What is agape? How does it help us be what we were created to be? Can it fulfill our spiritual development? In The Seven Steps of Agape Prayer, a path is shown to bring God's gift of agape fully into a person's consciousness in a powerful, liberating way. Then readers are offered steps to enter into the spreading of the spiritual power of agape to friends, family, communities, and even enemies. There are illustrations from the author's life, the events of other people's lives, and historical events.

This catalogue of the Shakespeare First Folio (1623) is the result of two decades of research during which 232 surviving copies of this immeasurably important book were located - a remarkable 72 more than were recorded in the previous census over a century ago - and examined in situ, creating an essential reference work.

This book offers an essential manual for project managers, project management offices (PMO's), trainers and consultants, addressing the psychological side of project management. Written by leading scholars in organizational psychology and by top experts in project management, it covers all major psychological topics that are key to project success. The book features dedicated chapters on leadership and teamwork, including virtual and intercultural cooperation, commitment and motivation of project teams. It adds a psychological perspective to personnel management, decision-making, information and knowledge management and communication in project work. Power, influencing tactics and other aspects of stakeholder management are covered, as well as project coaching, innovation and creativity, self-management and the management of conflicts, risks and crises.

SOLID STATE CHEMISTRY AND ITS APPLICATIONS A comprehensive treatment of solid state chemistry complete with supplementary material and full colour illustrations from a leading expert in the field. Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, Second Edition delivers an advanced version of West's classic text in solid state chemistry, expanding on the undergraduate Student Edition to present a comprehensive treatment of solid state chemistry suitable for advanced students and researchers. The book provides the reader with an up-to-date account of essential topics in solid state chemistry and recent developments in this rapidly developing field of inorganic chemistry. Significant updates and new content in this second edition include: A more extensive overview of important families of inorganic solids including spinels, perovskites, pyrochlores, garnets, Ruddlesden-Popper phases and many more New methods to synthesise inorganic solids, including sol-gel methods, combustion synthesis, atomic layer deposition, spray pyrolysis and microwave techniques Advances in electron microscopy, X-ray and electron spectroscopies New developments in electrical properties of materials, including high Tc superconductivity, lithium batteries, solid oxide fuel cells and smart windows Recent developments in optical properties, including fibre optics, solar cells and transparent conducting oxides Advances in magnetic properties including magnetoresistance and multiferroic materials Homogeneous and heterogeneous ceramics, characterization using impedance spectroscopy Thermoelectric materials, MXenes, low dimensional structures, memristors and many other functional materials Expanded coverage of glass, including metallic and fluoride glasses, cement and concrete, geopolymers, refractories and structural ceramics Overview of binary oxides of all the elements, their structures, properties and applications Featuring full color illustrations throughout, readers will also benefit from online supplementary materials including access to CrystalMaker(R) software and over 100 interactive crystal structure models. Perfect for advanced students seeking a detailed treatment of solid state chemistry, this new edition of Solid State Chemistry and its Applications will also earn a place as a desk reference in the libraries of experienced researchers in chemistry, crystallography, physics, and materials science.

This Volume focuses on inclusive education for the less than 1 % of school-age population who have been diagnosed with Low-Incidence Disabilities and continue to be marginalized in many ways. This unique contribution provides a wide-range of perspectives on what works to facilitate inclusion in a variety of contexts. In many countries teachers are being asked to ensure that all of their students achieve, regardless of background or disability leaving many grappling with how to facilitate inclusion for learners with low-incidence disabilities. The first section of this text presents strategies and supports for inclusion. It offers the reader examples of good practices that practitioners can employ to improve teaching and learning in their school or classroom for these students and their families. The second section offers a range of international perspectives that illuminate the work being done related to inclusion for learners with low-incidence disabilities within those contexts. This important book highlights the need to include learners with low-incidence disabilities and provides information related to supports and services to achieve that goal across a variety of contexts.

Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, 2nd Edition: Student Edition is an extensive update and sequel to the bestselling textbook Basic Solid State Chemistry, the classic text for undergraduate teaching in solid state chemistry worldwide. Solid state chemistry lies at the heart of many significant scientific advances from recent decades, including the discovery of high-temperature superconductors, new forms of carbon and countless other developments in the synthesis, characterisation and applications of inorganic materials. Looking forward, solid state chemistry will be crucial for the development of new functional materials in areas such as energy, catalysis and electronic materials. This revised edition of Basic Solid State Chemistry has been completely rewritten and expanded to present an up-to-date account of the essential topics and recent developments in this exciting field of inorganic chemistry. Each section commences with a gentle introduction, covering basic principles, progressing seamlessly to a more advanced level in order to present a comprehensive overview of the subject. This new Student Edition includes the following updates and new features: * Expanded coverage of bonding in solids, including a new section on covalent bonding and more extensive treatment of metallic bonding. * Synthetic methods are covered extensively and new topics include microwave synthesis, combinatorial synthesis, mechano-synthesis, atomic layer deposition and spray pyrolysis. * Revised coverage of electrical, magnetic and optical properties, with additional material on semiconductors, giant and colossal magnetoresistance, multiferroics, LEDs, fibre optics and solar cells, lasers, graphene and quasicrystals. * Extended chapters on crystal defects and characterisation techniques. * Published in full colour to aid comprehension. * Extensive coverage of crystal structures for important families of inorganic solids is complemented by access to CrystalMaker(R) visualization software, allowing readers to view and rotate over 100 crystal structures in three dimensions. * Solutions to exercises and supplementary lecture material are available online. Solid State Chemistry and its Applications, 2nd Edition: Student Edition is a must-have textbook for any undergraduate or new research worker studying solid state chemistry.

This book offers an essential manual for project managers, project management offices (PMO’s), trainers and consultants, addressing the psychological side of project management. Written by leading scholars in organizational psychology and by top experts in project management, it covers all major psychological topics that are key to project success. The book features dedicated chapters on leadership and teamwork, including virtual and intercultural cooperation, commitment and motivation of project teams. It adds a psychological perspective to personnel management, decision-making, information and knowledge management and communication in project work. Power, influencing tactics and other aspects of stakeholder management are covered, as well as project coaching, innovation and creativity, self-management and the management of conflicts, risks and crises.

In the past 20 years meditation has grown enormously in popularity across the world, practised both by the general public, as well as by an increasing number of psychologists within their daily clinical practice. Meditation is now used to treat a range of disorders, including, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, chronic pain, and addiction. In the past twenty years we have also learned much more about the underlying neural bases for meditation, and why it works. The Psychology of Meditation: Research and Practice explores the practice of meditation and mindfulness and presents accounts of the cognitive and emotional processes elicited during meditation practice. Written by researchers and practitioners with considerable experience in meditation practice and from different religious or philosophical perspectives, he book examines the evidence for the effects of meditation on emotional and physical well-being in therapeutic contexts and in applied settings. The areas covered include addictions, pain management, psychotherapy, physical health, neuroscience, and the application of meditation in school and workplace settings. Uniquely, the contributors also present accounts of their own personal experience of meditation practice including their history of practice, phenomenology, and the impact it has had on their lives. Drawing on evidence from both research and practice, this is a valuable synthesis of the ways in which meditation can profoundly enrich human experience.

With this book, one can calculate personal biograms and use them to improve the way one responds to the opportunities that life has to offer. By locking on to the rhythms which they demonstrate and becoming aware of the key dates they produce, one gains more control over the best timing for decision-making and planning or action. And there are many examples where the use of the biorhythm tool has resulted in phenomenal personal success.

