Who owns knowledge in India?India's Constitution promises equality, abolishes untouchability, and opens higher education through affirmative action. Yet many Dalit and marginalized students enter universities only to discover that admission does not always bring acceptance. They may be called "quota students," presumed intellectually inferior, denied supervision, socially isolated, or forced to prove that they belong in institutions to which others appear to posses...

Who gives God His options?William Lane Craig's Molinism is presented as a way to reconcile divine omniscience, providence, and human freedom. It teaches that, logically before God decides what to create, God knows what every possible free creature would do in every possible circumstance. God then chooses which "feasible world" to actualize.But a more fundamental question remains: What makes those creaturely "woulds" true?If...

Adam would never have imagined how life would change for him after he moved in to live with his uncle Steve… At the beginning of this story, we are introduced to three friends Adam, Josh and Jane whose lives are inexorably bound together by a strong friendship. Adam is a young man caught in a web of control and domination. The story includes themes of sexual, emotional and physical abuse. Some of this content is explicit. It confronts the issues of a confused sexuality, loss and grief. Ada...

As the nights draw in and the cold descends, the winter world emerges – and with it an incredible array of words that superbly capture the season.From frost-dogs (tiny frozen particles of falling snow) and Stepmother's breath (a sudden cold snap) to hibernaculum (a winter refuge during the winter months) and crapulent (feeling the aftereffects of overindulgence),...

What have Adam and Jane discovered in the Parker family boxes that were never reopened after ten years? As they discover the contents, it has far-reaching consequences. Disturbing, hidden secrets come to light in this sequel to 'The Plan', following the lives of three friends. The construction company founded by the late Steve Parker and Mark Baldini has grown from strength to strength. As personal life events arise that have a potential impact on all their futures, what will this mean for...

'As entertaining as it is engrossing' John Banville'Enlightening, delightful' Arthur der Weduwen, author of The LibraryWhy don't eleven and twelve end in –teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers that follow them?Admittedly, that's probably a question that might never have occurred to you. But if you're ...

The Third Force in Missions challenges readers to recognize the indispensable role of the Holy Spirit as power-for-mission. It confronts the Western mentality that ignores the miraculous in its missions strategy and the global Pentecostal movement. Paul Pomerville suggests that such activity—prompted and controlled by the Spirit—is key to fruitful biblical missions.When The Third Force in Missions was first published in 1985, Paul Pomerville sought to draw attenti...

**_____'Proper words, healing words, magic words. Buy for your friends, keep one for yourself.' Simon MayoWith fifty-one linguistic remedies, The Cabinet of Calm is a beautiful little book that will lift your spirits and calm your mind.**Collected here are soothing words to bring fresh hope. Words to inspire creativity, to encourage fellow thinking and community spirit. Words that reassure you that you're not alone: someone else has felt like this before and...

Selected from the pages of Woodworker's Journal, these classic table projects will deliver both form and function to your home. Appropriate for beginner to intermediate woodworkers, these projects have been test built by experts and are presented with detailed instructions and color photos, exploded drawings, lists of required materials, and complete finishing options that guarantee success.

"Powerfully illustrates . . . that this regime determined the character and limits of Sparta's domestic and foreign policy." (Susan D. Collins, The Review of Politics)More than 2500 years ago a confederation of small Greek city-states defeated the invading armies of Persia, the most powerful empire in the world. In this meticulously researched study, historian Paul Rahe argues that Sparta was responsible for the initial establishment of the Hellenic defensive c...

If you're logofascinated, you are literally spellbound by language.This surprising compendium of 1,000 facts about words, language and etymology is here to inspire your curiosity and delight in discovery. In Word Drops, you can delve into a smattering of unexpected connections and weird juxtapositions, stumble upon a new or remarkable word, or learn of many a bizarre etymological quirk or tall tale.- Did you know that the bowl made by cupping your hands to...

"[A] monumental history . . . explaining . . . how Sparta's early strategic role in the Greek world was inseparable from the uniqueness of its origins and values." (David Hanson, The Hoover Institution, author of The Other Greeks)For centuries, ancient Sparta has been glorified in song, fiction, and popular art. Yet the true nature of a civilization described as a combination of democracy and oligarchy by Aristotle, considered an ideal of liberty in the age...