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Sergey, a dashing soldier with a soul, is completing his two-year conscription at a Soviet Air Force base in the Estonia that the Soviet Union occupied in the 1970s. He meets and falls in love with Roman, a rebel fighter pilot, while he is stationed there. The two young men start an illicit relationship. However, the dangers of exposure are severe during the height of Communist authority.

Ben Evans is well-known. not a one-hit wonder celebrity. Every girl with breath in her lungs blurts out his name. And none of that prevents his heart from breaking when he learns that his fiancée and singing partner has been having an extramarital affair. Because the songs she put her heart and soul into matched the melodies in his head, he believed they were meant to be.

Francis Melville, a retired district attorney, calls defense lawyer Robin Lockwood to a meeting at Black Oaks, a castle he owns in the Oregon mountains. The manor has a fascinating past; it was first constructed in England in 1628, and a terrible mythology and curse are associated with the building. Melville, on the other hand, needs Lockwood's assistance in court to overturn a mistaken conviction from his time as a district attorney. Jose Alvarez, a young man, was found guilty of killing his fiancée, but years later, when Melville was in private practice, he convinced one of his clients to confess to the crime and to framing the person Melville had found guilty. Melville needs Lockwood's assistance in getting that conviction reversed after being unable to disclose what he knew owing to attorney client confidence.

Mafia Life immerses us in the gritty reality of organized crime, where mafia goons worry about their lousy bosses and have high blood pressure, assassinations go wrong more frequently than they go right, and living a life of crime is no longer an easy one.

This is an accessible two-part introduction to Christianity's expansion. The Expansion of ChristianityChristianity developed from its beginnings as a persecuted sect in an outpost of the Roman empire to become the largest religion on earth. This narrative focuses on missionary pioneers, and also examines individual continents to assess how Christian mission has moved forward despite many periods of retreat. Timothy Yates's account provides a rich and enlightening introduction to the development of this major worldwide faith. Christianity and the CeltsIn recent years the term 'Celt' has become synonymous with mystery and the 'other-worldly'. Ted Olsen digs beneath the layers of romanticization to introduce readers to the world of the Celts and its key figures. The author focuses on the principal characters from Ireland and beyond, highlighting their missionary fervour and monastic ideals. In bringing a distant period of history vividly to life, this account is an engaging portrait of men and women whose ability to intrigue and fascinate is as strong as it ever was.

The Conversion of the Maori is the latest volume in the Studies in the History of Christian Missions series, which explores the significant, yet often contested, impact of Christian missions around the world. Timothy Yates introduces the history of missions among the Maori people of New Zealand in the mid-1800s. On the basis of painstaking archival research, Yates charts the change in society and religion over the course of nearly thirty years in detail, describing the historical development of the conversion process. The Conversion of the Maori is ecumenical and historically informed to give a balanced presentation of the conversion of a whole people.

This widely acclaimed book gives historical focus and perspective to developments in Christian mission this century. The author concentrates on the leading figures of each decade, beginning with events leading up to the 1910 Edinburgh Conference and includes treatment of the other great missionary conferences.