Andrew Shepherd: 7 books

We live in an age of global capitalism and terror. In a climate of consumption and fear the unknown Other is regarded as a threat to our safety, a client to assist, or a competitor to be overcome in the struggle for scarce resources. And yet, the Christian Scriptures explicitly summon us to welcome...

Some urgent new thinking is needed if any lessons are to be learnt from the recent disasters. This book brings together the experience of a number of writers who have worked on, or studied, poverty alleviation programmes in Asia and Africa.

Conon Bridge had been discarded by the Ministry of Defense after saving the lives of an elite US Navy SEALS team who were hunting for Osama bin Laden. He returned to his beloved Highlands to hide and lick his wounds, but when the Russian Navy came snooping around in the waters off the Isle of Skye...

Set in South Africa, "In the House of the Feeble" is a short tragic Bildungsroman, a novella in which the protagonist, Michael Craig, must come to terms with the moribund situation of being institutionalised in a psychiatric asylum. He finds help from a close friend to make a success of...

Interdisciplinary perspectives on definitional concerns, underlying mechanisms, and the functional significance of joint attention. Academic interest in the phenomenon of joint attention—the capacity to attend to an object together with another creature—has increased rapidly over the past...

Did you know they started 'hearing through the grapevine' during the American Civil War, that 'ghettos' originated in Venice or that 'deadline' has a very sinister origin? Jam-packed with many amazing facts, Fighting Talk is a fascinating trip through the words and phrases that came to us from the...

Are you ready for Walmart smashing, school trashing, and arena battles? Then this is the book for you!!! This is a great book of action that you should really read. There is 7 action packed awesome battles! Playoffs Hamburger Helper vs Jimmy Deans-Pillsbury Dough Boy vs Ronald McDonald-Taco bell vs Golden Corral- M&M’s vs Wendy.