In a time when being Catholic in Japan could cost you everything, ten-year-old Louis Ibaraki has more questions than answers. Orphaned, proud, and struggling to trust, Louis is thrown into a world of strange Latin prayers, secret Masses, and quiet heroism. Then he meets Maxium Tayeka— a swordsmith's son with a steady heart and a quiet strength— and everything begins to change. As the two grow in faith and friendship, so does the danger around them. When Japan's rulers turn against the Chur...

Welcome to the enlightening world of "The Reformation in Poland: Some Social and Economic Aspects" by Paul Fox, a scholarly exploration that sheds light on a pivotal era in Polish history. Prepare to uncover the intricate tapestry of social change and economic transformation during the Reformation.Join historian Paul Fox as he meticulously examines the impact of the Reformation on Polish society, delving into its profound social and economic implications. Through rigorous researc...

Jay Smith, a twenty something guy with a secret; he witnessed vampires killing his parents. After years of trying to forget that gruesome day; his past is about to catch up with him.Come on a joyride with Jay who's history is entwined with the creatures of the night, an ancient evil that he must protect, and keeping it all hidden from his sister. He may just possibly end up saving the world - if he lives long enough.One thing is for sure, you have never had a morning like h...

Significant attention today focusses on heritage destruction, but the key international laws prohibiting it - the 1954 Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its First and Second Protocols (1954/1999) - lay out two core strands to limit the damage: the measures of respect for armed forces, and the safeguarding measures states parties should put in place in peacetime. This volume incorporates wide-ranging international perspectiv...

Exploring the benefits of yoga on social prescription, this book details the 10-week Yoga4Health social prescribing programme developed by the Yoga In Healthcare Alliance. This evidence-based prevention programme targets NHS patients at risk of becoming chronically ill and supports them to bring about lifestyle change through a daily yoga practice. The programme is for patients who are socially isolated, at risk of cardio-vascular disease or Type 2 diabetes, and those with stress or mild-m...

Celebrating 100 years of Peter Pan, this fourth volume in the Centennial Studies series explores the cultural contents of Barrie's creation and the continuing impact of Peter Pan on children's literature and popular culture today, especially focusing on the fluctuations of time and narrative strategies. This collection of essays on Peter Pan is separated into four parts.The first section is comprised of essays placing Barrie's in its own time period, and tackles issues such as the ...

This study examines the force of tradition in conservative German visual culture, exploring thematic continuities in the post-conflict representation of battlefield identities from the Franco-Prussian War in 1870-71 to the demise of the Weimar Republic in 1933.Using over 40 representative images sampled from both high and popular culture, Paul Fox discusses complex and interdependent visual responses to a wide spectrum of historical events, spanning world war, regional conflict, in...

Welcome to the enlightening world of The Reformation in Poland: Some Social and Economic Aspects by Paul Fox, a scholarly exploration that sheds light on a pivotal era in Polish history. Prepare to uncover the intricate tapestry of social change and economic transformation during the Reformation.Join historian Paul Fox as he meticulously examines the impact of the Reformation on Polish society, delving into its profound social and economic implications. Through rig...

After the events of the Jay's first adventure into the vampire world, he is left a little shaken, but before he can really come to terms with his new status he must figure out what everyone's agenda really is. Does Rebekka and Alexia really have his best interests at heart? Will his past dictate his future.Who can he trust?

The short-lived Peace of Amiens is over. Entered into in bad faith, the Peace has provided both sides with the chance to take a breath and restock their arsenals.Sir Nicholas Turnhouse, Bloody Nick, has recovered from his wound and is ready to go to sea again, supported by his lady. Only at sea will he be able to achieve the promotion in rank and honors that both believe to be his due. He is given Hawke, 44, again and sets out for the Indian Ocean and the Red Sea to tidy up the rem...

A great leader rises when forced to defend his troubled lands against an onslaught of monsters in the second book of this remarkable fantasy series featuring Gerin the FoxPeace in the North has been fragile and tentative in the five years since the terrible Werenight, when the light of four full moons transformed men into beasts. Now cut off completely from the Elabon Empire, the land is in violent dispute, squabbled over by minor barons hungry for greater power. G...

Captain Nicholas Turnhouse—Bloody Nick—takes his new experimental Amphion-class heavy frigate out to the Mediterranean to join the command of Old Jervie, Lord St Vincent, immediately after the Battle of the Nile.His ship is new and powerful . . . and sails like a pig. He must make the best of it under the command of the harshest, but possibly fairest, taskmaster in the Navy.There are still a few rich prizes left, and any number of belligerent French and Spanish ships of war...