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Southwestern Journal of Theology 2021 Book of the Year Award
(Honorable Mention, Applied Theology/Ethics) This book shows that
theology is both integrally related to formation in Jesus Christ
and shapes our understanding of the world. Christian formation is
incomplete and impossible without theological formation, because
Christ transforms our hearts and minds, attuning them to the
reality of God. As the authors explore the deep connections between
theology and the life of the Christian, they emphasize Christian
formation as a defining feature of the church, arguing that
theology must be integrally connected to the church's traditions
and practices.
Features Surveys of the systems approach to analysing and
understanding multifaceted, complex problems in astrobiology,
written by two scientists who also have engineering backgrounds.
Systems applications to areas important to astrobiology, such as
chemical evolution, prebiotic chemistry, geochemical/geophysical
settings conducive to emergence of life, robotic space exploration,
and much more. Wide appeal for all readers interested in the origin
and occurrence of life in our Solar System and beyond.
Originally published by Stackpole in 1963 and revised throughout
the Vietnam War until its final edition in 1973, Guidelines for the
Leader and Commander by Gen. Bruce C. Clarke makes its purpose
plain with its prefatory dedication to the combat soldier who is
charged with defending the freedoms of his country. What follows is
no mere manual for those trusted with leading soldiers in combat.
It is a wide-ranging collection of leadership principles and
maxims-many of them general, applicable to civilians as well as
soldiers-to guide the building and training of an army (or other
organization) from the ground up, starting with the individual
soldier. Thoughtful as well as concrete, pithy and often
conversational, rooted in Clarke's deep and long military
experience, the book covers such topics as Command
Responsibilities, Leadership versus Popularity, A Successful
Manager, Training the Individual, Training the Unit, and Wasting
Soldiers' Time. The legendary and controversial David Hackworth
required his officers and NCOs in Vietnam to carry Guidelines, and
the book has become a cult classic.
From the world's most famous science fiction writer, a poignant and
vivid story of doomsday and beyond. The countdown to doomsday began
with the discovery in 1956 of the neutrino, a particle with no mass
and no charge. By the year 2001, the significance of this phantom
particle was understood: it was a harbinger. A cosmic event was
imminent, and would be close enough to touch. Soon the Sun would go
nova; the demolition of Earth was assured. And so it happened in
the year 3620. Over the centuries of knowing the end was at hand,
humanity pulled together to launch probes into space. Primitive
ships, at first, carrying embryos to distant systems, relying on
machines to incubate and rear the first people of a virgin land
beneath an alien sun. On Thalassa, after a journey of 200 years, a
colony blossomed, only to fall silent again. On Earth the Lords of
the Last Days lived with no need to care for the future of the
world; it was the wildest of times, and the saddest. Last to leave
was the Magellan carrying a million homeless; when cataclysm
struck, its voyagers witnessed through telescopes the death of
Earth and all its wonders, saw the Atlantic boil dry, the pyramids
disintegrate, the land of Antarctica briefly bare of ice before
fire consumed everything. Then the million slept. Five hundred
years later, the Magellan must make planetfall to repair its
quantum drive. Its sleepers awake to find themselves visitors to
Thalassa, where a cvilization has, in fact, survived. A clash of
cultures unlike any before brings danger, despair, and some very
tough decisions for two different peoples far from Earth - and its
distant songs.
