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"What a funny, emotional and beautifully written book that transports you into the world of penguins and gives a rare insight into life in Antarctica. I loved this book so much." – Lorraine Kelly___At 64° South, on a tiny Antarctic island bustling with penguins, even the smallest lives leave a mark.Welcome to Port Lockroy – the world’s southernmost post office, a tiny outpost on a football-pitch-sized island off the Antarctic Penins...

Travel is one of our favourite activities. From the hustle of bustle of the mega-cities to sleepy mountain towns to the tranquillity and isolation of tropical islands, we love to get out there and explore the world.But globe-trotting also comes with its pitfalls. Wherever there are travellers, there are swindlers looking to relieve individuals of their money, possessions and sometimes even more. To avoid such troubles, and to get on with enjoyable and fulfilling trips, people need ...

Is Jesus mythological? And is he a mere product of his cultural milieu? Through narratological and social-scientific analysis of the gospel account, Barber systematically demonstrates that there are two opposing patterns structuring the gospel. The first is the pattern of this world, which is the combat myth, with a typical sequence of motifs having mythological meanings. It is lived out by everyone else in the accounts except Jesus, because this pattern of the world is the pattern of myth...

'A beautifully evocative book coursing with wisdom and humour... I loved it.' – HELEN MACDONALD, author of H is for Hawk'Anyone with a spark of adventure will enjoy.' – NOAH STRYCKER*,* author of The Thing With Feathers'Antarctica has a special way of changing the lives of those lucky enough to experience it... Peter captures that magic.' – MATTY K. JORDAN, author of The Antarcticans___

The fully revised and updated new edition of this textbook continues to provide the most accessible overview of the main approaches in the study of public policy. It seeks to review the most common and widely used frameworks in the study of policy analysis:institutionsgroups and networkssociety and the economyindividual interestsideas.The book explains each one, offers constructive criticisms and explores their ...

In 1914, Philadelphia was the third largest city in the United States with a population of just over one and a half million people. It was fitting, therefore, that during World War I, Philadelphia mobilized itself for the war effort perhaps more than any other large American city. Nicknamed the �Workshop of the World,� Philadelphia saw its manufacturing and textile companies converted, almost overnight, to full wartime production. Meanwhile, private and city-sponsored organizations sprang ...

What do you give your daughter for her eighteenth birthday? After considering dresses, pets and parties, this father gave his daughter what would almost certainly have been close to the bottom of her wish list. He wrote a book for her. In many ways Meg is an ordinary girl, but in one way she is different from most others: at the age of nine she was diagnosed with cancer. This took the form of a tumour that, by the time of her diagnosis, already filled most of her chest cavity. Later, despi...

People come in two kinds: travellers and those who are missing out.From Cambodia to The Caymans and Arizona to Zimbabwe - travelling has never been easier or more popular. From two week jaunts to gap year meanderings, and for people on all budgets, glorious opportunities exist in all corners of the world. Unfortunately, travelling also presents openings for the less principled people out there.Every year, thousands of people fall victim to various scams, crimes and confiden...

40 short essays to nourish your meditation during Lent. With his simple, profound, and engaging style, Fr. Peter John Cameron, O.P. draws from the wisdom of great Catholic saints and writers to encourage us on the path of prayer. - Forty short essays on the essence of prayer - Insights into how prayer forms a more intimate relationship with God, while helping us become the people God created us to be - Exploration of the riches and benefits of prayer These forty practical meditations beaut...

A life sentence of boredom, that's what most people get out of retirement.For Colonel Petros Arkansas, it's the wildest ride he's ever been on, and as an Ex Navy SEAL he's been on quite a few.The Aliens who abduct him try to bend him to their ways.The shadow military force he joins tries to make him a better man. The mythical trainers try to shake him to his core......but he has ideas of his own.Then, when the enemy forces try to take him, he's had about eno...

The Holy Spirit is the strongest power in the world. There is no government, corporation, or weapon that can withstand the spiritual power of Almighty God.This prophetic book calls God's people to rise up and lay hold of their divine inheritance. When the church learns the secrets of living and walking in the Holy Spirit, they will begin operating in stupendous power. Light will flash from heaven into earth. The power of God will convulse nations. Governments will topple. The kingd...

A historical novel of the Clan Gregor in the 1745 Rising in Scotland. Based on documentary evidence of real people who took part in the last Jacobite Rising in Scotland - 1745/46. With appendices including some of the source material. The principal character is Rob MacGregor, second son of Lt-Col Gregor glun dubh MacGregor of Glengyle who commanded part of the clan regiment.