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Dame Harriet Walter, renowned for her wonderful portrayals in Succession and Killing Eve, among others, is one of Britain's most esteemed Shakespearean actors. Now, having played most of Shakespeare's female characters, audaciously, she lets them speak their minds. With new parts for thirty Shakespearean women, written in 'Shakespearean' verse and prose, Harriet Walter goes between the lines of the plays to let us hear what she imagines - sometimes playfully and sometimes searchingly - these women were really thinking.

Josiah is facing the ultimate showdown against his powerful enemy, but the stakes have never been higher. If he fails, he'll lose not only Alex but also his freedom. As he finally solves Elliot Dacre's murder, he also uncovers the devastating secret Alex has hidden from everyone. An explosive showdown forces them to confront the truth about each other, but will it shatter their bond beyond repair?

This book has become a standard text in seminary and university classrooms. The purpose of this second edition is to help listeners come to a critically informed understanding of the Old Testament as the church's scripture. This book introduces the Old Testament both as a witness of ancient Israel and as a witness to the church and synagogue through the generations of those who have passed these texts on as scripture.

Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur, a teacher, a student, or a stay at home parent — this book will show you how to shatter procrastination and live a life of purpose and fulfillment. No matter how big or small, we all have goals, and when days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months and months turn into years without achieving them, life can get pretty depressing.

How often have you promised yourself that you’ll start working on your side hustle in January only to have thrown in the towel by February? Or perhaps you need to lose weight but can’t seem to stop eating the foods that make you pile on the pounds. Does this sound familiar? Not to worry, it doesn’t have to be like this. There’s a solution—I promise.

In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale.

An Other Kingdom takes us out of a culture of addictive consumption into a place where life is ours to create together. This way depends upon a neighborly covenant—an agreement that we together, will better raise our children, be healthy, be connected, be safe, and provide a livelihood. The authors invite you on a journey of departure from our consumer market culture. Discover an alternative set of beliefs that have the capacity to evoke a culture where poverty, violence, and shrinking well-being are not inevitable.

With a new introduction “The most comprehensive, even-handed and best written account of Ruby Ridge currently in print.” — Washington Times From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Beautiful Ruins, Jess Walter, here is the story of what happened on Ruby Ridge: the tragic and unlikely...

In The Marshmallow Test, Mischel explains how self-control can be mastered and applied to challenges in everyday life - from weight control to quitting smoking, overcoming heartbreak, making major decisions, and planning for retirement. With profound implications for the choices we make in parenting, education, public policy and self-care, The Marshmallow Test will change the way you think about who we are and what we can be.

In God of All Promises: A Poetic Pilgrimage through Genesis, Walter Brueggemann offers a fresh, prayerful journey that illuminates our shared faith. With poetic insight and theological depth, Brueggemann invites listeners to find new meaning in each chapter of Genesis through his personal spiritual practice of praying back the Bible to the God who dwells therein.

Ghostriders: Mors De Caelis is a comprehensive history of AC-130 gunship combat operations in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. The story begins with the first AC-130 in 1968, and ends in 1975 at the end of the war in Vietnam. It tells the life and death stories of Spectre crews, who faced extreme danger while hunting trucks on the Ho Chi Minh Trail and providing fire support for US and allied ground forces.

El psicólogo Walter Riso nos explica en qué consiste el apego y sus causas, y nos proporciona las claves para enfrentarlo y prevenirlo, sin perder la pasión por alcanzar nuestros sueños y metas personales. Mediante un lenguaje claro, con ejemplos y casos concretos, el autor nos invita a fortalecer la independencia emocional y crear un estilo de vida más libre y saludable. Riso nos presenta una obra ambiciosa en la línea de su bestseller ¿Amar o depender?, en la que nos invita a fortalecer la independencia emocional para encontrar nuestro verdadero camino en la vida.

Alex Lytton has waited seven long years for justice—now, just as he stands on the precipice of achieving it, fate offers him an impossible choice: complete the mission that has consumed his life or flee with the man who has captured his heart.

“Without question this is the best popular account of the last war fought between the United States and Great Britain. . . . In a gripping narrative the author not only explains the importance of the War of 1812 but vividly recreates its exciting land and sea battles.” —Robert V. Remini...

Ein neues Abenteuer aus dem phantastischen Kontinent Zamonien vom Erfolgsduo Walter Moers und Hildegunst von Mythenmetz. Gelesen von Andreas Fröhlich. "Vier bis acht Wochen in diesem Klima, dann haben Sie anschließend praktisch zwei neue Lungenflügel, vielleicht sogar drei." Als ein Arzt Hildegunst von Mythenmetz zur Kur nach Eydernorn schickt, ahnt er nicht, in welch gefährliches Abenteuer sein Patient aufbricht. Bekannt für ihre prächtigen Leuchttürme, verspricht die gesündeste Insel des Nordmeers dem angeschlagenen Künstler zunächst Erholung pur.

From insulin comas and lobotomy to incarceration and exile, Walter Brown chronicles the troubling history of the diagnosis and (often ineffective) treatment of bipolar disorder through the centuries, before the publication of a groundbreaking research paper in 1949. Cade's "Lithium Salts in the Treatment of Psychotic Excitement" described, for the first time, lithium's astonishing efficacy at both treating and preventing the recurrence of manic-depressive episodes, and would eventually transform the lives of patients, pharmaceutical researchers, and practicing physicians worldwide.

Wounds Are Where Light Enters is a collection of stories that are warm, sometimes funny, sometimes not, but always taking unexpected turns to find the care of God in all the pathways of life. In them we find the grace that enables us to live with the answers we see and the answers we don't see. In this collection we meet Arthur Bias, the retired black police officer who loves those who hate; Agnes Brill, the shrill piano teacher of patience; Junie Piper, precious of the homeless; Melvin, who honors his aging mother by honoring the little girl she has become; Lucian; and more.

Ryan Bingham’s job as a Career Transition Counselor–he fires people–has kept him airborne for years. Although he has come to despise his line of work, he has come to love the culture of what he calls “Airworld,” finding contentment within pressurized cabins, anonymous hotel rooms, and...

It's easy to think that ancient history is, well, ancient history—obsolete, irrelevant, unjustifiably focused on Greece and Rome, and at risk of extinction. In What Is Ancient History?, Walter Scheidel presents a compelling case for a new kind of ancient history—a global history that captures antiquity's pivotal role as a decisive phase in human development, one that provided the shared foundation of our world and continues to shape our lives today.

According to a recent survey by Lifeway, 9 out of 10 Pastors believe that we are living in the Last Days right now. So, what are we doing about it? Many are hearing about those days, but most are doing precious little. This book is a How To of information about the Last Days based upon Jesus’s commands and parables, so that Christians can become doers of the Word, not just hearers of the Word. Come learn what God’s purposes are for the end of the age and join Him in the greatest, most amazing evangelistic effort of all time