"In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth" (Genesis 1:1).These are the opening words of the greatest book the world has ever known. The Bible. In the Spring of 2013, husband-and-wife team Mark Burnett and Roma Downey decided to bring this story to the world in an epic television miniseries.This gorgeous, high-design book of 100 daily inspirations will help you to experience God's love through the text of the Bible. Each reflection includes a Bible verse, a pers...

'Hamlet' and World Cinema reveals a rich history of cinematic production extending across the globe. Making a case for Hamlet as the world's most frequently filmed text, and using specially commissioned interviews with cast, directors and screenwriters, it discusses films from Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. The book argues that the play has been taken up by filmmakers world-wide to allegorise the energies, instabilities, traumas and expectations that have defined ...

The Survivor Manual is the real deal--based on techniques taught to the U.S. Armed Forces and tested in actual survival situations over decades, the information in this book could help you beat any weather condition, any circumstance, any odds. This fully illustrated guide will show you how to:--find direction and orienteer--perform first aid--travel over every type of terrain from glaciers to quicksand--identify edible plants--fish and trap

A STORY OF GOD AND ALL OF US is a sweeping narrative that dramatizes some of the most important events and characters in the Bible. The young reader's edition of the novel contains abridged action-packed versions of the Bible's most fascinating stories, featuring Moses, David, Daniel, John the Baptist and Jesus.This edition includes an exclusive introduction by author Roma Downey and a photo insert including images from the companion epic TV miniseries "The Bible." Spanish edition ...

This book provides a practical perspective of all the processes involved in estimating mineral resources and reserves, including mine-to-mill reconciliation. It provides an integrated step-by-step explanation of processes for performing each step, including insight from academic and industry practitioners. Each chapter details a specific aspect of the estimation processes in a practical manner. It contains examples and case studies to illustrate the practical application of geostatistics i...

"A fascinating and highly readable account." - Sir Stanley Wells"An outstanding, remarkable book." - Lisa S. Starks, University of South Florida, USAThis new and comprehensive study of Shakespearean ballets and their unique interpretive possibilities is also the first to foreground the importance of music to the aesthetics and meanings of Shakespeare dance-works.Organised around adaptations of key ...

The first critical biography of J. Gresham Machen, examining the full arc of his intellectual careerJ. Gresham Machen is known as a conservative hero of the fundamentalist-modernist controversy. But was he always so staunchly antimodernist?In this sweeping new biography, Richard E. Burnett examines the whole of Machen's life and career—from his early years at Princeton, to his experience in the First World War, to his founding of Westminster Theological Semin...

The dominant tradition in writing about U.S.–Latin American relations during the Cold War views the United States as all-powerful. That perspective, represented in the metaphor “talons of the eagle,” continues to influence much scholarly work down to the present day. The goal of this collection of essays is not to write the United States out of the picture but to explore the ways Latin American governments, groups, companies, organizations, and individuals promoted their own interests and ...

Do you dare to listen? "Short Ghost and Horror Collection 045" chills you with twenty tales spun by masters of the macabre. Unfurl a bloodstained parasol and meet a feline friend with a sinister secret. Descend into a cavern echoing with the screams of murdered men, and feel the icy dread of a room where a window refuses to stay shut. Whispers on the wind, vengeful spirits, and the unsettling touch of the unseen – these hauntings will keep you guessing long after the final word. Prepare to...

Rhetoric of Masculinity: Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict lends depth and global nuance to discourse associated with the masculinity concept as it brings to bear on males' self-image, role in society, media representations of them, and the gender role stress/conflict experienced when they fail to measure up to social standards associated with what it means to be manly. Even though the concept of masculine gender role stress/conflict has received substantial scholarly...

The patterns we cultivate shape the person we each become.Be Humble. Stay Hungry. Always Hustle. These powerful words describe the leader who is willing to work hard, get it done, and make sure it’s not about him or her; the leader who knows that influence is about developing the right habits for success.Brad Lomenick, former president of Catalyst, shares his hard-earned insights from more than two decades of work alongside thought-leaders such as Jim Colli...

This collection theorizes the intersections between race, Shakespearean adaptation and pop culture. Chapters take a range of investigative approaches, some centring Shakespeare and others using Shakespeare to theorize pop culture, but all focusing on the ethical implications of the triangulation between Shakespeare, pop culture and race.Chapters explore the tensions between the 'low', racialized status of a pop culture form and Shakespeare's 'high' status; the ways...