Uptime describes the combination of activities that deliver fewer breakdowns, improved productive capacity, lower costs, and better environmental performance. The bestselling second edition of Uptime has been used as a textbook on maintenance management in several postsecondary institutions and by many companies as the model framework for their mai

This book will not turn you into a perfect human being who's free of self-doubt, anxiety, insecurity, or fear. That would be unrealistic given how our brain works. Rather, this book serves as a roadmap for real behavioral change, a new way of acting in which you manage your life according to your own values and what's important to you without feeling trapped by your most troubling thoughts. Feelings of unworthiness, lack of confidence, and the constant self-doubting that once appea...

The anthology 'The History of Witchcraft in Europe Throughout the Ages' offers readers a comprehensive exploration of witchcraft's evolving narrative in Europe, seamlessly weaving together historical treatises, literary reflections, and cultural analyses. This carefully curated collection spans numerous centuries and presents a wide array of literary styles, from rigorously documented accounts to evocative storytelling. Each piece is selected to showcase the diversity and complexity of Eur...

Since its release in 1949, The Hero with a Thousand Faces has influenced millions of readers by combining the insights of modern psychology with Joseph Campbell’s revolutionary understanding of comparative mythology. In this book, Campbell outlines the Hero’s Journey, a universal motif of adventure and transformation that runs through virtually all of the world’s mythic traditions. He also explores the Cosmogonic Cycle, the mythic pattern of world creation and destruction....

In Colours Green and White is the second volume in John Campbell's fascinating post-war history of Hibernian Football Club, which continues to relive the club's past with a game-by-game and goal-by-goal account of the Easter Road team between 1967 and 1990. In the years that followed the halcyon days of the Famous Five and the club's domination of the league championship, the Easter Road faithful continued to witness some outstanding milestones in the history of the club. As pioneers in Eu...

What courses do intimate relationships usually take? And why do they often seem to go wrong? A concise, brief guide aimed at finding and maintaining peaceful, harmonious relationships, Miracle Relationships: A Path to Freedom and Joy will help you understand the purpose of these relationships and the gifts they have to offer. Understand the healing opportunities in every relationship and the real reason we choose the partners we choose. End the cycle of repeated painful patterns and discov...

Ordinary objects. Extraordinary tales.As Told by Things is a lighthearted, multi-genre collection of short stories and flash fiction, each told from the perspective of an inanimate object.Fun, witty, and full of charm, As Told by Things will capture your imagination—as well as your heart.What objects do you think have stories to tell?

Islands of Space is generally credited with introducing the concepts of hyperspace and the warp drive to science fiction. The novel concerns the adventures of four heroes, Arcot, Morey, Wade and Fuller. A masterpiece of science fiction!

A memoir of an Australian Youth Exchange student, who embarked on a journey of not only exchange, but also travel, relationships, personal growth and development. Tens of thousands of teenagers around the world embark on life-changing youth exchange programs every year. Their personal growth and development is brought about by an enormously vast array of experiences, both good and bad. They laugh, they cry, they make mistakes, and they achieve amazing things. Those who embrace every opport...

The first full biography of the southern U.S. Supreme Court justice who championed both the U.S. Constitution and states’ rights.The life of John Archibald Campbell reflects nearly every major development of 19th-century American history. He participated either directly or indirectly in events ranging from the Indian removal process of the 1830s, to sectionalism and the Civil War, to Reconstruction and redemption. Although not a defender of slavery, he fea...

"A perfect snapshot of modern horror fiction . . . Dark Stars is to this generation what Kirby McCauley's seminal Dark Forces was to mine." —Brian Keene, Bram Stoker Award–winning author of The RisingWithin these pages you'll find tales of dead men walking, an insidious secret summer fling, an island harboring unspeakable power, and a dark hallway th...

Witchcraft in Europe in Middle Ages and Early Modern Period was believed to be a combination of sorcery and heresy. While sorcery attempts to produce negative supernatural effects through formulas and rituals, heresy is the Christian contribution to witchcraft in which an individual makes a pact with the Devil. In addition, heresy denies witches the recognition of important Christian values such as baptism, salvation, Christ and sacraments. In Early Modern European tradition, witches were ...