In the flooded Fens of eastern England, the abandoned poor cling to life in a waterlogged wilderness, while the wealthy elite live inside a luxurious domed enclave ruled by an increasingly malevolent intelligence. Evocative, prophetic and fiercely human, Flood Waters Down is a powerful exploration of survival, resistance and moral reckoning in a world undone by climate collapse.

Every child's story is unique, and sometimes it takes two families to create one special life. This book celebrates the love of those who give us life and those who guide us through it-showing that family is built not only by birth but by the love that raises us. Through compassion, understanding, and a sense of belonging, this story honors the beautiful bonds that make a family-and how every part of your journey helps you grow into the person you're meant to be.

LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY: A Journey Into the Heart of Intimacy with GodThere is a place where anxiety fades, peace floods the soul, and love draws you closer to God-the place of prayer.In this devotional guide, Dr. Lee A. Simpson invites you to rediscover prayer not as a ritual to perform but as a relationship to enjoy. LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY takes you on a spiritual journey into the heart of intimac...

"The wilderness is not where your faith goes to die, but where it finally learns to breathe."Most of us inherited a faith we didn't build-a structure of rigid rules, exhausting performance, and brittle certainty. But what happens when the roof caves in? What happens when the "Empire of Force" demands a version of you that you can no longer provide?Wilderness & Wonder is not a book about trying harder. It is a 40-day Lenten survival ...

Providing a concise toolbox for publishing professionals and students of publishing, this book explores the skills needed to master the key elements of social media marketing and therefore stay relevant in this ever-competitive industry.Taking a hands-on, practical approach, Social Media Marketing for Book Publishers covers topics including researching and identifying actionable insights, developing a strategy, producing content, promotion types, community building, workin...

The ongoing growth of attachment research has given rise to new perspectives on classic theoretical questions as well as fruitful new debates. This unique book identifies nine central questions facing the field and invites leading authorities to address them in 46 succinct chapters. Multiple perspectives are presented on what constitutes an attachment relationship, the best ways to measure attachment security, how internal working models operate, the importance of early at...

Off road enthusiasts of all ages will be able to relate to the sights, sounds, and feel of rumbling, roaring, metallic chip-chirping and bam-bashing through rocky, mud-tastic, forest trails! Read the words out loud and experience the sensations of an exciting adventure!

Set against the contrasting backdrops of Wisconsin’s pristine Northwoods, known as God’s country, and the hustle and bustle of the Windy City, unfolds a mystery of unique characters with complicated pasts and conflicting agendas—the innocent, the socialites, the vigilantes, the village chief of police, the world-weary veteran detective, and the trust-fund sluggard.When the body of a twenty-six-year-old ne’er-do-well from an elite family of Chicago’s North Shore is found half-consume...

This is the eagerly awaited second volume of Jean Bérenger's history of the Habsburgs. It covers the last two centuries of their rule and provides a compelling account of the fluctuations of Habsburg dynastic power and its disintegration after World War One. Bérenger gives a rich portrait of Habsburg greatness under Maria Theresa and Joseph II and shows how their successors proved more adroit at riding the tide of nationalism in their multi-ethnic empire than is often recognised.

Applied Neurophysiology is intended to promote understanding of the structure and function of the human nervous system for anesthetists. For that reason this book presented concepts rather than critical discussions of experimental work. This book is organized into five parts. There are chapters intended for specialists such as those on vision, control of gaze, hearing and locomotion that were included in order to introduce concepts on brain stem automatisms and cortical function necessary ...

Why do we think about and interact with other people in the particular ways that we do? Might these thoughts and actions be contemporary products of our long-ago evolutionary past? If so, how might this be, and what are the implications? Research generated by an evolutionary approach to social psychology issues profound insights into self-concept, impression formation, prejudice, group dynamics, helping, aggression, social influence, culture, and every other topic that is fundamental to so...

This volume showcases the latest theoretical and empirical work from some of the top scholars in attachment. Extending classic themes and describing important new applications, the book examines several ways in which attachment processes help explain how people think, feel, and behave in different situations and at different stages in the life cycle. Topics include the effects of early experiences on adult relationships; new developments in neuroscience and genetics; attachment orientation...