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The Bible and the Ballot demonstrates the proper use of scripture in contemporary political discussions. Christians regularly invoke the Bible to support their positions on many controversial political topics - gay marriage, poverty, war, religious liberty, immigration, the environment, etc. - and this book will help facilitate those conversations. Tremper Longman provides a hermeneutical approach to using the Bible in this manner, then proceeds topic by topic, citing important scriptures to be taken into consideration in each case and offering an evangelical interpretation.

In their book, Phillip Longman and Ray Boshara show how today's progressives have much to learn from their counterparts of a hundred years ago. The original progressives built super-majorities in both parties and achieved stunning reforms by combining scientific expertise with deep deference to all-American values, particularly those of freedom-loving, small-scale entrepreneurs and producers.

Bisclavret is cursed: to live his life in exile; to take a wolf's shape involuntarily; to lie to everybody he meets. And yet he has always dreamed of knighthood, of brotherhood and belonging. When the old king dies unexpectedly, Bisclavret travels to the royal court to seek his rightful inheritance and swear fealty to the new king. It's here that he discovers the mysterious young warrior now wearing the crown is willing to offer him far more than just his father's lands, and suddenly the life that seemed like an impossible fantasy is catapulted within his grasp.

Join Debs as she tries to complete the ultimate challenge in triathlon—the Ironman. Is she brave? Is she foolish? Can she really complete such a feat of human endurance? This instalment is the series shows Debs graduation from a podgy middle-aged diabetic to an unlikely endurance hero.

With two triathlon seasons under her belt, join Debs as she takes the next step in her triathlon career, the Middle Distance Triathlon.

Join Debs as she starts another season as a triathlete, becoming a more and more likely triathlete as time gets on. In this book we see a wider range of events than ever before, including her first half marathon.

Join Debs as she continues her triathlon training through her first "off" season. In this part, Debs discovers more of her limitations and strives to overcome them. Phil, her long suffering husband, is at her side more than ever.

With the joy of having completed her first triathlon behind her, Debs decides to keep going with the sport. This despite the fact that she still hadn't developed any sporting prowess. She was, however, loving it.

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After Deborah's success at the Ironman, she needed another challenge. However, what could she do next? A drunken conversation in a pub resulted in her signing up to an Ultra Marathon.