In this Christian women’s fiction novel, a husband’s affair forces a wife to question their relationship and wonder if their marriage can be saved. After a nine‑month separation from her husband, Michael, Alyce escapes to the beach. She is processing her pending identity as a divorced woman, although divorce goes completely against her faith and her belief in “for better or for worse.” Parts of Alyce she long thought dormant begin to awake. On her first day at the beach, she meets Ben, and they strike up an unexpected and surprising friendship. Alyce also soon develops a newly defined relationship with God and finds peace with her circumstances. Michael, meanwhile, is confronting his own life choices. When he decides he wants his wife and his life back to “normal,” he must follow an intriguing trail to find Alyce at the beach. Once he arrives, nothing is as he anticipated… Within Surviving Love, readers follow a story of finding hope and love again in marriage. The options of divorce and reconciliation are addressed in a marriage that has been ravaged by infidelity. What influences personal choice between popular opinion and following one's convictions? Surviving Love features individuals who are navigating very common ground, while exposing the impact of the uniqueness of their stories. Readers are intrigued by Alyce's struggles to maintain her identity no matter the direction life may take. What choices must she make that will reflect upon her confidence in God's promises? How can she stand firm no matter who comes and goes from her story?

The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is an invaluable resource for anyone seeking to understand the profound and complex changes shaping the 21st century. With trans-regional contributions from established and emerging scholars, this ground-breaking volume offers conceptual essays and in-depth chapters that present rich analyses grounded in historical and geopolitical contexts, as well as key theory and empirical research. Rather than viewing the Middle East as a monolithic culture, this Handbook examines the diverse and multi-local characteristics of the region’s knowledge production, dynamic media, and rich cultures. It addresses a wide range of topics, including the evolving mainstream and alternative media, competing histories in the region, and pressing socio-economic and media debates. Additionally, the Handbook explores the impact of regional and international politics on Middle Eastern cultures and media. Designed to serve as a foundation for the next era of research in the field, The Handbook of Media and Culture in the Middle East is essential reading for all academics, scholars, and media practitioners. Its comprehensive scope makes it an excellent primary or supplementary textbook for undergraduate or graduate courses in global studies, media and communication, journalism, anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, and history.

The "Modern Sovereign," a notion indebted both to Hobbes's Leviathan and Marx's conception of capital, refers to the power that governed the African multitudes from the earliest colonial days to the post-colonial era. It is an internalized power, responsible for the multiform violence exerted on bodies and imaginations. Joseph Tonda contends that in Central Africa--and particularly in Gabon and the Congo--the body is at the heart of political, religious, sexual, economic, and ritual power. This, he argues, is confirmed by the strong link between corporeal and political matters, and by the ostentatious display of bodies in African life. The body of power asserts itself as both matter and spirit, and it incorporates the seductive force of money, commodities, sex, and knowledge. Tonda's incisive analysis reveals how this sovereign power is a social relation, historically constituted by the violence of the African cultural Imaginary and the realities of State, Market, and Church. It is to be understood, he asserts, through a generalized theory economic, political, and religious fetishism. By introducing this crucial critical voice from contemporary Africa into the English language, The Modern Sovereign makes a significant contribution to field of anthropology, political science, and African studies.