This book makes a timely contribution to our understanding of the dramatic political changes that have recently affected Scotland and thrown into doubt the country’s future position within the United Kingdom. Its focus is on the Labour Party and the loss of its traditional electoral support base. This theme is related to religion and its relevance to Scotland’s identity politics. The author examines how Labour was able to appeal across the ethno-religious divide in Scotland for many decade...

Ties That Bind? is an engrossing and timely study of the historical, cultural and political relationship between Scotland and Northern Ireland at a seminal moment in the constitutional history of both places. It has seldom been acknowledged, and rarely explored in any real depth, but this important book conclusively demonstrates just how deeply entwined the two countries are.The book explores how Scottish–Ulster ties historically acted as a bridge between Britain and Irela...

Graham Walker began giving away excerpts from his life story written on A4 sheets of paper inserted in his Big Issues. The response from his customers was overwhelming and queues formed at Graham's pitch every week as people eagerly awaited the next instalment. Graham and illustrator 'Pete The Brush' self-published the book, and it was then published by Tangent Books.Graham remains homeless and continues to work selling The Big Issue South West. He is particularly well known in the...

Looking back on a life shaped by dysfunction, faith, and redemption, Beautiful Brokenness tells the courageous story of how trauma did not get the final word.Raised in an African American family marked by mental illness, addiction, and instability, Stephany Graham Walker's childhood was defined by abandonment, secrecy, and survival. After her mother left her children behind, Stephany internalized deep pain and shame, leading her down a path of self-destruction, broken rela...

Rangers have won 53 League Championships, more than any other club in the world. They have won the Scottish League Cup 26 times -- more than any other Scottish club -- and the Scottish Cup 33 times. In 1961 Rangers reached the final of the European Cup Winners' Cup, becoming the first British club to reach the final of a UEFA club competition. They won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1972, having been the runners-up in 1961 and 1967, and were runners-up in the 2008 UEFA Cup Final.

The Biographical Dictionary of British Prime Ministers is a wide-ranging, comprehensive guide to the political lives of Britain's prime ministers from Sir Robert Walpole to Tony Blair. Written by some of the leading authorities on British politics this authoritative dictionary provides essential information about each premiership, including facts and analytical debate.Each entry has been written to the same formula and contains:* brief biographical information outlin...

"An excellent text to offer more depth on theories and concepts within Sports Psychology and provide learners with a greater understanding of current psychological theories. The text helps in enforcing knowledge gained and also provides a plethora of references for further reading around any of the chapters covered within the text."- John Harrison, Tyne Metropolitan College"This book provides a good introduction to sports psychology, and enables stu...

"An excellent text to offer more depth on theories and concepts within Sports Psychology and provide learners with a greater understanding of current psychological theories. The text helps in enforcing knowledge gained and also provides a plethora of references for further reading around any of the chapters covered within the text."- John Harrison, Tyne Metropolitan College"This book provides a good introduction to sports psychology, and enables stu...

The title tells the whole story. I didn’t know that my battles and my struggles were my promotion in the things of God; from the age seven to seventy, I was being blessed while God was crushing me. Everything that is so greatly anointed has also been greatly afflicted. The problems became my promise, it was not self-promotion, it was godly promotion. An Olive has to be crushed to produce the precious oil.As I look back over my life, and I study the Word of God, I see that most of h...

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee and ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.Jeremiah 1:5Ye have not chosen ME, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that you should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, HE may give it you.John 15:16Pastor Alverna B. Graham3323 Habitat Boulevard, John's Island,...

In a world that values power above all else, we need to rethink God. It's not just better athletes and bigger engines, but weapons of mass destruction, assault rifles, lethal drugs. Our obsession with stronger, faster, more and bigger everything is killing us--and at the top of this power pyramid an all-powerful God validates it all. For those who want a theology justifying the power game in all its forms, omnipotence is the perfect pretext, but for a growing segment of our modern, scienti...

Navigating Post-Truth and Alternative Facts: Religion and Science as Political Theology is an edited volume that explores the critical intersection of “religion-and-science” and our contemporary political and social landscape with a tailored eye towards the epistemological and hermeneutical impact of the “post-truth society.” The rise of the post-truth society has specific importance and inherent risk for nearly all academic disciplines and researchers. When personal beliefs regarding clim...