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Encuentra libertad y paz a través de la cruz¿Crees que el mundo se puede cambiar? En medio del caos, el poder restaurador de la cruz de Jesús todavía transforma, sana al quebrantado y proclama la paz.Liberados en la cruz, un estudio biblico de seis semanas, te invita a explorar el significado profundo de la cruz y como transforma nuestras vidas. Escrito por Kristel Acevedo, este estudio es una guia tanto espiritual como practica para entender la cruz como la puerta de entrada para la paz, el discipulado y la liberacion. A traves de lecciones que invitan a la reflexion y videos que te acompañan, descubriras como vivir una vida en forma de cruz, marcada por el amor, el sacrificio y la paz.Con Liberados en la cruz, tu aprenderas como mirar a la cruz para encontrar esperanza y el poder para buscar la paz, obtendras conocimiento biblico de como la cruz impacta tu camino de discipulado y aplicaras estos principios para buscar una vida en forma de cruz cada dia. Comienza tu viajeCon un enfoque en el discipulado y la comunidad, este estudio te prepara para buscar la paz y el amor con una vision del reino de Dios en mente, ya sea que estes estudiando con un grupo o solo. Al final de las seis semanas, recibiras una mejor manera de buscar la paz y el amor en tu comunidad: una manera marcada por el sacrificio, la no violencia y la liberacion para todas las personas.Ya sea que estes al principio de tu camino de discipulado o estes buscando maneras de profundizar tu fe, Liberados en la cruz te ofrece una oportunidad convincente para estudiar la Biblia en una manera que aplica directamente a tu vida y los temas que mas te importan. Empieza tu camino hoy y unete al movimiento de fe que sana y restaura a traves del poder de la cruz.Find Freedom and Peace Through the CrossDo you believe the world can be changed? In the midst of chaos, the restorative power of Jesus work at the cross still breaks through, healing brokenness and proclaiming peace. Liberated at the Cross invites you to explore the profound significance of the cross and how it transforms our lives. Written by Kristel Acevedo, this study is both a spiritual and practical guide to understanding the cross as the gateway to peace, discipleship, and liberation.With Liberated at the Cross, you will learn how to look to the cross for hope and power to pursue peace, gain a biblical understanding of how the cross impacts your discipleship journey, and apply these principles to pursue a cross-shaped life. With a focus on discipleship and community, this study equips you to pursue peace and love with a vision of Gods kingdom in mind, whether youre studying with a group or individually.

Cultivate an Awareness of the Often-Missed Nuances of the Holy Spirits Work in Your Life Do you find yourself longing for a richer, more meaningful spiritual life? Or maybe youre quietly wondering, "Am I even doing this right?" Youve heard metaphors like light or dark, feast or famine, close or far, to express connection with God. But what if the Spirits work in your life is not just a binary of presence or distance, but a vast landscape of movements, invitations, and transformations? In The Way of the Spirit, Dr. Jeremy Sims explains how to cultivate attentiveness to the Holy Spirit so you can recognize the subtle, often-overlooked ways God works in your life. Rather than reducing Gods activity to a formula, this book expands your spiritual vocabulary to name the Spirits many distinct movements across the seasons of life.Sims introduces seven Waypoints along the spiritual journey, each offering a glimpse into a season of life through which the Spirit works. As you walk through each Waypoint, youll be accompanied by a guidea saint or spiritual figure whose life embodies the work of the Spirit in that season. You will sit with Mary, the Mother of Jesus; the Desert Fathers and Mothers; Ignatius of Loyola; Teresa of Avila; John of the Cross; Julian of Norwich; and Brother Lawrence. Through their lives and stories, you will trace the patterns of the Spirits work, learn to recognize His presence in your own life, and engage in spiritual practices along the way.With The Way of the Spirit, you will: Learn how to cultivate attentiveness to the Spirits work and why it matters. Explore how you perceive the Spirits work in your life. Broaden your spiritual vocabulary to help recognize and partner with the Spirits work. Move beyond binaries to learn ways the Spirit moves beyond just the familiar. The Spirit is always present and working in your life, leading you through different seasons in your spiritual journey. Become more attuned to Gods movements, opening the door to the returning, refining, and deepening rhythm of spiritual growth in your daily life. With The Way of the Spirit, begin to navigate your own spiritual journey in a way that feels both ancient and refreshingly new.

