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John Hare has made three expeditions to the Mongolian and Chinese Gobi deserts, the first in 1993 with Russian scientists and the second and third with Chinese scientists in 1995 and 1996. The book records the amazing adventures he has experienced on those expeditions and will record details of the 30-day walk on foot in the formidable Kum Tagh sand dunes in the spring of 1997. He is the first recorded foreigner to have crossed the Gashun Gobi from north to south. The expeditions were primarily concerned with tracking down the mysterious wild Bactrian camel 'camelus bactrianus ferus' which lives in the heartland of the desert and is the ancestor of all domestic Bactrian stock. There are under a thousand left in the world and the wild Bactrian camel is more endangered than the giant Panda. This is John Hare's magnificent account of a formidable feat of modern exploration.
A fishing story like no other! Alphonso the alligator snapping
turtle can't wait for breakfast. But what if his breakfast is too
likable and friendly to eat? A Mouthful of Minnows is a humorous
picture book about patience, generosity, friendship, and empathy
(as well as the awesome mysteries of nature!) that will lure in
fans of Ryan T. Higgins's We Don't Eat Our Classmates and Peter
Brown's You Will Be My Friend! At the bottom of the pond, Alphonso
the snapping turtle opens his mouth wide, wiggles his worm-like
tongue, and waits patiently for breakfast. He barely notices a
measly minnow, but he's thrilled when the entire school shows up.
Alphonso's perseverance has paid off! But when a whole family of
minnows arrives to celebrate together, Alphonso's true character
emerges, and he has second thoughts about the breakfast he's been
waiting for. Acclaimed author-artist John Hare's artwork is
textured, playful, educational, and energetic, bringing the depths
of the underwater setting to life. A Mouthful of Minnows is a
surprising and heartwarming picture book that is a great choice for
story time and bedtime. Includes information about alligator
snapping turtles.
Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or
something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture,
the academy, and the media often generating radically opposed
views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless
God exists, ethics is unfounded and the moral life is unmotivated.
At the other end are those who think that religious belief is
unnecessary for and even a threat to ethical knowledge and the
moral life. This volume provides an accessible, charitable
discussion that represents a range of views along this spectrum.
The book begins with a lively debate between Paul Kurtz and William
Lane Craig on the question, Is goodness without God good enough?
Kurtz defends the affirmative position and Craig the negative.
Following the debate are new essays by prominent scholars. These
essays comment on the debate and advance the broader discussion of
religion and morality. The book closes with final responses from
Kurtz and Craig.
In the past thirty years there has been a sea change in North
American intellectual life regarding the role of religious
commitments in academic endeavors. Driven partly by post-modernism
and the fragmentation of knowledge and partly by the
democratization of the academy in which different voices are
celebrated, the appropriate role that religion should play is
contested. Some academics insist that religion cannot and must not
have a place at the academic table; others insist that religious
values should drive the argument. Faithful Imagination in the
Academy takes an approach based on dialogue with various
viewpoints, claiming neither too much nor too little. All the
authors are seasoned academics with many significant publications
to their credit. While they all know how the academy operates and
how to make worthwhile contributions in their respective
disciplines, they are also Christians whose religious commitments
are reflected in their intellectual work.
In the past thirty years there has been a sea change in North
American intellectual life regarding the role of religious
commitments in academic endeavors. Driven partly by post-modernism
and the fragmentation of knowledge and partly by the
democratization of the academy in which different voices are
celebrated, the appropriate role that religion should play is
contested. Some academics insist that religion cannot and must not
have a place at the academic table; others insist that religious
values should drive the argument. Faithful Imagination in the
Academy takes an approach based on dialogue with various
viewpoints, claiming neither too much nor too little. All the
authors are seasoned academics with many significant publications
to their credit. While they all know how the academy operates and
how to make worthwhile contributions in their respective
disciplines, they are also Christians whose religious commitments
are reflected in their intellectual work.
Morality and religion: intimately wed, violently opposed, or
something else? Discussion of this issue appears in pop culture,
the academy, and the media_often generating radically opposed
views. At one end of the spectrum are those who think that unless
God exists, ethics is unfounded and the moral life is unmotivated.
At the other end are those who think that religious belief is
unnecessary for_and even a threat to_ethical knowledge and the
moral life. This volume provides an accessible, charitable
discussion that represents a range of views along this spectrum.
