Aerospace engineering is the engineering of flight, and involves the design and operation of planes and space vehicles. It draws on the expertise of various branches of engineering and science and produces some of the most complex and technologically advanced vehicles ever conceived, such as spacecraft and the rovers used on the surfaces of the Moon and Mars. The field is central to many aspects of global communications and monitoring day to day through the vast array of satellites that or...

'John Connolly is such a brilliant author, I recommend any of his stuff' Richard Osman on The Rest is Entertainment'[An] absolute corker from Ireland's best mystery writer ... utterly gripping' ExpressThe players call it The Game. There are just two rules:No killing close to home.No Killing outside the gameBut what happens when those rules get broken?When the drowned body of a troubled ...

Obi tells the powerful story of Joe and Anna, an educated Christian couple who leave the city to build their homestead – an obi – with the savings they have worked hard to earn. Though devoted to each other, they soon face mounting pressure from Joe's family to produce a child, and after three years of marriage Anna is still unable to conceive. Torn between faith, tradition and modern medicine, Joe escorts his wife first to a witch-doctor and then to hospital treatment in...

This is a book for anglers who know there is something more to fishing than technique alone. Fishing, at its heart, is an act of attention. In this thoughtful and deeply personal book, John Bailey reflects on a lifetime spent watching fish and the waters they inhabit, revealing how true understanding, patiently acquired, can transform both the angler and the act of fishing itself. There was a time when anglers sought not simply to catch fish but to understand them. In The Nature of Fishing...

How Flawed Interpretation Disrespects the Bible and Divides the ChurchThe Crisis of Biblical Authority is noted biblical scholar John H. Walton's response to one of Christianity's most pressing challenges: the damage done when believers treat the Bible as a tool for advancing their own agendas rather than as a sacred text to be faithfully understood.Christians agree that the Bible has authority, but it can be difficult to identify where that author...

In 1867 San Francisco, eighteen-year-old Sarah Ann Hillin begins writing down the Texas childhood the Civil War destroyed. She remembers a close-knit family, a beloved brother's hopeful courtship, and a farm once governed by faith, hard work, and the quiet certainty that life would continue as it always had.But war reaches even those who want no part in it. As the men are called away and the women struggle to keep the farm alive, Sarah's world is reshaped by hunger, bereavement, an...

The third edition of this British Insurance Law Association (BILA)-award winning text is the definitive reference source for marine cargo insurance law. Written by an author who was closely involved with the revisions to the Institute Cargo Clauses 2009, and now co-authored by a practicing marine insurance specialist, the work expertly examines marine cargo insurance by reference to important English and foreign legal cases as well as the Marine Insurance Act 1906 and the Insurance Act 201...

Behind the walls, every shift brings pressure. Correctional officers face volatility, responsibility, emotional fatigue, and the unseen weight of other people's brokenness. Over time, the work can wear down the very qualities that make a good officer-compassion, patience, hope, and a clear sense of purpose.More Than a Badge was written for that reality.This yearlong devotional gives corrections officers and staff a steady place to pause, refocus, and draw strength ...

A full-color hardcover art book collecting Jack Kirby’s Marvel Comics cover art from 1969 to 1978!Jack Kirby (1917–1994) earned his place in comic book history as one of the most legendary and important figures in the industry, and he was particularly well regarded for his Marvel Comics covers. The Marvel Comics Covers of Jack Kirby series collects his Marvel super-hero cover art in gorgeously designed oversized hardcovers. The third and f...

Sitri and Krai have worked themselves to the bone raising money for the auction so Krai can win the coveted Reversible Face. When the big day finally arrives, they’re ready to put it all on the line for the relic—but before it’s brought out, bidding opens on...Akasha, the golem from the Akashic Tower?! Now Krai has an impossible choice to make between his own desires and his childhood friend’s dearest wish!!

In a twisted world where humans are critically endangered, all their Chimera caretakers want is for humankind to prosper...and reproduce. After Meria’s exhibition and Juli’s successful apprehension of her would-be kidnapper, the two have begun to bond little by little. But humans must be “wed” to one another, and Meria is no exception...

Discover a BRAND NEW emotional saga from bestselling author Elaine Johns! Perfect for fans of Rosie Clarke and Fenella J MillerTwo strangers. One unforgettable night. A lifetime promise to find each other...Proud Leading Wren Sally Gordon is travelling to a new posting in Cornwall when an air raid and a cancelled train lead to an unforgettable chance meeting with Sergeant Tom Crawford. In the space of twent...