Best Selling Books by Rick Boyer

Once “one nation under God,” America today is desperately sick. And the Church seems to have no answers. How can a nation so “churched” be so untouched by the Gospel? Why has “the Glory departed,” leaving a nation racked by political hatred, drug addiction, and shattered families? God, Caesar, and Idols asks these questions and calls the Church to seek God’s Word for answers. Too many Christians no longer make political choices on the basis of eternal truth, but instead make them on the basis of purely financial considerations. It’s time for the Church to break its addiction to humanistic, government schooling and instead “bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” This book challenges the Church to reject “cheap grace” and the easy temptation to be “tolerant” of society’s rebellion. We must again honor the authority of God’s Word and embrace the life-altering power available when we reject our cultural idols and proclaim “the whole counsel of God” without compromise. Armed with careful scriptural exegesis and supported by the words of great Christians from church history, God, Caesar, and Idols encourages the American Church to again “contend for the faith” in today’s culture—whatever the cost.

Build feature-rich, reliable Android Pie apps with the help of more than 100 proven industry standard recipes and strategies. Key FeaturesUncover the latest features in Android 9 Pie to make your applications stand outDevelop Android Pie applications with the latest mobile technologies, from set up to securityGet up-to-speed with Android Studio 3 and its impressive new featuresBook Description The Android OS has the largest installation base of any operating system in the world. There has never been a better time to learn Android development to write your own applications, or to make your own contributions to the open source community! With this extensively updated cookbook, you''ll find solutions for working with the user interfaces, multitouch gestures, location awareness, web services, and device features such as the phone, camera, and accelerometer. You also get useful steps on packaging your app for the Android Market. Each recipe provides a clear solution and sample code you can use in your project from the outset. Whether you are writing your first app or your hundredth, this is a book that you will come back to time and time again, with its many tips and tricks on the rich features of Android Pie. What you will learnDevelop applications using the latest Android framework while maintaining backward-compatibility with the support libraryCreate engaging applications using knowledge gained from recipes on graphics, animations, and multimediaWork through succinct steps on specifics that will help you complete your project fasterAdd location awareness to your own app with examples using the latest Google Play services APIUtilize Google Speech Recognition APIs for your appWho this book is for If you are new to Android development and want to take a hands-on approach to learning the framework, or if you are an experienced developer in need of clear working code to solve the many challenges in Android development, you will benefit from this book. Either way, this is a resource you''ll want to keep on your desk as a quick reference to help you solve new problems as you tackle more challenging projects.

When a dying old man and convicted drug smuggler whispers some rambling, seemingly meaningless phrases to Doc Adams, Doc is intrigued. In attempting to solve the puzzle, heencounters some very sinister characters.

Over 100 recipes to help you solve the most common problems faced by Android Developers today About This Book Find the answers to your common Android programming problems, from set up to security, to help you deliver better applications, faster Uncover the latest features of Android Marshmallow to make your applications stand out Get up to speed with Android Studio 1.4 - the first Android Studio based on the IntelliJ IDE from JetBrains Who This Book Is For If you are new to Android development and want to take a hands-on approach to learning the framework, or if you are an experienced developer in need of clear working code to solve the many challenges in Android development, you can benefit from this book. Either way, this is a resource you''ll want to keep at your desk for a quick reference to solve new problems as you tackle more challenging projects. What You Will Learn Along with Marshmallow, get hands-on working with Google''s new Android Studio IDE Develop applications using the latest Android framework while maintaining backward-compatibility with the support library Master Android programming best practices from the recipes Create exciting and engaging applications using knowledge gained from recipes on graphics, animations, and multimedia Work through succinct steps on specifics that will help you complete your project faster Keep your app responsive (and prevent ANRs) with examples on the AsynchTask class Utilize Google Speech Recognition APIs for your app. Make use of Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) to create Push Notifications for your users Get a better understanding of the Android framework through detailed explanations In Detail The Android OS has the largest installation base of any operating system in the world; there has never been a better time to learn Android development to write your own applications, or to make your own contributions to the open source community! This “cookbook” will make it easy for you to jump to a topic of interest and get what you need to implement the feature in your own application. If you are new to Android and learn best by “doing,” then this book will provide many topics of interest. Starting with the basics of Android development, we move on to more advanced concepts, and we''ll guide you through common tasks developers struggle to solve. The first few chapters cover the basics including Activities, Layouts, Widgets, and the Menu. From there, we cover fragments and data storage (including SQLite), device sensors, the camera, and GPS. Then we move on more advanced topics such as graphics and animation (including OpenGL), multi-threading with AsyncTask, and Internet functionality with Volley. We''ll also demonstrate Google Maps and Google Cloud Messaging (also known as Push Notifications) using the Google API Library. Finally, we''ll take a look at several online services designed especially for Android development. Take your application big-time with full Internet web services without having to become a server admin by leveraging the power of Backend as a Service (BaaS) providers. Style and approach This book progresses from the fundamentals of Android Development to more advanced concepts, with recipes to solve the most common problems faced by developers. This cookbook makes it easy to jump to specific topics of interest, where you''ll find simple steps to implement the solution and get a clear explanation of how it works.

