A musician’s unforgettable apprenticeship in bluegrass, spirituality, and the search for America’s musical soul.In 1965, a young Peter Rowan joined Bill Monroe’s legendary Blue Grass Boys, embarking on a musical career that would take him from the hallowed stage of the Grand Ole Opry to the dusty backroads of the segregated South, from the folk clubs of England to the San Francisco psychedelic scene, and from bluegrass music to a search for wisdom in philosophy and...

Nurture your newborn to their fullest potential.Experience the unmatched guide that transcends Dr. Spock's legacy, empowering parents with wisdom, support, and expertise to nurture their child's full potential. With unparalleled understanding of early development, it exceeds expectations, elevating the parenting journey to new heights - practical care, intellectual growth, emotional nurturing - all in one extraordinary resource.You will discover:- Sleep Secrets: Discov...

Dive headfirst into Paris and discover everything you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime.Paris rewards curiosity - discover old world bistros alongside open-air artisanal markets, and artistic masterpieces moments from the banks of the Seine. Our on-the-ground experts have toasted the sunset from Parc de Belleville's hilltop, fallen under the spell of island life on Ile St-Louis, and gallery-hopped through the historic Marais district. Just think of us as ...

Discover twice the city in half the time with our expert team of travel writers who share what you need to know to plan the ultimate short trip to Paris.Imagine a place where old world bistros look out onto architectural stunners, and artistic masterpieces are just moments from bustling artisan markets. Every must-see spot in this guide comes straight from travellers and locals who have visited the Louvre at night, shopped for foodie delights on rue Montorgueil, an...

This is an abridged version of Peter Rowan’s Regnum book, Proclaiming the Peacemaker. With a history of racial violence and in recent years, low‐level ethnic tensions, the themes of peaceful coexistence and social harmony are recurring ones in the discourse of Malaysian society. In such a context, this book looks at the role of the church as a reconciling agent, arguing that a reconciling presence within a divided society necessitates an ethos of peacemaking. Such an ethos is created and s...

With a history of racial violence and in recent years, low-level ethnic tensions, the themes of peaceful coexistence and social harmony are recurring ones in the discourse of Malaysian society. In such a context, this book looks at the role of the church as a reconciling agent, arguing that a reconciling presence within a divided society necessitates an ethos of peacemaking. Such an ethos is created and sustained when Christians understand that their identity has been transformed in Jesus ...

This book outlines a range of innovative methods to gather student feedback, and explores the complex relation between student engagement, student satisfaction, and student success. Drawing on results from a set of numerous case-studies carried out at a school of education, the book reports on a range of theoretically-informed teaching innovations, including focus groups, learning analytics data, collegial conversations and insights from student researchers, that have been designed to crea...

Bloomsbury presents Passions of the Soul by Rowan Williams, read by Peter Noble.The Eastern Christian tradition is filled with theological and spiritual riches.In Passions of the Soul, Rowan Williams opens up the great classics of Eastern Christian writing to show how it can help us to understand and cope with the ups and downs of modern life.With compelling and illuminating insight, he shows the cost of living in a culture that is theologically and philosophically ...

If you're like most business leaders, innovation now tops your corporate agenda. But despite all the talk and excitement about the importance of innovation, managers have so far found scant help for innovating in a systematic way that fuels consistent growth and sustained success.In Innovation to the Core, Strategos CEO Peter Skarzynski and business strategist Rowan Gibson change all that. They share the accumulated wisdom from Strategos--the consulting firm Skarzynski co-founded w...

Agroforestry is a land use system that allows for the concurrent production of trees and agricultural crops and/or animals from the same piece of land. It has a rich history of development and has been practised in some parts of the world for more than 6,000 years. In 1997, CABI published the seminal book on this subject, Temperate Agroforestry Systems, which was a break from the norm as almost all agroforestry texts up to that date were only relevant to tropical areas. The book explored t...

Trains, Culture and Mobility: Riding the Rails goes beyond textual representations of rail travel to engage an impressive range of political, sociological and urban theory. Taken together, these essays highlight the complexity of the modern experience of train mobility, and its salient relation to a number of cultural discourses. Incorporating traditionally marginal areas of cultural production such as graffiti, museums, architecture or even plunging into the social experience of travel in...

A celebration of Ireland's greatest rugby yearRelive, game by game, the key moments in Ireland's historic 2015 Six Nations campaign, which culminated in a nerve-shredding final weekend when both the women's and men's titles were still up for grabs.Through interviews with players like Sean O'Brien, Niamh Briggs, Nora Stapleton and Robbie Henshaw – as well as members of the backroom staff – journalists Kate Rowan and Peter O'Reilly provide a unique glimpse in...