, on May 1, 2011, which resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden.  Owen was one of the first men through the door on the third floor of the terrorist mastermind's hideout, where he witnessed Bin Laden's death.  Mark Owen's name and the names of the other SEALs mentioned in No Easy Day have been changed for their security.

KEVIN MAURER has covered special operations forces for nine years.  He has been embedded with the Special Forces in Afghanistan six times, spent a month in 2006 with special operations units in east Africa, and has embedded with U.S. forces in Iraq and Haiti.  He is the author of four books, including several about special operations.

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THE ONLY EASY DAY IS YESTERDAY.
- NAVY SEAL Philosophy

Noah's Ark:
Fable or Fact?

Does Noah's Ark still exist?  Can modern man still believe the ancient Biblical story of the Flood?  Can we accept the as truth the ever-increasing rumors that Noah's great ship has been sighted, and even photographed and entered, during the past century of time?  Is it possible that the widely-publicized and frequently-displayed pieces of hand-tooled timber recovered by Fernand Navarra from a crevasse high on Mount Ararat in 1955, and again in 1969, were once actually a part of the Ark?

These, and many other questions relating to this controversial subject, have stirred the imagination and excited the curiosity of many thoughtful persons today.  To provide satisfactory answers to as many of these questions as possible is the purpose of this book.  It is the result of 27 years of persistent, painstaking investigation into the subject by Eryl Cummings, and contains authenticated accounts of the various reported modern sightings of the Ark since 1840.

This fascinating book by Violet Cummings, wife of the famed explorer who has five times climbed the Mountain of Ararat in attempts to rediscover the Ark of Noah, examines the evidence of the ten expeditions who have sighted the Ark in the last 117 years.

THE NORMANS were a relatively short-lived cultural and political phenomenon.  They emerged early in the tenth century and had disappeared off the map by the mid-thirteenth century.  Yet in that time they had conquered England, southern Italy and Sicily, and had established outposts in north Africa and in the Levant.

The reality is that, even within this short time span, the Normans changed as time and place dictated from Norse invaders to Frankish crusaders to Byzantine overlords to feudal monarchs.  In the end their contribution to medieval culture was largely as a catalyst for other, older traditions.

Trevor Rowley is an Emeritus Fellow of Kellogg College, Oxford.

From amazon.com:

Parent, if you have a young son and you want him to grow up to be a man, then you need to keep him away from pop culture, public school and a lot of Nancy Boy churches. If metrosexual pop culture, feminized public schools and the effeminate branches of evanjellycalism lay their sissy hands on him, you can kiss his masculinity good-bye because they will morph him into a dandy.

Yeah, mom and dad, if- if- you dare to raise your boy as a classic boy in this castrated epoch, then you’ve got a task that’s more difficult than getting a drunk to hit the urinal at Chili’s.

Read this bold and hard-hitting guide by Doug Giles, the politically incorrect master, on how to raise your son in a world which more and more seems to hate masculinity.

From amazon.com:

It has been said that daughters are God’s revenge on fathers for the kind of men they were when they were young. Some would say that both Doug Giles and I, given our infamous pasts, are charter members of that club. However, Doug and I know that his two wonderful daughters and my equally wonderful daughter and two granddaughters are truly God’s fantastic gift. With the wisdom of hindsight and experience Doug has written the ultimate manual for dads on raising righteous and rowdy daughters who will go out into the world well prepared- morally, physically, intellectually and with joyful hearts- to be indomitable and mighty lionesses in our cultural jungle. Through every raucous and no-holds-barred page, Doug, the incomparable Dad Drill Sergeant, puts mere men through the paces to join the ranks of the few, the proud, and the successful fathers of super daughters. The proof of Doug Giles’ gold-plated credentials are Hannah and Regis Giles- two of the most fantastic, great hearted and accomplished young ladies I have ever known. This is THE BOOK that I will be giving the father of my two precious five and three year old granddaughters. Tiger Mom meet Lion Dad!

