New Releases by Steve Case

It''s alive. Oh God, it''s alive. Can a monster pray? The creature invented by Mary Shelley was not the shambling mumbling monster from the movies (apologies to Mr. Karloff). Shelley''s creature learned to reason and speak with his ear to the cabin wall of a family who lived in the woods. He learned to read when he discovered a leather satchel full of books in that same forest. What if one of those books was a Bible? He had no memories, no sense of identity, and his only understanding of people came when they ran screaming from his face. How would this creature understand the word "father?" How would he comprehend "creator?" How would Frankenstein''s monster pray? Wouldn''t this being of rage and pity ask all the same questions of God that we do? Who am I? What is my purpose? Do you love me? How can you possibly love me? Imagine unearthing a collection prayers written by the monster and somehow hidden behind the wall of a rectory in England. The Frankenstein Book of Prayer follows Shelley''s original tale and invites us into the soul of one of literature''s most tragic and misunderstood characters.

Steve Case, New York Times bestselling author of The Third Wave and cofounder of America Online shows how entrepreneurs across the country are building groundbreaking companies, renewing communities, and creating new jobs—reimagining the American landscape “and [giving] us hope for America’s future” (Ken Burns). In 2014, Steve Case launched Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, an initiative to accelerate the growth of tech startups across the country. Rise of the Rest is based on a simple idea: cities can be renewed and rise again if they develop a vibrant startup culture. A visionary entrepreneur himself, Case believes that great entrepreneurs can be found anywhere, and can thrive with the proper support and investment. In fact, they’re key to the American DNA. After all, America itself was a startup. It struggled to get going and almost didn’t make it. Today it’s the leader of the free world, in part because it has the world’s largest economy—a testament to several generations of pioneering entrepreneurs. But America needs help keeping its promises, as it is harder today for innovators who live outside the major tech hubs. For most of the past decade, seventy-five percent of venture capital has gone to just three states—California, New York, and Massachusetts—while the forty-seven states making up the rest of the country have been forced to share the remaining twenty-five percent. And it’s even harder for some people no matter where they live. Less than ten percent of venture capital currently goes to female founders, and less than one percent to Black founders. Since new companies—startups—are responsible for net new job creation, it is essential that entrepreneurs everywhere have the opportunity to start and scale companies. Rise of the Rest is about leveling the playing field for everybody, and in the process creating opportunity and jobs for the people and places that have been left behind. This book tells that story and provides a hopeful perspective on the future of America. In The Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream, Case takes readers on an exhilarating journey into the startup communities that are transforming cities nationwide. Rise of the Rest’s signature road trips, on a big red tour bus, have created significant local and national buzz and spotlighted communities large and small that have committed to a new tech-enabled future. Along the way, Case introduces readers to dozens of entrepreneurs whose inspirational stories of struggle and achievement match the most iconic examples of American invention. To date, Case has traveled to forty-three cities on his Rise of the Rest bus tour and has been featured on 60 Minutes, and in The New York Times, USA TODAY, Fast Company, and The Wall Street Journal. With dedicated venture funds, backed by an iconic group of investors, executives, and entrepreneurs including Jeff Bezos, Eric Schmidt, Meg Whitman, John Doerr, Sara Blakely, and Ray Dalio, Rise of the Rest also invests in the most promising high-growth startups located anywhere in the US outside of Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston. The fund has invested in more than 175 companies across more than eighty cities, including: Phoenix, Chattanooga, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Louisville, Baltimore, Columbus, St. Louis, Green Bay, Madison, Buffalo, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Cincinnati, Miami, Dallas, Salt Lake City, Omaha, Atlanta, Pittsburgh, Nashville, Indianapolis, New Orleans, and dozens of others.

You know that perfect feeling? That Life-Is-Good moment on the open highway with the windows down and the radio up, when the perfect song comes on, and you sing along with carefree, top of your lungs abandon? When joy and contentment and life well up from somewhere deep in your soul? What if you could live that way? A seventeenth-century monk named Brother Lawrence figured out how, and wrote about it in the devotional classic, The Practice of the Presence of God. He found a way to connect with God moment by moment, to experience the joy of his divine presence every minute of every day—whether during deep, contemplative prayer or while washing a sink full of dishes. In God Is Here, Steve Case unearths that seventeenth-century wisdom and remixes it into a twenty-first-century guide to everyday life. With modern, thought-provoking essays drawn from Brother Lawrence’s original writings, God Is Here shows you how to connect with a God who’s always available. God is here. Connect.

"The Oxford Textbook on Criminology has been developed by a team of experts to equip you with the knowledge, confidence, skills, and enthusiasm you need to achieve your full potential as a criminologist."--Back cover.