The book begins with a lively debate between Paul Kurtz and William
Lane Craig on the question, Is goodness without God good enough?
Kurtz defends the affirmative position and Craig the negative.
Following the debate are new essays by prominent scholars. These
essays comment on the debate and advance the broader discussion of
religion and morality. The book closes with final responses from
Kurtz and Craig.
Renewed ethnic and nationalist strife, the proliferation of nuclear
weapons, rogue states that disregard elementary norms of
international conduct, brutal regimes that torture their own
citizens, the widespread use of terrorism, and other trends
demonstrate the dangerous and unpredictable nature of international
politics in the Post-Cold War Era. The prominent contributors to
this edition reassess these problems from a moral-philosophical
perspective in an effort to move beyond familiar ways of thinking.
These insightful essays draw on a long and rich tradition of
Christian political reflection to cast a moral light on
international politics and to enrich public discourse on these
pressing matters. Sovereignty at the Crossroads? is important
reading for everyone concerned about the political stability,
economic development, and ecological integrity of the post-cold war
world. Sponsored by the Calvin Center for Christian Scholarship.
Get ready for blast-off on an adventure to the moon! With stunning original artwork by John Hare and charming text by bestselling and award-winning author Jeanne Willis, Field Trip to the Moon is a wonderfully witty story about exploration, creativity and making friends in the most unlikely places.
It’s not every day you find yourself on a field trip to the moon, let alone stranded in outer space! But for one student that’s exactly what happens when her curiosity separates her from the rest of her class. Why wouldn't you take the opportunity to get your crayons out, look back and draw planet Earth?
Alone on the moon, she sits down to draw. But could there be an even bigger surprise when she realizes she’s not alone? What would someone that lived on the moon even look like? Be prepared to find out what happens when you reach out to those that are different from us and greet them with an open pack of crayons!
Hodder African Readers are high-interest books designed to appeal
to both boys and girls. They are highly motivating adventure and
action stories which attract the reader's attention and hold it
through the story. Together these titles form a strong, vibrant and
attractive supplementary readers series for the African schools.
The Fearless Four and the Graveyard Ghost: Taka Taka Tom is
delighted when he gets a holiday job but what a job! Working for an
undertaker in a graveyard isn't Susan and Ken's idea of fun. Soon
though, Susan, Ken and Tiny Tantille are too busy solving a mystery
to worry about Tom. Their classmate, Rich Kimani, has disappeared
and they're determined to help his auntie find him. The search for
Rich takes them off to the graveyard - and straight into the path
of the graveyard ghost. Other titles in the series include: - The
Fearless Four - The Fearless Four: Hijack! - The Fearless Four and
the Graveyard Ghost - The Fearless Four and the Smugglers - Twin
Trouble - Dead Men's Bones - Sauna and the Drug Pedlars - Time Bomb
- The Power of Corruption - God's Case: No Appeal - Magic, Mystery
and Mister Prince - One Man, Two Votes
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Ethics and the Problem of Evil (Hardcover)
James P. Sterba; Contributions by Marilyn McCord Adams, Laura Garcia, John Hare, Stephen Maitzen, …
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The problem of evil has been an extremely active area of study in
the philosophy of religion for many years. Until now, most sources
have focused on logical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues,
leaving moral questions as open territory. With the resources of
ethical theory firmly in hand, this volume provides lively insight
into this ageless philosophical issue.
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Ethics and the Problem of Evil (Paperback)
James P. Sterba; Contributions by Marilyn McCord Adams, Laura Garcia, John Hare, Stephen Maitzen, …
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The problem of evil has been an extremely active area of study in
the philosophy of religion for many years. Until now, most sources
have focused on logical, metaphysical, and epistemological issues,
leaving moral questions as open territory. With the resources of
ethical theory firmly in hand, this volume provides lively insight
into this ageless philosophical issue.
Hodder African Readers are high-interest books designed to appeal
to both boys and girls. They are highly motivating adventure and
action stories which attract the reader's attention and hold it
through the story. Together these titles form a strong, vibrant and
attractive supplementary readers series for the African schools.
