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A Picture Without You

By: Davina Spencer

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I do not hesitate to hail Davina Spencer as the most exciting new writer to enter the scene in a long time! Paula Blore Sarah Partington has a perfect life: a loving husband, Mark; a lovely home and a rewarding job until one day she returns home from work to find that everything has gone including Mark. Her friends, Steve and Kelly Bath help Sarah through the aftermath of Marks disappearance; but there are complications: Sarahs sister, Lisa has an infatuation with one of them and one of them has an infatuation with Sarah. Detective Chief Inspector Finlay has a missing man on his hands but soon wonders if there is something more sinister to Mark Partington than meets the eye; for the deeper Finlay digs, the deeper he discovers he still has to go. A Picture Without You is a funny, sexy and romantic story with twists and turns where you least expect them.

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1475964307

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9781475964301

Ancestors, Territoriality, and Gods

A Natural History of Religion

By: Ina Wunn,Davina Grojnowski

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Ancestors, Territoriality, and Gods

A Natural History of Religion

By: Ina Wunn,Davina Grojnowski

This books sets out to explain how and why religion came into being. Today this question is as fascinating as ever, especially since religion has moved to the centre of socio-political relationships. In contrast to the current, but incomplete approaches from disciplines such as cognitive science and psychology, the present authors adopt a new approach, equally manifest and constructive, that explains the origins of religion based strictly on behavioural biology. They employ accepted research results that remove all need for speculation. Decisive factors for the earliest demonstrations of religion are thus territorial behaviour and ranking, coping with existential fears, and conflict solution with the help of rituals. These in turn, in a process of cultural evolution, are shown to be the roots of the historical and contemporary religions.

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291

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Springer

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366252757X

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9783662527573

Religious Speciation

How Religions Evolve

By: Ina Wunn,Davina Grojnowski

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Religious Speciation

How Religions Evolve

By: Ina Wunn,Davina Grojnowski

This book presents a consecutive story on the evolution of religions. It starts with an analysis of evolution in biology and ends with a discussion of what a proper theory of religious evolution should look like. It discusses such questions as whether it is humankind or religion that evolves, how religions evolve, and what adaptation of religions means. Topics examined include inheritance and heredity, religio-speciation, hybridization, ontogenetics and epigenetics, phylogenetics, and systematics. Calling attention to unsolved problems and relating the evolutionary subject matter to appropriate material, the book integrates and interprets existing data. Based on the belief that an unequivocal stand is more likely to produce constructive criticism than evasion of an issue, the book chooses that interpretation of a controversial matter which seems most consistent with the emerging picture of the evolutionary process. “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution,” the evolutionary biologist and co-founder of the so-called New Synthesis in Evolutionary Biology, Theodosius Dobszhansky (1900-1975), wrote in his famous essay of 1973, opposing creationism in American society. Today, Dobszhansky’s statement is not only fully accepted in biology, but has become the scientific paradigm in disciplines such as psychology, archaeology and the study of religions. Yet in spite of this growing interest in evolutionary processes in religion and culture, the term "evolution" and the capability of an evolutionary account have to date still not been properly understood by scholars of the Humanities. This book closes that gap.

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Springer

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3030044351

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9783030044350

Nana Smith’S House

Of Folks & Other Whatnots on Granny’S Shelf

By: Davina H. Sanders

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Nana Smith’S House

Of Folks & Other Whatnots on Granny’S Shelf

By: Davina H. Sanders

Mrs. Jessie Mae Smith, known in Indianapolis as Nana Smith, was tired. It had been a long day, but now the wait began. The old church pew she was seated on held no comfort as she anxiously waited for the visitation to begin . . . if it would. The girls sat quietly beside her, too quietly for nine-year-old twins. As her mind began to drift, she silently wondered if this was the pew she sat on at JPs funeral. Pleasant Hill United Church had remodeled since then, and the old pews were relegated to the Smith Memorial Fellowship Hall, named so for her beloved JP. Deacon John Paul Smith, who had been a lifelong member of Pleasant Hill, died ten years before. One year later the fellowship hall was renamed in his honor.

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110

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Xlibris Corporation

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1503540820

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9781503540828

Diana, the Fashion Princess

By: Davina Hanmer

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Diana, the Fashion Princess

By: Davina Hanmer

One hundred eighty color photographs wih accompanying text describe the fashion look of the Princess of Wales.

