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Laid to Rest in California: A Guide to the Cemeteries and Graves Sites of the Rich and Famous

Biographies & Memoirs

Brooks, Jonathan

Brooks, Patricia

Regional U.S.

Globe Pequot Pr

"There are no God-forsaken places, just church-forsaken places." ―Jon Fuller, OMF International Jonathan Brooks was raised in the Englewood neighborhood on the south side of Chicago. As soon as he was able, he left the community and moved as far away as he could. But through a remarkable turn of events, he reluctantly returned and found himself not only back in Englewood but also serving as a pastor ("Pastah J") and community leader. In Church Forsaken, Brooks challenges local churches to rediscover that loving our neighbors means loving our neighborhoods. Unpacking the themes of Jeremiah 29, he shows how Christians can be fully present in local communities, building homes and planting gardens for the common good. His holistic vision and practical work offers good news for forgotten people and places. And community stakeholders and civic leaders will rediscover that churches are viable partners in community transformation in ways that they may never have considered. God has always been at work in neglected neighborhoods. Join Pastah J on this journey and discover new hope for your community.

Church Forsaken: Practicing Presence in Neglected Neighborhoods

Business & Money

Baraka, Sho

Job Hunting & Careers

Sandra had been a merchant traveling through the human lands of Muriel, though that wouldn't have been her chosen profession. What she would've loved to become was a crafter, producing wondrous creations with her own two hands; however, she didn't want to become a master in just one craft - she was interested in them all.Unfortunately, Sandra was born with a deformity in her hands that made them appear frozen in a claw-like pose; as a result, she couldn't grip anything with any sort of strength or dexterity, meaning that she wasn't able craft anything but the most simple of things that required very little in the way of hand-based manipulation. To top it off, while most people could access and manipulate at least one or two of the basic elemental energies, she could see them all - but was unable to manipulate a single one.Despite these setbacks, Sandra spent the majority of her twenty-six years of life visually learning the processes, techniques, and secret formulas for every aspect of crafting she could discover. And it was that pursuit of knowledge that ultimately led to her untimely death.Reborn in the shape of a tiny Dungeon Core, Sandra learned about the purpose behind dungeons and Cores from an assigned dungeon helper; at the same time, she also discovered that she had much more freedom than most other Dungeon Cores. The repercussions of her mere existence could end up being far-reaching, but the most important thing she learned had nothing to do with the other Cores, the different races, or even the real purpose behind her being brought back to life as a strange glowing gem.Sandra didn't care about any of that, though - all she cared about was that she could finally do some crafting.This Dungeon Core story contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics and leveling and a heavy crafting emphasis. No profanity and no harems.

The Crafter's Dungeon: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting)

Children's Books

Independently published

Milton, Brint, Whisp, and the Guardian Guild are back in the conclusion to the Station Cores series! After the events that previously occurred near the northeastern border of the Kingdom, Milton has a lot of work to do. Not only does the Station Core have to hide his dungeon from the rampaging hordes originating from the Quizard Mountains, but he has to find somewhere to put thousands of children who are heading towards his dungeon for safety. If that wasn't bad enough, Milton also has to find a place for millions of other citizens to live; even though they don't even know who or what the Station Core is, they are counting on him to keep them safe. With that safety, though, comes a chance at something that they never thought they'd have: power...and revenge. Milton isn't just going to build more habitations for them to stay comfortably in his new Underground Kingdom; no, he has a proposition for them that they would be fools to ignore. The acquisition of new abilities means that the need for an immediate education on how to control those new powers is paramount. Strangely enough, it's time for some new students to enroll in Milton's new Guardian University. But will they be able to learn well and fast enough to get the revenge they seek? In the end, they'll have to - especially if they want to take on and defeat the army fielded by...the other Core. Contains LitRPG and GameLit elements such as level progression and experience, optional tables, no harems, and a heavy Dungeon Core emphasis.

The Other Core: A Dungeon Core Epic (Station Cores)

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Fantasy

The Kingdom Rises: A Dungeon Core Epic (Station Cores)

Fred did something bad. He didn't intend to do it, but the destruction of a dungeon core - accident or otherwise - will likely result in horrific consequences for anyone connected with the crime. And not for just the perpetrators; everyone around them will suffer vengeful retribution from the nearby cores for the unthinkable act.Knowing that his mistake will end up endangering his new friends, the townspeople of Gatecross, and even his Guild, Core Power, Fred decides to do whatever he can to protect them. After he absorbed the Nature Core, he unlocked the ability to establish a territory and create his very own dungeon - a dungeon which will hopefully provide the defense they need to survive against the expected fight to come.Unfortunately, the Nature Faction isn't the only one that learned about Fred's crime. The Dungeon Adventurer Syndicate, under the authority of the Craytion Kingdom, has sent a powerful group to investigate...Contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics and leveling. No harems and no profanity.