Discover the Unexpected Grace Found in Shame We are Gods beloved children. Yet too often our imperfections lead to feelings of shame that leave us insecure and anxious, affecting how we view ourselves, each other, and God. Shame makes us feel that we are not good enough, preventing us from receiving the love God wants to lavish on us.But God wants more for us. We dont have to be shameless to be loved by God. In Christ he frees us to increasingly live unashamedly in a world that is quick to shame us. Are you ready to stop hiding from the pain, fears, and shame that have plagued your life?In Shame Redeemed you will explore the full complexity of shame in the Bible, shames relationship to sin and guilt, the danger of shamelessness, the freedom to be unashamed of Jesus and his word, and spiritual practices to help Gods liberating truth sink in. Youll find that Jesus runs toward you with all your faults and enables you to be unashamed without being shameless. As you meditate on how thoroughly Jesus love and grace have broken shames grip, you can learn to live in the freedom that is yours in Christ.

"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."Psalm 37:4What if youve lost your delight in God? Or youve never really experienced it in the first place? What if a season of suffering has snuffed out your joy, leaving you spiritually discouraged and emotionally numb? Delighting in God changes everything: how you experience your faith, relationships, and circumstancesand even how you see yourself.You can experience Psalm 37:4 as your daily reality. In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselle connects scriptural and theological truth to your everyday life so you can experience what delighting in God really means. Its not about checking boxes on a spiritual to-do list or mustering a constant state of positive feelings. Rather, delight is about satisfying your souls deepest longing through a vibrant relationship with the living God.In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselle shows how delighting in God is crucial for spiritual growth, provides spiritual habits that help you live in delight, and includes discussion questions and Bible engagement great for book clubs or small groups. By looking to Christ as your model of divine delight, you can discover that no matter what youre experiencingwhether weariness, sorrow, hope, or happinessyou truly can "taste and see that the Lord is good." If you are longing for a revived faith filled with hope, delight, worth, and grace, Awaken Delight invites you to cultivate a worshipful, life-giving delight in God thats rooted in Gods delight in you.

Lead Your Congregation to Connect Sunday Worship to Monday Work Work matters to God. Does it matter to his church? Many Christians experience vocational restlessness and anxiety, unsure or unaware how their faith can guide them in their workplaces. What would it look like for your church to affirm, equip, and commission your congregation to embrace a sense of calling and mission in their everyday labor? In Pastoring for Monday, Matt Rusten helps you lead your church to form Christians who follow, represent, and commune with Christ amid their daily work. This book equips you to bridge the divide between the sacred and secular, transforming how your church disciples people for the workplace.Rusten shows how you can intentionally change your language and liturgy to celebrate the ordinary working lives of church members, providing concrete discipleship pathways and pastoral priorities for living out the gospel through vocational discipleship. Youll learn how you can prioritize faith and work as a necessary focus, rather than an optional add-on, for the thriving and collective mission of your church.With Pastoring for Monday, you will: Learn to connect Sunday worship with the realities of Monday work to equip people to follow Jesus through the work week. Find practical discipleship ideas to help believers live out their faith in professional contexts. Transform your preaching and leadership to help your congregation see the value of their daily vocation as a ministry. This book empowers pastors to foster a church culture where every believer is equipped to follow Jesus not just on Sunday but through the workdays that follow. With Pastoring for Monday, help your congregation connect Sunday worship to Monday work and transform the way your ministry bridges faith and work.

