Following in the successful footsteps of the groundbreaking Boat Maintenance Bible and Boat Repair Bible this new title in this popular series of all-encompassing technical reference bibles presented in an accessible, modern and attractive way is sure to be the boater's godsend.Electrics are a notoriously tricky aspect of boat ownership and maintenance - both critical to the operation of the yacht or motorboat and prone to breaking down in the damp atmosphere and bouncy conditions....

In Holiness and the Missio Dei, Andy Johnson takes the reader on a biblical journey that explores the question of what holiness or sanctification has to do with God's mission in the world. He refuses to relegate the idea of humans becoming holy to the realm of individual inward piety or legalism, on the one hand, or to the realm of the impossible prior to Christ's return, on the other. Using a missional lens to guide the reader into a theological engagement with Scripture, Johnson argues t...

Throughout the biblical story, the people of God are expected to embody God's holy character publicly. Therefore, holiness is a theological and ecclesial issue prior to being a matter of individual piety. Holiness and Ecclesiology in the New Testament offers serious engagement with a variety of New Testament and Qumran documents in order to stimulate churches to imagine anew what it might mean to be a publicly identifiable people who embody God's very character in their particular...

This reference offers the nuanced understanding and practical guidance needed to address domestic violence, sexual assault, and human trafficking in diverse religious communities. Introductory chapters sort through the complexities, from abusers' distorting of sacred texts to justifying their actions to survivors' conflicting feelings toward their faith. The core of the book surveys findings on gender violence across Christian, Jewish, Islamic, Eastern, and Indigenous traditions--both atti...

This timely volume is a guide to what is most essential to know about the crisis of housing insecurity among LGBTQIA+ populations in the United States, with a focus on interventions and solutions.Research consistently shows that LGBTQIA+ disproportionately experience housing insecurity, homelessness, and other housing needs at all stages of the life course. In this volume, the authors integrate and build on the research findings and recommendations from social scientists; housing, ...

This groundbreaking reference offers mental health professionals a rigorous, nuanced guide to working with abuse survivors with disabilities in religious communities. Expert contributors unravel complex intersections of disability, religion, and identity in the context of gender violence (including spotlights on racial, gender, and sexual minorities, Deaf persons, and men), and offer survivor-centered best practices for intervention. Chapters explore how responses from clergy and other rel...

Designed for use in engineering design courses, and as a reference for industry professionals learning sustainable design concepts and practical methods, Sustainability in Engineering Design focuses on designers as the driving force behind sustainable products. This book introduces sustainability concepts and explains the application of sustainable methods to the engineering design process. The book also covers important design topics such as project and team management, client management,...

Rethink Retirement is a fresh, compassionate, and thought-provoking reexamination of one of life’s most misunderstood transitions. While our culture portrays retirement as an escape into leisure and freedom, the reality for many is far more complex. Losing professional identity, routines, community, and purpose can be jarring, even destabilizing. Dr. Andrea “Andi” Simon—corporate anthropologist, award-winning author, and expert in culture change—invites readers to see retirement not as an ...

Nearly a decade under The Witen's rule has shaped Maisie into a fighter.Maisie shares her story with Jordana, recounting the start of The Witen as fallout from the execution sends several into hiding. Will ten years of excruciatingly patient planning be undone on a whim? Feelings may blossom amid the chaos, but in an everchanging world, is there even time for love?Jasper Montrois is no more. The Commander has all but buried him. He exists only in treacherous dreams. Every y...

Humanity's fate rests in the palm of his very hand. He has to be hard. He has to take what a Commander is owed.Jasper Montrois is a gentle giant. Oh, how many times the gorilla-shaped man has heard that moniker? Beyond count for sure. Even now, after all the blood his axe has reaped, he still thinks of himself as that same gentle man. Abandoning his wife and daughter to the cannibal hordes of his employer AOA has been a hard pill to swallow, and if he is being honest, it may be cha...

Set in the same magical, madcap world as E. B. Asher’s USA Today bestseller This Will Be Fun, this cozy romantasy is brought to life through a multicast recording featuring Alexander Cendese, Andi Arndt, and Zura Johnson!This heartwarming, hilarious fantasy follows an unlikely band of heroes who must get to the bottom of an assassination plot gone wrong without breaking the one rule of questing: do not fall in love with your questmates.Galw...

Come closer, friend. Let me tell you a story.Heard the one about the Airbnb that eats your dreams or the iron-crowned king who preys on his own bloodline from the air, still smoldering centuries after being burnt alive? How about the cloudy antique bottle you can wish your excess rage inside, or that crooked alley down which something waits to replace your disappointing child with a far more pleasant facsimile? We all know the truth, especially in times like these—...