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Holt McDougal

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0030720680

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9780030720680

Douglas Snelling

Pan-Pacific Modern Design and Architecture

By: Davina Jackson

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Douglas Snelling

Pan-Pacific Modern Design and Architecture

By: Davina Jackson

Douglas Burrage Snelling (1916–85) was one of Britain’s significant emigré architects and designers. Born in Kent and educated in New Zealand, he became one of Australia’s leading mid-century architects, of luxury residences and commercial buildings, and a trend-setting designer of furniture, interiors and landscapes. This is the first comprehensive study of Snelling’s pan-Pacific life, works and trans-disciplinary significance. It provides a critical examination of this controversial modernist, revealing him to be a colourful and talented protagonist who led antipodean interpretations of American, especially Wrightian and southern Californian, architecture, design and lifestyle innovations.

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Routledge

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1317148290

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9781317148296

The Felicity Theory

Sometimes love is a journey

By: Davina Stone

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The Felicity Theory

Sometimes love is a journey

By: Davina Stone

He’s grumpy… She’s sunshine… And they’re about to take a road trip across Australia. Successful, handsome, and a little bit OCD, finance guru Oliver Blake has the perfect life. Until his fiancée leaves him on their wedding day, and his carefully constructed world crumbles around him. Still trying to piece his life together six months later, the last thing Oliver needs at his brother’s wedding is a bubbly British bridesmaid plunging his life into more chaos. Felicity Green doesn’t believe in perfect. She’s had enough disappointments to prove dreams don’t come true. She has a theory— life is what you make it, and she’s determined to make her trip to Australia one big adventure. Somehow, Oliver and Felicity find themselves in a combi van traveling across Australia. As they share confined sleeping arrangements and nights under the stars, it’s not long before the chemistry between them is sizzling off the charts. En route to Sydney, it seems that Oliver and Felicity may have stumbled on something almost perfect after all. until they meet a hurdle that just might be too big for either of them to overcome. Will they find a way through this, or has their love met the end of a long dusty road? For fans of Christina Lauren and Tessa Bailey comes this steamy heart-warming fourth book in The Laws of Love series.

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Feather and Stone Publishing

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0645006564

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9780645006568

The Brittle Star

An epic story of the American West

By: Davina Langdale

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The Brittle Star

An epic story of the American West

By: Davina Langdale

A DAILY MAIL STARS BOOK OF THE YEAR A FOYLES BEST BOOK OF 2017 'Langdale is excellent . . . The Brittle Star is a great beginning to what I hope is a long and productive career' Guardian If a man beats you, you never let your anger show, never at the time. You wait, until he least expects it, until nobody remembers that you were angry at all . . . In 1860s Southern California, life on the Burn ranch has been peaceful for 15-year-old John Evert since the death of his father. But recently there have been violent raids on nearby properties, where it's not just cattle and horses that are taken, but women too. And when the white-painted men arrive at the Burn ranch on horses in the dead of night, John Evert is near-fatally injured, his beloved mother spirited away, and their house torched to the ground. Setting out on a journey to find his mother and reclaim his land, John Evert will fight in the Civil War and befriend an outlaw, challenge his assumptions and fall in love, before returning to fledgling Los Angeles older, sager and set on revenge . . . 'Fans of Annie Proulx, or Cormac McCarthy's Border Trilogy will love her eloquent descriptions of California's rural terrain' Henry Deedes, Daily Mail 'This book artfully blends careful research with beautiful writing. This young British writer is clearly incredibly talented and versatile, and I hope this will be the first book in a long and fruitful career' Historical Novel Society

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350

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Sceptre

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1473622050

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9781473622050

Next Wave

New Australian Architecture

By: Davina Jackson

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Next Wave

New Australian Architecture

By: Davina Jackson

Next Wave presents the work of sixteen of the country's most talented and cutting-edge studios. Following in the footsteps of Murcutt, this next generation has developed the language he established while assimilating a broad range of new influences, from pop culture to digital experimentation.

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Princeton Architectural Press

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1568987358

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9781568987354

Lessons I've Learned

By: Davina McCall

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Lessons I've Learned

By: Davina McCall

I am a work in progress. There are times when I feel in control and like I know what I'm doing...and there are times (quite a few)(actually lots) when I've got no idea whats going on, where to turn, what to do, how to behave, and those are the times I've sought help! I have been helped by some extraordinary people. I've been supported and counselled through my recovery from drugs and alcohol. I've been hypnotised to get me through going to the bottom of the sea in a sub (life at the extreme). I've read a squibillion (that's a lot) of fantastic self help books and I have shared and shared with the greatest girlfriends and family of all time. These nuggets of wisdom have at times literally kept me going, so I thought I'd pay it forward and share them with you." Presenter, wife, mother, fundraiser, fitness inspiration and now bestselling author,is there nothing Davina McCall cannot do? But success didn't come easy for Davina, and she has faced many challenges along the way. In this long-awaited book, she shares all the tips and wisdom she has picked up on her 'work-in-progress' journey. Written in the accessible, easy-going and humorous way that Davina has become famous and loved for, Lessons I've Learned will motivate readers to reach their goals, find happiness and fulfillment, and feel more confident.

