A heartfelt collection of reflections on faith, community, grace, and everyday life.Over the course of ten years, Ann Iona Warner wrote thoughtful devotional reflections inspired by church life, family experiences, spiritual growth, and the changing world around her. Carefully edited and organized for this collection, these writings offer readers moments of encouragement, wisdom, and quiet inspiration.Through stories of hope, worship, service, friendship, grief, an...

In an era of fiscal constraint, rising public demand, and fragmented governance, the UK's approach to public spending is under unprecedented strain. At the centre of this system sits HM Treasury, long regarded as the most powerful department in British government yet questioned for its ability to deliver effective financial control in an increasingly complex and fragmented policy landscape. This book offers a bold and timely reassessment of the Treasury's role in shaping the UK's public fi...

David Warner, Lisa Bowerman and Dan Starkey read these three full-length novels featuring the Twelfth Doctor and Clara, as played on TV by Peter Capaldi and Jenna Coleman.In Royal Blood, by Una McCormack, Duke Aurelian is preparing to gamble everything on one last battle to save the city-state of Varuz. When a holy man named the Doctor appears from beyond the mountains, Aurelian asks for his help.In Big Bang Generation, by Gary Russell, a ...

Following the great success of our Gothic Fantasy deluxe edition short story compilations, including Agents & Spies, Murder Mayhem and Lost Worlds, this latest in the series is packed with armchair detectives, murders in the vicarage, family secrets unravelling in gossipy ears, and the ingredients of a genteel bloodbath in an otherwise delightful village. Contains a fabulous mix of classic and brand new writing, with contemporary authors from the US, Canada, and ...

Daily Bread is the Bible reading guide that aims to help you hear from God as you read the Bible. If you've ever asked the question, 'What possible relevance can this verse have for me today?' or 'What difference does this passage make to my life?' then read on...

What's it like to live in a world where humor is banned or to work on a deep-space lighthouse?If you're lucky, you might even discover how to escape the Yawning Men!Curl up in your favorite rocket ship and set your coordinates for adventure in Volume Five of the Young Explorer's Adventure Guide!Don't miss this stellar anthology of 24 science fiction short stories for girls, boys and robots of all ages!

Cyber weapons and the possibility of cyber conflict—including interference in foreign political campaigns, industrial sabotage, attacks on infrastructure, and combined military campaigns—require policymakers, scholars, and citizens to rethink twenty-first-century warfare. Yet because cyber capabilities are so new and continually developing, there is little agreement about how they will be deployed, how effective they can be, and how they can be managed.Written by leading scholars, ...

Issue twenty-seven invites you to attend a chimeric gathering of wanders, misfits, rebels, playboys, and survivors.Featuring new short fiction, poetry, CNF, translations, and art from Robert Glück, Julia Kohli (translated by Rob Myatt), Jasleena Grewal, Solomon Samson, Dominic Blewett, Laurie Stone, Stacey Levine, Nina Schuyler, James Warner, Carla Bessa (translated by Elton Uliana), Alvin Lu, Lorelei Bacht, Beatriz Rocha (translated by Grant Schutzman), Réka Nyitrai, David C. Hall...

The impacts of population growth, climate change, and water scarcity and variability on a country's economy or society, in addition to the sheer need to harness international rivers for domestic and regional purposes, have made the management of transboundary freshwater a subject of great import. Over the past several decades, research in various disciplines utilizing a variety of methodologies has explored these issues, focusing on freshwater's strategic importance as well as conflict, co...

Environmental Careers presents a broad-based, yet concise survey of employment opportunities in the environmental field. The book stresses the need for students to develop a strong technical background in the sciences to be effective in understanding and solving complex environmental problems. It also emphasizes the importance of developing relevant work experience through internships or volunteer work to help find entry-level employment in the environmental field. Environmental Careers in...

The heartwarming, true story about the transformative power of love and good works, nurtured in the home of Victor Hugo, author of Les Misérables.Guernsey, Channel Islands, 1860At the marketplace, a five-year-old girl is carrying a baby and crying, hungry for food. She is just one of the many needy children in the streets, and Adèle Hugo, wife of author Victor Hugo, is moved to make a difference. Victor is equally determined. Two years lat...

Marcha is a multidisciplinary survey of the individuals, organizations, and institutions that have given shape and power to the contemporary immigrant rights movement in Chicago. A city with longstanding historic ties to immigrant activism, Chicago has been the scene of a precedent-setting immigrant rights mobilization in 2006 and subsequent mobilizations in 2007 and 2008.Positing Chicago as a microcosm of the immigrant rights movement on national level, these essays plumb...