friesenpress aug 2023 (36 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Koppanyi, Josiah (illustrator). Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This book is about healing, to act as a catalyst, for self-change, self-growth, and self love. The words in this book will take you down, many paths in life. A journey to recall, to reflect, to reconcile, reminiscent of the many aspects in one's life. These words will enable you to go within, to face any insecurities ,issues, traumas, any demons, to seek, and face the truth, create boundaries where needed, while moving forward with confidence, and authenticity, while learning about self love. 138 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Founding a business is among the most difficult, lonely, and rewarding challenges a person will ever undertake. A founder can better manage their personal stress and significantly increase their chances of success if they develop effective governance practices that help attract the resources needed to fuel corporate growth. As a founder this book will help you develop corporate structures and processes that support your business as its grows, transforming your corporation from good to great. If you provide guidance to a founder as an investor, advisor, or director, this book will allow you to help your founder build a scalable governance structure at a relatively low cost; a structure that will address the increased complexity of the corporation as it matures.Based upon academic research and industry best practices, this innovative book includesinsights from leading participants in Canada's entrepreneurial ecosystem. After reading this book, you will understand how governance is a strategic resource to help manage your corporation's risk and accelerate its growth. Founder's Guide to Governance provides a foundation for business success. 228 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -A collection of minimalist poetry that explores the hustle of the Canadian urban business world and the frustration and futility of chasing a dream of success that might not exist in the current capitalist society. Even in Canada, we have been sold the idea of the American dream, by generations that could afford houses, cars, vacations homes, and big families on single incomes, without going into massive amounts of debt or require higher education. This is no longer the reality, yet we push for it. Concealing all our cracks under our suits, makeup, and accessories; hoping we can hold it together long enough to get a taste of that dream.This collection is completely relevant and relatable to any poetry lover and anyone working in a corporate environment. 108 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -We can't always predict when the unexpected will happen. Dr. Siva Murugappan understands this more than most. As a general surgeon, he's an expert on prevention and protocols. A stroke definitely wasn't on the agenda; he'd just climbed Mount Kailash in Tibet, 21,778 feet above sea level. But four months later, a stroke is exactly what happened-right in the middle of a medical procedure on a patient. Dr. Murugappan quickly discovered the guidelines and their limitations won't work for him, that he must forge his own path.Frontiers: A Surgeon's Journey through Stroke is a stroke survivor's memoir through recovery and its expected and unexpected challenges. Told from the perspectives of Dr. Murugappan and his wife Dr. Prema Samy, Frontiers illustrates the ways stroke affects survivors and their loved ones alike.More than anything, this is a story of perseverance. Dr. Murugappan refuses to accept the narrative imposed him, that he'll never practice medicine as he did pre-stroke. Like climbing Mount Kailash, stroke recovery becomes his new frontier. Regaining his medical licence drives his rehabilitation. This new purpose becomes essential when Dr. Murugappan and Dr. Samy realize there is no precedent in Canada for a doctor reclaiming their licence post-stroke. Now, this frontier must be surmounted not only for himself but for anyone in a similar situation, regardless of profession. And while he undertakes these challenges, his wife and caretaker must overcome her own. How much can anyone endure How much can their marriage take Dr. Murugappan and Dr. Samy soon find out. 108 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - The generation that came of age from 1960 to 1980 had front-row seats to the events and personalities that laid the foundation for the Canada we know today. As the generation matured, so too did the country.Chapters range from TV to sports, music to business, and stage to screen. A section includes the lengths individuals went to be 'cool.' Another features Canada's attempts to deal with the big brash neighbour-nation to the south.Equal parts history, pop culture, and trivia, the events and personalities that shaped Canada for years to come are presented with wry humour. Whether you choose this book for entertainment, for nostalgia, for easy-to-read history, or for quirky trivia, you will be reminded of how much change has occurred in Canada over a lifetime.