A reference textbook that summarizes the "algebra of analysis" that includes some mention of the contemporary trends in the development of history. This text provides an up-to-date account of Banach and locally convex algebras with emphasis on general theory, representations and homology. In its description of general theory and in the examples it considers it is faithful to earlier traditions in the subject but differs from those books in being based on an approach through homological algebra. This approach leads Helemskii to consider topics not covered at this level in any other book. These topics include: complemented and uncomplemented ideal; projective and weak tensor products of banach algebras; Taylors multivariable holomorphic functional calculus; the Wedderburn decomposition of Banach algevras; a whole chapter on the homology of Banach algebras.

DRAGON QUESTS is a new historical novel by Ron A. West and it moves through the centuries with the youthful Johnathan/Ianatan, Wizards, Crusader Knights and the shape-shifting dragon clan Draco, following their war with the Wyverns. Actions take place through ancient and contemporary Europe, Canada, Scotland and Israel in the passing of times. There are young captured dragons to be rescued from a Wizard's spell. With puzzles, for hidden gold, for a magic sword, a religious relic, and the resolution of a murder occurring in Dragon Quests.

There have been hundreds of books on religion, racism, education, and government, but this book has proven to be one of a kind. The book tackles numerous imperative subjects in today's society and presents solutions to many of the issues in our country today; all through following Christ. This God inspired book discusses how to balance being an average teen, and a God fearing disciple. How to deal with societal issues by following Christ. Through this book you can learn how to truly be a Disciple in America.

His soul demands a reckoning... After a grueling year, the Brothers of the Crimson Shield have molded former slave, Leitos Valara, into a deadly warrior. And during that year, the Faceless One's hordes have relentlessly sought the Brotherhood and their island sanctuary. And now they have found them. The brutal attack crushes the Brotherhood. Those who are not slaughtered are chained and loaded onto a slave ship-including Leitos's father. Vastly outnumbered, Leitos and the remaining Brothers mount a desperate rescue. With hope fading, Leitos and the others give chase, setting sail into a storm as fierce and unpredictable as their future. Little does Leitos know that destiny has forced him onto a treacherous path of shadow and steel. And the Faceless One is waiting. Reading order: The God King (book one) Crown of the Setting Sun (book two) Shadow and Steel (book three) Wrath of the Fallen (book four) coming in the Fall of 2013 Other series by James A. West: Songs of the Scorpion Reaper of Sorrows (volume one) Lady of Regret (volume two) Dystopian Thriller Beasts of the Field Look for book two in the Fall/Winter 2013

What is agape? How does it help us be what we were created to be? Can it fulfill our spiritual development? In The Seven Steps of Agape Prayer, a path is shown to bring God's gift of agape fully into a person's consciousness in a powerful, liberating way. Then readers are offered steps to enter into the spreading of the spiritual power of agape to friends, family, communities, and even enemies. There are illustrations from the author's life, the events of other people's lives, and historical events.

Chains that bind the soul are stronger than iron... In the two centuries since the Upheaval and the fall of the God King, the Faceless One's rule has encompassed the world. He is revered, worshiped, merciless, and he stands unopposed.... Sixteen-year-old Leitos crushes stone by day, and by night shivers in a cramped cell. A slave's life is brutal and short, but absolute obedience ensures the gifts of peace and bread. All that changes when his grandfather rises against their inhuman slavemasters, forcing upon Leitos a freedom that he never sought. Now, hounded by the Faceless One's demon-born Hunters, Leitos struggles to heed his grandfather's last words: "Seek the Brothers of the Crimson Shield." Those words are his only hope to discover the truth of his people's enslavement, his only guide to find a secret order of heroes ... and they are the words of a madman. Heirs of the Fallen reading order: The God King (book one) Crown of the Setting Sun (book two) Shadow and Steel (book three) Wrath of the Fallen (book four, Fall 2013) Other series by James A. West: Songs of the Scorpion Reaper of Sorrows (volume one) Lady of Regret (volume two) Dystopian Thriller Beasts of the Field Look for book two in the Fall/Winter 2013