Best Selling Books by Paul Kent

These 180 devotions will help you successfully maneuver through the often awkward, difficult, embarrassing, confusing, frustrating teen years. "Survival guides" for teens are nothing new. . .but this much-needed book is unique. Rather than approach the topics from a secular worldview, The Devotional Survival Guide for Teen Guys tackles issues with practical truth and guidance--all from God''s Word. Every devotion includes a related scripture and prayer starter to help you develop the habit of daily quiet time with God. A topical index is also included for ease of use. With each turn of the page, you will be equipped to approach difficult issues with wisdom and confidence. . .and you''ll be challenged to grow up God''s way! This devotional guide is a must-read as you navigate the complexities of growing up. Features: 180 Biblically Rooted Devotions and Prayers Relatable, Real-Life Wisdom on Every Page Readings Touch on Themes like Social Media Habits, Setting Healthy Boundaries, Being Resilient and Courageous, Self-Control, Mental Health, Dating, and More Overflowing with Practical Truth, Guidance, Encouragement, and Inspiration Bonus Topical Index for Ease of Use

Get more from your personal Bible time by understanding the meaning and story behind some 3,100 Bible names, featuring both people and places! Covering more than 2,000 people names (some 3,400 individuals) and 1,100 place names--every proper name in scripture--The Complete People and Places of the Bible provides the number of times each name is mentioned, the meaning of the name, a description of the person or place, and the first, last, and key references--chapter and verse--for further study. The Complete People and Places of the Bible is perfect for personal Bible study, Sunday school or small group preparation, or just fascinating pleasure reading.

Imagine a television quiz show where all the questions come directly from the Bible--from "Abel" and "Also Known As" to "Z Inside" and "Zion."

Here''s Bible trivia to challenge your memory and your skills of deduction! This book features two kinds of questions--matching and "connect the thoughts."

The Bible is an amazing reading experience

Michel de Montaigne wrote his Essais in France in the 16th century, and since then no-one has surpassed his skill at supposition, irony and enquiry. Now ex-BBC and Oneword Radio producer Paul Kent takes on his hero''s mantle to speculate on what Montaigne might have made of the modern world. While introducing the general reader to the works and approach of the great man, Kent takes the opportunity to look at modern phenomena - everything from alcohol and celebrity culture to government, sport and the arts - and to give them all the same quizzical, self-deprecating analysis that Montaigne himself might well have done. What sets Montaigne''s 107 essays apart from just about any others past or present is their creator''s open-mindedness and the breadth of subject matter he addresses: ''I enter into discussion and argument with great freedom and ease, '' he wrote. ''No propositions astonish me, no belief offends me, whatever contrast it offers to my own. There is no fancy so frivolous and so extravagant that it does not seem to me quite suitable to the production of the human mind.A '' With that objective in mind, Kent sets out to examine the modern world through the eyes of perhaps the finest essayist of all tim

This is Jolly old Fame is the first volume in a three-volume biography on the lives and works of comic writer P.G. Wodehouse, and explores the origin of his comic vision

Transform Your Business with a Data-Driven Mind! It''s time to face the truth: Despite massive investments in data systems, business leaders still rely too much on their gut to make crucial decisions. The result? Inefficiency, mediocrity, disorganization, and stagnation. What''s worse? They don''t even realize what they''re missing! As founder and CEO of The Data Group, Paul Graeve-aka Data Coach Gravy-has made it his job to ensure any company can own their data by first truly understanding it, and then using it for all it''s worth. But he knows it begins with business leaders who too often feel they just aren''t "data savvy." In Data-Driven Leader, Coach Gravy applies his nearly two decades in data management, analysis, and implementation to empower any leader to create a DDB-a data-driven business. He shows that no one needs to be a "data scientist" to build an OTTER, a robust data warehouse that unifies teams and empowers every part of a business. From there, he will provide you valuable decision-making strategies built on the concepts of truth and accountability. Leaders will learn how to: Fortify an OTTER with a multi-tiered system of raw, clean, and usable data Utilize Alerts, Analytics, Portals, Integrations, and AI as problem-solving "power tools" Track progress with clear ROI metrics Ensure equal access to resources across all management levels Reach Level 5 leadership through mentoring others Data Coach Gravy knows that every great decision starts with the truth-and the truth starts with your data! Live by this principle, and you too can leave a data-driven legacy.

