Experience the power of God’s perfect peace.Wherever there are people, there will be problems. Thankfully, God promises enduring peace even in the midst of conflict.Daily Wisdom for Peacemaking is a 365-day devotional that connects you to God’s Word, teaching you how to uphold a kingdom-minded perspective and enjoy peace-filled relationships. Each day providesthought-provoking Scriptures,encouraging devotions,challenging applicatio...

In this remarkable interdisciplinary study, anthropologist Brian Noble traces how dinosaurs and their natural worlds are articulated into being by the action of specimens and humans together. Following the complex exchanges of palaeontologists, museums specialists, film- and media-makers, science fiction writers, and their diverse publics, he witnesses how fossil remains are taken from their partial state and re-composed into astonishingly precise, animated presences within the modern worl...

‘Brian has spent his life learning from the best and trying to transfer their talent into his own work and life. This is a remarkable, unique handbook...’ STEVE TAPPIN (CEO) & HUGH LLOYD JUKES (DIRECTOR) OF XINFU Brian Noble has led rugby teams from adversity to triumph over and again and developed a unique strategy for doing so. In the constant search to improve his team’s performance, he has worked with sports scientists, mind coaches, neuroscientists and more. This book dra...

We all experience difficult relationships. Oftentimes we try to reconcile but the other person simply won't, or else we find they can't keep the commitments they made during reconciliation. How do we handle these tough relationships in a way that brings peace to our lives and glory to God?Through seven clear and actionable shifts drawn from Scripture, P. Brian Noble shows you how to change your thinking when it comes to tough relationships so that you see the challenging people in ...

How language evolved has been called "the hardest problem in science." In Adam's Tongue, Derek Bickerton—long a leading authority in this field—shows how and why previous attempts to solve that problem have fallen short. Taking cues from topics as diverse as the foraging strategies of ants, the distribution of large prehistoric herbivores, and the construction of ecological niches, Bickerton produces a dazzling new alternative to the conventional wisdom.Language is unique t...

"The name Leakey is synonymous with the study of human origins," wrote The New York Times. The renowned family of paleontologists -- Louis Leakey, Mary Leakey, and their son Richard Leakey -- has vastly expanded our understanding of human evolution. The Origin of Humankind is Richard Leakey's personal view of the development of Homo Sapiens. At the heart of his new picture of evolution is the introduction of a heretical notion: once the first apes walked upright, the evol...

Craig Bellamy is no ordinary coach. He has a remarkable win-loss record in his ten years with Melbourne Storm, but when he led his team through a season of scandal and turmoil, winning games while playing for no points, he gained national respect.For the first time, the legendary coach reveals his thoughts on subjects such as leadership, management, character, adversity, courage, teamwork, success and failure, by sharing his personal experiences. Known as a straight shooter and a m...

Throughout his tenure as the first black Springbok coach, Peter de Villiers was in the news, and not always for the right reasons. His battle to be accepted and respected by the rugby fraternity started from the moment his appointment was announced, when his new boss admitted that De Villiers had got the job for reasons ‘other than only rugby’. In his four years as Bok coach, De Villiers experienced huge successes – a series win over the British & Irish Lions and a Tri Nations trophy – but...

A controversial, timely reassessment of the environmentalist agenda by outstanding historians, scientists, and critics.In a lead essay that powerfully states the broad argument of the book, William Cronon writes that the environmentalist goal of wilderness preservation is conceptually and politically wrongheaded. Among the ironies and entanglements resulting from this goal are the sale of nature in our malls through the Nature Company, and the disputes between working people and en...

Leadership isnt complicated keep it simple and make it count. This new edition of Steve Radcliffes uniquely powerful, successful and practical framework will show you how to develop faster as a more confident and capable leader.This compact, instantly-applicable guide to developing leadership skills contains practical insights, straightforward actions and plain guidelines to accelerate your growth as a leader.The framework is derived from expert coach Steve Radcliffes ...

A four-time Governor General’s-award nominee for both poetry and non-fiction, Christopher Dewdney is celebrated internationally as a writer and a visionary and is best known for his particular imagining of place and memory. Beginning with Paleozoic fossil formations in southwestern Ontario and moving through eons of natural history to cityscapes and the digital present, Dewdney’s poetics encapsulate often surreal experiences from radical and epiphenomenal perspectives. His writing vibrates...

After an astonishing career, soccer coach Sir Alex Ferguson analyzes the pivotal leadership decisions of his time as a manager and, with his friend and collaborator Sir Michael Moritz, draws out lessons for success in both business and life.**"A case study in leadership." —**Financial TimesFrom hiring practices to firing decisions, from dealing with transition to teamwork, from mastering the boardroom to responding to failure and a...