Spark provides an unhurried, thought-provoking experience about what drives individuals, teams and organizations to thrive, and how readers can use that knowledge to ignite and direct their own careers.Spark is an unconventional business book. It has been built on the idea that coming from a perspective of 'getting' something is a severely self-limiting position. Instead, a career should be seen as an opportunity to give - to your funders, your te...

Bloomsbury presents Spark by Chris Mettler and Jon Yarian, read by John Chancer.Spark provides an unhurried, thought-provoking experience about what drives individuals, teams and organizations to thrive, and how readers can use that knowledge to ignite and direct their own careers.Spark is an unconventional business book. It has been built on the idea that coming from a perspective of 'getting' something is a severely self-limiting position. Instead, a career should be seen...

Spark provides an unhurried, thought-provoking experience about what drives individuals, teams and organizations to thrive, and how readers can use that knowledge to ignite and direct their own careers.Spark is an unconventional business book. It has been built on the idea that coming from a perspective of 'getting' something is a severely self-limiting position. Instead, a career should be seen as an opportunity to give - to your funders, your te...

Available open access under CC-BY-NC license. Homelessness is unequivocally devastating. In the UK, people affected by homelessness are ten times more likely to die than their peers in the general population, yet we still miss important opportunities to adequately address the issue.The Centre for Homelessness Impact brings together this urgent book gathering the insights and experiences of leaders in government, academia and the third sector to present new evidence-based strategies...

From the famous castle to St George’s Quay, Jon Sparks takes us on a tour of Lancaster, explaining the history behind the well-known landmarks of this historic town. Lancaster has lost a few treasures over the centuries since its foundations as a Roman settlement, yet it has retained much of its cultural charm, with sympathetic restoration of the quay and new architectural projects. Today, some areas are totally recognisable, but many beloved features have remained unchallenged and unchang...

The historic county of Lancashire has a great diversity of beautiful landscapes. Award-winning local photographer Jon Sparks has captured the county’s essence in this collection of stunning images. Bordered on the west by vast seascapes and long sandy beaches and to the east by the imposing Pennine range, the county offers green valleys and heather-clad moors, lonely fells and meandering rivers. From the unspoiled beauty of the Forest of Bowland to the dramatic limestone pavements around S...

Manchester and Salford boast an extraordinary historical legacy. In particular, nowhere has a better claim to be regarded as the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution. The area played a pioneering role in transport history, with the Bridgewater Canal and one terminus of the world’s first fully fledged passenger railway. It saw the collaboration of Marx and Engels, the birth of what became the Suffragette movement and the groundwork for the computer revolution. More recently Manchester sa...

Prayers, Confessions, and Declarations That Hit the Mark!Do you pray prayers that sometimes feel like they hit the ceiling? Are you frustrated by religious praying that does not seem to produce results? Have you tried to start "decreeing and declaring" God's promises, only to feel like you are simply reciting spiritual formulas? It’s time for you to unlock the force of Bible-based, prophetic decrees that release the breath, life, and Spirit of Jesus!Larry Sparks, publisher ...

The town of Lancaster has long been a centre for culture, education and commerce. The Romans had a permanent settlement on the same hill as Lancaster Castle sits today. The name of the town is derived from the River Lune and caster, the Old English word for fort. In later years Lancaster developed unique ties to the British monarchy. The House of Lancaster became a branch of the royal family after being embroiled in the Wars of the Roses with the House of York. Although Lancaster has lost ...

For the first time in the history of the Known Lands, the house of Apstone presents a novel written by a slave.Numikès is a slave in the 'liberal' house of Arkenshaw; Lady Telfrid a niece of Numi's owner. But when Telfrid picks Numikès to carry secret messages, it precipitates a chain of events beyond anything they could have imagined. Forced to navigate the expectations of others, they discover new truths about the world and about themselves, and venture to places they'd ...

"One day, when you're a bit older, we will go on a journey together."Now the time has come for Jerya to fulfil her promise to her former pupil Embrel... but why is Railu, her oldest friend, so concerned about the prospect? Why is Railu even more distressed at her stepdaughter Sumyra's eagerness to join the venture?The answer awaits in the Sung Lands, and for both Embrel and Sumyra it will profoundly shake their sense of who they are.Jerya herself is...

The Principle of Detachment, Book Seven of The Shattered MoonPoised between science fiction and historical fiction, with a distinct flavour of fantasy, the Shattered Moon series is a coming-of-age story set in a post-apocalyptic world which may feel strangely familiar. Reviewers say things like:"An expertly captained voyage of the imagination.""Fascinating story brilliantly told.""This book is absolutely captivatin...