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Life can be a wild, beautiful, gorgeous disaster. From love to heartache, even joy to sorrow. Life goes in a circle from birth to death. Life can lead us down a depressed path resulting in addictions and darkness. Losing loved ones reminds us how precious life can be. We share drinks, smiles, and laughs with friends. People come and go throughout our lives leaving lessons we either learn or live by. This book is exactly that. Life met head on. The poems show that you're not alone in whatever you're going through. Join me on my journey through life in Smiling Depression. Hopefully, through the journey of this book you'll find ease in the path you are currently walking and have a better understanding of those misunderstood. Most of all, allow yourself to feel and heal your emotions with each poem. 132 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Have we ever wondered why Allah swt uses His name as Allah some places and Rabb in the others Have we ever wondered what the difference between momin and muslim is Can we make an argument to prove their meanings from within the Quran Have we ever wondered why Allah swt uses the word zikar so extensively throughout the Quran; or what the meaning of the word zikar is; or how the meaning of zikar is different from talu, qara, and ratal; and even why there are talu, qara, and ratal, the three different words for reading the Quran Or have we ever wondered why we are plagued by all kinds of catastrophes Or why is there so much chaos and conflict in the world, and how can we solve these problems If we have not wondered about such questions, the reason is that we have not read the Qur'an in its true sense.Today's Muslims have two main objectives for their children: success in this world and triumph in the life hereafter. Muslim children need natural and social knowledge, but to fully enrich their minds, they also need to learn about the Quran and Islamic traditions. Many Islamic schools in North America are pursuing both of these objectives, but educators often feel that merging these two goals is too difficult. Having spent years teaching in Islamic schools and conducting a wealth of research, Roohi A. Ahmad has observed firsthand how complex the enterprise of Islamic education is. She has also witnessed the void of learning outcomes, teaching goals, and, most importantly, a clear vision and methodology for Islamic education. She has sought to remedy that situation in this book. It provides a practical methodology designed to help Muslim educators create a state-of-the-art Islamic education system that will lead to fully formed students who can function well in this world and ensure a positive outcome in the world to come. 208 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the 1920s, war, revolution, and the consolidation of Soviet power prompted 21,000 Mennonites to leave the Soviet Union for Canada. Among them was Isaac Thiessen. Left behind was his beloved family: his parents, Elizabeth and Heinrich, and by his siblings, who were tortured and starved under Stalin's rule.Letters from Home paints a rare, intimate portrait of the Russian Mennonite experience during the Holodomor, documenting in detail this horrific and much-debated period of human history. Between 1925 and 1934, Elizabeth and Heinrich wrote letters from Molotschna Mennonite Colony in Russia to Isaac and his wife, Anna, in Leamington, Canada. Serendipitously, these letters were rescued from extinction by Anna, painstakingly transcribed by Marie Hildebrandt Huebert, and translated into English by grandson Otto Tiessen. They were then gathered into this vital historical manuscript by Otto's wife Faye and by Sandra Froese Callahan, Elizabeth and Heinrich's great-granddaughter.Beyond historical documentation, beyond politics, dogma, and deliberation, these letters profoundly express the private, heartbreaking realities of one family's struggle to survive, characterized by familial love, religious faith, and the descent, day by day, into desperation and starvation. 296 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - What do reviews of the Winnipeg music scene have in common with crappy advice on growing a garden The worm. This book's worm is Steve Schmolaris, a man of discerning taste with over forty-five years of servitude and dedication to Winnipeg music under his belt, who has devoted his life to extolling its virtues, who delicately unfolds each song-to eat, to hold, to plant like seeds-to reflect their singular beauty and uniqueness back to them.Here, you will find a compendium of Winnipeg's proud, fourth-best local music review site of the same name, written in the same acerbic, confrontational voice readers will be used to. Taking up an eclectic range of artists and genres, Bad Gardening Advice's reviews take many forms, from mock interviews to recipes to love letters, peppered by Schmolaris's musings on death, lost love, and the musicians' sex appeal. This original and inventive collection will make a great addition to the bookshelves of anyone close to the Winnipeg music scene-especially those in it.In Bad Gardening Advice, some of the artists reviewed are professionals. Some of them are amateurs. Most of them are weirdos. But if you know how to look, all of them are doing something interesting. All of them have something worth making music about.Welcome to the Bad Garden!.