What does it take to build a civilisation at the edge of the inhabitable world?Iceland's answer stretches across eleven centuries. From the Irish monks who arrived first and left their books and bells behind, to the Norse settlers who built the world's oldest parliament on a plain where two continents pull apart, to the medieval scholars who preserved Norse mythology while the rest of Scandinavia forgot it, Iceland has been producing extraordinary things from the most unlikely circ...

Join A. W. Tozer as He Encounters God the FatherSpend a year dwelling on the awesomeness of God with A.W. Tozer. Tozer was a man who walked closely with God, who prayed often and shunned distraction so he could gaze more purely upon his Creator. In these daily meditations on Scripture, Tozer urges you to do the same. He will stir you toward humility and full surrender. He will expand your faith in a God so great that words fall short to describe Him. He will nouris...

"I fear that we shall never see another Tozer. Men like him are not college-bred but Spirit-taught."—Rev. Leonard RavenhillGreat leaders are rare. Those who pray fervently, worship fully, and walk in integrity—who see God big and depend on Him humbly—are those trained in the way of power.Such was the case for A. W. Tozer, and Tozer for the Christian Leader shows you what made him exceptional. These reflections, grouped mont...

'Maximum Vitality' reveals the invisible. Vital energy is the most important resource of all. High energy intensity brings health and a joyful, successful life. Our life energy can flow freely when blockages are dissolved. Resolving the most significant root causes of these blockages and entanglements, leads to faster personal growth. High energy intensity in the surroundings helps healing us and Earth. Dr. Ralf W. Otterpohl has over 30 years experience in geomancy and psycho-kinesiology a...

A deep-dive into the work of Tove Jansson (1914–2001), the Finland-Swedish author and visual artist who created The Moomins, this book considers her novels, short stories, picturebooks, comics, illustrations and paintings to provide a comprehensive overview of her genre and form defying career.With work ranging from the ironic to melancholy, playful to wise and reaching from the heights and horrors of fantasy to distinctly modern themes and affects, To...

A devastating novel of World War II and the final months of a war that forever darkened the souls of the civilians who lived through it – from the award-winning author of To Die in Spring.‘Shattering stuff, but Rothmann is tender towards his characters and this book is as memorable as his last.’ - The Times, ‘Historical Fiction Book of the Month’As the Second World War enters its final stages, millions in Germany are force...

A gang that shot their way across the West, looting and robbing, comes to an end by a campfire at the edge of the Badlands. As the consipirators go their seperate ways we get a view into how they're changed by the land, the people, the money, the cost their betrayal demands... What is the price of revenge? Discover how the post Civil War West comes alive in this study of character and villany and ultimately: humanity and redemtion under the big sky of the Old West.

Winner of the HWA Sharpe Gold Crown for Best Historical Novel.An international bestseller, To Die in Spring is a beautiful and devastating novel of a friendship tragically interrupted by war, by German author Ralf Rothmann.Walter Urban and Friedrich 'Fiete' Caroli work side by side as hands on a dairy farm in northern Germany. By 1945, it seems the War's worst atrocities are over. When they are forced to 'volunteer' for the SS, the...

Die vorliegenden Studien behandeln metasprachliche Diskurse („Talk about Talk“) in digitalen Medien und eröffnen so neue Forschungsperspektiven. In den oftmals emotional geführten, öffentlichen Diskussionen über Sprachvarianten aus der gesamten Welt werden Urteile über Sprache, Sprachgebrauch oder Sprecher:innen sowie eigene Normvorstellungen sichtbar, die in diesem Band sprachsoziologisch ausgewertet werden. Die Beiträge zeigen auf, wie sich Haltungen zu sprachlichen Normen entwickeln, wi...

Roy & Al is the first English-language book by Europe’s most popular gay cartoonist, Germany’s Ralf König, whose collections have sold over 250,000 copies and have been translated into five languages. Roy & Al is a hilarious, erotically charged series of gay comics starring two dogs whose owners are dating. Al, a purebred, is rather fey, and treats the unsophisticated with disdain, while Roy, a mongrel, is coarser and more down-to-earth (and a tad overweight). Any similar...

The Quantum ShiftExploring Alternative FuturesQuantum physics says reality isn't fixed – it's waiting for an observer. Four ancient archetypes show you how to become one. Science meets spiritual practice in a course that rewires how you see possibility.Here's what quantum physics actually tells us: particles don't commit to a single state until they're observed. Before that moment, they exist in superposition – all possibilities at once.Wh...

'Smart, strange, coping with death through Light' Margaret Atwood'Extraordinary, wise, funny, adventurous' A. L. Kennedy'So utterly startling and inventive, it's almost an act of resistance' Miriam Toews'I couldn't put it down. A cult following seems certain' Literary Review'Refreshing as well as disconcerting to read a novel that sets aside convention so resolutely' Guardia...