Finding Gods Grace Through Lament "I cry aloud to God, aloud to God, and he will hear me."Psalm 77:1 What do we do with our pain? So much in our world is simply not right: Disease. Death. Destruction. But we dont have to look to the news to know that things arent okay. Our neighborhoods, our churches, and even our families ache with the everyday troubles of this life. Whether our response is rage or tears or numbness, the Bible offers an avenue for our pain: lament.In Crying Out to God, Wendy Alsup uses psalms of lament to give words to our often-wordless cries. During this eight-week study, we learn that God not only allows our complaints about all that is not right, but he also welcomes our protests and tears. And we discover that God meets us in our lament, giving us his remarkable grace and provision in our time of need.Crying Out to God features: 8-week Bible study experience with accompanying videos Flexible format and helpful suggestions for using this book with large groups, small groups, one-on-one, or for solo study Group sessions include 10-minute video lessons and discussion questions 5 days of engaging study each week to deepen your faith Reflection on a different Psalm each week In this study, youll join Wendy in exploring the dark, the hard, and the wrong in this world. Name it before the Lord and allow God through the Scriptures to meet you in it. Youll find grace in your time of need, your communitys time of need, and our worlds time of need. Youll find that God has not left you to journey through the darkness alone.

A Solution-Driven Handbook for Workplace Relationships Why is it so difficult to collaborate with that one coworker? Why cant your boss understand where youre coming from? We all want to experience a healthy, flourishing work environment, but interpersonal conflicts and miscommunications often make work feel frustrating, overwhelming, and maybe even toxic.With the Enneagram as her guide, Joey Schewee provides a holistic, empowering approach to relating to one another in the workplace, as she helps you foster behavioral consciousness through awareness of motivational differences. She provides practical explanations of a dynamic wisdom for immediate application using anecdotes gained from seventeen years of consulting in professional environments. Drawing from her work with thousands of employees and hundreds of teams, Schewee introduces new concepts such as processing centers, reference points, and focus shifts, Enneagram advancements shared in this book for the first time.In When Working Together Doesnt Work, youll learn how differing motivations or types can affect employee cohesiveness and productivity, how managers can engage individuals by type, so that employees feel understood and valued, and how to significantly reduce the perception of personal slights and pave the way for understanding, trust, and collaboration. While many personality typing systems focus on behavior, they often fail to address the core motivations behind itsomething the Enneagram does exceptionally well. When Working Together Doesnt Work is designed to equip you, at any level of business, to improve workplace dynamics. By applying the proven approach outlined in this book, youll significantly reduce misunderstandings, build trust, and encourage collaboration at work. As you grow in your understanding of your coworkers, youll experience improved employee engagement and shape your work culture in powerful and lasting ways. Start transforming your workplace today!

"Ellis has written another exquisite contemplation; shelve this alongside her earlier works, books by Anne Lamott, and Barbara Mahanys The Book of Nature (2023)." Booklist Review, December 2025"In this beautiful book, Courtney Ellis brings us along with her on a journey through weather, the seasons, the land, and the inhabitants of this earth we call home. The juxtaposition of story and science, the natural world and spiritual growthI will never tire of works like these. Courtney has written a book that encapsulates all of this beautifully and I cannot commend this work more to you." Lore Ferguson Wilbert, from the foreword If one thing is constant, its change. You may know its coming, or it may be unexpected. It may be a change you anticipate with joy, like a new job, a wedding, or the birth of a baby. Or it may be a shift you fear or even grieve: moving to a new city, changes that come with aging, or a lost or broken relationship. No matter what kind of transition you are facing, change is difficult. How can you find peace and hope even when everything around you is shifting sand? How can your faith help you weather change?Pastor Courtney Ellis has walked alongside countless people facing changes big and small, welcome and dreaded. Shes found that the same two questions come up again and again: Why is change so hard? And where is God amid these changes? Weathering Change invites you to discover how God equips us to navigate lifes inevitable changes. Ellis offers rich spiritual reflections from Gods created world and from Scripture that help you prepare for change and show you how to journey through it with curiosity, adaptability, and resilience.In Weathering Change youll Discover how you can navigate lifes disruptive changes, big or small, with grace and courage, Learn deep lessons from Gods creation about preparing for and adapting to change, Learn how to find hope and peace amid the challenges and hurts of change, and Use the included discussion questions to explore how these principles can be applied to your life in meaningful ways. Ellis brings a unique perspective, blending theology, biblical narratives, personal insights, and stories from nature to illuminate how God remains present through times of transition. Gods "Second Book" of nature provides deep and abiding lessons to sustain us during tough transitionslessons we can learn from nesting bald eagles, metamorphosing monarch caterpillars, migrating Mobula rays, microscopic aeroplankton floating along with the breeze, and more.Though change is often painful, it is also ripe with possibilities for newness, growth, and transformation. Get your copy of Weathering Change today and begin to face change with grace and courage, finding strength in Gods ever-present guidance.

