Brace yourself. If you’re the squeamish type, turn back now. If you’re afraid of a little blood, read no further. But if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be struck by lightning, swallowed by quicksand, or stung by a jellyfish, then fasten your seatbelt and get ready for a wild ride. Extreme Encounters offers blow-by-blow accounts of life’s most dangerous experiences in thrilling “you-are-there” second person—so you chill to the numbing effects of frostbite, you hear the ear-splitting roar of a tornado, and you feel the stomach-lurching drop of an elevator freefall. Full of harrowing adventure and surprising scientific insights, Extreme Encounters is a journey you’ll never forget.

A provocative look at travel—both voluntary and otherwise—in an uncertain world

A spiritual awakening has swept the United States and abroad in the aftermath of a horrific school shooting, but doubt, mistakes, and fear of what others will think test Cam and Chloe's new-found faith.

Encounters with Alphonso Lingis is the first extensive study of this American philosopher who is gaining an international reputation to augment his national one. The distinguished contributors to this volume address most of the central themes found in Lingis's writings—including singularity and otherness, death and eroticism, emotions and rationality, embodiment and the face, excess and the sacred. The book closes with a new essay by Lingis himself.

All Seth Anderson wanted to do was to graduate. Point Blank takes us into the final weeks of his senior year as Seth finishes his last assignment-a project for his philosophy class exploring the question, "What is the meaning of life?" Suddenly Seth finds himself in the middle of the worst school shooting in the history of America and forced to find meaning for his own life, while staring point blank at the barrel of a gun. What would you say if a gun was pointed at your head, Point Blank?

Through extensive field observation and structured interviews with NYPD officers, Henry reveals patterns of psychological transformation and social consequences of police encounters with death.

A year after a tragic shooting at Lincoln High, Taylor finds his prayers answered when a dramatic spiritual awakening occurs among the students and begins to spread throughout the country and the world.

Featuring powerful prayers from the book of Psalms, "Fuel" is designed to motivate readers to take an intense prayer journey with God. Each chapter includes questions for individual or group study as well as a page for readers to write their own heartfelt prayers. It's the perfect book for those wanting to learn to pray with real power and authenticity.

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