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A psychological thriller set in Southern France. Brunet has followed on from the success of "the Summer of Reckoning" with this magnificent portrait of a woman and a mother.A beautiful and often poetic tale that is unflinching about social and personal violence. Set in...

In Everyday Divine, Noel Sloboda presents a sequence of poems about saints. These figures stand with one foot in the realm of the secular, the other in the realm of the sacred. At the same time, Sloboda pushes hagiography outside of familiar contexts, revealing...

This poignant debut by Gavin Bradley explores the emotional toll of different kinds of separation: from a partner, a previously held sense of self, or a home and the people left behind. The main narrative describes the deterioration of a long-term relationship, interweaving poems...

The shy, little firefly is reluctant to shine his light too brightly as he flits around the deep, dark backyard. He's afraid he'll become another creature's tasty, midnight snack. But as the firefly navigates the night, he turns up his light just a little...

Are you a good teammate? Do you try your best? Do you follow rules and play fair? Explore these and other ways to be a good sport with these fun books! The red team and the blue team are playing each other. After the...

As capitalism triumphs on the ruins of utopias and faith in progress fades, revolts are breaking out everywhere. From London to Hong Kong and from Buenos Aires to Beirut, protests flare up, in some cases spreading like wildfire, in other cases petering out and...

The Backyard Games series provides readers with insight into the games they play in their back yards with family and friends. Each title describes the purpose and rules of each game, as well as the equipment needed. The health benefits of playing each game...

The U.S. Military Forces series introduces young readers to the history, purpose, people, technology, and important missions of each military branch. Each book in this series includes timelines, charts, graphs, diagrams, maps, and vibrant photos to engage young readers and inspire a love of...

The U.S. Military Forces series introduces young readers to the history, purpose, people, technology, and important missions of each military branch. Each book in this series includes timelines, charts, graphs, diagrams, maps, and vibrant photos to engage young readers and inspire a love of...

The Pledge of Allegiance was created as a show of patriotism. Written 27 years after the end of the Civil War, it quickly became a symbol of national unity. Find out more in Pledge of Allegiance, one of the titles in the Icons of...

This book explores the history of rhetorical thought and examines the gradual association of different aspects of rhetorical theory with two outstanding fourth-century BCE writers: Lysias and Isocrates. It highlights the parallel development of the rhetorical tradition that became understood, on the one hand,...

This first book-length study of Paul Tillich's ethics is drawn from research in the Harvard Archives and fifty years of teaching Tillich's social-political thought. In Ronald H. Stone's fourth work on Tillich's philosophy the ethic is examined from the early ontological to socialist ethics...

Easter is the high point of the church year and the very heart of Christian hope, and yet sometimes we are tempted to simply move on once Easter Sunday is over. Easter, Season of Realized Hope invites us to linger a bit. Join the...

New Plains Review, a student-run literary journal at the University of Central Oklahoma, proudly receives hundreds of submissions from all over the world. Keeping with the University of Central Oklahoma's goals of both excellence and diversity, it is our mission to share with our...

Author: Andrew M. BaileyISBN-10: 1108964400ISBN-13: 9781108964401Publisher: Cambridge University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/17/2021Pages: 75Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.26lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d

The third time is a charm for Zoey, a little Chinese Crested puppy. It has taken three attempts to find her forever home. She's thrilled when David and his family adopt her and love her. Zoey knows the little boy will take good care...

A gripping, fact-based story of how Daniel Morgan and his courageous Riflemen were crucial to George Washington's victory in the American Revolution. This is a war story. It's about real people and events before and during the American Revolution. The central characters in this...

This informative and engaging illustrated reference provides the stories behind 1,001 signs and symbols, from ancient hieroglyphs to modern-day political and subculture symbols. What in the world does Ω mean? And what about its meaning might have led my coffee date to tattoo it...

THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLER THE ESTABLISHMENT DOESN'T WANT YOU TO READ Dear reader, My character has been shaped by two opposing forces; the pressure to conform to social norms, and the pressure to be true to myself. To be honest with you, these forces...

"An impressive debut."-Publishers Weekly ***International Book Awards Finalist -- Best New Fiction*** They said you can't take your money with you when you die. What if they were wrong? Srinath Adiga's timely satire explores the pitfalls of modern capitalism and the dangerous power of...

Part of Belt's Neighborhood Guidebook Series, a probing look at the Steel City's diverse locales.Pittsburgh is made up of more than ninety different neighborhoods. And while The Pittsburgh Neighborhood Guidebook can't detail every last one of them, it does its best, exploring the contrasts...

Part of Belt's Revivals Series, a classic of muckraking journalism with a new introduction by Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia and Pure America.Cleveland oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller formed the Standard Oil Company of Ohio in 1870. Over...

Learn about the art of woodblock printing and how to make your own pieces in this beautifully illustrated guide Woodblock printing is an ancient art form, which produces beautiful, subtle, and lively pieces with just a few simple materials. This book introduces the art,...

"...and trying to get you to blow me away" "Both gentle and electrifying. Left me speechless." - Makenzie Campbell, author of 2am Thoughts Like finding a four-leaf clover, breaking a fortune cookie, wishing on a shooting star, or blowing a dandelion, this collection is...

Surviving Broken Marriages is a manuscript of my life story. My trials and triumphs, marriage, divorce and survival skills. It will enlighten, encourage, uplift and guide you through to victorious living even in divorce, abandonment and brokenness. You will walk away knowing God sees...