"This Handbook is a sparkling addition to the neurological library,
a concise and clear guide to clinical practice in neurology,
written in elegant prose, a tribute to Queen Square and to the
contribution that both Hospital and Institute have made to
neurology. It is the encapsulation of wisdom gained in a long
career. For practitioners in the art of neurology, junior and
senior this is required reading." --Simon Shorvon, National
Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery, Queen Square Neurology:
A Clinical Handbook is a practical text, for both neurologists and
general physicians, in the wards, the office or at home. This book
spans the breadth of neurology and its challenges, for those who
require a rapid resource in accessible language. The Handbook is
also aimed at those considering entering neurology, neurophysiology
and neurorehabilitation and for medical trainees and consultants in
many specialities. It is an invaluable source for the MRCP, a
ready-made reference for clinical practice and for the specialist
nurse and therapist. The book deals with essentials - of
neuroanatomy, clinical examination, mechanisms of neurological
disease and the major issues of dementia and stroke in an ageing
population. More specific aspects of neurology are also addressed,
including the specialist fields of nerve and muscle disease, the
spinal cord, headache and the cranial nerves, infection in the
nervous system, MS and sleep disorders. The allied disciplines of
neurorehabilitation, neuropsychiatry, neuro-oncology,
uro-neurology, neuro-otology and neuro-ophthalmology are also
covered. The aim is to provide both an introduction and a summary -
of general neurological practice and the specialist aspects of
neurology and neuroscience.
Arthur C. Clarke's classic in which he ponders humanity's future
and possible evolution When the silent spacecraft arrived and took
the light from the world, no one knew what to expect. But, although
the Overlords kept themselves hidden from man, they had come to
unite a warring world and to offer an end to poverty and crime.
When they finally showed themselves it was a shock, but one that
humankind could now cope with, and an era of peace, prosperity and
endless leisure began. But the children of this utopia dream
strange dreams of distant suns and alien planets, and begin to
evolve into something incomprehensible to their parents, and soon
they will be ready to join the Overmind ... and, in a grand and
thrilling metaphysical climax, leave the Earth behind.
For the 250th anniversary of the founding of Dartmouth College, the
Political Economy Project at Dartmouth assembled a stellar cast of
junior and senior scholars to explore the systemic conditions
facing those seeking to found a new college two hundred fifty years
ago. What were the key political, economic and religious parameters
operating in the Atlantic world at the time of the College's
founding? What was the religious scene like at the moment when the
Rev. Samson Occom of the Mohegan nation and the Rev. Eleazar
Wheelock of Connecticut, two men from very different backgrounds
whose improbable meeting occurred during the Great Awakening of the
early 1740s, set about establishing a new school in the northern
woods in the 1760s? How were the agendas of contemporaries
differently mediated by the religious beliefs with which they
acted, on the one hand, and the emerging thought world of political
economy, very broadly understood, on the other? These are among the
rich and variegated topics addressed in Dartmouth and the World,
which breaks the mold of the traditional commemorative volume.
The Leonov is beaten to Jupiter by a Chinese mission which lands on
Jupiter's moon, Europa, and falls victim to its unknown terrain.
The last astronaut to die on the alien surface broadcast a message
- there is life on Europa.
Features Surveys of the systems approach to analysing and
understanding multifaceted, complex problems in astrobiology,
written by two scientists who also have engineering backgrounds.
Systems applications to areas important to astrobiology, such as
chemical evolution, prebiotic chemistry, geochemical/geophysical
settings conducive to emergence of life, robotic space exploration,
and much more. Wide appeal for all readers interested in the origin
and occurrence of life in our Solar System and beyond.
Earth has become a Utopia, guided by a strange unseen people from
outer space whose staggering powers have eradicated war, cruelty,
poverty and racial inequality. When the 'Overlords' finally reveal
themselves, their horrific form makes little impression. Then comes
the sign that the Overlords have been waiting for. A child begins
to dream strangely - and develops remarkable powers. Soon this
happens to every child - and the truth of the Overlords' mission is
finally revealed to the human race. . . A classic of the science
fiction genre, Childhood's End is an intelligent, beautifully
written exploration of what it means to be human from the
inimitable Arthur C. Clarke. Now adapted as a three-part miniseries
on Sky.
Second in a series of fiction and nonfiction about Florida by
legendary writers who came here. From Audubon in 1834 to Dave Barry
in 1990.
Now approaching the millennium, the light of Lucifer is
extinguished and for the second time in four million years, the
Monolith awakes. The limitless power of an alien technology has
decided what part humanity must play in the evolution of the
galaxy.
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