Peter Atkinson has made a highly distinguished and much respected contribution to the Church of England—the last principal of Chichester Theological College and the dean of Worcester for 16 years. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the ablest preachers of his generation.To mark his retirement and honour his ministry, this volume distils the very best of his sermons for the lasting benefit of the Church as a whole.Drawn from over 25 years of ministry, the collection comb...

While remote sensing gives a surface depiction of the world, its recent convergence with GIS enables richer depictions that can be used to simulate physical processes, identify trends, and make more accurate predictions. GeoDynamics is based on specialized lectures from an international field of experts, addressing remote sensing, spatially

Cathedrals today face a paradox: on the one hand they represent one of the biggest success stories and mission opportunities of the present-day church; on the other they face seemingly insurmountable financial difficulties, and are largely left by the church and government to fend for themselves.Many—both within and outside the church—argue that cathedrals are an irrelevance. But cathedrals are one area of the church’s life where increasingly the unchurched and the half-believer en...

Now ubiquitous in modern life, spatial data present great opportunities to transform many of the processes on which we base our everyday lives. However, not only do these data depend on the scale of measurement, but also handling these data (e.g., to make suitable maps) requires that we account for the scale of measurement explicitly. Scale in Spat

The Wow Dad! books give you simple and interesting ways to amaze, entertain and educate your child anytime and anywhere. Think of Wow Dad! as a toolbox of fun and learning. You don’t need empty cereal boxes, paint, glitter or glue; whether you're outdoors, in a restaurant, on the road or anywhere else you'll be ready to have some fun together with the ideas in these books.

The Wow Dad! books give you simple and interesting ways to amaze, entertain and educate your child anytime and anywhere. Think of Wow Dad! as a toolbox of fun and learning. You don’t need empty cereal boxes, paint, glitter or glue; whether you're outdoors, in a restaurant, on the road or anywhere else you'll be ready to have some fun together with the ideas in these books.

The Wow Dad! books give you simple and interesting ways to amaze, entertain and educate your child anytime and anywhere. Think of Wow Dad! as a toolbox of fun and learning. You don’t need empty cereal boxes, paint, glitter or glue; whether you're outdoors, in a restaurant, on the road or anywhere else you'll be ready to have some fun together with the ideas in these books.

Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Anglo-Polish novelist Joseph Conrad, written as a frame narrative, about Charles Marlow's experience as an ivory transporter down the Congo River in Central Africa. The river is "a mighty big river, that you could see on the map, resembling an immense snake uncoiled, with its head in the sea, its body at rest curving afar over a vast country, and its tail lost in the depths of the land". In the course of his travel in central Africa, Marlow becomes ...

From video games to the Internet, technology and popular culture are having a profound effect on today's boys. Boys need guidance more than ever. But how can we help them do better in school? How can we keep the lines of communication open?Raising Boys in a New Kind of World is a passionate call for greater empathy. The more we know about boys, the more realistic our expectations of them will be. We need to stop seeing normal boy behaviour as a problem and learn to underst...

The Essential Parenting Guide- NOW COMPLETELY UPDATED AND EXPANDED!In 1982, child development experts Linda Acredolo, Ph.D., and Susan Goodwyn, Ph.D., discovered that babies can communicate with simple signs-even before they're able to talk. The result: Baby Signs, the groundbreaking technique that has changed parenting forever.Now, with the widespread popularity of signing with hearing babies and new and exciting research findings to report, the authors ha...

Featuring the Monsters from the “Feed the Monster” game app, these little Monsters need to learn some manners. “If a Monster burps … what should he do?” Monster Manners is a fun and silly way to help kids learn their basic manners … for kids 3 to 5.Sharon Pierce McCullough’s whimsical characters and illustrations are a favorite with kids of all ages. She is the author and illustrator of many children’s books. She is also the co-founder of ZiggityZoom.com, where you can find online ...

An all-encompassing guide to entertaining, amazing, and possibly even educating children, Be the Coolest Dad on the Block provides the perfect excuse to stand on a balloon, play with grated cheese in the microwave, and unroll an entire roll of toilet paper, all in the name of spending time with your kids.Written by a comedy writer and a cartoonist with thirty years’ combined experience as dads, Be the Coolest Dad on the Block is a cornucopia of practical parenting...