CHRIS HEDGES is the former Pulitzer Prize–winning Middle East Bureau Chief for the New York Times. A prolific author since his 2002 bestseller War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction and a Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year, Hedges’ most recent books include The Greatest Evil Is War, A Genocide Foretold, and, with Joe Sacco, Days of Destruction, Days of ...

Central-Station Electric Lighting With Notes on the Methods Used for the Distribution of Electricity is a comprehensive and authoritative guide that delves into the principles, design, and operation of central-station electric lighting systems as they were developed in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Authored by William Maver, Jr., this book offers a detailed exploration of the technical and practical aspects of generating and distributing electricity from a central location to hom...

Flycatchers!Can you imagine? Bug thieves! Flying around snatching bugs right out of the air.Can you believe it? Snatching everybody's favorite bug at that.....the amazing firefly!The most phenomenal bug there is! Awesome, because it lights up on its own; no wires, no batteries! Scientists call this amazing feat "cold heat" - light without heat! These bugs are pretty special. And, for the kids in Flycatchers! they are captivating. So....What's the catch? Read and see!

**With intimate and harrowing portraits of the human consequences of oppression, occupation, and violence experienced in Palestine today, Pulitzer-prize-winning journalist Chris Hedges issues a call to action urging us to bear witness and engage with the ongoing humanitarian crisis.Hedges wrote the first section of the book when he was in Ramallah in July 2024, and he draws from his experience doing extensive reporting from the Middle East, including Gaza, for the New York Time...

A challenging controversial discussion of the current state of the debate about Christianity and other world faiths.

Tim Welch is a popular history teacher at the Montague Academy, an exclusive private school in Brooklyn Heights. As he says, "I was an odd-looking, gawky kid but I like to think my rocky start forced me to develop empathy, kindness, and a tendency to be enthusiastic. All of this, I'm now convinced, helped in my quest to be worthy of Kate Oliver." Now, Kate is not inherently ordinary. But she aspires to be. She stays home with their two young sons in a modest apartment trying desperately to...

"Wonderfully entertaining . . . This distinctive first novel goes down like a chocolate milkshake but boasts the sharpness and finesse of a complex wine" ( Publishers Weekly).Gilbert Grape is a twenty-four-year-old grocery store clerk stuck in Endora, Iowa, where the population is 1,091 and shrinking. After the suicide of Gilbert's father, his family never fully recovered. Once the town beauty queen, Gilbert's mother is now morbidly obese and planted etern...

The textbook begins with a chapter on exclusivism, inclusivism, particularity and pluralism, and one on interfaith. Each chapter explains the history, rationale and workings of the various approaches. Moreover, each is divided into sub-sections dealing with various forms of each approach, so that each may be appreciated in its individuality, i.e. the chapter on 'Inclusivism' will include sections on 'fulfilment theology' 'anonymous Christians', etc.The second part of this textbook deals wi...

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Most cultures hold to a tradition of marriage. In some cultures the marriages are arranged for children by their parents, while in other cultures marriages are the product of lust. But marriage is strongly held to be an honourable institution in most societies.Most people desire to find that special person whom they can marry and spend the rest of their lives in a comfortable state of love. Unfortunately statistics show that most people never achieve this dream.This book is...

**Now with a new preface for the paperback edition by the author, an unflinching indictment of the horror and obscenity of war by one of our finest war correspondents.Drawn from experience and interviews by Pulitzer-prize-winner Chris Hedges, a devastating look the hidden costs of war, what it does to individuals, families, communities and nations.**“A remarkable record of reporting and analysis. . . A contribution of great significance in these troubled times.” —No...