Product Description: This text is aimed at GCSE syllabuses in 20th century world history, and adopts a thematic approach to its subject. The chapters are organized under themes such as international relations between the Wars, Communism, Fascism, capitalism, conflict and cooperation since 1945.

Product Description: This sensitive work explores the perplexing issue of our knowledge of God. Must we line up with those who believe that any knowledge of God is impossible or should we agree with those who feel that knowledge of God is strongly established...read more

Product Description: David Platt believes that it may be religiously important to see God's existence as contingent. That there might have been nothing whatsoever, even though we find this conceptually impossible, points up God's contingency. The book discusses how the demands of religious adequacy may be met without recourse to divine necessity...read more

Product Description: In this unique anthology of social criticism, David Platt reprints the insightful contributions of more than fifty screenwriters, directors, producers, historians, and critics―men and women, radical and liberal, including not a few former political prisoners, deportees, and exiles―on diverse films from the earliest years of the film industry through the 1970s...read more

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Product Description: Five teenage daughters of American military personnel are abducted in Bangkokto be sold into prostitution. Napa Valley Private Investigator Luke Morgan isordered to follow the sordid trail to find them.

Product Description: Steam Trains and Jigsaw Puzzles strikes most people as an intriguing title. The origin is simple, however - my trainspotting youth has been synchronized with a later interest in jigsaw puzzles. The result is expensive - I have a collection of over 250 jigsaws depicting British steam railways...read more

The comprehensive guide to the current understanding of galectins and their promising potential in drug design This is the first book focusing on galectins. It was inspired by topics discussed at the symposium "Galectins: Structures, Functions, and Therapeutic Targets" that was a part of the 234th American Chemical Society meeting in 2007. To help chemists, biochemists, and others understand the challenges inherent in the study of galectins and build on recent advances in the field, the editors have compiled articles from leading experts on galectins and their biomedical applications. Galectins includes: * An overview of early galectin research * An explanation of the nature of galectins * A discussion of the structure and functions of galectins, their ligand specificity and molecular mechanisms of action, and the localization of galectins in the cell * An exploration of the roles galectins play in tumor growth and cancer, fibrosis, inflammation, and immunity * A discussion of the effect of galectins on cell migration, angiogenesis, and chemoresistance * An introduction to new approaches to designing galectin inhibitors This is the premier reference on galectins for organic, medicinal, carbohydrate, and pharmaceutical chemists, biochemists, molecular and cell biologists, pharmacologists, cancer researchers, and graduate-level students in these disciplines, as well as clinicians and drug developers.

Product Description: Special 10-pack, ideal for church giveaways, welcome packets or small group distribution.What is Jesus worth to you?It’s easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like...read more

Product Description: What is Jesus worth to you? It's easy for American Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, Jesus said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him...read more

Product Description: "Why are more churches not engaged in practical, substantial ways of taking the gospel to the nations?"When Missions Shape the Mission unpacks a statistical study of traditionally evangelical churches that reveals their anemic level of commitment to the biblical mandate of making Christ known around the world...read more

Product Description: With more than 225,000 copies sold, When Helping Hurts is a paradigm-forming contemporary classic on the subject of poverty alleviation and ministry to those in need. Emphasizing the poverty of both heart and society, this book exposes the need that every person has and how it can be filled...read more

Product Description: Radical Small Group Study - DVD Kit is a 6-session Bible study for adults by David Platt. Platt invites you to encounter what Jesus actually said about being his disciple, and then obey what you have heard. He challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated a God-centered gospel to fit our human-centered preferences...read more

Product Description: Challenge the Status Quo                     The Radical Question offers a compelling introduction to Radical’s challenge to the contemporary church. In this concise message, Platt asks, "What is Jesus worth to you?" Then he explores what a commitment to Jesus would actually look like in action...read more

Product Description: Follow Me Student Bible Study, based on David Platt’s book Follow Me, is a short-term, video-enhanced study for all youth, grades 7 to 12. "Follow Me." Christ’s command has been examined time and again, but have we lost sight of its meaning? Based on David Platt's book Follow Me, this video-enhanced study will guide students to an understanding of Jesus' call to deny self and live with an unwavering devotion to Him...read more