Iain: 509 books

Provan treats 1 and 2 Kings as a unified whole nestled within its canonical context. Kings constantly presupposes knowledge of the remainder of the story of Israel and invites reflection upon itself in the light of the prophetic writings and of the New Testament. It is examined here as narrative literature...

This NIVAC Bundle includes the four books of the Bible that cover the major prophets found in the NIV Application Commentary series.

Ensuring the safeguarding of children is a highly important and challenging task for all professionals working in a healthcare environment. This pocket-sized guide will help you develop your understanding of the issues and enable you to identify and respond to difficult child protection concerns with...

這個無須報稅、不受法律管制，從政府到走私客都想染指的， 是牽動國際情勢的槍枝工業。 它奪走無數人性命，是世界上致死率最高的武器， 也是狩獵者、玩家、收藏家眼中唯一的愉悅， 更是各國政府不想放手的經濟來源。 皮博迪獎得主伊恩‧歐佛頓首部作品 奪得2015****年犯罪作家協會金匕首非虛構獎 走遍全球各地，深入黑道、警界、軍火商，耗時十年以上撰寫而成 以一本書全面了解槍枝的魅力與危害 《金融時報》盛讚「追查槍枝在世界各地的毀滅性影響，針對議題進行深思熟慮的探討」 「在這本書中，作者藉槍說明了當代社會的一切，這才知，原來我們都在槍口下。」──文字工作者、《憂鬱的邊界》作者　阿潑 ▌**　你可能不知道的槍枝二三事　**▌ 你知道全球一年可賣出3000萬枝槍和零件嗎 光是2013年，全球軍事支出據估計就高達1兆7470億美元 中國、美國、俄羅斯、義大利、法國、英國是全世界六大槍枝生產國 單是美國的槍枝產業，每年都有破億的成長金額 美國步槍協會（NRA）每年花費三百四十萬美元從事私下政治操作 全球每年有超過30萬件的槍殺事件 只要美國實施槍枝管制，鄰國如墨西哥的槍殺率就會下降 在南北洲，想加入地方幫派，你得先殺一個人證明自己的勇氣 冰島的擁槍率在世界名列前茅，槍殺率卻趨近於0 花費7000美元，就可以在暗網（Dark...

Exploring Australia’s radical past through more than 300 images and 500 stories of social activism, this book reveals a hidden inspirational history through Indigenous resistance, convict revolts, student occupations, and more. Twelve key Australian activists and pranksters are interviewed regarding...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Goa & Mumbai is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore Mumbai's Victorian colonial-era architecture, poke around the boutiques and...

A meticulously researched biography of a young officer in the early part of the 19th Century. The son of an admiral, Richard Purvis went to sea in Nelson's Navy at the age of 11 before being commissioned at the age of 15 into the Bengal Army, part of the great East India Company. He went on to serve...

Sam Hunt is a confused modern male in his very late twenties. A work-shy, commitment-phobic would-be actor, he is beginning to worry that turning thirty might just be the last straw. Flatmate Alan, the sensible one, has just been proposed to by his girlfriend Jess, with his femme fatale boss looking...

First published in 1986. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Did God make us? The answer to this question radically changes how we view ourselves and our life's purpose. This book is an engaging enquiry into these issues beginning with the anatomical evidence of the human body, our own face and our special senses Are our faces and personalities precisely made...

The 19th-century MP John Burns described the Thames as 'liquid history' and ever since the Romans founded Londinium in 43 AD, the river has played a key cultural and economic, political and social role in the history of England. London's Strangest: The Thames reveals the bizarre, funny and surreal...

Extraordinary but true stories from 200 years of cycling history. Part of the bestselling Strangest series, Cycling’s Strangest Tales is a quirky and fascinating collection of stories from cycling’s history. Included are stories of Thomas Stevens, the doughty Englishman who circumnavigated the...

Discussions on the outcome of a potential referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU have been characterised by political grandstanding, at the expense of serious economic analysis. With Brexit now a real possibility in the next Parliament, the IEA today releases a report outlining four different...

Near the end of the nineteenth century, the Gaelic-speaking crofters of the Scottish Highlands rose in revolutionary struggle against their English landlords for the right to live in security on their own ancestral clan lands.