New Releases by Paul Collins

When the city of Quentaris is uprooted and sent adrift in the uncharted rift-maze, Tab Vidler strives to adjust to the changes that this brings and to help her city deal with an invasion from the enemy city of Tolrush.

Every good exercise program starts with a method by which training principles are based upon. In Kettlebell Conditioning, Coach Collins has developed the 4-Stage BodyBell(R) Training SystemA'' that allows you to learn the basic strength and swing pattern drills before more complex power orientated movement patterns. The unique shape of the ......

"Sixpence House is the bookworm''s answer to A Year in Provence." -Boston Globe Paul Collins and his family abandoned the hills of San Francisco to move to the Welsh countryside-to move, in fact, to the village of Hay-on-Wye, the "Town of Books" that boasts fifteen hundred inhabitants-and forty bookstores. Taking readers into a secluded sanctuary for book lovers, and guiding us through the creation of the author''s own first book, Sixpence House becomes a heartfelt and often hilarious meditation on what books mean to us. A #1 BookSense Pick "A delightful book."-Los Angeles Times "Collins'' gift is that you don''t care where you end up. The journey is enough."-Readerville "The real, engaging heart of the tale is Collins'' love of books and other people who love them...Collins muses on antiquarian books the way the rest of us remember lost loves."-San Francisco Chronicle "Funny, informative, somewhat chaotic and full of interesting references...there are numerous meanders into peripheral subjects, seen through the astute eyes of an Anglophile American."-Washington Post

A Book Sense Fall 2005 History Channel Top Ten Pick Paul Collins combines present-day travelogue with an odyssey down the forgotten paths of history as he searches for the physical remains of founding father Thomas Paine. Paine''s missing body, like a saint''s relics, has been scattered in pieces around the world over the last two centuries-a brainstem in New York, a box of bones in London, a lock of hair in Edinburgh, a skull in Sydney. As Paul tracks down these remnants, he revisits the unusual life of Tom Paine-and in his search for Paine''s body, Collins uncovers that body''s soul.

The Roman Catholic Church has always been concerned with the quality of the music used in the liturgy, and the essays in this volume trace the church''s efforts, during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth, to cultivate a more appropriate liturgical music for its Latin Rite. The task of restoration - expressed, for example, in the chant revival associated with the monks of Solesmes, the efforts of the Cecilian movement, and Pius X''s determination to reform sacred music in the universal church - is a recurring theme in the book. Meanwhile resistance, particularly to the reforms decreed by the pope''s 1903 motu proprio, also finds a voice in the volume. The essays collected here describe selected scenes and episodes from the unending story of imperfect human beings trying to express in their music the perfection of God.

Every piece of exercise equipment serves a purpose, but none more so than the dumbbell, commonly referred to as ''free weights'' or ''hand weights. Held in either one hand or as a pair in both hands whilst performing exercises, dumbbells can be used to create a highly effective and successful exercise program. Now, Dumbbell Training offers readers a revolutionary new way to get the most out of any exercise plan using the tried-and-tested 3-Stage Dumbbell Training System.

Presents practical, easy-to-follow exercises to condition your body for athletic and sports performance. This title - for men and women - provides step-by-step coaching advice and workouts utilizing body weight, fitness balls, medicine balls, plyometrics, resistance bands, stability and speed training equipment.

This title presents more than 100 exercises specifically designed to help increase speed, agility, and reactions. This superb new volume - for men and women - from award-winning personal fitness trainer Paul Collins, presents readers with practical, easy-to-follow exercises to develop your speed, agility, and reactions. "Speed for Sports" features more than 100 training drills using agility poles, mini hurdles, and speed ladders, as well as sample speed training sessions that will help to maximize your speed potential, both as an individual and as part of a team - giving you that extra edge over the competition.

