Books with author Tom Roberts

Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.

Sometime you have to find out you're average...Before you can be exceptional.Riding his bike home from the library, Sean Sharpe finds out that the world isn't quite as average as he'd originally thought. After narrowly surviving an attack by a mysterious assailant, he is approached by another stranger--one who claims to be a Hunter. He tells Sean that his attacker was one of the Nephilim; half human spawn of fallen angels who have taken the form of creatures of the night.Even worse, the Hunters believe that the Nephilim will want revenge for killing one of their own.Sean is faced with a bitter reality; the world may not be average, but he is. There is nothing special about him. If he is going to survive, he will have to learn to be more than average.But will it be enough?

Yugoslavia, 1991, and Casca is recruited by the fledgling Croatian state to undertake a covert mission to kill a warlord called Vardaric before he can commence a campaign of terror by carrying out a systematic ethnic cleansing of captured Croatian territory.To Casca, a.k.a. Casimir Lonjic, the mission has an extra incentive, for Vardaric had carried out a raid on Casca’s Thai hideout a few years previously, killing his woman and destroying all he had built up over the years. So while the former Yugoslav states of Croatia and Serbia go to war with one another, Casca goes to war on Vardaric.With a team of nine other mercenaries, Casca is sent into the warzone to take out Vardaric and his company of killers, but unknown to Casca, there are two members of his squad with agendas of their own, each different to one another. It is only when members of his team are murdered that Casca begins to realise things are not what they seem.It is only after an epic chase across Bosnia that Casca had the chance to uncover the truth and confront not one, but two deadly enemies from his past.

Originally published in 1827, Roberts’ Guide for Butlers and Other Household Staff was a handbook for servants to perform their duties more efficiently and thoughtfully. Roberts gives a plethora of information about household duties of a butler like:• How to dress suitably for work• Regulations for the dinner table• Directions for cleaning tea trays• Giving Britannia metal a brilliant polish• Preserving fruits for the year• Addressing and behaving properly around your employer• And many more insightsRoberts provides information on how to make the best-tasting lemonade; preserving good wine for years; not passing judgments on the other servants; never letting your master ring the bell for you twice; cleaning dirty tables with a mix of milk, turpentine, and sweet oil; rubbing off rust with salad oil and lime; and other useful tidbits for the curious butler. This is a fascinating look behind the scenes of household help and will delight any nineteenth century enthusiast.

PURPOSE AWAKENING, the breakout book of international speaker Touré Roberts, is about that transformational moment when you are awakened to the purpose of your life. Your life began with a brilliant thought in God's mind. Your purpose, therefore, is the awakening to that thought. In this groundbreaking book, Touré introduces a new way to perceive the meaning of purpose. As he says: "You don't find purpose; purpose finds you." In fact, purpose conceived you; it was the catalyst for your birth. This thought-provoking book opens with the revolutionary concept that "Every life began as an epic idea." This new way of finding your purpose will empower you and change your life forever. You haven't even begun to live until you find out why you are here. Touré uses personal stories, humor, and eye-opening analogies to take you on a transformational journey. You will learn how to discover your unique purpose, know God's voice, identify and choose purpose mates, end wrong relationships, put an end to fear, grow your faith, and so much more. PURPOSE AWAKENING will also give you a relatable and practical guide that will instill confidence, peace, and fulfillment by demystifying the journey to purpose, and enabling you to discover your own unique awakening. Being more than just a "feel good book," PURPOSE AWAKENING provides true direction and gives parameters that guide the purpose-seeker. It will set you on a life-changing course to discovering the good idea concerning your life and the joys of seeing it fulfilled.

PURPOSE AWAKENING, the breakout book of international speaker Touré Roberts, is about that transformational moment when you are awakened to the purpose of your life. Your life began with a brilliant thought in God's mind. Your purpose, therefore, is the awakening to that thought. In this groundbreaking book, Touré introduces a new way to perceive the meaning of purpose. As he says: "You don't find purpose; purpose finds you." In fact, purpose conceived you; it was the catalyst for your birth. This thought-provoking book opens with the revolutionary concept that "Every life began as an epic idea." This new way of finding your purpose will empower you and change your life forever. You haven't even begun to live until you find out why you are here. Touré uses personal stories, humor, and eye-opening analogies to take you on a transformational journey. You will learn how to discover your unique purpose, know God's voice, identify and choose purpose mates, end wrong relationships, put an end to fear, grow your faith, and so much more. PURPOSE AWAKENING will also give you a relatable and practical guide that will instill confidence, peace, and fulfillment by demystifying the journey to purpose, and enabling you to discover your own unique awakening. Being more than just a "feel good book," PURPOSE AWAKENING provides true direction and gives parameters that guide the purpose-seeker. It will set you on a life-changing course to discovering the good idea concerning your life and the joys of seeing it fulfilled.

In a new home with a new stepmother and stepsister, plagued by the memory of his mother's untimely death, thirteen-year-old Will Morris is struggling to adjust to his new life. Unfortunately for Will, larger troubles lay ahead.Something has awakened in Hawkins, Connecticut, a town with a sordid history of witchcraft and murder. Something ancient. Evil. Hungry. With the death-toll climbing, it's up to Will and his friends to solve the mystery of GOOL and to destroy the creature once and for all.WARNING: This book contains mild language and more-than-mild violence in addition to heaps and heaps of sharp teeth, splattery monster mayhem, and high levels of gory fun. Additionally, this novel was written two years prior to Stranger Things--any similarities are purely coincidence. This is the first young adult novel by author Thom Roberts, whose writing has been praised by New York Times Bestselling Author James Rollins as "not to be missed."

Iris didn't want to go the funeral; funerals creep her out. But she loved her Gram, and she wanted to say goodbye. Gram had been like a mother to her since her own mother died. Now she was all alone, except for her Dad. When Gram passed she left behind her house and all her possessions, including 5 wooden fairy dolls, to Iris. It was all very strange. Why her? She was only 11 years old. A house? Dolls? She didn't play with dolls anymore. The one condition for her to keep her new house was that she was required to live in it. This is the same house where all the weird things happened, and it was out in the woods, in a new town.Being the “new kid,” in a new town is weird enough, especially moving into a house with so many mysteries. And it doesn't take long before things start to happen, unexplainable things, strange things. Before they even get there, on the way to the house, on the dirt road leading to it, she sees a little boy on a swing disappear in mid-swing, in a burst of light. Of course she tells her Dad, they stop the car and look for him, but he's gone. He didn't see it. He doesn't believe her. She has no friends here and her Dad thinks she has “issues,” since the death of her mother. What can she do? Who can she tell? Who would believe her? She wonders if she should try to find him? What if you see things all the time that nobody else sees? Are you crazy?11 year old Iris uncovers her own strange past and learns that anything is possible if you believe in yourself. Come with her and find yourself in the magical world of Fairalon, but be wary of the strange creatures you meet there.Fairalon explores themes of trust, loneliness, friendship, and self-reliance with a sprinkle of budding romance in this coming of age action filled story.Fairalon is a MG/YA fantasy novel with 30 full color illustrations.