New Releases by Michael Hurley

Board Sports shows readers some of the world''s most extreme board sports!

An exciting, high-interest Olympic series designed to tie-in perfectly with the London Olympics in 2012. The series offers up-to-date and comprehensive information specific to the games in 2012 and a detailed look at new technologies that are making a huge impact in the world of sports today. Other titles examine the scale, history, and huge popularity of the event up to the present day.

Readers will learn more about soccer and especially attacking play as well as reading about some of the great names in this sport.

Readers will learn more about soccer and especially goalkeeping as well as reading about some of the great names in this sport.

Describes how to both practically and mentally prepare for different types of disasters.

Alongside biographies of famous international players at each of these potitions, Football Files looks at fitness, techniques, and nutrition. This high interest recreational read will engage readers by looking at the history and skills of some of their favourite players, whilst giving them great tips om how to play like their heroes.

Introduces some of the greatest soccer players from around the world, including Pele, Zinedine Zidane, and David Beckham, who have participated in the World Cup championship.

Discusses the professional history of the sport and the World Cup championship, including soccer''s most famous players and their fans.

Introduces the host nation, teams, players, and stadiums of the 2010 World Cup championship.

A fledgling love affair in Rhodes weaves in and out of different realities...a couple staying in a farmhouse in northern France try and find love for the child they were forced into wanting...a Polish immigrant confronts his fears in an alien city...two lovers find a simple truth about the people in their lives in a child''s picture book. These and other stories in the collection navigate the strange landscape between endings and beginnings.

In the tradition of Thoreau, author Michael C. Hurley offers insights on life, faith and family as revealed in wilderness journeys. Exquisitely illustrated stories transport readers to canoeing expeditions in the north woods and peaceful afternoons on southern streams. With a quiet wisdom, Hurley evokes universal truths hidden in wild places and invites readers to re-discover those truths for themselves. FAM045000; NAT024000; SPO010000

Discusses and prescribes possible solutions to the remaining ecumenical issues of inter-church relationships. The initiatives which result from and which enlarge and enrich this ecumenical vision lead to growing mutual understanding on the issues which c

The core of this book is a five-night series of meetings for parishioners who are interested in meeting together for faith-sharing -- expressing and developing their faith by prayer, reflection on the scriptures, listening to and then sharing with each other on a teaching arising from the scripture reading. At the end of the meetings, an option is offered to the participants to create a support structure for themselves in the form of parish cell groups. The development of these parish cell groups has revolutionized parishes where they have been set up. They offer maximum involvement for the parishioners in the mission of the church, mutual support in prayer, scripture reflection and faith development, and minimal extra work for the pastor.

This guide contains over 1000 entries listing Australian gay and lesbian writers and their publications, as well as subject entries ranging from AIDS to sado-masochism. Non-fiction as well as fiction writers are represented, and the text provides information on the reception of these publications.