An introduction to the art of throwing, the science of understanding, and the need for avoiding the Australian boomerang, an object which flies in accordance with advanced principles of aerodynamics but in defiance of every shred of common sense.

If there was a guest follow-up system being used by over 17,000 church leaders, would you be intrigued? If church leaders were seeing first-time guest attendance and guest retention far surpassing the national average, would you want to know what they're doing? If there was a 3-step framework for building a guest follow-up system that creates more connection among members and guests and frees up more time among church staff and volunteers, would you give it a try?Spoiler alert: there is.Boomerang is the key to successful and sustainable church guest follow-up. Here's what you will find in Boomerang:*The proven 3-step framework of gather, connect, build*The actual follow up messages and strategies used by thousands of churches all across the country that are seeing incredible growth*The process of building a follow-up system that will work for you, freeing up more of your time to do what got you into ministry in the first placeBoomerang isn't like any other church growth book. There are no theories or hypotheticals. It is packed full of practical, proven, and strategic steps your church can start implementing right away.

“Lewis shows again why he is the leading journalist of his generation.”—Kyle Smith, Forbes The tsunami of cheap credit that rolled across the planet between 2002 and 2008 was more than a simple financial phenomenon: it was temptation, offering entire societies the chance to reveal aspects of their characters they could not normally afford to indulge. Icelanders wanted to stop fishing and become investment bankers. The Greeks wanted to turn their country into a pinata stuffed with cash and allow as many citizens as possible to take a whack at it. The Germans wanted to be even more German; the Irish wanted to stop being Irish. Michael Lewis's investigation of bubbles beyond our shores is so brilliantly, sadly hilarious that it leads the American reader to a comfortable complacency: oh, those foolish foreigners. But when he turns a merciless eye on California and Washington, DC, we see that the narrative is a trap baited with humor, and we understand the reckoning that awaits the greatest and greediest of debtor nations.

Skocpol (government and sociology, Harvard U.) explores the changing currents of domestic U.S. politics through the prism of the defeat of President Clinton's comprehensive health care plan. She argues that the defeat reflected the success of Reaganite conservative tactics which switched from direct attacks on social programs to a fiscal starvation in the name of lower taxes. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Explains how to build, perfect and troubleshoot paper boomerangs.

Describes the traditional making and uses of the boomerang. Provides information about topics such as boomerangs in fighting, fishing, rituals and trade, decorating boomerangs, and the differences in appearance and usage across Australia. Includes a bibliography. The author has published widely on Aboriginal history and art.

The first book by the creator of the Kindness Boomerang video (more than 20,000,000 views on YouTube) shows readers how to make kindness something they can practice every day.