Multifaith Reflections to Deepen Your Spirituality
Now more than ever, people are painfully divided politically, religiously, and culturally. Through daily readings that explore the tenets, teachings, writings, and prayers of the world's major religions, The Peacemaker's Path shows us that we have much more in common than what divides us.
An Illustrated History of Hong Kong's Top District
The Peak is Hong Kong's top residential district, where property prices are as high as the altitude. How did it become an exclusive enclave in the bustling business centre of 19th-century Asia? The British wanted relief from summer heat and the Peak was the obvious place to escape it. When the Governor adopted Mountain Lodge as a summer getaway, ......
After Slovenia's independence in 1991 from Yugoslavia, the introduction of local government was one of the most challenging tasks in the new country, as it meant a radical change from the socialist municipal system to the classical European type of local government. Simona Kukovic and Miro Hacek offer a comprehensive analysis of the functioning of ......
130-mile national trail - Norfolk's best inland and coastal scenery
The Peddars Way and Norfolk Coast Path National Trail is an easy-to-follow 130 mile route that combines the best of inland and coastal walking, and one that is ideal for people new to long-distance walks. In detailed stages, this guidebook shows how to complete the scenic trail over a week and how to split it over a series of weekends.
How Your Peers Shape Who You Are and Who You Will Become
How the power of peers and peer culture shapes individual behavior and future success For decades, parents across America have asked their kids, "If your friends jumped off a bridge, would you?" The answer is, "Duh, yes." Peers, as parents well know, have a tremendous impact on who their kids are and what they will become. And even while they ......
This guidebook - which includes both a guide to the route and a separate mapping booklet - describes the Pembrokeshire Coast Path National Trail, a scenic 180-mile long-distance walk from Amroth, near Tenby, to St Dogmaels, north of Newport. The route, which takes roughly 2 weeks to complete, is divided into 14 stages of between 9 and 17 miles. ......
A successful penalty kick takes more than just luck, and The Penalty Kick demystifies the science so that the reader knows how to win every penalty kick
A Granddaughter's Search for Her Family's Forbidden Nazi Past
This gripping memoir traces Brazilian-born American Julie Lindahls journey to uncover her grandparents role in WWII as she is driven to understand why they became members of Hitlers elite. Out of the unbearable heart of the story--the unclaimed guilt that devours a family through generations--emerges an unflinching will to learn the truth.
In October 2002 the United States confronted North Korea with suspicions that Pyongyang was enriching uranium in violation of the Agreed Framework that the nations had worked out during the Clinton administration.