- Pat Caddell
Fox News Contributor -

From audible.com:

Sherlock Holmes is the most portrayed fictional character of all time, and he has been reimagined by actors, playwrights and directors over centuries - but who is the creator behind the detective?

Conan Doyle’s own life was often stranger than fiction, and his most famous characters’ stories and personalities bear more than a passing resemblance to his own life and his closest friends.

Biographer and broadcaster Lucinda Hawksley gains unprecedented access to a treasure trove of Doyle’s never-before-seen personal letters and diaries. This is a chance for Sherlock fans to see their detective hero and his creator as they’ve never seen them before. Through interviews with Doyle aficionados, academics, actors and family members, we explore Doyle’s travels and sailing adventures across the globe, his pioneering work as a doctor, his life in the Freemasons and his fights against miscarriages of justice. As well as his many triumphs, we will also explore the challenges he faced, from the death of his first wife and son to the initial rejection he faced as an author.

We will also look beyond Sherlock to Doyle’s other great works including his fantasy and science fiction novels and hear how one of his most famous, The Lost World, part-inspired Michael Crichton’s book of the same name, which became the successful Jurassic Park film franchise.

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THE NEXT TIME SOMEONE SAYS THAT
GOD DOESN'T BELONG
IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE...

STROLL through Washington, D.C., with Newt Gingrich to view the significant monuments, memorials, and documents found in our nation's capital, and you will quickly find yourself on a profound and surprising walk of discovery and renewal.

Your first stop will be the National Archives, where Thomas Jefferson's immortal words from the Declaration of Independance that all "are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights," jump off the page with the inescapable truth that from day one in our country's history, the author of freedom was neither the state nor even the Founding Fathers.

Building on the message from his bestselling book, Winning the Future, Gingrish sounds a clarion call for us to rediscover that America's greatness is firmly rooted in out ongoing history as a nation under God.

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An Invitation

REdiscovering God in America is my invitation for you to join me on a walk through America's capital city, Washington, D.C.

The walking tour is not just a look at the architecture and beauty of our nation's capital; it is a tour of American history, of the great men and women, the great events, the great documents and great institutions, the great ideas - all shaped decisively by the genuine belief that we are a nation under God - that are at the heart of our freedom as Americans and our identity as a people.

The next time a friend or colleague says that religeous expression has no place in the public square and the discussion of God has no place in our children's history and government classes, you will only need to tell them about what you experienced on this simple walk to remind them of God's role in America's history - and America's future.

Your friend,
Newt Gingrich

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NEWT GINGRICH is best known as the chief architect of the "Contract with America."  Under his leadership as Speaker of the House, Congress passed welfare reform, passed the first balanced budget in a generation, and passed the first tax cut in sixteen years.  Newt has published eleven books, including the best sellers, Contract with America and To Renew America, and most recently, Winning the Future: A 21st Century Contract with America.  Newt is a highly sought-after public speaker, addressing many of the most pressing issues of our day.  A regulat contributor to the Fox News Channel, Newt resides in Virginia with his wife, Callista.  The Gingrish family includes two daughters, two sons-in-law, and two grandchildren.

Do you know which empire succeeded the Manussan empire? Or what ECCO was? Or how the Menoptera were armed?
Nigel Robinson has compiled a SECOND DOCTOR WHO QUIZ BOOK to test your knowledge of the ever-expanding Whoniverse. Over 1,000 questions and answers will tell whether you know who's who and what's what in all matters relating to the extraordinarily widely travelled Doctor.

And if you need to jog your memory, there are over eighty Doctor Who novelisations in print, including the following recently published titles:
Doctor Who - Time-Flight
Doctor Who - Meglos
Doctor Who - Castrovalva
Doctor Who - Four to Doomsday
Doctor Who - Earthshock
Doctor Who - Arc of Infinity
Doctor Who - Terminus
Doctor Who - The Five Doctors

THUNDEROUS ACCLAIM FOR RUSH LIMBAUGH'S
THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE

"OUTRAGEOUS AND IMPUDENT... RUSH LIMBAUGH IS THE LOUDEST NOISE IN THE CRUCIAL CONSERVATIVE AMERICA IS NOW HAVING WITH ITSELF...."
- Time

"FUNNY AND DEVASTATINGLY ON TARGET...."
- Milwaukee Sentinel

"AN INSTANT BESTSELLER...."
- Newsweek

"FASCINATING... LIMBAUGH, WHATEVER YOUR OPINION OF HIS POLITICS, IS A CONSUMATE ENTERTAINER."
- Fortune

"A JOLT OF CHAMPAGNE...."
- William F. Buckley, Jr.