"Collins elucidates, with great compassion, what it means to be ''normal'' and what it means to be human." -Los Angeles Times When Paul Collins''s son Morgan was two years old, he could read, spell, and perform multiplication tables in his head...but not answer to his own name. A casual conversation-or any social interaction that the rest of us take for granted-will, for Morgan, always be a cryptogram that must be painstakingly decoded. He lives in a world of his own: an autistic world. In Not Even Wrong, Paul Collins melds a memoir of his son''s autism with a journey into this realm of permanent outsiders. Examining forgotten geniuses and obscure medical archives, Collins''s travels take him from an English churchyard to the Seattle labs of Microsoft, and from a Wisconsin prison cell block to the streets of Vienna. It is a story that reaches from a lonely clearing in the Black Forest into the London palace of King George I, from Defoe and Swift to the discovery of evolution; from the modern dawn of the computer revolution to, in the end, the author''s own household. Not Even Wrong is a haunting journey into the borderlands of neurology - a meditation on what "normal" is, and how human genius comes to us in strange and wondrous forms.

Covering all aspects of the syllabus, Crash Course offers you a fast way to recap on all you need to know to get through the exams with ease! Styled in an easy-to-follow, readily accessible format, each book has been prepared by senior medical students or junior doctors - under faculty supervision - to give you the correct level of information exactly as you need it! Each book begins with ‘The Patient Presents With....’ whilst the second part covers the common diseases and disorders you are likely to see in the clinical situation. Richly illustrated throughout, each chapter commences with learning objectives and has ample use of ‘Hints and Tips’ boxes, ‘Communication’ boxes and other useful aide-memoires. Self-assessment material – closely reflecting current exam requirements - concludes each volume and provides you with an opportunity to perfect both your knowledge and exam technique! Fly through your exams with Crash Course – THE revision aid to get you the results you need! Provides the exam syllabus in one place! Written by senior medical students or junior doctors – authors who really understand today’s exam situation! Senior Faculty Advisors ensure complete accuracy of the text! Full artwork programme, improved ‘Hints and Tips’ boxes, and ‘Communication’ boxes help you remember the key points! Self-Assessment section – fully updated to reflect new curriculum requirements – helps you maximise your grade! Solid, accurate, user-friendly coverage provides enough detail even for those aiming at distinction! Fully updated self-assessment section – ideal for current examination practice! Includes useful ‘Learning Objectives’ at the start of each chapter. Pharmacological and disease management information updated in line with current best practice guidelines. Includes recent research findings. Discusses key aspects of patient communication – presented in easy ‘Communication’ boxes. Fully updated to include feedback from hundreds of students!

"Wardragon is the culmination of The Jelindel Chronicles in a soaring saga. Finally Jelindel, with her allies, Zimak and Daretor, has tracked the alien mailshirt across two radically different worlds. But the journey is perilous when each step is lined with flying beasts, metal wasps, mercenaries and assassins . . . and the mailshirt linked up with the evil Preceptor to create a deadly enemy. All Jelindel has is a little magic, Zimak’s wit and Daretor’s sword to scrape through and that is not enough. Collins captures a terrifying, tense world with a touch of humour and holds it to the last shattering battle.” ALLAN BAILLIE

The youth of our nation are struggling. They are disconnected and adrift. Jesus has called us to reach them and those who feel the call often feel overwhelmed and unprepared as they face this seemingly insurmountable task. This book is written to give not only hope and encouragement, but tools that work. Even starting with nothing in a small church with a tiny budget you can be effective in reaching the youth of this generation, even if you don''t have a bible college degree. Hang on, this could be the greatest job you will ever love! Paul Collins is Pastor of Underground Fellowship in Green Bay WI and the founder of Oben Youth Ministries. He has worked with teens for 27 years in various capacities including adult sponsor, church scout group leader, bus driver, retreat cook, camp counselor, Sunday school teacher and Youth Pastor. He has a passion for reaching the teens of this generation and for helping small churches find the keys to building successful youth ministries with limited budget and resources. Paul and his wife Lisa have worked side-by-side starting with 6 kids in their basement to a multi-faceted youth program reaching out to teens who attend the local church and those with no church background alike.

