Die evangelisch-reformierte Landeskirche beider Appenzell hat sich zwischen 1991 und 2012 verändert. Dieser Band zeigt die Entwicklungen, porträtiert die einzelnen Kirchgemeinden sowie ihre Pfarrpersonen und macht die Herausforderungen in der kirchlichen Landschaft bewusst.

This book examines the British cultural engagement with Hong Kong in the second half of the twentieth century. It shows how the territory fit unusually within Britain’s decolonisation narratives and served as an occasional foil for examining Britain’s own culture during a period of perceived stagnation and decline.Drawing on a wide range of archival and published primary sources, Hong Kong and British culture, 1945–97 investigates such themes as Hong Kong as a site of unrestrained ...

When On Decorating was published in 1989, it immediately became a touchstone for design profesionals and enthusiasts. Since then, the ideas and illustrations within these pages have inspired countless room schemes, vignettes, and color palettes. Mark Hampton's expert insights into the creation of elegant rooms, and his remarkably immediate voice, remain just as relevant today.Posthumously celebrated by Architectural Digest as "one of the wold's twenty greatest des...

《英國文化與香港：1945–97》探討20世紀下半葉英國文化與香港的互動，闡明香港如何在英國去殖民化敘事中佔據一個特殊的位置，同時作為英國在停滯與衰退時期反思自身文化的偶爾對照。透過廣泛引用歷史檔案及已出版的第一手資料，作者深入研究多個主題，包括香港作為不受約束的資本主義、現代化與良好管治的場所，以及作為男性社交與性別機遇的景域。本書亦探討香港華人如何吸納英國文化，以及英國觀察者對香港回歸中國主權未來所提出的各種不同預測。馬翰庭（Mark Hampton），現為香港嶺南大學歷史系副教授。羅美嫻（Ring Mei Han Low），現為香港珠海學院英文系助理教授。

A collection of strange, spherical objects is found buried in a hedgerow in Little Markhampton. The objects then disappear before visiting archaeologists can claim them.Meanwhile, a group of travelling dragons return to the area searching for their eggs, which are now due to hatch. To their horror, the eggs are gone!The young people of Little Markhampton are enlisted to help the dragons to recover the eggs from around the village.Will they manage to collect them all...

Marked safe in the D' 313 is a self help book written to help readers navigate safetly in and around the metro Detroit area.

Diversity plays an important role in how people experience illness and healthcare as patients. Listening carefully to stories of how race, class, age, gender, sexuality, and disability can affect patient experience can be revealing and provide much needed change to health communication in the patienthood narrative. This book is a collection of vibrant and engaging essays by scholars of narrative methods in health communication. Each chapter takes readers into the fascinating world of patie...

A middle grade adaptation of the adult bestseller that chronicles what The New York Times deemed "one of the great athletic feats of any kind, ever": Alex Honnold's free-solo ascent of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park.On June 3, 2017, as seen in the Oscar-winning documentary Free Solo, Alex Honnold achieved what most had written off as unattainable: a 3,000-foot vertical climb of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, without a rope or harness....

There has been a phenomenal growth of backpacker tourism from the overland routes to India in the 1960s, to present-day backpacker tourism across the less developed world. As a result there has been significant economic development impacts of backpacker tourism upon local communities especially in areas with the largest concentrations of backpackers (South and South-East Asia particularly Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and India), as well as increasingly in Latin America.This volume...

Gold Winner, Lyric Prose or Hybrid Works, Nautilus Book Awards“Within each of us is a divine treasure, and if we hope to discover it, we need to go deep into the heart of who we are.” —Meister EckhartMeister Eckhart has been a huge figure in spirituality for more than eight hundred years—spiritual leaders such as Eckhart Tolle, Richard Rohr, and Matthew Fox have all credited Eckhart as being an important influence on their thought.T...

The Sermon on the Mount contains some of Jesus's most powerful and penetrating words in the Gospels. The words Jesus spoke within the Sermon confront us in numerous ways and challenge the status quo we often settle for in our faith. Jesus leaves no stone unturned, challenging all who claim to follow him to evaluate what it means to live in faithful obedience. As you read, you will find yourself challenged and encouraged to live as a citizen of Christ's kingdom. Each page within this book i...

The word “robot” was coined a little over a century ago, but humankind has always told stories of constructed lifeforms. From the earliest myths to the latest blockbuster, stories of artificial life have always held our attention. But what do the stories we tell about the machines we make reveal about how we see ourselves?One person risks everything for one good shot. Absolution is dispensed at the push of a button. A brother and sister disagree about a strange benefactor’s true mo...