"RIGHT STUFF....  Rarely has there been a radio/TV commentator who consistently makes sense on so many subjects: taxes, environmentalism, animal rights, crime, education, the inner cities, extreme feminism, condoms in the schools, government regulation and Congress.  LIMBAUGH'S HARD-HITTING HUMOR WILL HAVE YOU LAUGHING OUT LOUD; YOUR VOICE WILL CRACK FROM SAYING AGAIN AND AGAIN, 'RIGHT ON!'"
- Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., Forbes

"IMPORTANT READING FOR CITIZENS, JOURNALISTS, AND POLITICIANS STRUGGLING TO GRASP THE CULTURAL CIVIL WAR THAT SEEMS TO BE RAGING...."
- Washington Post Book World

"On the air!  On the tube!  One the page!  It's Rush Limbaugh, multimedia unicultural superstar!...  The Way Things Ought to Be is a work for its time.  Despite Bill Clinton's victory, right-wing populism, an American perennial, is in bloom, and at the moment Mr. limbaugh is its gaudiest flower."
- The New York Time Book Review

Rush Limbaugh, America's #1 radio talk-show host, bounded to the top of the bestseller lists with the record-breaking The Way Things Ought to Be, a New York Times bestseller for a year and, remarkably, #1 for 25 weeks and counting!  The fastest-selling book in the country, The Way Things Ought to Be has sold, as one of Rush's devoted callers informed him, "better than ice water in hell."  Rush's syndicated radio show reaches more than 20 million listeners per week and his syndicated TV show blankets 99 percent of America.  Now, this consummate entertainer and provocative politcal commentator, whom conservatives love and liberals love to hate - this "harmless little fuzzball" who delights in being called "The Most Dangerous Man in America" - is about to make publishing history again with SEE, I TOLD YOU SO.

The Democrats may be in the White House - but even President Clinton can't ruin this country in only four years, proclaims Rush.

Conservativism's most outspoken champion, Rush leads the charge to embrace and defend the fundamental values that have shaped the American character: belief in God, devotion to family, law and order, self-reliance, rugged individualism, commitment to excellence, rewarding achievment, and... the notion that the woman is always right.  Not coincidentally, notes Rush, these values that cause liberals to have conniptions are the same concepts that contitute modern conservatism, which is contantly being distorted by the dominant media.  But what underlies the liberal agenda of political correctness, multiculturalism, environmentalism, the assault on family values, radical feminism, and even Bill Clinton's tax bill?  Desperation! says Rush - a mentality of chaos, frenzy, hysteria, despair, and total panic.  Ever the optimist, Rush sees the "pernicious liberal movement" as a philosophy whose inevitable demise will lead us back to the values that make America great.

As no less a liberal than Ted Koppel, quoted in Vanity Fait, said, "What [Limbaugh] clearly has become over the last two or three years is something of an icon to millions of conservative listeners around the country.  I think it would be too easy to dismiss his a being irrelevant to the shaping of opinion in this country today.  He's very smart, he does his homework.  He is well informed.  And you ignore him at your peril."

RUSH LIMBAUGH was born in Cape Girardeau Missouri, a "quintessential Midwestern small town," where he fell in love with radio in elementary school.  He became a Top-40 deejay in the 1960s and held various other jobs before finding his true calling as a radio talk show host at KFBK in Sacramento.  In 1988 his radio show went national, and it can now be heard in over 616 markets across the country.  Limbaugh makes his home in New York City and divides his time between his daily radio show, speaking engagements, and an upcoming nationally syndicated television show.

