Books with author Michael Shell

1m copies sold worldwide with over 90k souls baptized into Christ.Muscle and a Shovel is a true story about a pair of young newly-weds who moveto the city to chase the American dream. In the middle of their pursuit they arebefriended by a man who turns their beliefs about God, their church, and theirfaith upside-down.Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Catholics, Community Churches - no one isspared when Truth is at stake - and their new friend Randall isn't concerned aboutpolitical correctness or religious tolerance!The content will anger and incite, with only the strongest able to finish thestory in its entirety, but a great gift awaits all who have the strength to read to the very end. Prepare to have yourintellect, emotions, and existing beliefs set on fire!

Muscle and a Shovel is a raw, gritty, true story about young newly-weds, Michael and Jonetta Shank, who move to the city to pursue the American Dream. In the middle of their pursuit they’re befriended by a man who turns their beliefs about God, their church and their faith upside-down!Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Catholics, Pentecostals, Lutherans, Episcopalians, Community Churches – no one is spared when Truth is at stake and their new friend doesn’t care about political correctness or religious tolerance.Prepare to have your intellect, emotions and existing beliefs set on fire!WARNINGIf you choose to read this book your beliefs will be challenged in ways you never thought possible and from a vantage point you may have never considered. The fact that this is non-fiction is one reason why this story is so compelling and powerful. This book will anger, frustrate and agitate your senses beyond description.It will force you to examine the beliefs you hold close to your heart, but you won’t finish this book without being satisfied. If your sensibilities are easily offended, this story is probably not for you. In fact, many who begin the story won’t make it to the end of the book. Those who do will find something far more valuable than the purchase price of the book.This story will grip you from opening to close and will stimulate your spirit on levels you didn’t think possible. Get ready to fight or flee because Muscle and a Shovel is one of those rare books that will raise your heart-rate and your blood-pressure. You won’t want to wait to share it with your friends or you’ll want to dowse it in gasoline and set on fire! There’ll be no middle ground.Many Christian reviewers have said, “This book will turn our current religious world upside-down!”

This original song celebrates the imagination within, and will deliver to children, friends and loved ones the joy of reading. The illustrations by Douglas Wright capture the warmth and spirit only a Christmas story like The Roof Top Hop can do. Watch children smile as they are entertained by this warm classic style picture book version of the lyrics, accompanied by a CD offering the title song, and a second original Christmas song by Michael Sheahan. The Roof Top Hop instructional dance DVD will entertain everyone as they learn the dance with Broadway's award winning Michael Balderrama dnd professional dance instructor Jennifer Parsinen. So many gifts in one luscious package. Fun for the entire family!

Jenna Parker and her father moved to the town of Vertigo after the suicide of her mother.As Jenna works to deal with her own inner demons, she begins to realize that something not quite right is lurking around the hallways of her apartment complex. Something unsettling is waking Jenna each night and causing her to forget her dreams from the night before.Then, there is the secret that Jenna possesses that has the potential to destroy her entire family.

Secrets are created to be discoveredThe Vertigo Police Department was established in 2004 when the town was barely on the map. During that year, a series of events shook the officers and their families to the core. Unable to explain the events, they became Vertigo’s secret.Fast forward to modern day, Jenna Parker attends a class trip to Wolf Mountain. During this trip Jenna’s secret comes to a horrifying reality which triggers a chain of events that challenge everything Jenna knows and understands. From Ruth Larkins, the investigating Social Worker to the mysterious Mr. Pike who can control a crowd of people with his simple soothing voice; Jenna is caught in a snowstorm of confusion and frustration in a world controlled by adults. Jenna comes to realize the awful truth that not only does her father harbor his own secrets; he and Mr. Pike know exactly why her mother killed herself.

After a solar flare scorched the Earth and incinerated the atmosphere, survivors dug deep beneath the surface, discovering a new means of life where none had ever lived. Spec is an ordinary 16 year old residing underground in the Hive, a modern day colony where he and 73 other human beings survive. Every day is the same for Spec.Wake up. Mine for clay and insects. Sleep. That’s why he has decided to venture outside of the colony with his best friend, Cotta. Spec plans on going where there are no ceilings and no walls, a place where there are no barriers. He plans on going to the mythical surface.

“Analyzing and refuting the common assumptions of anti-Americanism is a critical contribution to the global political debate. Thank goodness for this effort.”—UN Ambassador John Bolton, author of Surrender is Not an OptionDavid versus Goliath, the American Revolutionaries, "The Little Engine That Could," Team USA’s "Miracle on Ice," the Star Wars Rebel Alliance, Rocky Balboa, the Jamaican bobsled team and the meek inheriting the Earth.Everyone, it seems, loves an underdog. Why is that?We begin life tiny and helpless, at the mercy of those who are bigger and more powerful than us: parents and guardians who tell us what to eat, what to wear, how to behave (even when to sleep and wake up). From childhood into adulthood, we’re told what to do by those who wield more power—our parents, teachers, bosses government. So naturally, we have a predisposition to resent the overdogs and root for the little guy.But this tendency, which international political consultant and human rights activist Michael Prell calls “underdogma,” can be very dangerous – both to America and to the world at large.In Underdogma, Prell, who has worked world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Australian and Canadian prime ministers and the Dalai Lama, explores our love/hate relationship with power within our culture and our politics. Underdogma explains seeming mysteries such as why:•Almost half of Americans blamed President Bush for the attacks of 9/11, even while the American media described the architect of these attacks as “thoughtful about his cause and craft” and “folksy.”•Gays and lesbians protest those who protect gay rights (America, Israel), while championing those who outlaw and execute homosexuals (Palestine).•Environmentalists focus their rage on America, even though China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases.•The United Nations elevates countries such as Sudan to full membership on the UN’s Commission on Human Rights, even as the ethnic cleansing of Darfur proceeds.Tracing the evolution of this belief system through human history—ancient Greece to Marxism to the dawn of political correctness—Prell shows what continuing with this collective mindset means for our future. While America and its president increasingly exalt the meek and apologize for their power, America’s competitors and enemies are moving in a different direction. China is projected to overtake the U.S. economically by 2027 and is ready to move into the position of hegemon, and radical Islamists are looking to extend their global territory, taking any sign of weakness as a chance to attack.America must return to its founding spirit, and underdogma must stop now—our nation depends on it.