Dungeon World 2: A Dungeon Core Experience

After narrowly surviving an invasion of her dungeon by some seriously dangerous Elves, Sandra needs to recover from having all of her defending constructs destroyed in the process. With the bulk of her forces lost while shattering the Core of a Reptile Classification dungeon, the merchant-turned-Dungeon Core is feeling a little vulnerable. Luckily, she has Violet, a Gnome Apprentice Enchanter, to help her get things back to normal. With Felbar, another Gnome that has decades of experience culling Dungeon Monsters, and Echo, an Elf that mistakenly got tangled up with Sandra and her dungeon, now awake from their Visitor Bond-induced comas, she can finally work on improving her relationship with the Gnomes and Elves by providing them with much-needed supplies. Unfortunately, during her time of recovery and looking into crafting new things with her recent access to Enchanting, she neglected to keep an eye on the dungeons around her Area of Influence. With the Gnomes no longer there to cull the Undead Classification dungeon near their destroyed village, Sandra scrambles to get ahead of its rapid expansion - and potential threat to the Dwarves to the north. But even if she manages to destroy the Undead Classification Core, should she stop there? Now that is quite the dilemma... This Dungeon Core story contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics and leveling and a heavy crafting emphasis. No profanity and no harems.

The Crafter's Dilemma: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting)

Contains all five books in the Station Cores series:The Station Core - Book 1 The Quizard Mountains - Book 2 The Guardian Guild - Book 3 The Kingdom Rises - Book 4 The Other Core - Book 5 In addition, there are some BONUSES: Hand-drawn maps (admittedly done by me without much artistic talent) that I used to help me write the series A fun 12k-word short story that combines the Dungeon World and Station Cores universes. Milton Frederick was originally abducted from his apartment to help defend one batch of pacifistic aliens called The Collective against another set of homicidal aliens called Heliothropes...but he never quite made it that far. Instead, during the process where his human consciousness was ripped from his body and inserted into a massive metal contraption called a Station Core, the ship that he was being transported on blew up and he was sent hurtling through space. Crash-landing on an unknown planet with just a foot-and-a-half tall, foul-mouthed, nanite-formed AI guide called ALANNA to tell him what happened, Milton has to come to terms with his new existence as a giant metal egg, defend his hazardously-in-need-of-repair outer shell from the dangerous local wildlife (including blood-thirsty squirrels), and manage the unique radiation spewing from his damaged internal reactor - all while figuring out how the heck to get off the planet. All of his work building a "dungeon" underground, defending it with makeshift traps, and filling it with small Combat Units may work well enough against the random beasts wandering around, but they're next to useless when something else even more dangerous shows up knocking on his door: people. Not humans, of course, but the local equivalent - Proctans - who are similar enough to Milton's original species...though with one major difference. They all have unique special abilities that looks suspiciously like "magic". However, there is an even bigger threat that looms on the horizon not only for Milton, but all the Proctans as well... Contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as level progression and experience, optional tables, no harems, and a heavy Dungeon Core emphasis.

Station Cores Complete Series: A Dungeon Core Epic Books 1 through 5

Following a miraculous resurrection, Fred - the half-Human/half-Dungeon-Core hybrid - managed to reunite with Deecy, his helpful Dire Wolf guide and companion. Not only that, but he was able to perform an equally miraculous resurrection of Eisa, the Human woman that had professed her love for him just moments before the tragic event of their deaths. But would she be the same as she was before, or would she be forever changed by the unique process that had brought her back? Accompanied by a friend from Fred's past, the group journeys to the west in search of the Core Power Guild and the townspeople of Gatecross. Along the way, Eisa discovers the strange new abilities that she now possesses - abilities that are very similar to Deecy's, the shape-shifting Dire Wolf that travels with them. Eventually, they arrive in the Deadlands, a constantly decaying landscape filled with undead monsters of all types; information on the Guild's whereabouts are easily found, but Fred and his friends aren't forgotten by the Nature and Earth Cores that he had inadvertently destroyed. Is anywhere in the world safe enough to create a dungeon that will keep his friends - and those he loves - protected from the threat that the Factions pose to them?Only the broken Shards of the Dungeon Cores he left behind know the answer to that.Contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics and leveling. No harems and no profanity.

Dungeon World 3: A Dungeon Core Experience

Sandra managed to survive the first major incursion from the nearby Orcs, thanks in part to the help a certain Half-Orc/Half-Dwarf provided. However, Kelerim left her dungeon to seek out his father, leaving her all alone with just Winxa - her Dungeon Fairy - as company.With the loss of her new friend comes some opportunities, at least; she now has the freedom to craft whatever she wants, and the threat of her Dungeon Core's destruction from outside forces is practically absent. She even has the opportunity to upgrade her Core Size, unlocking additional constructs for use as Dungeon Monsters, as well as a new Core-specific Skill. Unfortunately for Sandra, a particular action outside of the dungeon has unintentionally drawn attention to her activities, and there's now a very serious threat to her survival. Racing against the clock, the crafting-based dungeon needs to find a way to prevent her destruction, all the while dealing with the problems her expanding Area of Influence has created.Because it's not only the nearby races that she has to deal with - but the nearby dungeons, as well.This Dungeon Core story contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics and leveling and a heavy crafting emphasis. No profanity and no harems.

The Crafter's Defense: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting)

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