"A practical handbook of spiritual development...  [Fox] gives his readers a profound outlook upon life, and an absolutely fresh scale of values."
- The New York Times Book Review

What did Jesus teach?  Distilled from years of study and lecture, affirmed by nearly a million readers over the last fifty years, Emmet Fox's answer in The Sermon on the Mount is simple.  The Bible is a "textbook of metaphysics" and the teachings of Jesus express - without dogma - a practical approach for the development of the soul and for the shaping of our lives into what we really wish them to be.  For Fox, Jesus was "no sentimental dreamer, no mere dealer in empty platitudes, but the unflinching realist that only a great mystic can be."

In his most popular work, Emmet Fox shows how to:

• Understand the true nature of divine wisdom
• Tap into the power of prayer
• Develop a completly integrated and fully expressed personality
• Transform negative attitudes into life-affirming beliefs
• Claim our divine right to the full abundance of life

Scientist, philosopher, and spiritual teacher, Emmet Fox (1886-1951) lectured widely on his method for tapping the realm of infinite power that surrounds us.

Cover design by Vincent Romaniello
Illustration by Bob Johnson

HarperSanFrancisco

Sooner Century
100 GLORIOUS YEARS OF OKLAHOMA FOOTBALL

In 1895, the University of Oklahoma started building one of the greatest traditions in college football history.  This history is now celebrated in the book, SOONER CENTURY: 100 Glorious Years of Oklahoma Football.

Authored by Oklahoma native and OU graduate, J. Brent Clark, SOONER CENTURY is the complete look back at the great Sooner football tradition.  You'll relive every thrilling moment, from the first games played in Norman, to the program's rise to national prominence, to the present.

SOONER CENTURY was commissioned by the OU Foundation and underwritten by The Daily Oklahoman and the OU Touchdown Club.  With the forward written by OU President David Boren and Athletic Director Donnie Duncan, SOONER CENTURY is definitely the official history of OU football.

This unique 9" x 12" commemorative gives you hundreds of historic photographs, many in color, to compliment the rich stories of OU football's greatest moments.  These memories are preserved in a hand-tooled hard-bound cover richly embossed with the Sooners' 100th anniversary logo and wrapped in a colorful dustjacket, for proud display in any home or office.  This once-in-a-lifetime collectable is a must for every football fan.  If you are a Sooner fan, this book will be one of your most treasured keepsakes.

About the Author

J. Brent Clark is a native Oklahoman.  He was born and reared in Holdenville and was educated at the University of Oklahoma, Norman, where he graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1971.  Subsequently, he attended Merton College, Oxford University, England.  Returning to Oklahoma, he obtained his law degree from OU in 1975.  He has been a practicing attorney for twenty years with an emphasis on public finance law.  However, he has always been an interested observer of the Oklahoma Sooners.  His first book, 3rd Down and Forever: Joe Don Looney & the Rise & Fall of an American Hero, was a critically acclaimed sports biography of an  enigmatic Sooner personality.  The book won the 1994 Oklahoma Book Award for nonfiction.  Clark continues to write articles on the psychology of sport and practice law while working on his next book.  He maintains homes in Norman and Kansas City where he lives with his wife and two sons.

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Praise for Soul Detox

"In Soul Detox, Craig Groeschel digs his heels in and actually names all those pesky behaviors that so often get us into trouble.  Don't read Soul Detox without a sturdy pair of steel-toed boots, because Craig isn't afraid to step on your toes."
- Dave Ramsey, New York Times bestselling author and nationally syndicated radio host

"In Soul Detox, you will learn from a man who has earned the right to speak through his personal integrity and leadership in the body of Christ.  So prepare yourself to embrace God's purpose for your life by letting go of toxic sins that are holding you back."
-Steven Furtick, lead pastor, Elevation Church; author of Sun Stand Still

"In order to be holy and transformed into the image of Jesus, we all need a regular soul detox.  When we allow his light to shine into our darkness, healing and wholeness come.  A timely message for our generation."
- Christine Caine, founder of The A21 Campaign

