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"Christian laughter is a maze: you could easily get snarled up within it." So says Michael A. Screech in his note to readers preceding this collection of fifty-three elegant and pithy essays. As Screech reveals, the question of whether laughter is acceptable to the god of the Old and New Testaments is a dangerous one. But we are fortunate in our gu

My introduction to the fascinating phenomena associated with detonation waves came through appointments as an external fellow at the Department of Physics, University College of Wales, and at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds. Very special thanks for his accurate guidance...

Sophia Davis had trepidations about her new field job in a tinder-dry forest. Add eccentric co-workers, wildfire, arson and murder to the mix, and her misgivings turn to alarm. Increasing suspicion and distrust from her colleagues and the local community push Sophia to search for the real culprit. As...

Within the chaos of a war-torn Iraq, Sarah tries to live a peaceful life with her young son. But everything changes drastically when her son disappears. Contemplating suicide by day, and seeing strange realms by night, she meets a dark serpent who promises to help her. With new found belief in herself,...

Megan is a nurse, wife and a mother who learns that her lifelong heightened sensory perception puts her among an ancient elite group known as Auratorsthose who can read peoples auras. She meets Max, who mentors her, as she is swiftly thrust into membership within a secret historical medical society...

Karen J. Nolan, Jo-Ann Heslin, and Annette B. Natow, registered dietitians and authors of Pocket’s many phenomenally successful Counter books, bring their astounding expertise to a superb encyclopedia of food values. The essential reference for everyday use, The Most Complete Food Counter, 2nd Edition...

Rheumatic inflammatory diseases represent a steadily increasing group of disorders that have considerable social impact through affected patients' worsening quality of life and require engagement in the health field. Among these, rheumatoid arthritis stands as the most frequent pathology, and the...

Who Is My Neighbor? (¿Quién es mi vecino?) is a field-tested resource through which English speakers of any church and congregation can learn basic Spanish-speaking skills to be able to communicate and provide a welcoming atmosphere to the Hispanic communities surrounding them.  The six-session resource...

A graduate-level one-volume textbook and reference work on the structure and physics of atomic nuclei. Throughout this book the underlying emphasis is on how a nucleus is constituted through the interaction between the nucleons. The book is structured into three parts: the first part contains a detailed...

Serie Gli Dei, Libro 1 Quando Cupido prende di mira due mortali a Las Vegas, si accendono scintille: al tavolo dei dadi, Randy Jones, un uomo comune in vacanza aziendale, guarda negli occhi di Garrett e il tempo si ferma. Gettando al vento tutto quello in cui crede, Randy si lascia coinvolgere...

In this famous monograph, a distinguished mathematician presents an innovative approach to classical boundary value problems ― one that may be used by mathematicians as well as by theoreticians in mechanics. The approach is based on a number of geometric properties of conformal and quasi-conformal...

Contemporary Religion is not enough. The religious imperatives of belief, ritual, experience, community, service, and values are not enough. Contemporary Culture is not enough. The cultural imperatives of acceptance, success, power, wealth, and pleasure are not enough. Both religion and culture are...

This well-illustrated book provides strong qualitative and comparative support for the main arguments developed by Nerida Ellerton and Ken Clements in their groundbreaking Rewriting this History of School Mathematics in North America 1607–1861: The Central Role of Cyphering Books. Eleven extraordinary...

The author gives a diligent and careful investigation into the history and teachings of the Christian faith and church as they relate to poignant and timely contemporary controversies and issues facing modern-day Christianity. From questions about the role and place of women in the church and of the...