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Blow Up Your Life is the book your husband doesn't want you to read--and the one you can't afford not to. Áine Rock was living the picture-perfect life--marriage, motherhood, stability--when she realized it was built on one missing piece: desire. What follows is a...

How Cuba's contemporary mediascape is challenging official histories, recovering memories, and redefining identitiesThis volume shows how Cuban filmmakers, journalists, and activists use film and other digital media to create competing notions of memory and history that challenge official narratives about Cuban society. In the...

Superman is one of the most popular icons in the world, and his creation has been written about extensively. Yet, amazingly, none of these accounts have told the full story -- nor a completely accurate one. For the first time this book chronicles the...

Uncovers how Chicago's kitchenette apartments shaped housing, race, and urban life in the twentieth century During the twentieth century's Great Migration, kitchenette apartments served as the primary homes for Black migrants to Chicago. These small one- and two-room units were often illegally converted from...

Author: Tor LattimoreISBN-10: 1009607596ISBN-13: 9781009607599Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/19/2026Pages: 280Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.20lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d

One God, One System charts a history of Sanskrit philosophy in the absence of an agreed-upon canon, timeline, principal thinkers, or core philosophical questions. Contrary to previous ahistorical approaches centered on unchanging 'schools', Elisa Freschi focuses on and reconstructs the intellectual figure of Veṅkaṭanātha...

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on Oxford Academic and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Two Models of Biblical Purity:...

Watchman Nee (1903-1972) was a Chinese minister who promoted a unique set of Christian teachings. They included the idea that people were created with a human spirit, distinct from the human soul, and that in this spirit, people could enjoy a dynamic, transcendent oneness...

The book is a memoir of the last 15 years of my life. It was inspired after I lost my 15 year old Shih Tzu, Saki. This memoir recounts our journey through subjugation, loss of self, despair and how Saki's unwavering love and tenacity...

This book aims to shuffle some long-standing attitudes about the relationship between theatre and print culture. Examining the influential print series Balli di Sfessania di Jacomo Callot, a suite of 24 prints designed and etched by Jacques Callot in 1621-1622, this book highlights the...

The HYENA is a beautiful car, but one practically unknown to the general public. A car that could have repeated and even surpassed the commercial and sporting success of the Lancia Delta Integrale from which it was derived. Unfortunatley just 24 examples were produced...

Author: Renzo CaddeoISBN-10: 3032124654ISBN-13: 9783032124654Publisher: SpringerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/30/2026Pages: 442Format: Hardcover

How can digital terminology rise to the challenges of a multilingual, interconnected world? This book offers concrete answers through cutting-edge case studies that combine user-centered design, ontologies, chatbots, and generative AI. You will explore how generative AI tools can support terminology work, how cultural...

A Heartwarming Story About Courage, Confidence, and New AdventuresFrom the author of This Mum Loves You and This Dad Loves You comes Maggie Makes a Move, a touching story that encourages children to face their fears and embrace new experiences.Maggie is cautious and careful,...

Why save dresses just for special days? Dresses Are for Messes introduces fearless Tess, a bold and imaginative girl who believes dresses are for everything--from muddy backyard missions to wild inventions in the garage. Tess challenges expectations at every turn, showing young readers that...

*THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER 2 BESTSELLER * Welcome on this transformational journey, where you'll uncover who you truly are, find your anchor within and learn how to follow your guiding light. 'You have been guided to this moment for a reason. This book...

Great Western Classics: Series No. 5First published in 1915, The Rainbow Trail is Zane Grey's powerful sequel to Riders of the Purple Sage-a stirring tale of courage, faith, and redemption set against the majestic canyons of the Southwest.Years after the events of Riders of...

This collection is based on papers presented at the well-established Modern Studies in Property Law biennial conference. It contains cutting-edge research relating to property law broadly conceived, covering land law, equity and trusts, and the interaction between property law and the environment. Part 1...