"In Soul Detox, Crag Groeschel shines a light on those dark, secret corners of our spiritual lives that we'd probably rather just ignore.  He pinpoints widespread virulent cultural influences that corrode the soul and tarnish our relationship with God.  Read Soul Detox and gain powerful tools essential for stripping away that cultural grime and reclaiming God's greatest desires for our lives."
- Andy Stanley, senior pastor, North Pointe Community Church

"In Soul Detox, Craig Groeschel does an excellent job of teaching how broken people can find hope and healing in the midst of today's challenges.  I have great respect for Craig as a thinker and leader, and I recommend this book."
- John C. Maxwell, New York Times bestselling author and leadership expert

"Since soft words produce hard people and hard words produce soft people, Groeschel's difficult challenge to his readers to reflect on possible toxins in their soul that are poisoning their personal holiness is a welcome addition in an evangelical culture that minimizes sin and offers cheap grace."
- Mark Driscoll, founder and preaching pastor of Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA

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The Ultimate Spiritual Intervention

When we recognize the toxins that assault us daily, and discover ways to live in this world without absorbing these toxins into our souls, we can experience the ultimate spiritual intervention!

Clean Living in a Contaminated World

With a fresh look at the word of God, vulnerable honesty, and his trademark humor, bestselling author Craig Groeschel unpacks ways to strengthen our spiritual health and our positive influence on others.

Soul Detox reveals how to overcome toxins that assault us daily, including toxic influences, toxic emotions, and toxic behaviors.  More than an insightful look at the negative aspects of our day-to-day culture, this grace-filled guide will challenge you out of complacency into a life of clean, pure, and focused living based on the freeing standard of God's holiness.  Jesus calls his followers to a radically different lifestyle than the carcinogenic culture we see around us.

Despite the atmosphere around you, you can richly enjoy life and live it abundantly when you submit to a soul detox.

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CRAIG GROESCHEL

is the founding and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a pace-setting multicampus church, and creator of the popular and free YouVersion Bible App.  He is the author of several books, including Weird, The Christian Atheist, and It. Craig, his wife. Amy, and their six children live in Edmond, Oklahoma.

"AN ENGROSSING THRILLER, A BOOK THAT WILL LEAVE YOU IN WONDER AT THE WORKINGS OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE VALOR OF STEPHEN HAWKINGS!"
San Francisco Chronicle

Here is an intimate glimpse of the greatest scientist of our day, the brilliant physicist confined to a wheelchair whose A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME has become the first worldwide scientific bestseller of the century.  The story of Stephen Hawking's relentless quest for the secret of the origins of the universe will change forever the way you look at the stars... and your place among them.

"THE STORY OF A REMARKABLE MAN, DESTINED TO RANK WITH GALILEO, NEWTON AND EINSTEIN"
Chicago Tribune

"UNEXPECTEDLY READABLE.. ENGAGING AND UNUSUAL!"
Nashville Tennessean

PLUS!  IN HIS OWN WORDS...
Includes the complete text of Hawking's legendary lecture, "Is the End in Sight...?"

From audible.com:

Dysentery, drunken soldiers, and corrupt officials provide the background for Neil Peart's physical and spiritual cycling journey through West Africa.

The prolific drummer for the rock band Rush travels through African villages, both large and small, and relates his story through journal entries and tales of adventure, while simultaneously addressing issues such as differences in culture, psychology, and labels. Literary and artistic sidekicks such as Aristotle, Dante, and Van Gogh join Peart and his cycling companions, reminding the listener that this is not just another travel book - it is a story of both external and introspective discovery and adventure.

Who was the Deadly Assassin?

On which planet did the Daleks search for their destiny?

How did the Cybermen attempt to alter the course of history?

Why was the Rani exiled from Gallifrey?

Once again Nigel Robinson has compiled over 1,000 questions on all aspects of the Doctor's adventures in time and space. THE THIRD DOCTOR WHO QUIZ BOOK is designed to lead you to a deeper appreciation of the world's longest-running TV science-fiction series, and increase your knowledge of the many worlds of Doctor Who.

