A British soldier recounts his experience maintaining surveillance towers in Northern Ireland during The Troubles in this candid military memoir.Making unprecedented use of electronic surveillance, the Special Air Service and other British assault units were dependent on information provided by a network of towers and other devices. Construction and maintenance of the towers was the job of the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals. The author and his fellow troopers...

Rather than live under the mores of the Antebellum South, John and Abigail Whitmore sell everything they own, turn their backs on their families, and flee from 1840s Mississippi to the free North.After settling near Weston, Missouri, they soon learn that blacks are not allowed to marry, hold office, read and write, own property, or shoot firearms. Committed to the area, they remain and establish their plantation, Lime Spring. After freeing their childhood friends, Asa and Netty, an...

Drawing on methods from religious studies, philosophy, and cognitive science, Jack Williams develops a unique and interdisciplinary approach to the study of religious conversion. This is the first major philosophical study of conversion to treat the phenomenon as a long-term process, shaped by the convert's embodiment and immersion in a linguistic, social, and ritual community.Williams' analysis of the conversion process is rooted in a view of cognition as both embodied and affecti...

Since the start of time, man has been searching for ways to live a productive and meaningful life. Everyone goes through this thought process, either consciously or subconsciously. The key to finding that answer is to begin asking the right questions.A great starting point for asking the right questions is a question I asked myself thirty years ago. That question was, What are my core values, principles, or beliefs? In other words, what is truly important to me. I simplified that q...

The 16th-Century intellectual Robert Recorde is chiefly remembered for introducing the equals sign into algebra, yet the greater significance and broader scope of his work is often overlooked. This book presents an authoritative and in-depth analysis of the man, his achievements and his historical importance. This scholarly yet accessible work examines the latest evidence on all aspects of Recorde’s life, throwing new light on a character deserving of greater recognition. Topics and featur...

Two astronauts are sent into space for a crucial mission when suddenly their shuttle loses power. As their chances of survival decrease, the astronauts form an emotional bond as they spend the last of their remaining days together.

The Core of Everyday Life is a Christian devotional book and journal filled with stories, biblical references and ways to apply knowledge of God each day. A daily word of encouragement is medicinal hope, which builds strength within us each day. Because each day bring forth new experiences, these devotions will provide encouragement in many forms including scriptures, stories, poetry, love letters, declarative statements, prayers and informative text all tied to the knowledge of G...

The Internal Market Act 2020 provides the foundation for freedom of trade within the UK following Brexit. The Act is a central element of the UK's constitutional infrastructure. By enabling goods and services that are lawfully made or sold in one of the UK's four constituent parts to be marketed and sold across the rest of the UK, the Act exerts a practical brake on regulatory divergence, because higher regulatory standards imposed by legislation in one part of the UK may have little pract...

The Core is an inspirational Christian book designed to help many people understand the type of character God wants us to exercise daily. In Genesis, it is stated that God created the world and his work was perfect; however, we all know that the people in it are not. Although we live in the world, we are children of God. Therefore, it is possible for us to strive to exemplify God-like character each day. This book provides us with tools, resources, and testimonials to help us peel away dea...

Looking at the inter-war period, this work explores the relationship between cricket and English social and cultural values.

Taiwan experienced a highly successful economic transformation in the last 50 years that produced one of Asia’s genuine ‘miracles’ of modern development, in terms of improvement in per capita income and overall quality of material well being for its citizens. The process, though, involved rapid industrialization and urbanization, and breakneck mass consumption, that inevitably resulted in rapid escalation in degradation of the island’s fragile air, water, and land, and produced some of the...

A thorough, innovative yet entertaining and readable analysis of sport as an expression of the values and social relations of a nation. Covering the years between the two World Wars, the central place of sport in English life is brought into sharp focus, providing insight into issues of gender, class, religion and locality, ideas of morality, continuity and change, and what it meant to be English during this pivotal time.Themes include:the nature of sport and its plac...