Tradition and Modernity focuses on how Christians and Muslims connect their traditions to modernity, looking especially at understandings of history, changing patterns of authority, and approaches to freedom. The volume includes a selection of relevant texts from 19th- and 20th-century thinkers, from John Henry Newman to Tariq Ramadan, accompanied by illuminating commentaries.

This engaging and accessible reader takes a social problems approach to health and medicine, providing a broad and critical lens on contemporary health problems. Designed for courses on social problems and on medical sociology, the volume embraces two fundamental principles: that health and illness are at least partly socially produced, and that health care is not an unfettered good and often brings with it serious social problems. The volume is organized into six sections, addressing the ...

This book is written for the person who has gained workplace experience and is thinking about striking out on his or her own as a consultant or a service-based entrepreneur.The reader is taken through the steps of deciding on whether they have the tools to start a new business and what they need to do before making the leap.The author focuses on the major steps of a start-up consulting practice, including business formation decisions, verbalizing the busine...

Murder At Seagull BeachA seaside murder mystery where secrets crash harder than the waves.When Lance Spadina stumbles upon a body in the surf, his peaceful beach town becomes the scene of a chilling investigation. What begins as a simple discovery soon spirals into a layered murder mystery with multiple suspects, cryptic clues, and old grudges that won't stay buried.Detective Dakota Sterling leads the case, but it's Lance—the town's...

There are many books that describe how to market your company. This is not one of those books. Instead this work proves a case for why marketing is a critical element for managing a successful business.  It helps you to understand the real value of marketing for your company, regardless of whether it is big or small, new or established, private or public. Many people think they are correctly marketing their capabilities and abilities, but they are not.  They do not really...

A green gemstone dating from the Crusades, embedded in the handle of a beautiful old dagger, draws Kathy Chatsworth into a dangerous family tradition fuelled by pride and passion ... and now murder again.Kathy is a journalist with the instincts of a detective. Sandy Brampton is a detective with a soft spot for Kathy. Together they tackle the mystery of the bloody dagger she found hidden in the hedge near a dying victim.Suspects in the murder include the hapless owner of the...

A billion hours is equivalent to 114,000 years. That's how much good we're going to do together. Just fourteen minutes at a time.You don't need more money, or time, or even another election cycle to bring transformational change to your community. What you need is to believe that daily microdoses of good over years and years can create a great return. Stop waiting for the big change moment and seize the good that you can do today.Join Chris in pledging one percent of your t...

Five BBC Radio adaptations of the works of William Makepeace Thackeray - plus bonus featuresBest known today for his comic masterpiece, Vanity Fair, W. M. Thackeray was regarded in his time as the only rival to his contemporary, Charles Dickens. This collection includes a selection of his finest satirical fiction, as well as two fascinating programmes exploring his life and writings.Vanity Fair - Set against the backdrop o...

Applying the lessons of presidential history, this anthology of case studies—written by leading political scientists, historians, and subject matter experts—delves into the many facets of the presidency and promotes a greater understanding of the presidency for policymakers, academics, students, and general readers alike.Abraham Lincoln once said, "Fellow citizens, we cannot escape history." One hundred and fifty years later, this statement remains true: the lesson...

Crime classics featuring the gentleman detective Lord Peter Wimsey and amateur sleuth Montague Egg, plus a bonus short story and two programmes about the iconic Dorothy L. SayersOne of the four Golden Age ‘Queens of Crime’, Dorothy L. Sayers is best known as the creator of Lord Peter Wimsey. Included here are dramatisations of three of her classic Wimsey novels, with full casts including Gary Bond, Simon Russell Beale, John...

In this memoir, Field reflects on the challenges and opportunities faced by early settlers, providing detailed descriptions of the landscape, social dynamics, and the diverse array of characters who populated the region. His narrative captures the spirit of adventure and determination that characterized this era, as people flocked to California in search of fortune and a new beginning.In addition to Field's personal recollections, the book includes sketches and insights from George C. Gorh...

If natural law arguments struggle to gain traction in contemporary moral and political discourse, could it be because we moderns do not share the understanding of nature on which that language was developed? Building on the work of important thinkers of the last half-century, including Leo Strauss, Eric Voegelin, John Finnis, and Bernard Lonergan, the essays in Concepts of Nature compare and contrast classical, medieval, and modern conceptions of nature in order to better understand how an...