Hurricane Katrina inflicted damage on a scale unprecedented in American history, nearly destroying a major city and killing thousands of its citizens. With far too little help from indifferent, incompetent government agencies, the poor bore the brunt of the disaster. The residents of traditionally impoverished and minority communities suffered incalculable losses and endured unimaginable conditions. And the few facilities that did exist to help victims quickly became miserable, dangerous p...

When Sir Alex Ferguson announced his retirement as manager of Manchester United in 2013 he called time on the most successful career in football history. During his twenty-seven years at the helm of the world's most famous club, he has shown himself to be a paragon of leadership, an incomparable man-manager and an unparalleled wielder of the notorious hairdryer. Commentating on the game, its characters and its components, Sir Alex is the complete football philosopher. From dealing with nar...

Witnesses to the Mysteries will help you pray the Rosary as you never have before. Reflect on each of the twenty Mysteries through the perspective of someone who was there. The author presents fictionalized, first-person stories from witnesses—both imagined contemporaries of Jesus and Mary and figures we know from Scripture.You will feel the breadth of emotions: Leah, Mary's close friend at the time of the Annunciation; Hannah, a teenage girl helping her mother at the Wedd...

An invaluable field textbook, Objects examines detailed case studies to provide a brilliantly clear and comprehensible guide to the different methods and approaches (cultural, forensic, and technical) which can and have been used to study ancient artefacts.From the Bayeux Tapestry to small medieval brass pins, medieval wooden doors to Saxon jewellery, Chris Caple’s integral text deals with a full range of materials and clearly and simply explains key scientific techniques,...

Described as the Dave Barry of dot-com, marketing/media mercenary Chris Clark casts a jaundiced eye on the frolics and foibles of the self-styled New Economy in Transfer Error!, a compilation of his essays and columns first published in Adweek Magazines Technology Marketing between 1997 and 2001.From the Razor-infested hallways of Microsofts Redmond campus to the blue-blazer bunkers of IBMs Armonk headquarters, from Silicon Alley to Ally McBeal, from the meltdown ...

A Canonical Journey to Explore the Mission of the Eternal God“In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth” (Gen. 1:1). This declarative phrase introduces fundamental questions circling the minds of skeptics and believers of Christianity alike. What was God’s mission when he chose to create? And why, through the Savior’s death on the cross and the witness of his church, does he continue to redeem the very creation that rebels against him?To answer these imperativ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This holiday season, put your festive spirit to the test with "Crack the Christmas Code: Riddles to Test Your Holiday Wit." Within the festive pages of this book lies a delightful collection of Christmas-themed riddles, each one designed to challenge your mind and bring a smile to your face.From festive puns to brain-teasing puzzles, this book offers a wide range of riddles for every level of solver. Whether you're a seasoned riddle-mas...

This edited collection gives voice to neglected public intellectuals in the arts, humanities, and journalism in South Africa who gave voice and presence to those who have been marginalized and silenced in South African historyEdward Said described a public intellectual as someone who uses accessible language to address a designated public on matters of social and political significance. The essays in Public Intellectuals in South Africa apply this interpre...

A fun and easy listen filled with insight, humor, wisdom, and witIn Hurdle-isms, renowned Major League Baseball player, hitting coach, manager, and current Special Assistant to the General Manager for the Colorado Rockies, Clint Hurdle, delivers a collection of his most inspirational stories. You'll find a ton of funny, insightful, and otherwise notable anecdotes from one of Major League Baseball's most successful personalities.In each chapter, Hur...

As the dynamo of South Africa’s economy, Johannesburg commands a central position in the nation’s imagination, and scholars throughout the world monitor the city as an exemplar of urbanity in the global South. This book offers detailed empirical analyses of changes in the city’s physical space, as well as a host of chapters on the character of specific neighbourhoods and the social identities being forged within them. Informing all of these is a consideration of underlying economic, social...

Offers a comparative analysis of the processes and aftermath of decolonisation from philosophical, historical, literary and legal perspectives.

This ground-breaking collection reflects the growing momentum of interest in the international legal community in meshing the insights of queer legal theory with those critical theories that have a much longer genealogy – notably postcolonial and feminist analyses. Beyond the push in the human rights field to ensure respect for the rights of people with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities, queer legal theory provides a means to examine the structural assumptions and conceptua...