"Boyer is up there with the best." The Boston Globe A Doc Adams Thriller, winner of the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel of the Year. First, a fishing trawler runs aground on the Massachusetts shore. Then a young scuba diver sent to investigate the wreck is found dead in the water. Doc Adams, a friend of the dead diver, sets out through the stormy seas and blood-flecked sands of Cape Cod to plumb a murder he should have prevented. There he uncovers a hidden treasure in illegal arms and is nearly killed in the process. Doc lets the world think he''s dead, the better to hunt for the killers of his friend. But if he makes a single mistake, he''ll be clam chowder.

"This is a book for young people. It was written because I believe young people are important and that they have a huge part in God’s plan for the future of America and the Church. In fact, you are the future, and a big part of the present, too." – Rick Boyer, The Learning Parent God is calling you to greatness. No excuses. Be ready to answer the call. As a young person, you have the chance to impact the future in a positive, godly way. The question is: "Are you ready for the challenge?" If you’re a believer in Jesus Christ, your calling is to change the world. All you need to get started is the desire to influence your country and church in a positive way. Home schooling and the strength of the Christian family is helping to produce the future leaders of our culture, those with the potential to lead decades of revival and national reformation. If you ignore the challenge, there is little hope for America. A lot depends on you. So, here is the challenge: Grow up. Now. Get busy. Take responsibility to change this world for God, because that’s exactly what He expects you to do. Your life matters, and God wants to make your life great. It won’t be easy, and reading this book, you may feel it’s being a little tough on you. There are high expectations and little allowance for excuses. Life isn’t easy, but strive to make it a worthy one. Pioneer missionary William Carey once said, "Attempt great things for God. Expect great things from God." "Take Back the Land is an important, landmark book for the homeschool movement. Written by homeschooling pioneer Rick Boyer, its message is aimed at the Joshua Generation whose special mission is nothing less than taking America back to its Christian roots. The author explains the meaning of this great mission and why he believes the Joshua Generation has been chosen by the Lord to carry it out." - Samuel Blumenfeld, columnist The New America "Take Back the Land is a call to young adults to get busy for the kingdom, to take the Word of God seriously and apply it in every area of life. Great exhortation to pray, seek wise counsel and act! Filled with ways that young adults can make an impact on the world that God created. Well done Mr. Boyer! Well done!” - Corey Cheney, Christian Home Educators of Colorado and Homeschool Update Magazine

The first case is history. That''s the famous trial of Sacco and Vanzetti, Boston''s pair of immigrant anarchists executed for a murder many still say they never committed. The second case makes history -- at least for Doc Adams. John Robinson, Doc''s handsome, generous friend, has been found dead, his body curiously unmarked. And two of the killer''s fingers are discovered lodged in the jaws of Robinson''s similarly dispatched guard dog. Between the seemingly unrelated cases, generations apart, lies a critical and hazardous link that will introduce Doc to the best-kept scandals of Boston''s first families and to the Mafia strongholds of the colorful North End.

