This ambitious interdisciplinary book seeks to explain the origins of religion using our knowledge of the evolution of cognition. A cognitive anthropologist & psychologist Scott Atran argues that religion is a by-product of human evolution just as the cognitive intervention cultural selection & historical survival of religion is an accommodation of certain existential & moral elements that have evolved in the human condition. ...

I dont feel sorry for myself. Today everything is all right. I look at it is this way it cant ever be as bad as it was then.... Sean Hogan was just eight years old when he was confined in the notorious Artane Industrial School under the brutal regime of the Christian Brothers. In & out of care throughout his childhood Sean was so badly neglected by his alcoholic parents that he never even knew what day his birthday fell on or how old he was
- things he only learned as an adult. But when he arrived at Artane instead of receiving the care he so desperately needed he entered into months of horrific sexual abuse at the hands of some of the brothers. Now for the first time he feels able to tell his story
- & reveal the devastating truth of what really happened in Irelands industrial schools. In Harms Way" is a powerful & moving story of astonishing hardship & near despair but also of triumph over terrible adversity."

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It is 1895 & the world is in turmoil. The Great Powers compete for resources & the latest technology & an undeclared & secret war rages between them all. This is battleground of the Adventuring Companies. These clandestine agents of the Great Powers operate in the shadows matching skills & wits in pursuit of the newest scientific formulae or powerful occult artifacts. In Her Majestys Name" sets these adventuring companies against each other in one-off encounters & in longer narrative campaigns. Companies are usually comprised of just 4-15 figures & two players could easily play three games in an evening making an on-going campaign a highly viable option. In " Her Majestys Name" has been designed to allow maximum versatility for the player
- if you can imagine it the system will help you build it. There is however a wealth of material provided in the book covering weird science mystical powers & a range of pre-generated adventuring companies including the British Explorers Club the Prussian Society of Thule the US Marine Corps the Legion Etrangere the revolutionaries of the Brick Lane Commune ancient Egyptian cults & the mysterious Black Dragon Tong."
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What would you do if your past came back to haunt you? This is a dark thrilling novel for fans of Kate Morton & Victoria Hislop. From the author of The Screts Between Us part of the 2012 Richard & Judy Summer Reads comes this dark thrilling novel that is perfect for your book group. It's set twenty years ago against a backdrop of dreamy Cornish summers a place where childhood friendship becomes young love where love becomes obsession & where obsession ultimately ends in betrayal & a tragic death. This magical novel traces a web of memories back through the years from the present day ultimately showing that no matter how much you might try to forget the past the past never forgets you... ...

Its an impossibly difficult & painful time; someone you love has just died & you have very quickly to choose an appropriate & moving reading for the funeral. In an increasingly secular age people often look for a poem or piece of prose which will celebrate the life of the person who has just died & as well as inspiring religious poems Sally Emersons anthology

Includes:: secular words of comfort celebration & mourning. This is also an anthology in its own right & offers insight into universal emotions. These pieces will help to express grief & anger but also help to understand grieving & the gradual repair of life after losing a loved one.

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Concentrating upon her family & their life in Holland before the war this inspiring & revealing book describes in moving detail living above the family watch shop in Harlem & her memories of the family together before their lives changed for ever with the advent of war & persecution. Corrie believed that this life helped prepare them for carrying out God's work later & gave her the strength to survive the war brutal hardship & persecution & begin her worldwide ministry. This much loved book is being re-issued in B format with a contemporary cover. ...

Turn the colourful pages of this irresistible board book to discover just what makes a little bunnys meadow so happy. Is it the soft grass? Is it the bubbling stream? No its his family! Bright pictures a sweet reassuring message & an adorable finger puppet fill this book with reading & playtime fun. ...

' Honest funny heartfelt.. .I loved it' Cathy Kelly Clear-eyed touching forthright & funny In My Mother's Shoes is Alison Walsh's delightful account of three generations of mothers -- her Nana leading light of the Irish Countrywomen's Association indomitable in all things except deferring to her husband; her mother whose glamorous career as a 1960s air hostess was cut cruelly short by the simple act of getting married; & Alison herself a modern woman whose life would not be thwarted by such lack of choice. Or would it? ' Cheerful intelligent funny & shockingly sensible.. . Buy it. Read it. Pass it on.' Judith O' Reilly author of Wife in the North ' Honest & immensely readable.. .many mothers will find themselves nodding along in recognition. I will be passing it on &
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- looking for it back' Sunday Business Post ' Yay for Alison Walsh!.. . An adroit & honest account of having babies (in the UK & Ireland) of bringing up babies (ditto) of being a Celtic Tiger mum working all the hours God sends to being a-stay-at-home mum plus all the messy compromises in between' Sunday Independent

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His Holiness the Dalai Lama is celebrated as Buddhisms pre-eminent spiritual master & teacher embodying the highest aspirations of this rich tradition that is more than 2 500 years old. This fascinating book explores some of His Holiness most powerful writings & talks. As he explains the elements of the Buddhas teachings & the basic practices of meditation he also engages & reconciles the innovations of modern science with Buddhist perspectives. Ultimately His Holiness calls for the celebration of diversity & the recognition of interdependence that breeds a sense of Universal Responsibility which must govern all of our relationships in this increasingly fragmented world. ...

Kate OBrien is thirty & has very little to think about except trying to keep her balance as she totters up Londons media-land ladder. Fiona OBrien is Kates responsible older sister
- with a husband twin boys a dog & now.. .a life-changing problem. Its a problem that means Kate going back to Dublin. Pronto. There she finds herself stepping into Fionas shoes
- & discovering that shes definitely not cut out to be a domestic goddess. On top of that the ex she thought shed got over years ago turns up to haunt her. Will either of the OBrien sisters survive? & even if they do can either of them slip back into their old shoes ever again?

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