For James Keir Hardie, founding father of the British Labour Party, Socialism was the Christianity of his day. Keir Hardie realized that the abject poverty of his early years was economic, social, and political oppression, so he dedicated his life to fighting for justice. He found inspiration in the visions, insights, and concepts of figures from Jesus of Nazareth to Robert Burns and Karl Marx. At the heart of Keir Hardie's creed was the belief that human solidarity is sacred. What underpi...

Elizabeth Barker is an ordinary eleven-year-old, until the day she encounters the blue flame for the first time, and comes face-to-face with a centuries-old family secret. The blue flame brings with it gifts, power and danger - and all this before her first day in high school!

This book includes theoretical, conceptual, empirical, and reflective discussions on issues and experiences pertaining to PhD by Publication for both the prospective and retrospective route. It features formal work alongside reflections on stakeholders’ experiences and addresses formal primary research and research syntheses which survey the landscapes of PhD by Publication regarding its policies, thesis and student experience.The book provides personal, context-specific and in-dep...

Elizabeth's back – and it's about time…It's been almost two years since Elizabeth used her magical gifts to defeat a mind-controlling Headmaster and a supernatural hunter. While she may have grown closer to her two friends Gillian and Jay, she is still no nearer to understanding the source of her powers.When an extremist group attacks a high-end research facility, the three friends get their hands on an amazing piece of technology. With the terrorists in hot pursuit and peo...

This book is becoming more important and relevant with every passing hour. There is no time to waste in learing how to navigate our secular age. Our Christian faith and influence can often appear shallow without practical application to business ministry and organisational leadership.This book plumbs new depths in the necessary foundations for leadership and for aspiring leaders in business, ministry and media. It explores how leaders manage the necessary call to action in emerging...

This book aims to unpack the core message of the Labour Church and question the accepted views of the movement by pursuing an alternative way of analysing its history, significance and meaning. The religious influences on late-nineteenth/early-twentieth-century British Socialism are examined and placed within a wider context, highlighting a continuing theological imperative for the British Labour movement.The book argues that the most distinctive feature of the Labour Church was Th...

In these pages you will discover words you never knew existed, and rediscover many that you had forgotten or had given up all hope of ever seeing again.If the amoindering of our language by fifish chuffs leads you to fleer and the infandous overslipping of orthoepy makes you feel wamble, this is most certainly the book for you.Prepare to fike, gane and gaure as Dr Johnson certiorates, carrying carotic catachresis to new heights, and providing all lovers of ...

WINNER of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for LiteratureWINNER of the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Award: Australian History PrizeWINNER of the 2019 Prime Minister’s Australian History PrizeWINNER of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book PrizeAustralian Christian Book of the Year in 2018‘STUNNING, REFRESHING AND ORIGINAL.’ — JULIA BAIRDKoby Abberton emerges like a shark on to the sand at Maroubra Beach. Tattooed from shoulder to shoulder, his body bares letters like teeth: ‘My bro...

′This book provides teachers in higher education with what they need - a compelling framework for improving student learning. It combines a comprehensive synthesis of the latest research on learning and teaching with practical strategies for implementing it in their classrooms′ - Professor Ken Bain, Author of What the Best College Teachers Do, Vice Provost for Instruction, Montclair State UniversityPraise for the First Edition:`For too long we have waited for a book that br...

'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' Pam Ayres'Susie Dent is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWelcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner.From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone's thunder, from tartle (forgetting someone...

*Winner of the Nonfiction Award 2020 Adelaide Festival Awards for Literature**Winner of the 2019 NSW Premier's History Award: Australian History Prize**Winner of the 2019 Prime Minister's Australian History Prize**Winner of the 2019 CHASS Australia Book Prize**Australian Christian Book of the Year in 2018*Koby Abberton emerges like a shark on to the sand at Marou...

Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around major concepts in curriculum, includingcurriculum planning and d...