Lent is an important season of the Church's Liturgical Year. The traditional purpose of Lent is one of preparation; preparation for the season of Easter which follows it. Prayer is one way through Lent that can be used to prepare for Easter, and prayer is the focus of this booklet.

Advent, Christmas and Epiphany are important seasons in the Church's Liturgical Year. An (un)Common Book of Hours brings together differing voices to help the reader reflect on the Daily Readings of the Revised Common Lectionary and prepare for these seasons of the Church.

This innovative book links theory to practice with regard to teaching pragmatics. In laying out why this is useful, how it is achievable, and what to teach when it comes to pragmatics, this book outlines the theoretical background and offers a wide range of hands-on activities. While offering coverage of timely issues like pragmatics in text messaging, the authors expertly provide further guidance for developing pragmatics curricula for learners of different ages and languages, and at diff...

From internationally bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton comes the first in a new, coming of age trilogy where life on a generation ship takes a turn for the worst when the delicate cycle of life is disturbed... A great read for fans of Alastair Reynolds and Miles Cameron.THEIR LIFE IS A DREAM, THEIR WORLD IS DYING.Hazel’s family live a simple life in their village. Just one of the communities on a vast generation ship on a centuries long journey to a new ...

From an internationally bestselling author comes the second book in the sweeping, never before seen in paperback Arkship trilogy, perfect for readers of Adrian Tchaikovsky and Alastair Reynolds.Their world lives on, but who will control it?Hazel and the reawakened command AI have repaired Daedelus, the vast generation ship carrying the last of humanity on a centuries long journey to a new world. But can she convince her people of the truth she learned in th...

The third and final book in the Arkship trilogy from internationally bestselling author Peter F. Hamilton, perfect for readers of Adrian Tchaikovsky and Alastair Reynolds.Hazel and the Daedalus crew have been through a lot together, but their story isn’t over yet…Picking up the story where The Captain’s Daughter left off, the final book in this epic space opera sees Hazel and her crew fight to regain control of their beloved ship,...

The Greeks have eight forms of love, and the gods of Olympus will have to face them all...Thanatos and the Black Peppermint by Marc TizuraThanatos, God of Death, has always loved peppermint. A long time ago, after a reaping in Paris, he was gifted with a small bundle of heart-shaped black peppermints. They instantly became his favorites. There was no note attached to the package Hermes brought, just a simple tag with the words Made with Love.

Learn to lead others, while managing yourself.Becoming a manager for the first time means mastering a new set of business and personal skills. HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers Collection offers the ideas and strategies to help get you there. Included in this set are HBR's 10 Must Reads for New Managers, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing People, HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Yourself, and HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing Ac...

More than 250,000 public sector managers in the United States take on new positions each year and many more aspire to leadership. Each will confront special challenges-from higher public profiles to a greater number of stakeholders to volatile political environments-that will make their transitions even more challenging than in the business world.Now Michael Watkins, author of the bestselling book The First 90 Days, applies his proven leadership transition framework to the...

Explores the influence of Bertolt Brecht's ideas on the practice and study of cinema.In Brechtian Cinemas, Nenad Jovanovic uses examples from select major filmmakers to delineate the variety of ways in which Bertolt Brecht's concept of epic/dialectic theatre has been adopted and deployed in international cinema. Jovanovic critically engages Brecht's ideas and their most influential interpretations in film studies, from apparatus theory in the 1970s to the ...

From bookshelves overflowing with self-help books to scholarly treatises on neurobiology to late-night infomercials that promise to make you happier, healthier, and smarter with the acquisition of just a few simple practices, the discourse of habit is a staple of contemporary culture high and low. Discussion of habit, however, tends to neglect the most fundamental questions: What is habit? Habits, we say, are hard to break. But what does it mean to break a habit? Where and how do habits ta...

Capitalism is about to commit suicide and is threatening to take us down with it. But will it give way to a grand social utopia or the beginning of a new dark age... albeit WiFi enabled?The Worst is Yet to Come explores the disturbing possibility that the current crisis of neoliberal capitalism isn’t going to spawn an emancipatory renaissance, but a world that is much, much worse.Wealthy CEOs see it. They’ve been purchasing isolated bunker-retreats in New Zealand f...