Shanna, terrorized by demons, abandons her missionary calling. Her romance with Charles is threatened. To be victorious, she must learn to take authority over the principalities and powers of darkness.
Ecology, Engineering, and the Paradox of Management is the first book that addresses and reconciles what many take to be the core paradox facing environmental decision-makers and stakeholders: How do they restore the environment while at the same time provide ever more services reliably from that environment, including clean air, water and energy for more and more people? The book provides a conceptual framework, empirical case analyses, and organizational proposals to resolve the paradox, be it in the US, Europe, or elsewhere. Thus, Ecology, Engineering, and the Paradox of Management has multiple audiences. First are the key professions involved in the protection and improvement of ecosystems and in the provision and delivery of services from those ecosystems. These include ecologists (and other natural scientists such as conservation biologists, climatologists, forest scientists, and toxicologists), engineers (as well as hydrologists, environmental engineers, civil engineers, and line operators), modeling and gaming experts, managers, planners, and power, agriculture, and recreation communities. Another audience includes university researchers in ecology, conservation biology, engineering, the policy sciences, and resource management. Those interested in interdisciplinary approaches in these fields will also find the book especially helpful. Finally, those interested in the Everglades, the Columbia River Basin, San Francisco Bay-Delta, and the Green Heart of western Netherlands will find new insights here, as the book provides a detailed examination of the paradox in each of these cases.
A story of intrigue, mystery and romance. Susan unexpectedly becomes a nurse assistant to Father Matthew Rapheal. His medical knowledge astounds her. What if he discovers her secret? Forbidden love blossoms. Then she discovers that he has a secret, too.
Mike, an impetuous redhead, investigates to solve a murder, invariably finds herself in perilous situations, and keeps her family, and the man she loves, in a perpetual flux.
One glaring lacuna in studies of Haitian Vodou is the scarcity of works exploring the connection between the religion and its main roots, traditional Yoruba religion. Discussions of Vodou very often seem to present the religion in vacuo, as a sui generis phenomenon that arose in Saint-Domingue and evolved in Haiti, with no antecedents. What is sorely needed then is more comparative studies of Haitian Vodou that would examine its connections to traditional Yoruba religion and thus illuminate certain aspects of its mythology, belief system, practices, and rituals. This book seeks to bridge these gaps. Vodou in the Haitian Experience studies comparatively the connections and relationships between Vodou and African traditional religions such as Yoruba religion and Egyptian religion. Such studies might enhance our understanding of the religion, and the connections between Africa and its Diaspora through shared religious patterns and practices. The general reader should be mindful of the transnational and transcultural perspectives of Vodou, as well as the cultural, socio-economic, and political context which gave birth to different visions and ideas of Vodou. The chapters in this collection tell a story about the dynamics of the Vodou faith and the rich ways Vodou has molded the Haitian narrative and psyche. The contributors of this book examine this constructed narrative from a multicultural voice that engages critically the discipline of ethnomusicology, drama, performance, art, anthropology, ethnography, economics, literature, intellectual history, philosophy, psychology, sociology, religion, and theology. Vodou is also studied from multiple theoretical approaches including queer, feminist theory, critical race theory, Marxism, postcolonial criticism, postmodernism, and psychoanalysis.
Luke's cattle are disappearing. Rustlers? When Mike glimpses a shadowy form on a far cliff, Tom chides her about being fooled by a phantom. A corpse appears, then vanishes. Tom loves Blaze and warns her not to enter the canyon alone. Loving him dearly, she tries to oblige, but the intrigue surrounding the investigation lures her into danger. Tom is attacked and temporarily incapacitated. Mike becomes lost in a treacherous cave. Terror grips her when the rustlers discover her presence and plan to hang her. She's seen them and heard their plans. How can she escape their vile intentions?