A straight-to-the-point, honest-as-hell grief recovery handbook, offering a refreshingly honest approach to healing, empowering you to navigate your journey without the fluff and generic advice. Embrace the concept of radical honesty with a raw and unfiltered perspective on the grieving process. From acknowledging the messy and complex nature of grief to exploring unconventional methods for healing, this book is your partner in reclaiming your emotional well-being and mental health. Features: Unflinching Approach: Break free from societal norms and discover a guide that encourages you to embrace your grief honestly, without judgment or platitudes. Actionable Strategies: Navigate your unique grief journey with confidence using practical techniques, exercises, and thought-provoking prompts. Authentic Healing: Explore unconventional methods that resonate with you personally, fostering true healing and emotional growth. Empowerment: Reclaim control over your emotions, allowing yourself to feel deeply and process grief in your own way and at your own pace. Step away from the conventional and embark on a transformative journey toward healing, resilience, and renewed hope. Also check out the companion Hardcore Grief Recovery Workbook for journaling your way through grief.

A grief journal that tells you it''s ok to not be ok and will never say "it all happens for a reason" While everyone else is telling you it all "happens for a reason," the Hardcore Grief Recovery: F**k Death Workbook will give you the truth: this is going to feel like sh*t. Grief is a long, and difficult journey, but it doesn''t have to last forever. This journal is the friend you need to heal through your grief--the kind of friend who stops the pitying hugs and screams "f*ck this" right by your side. With honest-as-hell challenges for each of the five stages of grief, you''ll learn to heal through your pain, even when that means tearing out pages and making a mess along the way. A grief book that tackles things head-on with prompts that ask you to: THINK: True or False, Would You Rather, and ranking questions are easy ways to examine your emotions, even if you''re not the touchy-feely type DO: the stages of grief may not be a to-do list, but you can still check off some tasks and activities and fight off feelings of powerlessness JOURNAL: reflect on the life of the person you loved and the experiences you''ve been having throughout your grief journey Hardcore Grief Recovery: F**k Death Workbook is here to help you give grief the middle finger. With a little guidance, you can pick yourself up, dust off, and heal without the bullsh*t.

Most people don''t know, just prior to his career as an itinerant minister Jesus took a shot a sketch comedy. Long before Abbot and Costello or the Pythons or any of those people on Saturday Night Live-there was Scott and Jesus, traveling around Jerusalem playing wedding receptions and open-mic nights...

Bible studies based on key themes or topics in the Book of Revelation. These are designed to be follow-up studies for the Revelation 101 seminar: Finding Jesus in the Book of Revelation.

Por milhares de anos, os seres humanos têm procurado se conectar com o divino. Como pode o natural tocar o sobrenatural? Ou deveríamos fazer a pergunta oposta - como Deus pode Se conectar a nós? Este livro propõe que isso pode acontecer e que realmente continua acontecendo. Quando eu era jovem, chegou um momento em que tive que escolher por mim mesmo se Deus seria, ou não, o meu Deus. As pessoas sempre tiveram que fazer essa escolha ao longo da história deste mundo. Mesmo aqueles que crescem em um ambiente religioso têm que decidir, em algum momento, se vão considerar Deus um Ser pessoal ou meramente cultural; um Deus verdadeiro ou uma fraude. Assim como o vinho novo precisa de odres novos, cada pessoa e cada geração deve descobrir Deus novamente. E quando Deus Se torna real, a vida muda, pelo menos em alguns aspectos. Parece que a epifania marca a fronteira do território desconhecido. Muitas vezes precisamos de novos termos, novas músicas e novos textos para o novo tempo. Embora Deus nunca tenha Se limitado ao cristianismo, o leitor verá rapidamente que eu igualo Jesus Cristo a Deus e digo que a conexão com Jesus conecta a pessoa a Deus. Este livro baseia-se unicamente na Bíblia como fonte de autoridade, apesar de eu não tentar provar a validade da Bíblia. Cito a Bíblia inúmeras vezes e me refiro a outras histórias e afirmações bíblicas. Você encontrará o capítulo e versículo nas notas no final de cada capítulo, listados pela ordem como aparecem neste livro. Tenho usado traduções e paráfrases livremente, pois o mesmo Deus que inspirou os escritores da Bíblia continua a atuar quando uma pessoa lê não apenas o texto original em hebraico ou grego, mas também as tentativas do tradutor de comunicar Deus de todas as formas. Escrevi este livro para estabelecer e construir sua conexão com Deus. À medida que isso acontece, eu digo: "Louvado seja Deus!" e "Que legal!" Quando isso não acontece, eu digo: "Sinto muito" e "Continue buscando". Afinal de contas, Deus continua buscando uma conexão com você! Steve Case

A principios de la década de los 90, Steve Case fundó la empresa America On Line (AOL), que brindaba acceso telefónico a Internet. La empresa fue clave en la masificación del uso de Internet y gracias a ello tuvo un crecimiento explosivo en la década de 1990, hasta que se fusionó con Time Warner poco antes de que explotara la burbuja del “punto com” en 2001.Esa fue, para Case, la primera ola de Internet. La segunda ola fue la del crecimiento de las redes sociales que abarca hasta el 2016. A partir de ahora, según el autor, viene la tercera ola que es la de Internet de todas las cosas. Una era que necesitará un tipo de emprendedor y de empresa similar a las de la primera ola, especialmente en cuanto a su necesaria coordinación con otras empresas y con los gobiernos.

