A coming of age story in a family where chaos is normal, the ludicrous is everyday, and the improbable is unexceptional. When you're growing up in such a turbulent environment, what could make it worse? Try adding lots of money, unequally shared!It Grows on Trees is a rollicking ride for Nelson and his astonishing collection of relatives and hangers-on that takes him across generations, several nations, affairs (both love and financial), and somehow or other… out the other side.

We live in a season when church attendance is still building back to what it was before the pandemic. Many Christians have been separated from their church communities. How do we resume and re-prioritize church life and join back together? Why do we even need to—especially when online church fits so neatly around our schedules? Gathered for Good addresses this felt need with empathy and authority and encourage believers to commit to their local church community as a way to deepen their spi...

Our constant danger is that we have a view of God that is too small.We are living in a me-focused, treat-yourself world—a world that incessantly encourages us to focus on ourselves. But a life turned inward—rather than focused on God—brings peril and confusion. When we fail to know God properly, we become selfish and hopeless. But a renewed understanding of who God is changes tha...

The constitutionalization of intellectual property law is often framed as a benign and progressive integration of intellectual property with fundamental rights. Yet this is not a full or even an adequate picture of the ongoing constitutionalization processes affecting IP. This collection of essays, written by international experts and covering a range of different areas of intellectual property law, takes a broader approach to the process. Drawing on constitutional theory, and particularly...

A collection of the loose nuts, bolts and washers of society. Tales told by the queer, the quirky and the downright demented. The sad, the sick, the funny and the tragic.

WALKING THE DOG is a series of interconnected stories with the narrative arc of a novel. These stories can be read individually or sequentially.Set in the immediate neighbourhood of the Parker family, in Melbourne’s western suburbs, Walking the Dog tells tales of love, family, friendship, voyeurism, infidelity, jealousy, mortality and dogs.

Eden is an escapist fantasy, a commentary on planet Earth’s woes and a crime thriller, told from multiple points of view.Doug Winchcombe, brilliant but chronically introverted physicist, discovers a gateway to another planet. A perfect world he names Eden. But a perfect world needs more than one inhabitant.He and his nephew set out to build a viable population as they discover the wonders and secrets of Eden and the pitfalls of building a society from scratch.Poigna...

Part 1 addresses three foundational matters: a theology of the word of God; an overview of NT Greek terms related to preaching; the scope and character of NT word ministries. Part 2 concentrates on exegetical studies of sections of NT teaching that relate especially to the post-apostolic context. Part 3 summarizes the exegetical findings, sets them within the context of biblical theology, and addresses some broader theological implications.

For three years the people of Eden have lived an idyllic life on a pristine planet with easy access to Earth. But the gateway is closing, leaving Eden potentially less perfect; and for the seven billion souls stuck on Earth, no Planet B.Woven from a web of intertwined subplots, Eden Unplugged charts the lives of Eden’s heroes and villains and the changes to society of a planet unplugged; a planet set adrift like teenagers who can no longer return home with their dirty laundry for a...

Intellectual property law faces the challenge of balancing the interests of right holders and users in the face of technological change and inequalities in information access. Concepts of Property in Intellectual Property Law offers a collection of essays which reflect on the interaction between intellectual property and broader, more traditional, notions of property. It explores the way in which differing interpretations of the concept of property can affect the scope of protection in the...

Men with Asperger's Syndrome, young and old, experience difficulty with social interaction, which can be a stumbling block when it comes to getting a girlfriend. Here is a book that demystifies the enigma of 'relationships' by explaining everything in Asperger-friendly terms (some of them mathematical, naturally).Asperger Meets Girl provides hope for all hopeless wooers by offering a choice of three interrelated abstract models for understanding boy-girl relationships. And, to make...

Who is really in control? In the panic of a crisis, our eyes might turn to world leaders, influencers or institutions to give us guidance. We wonder: Where can we find the help we need?There is a story that speaks into our question. It's the story of a man the institutions rejected. It's a story of a man who was brought to trial yet refused to defend himself, punished yet was innocent, suffered yet remained in complete control, even when everything seemed most out of contr...