{"product_id":"9781664227521","title":"Ascend: Inspiration for the Adventure of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003eLife is an adventure, and every experience teaches us. This book is a compilation of true adventure stories, each with a life-lesson. The settings include mountain climbing, marathon running, cave exploration, travel, surfing, and competition. There are stories of disappointments and successes. Each has a powerful life-lesson that will resonate with the reader's journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This book is the closest thing in form to a kind of modern expression of parables I've ever read. Clear, compelling, mysterious, and evocative all at once. Beautiful. Read this!\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e-A.J. Swoboda (PhD, Birmingham) is assistant professor of Bible, theology, and World Christianity at Bushnell University and the author of After Doubt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WestBow Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48531292618993,"sku":"9781664227521","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/5433\/7265\/files\/9781664227521_p0.jpg?v=1786312954","url":"https:\/\/shop.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781664227521","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","version":"1.0","type":"link"}