The interfaith movement, which began with the 1893 World¿s Parliament of Religions in Chicago, has grown worldwide. Although this movement has been largely unknown to the public, it now provides a spiritual face for globalization, the economic and political forces leading us all from nationalism to ¿One World¿. The most ambitious organization in today¿s interfaith movement is the United Religions Initiative (URI), founded by William Swing, the Episcopal Bishop of California. Investigative reporter Lee Penn, a Catholic ex-Marxist ...

Libby once loved visiting the beautiful country property of Barons Reach, with her grandmother and aunt, tagging along as they conducted historical tours. But, that was when she had been a child. Before Roger appeared, her aunt refused to believe her, and her best friend, Jimba, let her down. Ten years later though, the past is catching up to her. She now has no other option. She must return to Barons Reach, to face her ghosts, and discover the truth about what really happened all those years ago. *Includes non-fiction historical information pertaining to ...

""Back to the Soil or From Tenement House to Farm Colony: A Circular Solution of an Angular Problem"" is a book written by Bradley Gilman in 1901. The book discusses the issue of poverty and overcrowding in urban areas, and proposes a solution in the form of farm colonies. Gilman argues that by providing impoverished urban residents with the opportunity to live and work on farms, they can escape the cycle of poverty and improve their quality of life. The book provides a detailed analysis of the benefits of farm colonies, including the ability to provide fresh ...

In this heartfelt, romantic drama, Anthony Lamarr captures the magic of a chance meeting and instant romance between two strangers on Christmas Eve. Bryant isn’t expecting much from the holiday season. He’s just happy to be home spending Christmas with his family. That is until he meets Cassie on Christmas Eve. After an accident a few cars ahead of him shuts down traffic, Bryant gets out his car to see what’s happened. He sees Cassie, the driver who caused the three-vehicle collision, get out her car—and without saying a word, go ...

Revision with unchanged content. Can machines be taught? If so, what methods are useful for teaching machines? Machine learning is a field focused on systems that can learn through their own experiences and evaluation. Programmers could encode all behaviors for a task, but this process quickly becomes limited to condensed problems. Therefore, scientists have turned to methods with adaptability, ta­king cues from biological systems (including the human brain) to solve more complex problems in varied environments. This book describes two experi­ments ...

The astrological poem ( Carmen Astrologicum ) of Dorotheus of Sidon (1st Century AD) played a key role in later Persian, Arabic, and Latin astrology, forming the basis of many works on nativities, inceptions or elections, and questions (”horary”), such as the Book of Aristotle , al-Rijāl’s Book of the Skilled , and the books of Sahl b. Bishr. After being translated into Persian in the 3rd Century, it was later put into an Arabic edition by the famous astrologer ‘Umar al-Tabarī. This new English translation of al-Tabarī ...

In the past, children with craniofacial anomalies were stigmatized because of their craniofacial features when, in fact, they were often of normal intelligence. The advent of craniofacial surgery techniques, although far from perfect, offer these children a chance of obtaining a more normal facial appearance and opportunity to grow develop and integrate socially with their peers. The application of newer techniques to craniofacial surgery, including endoscopic surgery and osteodistraction, is expected to offer improved results with fewer complications. Distractive ...

Contents: Pregnanza di significati e carattere della Vita Nuova ; Vide cor tuum; Simulacra; Ego tanquam; Considerazioni sullo svolgimento di Amore nei capitoli XIII-XVIII della Vita Nuova e sul significato d'ispirazione poetica con riferimento al canto XXIV del Purgatorio; Donne ch'avete intelletto d'amore; Che fai? Non sai novella? morta e la donna tua, ch'era si bella; che Amore non e per se si come sustanzia, ma e uno accidente in sustanzia; Quomodo sedet sola civitas plena populo! facta est quasi vidua domina gentium; Li occhi dolenti per pieta del core; ...

For more than two hundred years, Americans have imagined and described Cuba and its relationship to the United States by conjuring up a variety of striking images--Cuba as a woman, a neighbor, a ripe fruit, a child learning to ride a bicycle. Louis A. Perez Jr. offers a revealing history of these metaphorical and depictive motifs and discovers the powerful motives behind such characterizations of the island as they have persisted and changed since the early nineteenth century. Drawing on texts and visual images produced by Americans ranging from government ...

""Jenseits des Gotthard: Menschen, St�����dte und Landschaften in Ober- und Mittel-Italien"" ist ein Buch von Joseph Viktor Widmann aus dem Jahr 1888. Das Buch beschreibt die Erfahrungen des Autors auf einer Reise durch die Regionen Ober- und Mittelitaliens. Der Autor beschreibt die verschiedenen St�����dte und Landschaften, die er besucht hat, sowie die Menschen, die er getroffen hat. Er beschreibt auch die Geschichte und Kultur der Regionen, die er besucht hat. Das Buch bietet einen Einblick ...

On Security, Peace and Equal Distribution of Wealth  is a collection of 30 essays on economics and management. The author, Chen Wu Chu, was a public servant doing secretarial work for the President of the Executive Yuan. He frequently composed investigative reports and analytical essays on economic, financial and social affairs for Cabinet members as decision-making references. Now these essays are collected in a single volume for those who care deeply about the people on Taiwan, Republic of China. The 30 essays collected in this book tackle a wide ...

È ormai riconosciuto che gli insegnanti hanno un ruolo cruciale nel garantire l'inclusione scolastica degli studenti con bisogni educativi speciali. Tuttavia, è anche ampiamente riconosciuto che nella maggior parte dei casi gli insegnanti non sono stati preparati a rispondere all'esigenza di un'istruzione di qualità per tutti gli alunni. Questa è una sfida enorme per l'istruzione primaria. Per questo motivo abbiamo preso in considerazione l'applicazione delle principali potenzialità e necessità in questa problematica. ...

