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Peacemakers

A Christian View of War and Peace

by Peter Dixon ...

What does 'Blessed are the peacemakers' mean in practice?When is war a just war? Should outsiders intervene in civil wars, and how? How can Christians effectively engage in resolving conflict? How do we achieve reconciliation?Peter Dixon offers a moral framework on which to base our thinking about war and peace, undergirded by a solid confidence in God's sovereignty, as we face the uncertainty of ... Read more

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What does 'Blessed are the peacemakers' mean in practice?When is war a just war? Should outsiders intervene in civil wars, and how? How can Christians effectively engage in resolving conflict? How do we achieve reconciliation?Peter Dixon offers a moral framework on which to base our thinking about war and peace, undergirded by a solid confidence in God's sovereignty, as we face the uncertainty of
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Gain Save Give

Doing the right thing with money

by Peter Dixon ...

"Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did.” John WesleyJohn Wesley's eighteenth-century message about personal finance,'Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.'is as radical today as it was three centuries ago. Perhaps more so.Gain Save Give updates Wesley's words for today's concerned Christian, and for all who want their money and resources to make a positive impact ... Read more

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"Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did.” John WesleyJohn Wesley's eighteenth-century message about personal finance,'Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.'is as radical today as it was three centuries ago. Perhaps more so.Gain Save Give updates Wesley's words for today's concerned Christian, and for all who want their money and resources to make a positive impact
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The Country Wife and Other Plays

by William Wycherley ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brilliant new dramatist.The Gentleman Dancing-Master, in contrast, disappointed contemporary audiences, but the central relationship between Hippolyta and Gerrard features an original and sympathetic study of ... Read more

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Wycherley's four comedies are admired for their satirical wit, farcical humour, vivid characterization, and social criticism.Love in a Wood, a lively comedy of intrigue, established him as a brilliant new dramatist.The Gentleman Dancing-Master, in contrast, disappointed contemporary audiences, but the central relationship between Hippolyta and Gerrard features an original and sympathetic study of
... Read more
The Analogical Reader

A Cognitive Approach to Literary Perspective Taking

by Peter Dixon, Marisa Bortolussi ...

Perspective taking is a critical component of approaches to literature and narrative, but there is no coherent, broadly applicable, and process-based account of what it is and how it occurs. This book provides a multidisciplinary coverage of the topic, weaving together key insights from different disciplines into a comprehensive theory of perspective taking in literature and in life. The essential ... Read more

$30.99 CAD

Perspective taking is a critical component of approaches to literature and narrative, but there is no coherent, broadly applicable, and process-based account of what it is and how it occurs. This book provides a multidisciplinary coverage of the topic, weaving together key insights from different disciplines into a comprehensive theory of perspective taking in literature and in life. The essential
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The World of Pope's Satires

An Introduction to the Epistles and Imitations of Horace

by Peter Dixon ...

Series series Routledge Revivals
First published in 1968, The World of Pope’s Satires is a stimulating and challenging book showing how the satires written by Pope during the 1730s were not only expressions of his own .poetic personality but were also responsive to the habits and attitudes of the age. The author considers Pope’s uses of some current conversational technique (especially that of ‘raillery’) and of the closely ... Read more

$63.20 CAD

First published in 1968, The World of Pope’s Satires is a stimulating and challenging book showing how the satires written by Pope during the 1730s were not only expressions of his own .poetic personality but were also responsive to the habits and attitudes of the age. The author considers Pope’s uses of some current conversational technique (especially that of ‘raillery’) and of the closely
... Read more
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Guardians of Churchill's Secret Army

Men of the Intelligence Corps in the Special Operations Executive

by Peter Dixon ...

Narrated by Peter Dixon ...

Unabridged

6 hours 59 min

It was life or death.A single slip could lead to arrest, torture, execution. The wrong ration book. A hasty answer to a suspicious question. Trusting the wrong person.The men and women who served as agents of the World War 2 Special Operations Executive were courageous. But courage was not enough. They also needed to learn the caution and suspicion that might just keep them alive, undercover in ... Read more

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It was life or death.A single slip could lead to arrest, torture, execution. The wrong ration book. A hasty answer to a suspicious question. Trusting the wrong person.The men and women who served as agents of the World War 2 Special Operations Executive were courageous. But courage was not enough. They also needed to learn the caution and suspicion that might just keep them alive, undercover in
... Read more
Hunting the Dragon

by Peter Dixon ...

