Two billion people around the world use Instagram, but so far social scientists have done little research on the platform. Despite Instagram's reputation for shallowness, the ongoing self-presentation it demands confronts users with profound dilemmas. Who are we? What do we want to show of ourselves? What do we aspire to be? On Display is a book about how people remake their worlds through social media. John D. Boy and Justus Uitermark provide an encompassing account of how a plat...

Christian Perspectives on Transforming Interreligious Encounter underscores the urgency of interreligious dialogue for contemporary society, aiming to foster interfaith understanding, justice, and peace. The initial section focuses on novel approaches to engaging with the religious Other through non-Christian sacred texts. Contributors explore the Jewish-Christian relationship, offer Christian interpretations of Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian scriptures, and discuss the Qur?an's p...

Great Speeches collects over forty of the most powerful and stirring addresses delivered in the English language.It captures the significant historical events of the past 400 years in the words of their participants, from those speeches given in times of war and sorrow, such as Winston Churchill's 'This Was Their Finest Hour', to those delivered at moments of hope, such as Barack Obama's election victory address.Other speeches include:• Charl...

This book is simply an attempt to set down, in a plain and straightforward manner, some account of the various experiences and adventures of the author during a period of some fifteen years spent in hunting, trading, and exploring, principally on the eastern side of the African continent. The title has been suggested by some episodes in the narrative, the main facts of which are within the recollection of many of the white men now in British East Africa. These episodes caused somewhat of a...

... poetry is the blossom and the fragrancy of all human knowledge, human thoughts, human passions, emotions, language.' Samuel Taylor ColeridgeThis glorious celebration of classic poetry features verse from around the English-speaking world. Carefully selected and divided into themed sections, the poems encompass the wealth of human experience - love, death, youth, old age, nature, travel and humour are all included in works that range from the 1500s onwards.A comprehensiv...

Hope is the thing with feathersThat perches in the soul,And sings the tune without the words,And never stops at all.- Emily DickensonFrom time immemorial, poetry has provided its readers with a source of comfort and encouragement in times of need. In this superb anthology can be found the best of the English-speaking world's inspirational and reassuring verse, including such classics as Rudyard Kipling's 'If' and W.H. Davies' 'L...

A history of the 4-year period from 1959 to 1963 when RAF bomber command operated 60 Thor Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles as part of the UK nuclear deterrent force, and how and why it was dismantled. It is well illustrated with aerial photographs of the missile bases alongside photographs, maps and diagrams.

John Boys’ An Exposition of the Last Psalme is a detailed theological and literary analysis of Psalm 150, the final psalm in the Book of Psalms, which is a hymn of praise to God. Written in the early 17th century, Boys, an English clergyman and scholar, offers a rich, expository sermon on this psalm, which calls for the worship of God through music and instruments, focusing on the universality and intensity of praise due to God.Psalm 150 is a brief yet powerful passage that urges everythin...

On January 17 1861, a few weeks after South Carolina became the first state to formally secede from the Union, Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier's 'A Word for the Hour' was published in The Boston Evening Transcript. It was to herald the birth of a new era of American poetry - one that expressed the hopes and fears, and the hatred and hostility, of a nation torn in two.The only conflict to be fought on American soil by Americans, the Civil War pitched brother against brother, fat...

"John Boyes...has had as many hair-raising adventures as any one in the world who has lived to tell the tale, for at one time was virtually king of the savage Kikuyu tribe." -Boston Globe, Nov. 9, 1912"John Boys...was the actual controlling power for several years in a great region into which before no white man had been allowed...he entered the hostile territory practically alone...had to do a lot of fighting to gain his ascendancy...he was in gre...

In "An Exposition of the Last Psalme," John Boys delves into the profound themes and theological intricacies of Psalm 150, the concluding psalm of the biblical Psalter. With a meticulous exegetical approach, Boys employs a rich tapestry of literary devices to illuminate the psalm's call to universal praise through vivid imagery and rhythmic cadence. His work is situated within the context of early 17th-century religious thought, reflecting the era's preoccupations with the interplay of scr...

"A White King in East Africa" by John Boyes is a captivating narrative that chronicles the author's adventures and experiences in the heart of East Africa. Boyes, a British explorer, immerses himself in the rich cultures and landscapes of the region, providing readers with vivid descriptions and insightful observations. His encounters with local tribes, wildlife, and the challenges of the environment paint a picture of a world that is both beautiful and perilous. The book serves as a testa...