We can knock down any obstacle, fall and get up from any difficulty. In this book the author, Barry John Nourice, tries to cover every point of reflection, overview and clarification of that training, intense or moderate or meditative, where it does not matter how strong, good or technical you are. Where running out of gas can also mean losing everything and, sometimes, making mistakes. But also where getting up and not getting discouraged is the best thing to do.

John Allen and the Long Revolution of Irish Republicanism, 1780–1855Born in the artisan Liberties of Dublin around 1780, John Allen grew up in a household saturated with the radical politics of the United Irishmen, his father a dyer and republican organiser in Pimlico. Arrested at Margate in 1798 while carrying a secret diplomatic mission to revolutionary France, Allen was acquitted at the Maidstone treason trial through the extraordinary solidarity of Father James...

Shot and Left for Dead: Robert Adrain, The Irish Revolutionary Who Invented Modern StatisticsRobert Adrain arrived in America in 1798 as a wounded fugitive, shot by one of his own men at the Battle of Antrim, hunted by a former employer, fleeing a failed rebellion with his wife and infant daughter. He arrived with nothing but a self-taught mathematical mind of extraordinary power. What he built from that beginning is one of the most remarkable stories in the histor...

A no punches pulled story of an American sailor in Vietnam. Action, adventure, mystery and intrigue. Written by a US Navy Vietnam veteran.

Jay Bonner has a hot lead. Hes close to finding answers about his biological parents. What he stumbles upon in Aunt Albas locked attic, however, is shocking.

An essential roadmap for anyone serious about unique transformational leadership in educationIn Super Ownership: How Superintendents Can Elevate K-12 Systems, author John Barry distills several decades of leadership wisdom drawn from his distinguished career spanning the United States Air Force, public education, and nonprofit leadership and shaped into a blueprint for superintendents-and all educational leaders-who are committed to real, lasting change. His book ...

There is little doubt that increasing polarization over the last decade has transformed the American political landscape. In The Other Divide, Yanna Krupnikov and John Barry Ryan challenge the nature and extent of that polarization. They find that more than party, Americans are divided by involvement in politics. On one side is a group of Americans who are deeply involved in politics and very expressive about their political views; on the other side is a group much less involved in day-to-...

This book explores the mysteries of the universe and its relationship to planet Earth. What place does the Earth have in God's wider plans and what is our own future as human beings? Are there other civilisations inhabiting remote planets somewhere in the depths of space, or are we unique? If we are alone in the Universe, what are the implications of this? In this book, you will start out on a journey leading to many discoveries and surprises along the way.

Brazilian evangelical churches often depend on their pastors to do everything and in turn their pastors exercise a kind of managerial role over the flock. In Brazil, it is often only the pastor who can baptise or preside at the Lord's Supper. This becomes complicated when churches find themselves without a pastor for long periods at a time. Even in the general running of the church its members are sometimes restricted to the role of onlookers with a sense of admiration and frustration as t...

Brazilian evangelical churches often depend on their pastors to do everything and in turn their pastors exercise a kind of managerial role over the flock. In Brazil, it is often only the pastor who can baptise or preside at the Lord's Supper. This becomes complicated when churches find themselves without a pastor for long periods at a time. Even in the general running of the church its members are sometimes restricted to the role of onlookers with a sense of admiration and frustration as t...

This book provides a contemporary panorama of advanced knowledge on the ureter. It covers basic knowledge and recent advances in a range of well-organized topics such as stone diagnosis, treatment, ureteroscopy, laser technology, reconstruction, oncology, trauma, embryology and radiology of the ureter. As shown in the table of contents, the book is written by a group of urology and non-urologic experts in their field and is enriched with many illustrations and summary tables. The 26 chapte...

Expert news sources offer context and act as translators, communicating complex policy issues to the public. Therefore, these sources have implications for who, and what is elevated and legitimized by news coverage. This element considers patterns in expert sources, focusing on a particular area of expertise: politics. As a starting point, it conducts a content analysis tracking which types of political experts are most likely to be interviewed, using this analysis to explain patterns in e...