This fifth sensational entry in the Doc Adams series finds the orthodontist detective looking for clues to clear his son of murder charges when a friend is found dead in the Adamses'' summer cottage. Doc knows his son is innocent, and now he has to prove it.

"The action doesn''t slow down until the tank is good and empty." The New York Times Book Review It begins with motorcycles. Four vintage Harleys carefully hidden in the barn of Doc Adams''s newly purchased farm. Doc, a cycle enthusiast, finds it hard to believe that anyone could abandon such beautiful bikes. And sure enough, the rightful owners soon turn up -- butchered and buried at the edge of his property! Then the sister of one of the victims comes to call and tells Doc that only one man could have done the deed -- a knife-wielding psychopath named Buddy, feared even by the motorcycle gangs. There''s only one problem with this theory -- Buddy''s skeleton was among the remains found at the site of the slaughter. Or was it?

Oral surgeon and sleuth Doc Adams--whose first adventure won an Edgar Award--braces for more action! He thought he had been asked to find a Vietnam vet''s gold statuette, acquired during the war. He had not been told about the murderous LURPs who might have stolen it!

Doc Adams was sitting quietly in his backyard when one of his cats showed up, violently ill. It seemed she had been shot by a pellet covered with radioactive thallium--a poison preferred by the KGB! "An appealing blend of charm and derring-do".--Kirkus Reviews.

A Doc Adams Mystery. Doc''s old medical school chum and one-time drinking buddy, Jonathan Randolph, calls up one cold January night to invite Doc to pay him a visit on Cape Cod. Not long after the awkward reunion, Doc''s presence is once again requested -- at an autopsy. A man has been found shot to death next door to where Doc and Jonathan met. Doc immediately recognizes the dead man as George Brenner, another friend from the past. And Randolph has disappeared without a trace. Is Doc''s old friend the murderer . . . or the next victim?

Rick shares seven biblical functions of the father and shows how they apply in home education.

When Rick and Marilyn Boyer began homeschooling 16 years ago, they didn''t know what they were getting into. Now they share what they have learned through their experiences. They believe that learning is a natural function that can happen better at home than anywhere else. As the authors will show, ordinary parents can produce extraordinary children.

A humorous yet informed view of the African safari experience is evoked in Rick Boyer''s foray into creative nonfiction. An autobiographical look at the myth of the Great White Hunter, this tale provides an insightful look into the meeting of two cultures that has become big business—the safari as a subculture within Africa''s vast expanse of uninhabited land. Providing a broader understanding of the environment and politics of Africa, the self-deprecating tale presents a keen depiction of the African landscape and the people met on the way to a final showdown with a Cape buffalo.

This Biographies of the Revolution (Teacher Guide) contains materials for use with the The Fight for Freedom (Student) Teacher GuideWeekly Lesson ScheduleStudent WorksheetsQuizzes & TestAnswer Key4th - 6th grade1 Year History Features: Each suggested weekly schedule has two easy-to-manage lessons that combine reading, worksheets, and vocabulary-building opportunities. Worksheets, quizzes, and tests are perforated and three-hole punched — materials are easy to tear out, hand out, grade, and store. Adjust the schedule and materials needed to best work within your educational program. Space is given for assignments dates. There is flexibility in scheduling. Adapt the days to your school schedule. Workflow: Students will read the pages in their book and then complete each section of the Teacher Guide. They should be encouraged to complete as many of the activities and projects as possible as well. Tests are given at regular intervals with space to record each grade. If used with younger students, they may be given the option of only choosing activities or projects of interest to them and taking open book tests. Lesson Scheduling: Space is given for assignment dates. There is flexibility in scheduling. For example, the parent may opt for a M–W schedule rather than a M, W, F schedule. Each week listed has four to five days. Adapt the days to your school schedule. As the student completes each assignment, he/she should put an “X” in the box.

"Watch as American history comes to life in full color for young patriots! In simple, entertaining story form, students are introduced to the leaders, the causes, and the challenges of the Revolutionary War. The adventures of statesmen, soldiers, sailors, spies, and Native American fighters illustrate how God worked both naturally and supernaturally to build a free nation out of 13 scattered English colonies."--Page [4] of cover.

