The journey of a soul from the death of one physical life as Josh, back to the spirit world as the soul Rhaner where decisions are made about his next incarnation. The tale continues with the same soul but in a new body known as Jordan and the unfolding story of his discovery of a portal into a parallel world of breathtaking beauty and his meeting up with Ellen who is the soul-mate he has shared many lives with before.

Idiomantics is a unique exploration of the world of idiomatic phrases. The very etymology of the word 'idiom' reveals what's so endlessly fascinating about the wide range of colourful phrases we use in everyday speech: their peculiarity. They're peculiar both in the sense of being particular or unique to the culture from which they originate, and in the sense of being downright odd.

To cite three random examples - from American English, Dutch and Italian - what on Earth are a snow job, a monkey sandwich story, and Mr Punch's secret? Fascinating and illuminating,...

In the decades since independence, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa have faced three central dilemmas of development. The first has been the challenge of state building. In the wake of colonial rule, governments have encountered the problems of establishing legitimate authority and constructing capable states. A second dilemma has been that of n