Time and Time AgainTime-traveling tourists and multiverse-hopping aliens. Ancient arts with a futuristic twist. Romantic risks lovers get to try more than once – if they're not afraid to pay the price. Temporal technologies that send travelers spinning into the realm of their wildest dreams, or the landscape of their worst nightmare.These and other stories await you in The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, Vol. 2. Like its companion volume, this anthol...

It's About TimeTime-traveling thieves and assassins. Mysterious visitors from the past and future. Historical encounters that were never meant to be. Predestination paradoxes and miraculous machines. Journeys through the ages that take unpredictable twists and turns, sending the travelers—and the reader—where they least expect.Welcome to The Accidental Time Travelers Collective, featuring twelve short stories by an international group of speculative fictio...

Most startup books are for founders. This one's for everyone else.Some people come out of startups broke and bitter. Others build careers they love, command higher salaries, and never job hunt again. Same environment. Completely different outcomes.The difference isn't talent. It isn't connections. It isn't luck.It's knowing what nobody teaches you.15+ years in startups. 100+ research citations from neuroscience and behavioral science. One fr...

This book brings together a new, original survey of the significance of Gregory's life and work with translations of eight beautiful and profound orations. Gregory of Nazianzus portrays a vivid picture of a fascinating character of vital importance who deserves to be regarded as the first true Christian humanist.The eight orations, each representing a different aspect of his writing, are examined alongside a selection of his shorter poems in verse translation, letters, and...

Sewing for Beginners 101: How to Start a Tailoring Business. 1st Edition is a must read reference book. This book is written in a simplistic form for a better understanding.Sewing 101 for beginners is a must read for those who want to scale up their tailoring business from a beginner to pro. Gregory has taken his time to condense what you need to do to stand out in your tailoring business in order for you to have exponential success.This book will take you ...

John Piper has had a profound impact on countless men and women over his nearly thirty years of ministry. From his online ministry with Desiring God to his preaching ministry at Bethlehem Baptist to his writing ministry in over thirty books, his faithful service has encouraged and challenged many with God’s Word.Piper’s influence does not stem from his own abilities and accomplishments, but finds its source in his consistent and humble leading of others to Scripture, where the brea...

In the late 1950s the term ‘Ombudsman’ was familiar only to specialists in the government of Scandinavian countries. Since then, the institution has spread throughout both the Western and developing worlds. With the appointment of the Parliamentary Commission for Administration in 1967, the United Kingdom adopted its own special version of the Ombudsman. Originally published in 1975, the role of this new office, and the manner in which it operates, is the central theme of this major study ...

Gregory of Nyssa provides a concise and accessible introduction to the thought of this early church father with new translations of key selections of his writings. Anthony Meredith presents a diverse range of Gregory's writings:his contribution to the debates of the period about the nature of God in argument with a form of extreme Arianismhis discussion of the nature and work of the Holy Ghost, against the so-called 'Spirit fighters'his defence of...

This book examines contemporary food systems in Italy, paying particular attention to the landscape, innovative local practices and local cultural history. It illustrates the utility of the value chain concept in navigating the complexities of comparative advantage in an advanced market setting.It establishes the connection between the landscape and individual food practices, and how they have responded to the commodification of the agri-food system, maintaining a distinctive local...

During the Second World War, the British government established the Special Operations Executive (SOE) for the purpose of coordinating ‘all action, by way of subversion and sabotage, against the enemy overseas’. Although the overseas operations of this branch of the British Secret Services are relatively well known, few studies have explored the ‘backroom sections’ of this organisation. This book draws together the infrastructure developed to support an agent’s ‘journey’ from recruitment t...

Surfing and Sustainability presents a new way of understanding the impact of surfing on the environment, society and the economy, providing important insights into the field of sustainability and arguing that the activity of surfing offers a unique opportunity to explore the ambiguity of sustainability.The book contextualises surfing within current debates on sustainability and applies these debates to an innovative theoretical framework drawn from elements of a risk society and s...

The Struggle for the Pacific (1937) examines the rivalries and postures as various powers – European, the US, Japan and China – attempted to militarily, politically and economically dominate the Asia Pacific sphere. It traces the rise and fall of the many countries and the strategies they undertook.