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The 1990s was a time for drowning in the genre of grunge music and perfecting the art of slackerdom. At least that's what it was like for Hunter, growing up in small-town America, the son of a successful doctor. Unlike his dad, serial slacker Hunter never worked hard at anything in his life. But he was a bowler. (Yes, bowling is a sport.) When looking down the polished-wood lane at those spindly white pins, Hunter was someone. A champion. One who accidentally ended up earning a full scholarship to a top-tier Canadian university, thanks to his prowess at smashing pins.But when one door opens-for Hunter anyway-it seems to slam shut just as quickly. Usually smack in his face. That's exactly what happens when Hunter screws up and his university scholarship goes up in smoke. But when one door closes . . . Hunter finds himself confronted by two more doors, where opportunity awaits. Those double-glass doors at Retail Depot in Winnipeg, Manitoba, usher Hunter into the world of service, rewarded by the princely sum of $8.25 an hour. Sure, he expects a job, but through his time toiling for meager pay in the big-box store, alongside friends and idiots alike, Hunter unexpectedly ends up learning more about himself and the ups and downs of life than he would have ever learned at university.Retail: Redemption at $8.25 an Hour is a coming-of-age story, a journey, not necessarily to greatness or where diehard dreams are fulfilled, but to a place some might call contentment. 192 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Are you aware that your 'limiting beliefs' are holding you back in life Our life is the outcome of our recurring thoughts and attitudes. Through conscious selfwork, you can overcome your self destructive patterns, emotional struggles, and mental blocks that stand in your way to attaining your best version of self and claiming success in life; promoting joy, self-confidence, and inner-peace.'The Inner Shift' allows the intentional work that addresses your mind, body, soul, emotions and holistic well-being. This work supports an individual process to bring about transformation from the inside-out.If cultivating a life-enriching mindset to live with authenticity, harmony, and purpose, sounds appealing to you, this book provides a valuable blueprint to achieve all that and more. 294 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -. ordinary people get caught up in the most extraordinary events .TO US A CHILD IS BORN; TO US A SON IS GIVEN. Take an engaging trip back to the months and days surrounding the birth of Jesus as you walk alongside those who experienced the arrival of a baby that changed the world. Ordinary people caught up in extraordinary events, the men and women who speak through the pages of Eyes on Jesus: The Christmas Chronicles will challenge and inspire you to reflect on the impact of Christ's birth. Their words lead to an exploration of humanity's need for a Saviour, and God's unshakeable promise to send a Redeemer to rescue all who believe in him.Mary and Joseph, Herod, the Magi, the shepherds, and Simeon are just some of those who share their story of the arrival of Jesus-the Child, the Son, the long-promised Deliverer. You'll feel the crush of the crowd in Bethlehem as families arrive for the census, the startled surprise of shepherds watching their sheep, and the panicked grief of parents as Herod's soldiers arrive for their young sons. The familiar story comes alive with all the shocking wonder encountered by those first witnesses, some with faith, some with doubt, and some with hostility or indifference.Eyes on Jesus: The Christmas Chronicles invites us to carefully consider the Child who was born so long ago, who lived to set us free, and who welcomes us into relationship with God himself. 132 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Twenty years after Corey Tusk led a revolution against tyranny, his family and friends now live as free people in the post apocalyptic community of Andromeda without class distinction or prejudice. The children are growing to young adulthood and experiencing budding romances in the peace and harmony their parents fought so hard to achieve. But unbeknownst to them, those who still believe in the archaic ideologies and systems of the past have been living below ground in a bunker and are ready to emerge. When the two groups confront each other, chaos and tragedy unfold as the old world collides with the new, and the people of Andromeda must decide whether to help the Dreamspellers, who are the unwitting creators of the virtual reality of the Dreamspell program and who are being controlled and repressed by the greater elites.Will Corey Tusk and his friends be able to stand against these evil forces by using all the gifts of their new enlightened states, or will they succumb to the fear that ruled them for decades under the repression of the Mensis 276 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -'Entrepreneurs live each day of their journey feeling uncomfortable, and if they don't feel uncomfortable, they know it's time to grow.'In Get Uncomfortable or Change Course, Kelvin Abrams helps new and aspiring entrepreneurs learn what it takes to run a small business, providing them with tips and tricks to achieve their goals. Through a variety of amusing and insightful anecdotes, Kelvin explores getting creative in the face of change, writing a solid business plan, and much more. From making sacrifices to shifting your mindset, Kelvin covers it all with valuable exercises for the reader to do along the way.Kelvin has fifteen years of experience running his own businesses, which has given him lots of stories to share. Being a black business owner has not always been easy, but with hard work, tenacity, strength, and heart, Kelvin has created businesses that not only generate revenue, but create community.Down-to-earth and insightful, Get Uncomfortable or Change Course is a useful companion for anyone looking to start a business and set themselves up for ongoing success. 