Annotation. A fast-moving, wisecracking commentary on contemporary urban mores and morals, and the rivalries and passions to be encountered on the road to success. Colin, a screenwriter, and his wife Kate, a publisher, move to the Emerald City, where fame and fortune are there for the taking, but surprises are in store for them both. Sharp-edged, staritical and accusatory, Emerald City plays into the materialism of the 1980s with a razor wit. Within four months of its premiere, five separate productions had opened around Australia.
This book looks at how particular video and computer games--such as Digital Zoo, The Pandora Project, SodaConstructor, and more--can help teach our children and students to think like doctors, lawyers, engineers, urban planners, journalists, and other professionals. In the process, new "smart games" will give them the knowledge and skills they need to succeed in a changing world.
How can we make sense of make sense of the deluge of information in the digital age? The new science of Quantitative Ethnography dissolves the boundaries between quantitative and qualitative research to give researchers tools for studying the human side of big data: to understand not just what data says, but what it tells us about the people who created it. Thoughtful, literate, and humane, Quantitative Ethnography integrates data-mining, discourse analysis, psychology, statistics, and ethnography into a brand-new science for understanding what people do and why they do it. Packed with anecdotes, stories, and clear explanations of complex ideas, Quantitative Ethnography is an engaging introduction to research methods for students, an introduction to data science for qualitative researchers, and an introduction to the humanities for statisticians--but also a compelling philosophical and intellectual journey for anyone who wants to understand learning, culture and behavior in the age of big data.
This book is a call to prayer, a call from lethargy and apathy that is so common today, to effective prayer. This is a call to unlimited prayer; prayer that has great power and obtains wonderful results. Christian prayer is a source of great blessing and it is a means of focusing God's power and might on our needs and problems. It brings great answers, if we will pray. Why limit prayer, when God gives breathtaking answers, when we pray. Prayer has great power and brings wonderful results. It is like unleashing a dam of water, the pent up power rushes out of the reservoir and the power affects everything it contacts, it brings change. This book is a series of articles on prayer. A Call to Prayer is the first of four volumes on the prayer life. These articles were originally published in the online newsletter Voice of Thanksgiving. The articles are intended as lessons in prayer; written to promote thinking about prayer and to encourage further exploration of an effective prayer life. They were also written to foster a growth in devotion to God and the Christian life of faith. These articles are intended to encourage going to the Holy Spirit School of Christian life and prayer, where we learn to pray, not just prayers, but effective faith filled prayers.
In our ever-changing world, people are grasping for answers. The customs and traditions that have served people and nations well in the past are failing. God can bring much-needed change to awful situations; He offers assistance, deliverance, provision, and peace. God works through prayer, but who will honor is call to prayer? In Time for Prayer, the fifth volume in the series Prayer: A Force That Causes Change, author David Williamson issues a call to use effective, fervent prayer to talk with God and find the answers to cope with the challenges of today's world. Although we live in an age of disappointment and frustration, God's light shines out of the darkness. He continues to be true to His promises and faithful to His word. God's answer to disappointment and frustration is bringing His kingdom and His will to the Earth. Consisting of articles included originally published in the online newsletter Voice of Thanksgiving, Time for Prayer will challenge your current prayer practices and encourage you to flex your prayer muscles. Presented as a series of lessons designed to aid in developing a powerful prayer life, this collection encourages prayer that avails much.
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