Annotation Strength Training for Women has been developed as a training guide as more women begin to understand the health benefits of this activity.

Intended for men and women, this volume presents readers with practical exercises to strengthen and tone your tummy, improve your posture, and increase vitality as well. It provides more than 100 exercises using the body''s own weight for strengthening, toning and reshaping various major muscles group.

The story takes a light hearted look at how life might be for children in the future. Subsequent stories will explore ways in which people in different places and in different conditions, cope with the problem of bringing the atmosphere back into balance and dealing sensitively with their environment.

A fractured world, 1600-1550 BC -- The rise of the great powers, 1550-1500 BC -- The birth of empires, 1500-1400 BC -- Power and prestige, 1400-1300 BC -- Empires collide, 1300-1200 BC -- Collapse and transformation, 1200-1100 BC -- The threat of chaos, 1100-1000 BC -- Survival and revival, 1000-900 BC -- Expanding horizons, 900-800 BC -- Stability and change, 800-700 BC -- From Babylon to Egypt, 700-00 BC -- A world united, 600-500 BC

Contains over 70 easy-to-follow exercises using your own body weight as well as fitness balls, medicine balls and abdominal machines that gives you leaner abs, a stronger lower-back, better posture and a trimmer waistline.

"Commissioned by powerful kings between the ninth and seventh centuries BC, when the small kingdom of Assyria in northern Iraq expanded through conquest to dominate the area from Egypt to Iran, the carved images are imperssive and eloquent witnesses to their remarkable achievements. Paul Collins expresses the historical context of the sculptures and surveys the artistic traditions in which they are rooted."--BOOK JACKET.

Exercise guide for achieving a stronger, leaner and more flexible body. Sydney based personal fitness trainer, Paul Collins, provides step by step instruction for improving posture, balance, coordination, strength and flexibility. More than 50 exercises for the whole body especially for the abdominal and lower back regions.

More than 50 exercises for all age groups, demonstrates exercises for the workplace, sports and general fitness, increase strength flexibility and range of motion.

Arna Tower and her Oldtree Guesthouse are experiencing tough times. Employees mysteriously disappear, deliveries go astray and business is dragging. But Arna''s foster-daughter Nisha, a fire magician, is determined to save her guardian''s business from collapse.

Nisha and Tal are seeking a reward for finding the star that''s missing from the heavens over Quentaris. Tal enlists the assistance of his mentor Esbandalon and racing against hordes of other reward seekers sails a boat of fire to the skies in the quest for the missing star. Agess 9-14. (SA: Year 6 - Year 9)

Tells the story of the Quentaran children stolen by Nordian traders to sell to the dispicable Trollantan rat people. Follows the children''s capture, journey through the Rift caves in tumbrels drawn by the brutish Nordians and their final arrival in the court of the Trollantan rat king, the hideous Rodentia.

Joshi is a disappointment to those around him. Born into the Nibhelline family, he displays none of the proud fighting traditions of the Greens. He even prefers gardening and growing flowers to living up to the family name. Ages 9-13.

When Paolo is thrown in prison for failure to repay the Archon for goods he bought and never received, Kiall and Eena are desperate to save him. The only option is to go fortune hunting, and Kiall has an idea. If he can get on a pirate ship and sneak through the caves, he might be able to steal their gold and save Paolo.

After the crash of the ship Colony, 14-year-old Welkin was left for dead on the inhospitable landscape of a ravaged Earth. After being rescued by a gang of Earthborn, Welkin proves his value and becomes a trusted member of the Family. But existence is still hand to mouth. The nuclear ravaged landscape is hardly more than a vast wasteland. Dangers from bands of mutants threaten continually. As does the ominous presence of Colony itself. Inside the grounded starship Skyborn inhabitants feed on their hatred of the Earthborn. When on routine patrol a Colony scout is captured by the Family, he reveals a secret: authorities onboard Colony have regrouped and mean to launch a final assault-to rid the Earth of the "savage" Earthborn for ever. But even Welkin--armed with his knowledge of Skyborn ways and methods--could never have been prepared for what he finds.

