Reluctant Redemption

Reluctant Redemption
Author: Reg Quist
Publisher: Ckn Christian Publishing
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2019-11-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781641199841

Following the Civil War in 1865, Zac Trimbell fights the internal demons brought on from his experiences in the violent and inhuman conditions of war. Zac knows he is not the same man that went to war but has never heard of PTSD.

The Paradox of Points

The Paradox of Points
Author: Sören Köcher
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2015-04-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 3658095431

In his research, Sören Köcher provides valuable insights on the paradoxical effects of the magnitude of a loyalty program medium—i.e. the sheer number of points, miles, or stamps credited for every purchase and required for reward redemption—on the central consumer decisions in loyalty program memberships. In sum, the results of twelve empirical studies reveal that high magnitude currencies improve the attractiveness of medium collection but entail reluctant medium spending behavior. These findings provide important implications for a more efficient usage of loyalty programs in business practices. In addition, this dissertation discovers a violation of one of the most fundamental assumptions of rational choice theory and thus contributes to a better understanding of when and why people deviate from rational decision-making.

Reluctant Skeptic

Reluctant Skeptic
Author: Harry T. Craver
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2017-02-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 178533459X

The journalist and critic Siegfried Kracauer is best remembered today for his investigations of film and other popular media, and for his seminal influence on Frankfurt School thinkers like Theodor Adorno. Less well known is his earlier work, which offered a seismographic reading of cultural fault lines in Weimar-era Germany, with an eye to the confrontation between religious revival and secular modernity. In this discerning study, historian Harry T. Craver reconstructs and richly contextualizes Kracauer’s early output, showing how he embodied the contradictions of modernity and identified the quasi-theological impulses underlying the cultural ferment of the 1920s.

Works

Works
Author: James Hamilton (Minister of the Presbyterian Church, Regent Square, London.)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1873
Genre:
ISBN:

GraceLand

GraceLand
Author: Chris Abani
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages: 383
Release: 2005-01-26
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429929820

A teenage Elvis impersonator navigates the Lagos ghetto in this “searing chronicle of a young man’s coming of age in Nigeria during the late 1970s” (Publishers Weekly). Elvis Oke dreams of escaping the sprawling, swampy, cacophonous city of Lagos, Nigeria. Beset by poverty, floods, and beatings by his alcoholic father, he ekes out a living by impersonating his famous namesake. But soon he is tempted by a life of crime. Thus begins his odyssey into the dangerous underworld of Lagos, guided by his friend Redemption and accompanied by a restless hybrid of voices including The King of Beggars, Sunday, Innocent and Comfort. Ultimately, young Elvis, drenched in reggae and jazz, and besotted with American film heroes and images, must find his way to a GraceLand of his own. In this lyrical and nuanced debut novel, Nigerian poet Chris Abani shares a remarkable story of a son and his father, and an examination of postcolonial Nigeria where the trappings of American culture reign supreme. “A richly detailed, poignant, and utterly fascinating look into another culture and how it is cross-pollinated by our own. It brings to mind the work of Ha Jin in its power and revelation of the new.” —T. Coraghessan Boyle

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1114
Release: 1969
Genre:
ISBN:

Redemption's Return

Redemption's Return
Author: Erin Heitzmann
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 505
Release: 2011-07-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1463411804

Although six, long months have passed since Rebecca took her leave from Jean Luc Rousseau near the outskirts of Breles, his feelings for the young woman have remained the same Six months have passed since the Redemption and her crew set sail for the West Indies, but tensions continue to mount back home as Napoleon Bonaparte, in his vain quest to rule all of Europe, creates a quick and efficient chaos to erupt among his countrymen, as well as his British adversaries in neighboring England. Mounting an oppressive manhunt for suspected dissidents and traitors loyal to the French Republic, Bonaparte creates a ruthless regime of terror in which daily executions are carried out in the name of political genocide. Jean Luc Rousseau, along with Claude and Marielle Laroche, are sheltered from the all-too-recent upheaval living in the quiet community of Guilers, until an enchanting newcomer arrives. Her very presence threatens the placid complacency that has each of them under its spell, but when calamity strikes, all believe that only Rebecca can provide the evidence necessary to substantiate the truth. Will the Redemption return in time for her to save the life of Jean Luc Rousseau?

King Hunt

King Hunt
Author: Layla Reyne
Publisher: Layla Reyne
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2023-06-06
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1737352494

When love is the only play that matters… Agents Bishop and Marshall know: The clock is ticking. They control the most dangerous pieces on the board. Sacrifices will be required to win the game. Levi and Marsh need to: Get home to each other and their son. Fall asleep in each other’s arms again. Start living the happily ever after the rings on their fingers promise. What began as a marriage of convenience is now the rock Marsh and Levi cling to as they enter the endgame. But defeating two kings is no easy feat. They’ll have to make all the right moves and lure their enemies to their side of the board, where they have the advantage. But winning may cost them everything—their careers, their lives, and the love that’s become the center of their world. King Hunt is the final book of the Perfect Play trilogy and should be read after Dead Draw and Bad Bishop. This swoony, single dad, marriage of convenience romance matches two mature, competent men and delivers the happily ever after they both so deeply deserve.