Much of the theoretical literature in planning and human geography at present is materialist in perspective. This offers a powerful critique but locates the dynamics of urban systems too specifically in just one basic social relationship. It fails to provide an intellectual base broad enough for constructive, detailed urban analysis, partly because it fails to do justice to the reflective awareness of the individual. The alternative humanist position redresses the balance in favour of the ...

Armed with magic he continually hones, Antiochticus is on a quest no mortal has ever undertaken: he hopes to resurrect a soul that was consumed by the Abyss. On his journey, he crosses paths with a gigantic, bi-pedal ram named Selma. At first, their encounter seems trivial, but unbeknownst to them, destiny is pulling strings behind cosmic curtains.The bargain is simple, kill the devilish king that exiled Selma, and she will help him get to the afterlife. The only problem is that th...

The mythical Island of Mayatte was never meant to be discovered by anyone, and its natives are about to find out why.When a ship of foreigners crashes along the coast, everyone but Naña is wary of their inexplicable arrival. While others are suspicious and fearful, Naña is curious and even helpful, especially when one of the outsiders becomes gravely ill. But her goodwill might be a fatal flaw that puts the entire island in jeopardy.While she grows closer to the foreigners,...

Everyone believes he’s the Chosen One. They’ve made a horrible mistake.When a madman claiming to be a wizard mistakenly identifies the cynical farmhand Nathelion as a hero foretold in prophecy, he eagerly plays along for a free and adventurous journey. But he would have stayed home if he’d known the flattering title came with such deadly baggage.Joined by a ragtag band of followers with more lofty ideals than common sense, Nathelion marches toward a noble destiny he borrowe...

This collection of audio plays is targeted at young listeners with stories adapted from the Bible by Benjamin Owino. Stories are performed by a full cast with music and sound effects to bring Bible stories to life for a younger audience. Stories include Daniel in the Lion's Den, the Story of Joseph and the Childhood of Moses. This is part of the Christian Bedtime Audio Plays series from Historical Audiobooks.

The “lunatic” Alwarul proved to be a wizard. The “Chosen” Nathelion remains a fraud.Confronted with the reality of magic, Nathelion is now forced to question everything he has ever believed about the world – usurped prophecies included. Caught up in the insidious webs of the undead, attacked by mythical beasts and hunted by an infamous bandit king, the runaway farmhand still has an even greater problem. By unwittingly hijacking prophecy, he has set himself on a collision course with...

Introduce your child to Old Testament stories through this audiobook, where each story is performed by a full cast of voice actors and narrated by Ian Cullen. This audio adventure uses sound effects and straightforward performances to bring Bible stories like Noah's Ark, David and Goliath, and Jonah and the Whale to life.Each story teaches lessons about faith, courage, and perseverance, making it ideal for young listeners who want to learn about biblical history. This audiobook is s...

Develop you accent with An Actor’s Guide to the South African Accent, a course designed to help you master one of the more distinctive English accents. Known for its unique vowel shifts and clipped consonants, the South African accent can bring depth to your performance. This course focuses on teaching you the sounds and speech patterns of the accent, emphasizing the importance of oral posture, key vocabulary, and natural flow.Through a series of structured listen-and-repeat exercis...

This enchanting full-cast theatrical production, meticulously crafted for children aged 3-8, brings to life the cherished stories of Christmas and Easter in a way that captivates the young audience's imagination. The production features a talented ensemble of voice actors who lend their voices to the characters, making the narratives engaging and relatable to young listeners. Accompanying the actors is the masterful narration by Ian Cullen, whose warm and inviting voice guides the audience...

I have never managed to lose my old conviction that travel narrows the mind. At least a man must make a double effort of moral humility and imaginative energy to prevent it from narrowing his mind. Indeed there is something touching and even tragic about the thought of the thoughtless tourist, who might have stayed at home loving Laplanders, embracing Chinamen, and clasping Patagonians to his heart in Hampstead or Surbiton, but for his blind and suicidal impulse to go and see what they loo...

Everyone has a past: the question is what one does with it. If earlier scholars are to be believed, South Indian society before colonial rule showed an indifference to its past - or approached the past through myth, legend and phantasmagoria. This book sets out not merely to disprove this idea, but to demonstrate the complex forms of historiography produced in South India between the fifteenth and the eighteenth centuries. It argues that the usual division between Indo-Persian and vernacul...

Migration is at the center of much of the discussion on globalization. Migrants move across borders and thus defy state-centered traditions. Migration is often caused or influenced by aspects of global change: the transformation of the world economy with the expansion of free trade, the modification of the world balance of power and the challenge of global insecurity, the emergence of the global environment as an important political issue, and the redefinition of the role of communities in...