Travel back through time, tunnel deep into the antiquity of Ancient Mesopotamia back to the Golden Age Of Uruk, the city where civilisation began.It is the story of the keen-eyed Marduk, the temple priest, struggling to keep control of the expanding city.It is the story of Nigmah, the effortless leader of men challenging to become the first king.It is the story of Telal and Iltani, refugees with an unknown past arriving in Uruk to find paradise is not without its ow...

This book was written and intended for teens and young adults to help guide those who are uncertain in their choices and decisions-good and bad. The author intended to show some of the things that can happen if you choose the wrong one and the consequences that result from both in the hopes that you will make the right choices, because you may not survive the wrong ones. His intention to show young people that there is hope no matter how bad it may seem. All you have to do is believe in Go...

Crises Happen... Will You Be Ready?Crises affect people on many different levels, including psychological well-being. The2004/2009 tsunamis, hurricanes Rita and Katrina, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan areamong events continuing to affect millions of lives daily. Potential events like Avian andSwine Flu pandemics, global warming/climate change and threats of spreading unrest inthe Middle East are concerns weighing heavily on all. Planning and coordination are importan...

This is the story of a young man from a hardworking family given every benefit and expected in return to serve the country and his family by being an economic success. He questioned the premises on which these expectations were grounded, and he was a seeker of the transcendent. His experience of the impact of war and of the mind-altering experience of psychedelics render sometimes surreal but accurate echoes of the times and in a hauntingly romantic drama.Hauntingly romantic.

Carcinoma of the prostate increasingly dominates the attention of urologists for both scientific and clinical reasons. The search for an explanation and the prediction of the variable behaviour of the malignant prostatic cell continues unabated. The search for more precise tumour staging and more effective treatment is equally vigorous. Editors Andrew Bruce and John Trachtenberg have assembled acknowledged leaders in prostate cancer to present those areas of direct interest to the clinicia...

This seminal photography text, now in its 11th edition, has been revamped, reorganized, and modernized to include the most up-to-date and need-to-know information for photographers. Introducing all the key concepts and fundamentals of photography, this book is a must-have for any photographer’s bookcase.Providing examples and practical information throughout to allow photographers to apply concepts to their own work, the text explains the fundamentals of photography in an accessibl...

Life was one big adventure for Hiram Cody Tegart. At times unbelievable and others just downright impressive, Mountain Man is the celebration of a legend of a man and a legendary way of life that is quickly disappearing. Cody was born in 1950 on a ranch in BC's Columbia Valley. The bush that surrounded his family's farm was the best playground any kid could ask for. Growing up with wildlife, guns and one misadventure after another, Cody quickly gained the skills he needed to help ...

In the spring of 1976, George Andrews of Pennsylvania State University visited the library at Trinity College, Cambridge to examine the papers of the late G.N. Watson. Among these papers, Andrews discovered a sheaf of 138 pages in the handwriting of Srinivasa Ramanujan. This manuscript was soon designated, "Ramanujan's lost notebook." Its discovery has frequently been deemed the mathematical equivalent of finding Beethoven's tenth symphony.This volume is the third of five volumes t...

A twisty New York City-set mystery that sees Teddy Roosevelt’s daughter, Alice Roosevelt, team up with Holmes and Watson to save the president from a kidnapping and attempted assassination on the eve of international peace talks. Holmes’s British parlour tricks meet hard-boiled American noir in this pastiche for fans of Gareth Rubin’s Holmes and Moriarty.Celebrity socialite Alice Roosevelt is taking London by storm in 1905 when her letter containing sensitive details of upcoming pe...

The Importance of Philosophy in Teacher Education maps the gradual decline of philosophy as a central, integrated part of educational studies. Chapters consider how this decline has impacted teacher education and practice, offering new directions for the reintegration of philosophical thinking in teacher preparation and development.Touching on key points in history, this valuable collection of chapters accurately appraises the global decline of philosophy of education in teacher ed...

Using Jesus's words in John 15, "I am the vine; you are the branches," Andrew Murray explores how the believer abides in Christ. In a message as timely today as when first published in 1895, he urges listeners to yield themselves to Jesus, in order that they may know the "rich and full experience of the blessedness of abiding in Christ."

This textbook provides students of US Politics with an informed scholarly analysis of recent developments in the American political environment, using historical background to contextualize contemporary issues. As the ninth edition, this book reviews a time of political controversy in the United States, touching on topics such as gender, economic policy, gun control, immigration, the media, healthcare, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the widespread social protests against police brutality. The ...