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A tale of human behaviour set in Lyon, a mysterious and esoteric city in 19th century France, in the heart of the old historical districts of St. Jean and St. Georges. Alexandrine is a romantic passionate young woman who falls in love with a naval officer called Lachelles. Lachelles' mother Juliana has a passion for hats that has led him to discover Alexandrine, the daughter of a local hat maker, who owns a modest factory in Lyon. Juliana howe...

Segundo volumen del repaso a la historia de la música pop internacional desde 1999 hasta 2012, con la evolución de las emisoras y de la carrera de los artistas, tomando como base la historia de la lista oficial TOP 40 STAR

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This Volume II in the Slaughter of the Dissidents trilogy documenting often severe cases of discrimination against Darwin Skeptics in academia and various scientific venues.

This book critically discusses Chinäs borrowing from the West through its current educational reform. It presents the latest research findings from a three-year empirical study (2013-2015) with school principals, teachers, students and other educational stakeholders across China. This study offers new insights into Chinäs educational borrowing from the West and international implications on cross-cultural educational transfer for academics, po...

The last thing vampire bodyguard Zane wants to do is to guard a hybrid, a half-vampire, half-human, whose father wants to keep her a virgin. Known for his violent temper and callous lack of compassion, Zane's out-of-control rage, born of the cruelty he suffered during the Holocaust, drives him to focus only on revenge. Trying to find the last of his torturers is his only goal in life. Portia is a young hybrid with a serious dilemma: in a few w...

Camera Aloft argues that Edward Steichen played a major role in the birth of modern aerial photography as a tool for intelligence gathering.

Mix-Logik ist ein großformatiges Rätselheft, das verschiedene Logik-Rätsel beinhaltet. Bilderrätsel wie Nonogramm, Ketten oder Mosaik, aber auch das immer populärer werdende Bimaru, das an Schiffe versenken erinnert. Dazu besonders knifflige Varianten von neuen Rätseln. Kenner schätzen diese Rätselformen, die zuerst in Japan bekannt wurden und jetzt auch bei uns immer mehr Anhänger finden: Brücken (Hashi), Kakuro, Suriza, Binoxxo, Tapa und Hit...

The aim of this book is to enable students, educators and designers in the early stages of their careers to learn and practise design in a socially responsible manner. It responds to the rise of academic debate and teaching in the areas of social design, sustainable design, ethical design and design futures. Citizen Designers is a practically and pedagogically focused book, with each chapter addressing a particular area or issue within design ...

Educational Leadership for a More Sustainable World argues that current crises in educational policies and practice, including the recruitment and retention of educational leaders, ultimately derive from the interactions between four key challenges which also underpin current global and societal issues of sustainability: A culture of consumption Global energy demands Climate change Emerging population patterns Mike Bottery argues that pr...

In African American fiction, Richard Wright was one of the most significant and influential authors of the twentieth century. Richard Wright in a Post-Racial Imaginary analyses Wright's work in relation to contemporary racial and social issues, bringing voices of established and emergent Wright scholars into dialogue with each other. The essays in this volume show how Wright's best work asks central questions about national alienation as wel...

Early modern globalization was built on a highly labour intensive infrastructure. This book looks at the millions of workers who were needed to operate the ships, ports, store houses, forts and factories crucial to local and global exchange. These sailors, soldiers, craftsmen and slaves were crucial to globalization but were also confronted with the process of globalization themselves. They were often migrants who worked, directly or indirectl...

Every year hundreds of thousands of pilgrims from all over the world converge on Mecca and its precincts to perform the rituals associated with the Hajj and have been doing so since the seventh century. In this volume, scholars from a range of fields - including history, religion, anthropology, and literature - together tell the story of the Hajj and explain its significance as one of the key events in the Muslim religious calendar. By outlini...

From Oaxacan wood carvings to dessert kitchens in provincial France, Critical Craft presents thirteen ethnographies which examine what defines and makes 'craft' in a wide variety of practices from around the world.

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Yoga for Happy Mums focuses on the real issues that mums of young children face: lack of sleep, low energy levels, stress, negative emotions (anxiety, guilt, depression, anger and irritability), fluctuating hormones, a weakened immune system, issues with body confidence and difficulties with addictions and relationships. Each chapter includes a discussion about how the particular issue applies to mums, a questionnaire so you can identify which...

This beautiful children's book retells the stories of the ancient world and brings history to life.Herodotus wrote the first history book in the world. That is why he is sometimes called the 'Father of History'. He lived about 2, 500 years ago, and was born at a place called Halicarnassus in Asia Minor. Here his stories are retold so that future generations can benefit from their wisdom and cultural richness.Herodotus was a keen traveller who ...

With the logic of betrayed the Asquith women instigate revenge - murder dressed in its Sunday best." Revenge fiction - set within the four seasons of 1947. The Asquith women have been mastered, yet they are controlling together what they have been mastered by - Sam Asquith, land-owner. Found. Dead. Sorrow turns to revenge when Stella Asquith - the vivacious widow - and her land-girl daughters, aided by their psychopathic farm-man, discover hal...

These stories focus on the simple pleasures of life provided by our pets. "Scruffy Finds a Home" is the story of a Yorkie-poo puppy who comes to live with an elderly couple and becomes their devoted companion. "Touch the Sky" describes the experience of a young boy horseback riding with his dad. "Sing Freddie Sing" recounts Freddie the finch's observation of the backyard he keeps watch over daily.