Gloria Booth has owned Whitman Beach's diner for over thirty years. She knows almost everyone in town, and they know her — Glo from the diner, they call her. A constant, like the tides in the ocean or the town's annual bonfire. She's sensible and hardworking, and she's tired of it. She's deep in her "Bah, Humbug!" era, and not even the town's light festival — which promises a huge boost to her business — can get her in the spirit.In the midst of it all lands Hank Burrows, a writer ...

Catalan's Constant [Ramanujan's Formula] is a mathematical treatise exploring the properties, significance, and various representations of Catalan's constant, with a special focus on Ramanujan's elegant formulae and insights. The book delves into the history, derivations, and applications of this intriguing constant, offering readers a comprehensive understanding of its place in number theory and mathematical analysis.

Named one of America’s best professors by the Princeton Review, Christopher R. Fee invites you to explore your heritage from an unconventional angle: through the origin and development of the English language.Professor Fee is an award-winning professor and medievalist whose expertise spans Old English, Old Norse, and historical linguistics. With flair and gusto, he draws from this well of knowledge to help you trace the evolution of English across a fascinating ran...

The story of a world-renowned institution and "a broad investigation of early twentieth-century public health ideology in America" ( Journal of the American Medical Association).At the end of the nineteenth century, public health was the province of part-time political appointees and volunteer groups of every variety. Public health officers were usually physicians, but they could also be sanitary engineers, lawyers, or chemists—there was little agreement ab...

One Hundred Years Young the Natural Way promotes ageless aging and a higher quality life by introducing twenty-five main steps to promote longevity. This handbook offers tips not only on maintaining longevity, but also on body, mind, and spirit/spirituality training in three sections and 660 pages. Success in one area leads to success in the others, and so author Earl Fee focuses on all three aspects of personal health. One Hundred Years Young the Natural Way is a complet...

Revelation is a book that many Christians find confusing due to the foreign nature of its apocalyptic imagery. It is a book that has prompted endless discussions about the "end times" with theological divisions forming around epicenters such as the rapture and the millennium. In this book, award winning author Gordon Fee attempts to excavate the layers of symbolic imagery and provide an exposition of Revelation that is clear, easy to follow, convincing, and engaging. Fee shows us how John'...

This anthology of personal essays explore how video games have shaped our lives, our cultural imagination and contemporary storytelling. From novelists and critics to game designers themselves, the writers in this collection ask the question, 'Can video games truly be art?'From triple-A, big budget blockbusters like Grand Theft Auto or Assassin's Creed, to quiet, meditative Indie games like Journey or Stardew Valley, video games, like all artform...

Discover the techniques that bring pastel paintings to life.Pastel Painting Techniques: The Artist's Guide to Texture and Creative Effects is a practical, beginner-friendly guide designed to help artists understand not just what pastel techniques are, but when, why, and how to use them effectively.Pastels are one of the most immediate and expressive art mediums available. With no brushes to clean and no paint to mix, colour can be applied directly to the surface, allowing a...

Plague has terrified and fascinated humanity for all of recorded history. Now, in the current moment of COVID-19, people around the globe are again struggling to learn how to navigate life during a pandemic. As in times of uncertainty throughout history, we seek the insights of the great minds who have lived through and reflected on similar historical times.Your guide for this fascinating 12-lecture audio course is medieval literature expert Chris Fee, a presenter ...

This contemporary classic by renowned scholar Gordon Fee explores the Spirit's significant role in Pauline life and thought.After Fee published his magisterial God's Empowering Presence, he was asked to write a more accessible volume that would articulate Paul's priorities for experiencing the life of the Spirit in the church. Fee's bestselling introduction to Paul and the Spirit, Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God, went on to sell over 70,000 copies. This bo...

Polar bears are truly majestic animals: the largest land-dwelling carnivore on earth, they can measure up to 3 metres in length, and weigh up to 700 kilograms. They are also iconic in other ways – a symbol of the climate change debate, with their survival now threatened by the loss of Arctic ice. Their images decorate fountains and the cornices of buildings across Europe. They sell cold drinks. They feature in children’s books, on merry-go-rounds, and under the arms of weary toddlers headi...

In this commentary Gordon Fee aims first and foremost to offer a fresh exposition of the text of 1 and 2 Thessalonians. He shows the reader what is in the biblical text, what the text meant in the first century, and what it means now. Fee reveals the logic of each argument or narrative before moving on to the details of each verse, and he concludes each section with a theological-practical reflection on the meaning of the text today. Among other things, Fee explores the occasion for writin...