United in Grace, Beyond DebateConversations about abortion often center on the question: Are you pro-life or pro-choice? But what if thats the wrong question? Drawing upon the life and teachings of Jesus, Becoming ProGrace invites Christians to ask new questions, such as: What if conversations about abortion didnt have to feel so tense, divided, or dehumanizing? What does it mean to affirm the image of God in every person involved? How do we navigate tension we may feel when our deepest Christian values seem to conflict? What would it take for Christian communities to become spaces of empathy, listening, and grace? Including insights and personal stories from Christians of diverse denominational backgrounds and political perspectives, Becoming ProGrace articulates a uniquely Christian response to abortion that calls us to take on the character of Christ rather than trying to change others, offering a much-needed message of hope for our divided world.Jesus led with grace. As we reimagine our approach to the abortion conversation, so can we.

Create Your Own Rhythm for Meaningful Time with God Do you long for a deeper connection with God but find yourself overwhelmed by the demands of a busy life? In the chaos and noise of everyday life, finding time to truly connect with God can feel impossible.But what if you could cultivate true intimacy with God right in the middle of your ordinary, everyday moments?With God Everyday offers a customizable framework for a daily spiritual practice that intentionally invites God into your everyday life. Through an adaptable, step-by-step process, this practice helps you cultivate the time and space to grow your relationship with God. Each step helps you find freedom to engage with God, yourself, and others in a practical and thoughtful way.This book guides you through a framework of questions to ask in your time with God, helping you to create your own process for a daily quiet time with God, experience Gods presence more deeply as you invite him into your daily life, and cultivate true spiritual transformation through a continually growing relationship with God. Discover how to create space for a meaningful quiet time with God, even on the most chaotic days. Whether used on your own or with a group, this book will allow you to meet God right in the middle of your everyday and foster an intimate connection with God that is rich, deep, and transformational.

Justice is Gods Righteousness in Action Reclaim what was always meant to be whole. Justice and righteousness are not opposing forces but inseparable pillars of Gods design. But often our minds divide them, even set them in opposition to one another.In What Hath Justice to Do with Righteousness?, Rev. Dr. Charlie E. Dates provides a biblical and historical overview of the bond between these two pillars of the Christian faith that challenges our assumptions, renews our understanding, and invites us into a new movement of protest and prayer.With biblical wisdom, theological reflection, and an honest critique of cultural blind spots, this book boldly declares that justice is Gods righteousness in action. True justice cannot exist apart from righteousness, and righteousness is hollow without a commitment to justice. Gods justice restores and reconciles. "When Jesus hung on a cross, God got justice, and we got righteousness."In What Hath Justice to Do with Righteousness? you will:Understand Justice Through a Biblical Lens: Explore how the Bible defines justice as an expression of Gods character and His kingdom purpose. Resist Systemic Injustice on Biblical Grounds: Learn how Scripture equips believers to stand against oppression and advocate for equity in society. Persevere in Gods Truth: Receive spiritual guidance and motivation to remain steadfast in the pursuit of Gods justice. Dates challenges assumptions, exposes divisions, and delivers a call to action for both protest and prayer. Prepare to be called, inspired, and equipped to resist systemic injustice on biblical grounds and embody both justice and righteousness in every step you take. Are you ready to unite what the world seeks to divide?

