A fresh, hopeful and scriptural companion for both those struggling with
mental illness and their supporters, carers, and the church community who like
Jesus, seek to come alongside all with the practical and spiritual hope of a
God who journeys with us in our suffering.
The Fix: How the First Champions League Was Won and Why We All Lost is an
engrossing examination of the 1992/93 UEFA Champions League - from humble
beginnings on a Faroese hillside to its ultimate conclusion in a French
courtroom. The Fix considers the economic and political forces that created
the Champions League and what was sacrificed for it.
This book sets out to answer a question that many linguists have been hesitant to are some languages better than others? Can we say, for instance, that because German has three genders and French only two, German is a better language in this respect? Jarawara, spoken in the Amazonian jungle, has two ways of showing one for a part (e.g. 'Father's foot') and the other for something which is owned and can be given away or sold (e.g. 'Father's knife'); is it thus a better language, in this respect, than English, which marks all possession in the same way?R. M. W. Dixon begins by outlining what he feels are the essential components of any language, such as the ability to pose questions, command actions, and provide statements. He then discusses desirable features including gender agreement, tenses, and articles, before concluding with his view of what the ideal language would look like - and an explanation of why it does not and probably never will exist. Written in the author's usual accessible and engaging style, and full of personal anecdotes and unusual linguistic phenomena, the book will be of interest to all general language enthusiasts as well as to a linguistics student audience, and particularly to anyone with an interest in linguistic typology.
From free healthcare for all in the twentieth century to no care at all for
numerous UK citizens in the twenty-first, due to the foundering National
Health Service (NHS)! The author was latterly employed in London. This is thus
a brief history of healthcare in Britain in recent years.
World in Union is the story of the Rugby World Cup - its greatest games and
biggest controversies - told via its fifteen most important and dramatic
matches. Foreword by Sean Fitzpatrick
An incisive discussion of the development of this class of investor, how they
have become legitimate actors in global financial markets, and their role as
providers of capital and in economic development at home and abroad.
This book provides an integrated account of the main prepositions of English,
outlining their various forms and illustrating contrastive senses. It is
written in a clear and accessible style, and will be of interest to to
students and scholars of the English language, including instructors of
English as a second language.
The heartwarming and lyrical middle-grade story of Ailsa, a young girl who's
spending the summer with her aunt and uncle on a remote island when she
discovers a cave and in it a billow maiden who has lost her sea-skin and needs
her help.