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...

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...

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...

A day-by-day journey through 366 delightfully archaic words and quirky historical trivia.Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you'll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or notable event—and an equally curious or notable word—are explored.On the day on which flirting was banned in New York City, for instance, you'll discover why to "sheep's-eye" someone once ...

**_____'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...

"A fabulous and erudite survey of words inspired by place names . . . Logophiles will have a ball." — Publishers Weekly (starred review)What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones is your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English language.You'll discover why the origins of turkeys, limericks, Brazil nuts, and Panama ...

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...

"[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...

The traditional way of getting funds to pay for college is HISTORY. Why? Because student loan debt has reach a TRILLION DOLLARS using old techniques. This book provides a non-traditional approach to get you a free college education despite the rising cost of college today. It does not matter if you are poor, middle class or rich. The HUSTLE principles in this book can be use by anyone despite their circumstances.