Small Corners In A Big City

Each story in this collection unveils a struggle with everyday problems in the big city. A bankrupt entrepreneur flees in the middle of the night, considers suicide, then has a chance encounter with someone who provides a ray of hope. Members of a high-school judo club are tortured by the uncompromising regimen of the new coach, but a turn of events reveals the man’s true character and qualities. A foreign student, successful as a long-distance runner, returns home and witnesses a phenomenal change that had taken place during his absence. A quiet young woman is dumped by her selfish fiancé—and ridiculed by her colleagues—so she takes revenge in a unique but clever way. A young employee at a prestigious company badmouths a homeless man living by the river but is then is forced to confront his own biases. The problems and issues in these accounts give a multifaceted view of various sections and strata of Tokyo.

Scott Unruh takes you to the secret canyons of the Navajo Mountains where a rich story of the lost Anazasi and the Aztec people are interwoven to make FOUR CORNERS; The End of the Anazasi Curse; a story that will awaken your thirst for adventure and forever haunt your memory. Rendering down research from years spent working and exploring the area, Unruh unveils a story of rich cultural beliefs which have been passed down from one American generation to another, except that these Americans have been here for several thousand years. Unruh established strong characters in a nonlinear but effectively organized narrative, which offers readers continued surprises. There is something hidden in the canyons of northern Arizona and each chapter brings the reader closer to discovering the incredible truth. Meet Falstaff and Wendell, childhood friends who would again meet in their later years for an unexpected quest. The local newspaper men, Dirk and Spiv, are drawn into the venture when a dog's collar becomes a simple news item. It is a story that will change the way they all view their lives. Travel through time and find out what happened to the mysterious Anazasi tribe and the still missing Aztec treasure. Four Corners is an exciting and thoughtful fiction which takes on some of the southwest's greatest unsolved mysteries and reveals their incredible secrets which may someday prove to be true.

`I′ve always enjoyed reading the British Social Attitudes survey, which shows what the British people really think, as opposed to what journalists and politicians like to pretend they think′ - John Pilger Britain is a well-documented nation. We know a lot about the characteristics of our society - who we are and what we do. We know much less about what we think and feel about our world and ourselves. The indispensable annual British Social Attitudes survey fills this gap. It compiles, describes and comments on a range of current social attitudes. The information is derived from interviews carried out by the National Centre for Social Research′s own interviewers among a nationwide sample of around 3,500 people each year. The series seeks to chart changes in British social values over a period of time in relation to other changes in society, and is core-funded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. A full report is published each year. The 17th Report summarizes and interprets data from the most recent survey, as well as making comparisons with findings from previous years. The data are publicly available through the ESRC Data Archive at the University of Essex.

Have you ever wondered what Jesus wants your church to do? It can be disorienting to sort through the many ministry models available today, as well as the ever-present cultural expectation to grow. Claiming the Corner looks to Jesus’ own teaching for how to make impact for the Kingdom of God. Each chapter focuses on one of the six Kingdom parables of Jesus in Matthew 13, interpreting them as instructions on serving and working Jesus’ way. Discussion questions are included, as well as examples of diverse congregations that are fulfilling each parable in unique and creative ways. Join the Kingdom Impact Jesus’ Way community at www.claimingthecorner.net and on Facebook. If your call is to grow the Kingdom of God, serve sacrificially, and push the boundaries for discipleship in Jesus Christ, you need to read this book – cover to cover – with your entire leadership team. Pastor Mark dares to re-examine the Kingdom parables of Jesus as recorded in Matthew 13 through the missional lens of leaving your church walls. You will be challenged. You will be stretched. And you will be blessed as the Holy Spirit moves through your ministry to the dark corners in your community. Fasten your seatbelt for real Kingdom Impact! —Pastor Brian Goke, Faith Lutheran Church, Bloomington, Illinois

When Gunter Marie “Junior” Stieg is offered the opportunity to escape Meiers Corners, she takes it, playing pit orchestra for Broadway-bound Oz, Wonderful Oz. But someone is threatening the show’s young star. To save the production, Junior must join forces with the star’s dark, secretive bodyguard Glynn, whose sapphire eyes and lyrical Welsh accent thrill her, and whose hard, muscular body makes her passions flare. Fierce as a warrior, enigmatic as a druid, Glynn Rhys-Jenkins has searched eight hundred years for love and a true home. Junior’s get-out-of-Dodge attitude burns him but everything else about her inflames him. A sensuous, insidious evil threatens not only the show but the very foundations of Meiers Corners, and Junior and Glynn find themselves at the heart of it... Each book in the Biting Love series is a standalone story that can be enjoyed in any order. Series Order: Book #1: Bite My Fire Book #2: Biting Nixie Book #3: The Bite of Silence novella Book #4: Biting Me Softly Book #5: Biting Oz Book #6: Beauty Bites Book #7: Downbeat Book #8: Assassin’s Bite Book #9: Passion Bites