Australia is experiencing a significant demographic shift – the proportion of the population that is aged 65 years and older is increasing substantially and will continue to do so. With this shift comes particular housing challenges for older people. The Australian Dream examines the impacts of housing tenure on older Australians who are solely or primarily dependent on the age pension for their income. Drawing on 125 in-depth interviews, it compares the life circumstances of older social hou...

This book explores the decline and growth of the private rental sector in Australia delving into the changing dynamics of landlord investment and tenant profile over the course of the twentieth century and into the present period. It explains why over one in four Australian households are now private renters and investigates the contemporary legal and regulatory frameworks governing the sector. The reform discourses in Australia and comparator countries, and debates around key concerns suc...

Measurement and Instrumentation: Theory and Application, Third Edition, introduces undergraduate engineering students to measurement principles and the range of sensors and instruments used for measuring physical variables. Providing the most balanced coverage of measurement theory/technologies and instrumentation, this clearly and comprehensively written text arms students and recently graduated engineers with the knowledge and tools to design and build measurement systems for virtually a...

The Banbury & Cheltenham Direct Railway, which the Chipping Norton Railway is a part of, developed in several stages. The first section to open was the branch from Kingham to Chipping Norton on the Oxford, Worcester & Wolverhampton Railway in 1855. The section from Chipping Norton to King's Sutton (just south of Banbury on the Great Western Railway main line) was completed in 1881. The line ran through a number of stations, including Hook Norton, Bloxham, Adderbury and King's Sutton, befor...

The Final Countdown: Jesus Is Coming — Sooner Than You ThinkThe clock is ticking, and the end of the age is closer than ever. As the world hurtles toward its ultimate destiny, the signs of Jesus’ return areexploding into view. Believers everywhere are asking: Is the Rapture imminent? What are the stages of the Second Coming? Has the final countdown already begun?After Jesus appeared to Joseph Morris with a personal mandate to educate and equip the ...

Archaeology of Spiritualties provides a fresh exploration of the interface between archaeology and religion/spirituality. Archaeological approaches to the study of religion have typically and often unconsciously, drawn on western paradigms, especially Judaeo-Christian (mono) theistic frameworks and academic rationalisations. Archaeologists have rarely reflected on how these approaches have framed and constrained their choices of methodologies, research questions, ...

What can human bones tell us of a person’s life, or even death? How can information from bones solve mysteries both modern and ancient? And what makes the study of skeletonised human remains so imperative in southern Africa? The answers to these and other questions are contained in Missing & Murdered, which lays bare the fascinating world of forensic anthropology. As the popularity of TV programmes such as the CSI trilogy and Silent Witness attests, people are fascinated by forensic scienc...

With the magnificent Canadian frontier and the formation of the North-West Mounted Police as the backdrop, the GUARDIANS OF THE NORTH series from Alan Morris has found wide appeal among both men and women readers. Following in his family's excellent writing tradition, Alan has joined Gilbert and Lynn with this strong historical fiction series of his own.In Bright Sword of Justice, the trail of a violent gang leads Hunter Stone and the Mounties to the Blackfood village wher...

With Crazy Horse on the warpath, can Hunter and Reena survive his thirst for revenge?While living among the Blackfoot Indians as a missionary, Reena O'Donnell receives a telegram from her uncle Faron, requesting that she come to help him. She is shocked to hear he has been severely wounded while working as a scout for General George Armstrong Custer in the Dakota Territory. Hunter Stone and Del Dekko provide Reena an escort, along with missionary Jack Sheffield, who insists on accompanying...

Thrilling Historical Fiction Set in the Canadian RockiesInvisible, random, and deadly: the newest threat to the people of Fort Macleod might be the most dangerous enemy yet.Set amid the formation of the North-West Mounted Police and among the magnificent Canadian Rockies, Wings of Healing is your ticket to adventure, romance, and inspiration.When a flu epidemic strikes the town of Fort Macleod, the local doctor is one of the first to die. In a matter of days the epi...

Together they fight a dangerous enemy. Can their hearts of valor prevail?Hunter Stone and the North-West Mounted Police are faced with establishing themselves as the law on the rugged Canadian frontier. They discover that an evil trader, Armand Sweet, has been smuggling shipments of whisky into the North-West Territories, and Sweet becomes the focus of the Mounties' relentless search.Reena O'Donnell has continued her work as a young missionary among an Indian tribe of the Blackfoot Nation....

For many people with ADHD/ADD and other neurodivergent brains, prayer can feel harder than it “should.” You sit down with sincere intentions—and within seconds your mind drifts, distractions pile up, and shame tells you you’re doing it wrong. Prayer Guide & Journal for Neurodivergent Brains offers a simple, grace-filled framework for Christian prayer designed to work with your mind—not against it. Built around the ACTS model (Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication), this gui...