This exuberant, kinetic picture book gleefully celebrates smashing and composting your Halloween jack-o-lantern instead of throwing it away.Tee it up and take a swing . . .Launch it from a sling . . .Climb up high and let it drop . . .Turn it into pumpkin slop!Instead of dumping rotting jack-o-lanterns in the trash, award-winning picture book author Michelle Schaub invites readers to take them to a pumpkin smash! Stomping and squashi...

Noah: Rich. Confident. Motivated. Or at least I was until my father kicked me out after catching me with a one-night stand. My life is going just great. But then, I'm offered a room to rent. It's a cute place, and the man who comes with it is sexier than I know how to handle. I am only a mere mortal. I try to resist, but no matter how much my best friend warns me, I can't stay away from my brand new tattooed sexy roommate. The spark between us can't be denied. I k...

Having been raised in the system, Louis never envisioned he’d have the life he had: A loving partner, his dream job bringing music into the world and three children, four if you counted Dario; a shy, anxious and extremely talented student who didn’t recognise his worth. Louis stepped in to be his father when Dario’s own had failed him.Still, as the years went on and Dario sunk deeper into depression, Louis began to question if his efforts were working. Would Dario ever get better? ...

It's Audience Participation Night - one mixed boxing and one mixed wrestling match, both with a twist. When Tim and Misato face off in the opening boxing match, the rules are simple - a knockdown allows three audience members of the opposite gender to handle the boxer still standing, ending only when a standing fighter was finished. The winner could allow further attention, their picked audience members get $500, and the losing fighter is used by their own audience members.And in t...

This book guides readers to a better understanding of the German planning system and its responses to the critical challenges of 21st-century spatial planning, such as patterns of shrinkage and growth with ongoing economic structural change, demographic change and environmental challenges – particularly climate change. It explores the legal framework and offers in-depth insights into the content, process and implementation of comprehensive spatial plans. It also features good-practice urba...

In the latest middle-school horror from K. R. Alexander, a boy learns that some gifts can never be returned...Why won't you play with me?Back when Gideon was in third grade, he received what he thought was a babyish present -- a teddy bear that kept telling him it wanted to be his friend. Gideon didn't think too much of it when he threw the bear away.Now it's three years later -- and on Gideon's birthday, he finds a strange package. And ins...

Some call him hermit. Others call him hero. Noah Saari is a North Country Man.A few years ago, Noah left the woods of Michigan, ready to make a difference in the world. After a tragic accident, he came back — blamed by some, pitied by others, misunderstood by all. Now the only thing he wants is to be left alone.Then one night, Claire Levander stumbles across his path. Claire’s not made for the backwoods — she’s a businesswoman whose idea of the perfect vaca...

This book explores the enduring legacy of the battleship Yamato**, weaving together history, myth, and cultural impact to reveal how a wartime icon became a symbol of Japan’s identity and imagination across generations.**The battleship Yamato was conceived as the ultimate expression of Imperial Japan’s naval power—the largest and most heavily armed battleship ever built. Yet her significance did not end with her destruction in the...

A young suffragist on the run finds more than refuge in the hills and hollers of Tennessee in this gripping historical romance from USA Today bestselling author Tamera Alexander.1905. Josephine Dunham is running for her life. After a women's suffrage rally in Atlanta turns deadly, she buys a one-way ticket on the first train out and lands in rural Tennessee. There, Dodge Coburn—a rough-edged stranger wit...

First published in 1970, Akehurst’s Modern Introduction to International Law rapidly established itself as a widely used and successful textbook in its field. Being the shortest of all the major textbooks in this area, it continues to offer a concise and accessible overview of the concepts, themes, and issues central to the growing system of international law while retaining Akehurst’s original positivist approach that accounts for the essence and character of this system of law.

Break free from delay and reclaim your lifeStruggling to start important tasks, even when you know the consequences? This practical guide draws on clinical expertise and research to tackle procrastination at its roots, all grounded in cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).Overcoming Procrastination dismantles common myths about motivation and willpower, exposing delay as a struggle with emotional regulation, rigid thinking and environmental triggers....