"For those avid J.R.R. Tolkien fans who have spent time thinking and discussing the moral, religious, psychological, literary and political aspects of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, this book will prove a treat."
- THE A.R.E. JOURNAL
Association for Research and Enlightenment

ELEVEN ESSAYS AND ARTICLES, INCLUDING:

• GOLLUM'S CHARACTER TRANSFORMATION IN THE HOBBIT
  Examines the extensive revisions Tolkien made in the second hardcover edition of The Hobbit and demonstrates how the character of Gollum is made more evil to fit his later role in the trilogy.
  


• THE CORRUPTION OF POWER
  A fascinating study of the use and abuse of power as presented by Tolkien
  


• NARRATIVE PATTERN IN THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING
  In this study of Tolkien's structuring of his fiction, we see how the Master has reversed the usual quest pattern and objectives: instead of seeking an object, Frodo seeks to dispose of one - the ring.
  

SPECIAL FEATURE
GUIDE TO THE NAMES IN THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien
Here are Tolkien's own notes on the derivation and significance of the non-Elvish names in The Lord of the Rings.  Prepared merely as an aid for translators, this listing provides fascinating insight for all Tolkien fans.

"A TREASURE!"
CHICAGO TRIBUNE BOOK WORLD

"EXCELLENT BIOGRAPHY... SUCCEEDS REMARKABLY."
NEWSWEEK

Tracing Tolkien's life through diaries, private papers, letters and living memory, this is a vivid portrait of the man who created a whole magical world beloved to millions.  Answering the thousands of questions a whole generation of readers has asked, this authorized telling of Tolkien's life illuminates his epic work and provides a wonderful introduction for those who have never met hobbits, wizards, dragons, elves and orcs who populate Middle-earth.

"A PANORAMA OF VIGNETTES DONE WITH POISE AND EXHAUSTIVE COMMAND... CARPENTER HAS AN EYE FOR MAGIC...  IN HIS CHARGE A 'QUITE LIFE' BECOMES AN IN-DEPTH ACT OF RELISH."
THE WASHINGTON POST

"A VALUABLE LITERARY BIOGRAPHY... NOT ONLY A SPLENDID SUPPLEMENT TO THE EPIC, BUT JUST ABOUT THE BEST BOOK OF ITS KIND..."
NATIONAL OBSERVER

TOLKIEN'S WORLD

"This survey of Tolkieniana is filled with the kind of information to gladden a hobbit fancier's heart... it delves into Professor Tolkien's life, the inspiration and sources of The Lord of the Rings, and examines the genre of fantasy romance in general..."
- San Francisco Examiner

"...certain to please the hundreds of thousands of those who have enjoyed the three novels..."
- Best Sellers

- WHAT'S INSIDE -

• The Lives and Times of Professor Tolkien
• How The Lord of the Rings Came to be Written
• The Trilogy - Satire or Allegory?
• Tolkien's Theory of the Fairy Story
• Tolkien's Basic Sources
• On the Naming of Names
• Some People, Places, and Things
• The Men Who Invented Fantasy

- And many more fascinating chapters

From amazon.com:

As the truth comes out about CoVid and the catastrophically bad response to it fueled by news media hysteria, government incompetence and corporate greed, there are bound to be many cases of "amnesia" about what we knew and when we knew it.

This book, a collection of blog posts by Ken McCarthy edited by Paul Morrison, shows with time-stamped clarity that the multi-layered frauds that were used to sell this CoVid panic were apparent virtually from Day One.

A huge amount of what we call “business savvy” is the ability to see through bullshit: the bullshit of vendors... the bullshit of gurus... the bullshit of lawyers... the bullshit of accountants... the bullshit of government officials... the bullshit of the news media... the bullshit of academics... the bullshit of doctors... and more.

If you want to see what thinking for yourself in the face of an onslaught of government and news media bullshit looks like in practice, this book is an example.

