Hasan is a Bedouin boy belonging to the Al-Ajman tribe. He is travelling with his family to sell goods at a desert market. Hasan often feels that he is useless and no one cares about him. He decides to enter a camel race. Hasan's rival, Mansoor, also enters the competition and threatens Hasan that he will win. A sand storm takes place during the race and Mansoor is seriously injured. Hasan saves his life and is honoured for his bravery.

This is a simple story about a truck driver called Jimmy. It takes the reader on a journey over two typical days in the life of a truck driver. Jimmy is given an instruction by his boss about where to go and what to collect. He begins his travels by collecting the produce, which must then be delivered to the harbour. Along the way, he sees beautiful sights and meets friendly people, but he often has to be careful and drive safely. At the harbour, the produce is put onto big ships which will take the cargo overseas, where it will be sold.

From Ricoeur to Action engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict. Ricoeur's ability to draw from a diverse field of philosophers and theologians and to provide mediation to seemingly irreconcilable views often has both explicit and implicit practical application to socio-political questions. Here an international team of leading Ricoeur scholars develop critical yet productive responses through the development of Ricoeur's thought with respect to such topics as race, environmental ethics, technology, political utopia and reinterpreting religion. Representing a new generation of Ricoeur scholarship that attempts to move beyond an exegetical engagement with his philosophy, this collection of original essays examines key problems in the 21st-century and the ways in which Ricoeur's philosophy understands the subtleties of these problems and is able to offer a productive response. As such it presents a elucidation of the practical significance of Ricoeur's thinking and an innovative contribution to resolving socio-political conflicts in the 21st century.

Colourful photographs and accurate drawings supplement informative text about the Earth. Readers are shown that the Earth comprises three layers. Then there is information about hot springs, geysers, mountains, earthquakes, volcanoes, erosion, sand dunes and glaciers.

From Ricoeur to Action engages with the thinking of the French philosopher Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) in order to propose innovative responses to 21st-century problems actively contributing to global conflict. Ricoeur's ability to draw from a diverse field of philosophers and theologians and to provide mediation to seemingly irreconcilable views often has both explicit and implicit practical application to socio-political questions. Here an international team of leading Ricoeur scholars develop critical yet productive responses through the development of Ricoeur's thought with respect to such topics as race, environmental ethics, technology, political utopia and reinterpreting religion. Representing a new generation of Ricoeur scholarship that attempts to move beyond an exegetical engagement with his philosophy, this collection of original essays examines key problems in the 21st-century and the ways in which Ricoeur's philosophy understands the subtleties of these problems and is able to offer a productive response. As such it presents an elucidation of the practical significance of Ricoeur's thinking and an innovative contribution to resolving socio-political conflicts in the 21st century.