This volume explores recent scholarship on ancient Israelite religion, focusing on the deities of ancient Israel.

This book introduces contemporary Buddhists from across Asia and from various walks of life. Eschewing traditional hagiographies, the editors have collected sixty-six profiles of individuals who would be excluded from most Buddhist histories and ethnographies. In addition to monks and nuns, readers will encounter artists, psychologists, social workers, part-time priests, healers, and librarians as well as charlatans, hucksters, profiteers, and rabble-rousers—all whose lives reflect changes...

Reinforce your understanding of CCEA A2 Unit 1: Strategic decision making and improve your exam technique for the CCEA A2 Unit A assessment.Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help you aim for and achieve the highest grades.This Student Guide will help you to:- Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics- Avoid common pitfalls ...

Harper's Tail of AdventureHarper loves family trips to the countryside.So many sights, so many sounds, so many smells...There's simply too much to do, to take the time to listen to Henry's advice about staying close to the farm...A delightful 'tail' about what can happen when good advice falls on busy ears.

(Guitar Recorded Versions). This collection contains 15 incredibly detailed transcriptions written in standard notation and tab, spanning from McLaughlin's debut album, Extrapolation (1969) to Miles Davis' landmark jazz-rock fusion album, Bitches Brew (1970), to the Indian-infused The Inner Mounting Flame (1971) and Birds of Fire (1973) by the Mahavishnu Orchestra; to the acoustic flamenco album Friday Night in San Francisco (1991) featuring the guitar trio of McLaughlin, de Lucia and Di M...

Reinforce your understanding of CCEA AS Unit 1: Introduction to Business and improve your exam technique for the CCEA Business AS Unit 1 assessment.Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help you aim for and achieve the highest grades.This Student Guide will help you to:- Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics- Avoid common pi...

Reinforce your understanding of CCEA AS Unit 2: Growing the business and improve your exam technique for the CCEA Business AS Unit 2 assessment.Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help you aim for and achieve the highest grades.This Student Guide will help you to:- Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics- Avoid common pitfa...

Relationships and communication are the foundation of good social work practice. This book offers a new model, drawn from research and practical experience, which describes how to carry out effective relationship-based social work.Doing Relationship-Based Social Work provides a refreshing and realistic approach to social work practice. The model itself is built around four stages: engagement, negotiation, enabling change and valuing endings. Underpinned by motivational int...

Reinforce your understanding of CCEA A2 Unit 2: The competitive business environment and improve your exam technique for the CCEA A2 Unit 2 assessment.Packed full of clear topic summaries, knowledge check questions and sample exam-style questions and answers with commentaries, this guide will help you aim for and achieve the highest grades.This Student Guide will help you to:- Identify key content for the exams with our concise coverage of topics- Avoid commo...

Short on time? Discover the “Second City” of the United States with this compelling guide to the sights and sounds of Chicago. In spite of the vast geographical scope of the city, you’ll feel you have truly explored its unique offerings.

Twenty young lobsters graduating from Lobster School emerge from the depths of the Gulf of Maine. They colonize the “Black Rocks,” three small rocky islands a quarter of a mile off York Harbor Beach. They are very excited, as they are free for the first time from parental supervision. Disaster strikes the following morning when they realize that Lancelot Lobster is missing. He is always ravenous and they assume that, despite all the warnings in school, Lancelot might have been tempted to e...

Barney the Dublin Fox is a historic fictional tale of a family of Irish country foxes who decided that it was time to move to the safety of a public park in the city of Dublin. When England banned fox hunting, hunters flocked to Ireland to pursue the Irish fox. Barney and family go on challenging adventures with many different critters as they search for a new and safer home. Children and young adults alike will enjoy this classic tale.