Providing insights into this neglected Southeast Asian city, this interesting book interprets Vientiane’s landscape - physical as well as imagined - as a reflection of key aspects of Lao geo-political history, the nature of Lao urbanism, and its critical relation to constructions of Lao identity in the contemporary period. It is argued that the patterns of change seen through Vientiane’s past embody the key political and economic processes and transformations impacting on the people of Lao...

Long-Term Athlete Development describes how to systematically develop sporting excellence and increase active participation in local, regional, and national sport organizations. This resource describes the long-term athlete development (LTAD) model, an approach to athlete-centered sport that combines skill instruction with long-term planning and an understanding of human development. By learning about LTAD, sport administrators and coaches will gain the knowledge and tools to enha...

Welcome to the 509 Crime Stories!This police procedural series is set in Eastern Washington and features revolving lead characters. Each novel is a standalone tale that can be read in any order.You’ll get the first, second, and third books in this digital box set collection.The Side Hustle: Two homicide detectives search for the killer of a personal finance blogger.The Long Cold Winter: A d...

A spellbinding blend of history and science, scholarship and speculation, this landmark work presents startling new evidence that traces archaeology's most enduring mysteries back to the lost civilization of Atlantis....The Great Pyramid. Stonehenge. Machu Picchu. For centuries, these and other sacred sites have inspired wonder among those who ponder their origins.Conventional science tells us they were constructed by local peoples working with the primitive tools of a fled...

Here is the updated and expanded edition of the bestseller that changed millions of lives.The science is clear. The results are unmistakable.You can dramatically reduce your risk of cancer, heart disease, and diabetes just by changing your diet.More than thirty years ago, nutrition researcher T. Colin Campbell and his team at Cornell University, in partnership with teams in China and England, embarked upon the most comprehensive study ever undertaken of the relation...

Master the ice and catch more fish this winter. Whether you’re stepping onto frozen lakes for the first time or refining your hardwater setup, this practical guide is your complete companion to cold-season success. Packed with real-world tactics, clear rigging explanations, and proven species strategies, it shows you how to catch walleye, perch, pike, trout, crappie, and more even on difficult days.You’ll learn how to assess ice conditions safely, stay warm in harsh weather, and ri...

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"This study Bible is a must-have to help us see Jesus Christ throughout the whole Bible." —biblereviewguys.comThe ESV Gospel Transformation Study Bible is designed to help readers see Christ in all of Scripture, and grace for all of life.It features book introductions, gospel-centered study notes, and a series of all-new articles—written by a team of over 50 pastors and scholars. This content explains passage-by-passage how God's redemptive purposes culminate in th...

Dallas Nash is afraid he’s losing his mind. Investigating two murders isn’t going to help.It’s time that Detective Dallas Nash returns to his Major Crimes assignment after suffering a personal loss. His supervisor assigns him a cold case to ease him back into the job.The thirty-year-old unsolved murder leads to a startling revelation—Nash and his friends saw the victim right before her death. Before he can work the case, though, dispatch sends him to a wint...

When taxi driver and amateur sleuth Terry takes on a new client, he doesn't expect her to turn up dead. With echoes of his recent past coming back to haunt him, can he work out what's going on before someone else gets killed?'Charis Brown's elfin-like smile was, like the footsteps on the stairs, noticeably absent. She looked at me, looked at the dead woman and let out the sort of sigh I knew from experience meant it was going to be a long night.''A Long Cool Glass of Murder...

The Good Friday Agreement is widely celebrated as a political success story, one that has brought peace to a region that was once synonymous around the globe with political violence. The truth, as ever, is rather more complicated than that. In many respects, the era of the peace process has seen Northern Irish society change almost beyond recognition. Those incidents of politically motivated violence that were once commonplace have become thankfully rare and a new generation has emerged wh...

Relax the german way. Syncsouls put together a methodical audio training for beginners which optimally coaches the autogenic training step by step. The aim of this exercises is to make you apply the autogenic training yourself in day to day situations and thus let you gain more balance and a better body perception. The autogenic training (also known as contrantrative self relaxation) is a worldwide established relaxation technique. The method was developed by the German (Berlin) psychiatri...