"Rush has captured the sense of average Americans - that much of what we see going on around us is just plain crazy....  Real Americans who believe in traditional values will love this book.  It will drive his critics over the brink."
- Lt. Col. Oliver North, USMC (Ret.)

RUSH LIMBAUGH,
AMERICA'S MOST POPULAR RADIO STAR, SOUNDS OFF ON:

"RUSH LIMBAUGH... Many feel that I need to be balanced with equal time.  Wrong, I am equal time."

"MORALITY cannot be defined by individual choice."

"MULRICULTURALISM is the tool of revenge for those who have failed to make it in the American establishment."

"THE AMERICAN ECONOMY cannot be revived without someone getting rich: why not me?"

"Whenever I hear Rush Limbaugh I marvel on two counts, the first that is war on Political Correctness is tolerated, the second, that it is enjoyed even the liberals (the Germans called that Schadenfreude, the wretchedly paradoxical joy that some people take from pain).  It's like a jolt of champagne for most of us, reorienting the day, reassuring us that social disorders haven't disturbed the essential movements of the planet."
- William F. Buckley, Jr., Editor at Large, National Review

This is Rush Limbaugh at his best - full of verve, humor and insight.  Everyone knows Rush Limbaugh is a national phenomenon.  But he is more than that; he is a national resource.  In this book Rush Limbaugh tells us not only the way things ought to be, but why they ought to be."
- William J. Bennett, Former Secretary of Education and Drug Czar

THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE

RUSH LIMBAUGH

He's a man... a legend... a way of life for over twelve million avid and devoted weekly listeners: Rush Limbaugh, whose flamboyant, infectious, infuriating daily talkathon, "The Rush Limbaugh Show," has made him the most popular radio talk show host in America.

For three hours every day this comic conservative of the airwaves with "talent on loan from Gad" entertains, provokes and persuades friends and enemies alike in a no-holds-barred show that is one of the biggest draws in radio history.  Limbaugh's unique blend of conservatism and irreverent humor has aroused the indignation of some listeners and made him a hero to millions more.  THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE presents Limbaugh at his satirical best, firing gleeful rants and ingenious taunts at everything from political correctness to the Social Utopians of Multiculturalism - with devastating aim.

Using personal anecdotes, Limbaugh reveals the major influences on his life and views, and blasts off on all the leading issues of our day.  Nothing escapes his acerbic wit and huggable charm as he proves why he is on the cutting edge of societal evolution and the epitome of morality and virtue, holding forth on such subjects as: Anita Hill, The Imperial Congress, The Homeless Fraud, The Earth Is Not Fragile, Ross Perot, The Media, The Rodney King Aftermath, and The Culture War.  For the uninitiated, there's also a Limbaugh Lexicon, including Gorbasms (the fake feeling of bliss when thinking of M. Gorbachev, fixer of everything), Feminazis, Uglo-Americans and Environmental Wackos.

One thing is undeniable: whatever else Limbaugh's fans and foes have labelled him, he is first, last and always a consummate entertainer.  Larger than life on and off the air (although getting smaller of the air), he is a politico-comic mix who has wielded the dual-edged sword of brilliance and satire to become the unrivaled Big Guy of Talk Radio.  Here is Rush Limbaugh - the provocative conservative who for millions of fans is the best source of American common sense today, and the showman who "is documented to be almost always right 87.9% if the time" about THE WAY THINGS OUGHT TO BE.

RUSH LIMBAUGH was born in Cape Girardeau Missouri, a "quintessential Midwestern small town," where he fell in love with radio in elementary school.  He became a Top-40 deejay in the 1960s and held various other jobs before finding his true calling as a radio talk show host at KFBK in Sacramento.  In 1988 his radio show went national, and it can now be heard in over 500 markets across the country.  Limbaugh makes his home in New York City and divides his time between his daily radio show, speaking engagements, and an upcoming nationally syndicated television show.