Billy Crawford is a blond, eighteen-year-old surfer from Southern California, working in Fiji as a surfing instructor. But when he gets fired for leading his students into some dangerous surf, his endless summer seems to be over, and he decides that it's time to get a real job. He comes across a tuna clipper called Lucky Dragon whose crew is short a boatman, and the first mate offers him a job. ... Read more

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Billy Crawford is a blond, eighteen-year-old surfer from Southern California, working in Fiji as a surfing instructor. But when he gets fired for leading his students into some dangerous surf, his endless summer seems to be over, and he decides that it's time to get a real job. He comes across a tuna clipper called Lucky Dragon whose crew is short a boatman, and the first mate offers him a job.
... Read more
Fish Viruses and Bacteria

Pathobiology and Protection

by Associate Professor Arun Dhar, Andrew Orry, F C Thomas Allnutt, Dr Scott LaPatra, Richard Whittington, Dr Jo-Ann Leong, Dr Gael Kurath, Dr John S Lumsden, Dr Paul Hick, Dr Ellen Ariel, Dr Mamoru Yoshimizu, Dr Hisae Kasai, Dr Yoshihiro Sakoda, Dr Nanako Sano, Dr Motohiko Sano, Dr Knut Falk, Dr Maria Aamelfot, Dr Peter Dixon, Dr David Stone, Dr Lester H. Khoo, Dr Rodman G. Getchell, Dr Geoffrey H. Groocock, Dr Keith Way, Dr Anna Toffan, Dr Yasuhiko Kawato, Dr Kuttichantran Subramaniam, Dr Kazuhiro Nakajima, Dr Thomas Waltzek, Dr Marius Karlsen, Dr Renate Johansen, Dr Bjarnheidur K. Gudmundsdottir, Dr Bryndis Bjornsdottir, Dr Larry A. Hanson, Dr Matt J. Griffin, Terence Greenway, David J. Wise, Thomas P. Loch, Mohamed Faisal, Esteban M. Soto, David T. Gauthier, Martha W. Rhodes, John P. Hawke, Jerri Bartholomew, Kristen D. Arkush, Diane G. Elliott, Craig A. Shoemaker, De-Hai Xu, Alicia E. Toranzo, Beatriz Magariños, Ruben Avendaño-Herrera, Timothy J. Welch, David P. Marancik, Christopher M. Good, Michael Ormsby, Robert Davies ...

Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish ... Read more

$183.99 CAD

Taking a disease-based approach, Fish Viruses and Bacteria: Pathobiology and Protection focuses on the pathobiology of and protective strategies against the most common, major microbial pathogens of economically important marine and freshwater fish. The book covers well-studied, notifiable piscine viruses and bacteria, including new and emerging diseases which can become huge threats to local fish
... Read more
Policy Analysis And Modeling Of The Global Economy: A Festschrift Celebrating Thomas Hertel

by Peter Dixon, Joseph Francois, Dominique Y Van Der Mensbrugghe ...

Series Book 76 - World Scientific Studies In International Economics
This volume honors the extraordinary career of Thomas Hertel. It also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) by Prof. Hertel. All of those contributing to this volume, including Prof. Hertel's students and colleagues, have benefitted in some ways from the selfless professional generosity and dedication to scientific public goods that have been ... Read more

$164.99 CAD

This volume honors the extraordinary career of Thomas Hertel. It also celebrates the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) by Prof. Hertel. All of those contributing to this volume, including Prof. Hertel's students and colleagues, have benefitted in some ways from the selfless professional generosity and dedication to scientific public goods that have been
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Rhetoric

by Peter Dixon ...

Series series The Critical Idiom Reissued
First published in 1971, this book provides a historical account of the fortunes of Rhetoric. Beginning with a study of classical rhetorical theory and practice, it goes on to explore the impact of rhetoric on English literature and the renunciation of rhetoric from the late 17th century. The book concludes with a survey of the ways in which rhetoric was revived and re-modelled in the 20th century ... Read more

$71.44 CAD

First published in 1971, this book provides a historical account of the fortunes of Rhetoric. Beginning with a study of classical rhetorical theory and practice, it goes on to explore the impact of rhetoric on English literature and the renunciation of rhetoric from the late 17th century. The book concludes with a survey of the ways in which rhetoric was revived and re-modelled in the 20th century
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Return to Vienna

The Special Operations Executive and the Rebirth of Austria

by Peter Dixon ...

Narrated by The Author ...

Series Audiobook 3 - Special Operations Executive
Unabridged

7 hours 13 min

'Captain Charles Kennedy' parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home.Men and women of Churchill’s secret Special Operations Executive worked to free Austria from Hitler's grip. Many were themselves Austrians who had fled Nazi persecution. Trained and equipped by ... Read more

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'Captain Charles Kennedy' parachuted into a moonlit Austrian forest and searched frantically for his lost radio set. His real name was Leo Hillman and he was a Jewish refugee from Vienna. He was going home.Men and women of Churchill’s secret Special Operations Executive worked to free Austria from Hitler's grip. Many were themselves Austrians who had fled Nazi persecution. Trained and equipped by
... Read more
Audiobook

Gain Save Give

Doing the right thing with money

by Peter Dixon ...

Narrated by Peter Dixon ...

Unabridged

3 hours 2 min

"Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did." John WesleyJohn Wesley's eighteenth-century message about personal finance, 'Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.' is as radical today as it was three centuries ago. Perhaps more so.Gain Save Give updates Wesley's words for today's concerned Christian, and for all who want their money and resources to make a positive impact ... Read more

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Also available as: eBook

"Money never stays with me. It would burn me if it did." John WesleyJohn Wesley's eighteenth-century message about personal finance, 'Gain all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.' is as radical today as it was three centuries ago. Perhaps more so.Gain Save Give updates Wesley's words for today's concerned Christian, and for all who want their money and resources to make a positive impact
... Read more

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