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Orion Spring

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1409165728

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9781409165729

The Motif of Hospitality in Theological Education

A Critical Appraisal with Implications for Application in Theological Education

By: Davina Hui Leng Soh

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The Motif of Hospitality in Theological Education

A Critical Appraisal with Implications for Application in Theological Education

By: Davina Hui Leng Soh

These are exciting times in theological education as old models are being reassessed and teachers and schools are looking for guidance on how best to do the job and how to profitably relate to students in the ministry of teaching. Increasingly, the motif of hospitality is being used to guide our thinking and practice, but it needs a careful assessment if it is to be of maximum use to theological education today. This book provides an integrated biblical, theological, and educational rationale to inform theological educators of the place of hospitality in enhancing their quest to create more effective learning environments for the holistic formation of students. Dr Davina Soh explores key elements of hospitality such as inclusion, presence, care, and reciprocity, which when combined, can deliver the best possible educational experience for theological students and transform an entire institution.

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Langham Global Library

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1783681217

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9781783681211

The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice

The Role of Nurses in the Hospital Division of Labour

By: Davina Allen

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The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice

The Role of Nurses in the Hospital Division of Labour

By: Davina Allen

Bringing together sociological theories and nursing practice this text develops a dynamic conceptualisation of the nursing role which is rooted in the work setting. It looks at the factors which have shaped nursing work in the past and those which are likely to shape it in the future. Nurses' work is changing in two respects: the place nursing occupies in the health care division of labour and the routine shifting of work boundaries that nurses experience in their daily work. Drawing on her detailed observations of the reality of nursing work in a district general hospital, Davina Allen explores these linked themes, focussing on five key work boundaries: *nurse:doctor *nurse:manager *nurse:support worker *nurse:patient *nurse:nurse The text provides new insight into many of the tensions and dilemmas nurses routinely face and the processes and constraints through which their work is fashioned. It offers a new way of thinking about the nursing role which is particularly relevant at a time when the scope of nursing practice is expanding and when the integrated approach to health and social care is seen as the key to provision and improved services.

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Routledge

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1134605951

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9781134605958

Feeling Like a State

Desire, Denial, and the Recasting of Authority

By: Davina Cooper

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Feeling Like a State

Desire, Denial, and the Recasting of Authority

By: Davina Cooper

A transformative progressive politics requires the state's reimagining. But how should the state be reimagined, and what can invigorate this process? In Feeling Like a State, Davina Cooper explores the unexpected contribution a legal drama of withdrawal might make to conceptualizing a more socially just, participative state. In recent years, as gay rights have expanded, some conservative Christians—from charities to guesthouse owners and county clerks—have denied people inclusion, goods, and services because of their sexuality. In turn, liberal public bodies have withdrawn contracts, subsidies, and career progression from withholding conservative Christians. Cooper takes up the discourses and practices expressed in this legal conflict to animate and support an account of the state as heterogeneous, plural, and erotic. Arguing for the urgent need to put new imaginative forms into practice, Cooper examines how dissident and experimental institutional thinking materialize as people assert a democratic readiness to recraft the state.

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Duke University Press

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1478005572

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9781478005575

Apostle to the Conquered, paperback edition

Reimagining Paul's Mission

By: Davina C. Lopez

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Apostle to the Conquered, paperback edition

Reimagining Paul's Mission

By: Davina C. Lopez

Apostle to the Conquered reveals the subversive heart of Paul's theology, reframing his "conversion" in terms of "consciousness," and his exhortations as a politics of the new creation.

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Fortress Press

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1451406258

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Book's by Davina Spencer

A Picture Without You

A Picture Without You

Ancestors, Territoriality, and Gods

Ancestors, Territoriality, and Gods

Religious Speciation

Religious Speciation

Nana Smith’S House

Nana Smith’S House

Diana, the Fashion Princess

Diana, the Fashion Princess

Douglas Snelling

Douglas Snelling

The Felicity Theory

The Felicity Theory

The Brittle Star

The Brittle Star

Next Wave

Next Wave

Lessons I've Learned

Lessons I've Learned

The Motif of Hospitality in Theological Education

The Motif of Hospitality in Theological Education

The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice

The Changing Shape of Nursing Practice

Feeling Like a State

Feeling Like a State

Apostle to the Conquered, paperback edition

Apostle to the Conquered, paperback edition

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