Lively retellings of familiar gospel stories show Jesus intentionally provoking questions and confusion in the people he meets. Why? In order to call them to their truest selves and to a bigger God. Confusion can be good for the soul! The insights of this book will empower you to discover a more breathtaking God and better you. That is why this book doesn't propose three easy steps to stifle your bewilderment with God. It offers something better-deeper meanings and new paradigms for anyone...

A rich case-study analysis of open source software adoption by public organizations in different countries and settings.Government agencies and public organizations often consider adopting open source software (OSS) for reasons of transparency, cost, citizen access, and greater efficiency in communication and delivering services. Adopting Open Source Software offers five richly detailed real-world case studies of OSS adoption by public organizations. The authors an...

Introduction to Homeland Security, Third Edition provides the latest developments in the policy and operations of domestic security efforts of the agencies under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. This includes the FBI, Secret Service, FEMA, the Coast Guard, TSA and numerous other federal agencies responsible for critical intelligence, emergency response, and the safety and security of U.S. citizens at home and abroad. Changes in DHS and domestic security are presented from pre-Sept...

This book tackles the nature of Christian leadership in the family and the church. Dr. Larry D. Ellis looks at the biblical history and teaching by Jesus as well as the Apostle Paul and embraces the critical priority of spiritual leadership by both women and men. The author presents a scholarly study on the historic meaning of the key words recorded by the Apostle Paul sometimes used to restrict women from Christian leadership the home and the church. He carefully looks at the issue throug...

A generation of scholar-teacher-activists have moved beyond collaborating in theory to embodying, engaging in, and sharing how they practice their pedagogy. Isis Nusair and Barbara L. Shaw edit essays that link feminist, queer, anti-racist, decolonial, and disability theory and practice while using intersectional, transnational, and interdisciplinary approaches to explore how the personal remains political.The contributors describe ways of building communities within and beyond aca...

Get the tools to provide more effective treatment for the neurobehaviorally disordered TBI patient!As traditional treatment success rates for many persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) are proving less than effective, clinicians search for other therapies that may be more productive. Alternate Therapies in the Treatment of Brain Injury and Neurobehavioral Disorders: A Practical Guide discusses at length various nontraditional treatment approaches such as music therapy,...

• 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Anthology• Contains "The Fall Shall Further the Flight in Me" by Rachael K. Jones, 2017 World Fantasy Award finalist for Best Short Fiction• Contains "Sabbath Wine" by Barbara Krasnoff, 2016 Nebula Award finalist for Best Short Story• 2016 Locus Recommended Reading List, Best AnthologyThe ground-breaking, boundary-pushing, award-nominated series of fantasy anthologies returns for a fifth inc...

E se il futuro ci fosse sottratto da una crudele razza inumana?L'uomo post mutante riuscirà a riappropriarsi della Terra?SCRITTURE ALIENEALBO 1A CURA DI VITO INTRONAL'impero matriarcale di Kajura riuscirà a riconquistare i mondi dissidenti?Un demone alieno entra nel corpo di un serial killer. Che effetti sortirà quel patto diabolico?Satana manterrà le sue infide promesse?Due meteorologi salentini riusciranno a scongiurare una nuova, ...

Livro infantil bilingue, a partir de 2 anos (português – russo), com audiolivro e vídeo em russoO Tim não consegue adormecer. O seu lobinho desapareceu! Será que ficou esquecido lá fora? Sozinho, o Tim aventura-se pela noite – e encontra companheiros inesperados …► Com imagens a colorir para download!двуязычная детская книга, от 2 лет (португальский – русский)Тим не может заснуть. Его маленький волчoнок пропал! Возможно он забыл...

Favola della buonanotte per bambini dai due anni in su. Edizione bilingue (italiano e russo), accompagnata da audiolibri e video online in italiano e russoTim non riesce ad addormentarsi. Il suo piccolo lupo è sparito! Forse lo ha dimenticato fuori? Tim si allontana tutto solo nella notte – e inaspettatamente riceve compagnia…♫ Ascolta la storia letta da madrelingua! Nel libro troverete un link che vi darà accesso gratuito ad audiolibri e video in entrambe le...

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Data-Driven Process Discovery and Analysis held in Riva del Milan, Italy, in November 2014.The five revised full papers were carefully selected from 21 submissions. Following the event, authors were given the opportunity to improve their papers with the insights they gained from the symposium. During this edition, the presentations and discussions frequently focused on the implementat...

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2015, held in Bolzano, Italy, in December 2015.The 18 revised full papers presented together with 10 short papers and 18 workshop papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 50 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on lessons learned from industry-research collaborations; instruments to improve the software development ...