Gladiator is a compelling collection of modern parables that explore how everyday people navigate divorce, sickness, financial strain, identity crises, and more-emerging stronger, wiser, and more resilient. Through deeply human stories and transformative moments, author Philip "Sharp Skills" Jacobs offers readers a candid roadmap to mental toughness, emotional growth, and personal empowerment. Drawing on his own experiences and those of his fictional characters, Jacobs highlights ...

For current medical students, this is a great way to reinforce the material you are learning and another incentive to know the information well. For professionals in the field, this is an opportunity to stay up to date with the most current research and data. Medical Physiology hopes to accomplish the first in what are many other books in the basic sciences to allow greater access to those in the field of medicine and those who wish to understand these topics at a greater level. All the ch...

Since sociologists returned to the study of culture in the past several decades, a pursuit all but anathema for a generation, cultural sociology has emerged as a vibrant field. Edited by three leading cultural sociologists, The Oxford Handbook of Cultural Sociology presents the full theoretical and methodological vitality of this critically significant new area.The Handbook gathers together works by authors confronting the crucial choices all cultural sociologists face to...

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More Alternative Truths is an exploration of the potential consequences of today’s politics in our daily lives. More than our individual lives, but our American identity.This exploration defines this anthology. So many of the stories ask what has America become? What will it be in the future? Will it devolve into a Russian style oligarchy, or will we rise to the challenge and use our hearts, our minds and our votes to return to a rational democracy, of, by, and for the people. No o...

A one-volume commentary, written and edited by South Asian Biblical scholars on all the books of the Bible.For the purposes of this commentary "South Asia" was defined as the SAARC countries, namely India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Bhutan and the Maldives.The contributing scholars from these countries—addressing these countries' specific concerns—have adopted the following key principles:Integrity: Articles are w...

This new book, Carbon Nanotubes for Energy and Environmental Applications, covers the timely issue of green applications of carbon nanotubes. It covers the diverse usages of carbon nanotubes for the sensing of environmentally hazardous chemicals, for water purification, for the protection of the environment, and for new energy applications.The development of highly sensitive CNT-based gas sensors for air pollution monitoring, for green synthesis of carbon nanotubes, and fo...

In this thought-provoking and beautifully illustrated volume, Jacobs invites us to reconsider the significance of Joseph of Nazareth and the role and influence he had in the life of Jesus. Relying on a careful reading of Scripture and recent archaeological studies, he challenges the historic and contemporary assumptions of those who have sought, through their writing and art, to marginalize Joseph and his importance in Christian history and the life of the church. Recognizing that Joseph i...

This classic work, first published in 1675, inaugurated the movement in Germany called Pietism. In it a young pastor, born and raised during the devastating Thirty Years War, voiced a plea for reform of the church which made the author and his proposals famous. A lifelong friend of the philosopher Leibnitz, Spener was an important influence in the life of the next leader of German Pietism, August Herman Francke. He was also a sponsor at the baptism of Nicholas Zinzendorf, founder of the Mo...

Doris Ulmann (1882-1934) was one of the foremost photographers of the twentieth century, yet until now there has never been a biography of this fascinating, gifted artist. Born into a New York Jewish family with a tradition of service, Ulmann sought to portray and document individuals from various groups that she feared would vanish from American life. In the last eighteen years of her life, Ulmann created over 10,000 photographs and illustrated five books, including Roll, Jordan, Roll...

**SILVER WINNER 2021 TASTE CANADA AWARDSFrom acclaimed and multi award-winning Chef David Hawksworth comes a stunning collection of the exquisite recipes that brought him to the top of Canada's culinary world.**As a leader in contemporary Canadian cuisine, Chef Hawksworth's restaurants, Hawksworth and Nightingale, have been fixtures of Vancouver's dining scene for the past 10 years, aweing diners with the intricate, beautiful and refined dishes that have become synonymous w...

Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce. Only 51 percent of Americans can afford to pay off their debt. Half of all adult Americans are diagnosed with at least one chronic illness. In Accuracy, author Philip Sharp Skills Jacobs leads us on the hunt to address tough issues such as these and many more. Jacobs postulates that many of the problems we face today can be traced back to inaccuracy in various areas, both collectively and individually. On a quest to live the most accurate life pos...