Most readers first encounter Augustine's love for Scripture's words in the many biblical allusions of his masterwork, the Confessions. Augustine does not merely quote texts, but in many ways makes Scripture itself tell the story. In his journey from darkness to light, Augustine becomes Adam in the Garden of Eden, the Prodigal Son of Jesus' parable, the Pauline double personality at once devoted to and rebellious against God's law. Throughout he speaks the words of the Psalms as if he had written them. Crucial to Augustine's self-portrayal is his skill at transposing himself into the texts. He sees their properties and dynamics as his own, and by extension, every believing reader's own. In Christ Meets Me Everywhere, Michael Cameron argues that Augustine wanted to train readers of Scripture to transpose themselves into the texts in the same way he did, by the same process of figuration that he found at its core. Tracking Augustine's developing practice of self-transposition into the figures of the biblical texts over the course of his entire career, Cameron shows that this practice is the key to Augustine's hermeneutics.

Laird Simon Lockhart escapes a siege on Edinburgh castle and spies upon a vulnerable English lass who needs saving from a ruthless lot of English soldiers. Unable to turn his back, he risks the lives of his clan, and jeopardizes his political stance of his sworn allegiance to the relentless English King. Lady Alyssa Percy flees Northumberland to the barbarian lands of the Scots in a quest to discover the truth behind her father's death and the threats of doom dispelled by Baron Cressingham bent on revenge. As their journey unfolds secrets will come unraveled, death will beckon, battles will be fought, and their love will ignite. Both have responsibilities to their families, both have strong ties to their homeland, and both believe their sacrifice is for the better of the other. Is their love strong enough to endure so many heartfelt atrocities? "I could not put it down, great action, spellbinding landscapes, rich in historical content, and of course sizzling romance." Visit my website at: StirlingDesire.com

Abu Dhabi-an obscure Middle Eastern principality that happens to be the richest city in the world. This book tells the story of Abu Dhabi's ambitions to transform itself from a sleepy sheikhdom into a thriving international metropolis and a hub of business and leisure. It traces Abu Dhabi's boom years from 2009 to 2011 from the perspective of a Westerner working for the Urban Planning Council, the government agency that planned and coordinated all of the massive development activity. Castles in the Sand explores the drastic changes in Abu Dhabi's built environment, where entire islands are forested with skyscrapers and billions of dollars in infrastructure are spent on a whim-while recounting the disorienting experience of an outsider encountering a society in which foreigners outnumber locals nine to one and modernity clashes head-on with centuries of embedded tradition. General readers will find a broad introduction to Abu Dhabi, and architects and planners will gain a firsthand glimpse inside an unprecedented experiment in city-building.

When French troops occupy the Italian port city of Ancona, freeing the city's Jews from their repressive ghetto, it unleashes a whirlwind of progressivism and brutal backlash as two very different cultures collide. Mirelle, a young Jewish maiden, must choose between her duty-an arranged marriage to a wealthy Jewish merchant-and her love for a dashing French Catholic soldier. Meanwhile, Francesca, a devout Catholic, must decide if she will honor her marriage vows to an abusive and murderous husband when he enmeshes their family in the theft of a miracle portrait of the Madonna. Set during the turbulent days of Napoleon Bonaparte's Italian campaign (1796-97), Beyond the Ghetto Gates is both a cautionary tale for our present moment, with its rising tide of anti-Semitism, and a story of hope-a reminder of a time in history when men and women of conflicting faiths were able to reconcile their prejudices in the face of a rapidly changing world.

This Workbook is designed to be used by facilitators of small anger management groups. It is a full, ready-to-use curriculum for a six week group and is complete with ''at home" work assignments and readings from some of the leaders in the field of anger management today.

HIV/AIDS is a global pandemic with critical demographic, economic, and social implications. This book outlines a vicious circle between HIV/AIDS, poverty and high-risk behaviour. In this vicious circle (the poverty-HIV/AIDS cycle), people living with HIV/AIDS are especially vulnerable to poverty, the poor are more likely to engage in high-risk behaviour such as commercial sex work, and high-risk behaviour in turn makes people susceptible to HIV infection. Empirical support for the existence of this cycle is established by examining whether rural Northeast Thailand exhibits characteristics that would support its existence. The key relationships that define this cycle are confirmed using survey data from Khon Kaen province in Northeast Thailand. Finally, the research investigates the potential effects on the poverty-HIV/AIDS cycle of an ongoing development program. This program uses rural development and the provision of jobs in rural areas to improve income generation for the poor and reduce rural-urban migration, thereby potentially reducing the spread of HIV.

Laird Simon Lockhart escapes a siege on Edinburgh castle and spies upon a vulnerable English lass who needs saving from a ruthless lot of English soldiers. Unable to turn his back, he risks the lives of his clan, and jeopardizes his political stance of his sworn allegiance to the relentless English King. Lady Alyssa Percy flees Northumberland to the barbarian lands of the Scots in a quest to discover the truth behind her father's death and the threats of doom dispelled by Baron Cressingham bent on revenge. As their journey unfolds secrets will come unraveled, death will beckon, battles will be fought, and their love will ignite. Both have responsibilities to their families, both have strong ties to their homeland, and both believe their sacrifice is for the better of the other. Is their love strong enough to endure so many heartfelt atrocities? "I could not put it down, great action, spellbinding landscapes, rich in historical content, and of course sizzling romance." Visit my website at: StirlingDesire.com

Based on the life of the author's thirteenth-century ancestor, Meir ben Baruch of Rothenberg, a renowed Jewish scholar of medieval Europe, this is the richly dramatic fictional story of Rabbi Meir's wife, Shira, a devout but rebellious woman who preserves her religious traditions as she and her family witness the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe.

Raised by her widowed rabbi father and a Christian nursemaid in Normandy, Shira is a free-spirited, inquisitive girl whose love of learning shocks the community. When Shira's father is arrested by the local baron intent on enforcing the Catholic Church's strictures against heresy, Shira fights for his release and encounters two men who will influence her life profoundly--an inspiring Catholic priest and Meir ben Baruch, a brilliant scholar. In Meir, Shira finds her soulmate.

Married to Meir in Paris, Shira blossoms as a wife and mother, savoring the intellectual and social challenges that come with being the wife of a prominent scholar. After witnessing the burning of every copy of the Talmud in Paris, Shira and her family seek refuge in Germany. Yet even there they experience bloody pogroms and intensifying anti-Semitism. With no safe place for Jews in Europe, they set out for Israel only to see Meir captured and imprisoned by Rudolph I of Hapsburg. As Shira weathers heartbreak and works to find a middle ground between two warring religions, she shows her children and grandchildren how to embrace the joys of life, both secular and religious.

Vividly bringing to life a period rarely covered in historical fiction, this multi-generational novel will appeal to readers who enjoy Maggie Anton's "Rashi's Daughters," Brenda Rickman Vantrease's "The Illuminator," and Geraldine Brooks's "People of the Book."