Bøger af David Brown

12-year-old Fezariu thought his mother died when he was little, but when his beloved stepfather dies the boy discovers she is alive and well - and working at the most famous brothel in all of Elenchera. When she cruelly rejects him it's more than he can bear, and he runs away to join a band of ruthless soldiers for hire. The Merelax Mercenaries will fight for anyone who can pay them, no matter the justice of the cause. Fezariu grows up among the soldiers and becomes one of them. He thinks his time with the mercenaries has hardened him. But a campaign in his old home town pushes him too far, and he discovers what really happened to his mother. Maybe there are some things money shouldn't buy... and maybe it's time Fezariu took his revenge.

At times controversial, Divine Humanity expertly repositions kenosis at the center of Christological discussions.--Brian Hebblethwaite, Queens' College, Cambridge "The Church Times (London)"

This reader samples a wide range of modern moral and religious discussions on the subject of war and peace. It looks at pacifism, the just war debate, the nuclear option, genocide, and the concept of a holy war. It also introduces general issues in ethics and moral theology.

This reader brings together modern material from a wide range of Christian theologians on the meaning and status of the doctrine of creation; its relation to scientific theories, our understanding of God and the theology of redemption; and its implications for our attitude to the world of nature.

This book covers the Paper 3 topic Germany, 1871-1990: united, divided and re-united in the Edexcel A level specification for first teaching from September 2015.

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is often thought of as an innovative genius who single-handedly pioneered a new, 'naturalistic' style of landscape design. Illustrated with over 120 images, this beautiful book shows that Brown's style, like the organization of his business, was the product of a distinctly modern world.

In the ancient conversation between Western philosophy and Christian theology, powerful contemporary voices are arguing for monologue rather than dialogue. This title addresses some key topics in philosophical theology, including the created order, experience and revelation, incarnation and redemption, and heaven and our communal destiny.

While supporting a social justice approach, the book confronts significantly the problematic features of the politics of locality and community, the process of criminal justice policy transfer, and rationalist conceptions of policy.

90 Days of Heat is an adventure recounting the 90 straight days of Moksha Hot Yoga David Matthew Brown went through to find inner peace after his divorce. David shares with you 90 days of thoughts, inspirations, and his personal journey to peace through hot yoga.

For over a millennium Durham has occupied a central place in English religious history, with its Norman rebuilding (1093-1133) marking it as an internationally significant masterpiece in the history of architecture. This volume offers a comprehensive account, on the founding, development, building and decoration of this important edifice.

The present volume, Thorium C5, deals with the compounds of thorium and sulfur, selenium, tellurium, and boron, as well as with oxoacid compounds of the three chalcogen elements. Thorium sulfates are of some technological importance because they are formed in solution during recovery of thorium from monazite by sulfuric acid leaching.

Retaining well-loved features, this book covers in breadth issues of change, continuity, and cause and consequence in the period of German history through key questions such as how was Germany governed, what was the extent of social and cultural change, and how effective was opposition?

A grand and fascinating figure in Victorian politics, the charismatic Lord Palmerston (1784–1865) served as foreign secretary for fifteen years and prime minister for nine, engaged in struggles with everyone from the Duke of Wellington to Lord John Russell to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, engineered the defeat of the Russians in the Crimean War, and played a major role in the development of liberalism and the Liberal Party. This comprehensive biography, informed by unprecedented research in the statesman’s personal archives, gives full weight not only to Palmerston’s foreign policy achievements, but also to his domestic political activity, political thought, life as a landlord, and private life and affairs. Through the lens of the milieu of his times, the book pinpoints for the first time the nature and extent of Palmerston’s contributions to the making of modern Britain.

On 3 July 1940, following the collapse of the French front, the Royal Navy opened fire on the French Navy at Mers-el-Kebir, killing 1300 sailors. This books is an objective account of the tragedy.

Examines the underlying foundations on which the European Union's counter-terrorism and police co-operation policies have been built since the inception of the Treaty on European Union.

This outstanding volume features detailed case studies discussing nationalist contention in areas including Spain, Singapore, Ghana and Australia as well as looking at the Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Rwanda disputes.

Covering the major topics currently studied in schools, seminaries and universities, this work addresses questions concerning the nature of religious faith, the attitudes of the various religions towards religious texts and the changes that have taken place in religion.

A textbook introduction to the history of the American South, from slavery to the civil rights movement.

This clear and systematic study outlines the patterns of ethnic politics in Burma, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand, examining why some countries are more successful at 'managing' their ethnic politics than others.

Bringing together material on the meaning and status of divine action, this text features topics that include: locating God's action, images of divine control, human freedom in relation to providence and grace, the nature and evidence of miracle, prayer and pain, answers to prayer and the experience of grace.

This reader samples a wide range of modern theological, religious and philosophical discussion on the problem of evil, understood both in terms of the practical or spiritual problem of coping with evil, and the theological problem of explaining its presence in God's world.

This reader brings together carefully selected material from a wide range of authors on the relationships between science, religion and theology. It samples the recent literature on the challenges to religion posed by both modern physics and evolutionary biology as well as exploring the relationship between scientific and theological approaches.

This is the official Naval Staff history of the Norway campaign, originally published internally in 1951. It covers the period from early April 1940 to the completion of operations in June.