Read the heartwarming story of Pea Horsley, the UK's first professional animal communicator, as she tracks lost animals, tackles troublesome pets and helps people to truly understand their devoted friends. Pea Horsley never set out to be an animal psychic, so you can imagine her surprise when she re[...]

Hello, boys and girls, and welcome to the wonderful world of words! You've learned the basics--from apple to zebra--but what about all those mysterious new terms you've heard the grown-ups whispering when you were supposed to be tucked up snugly in bed?What makes Mommy so bitter? Where does Daddy co[...]

Twentieth-Century Crime Fiction aims to enhance understanding of one of the most popular forms of genre fiction by examining a wide variety of the detective and crime fiction produced in Britain and America during the twentieth century. It will be of interest to anyone who enjoys reading crime ficti[...]

Comprehensive analysis of both contemporary web-based culture and arts and the impact of the internet on international economics, politics and law. The new edition of Web.Studies incorporates not only the comprehensive analysis of Web-based culture and arts along with the effects of the internet on[...]

Judaism and Christianity both arose in times of empire, with roots in Persian, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. In order to understand these religious movements, we must first understand the history and society of these imperial cultures. In these formative years, wisdom and apocalyptic traditions fl[...]

Refusing a false dichotomy between "politics" and "religion" in Jesus' world (and our own), Jesus and the Powers rediscovers Jesus' response to the imperial power of his day. Richard A. Horsley describes the relevance of political realities under great empires for understanding the rise of covenanta[...]

Interpretation of Paul has long been dominated by Lutheran/Protestant theological concerns. Paul has been treated as primarily concerned with narrowly personal religious issues, and critics have often contended that Paul was a conservative regarding social issues.The contributors to this volume deal[...]

In Jesus and the Politics of Roman Palestine, Richard A. Horsley offers one of the most comprehensive critical analyses of Jesus of Nazareth's mission and how he became a significant historical figure. In his study Horsley brings a fuller historical knowledge of the context and implications of recen[...]

'He was just a pet,' people sometimes say, and yet our animal companions are so much more to us than this, and we may feel we have nowhere to turn when faced with their loss. Millions of people have sought answers to questions like 'What happens to animals when they die?' 'What is life like for them[...]

Lost Words Lost Words World War 1 och The Vietnam War är skrivna på relativt enkel engelska och kan användas från åk 8 och uppåt. Böckerna innehåller ögonvittnesskildringar, utdrag ur tidningar, officiella tal men också privata brev och vykort vilket ger en känsla av autenticitet. Tidstyp[...]