Lost amid the desert sands! When Beck Granger & his friend Peter join Becks Uncle Al for a holiday in Africa they arent expecting to find themselves stranded in the Sahara Desert. But when they stumble upon a smuggling ring & have to bail out of a plane over the desert Beck knows their chances of survival are slim. Somehow they must find their way back to civilisation but there are snakes scorpions & the merciless rays of the sun to overcome first! This is a gripping African adventure packed with real survival details & dangers at every turn! ...

Mission: Survival. Location: The Alaskan mountains. Dangers: Blizzards; grizzly bears; white-water rapids. A fatal plane crash. A frozen wilderness. The world's youngest survival expert is in trouble again... Beck Granger must find help across the mountains
- but even if he survives the deadly cold can he escape the hungry wolf that is on his trail? The second book in an explosive adventure series from real-life survival expert Bear Grylls.
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Mission: Survival. Location: The Indonesian jungle. Dangers: Lava flows; fearsome tigers; orang-utans. Young survival expert Beck Granger is supposed to be enjoying a holiday. But when a volcano erupts he is stranded & must flee from red-hot lava & molten rocks crashing out of the sky. If he is to stay alive he must make his way across the jungle to safety
- travelling right through the heart of tiger territory... The fourth book in an explosive adventure series from real-life survival expert Bear Grylls.
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Lost in the jungle! Beck Granger is on a trip to Colombia in his school holidays. His anthropologist uncle has taken him along on a visit to Don Rafael de Castillo a descendent of a great explorer who is claimed to have discovered a lost City of Gold. But the secret of the city died with the explorer
- until now... His uncle & Don Rafael believe they know where to find the city & Beck gets to go along for the ride. But when the two men are kidnapped Beck is left to solve this new mystery on his own. With Marco & Christina the Don's children. he must set off into the wilds of Colombia to find the city
- & bring his uncle back. Beck must build a raft & negotiate wild river rapids make camp defend his friends from wild animals & keep them all alive in the jungle. A fast-paced exciting new adventure full of real survival details & gruesome tips.

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In this his crowning manifesto on behalf of continued space exploration & travel legendary space statesman Buzz Aldrin argues passionately & articulately for continuing to push the boundaries of our knowledge of the universe & specifically for focussing assets intellect & policy toward sending humans to the planet Mars by the year 2032. A pioneering astronaut & a rocket scientist who helped develop the orbital rendezvous technique critical to America's moon landings Aldrin presents his unified space vision by tracking the history of space flight & plotting the path of future exploration & discovery that must be followed for the United States & the world to reach his stated goal. ...

If your shelves are overloaded with books on how to do mission create some space to engage with this book. No to-do lists. No win-win strategies. Instead this discerning book reflects on the inner resources & attitude of mind required to engage in mission in a post-modern pluralist society. Combining real-life case studies with vital lessons from her own personal journey Susan Hope explores what happens to us on the inside when we embark on mission. This gently provocative book will help us to listen to the Holy Spirit & the cultures in which we find ourselves. This book encourages the reader to discover a spirituality that envigorates & revives enthusiasm & personal vision for mission. ...

In The Missional Leader consultants Alan Roxburgh & Fred Romanuk give church & denominational leaders pastors & clergy a clear model for leading the change necessary to create & foster a missional church focused outward to spread the message of the Gospel into the surrounding community. The Missional Leader emphasizes principles rather than institutional forms shows readers how to move away from church as usual " & demonstrates what capacities environments & mindsets are required to lead a missional church." ...

Guidance for church leaders to develop their own maps & chart new paths toward stronger more vibrant & more missional congregations In the burgeoning missional church movement churches are seeking to become less focused on programs for members & more oriented toward outreach to people who are not already in church. This fundamental shift in what a congregation is & does & thinks is challenging for leaders & congregants. Using the metaphor of map-making the book explains the perspective & skills needed to lead congregations & denominations in a time of radical change over unfamiliar terrain as churches change their focus from internal to external. Offers a clear guide for leaders wanting to transition to a missional church model Written by Alan Roxburgh a prominent expert & practitioner in the missional movement Guides leaders seeking to create new maps for leadership & church organization & focus A Volume in the popular Leadership Network Series This book is written to be accessible to all Christian congregational styles & denominations. ...

At the start of the American Civil War neither side had warships on either side of the Mississippi River & in the first few months of the war both sides scrambled to gather a flotilla converting existing riverboats for naval use. These ships wrere converted into powerful naval weapons despite a lack of resources trained manpower & suitable vessels. The creation of a river fleet was a miracle of ingenuity improvisation & logistics particularly for the South. This title describes their design development & operation throughout the American Civil War. ...

Midnight: a mist-haunted wood with a bad reputation. A sweet sixteen party & thirteen-year-old Nell is trying to keep her sister spoilt birthday-girl Gwen out of trouble. No chance. Trouble finds Gwen & drags her through the mist. Only Nell guesses whos behind the kidnap
- the boy she hoped was her friend the gorgeous but mysterious Evan River. Evan is no ordinary boy
- he has a secret which will lead Nell to question everything she has always learned from her grandmothers stories. Evan lives on the fringes of Nells world rarely glimpsed misunderstood & feared but a long-simmering showdown between the two worlds is looming.. .

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