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Praise for Weird

"I've got bad news: 'Normal' stinks! The normal family is broke, stressed, over-worked, and generally unhappy.  If we want God's best for our families, faith, and finances, we've got to stop striving for normal - and start being weird!"
- Dave Ramsey, host of The Dave Ramsey Show and bestselling author of The Total Money Makeover

"Craig Groeschel is the weirdest person I've ever known. And once you've read this book, you'll understand - that's the highest compliment I could ever pay him.  His passion for God, integrity, and wisdom are abnormal.  He approaches his relationship with God on a level that compels all of us to go higher.  And it's these very distinctions that make him the perfect person to help you stand apart from a world that is dying in a sea of normalcy. I can't recommend Weird highly enough."
- Steven Furtick, senior pastor of Elevation Church and author of Sun Stand Still

"Craig Groeschel has always been different ... in a good sort of way.  Weird will motivate you to abandon the normal path and live for Jesus with all your heart."
- Jentezen Franklin, pastor of Free Chapel and author of the New York Times bestselling book Fasting

"Craig Groeschel is weird in the best kind of way.  If anyone can give advice on how to be set apart from the world and just plain weird for God, it's him!  His book WEIRD: Because Normal Isn't Working is a must read!"
- Christine Caine, director of Equip & Empower Ministries and author of The Core Issue

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Normal Isn't Working

Normal people are stressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted.  Many of their relationships are, at best, strained and, in most cases, just surviving.  Even though we live in one of the most prosperous places on earth, normal is still living paycheck to paycheck and never getting ahead.  In our oversexed world, lust, premarital sex, guilt, and shame are far more common than purity, virginity, and a healthy married sex life.  And when it comes to God, the majority believe in him, but the teachings of Scripture rarely make it into their everyday lives.

Simply put, normal isn't working.

"When people describe my lifestyle or family as weird, I find comfort."

Journey with author and pastor Craig Groeschel as he shares a Christ-centered philosophy, on everything from money to scheduling to purity, that will help you break out of the normal rut and live according to the rhythms of God's grace and the truth of his Word.


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CRAIG GROESCHEL

is the founding and senior pastor of LifeChurch.tv, a pace-setting multicampus church and creators of the popular and free YouVersion Bible App.  He is the author of several books including The Christian Atheist and It.  Craig, his wife, Amy, and their six children live in Edmond, Oklahoma.

In What It Means to Be a Sooner, many of Oklahoma's greatest players and coaches recall with enthusiasm, honesty, and emotion the years they spent at the University of Oklahoma, a time in which they contributed to one of college football's most glorious traditions.

"What does it mean to be a Sooner?

"When I look at that Switzer Center on OU's campus, I realize it represents thousands of other people.  We all did it here in Norman.  We all accomplished the success that we all enjoyed.  It wasn't just me.  They put my name up there on that building because somebody's name had to be on it, but it represents everybody.

"I think that we have some of the greatest fans in the world.  Now I sit up there and watch  the games and I am one of them.  They support Oklahoma, win, lose, or draw.

"Sooners are proud people.

"Like the song says, 'I am Sooner born and Sooner bred, and when I die, I'll be a Sooner dead.'"

Why do you "call shotgun" when you want the front passenger seat?  What does "letting the cat out of the bag" have to do with divulging secrets?  Why do you ask people to "cut to the chase"?  How come you hear all those juicy rumors "through the grapevine"?

Like many people you've probably used idioms or phrases like these without giving them a second thought.  But if you were to take a moment to step back and learn about them you'll be pleasantly surprised to discover the mesmerizing and sometimes outright bizarre origins to these fun sayings!

In "Why do we say that," we have curated 101 of the most regularly used idioms, proverbs, turns of phrases, and colloquial terms that have the most fascinating backstories.  For each phrase, we have explained how it was coined, how its use evolved through the ages, and how it gained its contemporary use.

Inside you will discover:
- What the sanitary conditions of 17th century London have to do with it's "raining cats and dogs"today.
- Why taking things "with grain of salt" has to do with an ancient remedy for poison.
- What Southeast Asian warrior traditions have to do with the term "to run amuck." - Why "to break a leg" became something worth aspiring to in the Elizabethan theatres.
- And many many more

Come inside and let's unravel the mysteries behind popular English idioms!