In both Classical Greek and Latin, there were two and only two sets of personal inflectional endings. Each and every finite verb in Classical Greek and Latin was unconditionally conjugated by using one or the other of these two sets of inflectional personal endings. There were no verbs which were not conjugated in this manner, nor was there ever a third alternative. The Greek and Roman grammarians (Thracians) not only understood this, but they also understood that these two distinct sets of inflectional personal endings represented the very same categories in both languages. For some strange and inexplicable reason those grammarians coming after the Greeks and Romans (non-Thracians) took it upon themselves to take the form of the verb túptomai which was unanimously regarded as the passive form of the verb in Greek and relabeled it the "middle" form of the verb. They did this moreover without changing the labels in Latin. So, in effect, they took a single morphological category "passive" and reinvented it as two separate categories, namely the "middle" and the "passive". In non-Thracian linguistics, changing labels entails changing reality at the same time and thus they were forced to reinvent the Latin language without a middle voice. In non-Thracian linguistics this is simply a matter of making claims such as the following: "In Latin ... the old middle voice ''became'' a passive, i.e., was used only in passive functions, while intransitive (/stative) functions were expressed by other morphological means" (Hock 1991: 348). "This active: middle semantic contrast, such as it is, was retained for longer in Greek than in Sanskrit and is totally absent in Latin" (Lightfoot 1979: 241).Then all one needs to do is to repeat such claims three times and they automatically become facts; from there the Woozle effect takes over: "The Woozle effect, also known as evidence by citation, or a woozle, occurs when frequent citation of previous publications that lack evidence misleads individuals, groups, and the public into thinking or believing there is evidence, and nonfacts become urban myths and factoids" (Google).The purpose of this book is threefold: (í) to demonstrate that the set of personal inflectional endings labeled ''passive'' in Latin represents the very same category as that expressed by the set of endings labeled ''middle'' in Classical Greek, (ii) to present an investigation of all five (sic!) grammatical voices recognized by the Roman grammarians - Palaemon (Keil v: 542.26-27): "And now the principle verbs are actives, pas-sives, neuters, commons, and deponents."Donatus (Keil iv: 383.1-2): "The classes (genera) of verbs, which are called to-kens (significationes) by others, are five: actives, passives, neuters, deponents, and commons."Servius (Keil iv: 413.35-36): "Of verbs there are five classes (genera): actives, passives, neuters, commons, and deponents."Audax (Keil vii: 346.6-7): "How many classes (genera) of verbs are there? Five, that is: active, passive, neuter, common, and deponent."Pompeius (Keil v:227.3): "The classes (genera) of verbs are these: actives, pas-sives, neuters, commons, and deponents."Consentius (Keil v: 367.14-16): "The classes (genera) or tokens (significationes) are five: active as lego scribo, passive as legor scribor, neuter as sto curro, depo-nent as loquor luctor, and common as consolor criminor." -and (iii) to continue the research within Thracian linguistics in order to discover at least two more morphological means of expressing the middle voice in Latin. This will include a form of the verb in Latin corresponding to the so-called ''aorist passive'' in Classical Greek which had nothing at all to do with the aorist and is conjugated unconditionally for the active voice.

This is yet another investigation of grammatical voice in Classical Greek, but this time with a twist and a chaser. It will be based on empirical evidence collected from 44 original Classical Greek texts by 15 different authors. As such, the results of this investigation could not be any clearer: after decades of intensive research by generations of modern linguists, no one has even come close to scratching the surface of grammatical voice in Classical Greek. This is particularly disappointing, since Classical Greek was the very first language for which the category grammatical voice was established and one would expect this language, among all others, to be the most researched. It is furthermore rather disappointing that, as far as we can determine, not a single modern linguist has ever actually read what Thrax wrote about grammatical voice in Classical Greek, what the later Greek grammarians wrote, much of which represented commentaries on Thrax, and what the Roman grammarians wrote about grammatical voice in Latin. Our investigation revealed at least 6 distinct morphological means of expressing grammatical voice as well as numerous ways grammatical voice is combined and exploited in Classical Greek. But perhaps the most important result of our investigation was the discovery of 24 distinct grammatical expressions (syntactic constructions) that can have the sense of the passive, 9 of which were main clause constructions, 11 were subordinate clause constructions and 4 were nominalizations. More interesting was the discovery that in 14 of these expressions grammatical voice was morphologically expressed twice. Yet, there is no empirically valid evidence nor scientifically and logically sound argument that could possibly support the contention of their being passive morphology in the Classical Greek language.

Here''s a fun and fascinating book of twenty, six-question quizzes for 6-10-year-olds. Each quiz starts easy, with questions from the most familiar stories, then gets progressively harder.

For each of 66 names and attributes of Jesus, you''ll find a ten-word summary, a longer description, a listing of key verses, and a practical application.

Don''t ever think the Bible''s boring. . .it''s packed with amazing, mysterious stories--exactly the kind of wonders you''ll find in Bible Curiosities. This fully illustrated guide to the amazing, odd, and shocking stories of scripture contains almost five dozen informative, intriguing, often humorously written entries. Find out more about the Bible''s "Terminator". . .the other Noah. . .the "lost letter" of Paul. . .bad apples on Jesus'' family tree. . .the mysterious death of Judas Iscariot. . .and much, much more. Appropriate for readers from junior high and up, Bible Curiosities promises entertainment, education, and edification--as every amazing story in scripture points us back to God''s power and love.

Fun multiple-choice quizzes based on familiar Bible stories that are challenging and entertaining for kids ages 6 to 10.

Since 2008, Know Your Bible has sold more than three million copies--now it''s available in large print! Still concise and easy to understand, it provides clear, memorable overviews of all 66 books.