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In 1929, a 22-year-old maverick named Frank Whittle - a self-taught aeronautical obsessive and risk-takingly brilliant RAF pilot - presented a blueprint for a revolutionary, jet-powered aircraft engine to the Air Ministry. His idea had the potential to change the course of history, but it was summarily rejected. In this meticulously researched biography, Duncan Campbell-Smith charts Whittle's stoic efforts to build his jet engine in the interwar years.

Driven by a quest for a life marked by the power of God, hungry Christians often seek out proven formulas to help grow their faith. While this kind of teaching can be helpful, it fails to create mature sons and daughters of God who radiate his love, power, and glory in every area of life. The great pursuit of every believer should not be a religious formula - it should be the face of God himself.

A “special work” (J. S. Park) that honors life’s deep griefs, great joys, and unsettled in-betweens through every sacred season, assuring us that we are never alone “Oh, I love this book. . . . Honest and hopeful, masterfully written, both a balm and a bolstering.”—Shauna Niequist...

Curious conversations for curious kids. Join Woofie, the friendly talking dog, as he travels the world meeting amazing animal guests! Each episode is a fun, family-friendly chat packed with laughs, surprises, and real science — perfect for curious minds aged 5–9 (and their grown-ups too). From clever octopuses to gentle whales and cheeky foxes, every creature has a story to tell — and Woofie’s here to sniff out their secrets!

This is a new podcast from the Association of Environment Conscious Building (AECB) to inform existing members of news and events as well as reach out to new members on the benefits of joining the association. At our core, we are an organisation that wants to connect those of a like mind who are working within the built environment to practices and processes that will contribute to more sustainable building. We very much welcome feedback, comment and suggestions on how the AECB can engage with our existing members and the wider sustainability movement, so we'd love to hear from you. So please ...

A Podcast for people working in housing and construction, who are building new homes and retrofitting old ones, here in the UK and Ireland. The show focuses on what we need to do to meet our collective Climate Change targets, address fuel poverty and build healthier sustainable communities. We want to share good practice and advice to those professionals working in the industry as well as those who just want to learn what we have to do.

Hidden from the dawn of time by revealed to us in God's word, is the greatest mystery of all - oneness with Christ. We were created not just to be like him, but to become truly one with him. In Consumed By Love, Duncan tells the story of his journey into discovering the God of love who in Christ became one with all of humanity. This priceless act of love holds the key to each of us living an extraordinary life on earth that only God can live, accessing his infinite riches and supernatural power and giving it away to the world.

While Nantucket has long enjoyed an illustrious position in America's whaling history, Cape Cod's contribution to the industry is relatively unknown, yet it was a Cape Codder who taught the Nantucketers how to hunt whales. In Cape Cod Shore Whaling, authors Duncan Oliver and John Braginton-Smith uncover Cape Cod's integral role in shaping whalefishery, which began along the Cape's sandy shores and evolved into the far-flung whaling expeditions that drove Nantucket's economy into the nineteenth century.