To Jurong with Love analyses a coherent story of young Singaporeans, Catholics and others, from 1960 to 2000, around a remarkable Workers Centre at Jurong, an industrial estate in Singapore.The Review of Life, the method of formation used by the Young Christian Workers Movement inspired hundreds of young men and women to take their painstaking part in building the new society. I doubt there are many comparable pastoral analyses on this scale of church youth leadership in modern soc...

George Atkins, a successful twenty-six year old architect living in South London whose whole life changes in a split second. He relocates to a sleepy village in Dorset where he makes new friends and tries to build a new life.Some of the people he meets along the way affect his life in a way he could never have imagined. One of whom, the organist at the village Church, sends him on a journey to rescue a local woman. He becomes embroiled in family feuds and underhand dealings. He mee...

This dramatic science fiction story is based upon an imaginative mixture of real-world facts and reasoned scientific and religious speculation. It begins a decade before and mostly takes place over the past four years of the present day.A new organization's activities--some call them miraculous while others think they are blasphemous--have literally changed the whole world. The story may inspire a reevaluation of one's fundamental beliefs and perhaps even require one to contemplate...

What was the significance of community action to the Labour movement in Britain during the 1980s? Ray Lees and Marjorie Mayo explore this question in Community Action for Change (first published in 1984), arguing that the Labour movement needed to revitalize its strength in response to the growing dominance of the New Right. They propose that this renewal could be achieved by developing social values rooted in the social needs often expressed through community action.Throu...

Evan Blair was about to start his first semester in college, when one night while driving down to his girlfriend, Beverly, he was chased by the gang of bikers. Later that night at Evans house, his father, Ron, received officer Kerry with the heartbreaking news that Evan was dead and Beverly was in the hospital. According to the short investigation, Evan crashed his new motorcycle into the fence and died instantly. Submerge yourself into this intriguing fictional tale and listen to Evans Wa...

A Sample Meditation: Loss on the Way to Enlightenment Avoidance, rationalization, religion, reality, projection, distraction Acknowledging that we often grow tired of the painful truth about poverty, illness, racism, discrimination, environmental ruin, and warfare, we confess that we have escaped through distraction using food, entertainment, alcohol, and personal isolation. We regret most deeply that we have fashioned religions to mask reality, often blaming our cruel indifference on a di...

Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize winner Elie Wiesel has said that there is a new commandment: "Thou shalt not stand idly by." This book articulates a progressive faith that represents a true marriage of the academic work of the modern biblical critical movement and the historical Jesus work of the Jesus Seminar applied within the life of an active parish. Setting aside the magic and superstition found in much of traditional religious life and affirming an evidence-based approach to faith...

This novel presents a more traditional take on the beginning romances of several unique couples. These short stories will hopefully warm the hearts of readers right up until the last minutes of the satisfaction of letting new characters enter ones life. The six short stories are similar in that an interview is involved in each. This is where the similarities end and the couples show their individual spirits. Hopefully, these shorts will be enjoyed for many reads to come.

The Tie takes place in a small mid-western town. The two main characters, meet in college and begin a love affair that spans their lifetime. The couple go through many wonderful, yet sometimes trying times. These unique characters and their families will hopefully be remembered for many years to come as a love that would withstand times watchful winsomeness.

First published in 1975, Action-Research in Community Development discusses experiences of people who worked on the central government sponsored Community Development Project (CDP).Announced with a flourish in 1969 as part of Britain’s ‘Poverty Programme’, CDP represented a new initiative in British social policy. It was described by the Home Office as ‘a radical experiment in community development involving central and local government, voluntary agencies and the universi...

This book is divided into 11 chapters to facilitate a logical progression of material and to enable straightforward access to topics by providing the appropriate background and theoretical support. Chapter 1 introduces the concept of molecular biology. It also tells about the concept of cell and human genome project. Chapter 2 discuss about the basics of biotechnology. It is the controlled use of biological agents, such as microorganisms or cellular components. This chapter describes the B...

Winston Churchill claimed the 'U-boat peril' was the only thing that frightened him during World War II.The U-boat was developed from a small coastal vessel into a state-of-the-art killer, stalking the high seas picking off merchant convoys, until the introduction of the destroyer escort, and the development of dedicated anti-submarine tactics provided a means of defence and attack against the U-boats.Gordon Williamson describes the design and development o...