In The Open Sea, J. G. Manning offers a major new history of economic life in the Mediterranean world in the Iron Age, from Phoenician trading down to the Hellenistic era and the beginning of Rome's imperial supremacy. Drawing on a wide range of ancient sources and the latest social theory, Manning suggests that a search for an illusory single "ancient economy" has obscured the diversity of lived experience in the Mediterranean world, including both changes in political economies over time and differences in cultural conceptions of property and money. At the same time, he shows how the region's economies became increasingly interconnected during this period." -- Publisher's description
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Tom was only 13 years old when he vanished without a trace, so it is not surprising that the stranger who shows up 36 years later claiming to be Tom is thought to be an imposter. But what if he is the boy grown to be a young man, returned not from the past but from the future—a future with faster-than-light spacecraft, death-dealing ray guns, humanoid robots, menacing aliens, bug-eyed monsters, heroic spacemen, captivating spacewomen, megalomaniacal madmen, sentient dinosaurs, and bioengineered cats? If Tom is telling the truth, an interstellar conflict whose origin lies centuries in the future has spilled over into the present—and the past, present, and future are entwined in a riddle for which there appears to be no answer. The Solar Patrol is a blend of space opera and hard science fiction set in the past as it never was and the future as it used to be. The Solar Patrol is a tale of a future once imagined. Unsolicited Reviews: “The Solar Patrol is more than your typical science fiction novel. It attempts to answer such timeless questions as, ‘Is being in the eighth grade worse than being thrown into the midst of an interstellar war?’” – Unsolicited reviewer “The author’s depth of character development is unsurpassed, especially with regard to cats.” – Neutronium (Cyber-cat) “The exobiology found in Miller’s novel far exceeds that of most science fiction. Want to know what a bilaterally inverted Polluxian Snerg Blat is, then read this book.” – Another unsolicited reviewer “I read the book and I still don’t know what a bilaterally inverted Polluxian Snerg Blat is. Perhaps the author will get around to explaining it in the next book of the series?” – A disgruntled unsolicited reviewer
Have you ever asked yourself “Is this all there is?” Is there something missing from your life that you can’t quite put your finger on? For many of us, something, or someone is missing from our lives and cries out to us, beckons us, calls us to keep searching In this timely book, J.G. Marking reveals that there is indeed a "Voice" calling each of us to come and experience the daily the touch of the Living God. This book examines the penetrating question that all people face, “Why can’t I find true fulfillment in my life?” Marking provides each reader with the opportunity to take an in-depth look into what their life is all about and then delivers a biblically-based remedy for the incomplete life. A Voice is Calling guides and equips you to pursue an authentic and overflowing relationship with Christ through the every-day application of twelve spiritual disciplines from the Word of God; each designed to draw you into intimate communion with Christ.
This book provides a review of the principles and methods of drainage with an emphasis on design. The whole field of drainage is covered, and although the book concentrates mainly on the practice in North America, Europe and Britain, the practice in developing countries is also included. The book is directed primarily at the graduate engineer entering professional practice, but will also provide a useful reference for more senior engineers and for those in adjunct professions. Chapter 1 outlines the necessity for drainage on a large or small scale, for rural and urban areas. As the drainage engineer must decide how much unwanted water there will be and when it will occur, the chapter discusses climatic types, prediction of rainfall, evapotranspiration effects, return periods (of design storms and runoff events), river flow and flood prediction, and various sensing systems for providing short term predictions of rainfall, runoff, streamflow and flood warning. Chapter 2 gives a thorough review of the properties of soil in the context of drainage design. The extensive mathematical theories which relate to the crucial area of soil water movement are outlined and due attention is paid to the growing importance of predicting soil water movement in partially saturated soils.
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