This book is a collection of over a hundred visual and algebraic explanations and proofs of maths formulas and concepts, all needed for GCSE and A level. Set out as very understandable individual pages per proof, with clear diagrams and simple algebra, all these formulas are found within one handy volume.Included are :Areas of rectangle, circle, triangle, parallelogram, trapezium, surface area and volume, ratio sides of triangle, Pythagoras, sine relationship, sine formula ...

Meditation, Karma, Zen, Tantric and Nirvana are some of the many Buddhist ideas Westerners hear of frequently, even if their meaning has been lost in translation. This vast and complex non-theistic religion is woven into the fabric of Asian civilisations. from India to the Himalayan regions, China, Vietnam, Korea, Japan and elsewhere. What is Buddhism really all about?Introducing Buddha describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter ...

William T. Hogg was a gruff yet driven Mississippi entrepreneur who founded over fifteen companies in his lifetime. He contributed his success to following five disciplines of management and the principles of a Captain’s Wheel, a symbol he used for the leadership development program he designed and facilitated beginning in the 1960s. While serving as an executive at one of his companies in 2007, Sara Jane Hope volunteered to assist Hogg with the revision of his former biography. In a narra...

**THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER**In a world that seems so troubled, how do we hold on to hope?Looking at the headlines—the worsening climate crisis, a global pandemic, loss of biodiversity, political upheaval—it can be hard to feel optimistic. And yet hope has never been more desperately needed.In this urgent book, Jane Goodall, one of the world's most famous naturalists, and Douglas Abrams, the internationally best...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a poignant memoir about her spiritual epiphany and an appeal for why everyone can find a reason for hope.Dr. Jane Goodall's revolutionary study of chimpanzees in Tanzania's Gombe preserve forever altered the very, definition of humanity. Now, in a poignant and insightful memoir, Jane Goodall explores her extraordinary life and personal spiritual ...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a fascinating examination of the critical role that trees and plants play in our world.Seeds of Hope takes us from Goodall's home in England to her home-away-from-home in Africa, deep inside the Gombe forest, where she and the chimpanzees are enchanted by the fig and plum trees they encounter. She introduces us to botanists around the wo...

In Vibrant Matter the political theorist Jane Bennett, renowned for her work on nature, ethics, and affect, shifts her focus from the human experience of things to things themselves. Bennett argues that political theory needs to do a better job of recognizing the active participation of nonhuman forces in events. Toward that end, she theorizes a “vital materiality” that runs through and across bodies, both human and nonhuman. Bennett explores how political analyses of public event...

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits."One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world." —John Robbins, author of The Food RevolutionThe renowned scientist who fundamentally changed the way we view primates and our relationship with the an...

Garden of Hope: An Inspiring Collection of 17+ Stories that Will Make You Believe in Love, Hope, and JoyDo you love short stories and are looking for a new volume to fill the reading gap?If you need some inspiration and hope in your life, this is just the book for you!Life is full of ups and downs. Sometimes we weather the storms easily, and sometimes bad feelings tend to linger. People have always turned to stories to push them through, give them h...

28 bestselling romance authors dish on how they met and married their real-life spouses!At times whimsical and laugh-out-loud funny (Nikoo and Jim McGoldrick’s "Soul Mates for a Thousand Lifetimes"), at others poignant and bittersweet (Elf Ahearn’s "A Lost Friend, A Movie Star, A Man to Love Forever"), all unfailingly inspiring (Lisa Renée Jones’s "Unexpected Treasures"; Deanna Raybourn’s "Once in a Blue Moon"), each essay celebrates that most powerful and enduring of human bonds. ...

When her father can no longer provide for his large family, Fanny Price is sent away from her small Amish community in Colorado to live with her aunt's family in Mount Hope, Ohio. Fanny immediately feels out of place at the Bontrager farm but finds a friend in her aunt's stepson, Elijah Bontrager.As time passes, Fanny begins to long for their friendship to blossom into something more, but her hopes are dashed when Elijah starts to court someone else. With her uncle pressuring her t...

Through case studies, this book shows what child sexual abuse means to children who have been sexually abused, perpetrators, mothers, and other family members. In their own words, persons directly affected tell their own stories. Other topics include services for child and adult survivors, perpetrators, and other family member, talking to children who have been sexually abused, forensic interviewing, prevention strategies for parents and professionals, and strategies for advocacy and for p...