Most Popular Books by John Savage

The secret to leadership and transformation of a group--or of another person--is the quality of the relationship one person has with another. The effective group leader or counselor will be the person who learns how to listen to other people. By studying and employing listening skills, church leaders will engage others more compassionately, allowing them to feel that their needs are being met. These skills can be used with persons who are terminally ill, inactive at church, going through a divorce, in a family with a severely ill person, unemployed, seeking a new church, grieving, traumatized by catastrophe, going through teenage adolescence, in marriage counseling, or leading a ministry team. John Savage offers eleven specific and teachable listening skills for improving relationships among those who do ministry in small-group settings or when offering counsel to others. The skills are taught through oral exercises and unfailingly helpful examples from actual congregational situations. The skills include paraphrasing, productive questions, perception check, expression of feelings and emotions, fogging, negative inquiry, behavior description, and story listening.

ufeffCryptocurrency: Riding the Final Wave! is a book that will take you on a journey of understanding the real importance of blockchain and the cryptocurrency being created as a driving force into the fast approaching digital age we are going to be living in. This book is for both beginners and seasoned investors who are looking to learn more about cryptocurrencies, how they are going to revolutionize every aspect of our society, and how they are creating opportunity for anyone around the world to become potentially wealthy and experience true financial freedom. Dive in, learn, and gain new insights about this driving force of the new digital age.

Guidance, inspiration, and practical tools to deepen your relationship with God. To increase your faith, love, and commitment to God, you must: know your own story, pray deeply, simplify your desires, face your challenges, and expand your understanding through learning and service to others. Practicing these five steps, as described by John Savage, will help you face difficult times and find meaning in your life journey. In this book, Dr. John Savage also provides reproducible pages to help you develop your personal spiritual development plan.

"Eagles In The Midst," is more than just a book to encourage and inspire you. This book is about your identity, and how you are not the sum total of challenges, setbacks or problems in your life. Your life is about something greater, something more. You are the "more," the hope in someone else''s life. Your life has value not only for yourself, but also for others. There is someone else in the world who cannot overcome if you don''t overcome. Just like the great Bald Eagle, there is a time when they actually go through a wilderness period that literally becomes a matter of life or death, spiritually and physically. You are like an eagle, created to soar above the betrayal, pain, and rejection you''ve experienced. You are greater than what you have seen, you are more the what you''ve done, and your value is far beyond anything you have experienced in life.

Groovy Programming is an introduction to the Java-based scripting language Groovy. Groovy has much in common with popular scripting languages such as Perl, Python, and Ruby, but is written in a Java-like syntax. And, unlike these other languages, Groovy is sanctioned by the Java community for use on the Java platform. Since it is based on Java, applications written in Groovy can make full use of the Java Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs). This means Groovy can integrate seamlessly with applications written in Java, while avoiding the complexities of the full Java language. This bare-bones structure also means Groovy can be used as an introduction to Java and to programming in general. Its simpler constructions and modern origins make it ideal as a first language and for introducing principles such as object-oriented programming.This book introduces all the major aspects of Groovy development and emphasizes Groovy''s potential as a learning tool. Case studies and exercises are included, along with numerous programming examples. The book begins assuming only a general familiarity with Java programming, and progresses to discuss advanced topics such as GUI builders, Groovlets, Unit Testing, and Groovy SQL. - The first comprehensive book on Groovy programming that shows how writing applications and scripts for the Java platform is fast and easy - Written by leading software engineers and acclaimed computing instructors - Offers numerous programming examples, code samples, detailed case studies, exercises for self-study, and a companion website with a Windows-based Groovy editor

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.