Big tractor, little tractor, green tractor, red tractor. Is one more special or more important than the other? If teaching positive values to your child is important to you, then Big Green and Little Red is a must have for your child's bookshelf. The first book in a series featuring Big Green and Little Red illustrates how two tractors on a farm can provide a positive teaching opportunity for parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles alike. Join author Geri Gilstrap as she portrays life on the farm while enveloping a positive life lesson that both children ...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

This book presents proceedings of the 17th Rencontres Sabeennes held in Paris, 6-8 June 2013.                             

Le livre ""Recherches Sur Les Rapports Des Chansons De Geste Et De L'Epopee Chevaleresque Italienne"" �����crit par Ferdinand Castets en 1887 est une �����tude approfondie sur les liens entre les chansons de geste et l'�����pop�����e chevaleresque italienne. L'auteur examine les similitudes et les diff�����rences entre ces deux formes de litt�����rature ...

Aun recuerdo el dia que me hice cristiana! Han sido mas de cincuenta anos, pero cada vez que miro atras, me siento llena de gratitud hacia Dios y hacia la persona que El uso para alcanzarme. Como fue que me hice cristiana? Alguien compartio conmigo el amor de Dios, y yo respondi poniendo mi fe en Jesuscristo, y dejame decirte que el amor de Dios es maraviloso! La fe en Jesus me ha dado seguridad del perdon de mis pecados y seguridad de la vida eterna en el cielo despues de la muerte. Tambien me ha dado paz en esta vida y una mejor comprension de la era en ...

What is it like in that church across the street? When "that church" is Roman Catholic and the person asking the question is a Protestant, this question can be very hard to answer. Do you actually know what Catholics do? Do you know what they believe? What difference does it make? Rev. Dr. Robert LaRochelle is extraordinarily well qualified to answer the question. He grew up and was educated in the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained a deacon. Eventually he chose to move to a Protestant denomination and is now an ordained minister in the United Church ...

This book is not just about the hidden miraclous codes and secret predictions found in Quran, but it will also talk about and teach you the following: What do you want out of life? Wealth? Health? Relationships? Luck? Did you know that you can have whatever you desire just by using your meditative thought force? This book discusses the teachings of thought force, astral travel, the power of breathing, and natural treatment for any disease using the power of meditation and natural remedies. Discover future predictions (future prophets, natural disasters, etc. ...

Five minutes may not seem like a lot of time to allow yourself to work on a drawing, as artists have been known to take days, months, and even years to complete a single work of art. However, as this book will prove, you can draw some really cool stuff in just under five minutes. By limiting their time, artists will start to see only the most essential parts of a subject while communicating action, movement, and expression into one timed drawing.This book is jam-packed with step-by-step lessons for drawing cool objects quickly – in 5-minutes or less! ...

When you read this book, you will experience something like what Neo experienced in the movie, The Matrix, when he took the Red Pill instead of the Blue Pill.  Your perception of yourself, your relationships and the world around you will totally change. You will realize that you have been looking at yourself, your relationships and the world around you through a lens created by taking the Blue Pill. The Blue Pill allows you to live your life out of an illusionary False Self. 

Do you have a dream that feels impossible to achieve? In a world where many people are struggling just to get through the day, often with a paralyzing belief that they’re simply too small or powerless to bring what they truly desire into their lives, Creating the Impossible offers the perfect antidote to any sense of hopelessness as well as the path to following your soul’s calling as you discover what it takes to bring your vision to life. In this inspiring book, best-selling author Barbara Edie offers a series of principles that once ...

Alex hears balloon flower buds popping. She is sure the plants are talking to her.  She invents a plant translator. The plants want to have a party. They want to fly. She invents a flower inflator. The plants want her to fly with them. It's fun until the plants try to talk to her while flying and when they pop, the helium comes out of their flowers, so they come back to Earth. Now they want Alex to invent a way for them to talk and fly at the same time.  She's had enough inventing for one day.

Do you believe in miracles? Are you looking for a miraculous transformation in your life? Are you bound by addiction or weighed down with anxiety? Is your life restricted by illness and injury or are you struggling to achieve your goals and dreams? Hypnotherapy could be the answer you’re looking for in moving forward in your life. In Do You Believe in Miracles? hypnotherapist Benetta Wainman answers many frequently asked questions and debunks common misconceptions about hypnotherapy. Using real-life stories from ordinary ...

Cassandra Morton's life is a mess; her mother just died, her ex is a nightmare and her sister's in trouble.  Jason Harding is the lawyer handling Cassie's mother's estate. His father's new family is falling apart and he hates his job.  It's not a good idea for either of them to get into a relationship but they can't stay away...

Questo libro giustifica, attraverso una ricerca, che molte aziende di stampa nel mercato attuale non sanno quanto investire per conformarsi agli standard ABNT NBR ISO 12646, 12647-7, 3664 e ABNT NBR NM ISO 12647-2. Inoltre, non sanno quali attrezzature devono acquistare per conformarsi correttamente agli standard tecnici. È stato creato un piano che illustra gli investimenti che gli stampatori in generale dovrebbero effettuare per conformarsi alle norme, ottimizzando l'investimento dell'imprenditore e puntando a migliorare la qualità e la produttività ...

Sometimes, the walls can talk. And the stories they tell are usually the last thing you were expecting. For Nicole, whip-smart and happily married mother of two, the stories are everywhere—emanating from the old family land, leaping out of old photographs, trailing her in a field at midnight—and the trick is to sort out which ones need listening to and which ones just need a good telling-off. The bizarrely hilarious misadventures of one woman's sometimes ghostly experiences that began in 'Lit by Lightning' continue in 'Ill-Mannered Ghosts ...