Shipbuilding at Glasgow during the later half of the nineteenth century was a race to build faster ships for Trans-Atlantic travel. This is a brief look at the building of “The City of New York.”

Can they survive the cold of Cougar Mountainwith a killer on their trail?Bailey O'Keefe is excited about her first Christmas in Wyoming—until she's taken hostage by a homicidal bank robber. When he escapes from custody, his only goal is killing Bailey. Now her life depends on FBI negotiator Sean Hanson and his remote cabin on Cougar Mountain. But in the icy Wyoming wilderness, their relentless pursuer is the least perilous danger they face…From Love I...

Psalms of Boundless Praise Because of Deliverance Fall 2024

This is a book for our times. It is for leaders, coaches and other practitioners who are searching for inspiration as they reflect on their leadership experiences and practice.Each of the fifty two short pieces in this collection is shaped by the author's personal experiences and by thought-provoking themes raised by her executive coaching clients or by events in the world. The contemplation questions accompanying each piece invite you to explore how these relate to your own life a...

This book invites us to rethink the way we approach difference in our leadership conversations - and within ourselves. Human beings evolved to experience difference as something that might signal danger. And, although we can reframe this intellectually, the physiological process that puts us 'on alert' remains much as it was for our earliest ancestors. Therefore, to truly engage with difference in new ways, we work with our body as well as our mind.In Approaching Difference Dif...

Told through the voices of local community leaders, this book analyzes how communities respond to natural disasters and how outsiders contribute positively - or negatively - to their response, promoting debate on the role of aid and the media in times of crisis.

If there was a business nearby, that was mixing counterfeit money in with their real cash, as they made payments for goods or services, you would want to know about that-wouldn't you? What if a church nearby was mixing counterfeit religion in with a few patches of truth? For many of us; such news would be just as important. Learning about the false nature of the various religions gives you a head start when you are asked those tricky questions by friends or relatives. You can simply say to...

Simon has split from his wife and he is finally alone in his home. He has always found his neighbours friendly but he was shocked how friendly they have become and what has been going on around the street, oblivious to him and his ex wife.As he talks to Brett and Serina, he starts to suspent that she did know something and maybe her out of character rants were because of a reason he had no idea about.As he learns more about his neighbours his life certainly becomes more exc...

The student will be reminded that salvation is only by grace through faith.

In this daring experiment in ethnographic place-writing, cultural geographer James Riding aims to get at the heart of post-conflict Bosnia showing the past alongside the present it created via a series of journeys, and through the retelling of memories. The juxtaposition between the siege of Sarajevo and supersonic metal, the refugee journey and the aid-worker travelling in the other direction, the desperation and fury to change the present yet being stuck with many of the ethno-nationalis...

The Road to Huntsville by Stephanie Ridings is a short play for a solo performer about a writer researching women who fall in love with men on death row, who then finds herself crossing the line.It was first performed at Hampstead Theatre, London, in November 2016, as part of the Women Centre Stage Festival produced by Sphinx Theatre, demonstrating the range, depth and richness of women's writing for the stage.The play is also available in Women Centre Stage

A Little Spot of Poetry is a collection of poems by emerging Australian bush poet Lisa Ride. Awarded New Novice Writer at the Australian National Bush Poetry Championships in 2015, Lisa was also a state finalist (Victoria) in the 2015 Australian Poetry Slam. This former police and army officer writes poetry about her life experiences in the style of AB Paterson meets Pam Ayres. Along the way, Dottie, her cartoon Dalmatian, comes too. This book is for all ages; theres a poem for everyone fr...