From Transactional Faith to Transformational Life in ChristAre you tired of feeling stuck in your faith? Do you long for real, lasting spiritual transformation that feels relational rather than formulaic?Like many Christians, you may feel as if you're living in a cycle of fits and starts, seeking to grow closer to God but feeling disillusioned in your faith. In a culture of hustle and hurry, maybe you long to trade a transactional faith for a trans...

•The most popular LGBTQ+ narratives center the East Coast, the West Coast, or the deep South, according to Lambda Literary. When I Was Red Clay is an LGBTQ+ story set amid the unique cultural complexities of the rural West.•The author is a well–connected conservation photographer whose photographs and writing have been featured in regional and national outlets such as The Advocate, Sierra Club Magazine, High Country News, Arizona Highways...

Ian Carter is dissatisfied with his current job in the tobacco industry until he is offered a job at Global Tobacco. At the start, everything seems perfect—a new house, a new job, a boss who has ethical standards. Then employees begin to die in mysterious circumstances. In the tobacco fields in Malawi, Mbwana is getting sicker and sicker. His dreams are haunted by a dead girl and a man who won't leave him alone. Ramia has returned. But he is no longer the man they remember -he is something...

Unlock the secrets to financial freedom with "Passive Income Through Fixer-Upper Properties" - a comprehensive guide to generating passive income through fixer-upper properties. This book is a treasure trove of practical advice, real-world examples, and step-by-step strategies for transforming dilapidated houses into lucrative rental or resale assets. Here's a little of what you'll discover inside this book: - Identifying Profitable Fixer-Upper Properties - Evaluating the Potential ROI of ...

British Generals in Blair's Wars is based on a series of high profile seminars held in Oxford in which senior British officers, predominantly from the army, reflect on their experience of campaigning. The chapters embrace all the UK's major operations since the end of the Cold War, but they focus particularly on Iraq and Afghanistan. As personal testimonies, they capture the immediacy of the authors' thoughts at the time, and show how the ideas of a generation of senior British officers de...

Researchers have been grappling with finding an adequate means of defining poverty since the nineteenth century, yet no universal consensus exists today. Much of the debate has been concerned with whether poverty should be defined in absolute or relative terms. Today, most countries use income as a measure of poverty, and the extent of poverty in a country is assessed on the basis of a poverty line, as is the case in Barbados. Human deprivation cannot be accurately portrayed purely by of a...

Great Power Strategy in Asia, 1905-2005 analyzes the enduring themes underlying the strategic struggles in East Asia, beginning with the crucial event of the 1904-5 Russo-Japanese War.Jonathan Bailey clearly shows why military history is highly relevant in understanding today’s strategic problems, and how the most important areas of current affairs have their roots in often forgotten corners of military history. He makes his powerful case in three clear sections:...

From Transactional Faith to Transformational Life in ChristAre you tired of feeling stuck in your faith? Do you long for real, lasting spiritual transformation that feels relational rather than formulaic?Like many Christians, you may feel as if you're living in a cycle of fits and starts, seeking to grow closer to God but feeling disillusioned in your faith. In a culture of hustle and hurry, maybe you long to trade a transactional faith for a trans...

Sliding out of the shadows of World War Two, the de Havilland Vampire—accompanied by the distinctive whine of its Goblin engine—quickly proved itself an effective alternative to piston-powered fighters. After entering operational service with the RAF (as the service's first single-engine jet) in 1946, the Vampire—sought by air forces the world over—held a number of notable records: the first fighter to exceed 500 mph, the first to set a world altitude record of almost 60,000 feet, the firs...

This volume examines the use of Black popular culture to engage, reflect, and parse social justice, arguing that Black popular culture is more than merely entertainment. Moving beyond a focus on identifying and categorizing cultural forms, the authors examine Black popular culture to understand how it engages social justice, with attention to anti-Black racism.Black Popular Culture and Social Justice takes a systematic look at the role of music, comic books, literature, fi...

This revised and updated second edition maintains the content and spirit of the first edition and includes a new chapter, "Recent Experiences", that provides examples of experimental mathematics that have come to light since the publication of the first edition in 2003. For more examples and insights, Experimentation in Mathematics: Computational P

With the continued advance of computing power and accessibility, the view that "real mathematicians don't compute" no longer has any traction for a newer generation of mathematicians. The goal in this book is to present a coherent variety of accessible examples of modern mathematics where intelligent computing plays a significant role and in so doi