The dramatic events leading up to the appearance of white smoke over the Vatican and the public declaration from the balcony of St Peters- Habemus Papam- has been the most remarkable yet in the election of any Pontiff. The demise of Pope John Paul II was anticipated ever since he was rushed to Gemelli hospital on February 1st. Now he has died the legacy of this outstanding Pontiff is already the matter of fierce debate. A number of his closest advisers like Cardinals Ratzinger and Sodano are already fairly powerless as the Conclave has chosen a Pontiff more interested in the North South axis than that of East West. The final part of this important new book is an in-depth profile of the new Pope, His Holines Pope XXX. The middle part of the book is an account of the Conclave, the poiliticing and the jockeying for position. But it also contains character sketches of those who have been serious contenders for the See of Peter- Cardinal Walter Kasper, Cardinal Tettramanga of Florence, Cardinal Christoph von Schonborn of Vienna, Cardinal Arinze of Nigeria , Cardinal Claudio Hummes of Sao Paolo and Cardinal Rodriguez Madariaga of Honduras. There is also a sketch of some of the complete outsiders. Nobody could be more suited that Paul Collins to werite this incisive and informative account. he has already published books on the History of the Papacy.

The long-awaited sequel to Dragonfang Three mercenaries Poison coursing through their veins And only six weeks to find a stolen dragon relic ... “The action never stops in Dragonsight. Countess Jelindel dek Mediesar, Daretor and Zimak are sent on a desperate quest to recover a stolen jade talisman called the dragonsight. With a slow-acting poison ticking through their veins, they have only six weeks to find the talisman and take the antidote. There’s magic and mayhem aplenty as they’re hunted through the paraworlds, before the final violent confrontation at the Tower Inviolate. And them in sight of their goal, the ultimate treachery. A terrific page-turner, crammed full of action, intrigue and lashings of magic.” IAN IRVINE

Are You Interested in trimming your waist and firming and toning the muscles of the hips, buttocks and thighs? Do you want to develop your best body shape ever? Paul Collins, The Body Coach, is a world-renowned Personal Trainer dedicated to helping you get fit, lose weight, look good and feel great! The Body Coach''s revolutionary firmer thighs and trimmer waistline workout will teach you how to target muscles more effectively in order to maximize your personal results. More importantly, The Body Coach is there with you, guiding and motivating you all the way as your very own Personal Trainer. The introduction of The Body Coach 20-30-40 Exercise Principle sets a new standard in exercise, with an exercise timing clock that accommodates the beginner right through to the advanced level exerciser with each workout, enabling you to safely and progressively achieve your goals. Paul Collins, The Body Coach, is an award-winning Personal Trainer who has helped thousands of men, women and children achieve better health and a better body. A vocal advocate of the importance of personal health and physical conditioning, Paul has trained television stars, executives and sporting champions including members of the world-class Australian Olympic Swimming Team. Six major benefits you can expect from The Body Coach - Firmer Thighs & Trimmer Waist workout are: 1. A slim and fit body, 2. A trim and toned waistline 3. Slender and shapely legs 4. Firmer buttock region 5. Improved bone density; and 6. Increased energy levels Let The Body Coach - Firmer Thighs & Trimmer Waist take you to fitness and well being! Book jacket.

In the terrorised city, Tamaika uncovers an ancient tome untouched for centuries in the library cellar. The book bestows magical powers on Tamaika who is transformed at night into the heroine Mithla, the mythical Princess of Shadows protecting Quentaris from the evil curse. Ages 9-14.