The Secret Life of Bad Bishops
The Bad Bishop is a notorious villain in chess, but often a perfectly respectable bishop is falsely accused. The Secret Life of Bad Bishops takes an in-depth look at the bishop not just dealing with good and bad bishops but also more nuanced cases...
Grand Strategy in 10 Words
In a world that has returned to great power rivalry, understanding the grand strategy of these powers is crucial. This book introduces ten key terms for analysing grand strategy and shows how the world's great powers - the United States, China, Ru...
Sven
»Berättelsen om Sven handlar om tiden som varken går bakåt eller framåt utan i cirkel. Om hur företeelser från olika perioder lever parallellt. Om hur dåtida och framtida kan finnas närvarande i en och samma sekund.« Så skriver Lotta Jonson i efterordet till Peter de Rus berättelse bestående av drygt 30 färgfotografier. De berättar om Svens stillsamma tillvaro nära djur och natur i det hus, några mil sydöst om Stockholm, där han levt hela sitt 88-åriga liv. Peter de Ru är uppväxt i Holland och f
Bishop Elvin: Can't Even Do Wrong Right
Elvin, en Blues- & Southern Rockikon med en femtioårig lång karriär och var bl. a. en av grundarna av Paul Butterfield Blues Band. Här spelar hans stjärn-turnéband och gästas av Mickey Thomas & Charlie Musselwhite.
St. Cyprian of Carthage and the College of Bishops
This book assesses episcopal cooperation as envisioned by the third-century bishop Cyprian of Carthage. It outlines and assesses the interactions between local bishops, provincial groups of bishops, and the worldwide college. Assessing these inter...
European Security Strategy
In December 2003 the EU adopted the European Security Strategy, the first ever common strategic vision of the Member States. This volume examines how the Strategy can form the basis of a comprehensive approach that integrates all dimensions of EU ...
European Strategy in the 21st Century
This book argues that Europe, through the European Union (EU), should act as a great power in the 21st century. The course of world politics is determined by the interaction between great powers. Those powers are the US, the established power; Rus...
Aliens: Bishop
Massively damaged in Aliens and Alien3, the synthetic Bishop asked to be shut down forever. His creator, Michael Bishop, has other plans. He seeks the Xenomorph knowledge stored in the android's mind, and brings Bishop back to life-but for what re...
Billy Bishop
"This is a solid, no-nonsense book, an important one that lays the Bishop controversy to rest... a tour de force of research..." - Vancouver Sun "A meticulously researched book."- Ian Gillespie, London Free Pres...
King's Bishop
Medieval York is brought to life by Candace Robb in this suspense laden and spellbinding murder mystery. If you like Ellis Peters, S J Parris, Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell, you will love this! 'A superb medieval mystery, thoroughly grounded ...
Elizabeth Bishop
In this finely written companion to Elizabeth Bishop's poetry, Bonnie Costello gives a compelling use of Bishop and her ways of seeing and writing.
Aliens: Bishop
A direct sequel to Aliens and Alien 3-Weyland-Yutani, the Colonial Marines, and Bishop's creator all pursue the android for the deadly Xenomorph data contained in his brain. Written by T. R. Napper, author of the acclaimed 36 Streets, whose explos...
Billy Bishop
William Avery Bishop best known as Billy has been hailed as the British Empires highest-scoring World War I fighter ace. Officially credited with victory in seventy-two air battles, the Canadian-born pilot was honoured in a special ceremony by Kin...
Biskop Nisse
Boken är skriven i romanform och handlingen utgår ifrån kinkiga frågor för Svenska kyrkan, men som dess företrädare ogärna vill veta av. Så framträder en sanningssägare i Uppsala, som sätter fingret på dem: medlemsflykt, trosförmynderi, politikvir...
Bishop Endings
Proper handling of Bishops in the Endgame is an important feature in today's chess and a must for every chess player who wants to climb the world's chess hierarchy. This book deals with all important themes and ideas on the world of Bish...
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop dedicated her poetry to telling 'what really happened'. Yet what really happened in the life on one of the twentieth century's finest and most beloved American poets has eluded readers for years. In this first full biography, Bret...
Elizabeth Bishop
Elizabeth Bishop represents a full-scale examination of Bishop's work-poetry, prose, and selected unpublished material-to reveal how personal loss becomes implicated in her vision of self as fluid and unfixed and, at the same time, how gender and ...
Biskop Thomas
Biskop Thomas er en betydningsfuld stemme, ikke kun i Egypten, men for kristne i hele Mellemøsten. I ørkenen mellem Kairo og Alexandria har han etableret Anafora, et center for åndeligt liv og menneskeligt fællesskab. Her kommer mennesker, både fra Egypten og resten af verden, for at søge inspiration, fordybelse og fornyelse.Ordet Anafora betyder ”at løfte”, og det er biskop Thomas’ store vision: at løfte mennesker, så de får håb for fremtiden. Han mener, at kirken har en forpligtelse til at engagere sig i samfundet, og han vil som biskop gerne medvirke til at skabe forandring og udvikling i Egypten. Især har han fokus på at hjælpe landets fattige til at få en uddannelse.Det kristne mindretal i Egypten lever under et stort pres, men bogen er ikke så meget en beretning om forfølgelse. Den handler mere om den åndelige kraft, der har båret kopterne gennem århundreder, og som i dag viser sig i kirkens bestræbelser på at skabe en atmosfære af fred og forsoning. Udgangspunktet er, at