(P/V/G Composer Collection). The great comedy filmmaker Mel Brooks wrote a song for his first movie, The Producers (1967). It was the first real song I had ever written and I did it in a day. He would continue to write songs for The...

This practical, comprehensive guide to designing and running more effective meetings will result in less time wasted, more collaborative decision-making, and measurably improved business outcomes. There's nothing more frustrating than an unproductive meeting--except when it leads to another unproductive meeting. Yet every day millions...

A fresh look at the multidimensional career of the Dutch avant-garde artist Dutch avant-garde artist Jacqueline de Jong (b. 1939) is best known for her involvement in the Situationist International and for her lively, monumental paintings. Her varied, six-decade-long career has encompassed drawing, graphic...

Author: Judith Von HalleISBN-10: 1912230542ISBN-13: 9781912230549Publisher: Temple Lodge PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/22/2020Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.35lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d

Based on a true story, a gripping historical novel about a German immigrant who becomes embroiled in a Nazi spy ring operating in New York City in the early days of World War II.At the end of the 1930s, Europe is engulfed in war....

Examining new genres from the UK and across the Atlantic, including mumble rap, Brooklyn drill, UK drill, trap dancehall and Afrobeats, Neon Screams explores the dystopias and dissociative transcendence offered by this boundary-pushing music. With a foreword by Simon Reynolds, Neon Screams explores the...

America is in trouble--at the mercy of a puzzling pathogen. That ordinarily wouldn't lead to catastrophe, thanks to modern medicine, but there's just one problem: the government supply of Dormigen, the silver bullet of pharmaceuticals, has been depleted just as demand begins to spike....

Digital communication disrupts our relationships with our partners, families, and friends. Uncertainty, anxiety, and misunderstandings are all caused by emails and texts. I'll Get Back to You is the first book to teach you how to stop texts and emails from interfering with your...

The #1 selling Wi-Fi networking reference guide in the world The CWNA: Certified Wireless Network Administrator Study Guide is the ultimate preparation resource for the CWNA exam. Fully updated to align with the latest version of the exam, this book features expert coverage of...

A philosophical memoir about becoming a father in an increasingly terrible world - can I hope the child growing in my partner's womb will have a good-enough life? For Kant, philosophy boiled down to three key questions: "What can I know?", "What ought I...

This new edition continues to be the classic core textbook for veterinary nursing students and a useful resource for qualified veterinary nurses. The edition has been revised and updated throughout and provides information covering the 'Day 1 Competencies' (D1Cs) and 'Day 1 Skills' (D1Ss),...

Voter suppression includes registration restrictions, in-person voting requirements, mass purges of voter rolls, eliminating polling locations, and redrawing district lines in unfair ways. Black voters in particular have faced growing challenges in trying to cast their ballots since 2008. But the issue of voter...

AWSA Golden Scroll 2022 Inspirational Gift Book of the Year 2022 - Second Place Winner Come along to find encouraging stories from past present and future moms to renew and grow your heart. Like the moms in these stories, no matter what mom season...

"This book will break your heart and heal it." - E.J. Levy, author of The Cape Doctor "If you're lucky enough to see a moose, chances are, it'll change your life." - Marcia Butler, KenyonReview.org A pregnant moose walks into a rural Maine town...

A young Mexican couple narrowly escapes the Juarez Cartel by fleeing across the border into Texas, only to be run down in the desert by the Cartel's most brutal thugs. Rescued by a mysterious local who takes them to the safety of his family's...

It's dark outside, and thoughts of work and meetings and money buzz through your brain. You turn on your back as you suddenly feel the breath start to leave your lungs. Breaking into a cold sweat, you struggle to understand what's going on. Your...

My grandma taught me to love the Blessed Virgin Mary, and to help others to love her too, because she leads us to know and love her son, Jesus.Miledys Marte (+ 2018) was the inspiration for this charming bilingual book (English & Spanish). Her...

A masterful, witty, picaresque science fiction adventure story evoking the styles of Gene Wolfe and Jack Vance, The Summer Thieves is the first novel in the new Quinary series by noted author and reviewer Paul Di Filippo. He chased his dreams of the ideal...

In this hilarious and relatable graphic novel chapter book, a big-toothed beaver learns to love his large front "toof" in an adorable tale of self-acceptance. All beavers have flat tails, furry coats, and two front teeth. And then there's Buck. Unlike the rest of...

Sometimes poignant and sometimes slapstick, in this collection of Danish comics stories, Nuft and his family are pitted against prejudice, scheming slumlords and all-seeing robot overlords! This debut volume collects the stories "The Nufts Move In," in which the dragon family trades its rural...

Responding to a comprehension question is a surprisingly complex task. It draws on multiple skills: students must be able to read and analyze a text passage; consider what aspect of the text the question addresses; and then quickly and concisely write about their ideas,...

How to use finance as a tool to build a more equitable and sustainable society. Money defines our present and will shape our future. Every investment decision we make adds a chapter to the story of what our world will look like. Although the...

The C-47 units of the USAAF were an integral part of some of the most dramatic episodes of World War II (1939-1945): the airborne assaults in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, southern France, Operation Market Garden and the crossing of the Rhine. The mass fratricide...

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR One of Christian Science Monitor's BEST FICTION OF 2019 Funny and tender but also provocative and wise. . . One of the most hopeful and insightful novels I've read in years. - Ron...

Over 100 amazing recipes with guidance on following the pegan diet, a balanced, anti-inflammatory blend of the paleo and vegan diets. From the creator of SunkissedKitchen.com, Michelle Miller brings over 100 delicious pegan diet recipes to the table and introduces you to the eating...