The #1 New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller from Steve Case—the co-founder of AOL—presents “a compelling roadmap for the future…that can help us make sense of the technological changes reshaping our economy and the world. A fascinating read” (Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook COO and founder of LeanIn.org). Steve Case—a pioneer who made the Internet part of everyday life—was on the leading edge of a revolution in 1985 when he co-founded AOL, the first Internet company to go public and the most successful business of the 1990s. Back then Case was an entrepreneur in an industry that hadn’t really been invented yet, but he had a sense how dramatically the Internet would transform business and society. In The Third Wave, he uses his insights garnered from nearly four decades of working as an innovator, investor, and businessman to argue the importance of entrepreneurship and to chart a path for future innovators. We are entering, as Case explains, the “Third Wave” of the Internet. The first wave saw AOL and other companies lay the foundation for consumers to connect to the Internet. The second wave saw companies like Google and Facebook build on top of the Internet to create search and social networking capabilities, while apps like Snapchat and Instagram leveraged the smartphone revolution. Now, Case argues, we’re entering the Third Wave: a period in which entrepreneurs will vastly transform major “real world” sectors such as health, education, transportation, energy, and food—and in the process change the way we live our daily lives. Part memoir, part manifesto, and part playbook for the future, The Third Wave explains the ways in which newly emerging technology companies will have to rethink their relationships with customers, with competitors, and with governments; and offers advice for how entrepreneurs can make winning business decisions and strategies—and how all of us can make sense of this ever-changing digital age.

If you think classics like Ker-Plunk(tm) and Candy Land(tm) are just for the Sunday school supply closet, think again. Steve Case has taken childhood favorites like these and transformed them into exciting crowd-breakers and main events that can lead to transformative conversations about life and faith. Each of these 24 games includes set-up instructions, a supply list, and rules of play; but more importantly each comes with a set of discussion questions to take players beyond the laughter and fun and into deeper truths.

Commentary on the Book of Revelation

Steven Case shares tried-and-true ideas for youth ministry in his latest book, "52 Ways to Ignite Your Congregation: Youth Ministry." Youth ministers, pastors, Christian educators, and all called to minister with youth in progressive churches will be amazed at how these concepts will breathe new life into their youth ministry programs. These are fifty-two very practical ways to make youth ministry come alive in your congregation.

The gospel of John presents wonderful stories about Jesus Christ. And 1 John contains many quotable verses that encourage faith, hope, and love. How could the same author write the book of Revelation? The enigmatic symbols, fearsome beasts, violence and destruction and apostasy seem so different from John''s Christ-centered writings. But the book of Revelation begins with the claim and promise, "The revelation of Jesus Christ . . ." This booklet presents seven keys for finding Jesus in the book of Revelation. The first four keys apply to any passage of the Bible. The last three relate specifically to the book of Revelation. This booklet provides the keys for a fresh look for finding Jesus in the book of Revelation.

Being a steward is about how you live your life and express your values to others. Faithful followers of Jesus live shalom by living in harmony with others and the world. We are called to live as generous creatures created by a generous God who shares responsibility with us for all creation ? to live stewardship. Older youth (ages 15-19) have growing experiences of faith and practice, but often have entered a time of exploration: sexuality and life commitments, discovered talents, and a faith vocabulary. They eagerly explore and become more practiced in the disciplines of faith practices. Practicing our faith is a lifelong process. When completed, this series will offer 24 practices in 10 different life settings.

"Mission Lifeguard is about saving lives. It''s about church people connecting with young people who are drowning or mising. It''s about connecting young people wiht Jesus the ''abundant life giver''." -- p. 4.

This fascinating selection of more than 180 photographs traces some of the many ways in which Sturminster Newton has changed and developed over the last century.

Pastor Steve has put his condensed wisdom into this book, along with some killer ideas, such as surfer theology, forgiveness abuse, and hypocrite hospitals. Sometimes he doesn''t give answers, but tells you how to figure it out.So what''s your question? It''s probably here already. How can I know God personally? What if I have an up-and-down relationship with God? How should I keep the Sabbath? Did Jesus have girl problems? What on earth will we do in heaven? What about women ministers?What''s wrong with dancing . . . the theater . . . Christian rock . . . jewelry . . . drinking . . . incense? Holy amnesia! Does Jesus really forget our sins when He forgives us? How can I know I''m going to heaven and not hell?If you are banging up against the hard parts of life, or in need of a spiritual checkup, or if you''re just curious, this book is for you.