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  The Art and Science of...

  Rob Douk

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  What if the key to well-being isn't found in fixing what's broken, but in rediscovering what makes us whole? In The Art and Science of Well-Being, Dr. Rob Douk introduces neurobiotheology—a revolutionary approach that integrates the latest research on brain science with profound insights about human meaning and purpose.

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  A Preface to Paradise Lost

  C. S. Lewis

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  C. S. Lewis’s illuminating reflections on Milton’s Paradise Lost, the seminal classic that profoundly influenced Christian thought as well as Lewis’s own. 
  In Preface to Paradise Lost, the Christian apologist and revered scholar and professor of literature closely examines the style, content, structure, and themes of Milton’s masterpiece, a retelling of the biblical story of the Fall of Humankind, Satan’s temptation, and the expulsion of Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. Considering the story within the context of the Western literary tradition, Lewis offers invaluable insights into Paradise Lost and the nature of literature itself, unveiling the poem’s beauty and its wisdom. 
  Lewis explains and defends the literary form known as “Epic,” pondering simple yet perceptive questions such as: What is an Epic? Why, in the seventeenth century, did Milton choose to write his story in this style? In what sense is Paradise Lost similar to the Homeric poems or the Anglo Saxon Beowulf? In what sense did Milton develop Virgil’s legacy?  
  With the clarity of thought and style that are the hallmarks of his writing, Lewis provides answers with a lucidity and lightness that deepens our understanding of this literary form and both illuminates Milton’s immortal epic and its meaning and inspires readers to revisit it. Ultimately, he reminds us why elements including ritual, splendor, and joy deserve to exist and hold a sacred place in human life.  
  One of Lewis’s most revered scholarly works, Preface to Paradise Lost is indispensable for literature, philosophy, and religion scholars and for ardent fans of Lewis’s writings. 

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  The Golden State Killer Case

  William Thorp

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  In 2018, police announced that they had finally arrested the "Golden State Killer," a man responsible for over 140 burglaries, fifty rapes, and at least thirteen murders committed in California throughout the 1970s and '80s. That man turned out to be a former California police officer, Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. 
   
   
   
  Just two months earlier, the publication of I'll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara had rocked the world of true crime. Published two years after her death, the book charts McNamara's obsessive search for the prolific criminal who had been known over the years as the East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, and the Visalia Ransacker, among other epithets. McNamara is credited with coining the "Golden State Killer" moniker and heightening public awareness of the—at the time—still unsolved case. 
   
   
   
  William Thorp dives into the investigation, exploring the dark side of sunny California, the advances in forensic innovation that made solving this case possible, and the story inside the story—one of an amateur sleuth who dedicated the last years of her life to understanding how one of the country's worst criminals could have spent so many decades undetected.

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  Sam Jonah And The Remaking of...

  A.A. Taylor

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  Sam Jonah and the remaking of Ashanti recounts the inspirational life of one of Africa's most prominent black businessmen. From working underground as a shovel boy to his appointment as the CEO of the trailblazing African gold mining company, Ashanti Goldfields Corporation, Sam Jonah's determination to surmount every obstacle in a career strewn with hurdles makes for compelling reading. 
  Frenzied deals, boardroom cliffhangers, political scandal and private battles punctuate this unique account of the challenges of conducting 'First World' business in the 'Third World'. Through Jonah's corporate leadership we explore the paradox that a continent so richly endowed with gold and other minerals should find itself in such dire poverty. It is a hopeful story about breaking the confines of one's circumstances, not just for Africans but for individuals the world over.

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  Sahih Al Bukhari English...

  Imam Bukhari, Translator - Dr....

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  Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī is a collection of hadīth compiled by Abu Abdullāh Muhammad Ibn Ismā`īl al-Bukhārī(rahimahullāh). The translation provided here is by Dr. M. Muhsin Khan. 
  Volume 3 contains hadith 1773-2737 of 7563 in book 26-54: 
  26 Al-Umrah (Minor pilgrimage) Hadith 1773-1805 
  27 Al-Muhsar (Pilgrims Prevented from Completing the Pilgrimage) H 1806-1820 
  28 penalty for hunting (by a muhrim) and similar things Hadith 1821-1866 
  29 Virtues of Madinah Hadith 1867-1890 
  30 The Fasting (As Saum) Hadith 1891-2007 
  31 Taraweeh Prayers at Night in Ramadaan Hadith 2008-2013 
  32 Superiority of the Night of Qadr Hadith 2014-2024 
  33 Retiring to a Mosque for Remembrance of Allah (Itikaf) Hadith 2025-2046 
  34 Sales (Bargains) Hadith 2047-2238 
  35 The Sales in Which a Price is Paid for Goods to be Delivered Later(As-Salam) Hadith 2239-2256 
  36 Right of First Refusal, re-emption (ash-shuf'a) Hadith 2257-2259 
  37 Hiring (Concerning Hiring) Hadith 2260-2286 
  38 Transferance of a Debt from One Person to Another (Al-Hawaalat) H 2287-2289 
  39 Kafalah Hadith 2290-2298 
  40 Representation (or Authorization) Hadith 2299-2319 
  41 Cultivation and Agriculture Hadith 2320-2350 
  42 Watering (Distribution of Water) Hadith 2351-2384 
  43 Loans, payment of loans, Freezing of Property, Bankruptcy Hadith 2385-2409 
  44 quarrels, disputes Hadith 2410-2425 
  45 Lost Things Picked up by Someone (Al-Luqatah) Hadith 2426-2439 
  46 Oppressions, Injustices (Al-Mazalim) Hadith 2440-2482 
  47 Partnership Hadith 2483-2507 
  48 mortgaging in places occupied by settled population Hadith 2508-2516 
  49 Manumission of Slaves Hadith 2517-2559 
  50 Al Mukatab Hadith 2560-2565 
  51 gifts and the superiority of giving gifts H 2566-2636 
  52 Witnesses, Testimonies Hadith 2637-2689 
  53 Peacemaking, Reconciliation Hadith 2690-2710 
  54 Conditions Hadith 2711-2737

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  Harlem Hellfighters The: The...

  Charles River Editors

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  The Harlem Hellfighters, also known as the 369th Infantry Regiment of the U.S. Army, embody a significant intersection of America’s military history and racial history. Initially raised as the 15th New York (Colored) National Guard and later federalized for World War I, the regiment was "loaned" to the French Army, where it compiled an extraordinary combat record, with a remarkable 191 days on the line and suffering about 1,400 casualties while never yielding its sector. These numbers, often highlighted in museum and official summaries, became a central pillar of the unit’s symbolic influence back home, and the unit’s performance in battle, unique experience under French command, and their triumphant homecoming in 1919 collectively reshaped debates concerning black soldiers’ loyalty, capability, and rights. As Colonel William Hayward famously told journalists, his men “never retire,” a sentiment that both the contemporary press and later unit histories preserved, capturing their combat ethos and the representational burdens they carried as black citizen-soldiers. 
  	At the same time, of course, their service did not immediately undo Jim Crow back home, even as the formation of the regiment was tied to civil rights efforts. Authorized in 1913 and organized in 1916 as New York’s first black National Guard regiment, the 15th drew volunteers from Harlem and beyond and practiced drills in borrowed spaces due to a lack of a finished armory. The regiment’s creation was the product of sustained black civic mobilization in New York and an older tradition of black soldiers that dated to the Civil War. When the United States declared war in April 1917, black leaders and newspapers urged enlistment, often framing service as a path to recognition and citizenship. W.E.B. Du Bois’s 1919 call to “return fighting” distilled that logic into a programmatic slogan.

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