The Fearless Four: Something is going very badly wrong at the
Township soccer final. Nobody can understand what is happening to
the game - except Taka Taka Tom. He runs into two villains with an
evil plot, and soon finds himself in terrible danger. Will Susan,
Ken and Tiny be able to save their friend? Find out in the first
adventure of the Fearless Four! Other titles in the series include:
- The Fearless Four - The Fearless Four: Hijack! - The Fearless
Four and the Graveyard Ghost - The Fearless Four and the Smugglers
- Twin Trouble - Dead Men's Bones - Sauna and the Drug Pedlars -
Time Bomb - The Power of Corruption - God's Case: No Appeal -
Magic, Mystery and Mister Prince - One Man, Two Votes
This book seeks to explore the changing nature of English society
through a case study of countryside and town in southern England
during the period from c.1380 to c.1520. It explores the influence
of landscape and population on the agriculture of Wiltshire, the
regional patterns of arable and pastoral farming, and the growing
contrast between the large-scale mixed farming of the chalklands
and the family farms of the claylands. It examines the changing
situation of the rural tenant population as it reacted to the
greater opportunities available in the land-market. During this
period, Wiltshire became one of great cloth-producing counties of
England (as reflected in its rising taxable wealth). Such economic
expansion generated jobs both within the industry and beyond,
stimulating the market for food, services and manufactured goods.
Salisbury was one of greatest cities in the kingdom, and below this
was a hierarchy of interesting lesser towns. But such growth
generated its own problems: more and more people became dependent
on the cloth trade and particularly on exporting cloth; if exports
fell, as during the mid-fifteenth-century crisis, they suffered. As
scholars are increasingly aware, the later Middle Ages was a period
of considerable change, and this study contributes to debates about
the nature of both change and continuity at a national level. It
will also be of value to local historians interested in one of the
most important periods in Wiltshire's history.
South African shipping law is a rich amalgam of English common law and Roman-Dutch civilian principles. Its provenance was profoundly influenced first by Dutch dominance over the seas and world trade during the 17th and 18th centuries, and then by the might of the English commercial empire of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Today's South African shipping lawyer continues to draw on both systems, supplemented by innovative developments, especially in admiralty practice.
The second edition of Shipping Law & Admiralty Jurisdiction in South Africa follows ten years after its first publication. The book aims to cover all aspects of admiralty jurisdiction and practice, and general shipping law, in one volume.
Conspicuous consumption in the 15th century both offers causes for
revolt and allows reconstruction of regional supply and trading
networks. The essays in this volume focus on the sources and
resources of political power, on consumption (royal and lay,
conspicuous and everyday) on political revolution and on economic
regulation in the later middle ages. Topics range from the diet of
the nobility in the fifteenth century to the knightly household of
Richard II and the peace commissions, while particular case
studies, of Middlesex, Cambridge, Durham Cathedral and Winchester,
shed new light on regional economies through an examination of the
patterns of consumption, retailing, and marketing.Professor MICHAEL
HICKS teaches at King Alfred's College at Winchester.Contributors:
CHRISTOPHER WOOLGAR, ALASTAIR DUNN, SHELAGH MITCHELL, ALISON GUNDY,
T.B. PUGH, JESSICA FREEMAN, JOHN HARE, JOHN LEE, MIRANDA
THRELFALL-HOLMES, WINIFRED HARWOOD, PETER FLEMING.
The 2019 re-opening of the Christchurch Town Hall is celebrated in
this richly illustrated volume. Threatened with demolition
following earthquake damage in 2011, the building has been renewed
through seismic strengthening, restoration and repair. With
contributions from those who shaped its original design, along with
accounts of the renewal project and the story of the hall's Rieger
organ, this book explains why the Christchurch Town Hall is of both
national and international significance. It will appeal to a
diverse range of readers, from architects and acousticians, to
musicians and those who seek a better understanding of what makes
it such an outstanding performance venue, as well as to citizens
who take pride in their town hall. Opened in 1972, the Christchurch
Town Hall was acclaimed for its architectural excellence and
established the national reputation of its designers, Warren &
Mahoney. Harold Marshall's acoustic design brought international
recognition and helped to transform the way concert halls were
designed around the world. Serving as the city's leading concert
venue for almost forty years, the Christchurch Town Hall has been
acclaimed by performers as diverse as Leonard Bernstein, Kiri Te
Kanawa and Carlos Santana. Yet it was always more than just a
performance venue, becoming the focus for many of the city's civic,
social, cultural and educational rituals. In 2019 the renewed town
hall became, once more, Christchurch's `public living room'.
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