150 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In 1908, a man in dusty traveling clothes appears at Muck Creek Farm seeking news of his long lost father. There he meets a lonely young woman who finds solace in the root cellar, where she makes cherry cordial and is visited by the ghosts of Indigenous ancestral relations. Their story is part of a saga stretching over one hundred years, including characters both real and richly imagined.A west coast Nootka trader discovers an Ojibway girl on a river island, a girl who has crossed a continent in a series of gripping odysseys. A supply boat blows up and its owner disappears. A young woman nearly dies in obeying her great grandmother's last request.The settings stretch from the Great Lakes and interior rivers of North America to the west coast of Vancouver Island, from an earthquake in San Francisco to a fire in Seattle.Meanwhile, at Muck Creek Farm, a diverse group of settlers are living near an Indian reserve, where people in the Nisqually community struggle to maintain their history and survival.Muck Creek is a story rich in quest, in romance, and in historical embellishments - events that not only happened, but how they might have happened. 306 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Koppanyi, Josiah (illustrator). Neuware.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -At dawn, Cass slips quietly out the front door of the Blue House, not meaning to upend the lives of those she leaves behind. Cass, a gifted but emotionally unstable mathematician, and her sister Sylvia, an artist, have never agreed on motherhood, on marriage, on how to live. But they share the belief that they must create lasting work, Sylvia welding iron sculptures, Cass solving equations to simplify the world. When Cass disappears, Sylvia must fight to keep her already fragile world from collapsing, and her precocious and deeply curious daughter, Erika, from discovering the devastating family secrets that live within the Blue House.The Inextinguishable Dream is a deeply moving story about ambition and motherhood, identity and loss, transience and memory, and the overpowering human desire to escape into delusions. Drawing on the physics of time, the author enjoins us to ponder the meaning of life, love, death, and the universe while conveying profound awe for the beauty and mystery of the world. It was inspired by the author's experiences as a woman in the male-dominated world of science; the conflicts between motherhood, marriage, and career; and the need for those of us who do not fit the mould, especially gifted children, to be accepted. 348 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Arne Viimets is not a typical coach.Kevin Willister is not a typical player.This is not a typical football story.Arne Viimets has a passion for opera, he owns a dog named Chopin, and he quotes Thoreau at dinner parties.He also happens to have a brilliant football mind.When Arne is hired as head coach of the McGill Redmen, he is certain he can transform a habitually mediocre university football team into national champions.At least, that's what he expects. Instead, his uncompromising attitude and brutal workouts draw flak from players and colleagues alike. Alumni are critical of his personnel decisions. His coaching staff is riddled with personality conflicts. His underperforming team is mired in dissension. And as Arne's personal life becomes strangely entwined with his football one, it begins to look more and more like the game he loves will lead to his undoing. 282 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Toys go missing, of course, in a house with six children. It's as natural as apple pie and ice-cream. It's a different matter when they start appearing.When beautiful old toy soldiers-just like the ones in the antique shop down the road-start popping up on Mary Frances' bedroom window-sill, her search for clues to the curious figures leads her to a wider mystery. Things aren't where they should be. Or, perhaps, they aren't when they should be. Either way, Mary Frances and her sister Annie are going to need all the help they can get to solve the mystery.That help comes to them unexpectedly in the form of Thunderpaws, a mysterious orange cat with remarkable abilities. With Thunderpaws guiding them, Mary Frances and Annie learn to slip into the space between the lightning and the thunder and emerge into a place that looks a lot like home. Here, too, there are things going missing and other things appearing that don't belong, and a wandering man who might hold the key to the whole affair.The girls meet young boys Evan and Johnathan (who live in a suspiciously familiar-looking farmhouse), and the four children must band together with an elusive group of time-travelling orange cats to put everything back when it belongs. 