A secret past agonizes Abigail. A four-year-old waif is brought to the hospital with an injury. When Abigail discovers that the child lives in the house of the town drunk, she vows to help her. Then her heart becomes more involved than she¿d planned.Her romance with Hunter deepens. Still her secret torment agonizes her. Could he understand what she¿d done? Does Granny Hayden hold the key to unlock Abigail¿s emotional prison? How can Abigail get the selfish and controlling old woman to reveal the truth? But if Granny spills what she knows, what trickery may be brought to light?
Donnie Jo turns rebel to save the Circle C. Finances dwindle. The workload increases. Desperate, she advertises for a mail-order husband. Doubts plague her. Will marriage bring ecstasy or devastation?
These writings have evolved properly over living many years on the planet and enjoying observations of my fellow man. It's about learning how to flow within the rhythm of all “LIFE FORMS” and laughing about silly things incredulous human beings do. It’s about loving the human race, and living everywhere on the planet at one time; it’s about you! Note: There is no intention on my part to be cogent as these writings have come about from a knowing heart! Upon using the words man and he, I am referring to the Homo Sapien species which include both male/female gender as we know it at the time of these writings.
Furnishes a definitive, up-to-date guide to more than one thousand New York State antique dealers, covering the geographic regions of metropolitan New York City, Long Island, Westchester County, and upstate New York, with contact information, descriptions of each dealer, a listing of dealers by specialty areas, and a glossary of terms. Original.
Yesterday¿s Promises is the third novel in the Rebel Series. The Harris family¿s saga continues. Sunny Horizon is being rebuilt following the Civil War. A victim of amnesia is sucked back into a vortex of darkness. At Castle Crest, Tiffany endeavors to help her sister recover from the results of an evil man¿s attack. Rebecca, also harmed by the man, is driven out of her mind due to the results of the attack. Andrew loves her, and strives to release her from her torment. Tiffany determines to solve the crisis.
Ronnie Britten connives to interview Dr. Chase Masterson, a pharmaceutical research biochemist. His quick temper and abhorrence of nosey reporters encourage her to snoop.Ronnie uncovers a plot against Chase and uses it to gain passage into his impenetrable estate.Love blossoms, then Chase discovers Ronnie?s deceit. Rage replaces adoration. She endeavors to draw closer to him, but his accusations spur her anger. Their romance see-saws between amorous passion and uncontrolled fury.Good intentions fail. Will they learn to master their tempers?or will they destroy their love for each other before they get their emotions on an even keel?
Join the antics of five Redbank Valley boys in the 1920's as they hike, swim, fish, raft, scale a rock wall and solve the mystery surrounding a haunted house.
Archives: Recordkeeping in Society introduces the significance of archives and the results of local and international research in archival science. It explores the role of recordkeeping in various cultural, organisational and historical contexts. Its themes include archives as a web of recorded information: new information technologies have presented dilemmas, but also potentialities for managing of the interconnectedness of archives. Another theme is the relationship between evidence and memory in archives and in archival discourse. It also explores recordkeeping and accountability, memory, societal power and juridical power, along with an examination of issues raised by globalisation and interntionalisation.The chapter authors are researchers, practitioners and educators from leading Australian and international recordkeeping organisations, each contributing previously unpublished research in and reflections on their field of expertise. They include Adrian Cunningham, Don Schauder, Hans Hofman, Chris Hurley, Livia Iacovino, Eric Ketelaar and Ann Pederson.The book reflects broad Australian and international perspectives making it relevant worldwide. It will be a particularly valuable resource for students of archives and records, researchers from realted knowledge disciplines, sociology and history, practitioners wanting to reflect further on their work, and all those with an interest in archives and their role in shaping human activity and community culture.
Each of us finds impediments on life's pathway. At times we have to detour around obstacles. This book shares the struggles of people who have dealt with problems, most of such magnitude that each one could have stopped before fulfilling his or her life's calling."--Cover.
Rebecca, a Mennonite young woman, leaves home. She makes wrong choices, gets into trouble, flees, then discovers a peaceful sanctuary in the seclusion of a kind and gentle Amish family.
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