Rebels and Regimes presents a global view of the nature of violent resistance throughout the nineteenth century. The volume's breadth and scope reveal commonalities and differences among regimes and insurgents in their different contexts, offering a view that the participants themselves never had. The...

The Coordinated Science Laboratory (CSL) was established in 1951 as a small-scale, military-funded initiative to advance American efforts in the Korean War. But CSL long outlived that conflict--and in time became one of the world's premier multidisciplinary research laboratories. Published in honor of CSL's...

Zero Errors. Zero Mercy. A flawless robotic healthcare system. A string of impossible deaths. Hospitals across America have been transformed by technology promising perfection-faster care, zero mistakes and an end to the doctor shortage. Dr. Abby McLeod, a relentless physician in rural Washington, begins...

Memento meets 24. From science fiction author Maya Darjani comes a contemporary political thriller-told in reverse.It's bad enough CIA officer Helena Deane is under suspicion of espionage by the FBI.The kicker? Her own husband is one of the investigators.Helena works to clear her name...

A carefully curated tour along 150 exquisite coffee shops around the world. Discover coffee shops big and small in which the love for the precious bean comes first. The newest addition to the elegant 150 series of themed travel guides, this book will submerge...

This book unpacks the hidden imperial logic behind Russia's dominance over its neighbors, revealing how the Kremlin weaponizes "familial system" myths to justify control, including its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. From the Tsarist empire to Putin's digital propaganda, Galina Bogatova examines how Russia portrays...

From baked goods to boardrooms--a compendium of unparalleled wisdom from the O.G. domestic queen. Martha Stewart didn't just set the table; she redefined domestic excellence with flair, precision, and zero patience for mediocrity--all while becoming the first self-made female billionaire. Martha! is a sharp...

Explore the fascinating history of familiar American tennis icons and discover what makes them legendary Immortals of American Tennis paints a vivid portrait of the legendary figures who have shaped the sport in the United States. Tennis expert author and journalist Steve Flink recounts...

Have you ever wondered why the cruelest laughter often hides the deepest pain?Hop-Frog by Edgar Allan Poe is more than a gothic short story-it is a fierce and haunting exploration of vengeance, dignity, and the cost of suffering in silence.When a court jester and...

What if the biggest laughs came from the simplest lies?Set in the rustic saloons and dusty streets of frontier America, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County captures Mark Twain at his earliest-and wittiest. When a refined Easterner is sent to inquire about a...

A HANDY and PORTABLE reference guide that shows you how to CHANNEL CRYSTAL ENERGY for HEALING and HAPPINESS. Packed with SIMPLE CRYSTAL TIPS, from placing ROSE QUARTZ under your pillow to attract LOVE to wearing JADE to encourage new FRIENDSHIPS. With so many beautiful...

For the first time, DC collects the 1970s and 1980s short-run comics by prolific writer/artist Jack Kirby in one massive hardcover featuring the Demon, OMAC, Super Powers, The Losers and many more. In the world of comic books, few writers or artists loom as...

Collects the original Lost In The Future trilogy! A school field trip to an ancient castle goes terribly wrong for a group of friends, when a dangerous storm erupts. As they are about to leave the castle, the four friends are cornered by their...

Few have shaped the field of law, both as practitioner and writer, as Michael Beloff KC. This expertly curated collection tracks this impact through his writings and lectures. In a work divided into four interrelated parts - Advocacy, Judges, History and Sport - each...

How do private international law and children's rights law interact-and conflict-in international child abduction cases? This book examines the relationship between two legal fields when courts decide on cross-border child abduction. While private international law prioritises the child's prompt return and applies the best...

This book highlights the diverse and complicated ways that violence becomes axiomatic, namely through political rhetoric, epistemological impositions, and colonial legacies.Author: Stavroula PipyrouISBN-10: 1041231253ISBN-13: 9781041231257Publisher: RoutledgeLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/18/2026Pages: 132Format: HardcoverWeight: 0.94lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38d

Traditionally, classical multivariate statistical methods have been applied to relate cultural materials recovered at archaeological sites to their respective raw material sources. However, when reviewing published research, which usually claims to have reached a high degree of confidence in the assignment of materials, the...

