Joel Holland Book order (chronological)

London – Ein illustriertes Porträt Auf diesem Streifzug durch Londons Straßen gibt es über 200 faszinierende Schaufenster und Ladenfronten zu entdecken, kunstvoll und farbenfroh festgehalten durch den Illustrator Joel Holland. Von altehrwürdigen Pubs bis zu hippen Restaurants und von Buchläden über Kinos, Bars und Plattenläden bis hin zum einzigen Fachgeschäft für Regenschirme der Stadt, zeigt dieser illustrierte Insider-Guide nicht nur die schönsten Ecken Londons, sondern gibt auch Einblick in die Historie der Orte. Nach Stadtteilen unterteilt zeigen die integrierten Karten an, wo sich die Geschäfte befinden. Unterhaltsame und informative Texte erzählen zudem die Geschichte der Läden und beleuchten die vielfältigen kulturellen Aspekte, die London großartig machen.

The calls within the Church's social doctrine, starting with Rerum Novarum, emphasize the importance of promoting workers' associations to defend their rights, a need that is even more pressing today. This book offers summaries and commentaries on five significant papal encyclicals that advocate for workers and their unions: Leo XIII's Rerum Novarum, Pius XI's Quadragesimo Anno, John XXIII's Mater et Magistra, and John Paul II's Laborem Exercens and Centesimus Annus. It features an in-depth analysis of these encyclicals, which are frequently referenced yet rarely examined in detail. The author discusses the decline of Catholic evangelization among the working classes, particularly in the U.S. and other English-speaking industrialized nations, and proposes a pastoral strategy of global church-labor solidarity to address this issue. The book asserts that the Catholic Church's Social Magisterium recognizes workers' unions as a fundamental human right, rooted in the divine image, allowing workers to organize for their defense and participate in workplace decision-making. Bishops and pastoral leaders who neglect this aspect of Catholic Social Teaching risk undermining their mission to share the Gospel with all social classes. Joe Holland, an eco-social philosopher and Catholic theologian, draws on his expertise in Social Ethics to explore the evolution of Catholic Social Teaching and its responses to contemporary challenges.

Japan has a way of thinking that is just . . . different. Nowhere is this more apparent than in Tokyo-born journalist Lisa Katayama's collection of urawaza (a Japanese word for secret lifestyle tricks and techniques). Want to turbocharge your sled? Spray the bottom with nonstick cooking spray. Can't find someone to water your plants while you're away? Place the plant on a water-soaked diaper, so it slowly absorbs water over time. The subject of popular TV shows and numerous books in Japan, these unusually clever solutions to everyday problems have never before been published in Englishuntil now! Urawaza collects more than 100 once-secret tricks, offering step-by-step directionsand explanations in an eye-catching package as unconventional as its contents.