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  Bitten Eagle - A Collection of...

  Kevin M. Wynne

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  Bitten Eagle is a thought-provoking book that challenges Christians to examine themselves to see if they are steadfast in the faith. The declining spiritual condition of America has been led by secularization and the evolving social norms of today's culture. Many Christians today are distracted from their primary mission as if they didn't know they had one. 
   
  The evangelistic approach, laced throughout each story, is to ensure that readers are informed of spiritual truths and challenged to maintain the Christian perspective. 
   
  2 Corinthians13:5 (NIV) Examine yourselves to see whether you are in the faith; test yourselves. Do you not realize that Christ Jesus is in you-unless, of course, you fail the test? 
   
  Kevin M. Wynne is a Christian pastor, business leader, and Marine Corps veteran. His resume includes vast experience in corporate and executive leadership, business development, and Christian ministry. His formal education includes Marketing Management, Theology, and Apologetics. He was ordained in 2003 and has served as the pastor of The First Baptist Church of Durant, Florida since 2004. 
   
  Kevin and his wife Wendy have been married since 1989 and have 3 adult children: Kelsey, Kyle, and Kip. 
   
  All proceeds from his book sales ("Bitten Eagle" and "A Grape Flavored Marriage") are used to support the various charities and ministries affiliated with Wynne Family Inv LLC. 
   
  Kevin's full resume can be requested by emailing: fbcdurant@yahoo.com or pastorkevinwynne@yahoo.com

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  Wicked New Orleans - The Dark...

  Troy Taylor

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  The author of Haunted New Orleans digs up NOLA's long and lawless history—from pirates and prostitutes to mobsters and murderers. 
   
   
    
  Since as early as the 1700s, New Orleans has been a city filled with sin and vice. Those first pioneering citizens of the Big Easy were thieves, vagabonds, and criminals of all kinds. By the time Louisiana fell under American control, New Orleans had become a city of debauchery and corruption camouflaged by decadence. It was also considered one of the country's most dangerous cities, with a reputation of crime and loose morals. Rampant gambling and prostitution were the norm in nineteenth-century New Orleans, and over one-third of today's French Quarter was considered a hotbed of sin. Tales in this volume include that of the notorious Axeman who plagued the streets of the Crescent City in the early 1900s and Kate Townsend, a prostitute who was murdered by her own lover, a man who later was awarded her inheritance. Troy Taylor takes a look back at New Orleans's early wicked days and historic crimes.

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  If My People - A Prayer Guide...

  Jack Countryman

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  When a nation is divided, to whom can we turn? Perfectly timed and updated for the election season, If My People provides us with 40 days of prayers and reflections in the spirit of 2 Chronicles 7:14: "If My people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land." 
  If My People also stirs our hearts and minds with seven prayers from past presidents that were inspired during some of our country's darkest days. This is an ideal audiobook to share with:Entire church congregationsSunday school classesSmall groupsPrayer partners to pray through together 
  This prayer guide not only reminds us that "in God we still trust," but it also brings a greater sense of pride in and hope for our country, just when we need it most. With biblical and historical reminders of the power of prayer, If My People will inspire anyone who feels uncertain about how to make a difference as the country heads into another election season.

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  Praetorian Guard and Varangian...

  Charles River Editors

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  In the late 2nd century B.C., Gaius Marius made the army more professional and helped propel Rome’s expansion, but those same reforms eventually made the legions fiercely loyal to their individual generals rather than the state, which would make Caesar’s seizure of power possible and bring about the dawn of the Roman Empire.  
  	Naturally, having military units who were only loyal to individuals also made an imperial bodyguard possible, and few institutions in the long and turbulent history of the Roman Empire characterized the internal dynamics – and potential problems – of the empire’s structure like the Praetorian Guard. The Praetorian Guard was instituted by Augustus as a personal bodyguard for Rome’s most powerful leaders, but it eventually evolved into a kingmaking force that could elevate emperors, manipulate politics, and ultimately weaken the very system it served protect. In that sense, the Praetorian Guard reflected Rome’s transition from a republic that prided itself on civic virtue and suspicion of tyranny into an autocratic empire where the concentration of power in a single individual required both protection and coercion on a scale that didn’t exist before.  
  	The most famous of the Byzantine Empire's foreign military units was without question the Varangian Guard. The Varangians came from the land in Eastern Europe known in the Middle Ages as Rus, which is now part of modern Russia and Ukraine. They were descendants of Viking warriors from Sweden who came to rule the waterways and population of Russia. Varangian mercenaries were fighting for the Byzantines by the 10th century, and in 988 they formed a permanent elite guard for the emperor. They took an oath of allegiance to him and served directly under the Acolyte or Akolouthos, who was usually of Byzantine origin. They also assumed responsibilities for the security of Constantinople. They served in battles outside the capital, but usually only when necessity called for it. 

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  Explorers - A New History

  Matthew Lockwood

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  Unfurling a tapestry of surprising and historically overlooked figures spanning forty centuries and six continents, historian Matthew Lockwood narrates lives filled with imagination and wonder, curiosity, connection, and exchange. Familiar icons of exploration like Pocahontas, Columbus, Sacagawea, and Captain Cook find new company in the untold stories of people usually denied the title "explorers," including immigrants, indigenous interpreters, local guides, and fugitive slaves. He highlights female voyagers like Gudrid Far-Traveler and Freydís Eiríksdóttir, Viking women who sailed to North America in 1000 AD, and Mary Wortley Montagu, whose pioneering travels to Constantinople would lead to the development of the world's first smallpox vaccine. Figures like Ghulam Rassul Galwan, a guide for European travelers in the Himalayas, reveal the hidden labor, expertise, and local enthusiasm behind many grand stories of discovery. Other characters, like David Dorr, a man born into slavery in New Orleans who embarked on a Grand Tour of Europe and Egypt, embody discovery and wonder as universal parts of the human condition. 
   
   
   
  Adventurers from every corner of the globe search for the unknown and try to understand it, remaking the world and themselves in the process. Exploration is for everyone who sets off into the unknown. It is the inheritance of all.

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  Iran's Ministry of Intelligence...

  Steven R. Ward

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  Steven R. Ward provides an accessible overview of Iran's Ministry of Intelligence (MOIS) and its focus on tracking and countering domestic dissent and perceived foreign-inspired sedition. The ministry's checkered record of effective intelligence operations includes a history of assassinations and human rights abuses. Developing a clearer picture of the MOIS is important for understanding how the Islamic Republic of Iran operates, seeks security, and competes with its adversaries. 
   
   
   
  Iran's Ministry of Intelligence updates and improves on the paucity of available information about Iranian intelligence activities. The chapters in the book cover the MOIS's origins, leaders, structure and organizational culture, operations and tradecraft, foreign partners, cultural representations, and future outlook. The book also provides a significant examination of this contemporary intelligence agency that does not follow the model of Western organizations. 
   
   
   
  Iran's Ministry of Intelligence will be of interest to scholars, students, and general fans of intelligence and Iran's history and politics. It will also be an important resource for national security and foreign policy practitioners.

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