Highly regarded and trusted by residents and physicians alike, Zitelli and Davis' Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis features thousands of high-quality clinical photographs paired with authoritative clinical content. The thoroughly revised 9th Edition continues this tradition of excellence, offering a much-needed visual perspective on...

In the decades either side of 1700, England witnessed a major public debate about the immortality of the soul. At its centre were two unlikely figures: the lawyer Henry Layton and the physician William Coward. Across numerous publications, both argued that the soul's immortality...

Intrigue, espionage, and deception. The truth behind 8,000 once top-secret files, so explosive their authors never dreamed they would be released. Fakers reveals the rise and fall of the mavericks running Britain's Cold War forgery empire. Their secret mission was audacious: to disrupt and...

Harper A. Bailey's raw, inspiring memoir invites readers into a journey of grit, growth, and unexpected grace. It unfolds as a map drawn in vulnerable ink, tracing the author's pursuit of unfulfilled dreams, the weight of towering expectations, and the quiet, stubborn choice to...

A Success Story of Parkinson's Disease ReversalBy Prof. Dr. C. S. Pandav & Team of Integrated Healthcare ScientistsParkinson's disease has long been considered irreversible-until now. This groundbreaking book documents a real-life journey of how Parkinson's was effectively reversed using the Integrated Holistic Healthcare System...

The Nutritional Handguide is a one-of-a-kind wellness guide to healthy aging, boosting vitality, and preventing disease. Supported by hundreds of research studies and years of practical experience, this book empowers you to take control of your health with 50 enlightening and easy-to-understand health tips...

In a time when leaders are falling like trees in a storm, there is a need for a different kind of leader.Our world desperately needs leaders with roots: ones who are deeply grounded, who know who they are, and who are equipped to endure...

Preachers know that understanding Greek and Hebrew can strengthen their sermons. However, years after taking language courses, it becomes challenging to study texts in the original languages, especially when time is limited.This volume offers: A curated selection of key passages from Luke Clearly formatted...

The things that go bump in the night are supposed to be headboards, not monsters.Leaving my husband was hard. Trying to face the world alone with my teenage daughter is the sort of thing nightmares are made of, but I caught a break. My...

Five years after The Dispatcher, the sound of gunfire shatters Ian Hunt's peace--and drags him back into a nightmare.Since rescuing his abducted daughter, Maggie, Chief Ian Hunt has carved out a quiet life in Bulls Mouth, Texas. Maggie is healing. Ian is finally breathing...

Something like Desire is an emotional, romantic, and humorous story of family, loyalty, and finding love in the most unlikely of places.Lexi Callen's world is turned upside down when her mother announces she's leaving her father because she's having an affair. With her sister's...

A Cinematic Mode of Existence studies what images can do. Can the percepts and affects that cinematic images engender shape our eyes anew, by which we do not just see differently, but see different things and different worlds with many eyes? Expanding on Gilles...

Building on the growing general interest in and the excellent recent scholarship on Japanese cinema's fraught transition to sound, this book paradoxically offers a narrow thematic and chronological focus yet also a broad and diverse range of topics and approaches. Author: Sean O'ReillyISBN-10: 9048572444ISBN-13:...

For over sixty years, Professor Fuat Sezgin meticulously documented the literary and scientific writings and achievements of Muslim scholars. His celebrated Geschichte des arabischen Schrifttums (GAS), the largest bio-bibliography for the Arabic literary tradition in general, and the history of science and technology in...

Artists are more than creatives; they are stewards of truth, goodness, and beauty.In To Set the World Aflame, W. David O. Taylor casts a sweeping vision for the vocation of artists. Drawing on three decades of work as a scholar, pastor, and global arts...