While Christians generally acknowledge that the Bible is God's Word, many of us lack robust confidence in the reality of its trustworthiness. We may not be sure if we really believe what we read. But the more we understand how Scripture came to be, the more we discover its power and truth.Historian Susan Lim unpacks how the history of the Bible bolsters our faith and anchors us through the changing tides of time. The story of Scripture, while messy and complicated ...

Decades after Hitler won the war, the German Reich remains a well-oiled machine under the military regime.In Bohemia, Annelie – bright, young and hopeful – finds her first job in the Central Museum as a tour guide. A series of chance encounters turns her world upside down. Her life becomes forever changed, though not in the way she had hoped.In the capital Germania, Gunther Scholz – an army veteran and the Minister for Internal Affairs – is poised for a promotion to the mos...

Highest rating:#1 in BILLIONAIRE#1 in POSSESSIVE#1 in mystery#3 in ROMANCE''don't you dare step into my room once more.'', he growled as he pinned me to the wall.''I- I just desired to apply this ointment to your wound.'', I tried my first-rate to keep my respiration beneath control however failed miserably. Cmakeupping my chin, he pulled my face closer to hi...

The Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed in 1984 and transferred control of Hong Kong to the People's Republic of China from the 1st July 1997. This sets the scene for the establishment of the Special Administrative Region (SAR) in Hong Kong, which has been at the heart of the civil unrest in 2019-2020, culminating in the National Security Law on 30 June 2020. In the 25th anniversary year of the handover of Hong Kong, C. L. Lim uses British archival sources to re-examine the Joint Dec...

The Cambridge Companion to World Trade Law offers expert but compact discussion of the diverse perspectives, enduring issues, and emergent challenges in the field. This volume offers a lively and thorough overview of the subject in all its dimensions. It takes stock of the state of the field of trade law without allowing current events to dominate key debates. It is intended to be appreciated not only by a legal audience as a collection of concise yet thoughtful reflective pieces, but also...

International investment law and arbitration is a rapidly evolving field, and can be difficult for students to acquire a firm understanding of, given the considerable number of published awards and legal writings. The first edition of this text, cited by courts in Singapore and Colombia, overcame this challenge by interweaving extracts from these arbitral decisions, treaties and scholarly works with concise, up-to-date and reliable commentary. Now fully updated and with a new chapter on ar...

**Winner of the 2022 Barbara Jefferis Award****Shortlisted for the 2021 Stella Prize****Highly Commended Fiction — Victorian Premier's Literary Awards 2021****Shortlisted for the 2021 Queensland Literary Awards: Fiction Book Award**'Before I go into my grave,' she says out loud, 'I will kill that man.'A brilliant new novel f...

Contributed by eminent researchers, this unique volume is a collection of papers in the field of structural engineering with a special focus on stability and dynamics.The useful reference text benefits professionals, researchers, academics and graduate students in mechanical engineering and civil engineering.Readership: Researchers, professionals, academics and graduate students in mechanical engineering and civil engineering.

This collection explores the theme of fragmentation within international economic law as the world emerges from the 2008 global financial crisis, the subsequent recession and the European sovereign debt crisis which began in early 2010. The post-crisis 'moment' itself forms a contemporary backdrop to the book's focus on fragmentation as it traces the evolution of the international economic system from the original Bretton Woods design in the aftermath of the Second World War to the present...

"I desire an army of apostolic souls consecrated to me by the vow of victim not to expiate the sins of others by extraordinary trials, no, that is not what I desire... I desire a great army of victim souls who will join me in the apostolate of my Eucharistic Life... I desire these victims to be everywhere; in the world and in the cloisters, in every occupation, in every station of life, in the fields and in the factories, in schools and in the stores, in families and in convents, in busine...

This book discusses contemporary film in all the main countries of Southeast Asia, and the social practices and ideologies which films either represent or oppose. It shows how film acquires signification through cultural interpretation, and how film also serves as a site of contestations between social and political agents seeking to promote, challenge, or erase certain meanings, messages or ideas from public circulation. A unique feature of the book is that it focuses as much on films as ...

Lush and visual, chock-full of delicious recipes, Roselle Lim’s magical debut novel is about food, heritage, and finding family in the most unexpected places.At the news of her mother’s death, Natalie Tan returns home. The two women hadn’t spoken since Natalie left in anger seven years ago, when her mother refused to support her chosen career as a chef. Natalie is shocked to discover the vibrant neighborhood of San Francisco’s Chinatown that she remembers from her ...