What If You Saw Your Hobbies as a Form of Worship? Maybe youre an athlete or collector, a chef or film critic, a painter or video gamer. Your hobbies arent arbitrary passions. The same God who formed your muscles and nervous system also formed the specific ways you love to play. He understands the delight you feel in your garden or your excitement as you open up a new board game. And he calls it good.We often view play as a distraction from lifes serious responsibilities, but in Created to Play, Brianna Lambert reveals the ways God blesses your hobbies and uses them to form and pull you into worship. Lambert explores ten different titles you may inhabit in your play: Beholder, Curator, Maker, Herald, Restorer, Connecter, Nourisher, Mover, Caretaker, and Historian.This book helps you view your hobbies as opportunities not just for individual expression but also for communal enjoyment. With winsome practicality and theological reflection, Lambert draws you to glory in the God who loves and teaches you through play.With Created to Play, you will: Explore how hobbies shape your spiritual formation, offering a fresh perspective on the theology of hobbies and leisure. Identify yourself among ten unique roles we take on through hobbies, uncovering how play shapes your identity in Christ. Learn to embrace rest and joy through hobbies, reenvisioning leisure as life-giving rather than wasteful. Challenge your guilt around play by learning how hobbies can form you spiritually, draw you into worship, and help you reflect Gods character. You can experience how God is already participating in your hobbies with you, sharing in the joy they bring. If you are seeking a biblical perspective on your hobbies or struggling to enjoy leisure amid the demands of a busy life, this book can help you reclaim play as a vital part of spiritual formation.Play isnt about what you get or achieve but about who you become in the process.

"As a gospel singer and songwriter who desires to draw people into closer connections with God, I know the importance of making room for God in our daily schedules, and I pray readers will use this treasure to help them do just that. ... If youve been asking for a sign as to whether its time to get alone with God, Press Pause is it." CeCe Winans, from the foreword Why Quiet Time Is the Most Important "To Do" of the Day Do you long for a deeper connection with God but struggle to find the time? Between your personal life, work, and responsibilities, its easy to feel like quiet time with God is just another sacrifice. This is your invitation to pause, pivot, and discover renewed peace and purpose. In Press Pause, Karynthia Glasper Phillips takes you on a transformative journey that combines biblical reflections with practical steps to help you disconnect from the chaos and truly reconnect with God, making room for quiet time even if you feel you have no time.In this book Phillips provides a biblical foundation for why quiet time with God is vital to the Christian life and helps you evaluate where you are in your relationship with God. The book concludes with a seven-day retreat guide, providing an immediate opportunity to let go of distractions, embrace stillness, and step into the fullness of Gods presence.In this book, youll discover a renewed awareness of Gods presence, how time in private with God can have lasting effects in your public life, practical guidance to help you pause on purpose in quiet time with God, how physical well-being and spiritual health are intertwined, and how a healthy spiritual life leads to greater care for others and better decisions at home, work, and in society. Press Pause invites you to intentionally pause amid the stress and busyness of lifenot by adding more to your schedule but by finding ways to integrate God into the moments you already have. If youre seeking a deeper connection with God in the midst of your fast-paced life, this book is for you.Learn how spending time with God helps you fulfill your purpose, refreshes your spirit, and cares for your body as Gods temple. No matter where you are in your relationship with God, pressing pause will allow you to refocus, gain clarity, and receive spiritual guidance for your daily life.

