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Join Whisky the Portuguese Water Dog as he takes you on an African Safari and shows you the amazing African wildlife he sees with realistic paintings and descriptions, including a few scary moments. Perfect for children who love animals and in particular those fascinated by unique animals only found in Africa.

2024 Reprint of the 1947 Edition. Decline and Fall is Waugh's first novel publishing in 1928. It is based, in part, on Waugh's schooldays at Lancing College, undergraduate years at Hertford College, Oxford, and his experience as a teacher at Arnold House in north Wales. It is a social satire that employs the author's characteristic black humour in lampooning various features of British society in the 1920s. Reviews "Irresistible....One of Waug...

Through a multiplicity of voices and journeys, this anthology highlights the everyday lives, experiences, energies and spirits of non-conformist wom!n (i.e., women, womyn, womxn-however, self-identified) from around the globe. While recentering stories of transformation through non-conformism, these narratives explore what is so hard, but also so good, about being a wom!n-especially in a century mired by deep contradiction, yet rife with unpar...

2024 Reprint of the 1928 Edition. Blue is a young man who decides to take Christianity seriously, not as a chore but as a challenge. He spends his inherited wealth almost as soon as he gets it. He lives in a packing box on a New York City rooftop. He embraces the poor as his best friends and wisest companions, distrusts the promises of technology (except for the movies), and is fascinated by anything involving the wide expanse of God's univers...

When murder is the thread holding together costumes for the community play, Peggy can't avoid the gossip or the orphaned pup under her feet.Running the Carom Seed Craft Corner on Fennel Street in Spicetown should be enough for one person, but Peggy Cochran spends her spare time volunteering to make costumes for the town play at the Spicetown Community Center. When a costume she made over twenty years ago resurfaces, so do the details of the pr...

A teacher education book that emphasizes the importance of relationships, cultural responsiveness, and engaged learning for all students' academic and personal success.

Gently telling their children that they will be getting a divorce, a mother and father share their family story: the journey from their happy wedding day, through the conflict at present and into the near and reassuring future.

In the heart of New York City plagued by crime, the opioid epidemic, and mental health crisis, the NYPD Chief of Police proposes an audacious experiment. A partnership born of necessity - blending the skills of two enigmatic experts.Jed Gray and Christie Jamison, handpicked for their unrivaled expertise. Jed, a therapist with a unique ability to see through the layers of the human mind, and Christie, a relentless detective whose intuition know...

Nobu Sue explores the murky world of Taiwanese banking and the Kuomintang political dynasty-and how his ship loans were hijacked and used in a huge money laundering scam. This book offers an insight into the Taiwan/China love-hate relationship. Modern Chinese history is not honestly told to the world. Learn the truth about how the KMT stole so much money from the Chinese people and the native Taiwanese, and how the war between the Communist Pa...

The neglected small group swing sound of the 1940s-60s takes its place in the pantheon of jazz literature.

Gently telling their children that they will be getting a divorce, a mother and father share their family story: the journey from their happy wedding day, through the conflict at present and into the near and reassuring future.

A Simple, Organized, Doable Yet Comprehensive Approach to Support Familles and Communities In this inspiring book, Kim Fournier offers a ground-breaking solution to the two major challenges threatening humanity and the planet: the climate crisis and the frequency and magnitude of disasters. Her practical and comprehensive approach to a sustainable way forward, by improving self-reliance, offers hope and optimism. Kim explains why self-relia...

In an era when chapbooks or slim poetry volumes (often thematically or stylistically focused) are a frequent standard, Shirley Geok-lin Lim's new book is an audaciously monumental compilation. In her twelfth poetry collection (added to a library shelf's worth of novels, a memoir, short stories, critical studies, edited anthologies, and special journal issues), we encounter a writer's writer in the truest sense of those words. The word is Lim's...

Proposes a theory and case studies on repairing a damaged or threatened image or reputation.

Through a multiplicity of voices and journeys, this anthology highlights the everyday lives, experiences, energies and spirits of non-conformist wom!n (i.e., women, womyn, womxn-however, self-identified) from around the globe. While recentering stories of transformation through non-conformism, these narratives explore what is so hard, but also so good, about being a wom!n-especially in a century mired by deep contradiction, yet rife with unpar...

Since the day Mary Magdalene shared with St. Peter the good news of Jesus' resurrection, men and women have worked side by side to share the gospel. This study book for Catholic women explores eleven sets of saintly friends and their activities in the context of history.In this volume, you will discover: the mother and daughter who helped St. Jerome translate the Bible into Latina saint who inspired medieval love poetrythe amazing story of how...

Dies ist kein Fachbuch, sondern ein Roman mit allem, was dazu gehört: Freundschaft, Liebe, Drama, Verrat & Versöhnung, einem folgenreichen Bootsunfall, vielen prächtigen Erfindungen und magisch anmutenden Maschinen. Ganz nebenbei erfährst du alles über künstliche Intelligenz & ihre Geschichte, was du schon immer wissen wolltest. Und wenn du noch mehr wissen möchtest, dann lies die sogenannten Outtakes, die vertiefende Informationen bieten und...

Join Ann-with-an-e Shirley on her quest to find love, belonging, and family. Set in lush Prince Edward Island, Anne comes of age during the early 1900's. With her fiery red hair, indomitable spirit, and her penchant for misadventure, Anne has warmed the hearts of readers for generations.This beautiful edition comes with twelve full color illustrations.

È ver, son forte.¿Per la via sassosa Lasciai brandelli d'anima e di fede, Pur con superbo piede Salgo ancor verso l'alba luminosa. Offersi il petto a tutte le ferite, I più foschi e implacati odii sfidai, E ai torturanti guai Opposi l'energia di cento vite. Dolorando non mossi un sol lamento Nulla piega il mio fronte e il mio pensiero. Io sono forte, è vero, Io son la quercia che non crolla al vento

This unique collection, carefully crafted by poets Alex and Shilyn Montgomery, explores the phenomenally rich mythological landscape of the Philippines through the perspective of the creature or the witness, accompanied with stunning artist depictions of the creatures! Creatures of Kwento's playful verses bring the readers into the whimsical world of folklore, while some chilling poetry will send shivers down the spine as it showcases the dark...