For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Drawing on the work of our greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Heidegger, from Karl Marx to Iris Murdoch, as well as on his own experiences as an electrician and motorcycle mechanic, the author intends to change the way you think about work

The only way to feel fully prepared for your English Literature exam is to practise, practise, practise. This York Notes Practice Tests with Answers book makes it easy and will give you the vital experience you need to properly test your skills, build your confidence and feel

At a community fire day in a northern California town several years ago, author Faith Kearns gave a talk on building fire-safe houses able to withstand increasingly common wildfires. Much to her surprise, Kearns was confronted by an audience member whose house had recently burned. What she thought was straightforward, helpful scientific information had instead retraumatized audience members, forcing

The series of sharp clashes between Ecuador and Peru of 1981 left the dispute between the two countries unresolved as there was still no definitive delimitation of the border. During the following years, both parties had to deal with a series of internal and external issues and, ultimately, these affected the planning and operational capabilities of their respective armed forces. While Peru underwent

Get ready for another special holiday season with How-To Book of Christmas Carving! This carving book contains over 40 of the best, most classic and unique projects previously published in Woodcarving Illustrated magazine in the last decade, from whittled ornaments and caricature decorations to chip carved and relief gifts and keepsakes. With a mix of illustrated step-by-step guides for beginners and

\"Please help me. Anyone. Gods, devils, angels, demons... whoever is out there. Please, please, I need help.\"Little does Dawn, a woman with a troubled past whose hard-won life is on the verge of crashing down, know that an entire world of gods, devils, angels, and demons is indeed out there, and their sights are set on her.Just as Dawn is unknowingly calling supernatural forces to her quiet Salisbury

A whimsical warmhearted autobiography of a twelve-year-old who became a great trial lawyerThe oldest of four children in a prototypical Irish Catholic family, Pierce O\'Donnell recounts growing up in a village with more cows than residents with his WWII-hero father, who owns the only liquor store; his intellectual mother, the librarian; his spinster aunt, the local postmaster; his three younger sisters;

This adorable book provides an easy-to-read introduction to pet rabbits. The book includes simple text and vibrant photos, making it a perfect choice for beginning readers. It also includes a table of contents, picture glossary, and index. This Little Blue Readers book is at Level 2, aligned to reading levels of grades K-1 and interest levels of grades

No man will get anywhere in life without discipline--and growth in godliness is no exception. Seasoned pastor R. Kent Hughes\'s inspiring and best-selling book Disciplines of a Godly Man--now updated with fresh references and suggested resources--is filled with godly advice aimed at helping men grow in the disciplines of prayer, integrity, marriage, leadership, worship, purity, and more. With biblical

We know that eating animals is bad for the planet and bad for our health, and yet we do it anyway. We\'ve all heard the statistics: animal agriculture is responsible for at least 18 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions; we need to drop our meat consumption by 50 percent simply to feed the world\'s estimated 10 billion people in 2050; a full third of the Earth\'s arable land is devoted to growing

Almost 70% of mergers fail, yet deals are essential for growing world-class companies. Therefore they must use all the tools and techniques at their disposal to improve their chances of success. Applying the techniques advocated in this book can help managers beat the odds - and employees themselves - to have an impact on whether a deal will be successful both for the company and for themselves. This

An original full-length novel set in the Halo universe and based on the New York Times bestselling video game series! December 2553. Less than a year after the end of the Covenant War, a string of violent incidents continues to threaten the tenuous peace in human-held space, culminating in the assassination of UNSC fleet admiral Graselyn Tuwa and the abduction of her family. It is a provocation so

Multi-talented Brown is the luckiest pencil in the box! In this fun, creative story, Brown learns that in order to make and keep friends, he needs to know how to be a good friend. And to be a good friend, Brown must find a way to share his many talents with others. At first, that seems hard to Brown. But he soon realizes that to be a good friend, all he has to do is be himself! Making Friends Is an

At the foot of the Argentine Andes, bulldozers are destroying forests and homes to create soy fields in an area already strewn with rubble from previous waves of destruction and violence. Based on ethnographic research in this region where the mountains give way to the Gran Chaco lowlands, Gast n R. Gordillo shows how geographic space is inseparable from the material, historical, and affective ruptures

Clover Press and The Library of American Comics prove that size does matter as we fulfill fans\' long-standing requests to produce new editions of the first six volumes of Chester Gould\'s The Complete Dick Tracy. This is no simple reprinting - these volumes have been reformatted to be the same larger size as Volumes 7 through 29. In this premiere offering, we return again to those hardscrabble days

Princezna Ellie, její dvojnice Lottie a osobní strážce Jamie se pokoušejí uniknout Leviatánům, kteří jdou po princezně. Ve snaze dostat se od nich co nejdál odjedou na sesterskou pobočku Rosewoodské školy až v dalekém Japonsku. Brzy se ale ukáže, že ani tam nejsou v bezpečí. Jedinou útěchou je zjištění, že i zde existuje tajná skupinka studentů zvaná Banshee, která proti Leviatánům také bojuje. Tajemství,