Rediscover Community in a Disconnected World Jesus said his followers would be known for their love, not their loneliness. Yet over half of Americansand American churchgoerssay that they lack companionship or that no one knows them well. We live increasingly disconnected lives, and our mental and spiritual health suffer as a result.In The Way Back to One Another, Jeff Galley and Phil Smith provide a remedy based on studying Scripture, learning from the global church, and observing best practices in thousands of small groups. The New Testaments exhortations to love one another are not merely individual commands but instructions for experiencing deep relationships and community, one to another, to each other, and each to all. Loving one another today will require a countercultural return to practices that are increasingly devalued and disregarded: depending on, committing to, talking with, knowing, and welcoming one another.In The Way Back to One Another, youll learn: Loneliness is a subtle yet pervasive issue that affects our mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, and even as Christ-followers, were not immune. God designed us for deep, meaningful relationships to help us become who he intends us to be. There is hope to cultivate the deeper connections we long for and to be ambassadors of those relationships for others, even in a culture of isolation. Fulfilling life is found in interdependence and realizing that our relationship with God is deeply connected to our relationships with others. Overcoming loneliness requires intentional, countercultural changes in how we live. Galley and Smith cast a vision for how we were created to live, outline practical shifts to combat loneliness, and offer life design suggestionssmall yet meaningful changes we can make to escape aloneness, build relationships, and create community to experience the depth of connection God intends for us. With The Way Back to One Another, discover how you and your church can break away from soul-killing isolation and become catalysts of life-giving relationships and community.

What if differences could strengthen your personal connections instead of frustrating them? Discover how God designed us uniquely to connect, grow, and thrive togethereven through our differences. Connecting Across Differences explores how God designed us with unique differences and how this can strengthen our personal and professional relationships when approached with empathy and grace. Using biblical wisdom and practical tools, James Borishade invites readers into a journey of self-discovery, relational growth, and healing through faith-based principles. He gives readers the tools needed to navigate conflicts and build deeper, more fulfilling connections in family, work, and beyond.Connecting Across Differences is a guide for fostering meaningful relationships in all areas of life, from friendships to work relationships to marriage and more. Rooted in the Bible, this book provides actionable advice that helps our differences strengthen our bonds rather than divide us. Whether you are seeking to grow personally, overcome challenging relational situations, or improve workplace dynamics, youll be equipped with a road map for better communication.Key Features: Put Biblical Wisdom into Practice: Discover Scripture-based insights and actionable tools for better daily communication. Master Communication Skills: Learn to communicate with intention in any setting such as your church, home, workplace, and more. Navigate Conflict with Grace: Gain skills to help avoid needless conflict in any kind of relationship. Connecting Across Differences reminds us that God designed our individuality not to separate us but to bring us together. This book is a treasure for Christians seeking to strengthen their connections with others while growing in empathy, grace, and understanding. Begin the transformation toward more meaningful communication and better relationships today!

A Sacred Invitation to Hope How can we live as people of hope in the midst of unmet longings, unanswered prayers, and seemingly unresolvable pain? Through sharing her personal story of deep loss, Hannah Miller King reflects on how the ancient Christian practice of Communion can reframe our grief by embedding it in a larger picture of gospel hope. Each chapter presents a way in which the Lords Supper makes the hope of the gospel tangible, reminding us of Gods present faithfulness and promise of future renewal. With its inviting tone and thoughtful reflections, Feasting on Hope provides solace for those seeking hope amid a world that is not yet restored.In Feasting on Hope, youll find Rich biblical insights made approachable for all readers A hopeful exploration of how we participate in Christs triumph An invitation to see yourself as a wanted guest of Gods hospitality Reflection questions for individuals and groups to foster thoughtful engagement Whether you are grappling with what seems like an endless search for peace, wrestling with unmet desires, or simply longing for a deeper connection with God and others, this book meets you with tender realism and abundant grace.Feasting on Hope invites you to the Communion table, where Gods people are formed into a family that is strong enough to hold sorrow inside of hope. Are you ready to take your place at the table?

