What every church needs to know about sports ministry A guide to developing church sport & recreation ministries Especially relevant to churcheswho want to run sport programmes ahead of the 2012 Olympics Bryan Mason contends that sport is as vital a part of the church programme as say youth work or women's ministry Indeed by its all-encompassing nature it reaches out to every age group Sport is an ideal atmosphere for making friends & sharing the difference Jesus Christ makes in your life This book provides vital information & ideas for churches wishing to make mission a central goal as 2012 approaches ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A powerful Romanian drama centred on the friendship between two young women who&s lives & sexualities are put to the test when one of them finds religion From acclaimed director Christian Mungiu (4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Day) & winner of the Best Actress & Best Screenplay award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Actors Cosmina Stratan Cristina Flutur & Valeriu Andriuta Director Cristian Mungiu Certificate 12 years & over Year 2012 Languages Romanian Subtitles English Duration 2 hours & 33 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A powerful Romanian drama centred on the friendship between two young women who&s lives & sexualities are put to the test when one of them finds religion From acclaimed director Christian Mungiu (4 Months 3 Weeks & 2 Day) & winner of the Best Actress & Best Screenplay award at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival Actors Cosmina Stratan Cristina Flutur & Valeriu Andriuta Director Cristian Mungiu Certificate 12 years & over Year 2012 Languages Romanian Subtitles English Duration 2 hours & 33 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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60 Degrees SOUTH NOTHING BUT SEA ICE & UNFETTERED STORMS BUT TWO MILES DOWN SOMETHING IS STIRRING Five years ago Eli Glinn led a mission ro recover a 25000-ton meteorite
- the largest ever discovered
- from a remote island off the coast of South America It ended in disaster when their ship foundered & broke apart in a vicious storm But now two miles down in dark Antarctic waters something is growing A vast grotesque structure is simultaneously reaching up towards the waves & burrowing deep into the sea floor Eli Glinn's worst fear has been realised He has no choice but to return to the Southern Ocean & attempt to annihilate an entity that threatens the existence of the planet But as he will discover the entity has no intention of going quietly

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While more & more companies are aggressively pursuing Operational Excellence by employing Six Sigma Lean & other continuous improvement methods the concept has yet to be defined in a way that can be easily taught & applied especially in industries other than manufacturing This book fills that need Beyond the Lean Office uses a compelling novel format to illustrate what it takes to create & sustain flow & Operational Excellence in the office Readers learn as they follow the main character through initial attempts to correct late responses to a primary customer & the evolution to an approach based on Operational Excellence The story illustrates the day-to-day issues that most organizations face in their pursuit of Operational Excellence To achieve Operational Excellence it takes more than just a strong leader with passion & drive The key ingredient is practical knowledge that can be applied quickly & easily by following a process This book supplies step-by-step guidance on how to move your office services from point A to point B The practical insights & guidance presented here create a road map that can be shared with each employee to rapidly move your organization forward All chapters also include a From the Author section that shares authoritative insights on the topic at hand After reading this book you will understand how to design & create self-healing flow that provides reliable predictable output in the office & operates without the need for management intervention to deliver the services provided by the office Instead management focuses on the activities that grow your enterprise ...

In the dying days of the eighth century the Vikings erupted onto the international stage with brutal raids & slaughter The medieval Norsemen may be best remembered as monk murderers & village pillagers but this is far from the whole story Throughout the Middle Ages long-ships transported hairy northern voyagers far & wide where they not only raided but also traded explored & settled new lands encountered unfamiliar races & embarked on pilgrimages & crusades The Norsemen travelled to all corners of the medieval world & beyond; north to the wastelands of arctic Scandinavia south to the politically turbulent heartlands of medieval Christendom west across the wild seas to Greenland & the fringes of the North American continent & east down the Russian waterways trading silver skins & slaves Beyond the Northlands explores this world through the stories that the Vikings told about themselves in their sagas But the depiction of the Viking world in the Old Norse-Icelandic sagas goes far beyond historical facts What emerges from these tales is a mixture of realism & fantasy quasi-historical adventures & exotic wonder-tales that rocket far beyond the horizon of reality On the crackling brown pages of saga manuscripts trolls dragons & outlandish tribes jostle for position with explorers traders & kings To explore the sagas & the world that produced them Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough now takes her own trip through the dramatic landscapes that they describe Along the way she illuminates the rich but often confusing saga accounts with a range of other evidence archaeological finds rune-stones medieval world maps encyclopaedic manuscripts & texts from as far away as Byzantium & Baghdad As her journey across the Old Norse world shows by situating the sagas against the revealing background of this other evidence we can begin at least to understand just how the world was experienced remembered & imagined by this unique culture from the outermost edge of Europe so many centuries ago ...

In Beyond the Page Blake writes about his projects since 2000 Published to co-incide with the publication of Words & Pictures in paperback for the first time 256 pages 320 colour Blake Quentin ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Academy Award winner Michael Douglas is Madec a rich ruthless international businessman & avid game hunter Searching for a new trophy to add to his collection he hires young tracker Ben (Jeremy Irvine- The Railway Man War Horse) as his guide through the Reach a vast & hostile basin in the Mojave Desert But when the hunt goes tragically wrong Ben finds himself the target of Madec s fiendish mind Using only his survival skills & knowledge of the Reach Ben is forced to challenge Madec at his own game in a desperate attempt to bring him to justice Set against one of the world s most desolate & unforgiving landscapes Beyond the Reach is a blistering story of survival featuring a powerhouse performance from Michael Douglas as the corporate predator Madec Actors Michael Douglas Jeremy Irvine Ronny Cox Directors Jean-Baptiste L&233;onetti Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play For Bobby Darin (Kevin Spacey) performing was his life It kept his heart beating He came alive onstage even when he was near collapse offstage In & Beyond The Sea& Bobby tells his own story At age seven Bobby gets rheumatic fever that damages his heart forever The doctor tells his mother Polly (Brenda Blethyn) he&ll be lucky to live to the age of fifteen Polly & Bobby&s older sister Nina (Caroline Aaron) take care of him along with Nina&s husband Charlie (Bob Hoskins) Modern medicine & determination keep him alive his heart&s still ticking & by 20 with the help of his best friend turned manager Steve Blauner (John Goodman) & musical director Dick Behrke (Peter Cincotti) he&s working his way up from tacky clubs to performing in Vegas finally scoring a hit with & Splish Splash& But Bobby wants more As he tells Life Magazine he wants to be a legend by 25 & Mack The Knife& makes him the star he&s dreamed of becoming but for him this is only the beginning ...

A legendary figure in the bothying' scene Allister (Ashie') Brebner fell in love with the Scottish hills as a boy In 1963 he gave up his factory job to co-found Highland Safaris
- & he never looked back In his first book he shares anecdotes of hillwalking the winter skiing season building the famous Secret Howff
- & delivering sheep in a minibus to make ends meet Ashie writes with honesty & insight about the magnificence of the Scottish outdoors joining a tradition of writers inspired by the natural landscape Alongside the celebration of nature is a warm witty account of a life spent pursuing the freedom of the mountains

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