Laird: 199 books
Ordained Women In The Church Of The Nazarene
The First Generation
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2014
"An oft-repeated folklore tells us that Phineas Bresee, one of [our] main denominational founders, was fond of saying, 'some of our best 'men' are women!"Who were these women? Rebecca Laird offers a fascinating historical glimpse at 12 pioneer women ministers who helped shape the Church of the Nazarene,...
Theism and Cosmology
Being the First Series of a Course of Gifford Lectures on the General Subject of Metaphysics and Theism given in the University of Glasgow in 1939
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2013
Theism is one of the major types of metaphysics and cosmology is the general theory of the whole wide world. Must the world have an over-worldly source, or any source? Would "space" crumble unless God perpetually sustained it by his brooding omnipresence? Is all power, properly understood,...
by Susan Laird, Professor Richard Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2014
Best known as author of A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), if not also as mother of Frankenstein's author Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft survived domestic violence and unusual independent womanhood to write engaging letters, fiction, history, critical reviews, handbooks and treatises....
Break It Down!
Boost Your College Reading Comprehension
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2008
Heres a witty, engaging, and dynamic interactive guide that uses sparkling dialogue, riveting characters, and appealing graphics to pique and hold the interest of students even those who dont like to read to help them in college-level reading comprehension. Break It Down! tries to improve and sharpen...
Anti-Oppressive Social Work
A Guide for Developing Cultural Competence
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2008
`This is an exciting and valuable book. In considering the role and importance of cultural competence in professional practice with diverse populations, it provides a refreshing and much needed approach to social work theory and practice' - Kwame Owusu-Bempah, Reader in Psychology, University of Leicester
Anti-Oppressive...
by Margaret L. Laird
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
The combination of portrait statue, monumental support, and public lettering was considered emblematic of Roman public space even in antiquity. This book examines ancient Roman statues and their bases, tombs, dedicatory altars, and panels commemorating gifts of civic beneficence made by the Augustales,...
by David Ormerod, Karl Laird
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2018
Smith, Hogan, & Ormerod's Criminal Law is rightly regarded as the leading doctrinal textbook on criminal law in England and Wales. The book owes its consistent popularity to its accessible style, depth of analysis, and breadth of coverage. Over fifty years since the publication of the first edition,...
Under Pressure
How the gospel helps us handle the pressures of work
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2017
**How the Gospel helps us handle the pressures of work **
‘Why do I feel so stressed about work?’ ‘Is life always going to feel this overwhelming and busy?’ ‘How can my faith help me cope with the demands of my workplace?’ If you’ve asked these kinds of questions before, you’re...
by Roger Laird
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2012
Jeremiah Stalwart is from a small town. Though he is much smarter than his peers, he lives a pretty standard life. That is until some bullies chase him after school. He finds himself on a completely unfamiliar planet. Now it is his job to unlock the secret of how he got there and help scientists on...
by Randall Laird
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 16, 2013
Glory, NY is a factory town spawned by the auto industry and devastated by the 1970's recession. The Detroit-based parent corporation, sensing a financial opportunity in the 1980's AIDS outbreak, converts the faltering Glory plant from latex gaskets and seals to latex condoms and gloves....
Decoding Maori Cosmology
The Ancient Origins of New Zealand’s Indigenous Culture
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
An exploration of New Zealand’s Maori cosmology and how it relates to classic ancient symbolic traditions around the world
• Shows how Maori myths, symbols, cosmological concepts, and words reflect symbolic elements found at Göbekli Tepe in Turkey
• Demonstrates parallels between...
by Roger Laird
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2011
Over a thousand years has passed since The Great Disaster changed the geography of our world forever. Technology has fallen away from the world and feudal society has emerged again. New warriors have taken up the weapons of older times. General Tao Blight has risen to meet his fate and fight alongside...
by Laird Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2012
The Death Fairy is a fantasy, a psychological thriller about Asia, a woman who is best friends with her mother's ghost. Her Mom sends her dreams that reveal her life in ways that are impossible: she killed herself when Asia was a baby. But Asia loves the dreams. She can "float inside" them and...
by Laird Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 24, 2012
Early in the first chapter of Paradise Lost, twelve-year-old Lewis discovers something essential about adults: "However much posturing they did, however they might pretend otherwise, however indignantly they might defend themselves, I knew that adults were fallible." They will believe anything:...