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First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

It is 1849, and Sarah Ann Thirkell is home from boarding school when she spies her father talking with two strangers near the bogs of Yorkshire, England. After her father invites the strangers to dinner, they tell of a prophet who will come to save the world, just as Jesus once did. As Sarah quietly listens, she has no idea that the two missionaries have just changed not only her life, but also the lives of everyone in her family. It is not long before the Thirkells are recruited to become Mormons bound for a new life in America.

Assigned to sail with a Mormon leader, the Thirkells...

This scarce book was originally published in 1896. Its 301 pages contain 14 detailed chapters that cover the history of Islamic Spain. It is a comprehensive and informative look at the subject by an industrious and scrupulous author. Contents Include: The Last of the Goths; The Wave of Conquest; The People of Andalusia; A Young Pretender; The Christian Martyrs; The Great Khalif; The Holy War; The City of the Khalif; The Prime Minister; The Berbers in Power; My Cid the Challenger; The Kingdom of Granada; The Fall of Granada; Bearing the Cross; Index. Many of the earliest books, particularly...

Eine glamouröse Stadt voller Magie, ein schrecklicher Fluch und eine unerwiderte Liebe

Seit Marlow aus dem prächtigen Evergarden ins zwielichtige Hafenviertel fliehen musste, verdient sie ihren Lebensunterhalt als Fluchbrecherin. Und sie ist die beste in ganz Caraza. Trotzdem kann sie sich in der illustren Gesellschaft nicht sehen lassen, seit ihre Mutter plötzlich verschwunden ist. Bis ausgerechnet Adrius Falcrest, Erbe der angesehensten Familie der Stadt und ihr Ex-Schwarm, sie um Hilfe bittet. Mit ihm will sie nie wieder zu tun haben, denn er hat sie tödlich gekränkt....

Herzen brechen, Städte fallen und eine uralte Macht erwacht zum Leben

Nach der Zerstörung der Stadt der Gnade ist ein uralter Gott wiederauferstanden und in einen menschlichen Körper gebannt. Der Prophet Pallas hat ihn in seiner Gewalt und will ihn zwingen, die Sechs Prophetischen Städte zu unterwerfen. Doch jeden Tag wird der alte Gott stärker. Es ist nur eine Frage der Zeit, wann er sich befreien und die Welt zerstören wird.
Fernab von Pallas Athos lernt Anton unterdessen, seine prophetische Gabe zu beherrschen. Um die alte Macht zu bezwingen, macht er sich zusammen...

Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction integrates ethics into the public administration curriculum by weaving ethical dilemmas into the financial management and budgeting process of the public and nonprofit sectors. Inquiry-based discussion prompts challenge students to examine scenarios that they are likely to encounter in professional public service careers.

Critics of the public sector often use the analogy that government should be run more like a business. Issues such as profitability versus social value preclude the public sector from becoming a...

It is 1849, and Sarah Ann Thirkell is home from boarding school when she spies her father talking with two strangers near the bogs of Yorkshire, England. After her father invites the strangers to dinner, they tell of a prophet who will come to save the world, just as Jesus once did. As Sarah quietly listens, she has no idea that the two missionaries have just changed not only her life, but also the lives of everyone in her family. It is not long before the Thirkells are recruited to become Mormons bound for a new life in America.

Assigned to sail with a Mormon leader, the Thirkells...

Ethics in Fiscal Administration: An Introduction integrates ethics into the public administration curriculum by weaving ethical dilemmas into the financial management and budgeting process of the public and nonprofit sectors. Inquiry-based discussion prompts challenge students to examine scenarios that they are likely to encounter in professional public service careers.

Critics of the public sector often use the analogy that government should be run more like a business. Issues such as profitability versus social value preclude the public sector from becoming a...

Maria Louise Pool (August 20, 1841 - May 18, 1898) was an American writer. She was born in Rockland, Massachusetts to Elias Pool and Lydia Lane. She attended the public school of the town (then East Abington), and later taught school for two years. She moved to Brooklyn, New York in 1870, where she first wrote for a Philadelphia paper and afterward for the New York Evening Post and the New York Tribune. Later she resided in Wrentham, Massachusetts. It was not until 1887 that she became widely known through her A Vacation in a Buggy. Her work was reviewed extensively, as by the New York Times,...

Liebe ist ein Fluch, der nicht zu brechen ist

Nach dem Anschlag auf seinen Vater weigert Adrius sich, mit Marlow zu sprechen, und verkündet öffentlich, noch vor Jahresende eine andere zu heiraten. Trotz ihres Liebeskummers ist Marlow weiter fest entschlossen, den Zwangsfluch zu brechen, der auf Adrius lastet. Dafür muss sie ihrem lange verschollenen Vater die liebevolle Tochter vorspielen - dem Urheber des Fluchs, der alle Macht in Caraza an sich zu reißen versucht. Nach dem Anschlag auf seinen Vater weigert Adrius sich, mit Marlow zu sprechen, und schwört öffentlich, noch...