Estructurado en tres partes:(1) los cristianos culturales en la era del Nuevo Testamento;(2) los cristianos culturales en tiempos de persecución;(3) los cristianos culturales en tiempos de Constantino y posteriores. Analiza las luchas de los primeros cristianos por mantenerse fieles a su fe en medio de un entorno grecorromano culturalmente poderoso. Aborda pecados culturales especificos, como la avaricia, la inmoralidad sexual, el nacionalismo cristiano y la falta de compasion por los pobres, mostrando como estos desafios eran comunes tanto en los tiempos de persecucion como en el periodo de privilegio imperial. Utiliza vividos estudios de casos, desde la historia de Ananias y Safira hasta los escritos de Agustin y el ascetismo de los Padres del Desierto, para ilustrar como los cristianos culturales navegaban la tension entre sus valores de fe y las expectativas sociales de su tiempo. Con un estilo accesible y una narrativa cautivadora, la autora logra conectar estos relatos antiguos con las luchas eticas y espirituales de los creyentes de hoy, ofreciendo una perspectiva critica y esperanzadora a la vez.Es el libro perfecto para redescubrir como el cristianismo primitivo puede transformar tu manera de seguir a Cristo hoy.

Between 1942-1945, England was transformed into the worlds largest aircraft carrier. From bases carved into the East Anglian countryside, American fliers waged war in the skies over Europe. Their strategic bombing campaign struck at the heart of Germany, but at a staggering cost to the young crews. This is an emotional and cultural history of the places known as the "Fields of Little America", exploring how vibrant communities evolved, shaped by the proximity of death and an intoxicating lust for life. In these enclaves, against a horrifying reality, these men toasted the future in the Officers Club and jived with village girls; planted gardens, played competitive baseball, and hosted childrens parties. Filled with stories heard for the first time, Hearn shows how the bases of the Eighth Air Force were transformed into homes, both in the rich material culture of the bases and in the imaginations of their occupants.

Why do women fight in wars? The short answer is simply that women, like men, fight because they must. The longer answer is inevitably more complex. Spanning an arc of over 2000 years, including examples from across the globe, Why Women Fight reveals the major themes that drive women to take up arms, examining them through the lives of individuals on the front lines. Busting the myth that female soldiers are a manifestation of modernity, the book begins in the ninth century BCE with Semiramis, a former milkmaid attributed with expanding the Babylonian empire, and concludes in 2024 with Tatyana, a former shop assistant who went on to command a Ukrainian Battalion of a thousand men. Incorporating extraordinary interviews with Marxist guerillas, resistance fighters, illegal paramilitaries, conscripts and regular volunteers, the book explores some of the myriad reasons that women across the ages have broken one of humanitys most fundamental taboos, to take up arms and fight for their kin, their ideas, their liberty, their lives

The exciting story of the queer talents, beats and personalities that have fantastically shaped the James Bond phenomenon in all its forms. Blending historical insight with new observations, interviews, understanding and exploration, Bond scholar Mark OConnell deftly examines the fascinating gay forces behind the openly straight 007.At a time when fierce debate rages about identity politics versus cultural visibility, what if the world of Bond and its diverse myriad of creators, artists and influences were already a fierce bastion of queer?Bond, Queer Bond is not just the fascinating story about how LGBTQ creativity, temperaments, battles, and voices stretched into Bond from the gay map pins of San Francisco, London, New York, Paris, and beyond. It is also a rich chronicle of rainbow artistry, fortitude and visibility featuring Commander Bond alongside some of the most iconic names and pivotal beats of all LGBTQ history.It is a distinctive, energetic, and original compendium about identity in pop culture, the difference between gay history and queer expression, and how the deceptively diverse Bond world has always operated alongside both.In Bond, Queer Bond what might begin as a thoughtful new dive into an adjacent world of 007 fast becomes a rich, colourful, compelling, and fun manifesto about the vital and varied queer DNA of a cultural icon.