Samson received divine and mighty power to assist the Israelites yet at the same time he grappled with huge deficiencies and personal vulnerabilities. An irritating challenge that constantly tested him was the allure that Philistine women had upon him; they fascinated and delighted him and consequently exacerbated his sexual needs. His human nature with all of its complexities and frailties got in the way and distracted him from his commission. It seems that the mighty power that he exercised increased his testosterone, which created moral dilemmas for the Israelite Judge, yet ironically, Samson's sexual frustration proved to be the catalyst for the heaps of misery that he single handedly perpetrated against his tyrannical Philistine neighbors.

New York Times Bestseller Like See No Evil and At the Center of the Storm, this is a vivid and gripping account of the Central Intelligence Agency, a life of secrets, and a war in the shadows. Called the "Bob Gates of his generation" by Politico, Michael Morell was a top CIA officer who played a critical role in the most important counterterrorism events of the past two decades. Morell was by President Bush's side on 9/11/01 when terrorists struck America and in the White House Situation Room advising President Obama on 5/1/11 when America struck back-killing Usama bin Ladin. From the subway bombings in London to the terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Morell always seemed to find himself on the cusp of history. A superb intelligence analyst and briefer, Morell now presents THE GREAT WAR OF OUR TIME, where he uses his talents to offer an unblinking and insightful assessment of CIA's counterterrorism successes and failures of the past twenty years and, perhaps most important, shows readers that the threat of terrorism did not die with Bin Ladin in Abbottabad. Morell illuminates new, growing threats from terrorist groups that, if unaddressed, could leave the country vulnerable to attacks that would dwarf 9/11 in magnitude. He writes of secret, back-channel negotiations he conducted with foreign spymasters and regime leaders in a desperate attempt to secure a peaceful outcome to unrest launched during the "Arab Spring." Morell describes how efforts to throw off the shackles of oppression have too often resulted in broken nation states unable or unwilling to join the fight against terrorism. Along the way Morell provides intimate portraits of the leadership styles of figures ranging from Presidents Bush and Obama, CIA directors Tenet, Goss, Hayden, Petraeus, Panetta, and Brennan, and a host of others.

“Analyzing and refuting the common assumptions of anti-Americanism is a critical contribution to the global political debate. Thank goodness for this effort.”—UN Ambassador John Bolton, author of Surrender is Not an Option David versus Goliath, the American Revolutionaries, "The Little Engine That Could," Team USA’s "Miracle on Ice," the Star Wars Rebel Alliance, Rocky Balboa, the Jamaican bobsled team and the meek inheriting the Earth. Everyone, it seems, loves an underdog. Why is that? We begin life tiny and helpless, at the mercy of those who are bigger and more powerful than us: parents and guardians who tell us what to eat, what to wear, how to behave (even when to sleep and wake up). From childhood into adulthood, we’re told what to do by those who wield more power—our parents, teachers, bosses government. So naturally, we have a predisposition to resent the overdogs and root for the little guy. But this tendency, which international political consultant and human rights activist Michael Prell calls “underdogma,” can be very dangerous – both to America and to the world at large. In Underdogma, Prell, who has worked world leaders including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the Australian and Canadian prime ministers and the Dalai Lama, explores our love/hate relationship with power within our culture and our politics. Underdogma explains seeming mysteries such as why: •Almost half of Americans blamed President Bush for the attacks of 9/11, even while the American media described the architect of these attacks as “thoughtful about his cause and craft” and “folksy.”•Gays and lesbians protest those who protect gay rights (America, Israel), while championing those who outlaw and execute homosexuals (Palestine).•Environmentalists focus their rage on America, even though China is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases.•The United Nations elevates countries such as Sudan to full membership on the UN’s Commission on Human Rights, even as the ethnic cleansing of Darfur proceeds. Tracing the evolution of this belief system through human history—ancient Greece to Marxism to the dawn of political correctness—Prell shows what continuing with this collective mindset means for our future. While America and its president increasingly exalt the meek and apologize for their power, America’s competitors and enemies are moving in a different direction. China is projected to overtake the U.S. economically by 2027 and is ready to move into the position of hegemon, and radical Islamists are looking to extend their global territory, taking any sign of weakness as a chance to attack. America must return to its founding spirit, and underdogma must stop now—our nation depends on it.

Most people are dismissive of incredible things when they occur. They’ll tell you they don’t know why they happen, they just do. A few will jokingly put them down to being the work of the little people. Hardly anyone would consider divine intervention. Miracles don’t fit in well with the modern world. Science can come up with an explanation for so much today, showing us the evidence. Its long-term quest, of course, is to find irrefutable proof that nothing supernatural exists. Well, until it achieves that goal, perhaps we might like to consider the story of Tommy Jackson. The toddler knew none of this.

The Owl That Didn't Say WhoSample:Sit down and relax.Lay down if you wish, while I tell you a story - while I’ll tell you this.Not long ago and not far away, lived a little owl in the forest and that’s where he stayed.the owl that didn’t say who, kids books, kids ebooks, childrens book: childrens ebooks: kids books ages 4 8 : childrens books by age 5-8 : Orangey the Goldfish : The Monster That Ate My Socks