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Folded Wonders: The Ultimate Origami Journey from Paper to Masterpiece is your all-in-one guide to mastering the timeless craft of origami. Whether you're an absolute beginner or an experienced folder ready to take your skills to new heights, this beautifully structured book offers a comprehensive, step-by-step experience that goes far beyond traditional paper cranes.

The Veneto RegionThis book is part of the series "Italy Then and Now," which sheds light on the unique development of each of Italy's twenty regions. Focusing on Veneto, this particular volume uncovers its wonders and heritage. The book reveals Veneto's significant contributions to Italy's language, art, and culture, showcasing its profound influence on the nation's identity. The narrative takes readers through Veneto's historical journey, with a special focus on urban landscapes, landmarks, celebrities, wines, and culinary specialties, highlighting the blending of its rich history with its...

This volume of The Dancing Hand of God explores God's fullness, fatherhood, otherness, acceptance, burden, glory, rule, and availability. Each of the chapters concludes with an outline that lists the main insights offered by each of the sections in the chapter, making the book useful both for one's personal reflection and for shared conversation. When you take stock of your spiritual life, you might find yourself confronting a series of challenges, such as loneliness, anxiety, and a lack of godliness.

Here is an invitation to bring happiness and contentment into your life. It is your chance to pause and reflect on all the countless reasons for gratitude that surround you every day. Gratitude leads to contentment whereas taking the good things of life for granted brings an exaggerated sense of entitlement and leads to an endless cycle of discontent. This book is your opportunity to break the cycle of restlessness and enjoy the happiness that is the natural reward of gratitude. Happy days

! Tony Brady

Vampires and werewolves that hunt in the night? A prehistoric sea monster that frightens fishermen? Where did the ideas for these creatures come from? Could some of them be true? Discover tantalizing tidbits about the top 10 mythical creatures of all time.

You’d never believe it, but the mummies from horror movies are real. Unwrap the secrets of historic mummies like King Tut and Princess Amen Ra.

Dive into the pages of Iniko Obi Chinedu’s enchanting tale, "The Lost African City of Gold," where the true treasures are not what glitters, but what teaches. Journey with Kofi, Nia, Jabari, and Ada, four daring friends whose thirst for adventure leads them on an epic quest across the rich tapestry of Africa’s heartlands. From dusty ancient maps hidden in attics to the farthest reaches of legendary empires, our heroes traverse savannahs, climb mountains, and navigate mighty rivers. They meet guardians of history who share with them the stories of Mali’s scholars, Ghana’s gold, ...

How can a blind man see more than his companion, the hunter? And how do fishes find themselves swimming in the grass of a forest? Nothing is quite as it seems in this unusual collection of tales gathered from the far north to the equator, and the transformations that occur provide plenty of food for thought on just how vast and mysterious our world is.

This book brings together scientists, theologians, biblical scholars, and scholars of religion to explore the relationship between Pentecostalism and science with respect to miracles. The chapters cover a broad range of issues, such as how to frame the relation between science and religion; the compatibility of miracles and modern science; the best way of understanding signs and wonders in light of biblical texts; to what extent healing prayer should be studied scientifically; how the miraculous has been portrayed in modern cultural imaginarium; and the implications of all the above for ...

Keats accused Newton of destroying the poetry of the rainbow by explaining the origin of its colours. In this illuminating and provocative book, Richard Dawkins argues that Keats could not have been more mistaken and shows how an understanding of science enhances our wonder of the world. He argues that mysteries do not lose their poetry because they are solved: the solution is often more beautiful than the puzzle, uncovering even deeper mysteries.

This close look at Wonder Woman's history portrays a complicated heroine who is more than just a female Superman with a golden lasso and bullet-deflecting bracelets. The original Wonder Woman was ahead of her time, advocating female superiority and the benefits of matriarchy in the 1940s. At the same time, her creator filled the comics with titillating bondage imagery, and Wonder Woman was tied up as often as she saved the world.

Heard about the lizard that shoots blood from its eyes? Or the ancient Romans who used pee as mouthwash? Did you know that going on a roller coaster can cure kidney stones? In this compendium of obscure facts listeners will be treated to baffling knowledge they would never learn at school. Broken into chapters including geography, space, and history, a team of experts has scoured the world to find the silliest and most pointless facts that it has to offer.

Graphene: The Wonder Material Shaping Our Future takes listeners on a captivating journey into the realm of graphene—a single layer of carbon atoms with extraordinary properties. From its accidental discovery to the present day, we explore historical milestones and ingenious minds behind breakthroughs.

Pakistani author Daniyal Mueenuddin, an "elegant stylist with a light touch" ( Publishers Weekly, starred review), crafts eight intricately connected short stories. Each compelling tale revolves around the life and legacy of K. K. Harouni, a wealthy landowner in feudal, corruption-fueled Lahore. In this cutthroat society, a servant girl can immediately gain prestige by seducing a powerful married man - and then lose it just as swiftly.

World-renowned Christian philosopher. Beloved professor. Author of the classic Lament for a Son. Nicholas Wolterstorff is all of these and more. His memoir In This World of Wonders opens a remarkable new window into the life and thoughts of this remarkable man. In This World of Wonders is the story of a thoughtful and grateful Christian whose life has been shaped by many loves - love of philosophy, love of family, love of art and architecture, love of nature and gardening, and more. It’s a lovely, wonderful story.

The feel-good book to live your happiness Pia is dissatisfied with herself and fed up with her life. That is until she meets Petunia, a wonderful old lady on a sky-blue bench. From then on everything changes for Pia. Touched by humor and emotion, Pia follows her new path, guided in rendezvous with the mysterious Petunia and her insight into happiness. This tender story about the true meaning of life is for all those who only feel some joy and happiness; for those who are hardly happy at all; and those who can't really remember what happiness feels like. But essentially, it is for all of us;...

Former teachers Richard and Judy Dockrey Young bring their frightening performances alive on audio with 14 ghost stories from the American Southwest.

Another fascinating title in the fantastically funny history series from the acclaimed Tony Robinson. Tony Robinson takes you on a headlong gallop through time, pointing out all the most important, funny, strange, amazing, entertaining, smelly and disgusting bits about the British! It's history, but not as we know it! Find out everything you ever needed to know in this brilliant, action-packed, fact-filled book.

In his acclaimed books, including classics such as Meeting Jesus Again for the First Time, The Heart of Christianity, Speaking Christian, and Convictions, Marcus J. Borg helped shape an enlightened modernist view of Christianity. A leading scholar of the historical Jesus acclaimed for his ability to speak about Christianity in the context of contemporary society, Borg offered profound wisdom and inspiration - a new way of seeing and living the Christian life.

In the mystical realm, where magic intertwines with reality, an extraordinary journey awaits. Follow the captivating tale of "Wanderers of the Mystical Realm" as two unlikely heroes, Dean Nebeker and Eve Young, embark on an adventure that will forever change their lives. Retired and content with their tranquil life, Dean and Eve set off on a cross-country journey in their motorhome, accompanied by their faithful companion, Lady, a mini Chihuahua. Little do they know that fate has something extraordinary in store for them. When a chance encounter leads them to a hidden portal, they find ...