When Doc Adams buys a purse adorned with genuine carved ivory for his wife Mary, he unknowingly purchases a ticket into the underworld of modern-day piracy. In this case, the treasure is the precious ivory of endangered elephants and walruses, and the plunderers are part of a ruthless multimillion dollar international poaching operation. When Mary''s sharp eye detects that the ivory on her purse is ill-gotten, U.S. Fish and Wildlife agents deputize her to help carry out a sting operation. But while Mary plays a dangerous secret-agent game, Doc finds himself fingered as the prime suspect in the murder of an illicit ivory dealer, and becomes the prime target of the smugglers'' most murderous henchmen . . . . "Boyer is up there with the best: the Parkers, the Higginses, and the Macdonalds." -- The Boston Globe

This Timeline of the Revolution (Teacher Guide) contains materials for use with the America''s Struggle to Become a Nation (Student) Teacher GuideWeekly Lesson ScheduleStudent WorksheetsQuizzes & TestAnswer Key4th - 6th grade1 Year History Features: Each suggested weekly schedule has two easy-to-manage lessons that combine reading, worksheets, and vocabulary-building opportunities. Worksheets, quizzes, and tests are perforated and three-hole punched — materials are easy to tear out, hand out, grade, and store. Adjust the schedule and materials needed to best work within your educational program. Space is given for assignments dates. There is flexibility in scheduling. Adapt the days to your school schedule. Workflow: Students will read the pages in their book and then complete each section of the Teacher Guide. They should be encouraged to complete as many of the activities and projects as possible as well. Tests are given at regular intervals with space to record each grade. If used with younger students, they may be given the option of only choosing activities or projects of interest to them and taking open book tests. Lesson Scheduling: Space is given for assignment dates. There is flexibility in scheduling. For example, the parent may opt for a M–W schedule rather than a M, W, F schedule. Each week listed has four to five days. Adapt the days to your school schedule. As the student completes each assignment, he/she should put an “X” in the box.

Saviez-vous que la pantoufle persane dans laquelle Sherlock Holmes rangeait son tabac fut l''objet de la convoitise d''une fétichiste unijambiste ? Et que Sherlock Holmes et Watson avaient dû quitter un temps leur mythique logement de Baker Street à la demande de Mme Hudson ? Autre fait inconnu à ce jour et révélé par notre expert : Holmes a fait du trapèze dans un cirque pour combattre le " Houdou ". Vous saviez en revanche que le célèbre détective pratiquait le violon, mais n''imaginiez pas que la musique pouvait tuer.

Edgar Allen Poe Award winner Rick Boyer has been described as the only writer of Sherlock Holmes stories today worth reading! This book contains four exhilarating detection tales featuring the master of all detectives, Mr. Sherlock Holmes of Baker Street, London with his erstwhile sidekick, Dr. Watson. Guaranteed to please any Holmes fan.

"As the parents of fourteen children, Rick, Marilyn Boyer have plenty of experence.. experience in parenting & character building, that is. In fun projects for hands-on character building they show you ideas, programs and projects that build character traits like obedrence, self-acceptance, a forgiving spirit, meekness, an inner hunger for righteasness, and a strong testimony.. traits that every one of us would like our children to exhibit. The projects are fun to do and will create many precious memories that will last a lifetime as you work, learn, and play together."

The author presents a cogent and insightful evaluation of the effects of the age segregation and peer socialization models found in schools and churches. He examines the myths we have accepted about peer socialization and details the effects such socialization has had on our children. The Socialization Trap is an excellent resource for all families, not just homeschooling ones, who want to understand and counteract the effects of peer socialization.

Train your children in the wisdom of the Proverbs. The workbook contains short-answer questions, example stories, fun quizzes, coloring pages and applicable questions teaching 15 character types found in the Book of Proverbs. --Back cover.

Buck Gentry is a wildlife officer. When he breaks up a dogfight and the money disappears, trouble comes looking for him. Meanwhile a serial killer is leaving his victims in parks.