204 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. Colucci, Alejandro (illustrator). This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Nomadic construction worker Vlad inadvertently gains superpowers and enters ultratime after guzzling a radioactive energy drink he finds near the nuclear-disaster site of Chernobyl. Svetlana, an army veteran coping with PTSD, sees Vlad crash back into real time, finds him unconscious, and saves his life. They bond over this secret, fall in love, and decide to use the stash of energy drinks to fight evil as the superhero duo HyperVigilanté.Both sci-fi adventure and love story, this David-versus-Goliath tale set in Russia is rife with pop culture references from video games, movies, TV series, music, and even scripture. A fun and funny mash-up of Russian and American cultures, it's a wild ride with Vlad and Svetlana as they battle mobsters, terrorists, and corrupt politicians while building a new life together.If you want the explosive action of the Equalizer paired with the awkward nerdiness of Napoleon Dynamite and served with a side of Easter eggs like Ready Player One, then HyperVigilanté belongs in your hands! Buy yourself a copy! An early reader of the book said, 'A good book makes me consider how the characters would react to real world situations. You've made me do that with Vlad and Svetlana.' 276 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Founding a business is among the most difficult, lonely, and rewarding challenges a person will ever undertake. A founder can better manage their personal stress and significantly increase their chances of success if they develop effective governance practices that help attract the resources needed to fuel corporate growth. As a founder this book will help you develop corporate structures and processes that support your business as its grows, transforming your corporation from good to great. If you provide guidance to a founder as an investor, advisor, or director, this book will allow you to help your founder build a scalable governance structure at a relatively low cost; a structure that will address the increased complexity of the corporation as it matures.Based upon academic research and industry best practices, this innovative book includesinsights from leading participants in Canada's entrepreneurial ecosystem. After reading this book, you will understand how governance is a strategic resource to help manage your corporation's risk and accelerate its growth. Founder's Guide to Governance provides a foundation for business success. 228 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Stitching is the third in a series of Alessandra 'Ale' Ferretti romance/thriller novels. We find our LA ER nurse Ale building her fashion business, fighting off rumors about her sexy Cuban boyfriend Carlos 'Striker' Montoya. Engaging her hunky trainer Mac, her still recovering from a gun shot injury Detective Jason O'Malley and her new IT StrikeForce expert Georgie to help find a missing Striker while Striker and the Cinco Reyes gang find themselves embedded in a dangerous situation involving drugs, infidelity and kidnapping. A hunky Irish Mob prince appears in LA to distract Ale and give her information about her past. Her momma and zia keep her surrounded by love and food, her friends support her and Ale finds a strength she didn't know she had. It's up to her to get Carlos back and she will do anything to make that happen. Even if it means the end of their relationship. Forgiveness and the healing of stitching old and new wounds make this book unforgettable. 270 pp. Englisch.

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The seeds of alcoholism are often planted deep in the shadows of childhood, growing silently and unnoticed until it inevitably blooms into an active problem that can derail and destroy lives, careers, and families. Surviving Magnelia Monsoon: Beyond 1215 and the Bottle is a raw, intimate, and inspiring memoir, vividly detailing the author's descent into alcoholism, and how (after decades of struggle), she finally managed to reclaim joy, love, and family from the depths of a despair she'd been sure would never end.From a childhood that grew more and more dysfunctional as her parents' marriage dissolved into tears, raised voices, and raised fists, eventually ending in divorce and estrangement, the narrative follows the author's struggles to feel safe or loved after her mother's departure, to calm the chaotic storm left in her wake, and to fill the growing emptiness, threatening to swallow her whole, with anything that might take the pain away, or at least numb her to it for a while. She manages to keep a mask of normalcy firmly in place for years (more or less), and build a near-perfect life with a loving family of her own, but with alcohol degrading its foundations, a collapse is inevitable-a collapse that will leave her with no choice but to get help or die buried under the rubble.Contradicting the egregious and harmful stereotype of alcoholics being weak-willed or 'lesser than,' this memoir showcases the incredible strength needed to even function under the weight of denial, rationalizations, and self-loathing, let alone accomplish anything, as well as the fact that it is a disease that doesn't discriminate based on birth or circumstance. It can affect anyone . and does. No alcoholic is truly alone in their struggle. It is all too common. But there is always a way out. 414 pp. Englisch.