Ready to earn your wings? Whether you're just starting your journey to becoming a pilot or reviewing for your FAA checkride, this all-in-one workbook is your ultimate copilot.Designed for beginners and self-learners, Private Pilot Ground School breaks down complex flight concepts into easy-to-understand lessons. From airspace rules and weather minimums to radio communication and cockpit procedures, this guide prepares you for both the FAA written exam and ...

Venerable Philippine Duchesne, a remarkable figure in the history of education and missionary work, dedicated her life to serving others. Born in France, she became a nun and later traveled to the United States, where she established schools and convents. Her commitment to education, particularly for Native American children, showcased her deep compassion and understanding of the importance of nurturing young minds. Duchesne's legacy continues to inspire educators and missionaries alike, a...

Monday through Friday, Satomi works for the highly bureaucratic CoPet Corporation. She's the only girl in the male-dominated department of Lizard Children Containment. As a squire, her job is to help knights protect the public from Lizard Children. Lizard Children are a controversial technology that CoPet embraces as a means for 'safely' producing the nation's electricity. Every workday, Satomi is bullied by colleagues and belittled by superiors. Even worse, to keep her job she must silenc...

In 2005 St Andrews Studies published a volume of essays by Anscombe entitled Human Life, Action and Ethics, followed in 2008 by a second with the title Faith in a Hard Ground. Both books were highly praised. This third volume brings essays on the thought of historical philosophers in which Anscombe engages directly with their ideas and arguments. Many are published here for the first time and the collection provides further testimony to Anscombe's insight and intellectual imagination.

This collection starts off in a natural world discovering that we may not be alone in the universe. Imagine your world before you became a being on this planet. "Shipwrecked" is a science fiction tale of and undersea journey of discovery.As you continue to read, you'll find yourself immersed in a war of love, pain, and much more. A couple on the brink of a crossroad must make a decision. "Love is War" asks the question, what do you do when love is an all out war?Speaking of...

Intention is one of the masterworks of twentieth-century philosophy in English. First published in 1957, it has acquired the status of a modern philosophical classic. The book attempts to show in detail that the natural and widely accepted picture of what we mean by an intention gives rise to insoluble problems and must be abandoned. This is a welcome reprint of a book that continues to grow in importance.

A collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'

Attorney G. E. M. Skues drew upon his vast experience as a recreational fisherman to write this masterpiece of the fly fishing genre, in which he established sunken flies as essential tools for the well-equipped angler. Originally published in 1921, this seminal book retains its relevance in a world in which the quiet pleasures of river fishing remain unchanged. Professional, competitive, and amateur fishermen as well as beginners will appreciate its timeless wisdom.British fly fish...

Dissenter from the Fourth Crusade, disseised earl of Leicester, leader of the Albigensian Crusade, prince of southern France: Simon of Montfort led a remarkable career of ascent from mid-level French baron to semi-independent count before his violent death before the walls of Toulouse in 1218. Through the vehicle of the crusade, Simon cultivated autonomous power in the liminal space between competing royal lordships in southern France in order to build his own principality. This first Engl...

Elizabeth Anscombe’s forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005.

Join the epic adventures of a resourceful girl and her courageous little brother as they struggle, by wit and grit, to overcome the perils and extreme disadvantages of their lives.In this multi-part saga, G.E.M. Munro explores the realities of childhood in a violent world, with all the insight, compassion, and humour his readers have come to expect.The social ills afflicting the duo are all real. So is the love and goodness that pulls them forward. To join them on their ast...

Voices of Sanctity: A 40-Volume Collection is an unparalleled anthology that captures the essence of spiritual and theological thought across centuries. The collection traverses a vast landscape of literary styles, from the philosophical and theological treatises of Saint Thomas Aquinas and Saint Augustine to the reflective and introspective writings of Thomas à Kempis and St. Ignatius of Loyola. Each volume within this expansive series delves into profound themes of faith, morality, and t...