Like yeast, parables are explosive stories of Jesus that invade our lives and transform us into citizens of the kingdom of God. But they are also cryptic, and thats where this book is useful. More than an explanation or interpretation of each parable, this definitive work is primarily an exercise in hermeneutics. In it, readers are taken through a process of discovering which sayings of Jesus are parables, problematic questions related to counting and categorizing them, and Jesus ...

Barbering is the second oldest profession in the world and one of the fastest growing in the United States. Everybody wants a piece of this expanding market for a variety of reasons. While some have a passion for the craft and are regarded as neighborhood heroes, others see an industry ripe with advancement and opportunity.Clip Culture Manual is designed to not only help barbers build and nurture their clientele, but to guide everyone in the health, wellne...

This book traces the development of internal marketing from initial conceptualisation through to the current issues. It identifies both significant underlying tensions between major theorists and areas in which new perspectives may enrich our understanding of this crucial subject.Internal marketing is the use of traditional strategies by organisations to market themselves to their employees. Presented in bite-sized sections, each of which dissects the most important themes and conc...

At 3:17 p.m. on March 18, 1937, a natural gas leak beneath the London Junior-Senior High School in the oil boomtown of New London, Texas, created a lethal mixture of gas and oxygen in the schools basement. The odorless, colorless gas went undetected until the flip of an electrical switch triggered a colossal blast. The two-story school, one of the nations most modern, disintegrated, burying everyone under a vast pile of rubble and debris. More than 300 students and teachers were killed, and h...

"Recovering from a suicide attempt and escaping the darkness that can debilitate anyone is a reminder that nothing in this life is ever assured. Professional success and personal contentment were not enough to save me in the fall of 2015, when mental illness had me firmly in its grip." Browne's recovery from fear of exposure prompted by the Ashley Madison data breach has unfolded in Bermuda and coincides with the reinvention of his career as an educator and the love of a wife who understan...

This core textbook empowers and inspires students with sustainable marketing strategies to pursue the triple bottom line; People, Planet and Profit. The purpose is to underpin a brand’s commercial competitive advantage through its societal and environmental impact.It presents complex cross-disciplinary and cross-functional theoretical and practical discussions in a simplified manner to specify how the learning outcomes from different chapters can address the grand challenges associ...

A failing publishing house receives an unexpected gem but the mystery surrounds the messenger as well as the manuscript.

More than a million patient safety incidents occur every year, and medical error is the third leading cause of death in the United States. Illuminating the experiences of those affected by medical error—patients, their loved ones, and physicians and other medical professionals—Talking with Patients and Families about Medical Error delves deeply into the challenges of communicating honestly and openly about mistakes in medical practice.ccBased on guidelines from the I...

★美國熱門Podcast節目「商戰」（Business Wars）深化文字版★Podcast下載量超越3,500萬次，每月聽眾超過400萬人次，完聽率95％★《財星》（Fortune）雜誌最佳商業Podcast節目★亞馬遜網路書店讀者平均4.6顆星評價每場商戰都是史詩級的冒險，誰才能在市場上贏到最後？當巨頭林立，新進黑馬又如何攻其不備？iPhone打趴黑莓機，H&M和Zara各擅勝場，Netflix狠甩其他影音平台好幾條街……從史上最經典的商戰案例，看見鞏固自身優勢、立足競爭洪流的商場謀略！本書中可以看到26場名留青史的商業對決，每一場商戰都是史詩級的冒險，賭上萬千資源、人力與腦力。作者依時間順序介紹企業的崛起，談他們如何征服對手、提出創新計畫並依據社會需求的轉變做出調適。那些企業的目標只有一個，就是要確保自己持續在賽事中占據領先地位，並以勝利者之姿成為產業龍頭。而作者也將逐章分析商業抗衡中的祕訣，例...

NYT Bestselling Author Michelle M. Pillow's paranormal shifter romantic comedy series.This Box Set includes books 1-6:Determined PrinceRebellious PrinceStranded with the CajunHunted by the DragonMischievous PrinceHeadstrong PrinceDetermined PrinceDragon shifter prince Kyran and his people are gravely in need of mates. Their planet’s female shifters are dying out, so they look ...

Setting out advice, research and personal reflections to inform professionals' daily practice and overall understanding of the lives and experiences of autistic transgender and non-binary people, this edited volume is an invaluable resource for anyone who seeks to engage more with autistic transgender, non-binary or gender-variant people.Aiming to contextualise the overlap of autism and gender variance, this book features chapters by leading authorities such as Wenn Lawson, Damian ...

Covering the range of pathologies that emergency medicine physicians, hospitalists, and internal medicine physicians see daily, A Visual Guide to ECG Interpretation, Third Edition, helps you easily recognize key ECG patterns, test your diagnostic skills, and quickly identify potentially lethal cardiac conditions. Drs. Susan R. Wilcox and David F. M. Brown use a combination of vivid illustrations, detailed annotations, clinical cases, and ECGs to help you recognize and interpret significant...