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -During the 1920s, war, revolution, and the consolidation of Soviet power prompted 21,000 Mennonites to leave the Soviet Union for Canada. Among them was Isaac Thiessen. Left behind was his beloved family: his parents, Elizabeth and Heinrich, and by his siblings, who were tortured and starved under Stalin's rule.Letters from Home paints a rare, intimate portrait of the Russian Mennonite experience during the Holodomor, documenting in detail this horrific and much-debated period of human history. Between 1925 and 1934, Elizabeth and Heinrich wrote letters from Molotschna Mennonite Colony in Russia to Isaac and his wife, Anna, in Leamington, Canada. Serendipitously, these letters were rescued from extinction by Anna, painstakingly transcribed by Marie Hildebrandt Huebert, and translated into English by grandson Otto Tiessen. They were then gathered into this vital historical manuscript by Otto's wife Faye and by Sandra Froese Callahan, Elizabeth and Heinrich's great-granddaughter.Beyond historical documentation, beyond politics, dogma, and deliberation, these letters profoundly express the private, heartbreaking realities of one family's struggle to survive, characterized by familial love, religious faith, and the descent, day by day, into desperation and starvation. 296 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -It's almost impossible to imagine spending eight months at sea 'without once putting foot on land.' But that's exactly what whalers experienced when playing the dangerous 'game of chance,' hunting down leviathans for oil and bone-all for a 'lay,' or share, of the vessel's spoils. A Game of Chance is the first comprehensive, in-depth study of British North American South Seas whaling. Author Andrea Kirkpatrick takes readers on a series of fascinating and sometimes fantastical journeys as she chronicles in great detail the story of a largely forgotten industry that operated out of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick ports from the 1760s to 1850.Kirkpatrick plumbed the depths of myriad logbooks and journals to piece together the often-murky tales of an astonishing number of ships. In this treatise covering a century of whaling, she shares details such as ownership, tonnage, voyages, captains' pedigrees, and names of crewmen, including nascent whaler Herman Melville, author of Moby-Dick. Hoping for 'greasy luck,' the men who manned these ships found both camaraderie and competition as they hunted the world's whaling grounds from Cape Horn to Kamchatka, many circumnavigating the globe during their careers. They battled squalls and high seas, scurvy and venereal disease, heartbreak and homesickness-and sometimes each other. Many never returned home, their bodies committed to the deep or buried on foreign land.Written in two parts-landward and seaward-Kirkpatrick's clear prose and adoption of whaling lingua franca brings this high-risk venture to the fore with authenticity, newly revealed facts, and remarkable stories of adventure. 540 pp. Englisch.

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Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -Have we ever wondered why Allah swt uses His name as Allah some places and Rabb in the others Have we ever wondered what the difference between momin and muslim is Can we make an argument to prove their meanings from within the Quran Have we ever wondered why Allah swt uses the word zikar so extensively throughout the Quran; or what the meaning of the word zikar is; or how the meaning of zikar is different from talu, qara, and ratal; and even why there are talu, qara, and ratal, the three different words for reading the Quran Or have we ever wondered why we are plagued by all kinds of catastrophes Or why is there so much chaos and conflict in the world, and how can we solve these problems If we have not wondered about such questions, the reason is that we have not read the Qur'an in its true sense.Today's Muslims have two main objectives for their children: success in this world and triumph in the life hereafter. Muslim children need natural and social knowledge, but to fully enrich their minds, they also need to learn about the Quran and Islamic traditions. Many Islamic schools in North America are pursuing both of these objectives, but educators often feel that merging these two goals is too difficult. Having spent years teaching in Islamic schools and conducting a wealth of research, Roohi A. Ahmad has observed firsthand how complex the enterprise of Islamic education is. She has also witnessed the void of learning outcomes, teaching goals, and, most importantly, a clear vision and methodology for Islamic education. She has sought to remedy that situation in this book. It provides a practical methodology designed to help Muslim educators create a state-of-the-art Islamic education system that will lead to fully formed students who can function well in this world and ensure a positive outcome in the world to come. 208 pp. Englisch.