Adolescence in India: An Interdisciplinary Perspective highlights the need and importance of studying adolescence in the domain of education. Using an interdisciplinary approach, it discusses adolescence from the perspective of sociology, psychology, education and health studies.Against the backdrop of economic development and globalization, the book looks at adolescence in the changing social milieu. It offers an understanding of adolescence by exploring the socio-cultura...

Finalist for the Believer Book Award for FictionNamed a Best Book of Fall by Vulture, New York Magazine, and more"A ravishing novel charged with the idea of the incommunicable." —The New YorkerEleven–year–old Jane Grandison, tormented by her stutter, sits in the back seat of a car, letter in hand inviting her to live and study at the Sybil Joines Vocational School for Ghost Speakers & Hearing–Mouth Children...

This meticulously curated edition presents the greatest medieval romance classics, each novel a masterpiece of storytelling that breathes life into the dark and turbulent period of the Middle Ages. These tales not only shed light on the complexities of a bygone era but also bring to the forefront the epic journeys of heroes and heroines whose destinies are as poignant as they are inspiring. Through their trials, triumphs, and heartbreaks, we are transported to a forgotten era, connecting d...

Lumberjacks and Ladies Work Together to Build AmericaStruggling to remain independent in the 1800s, four women reluctantly open up to help from lumberjacks—and love.All That Glitters by Candice Sue Patterson1851—MaineWinifred finds herself running the family lobstering business when her father and brothers join the California gold rush. Will she stubbornly reject help from a local lumberjack?Winter Roses by Pegg Thomas1865—MichiganElizabet...

Zum 25. Jubiläum der Reinickendorfer Kriminacht gibt es endlich „Neues vom Tatort Tegel“: Nach zehn Jahren bringt Krimi-Urgestein Horst Bosetzky in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Bezirksamt Reinickendorf zum zweiten Mal eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten aus der Feder von deutschsprachigen Kriminacht-Stars heraus. Mit dabei sind: Friedrich Ani, Nina George, Felix Huby, Volker Kutscher, Ingrid Noll, Matthias Wittekindt und Sybil Volks. Auch der 2016 mit dem „Krimifuchs“, dem regelmäßig auf der Krimi...

Bere un demi-sec tra i vigneti in piena città, trovare il Tibet vicino al Panthéon, scovare un'altra Hollywood sulla Senna. Si dice che Parigi sia la città più bella del mondo e ogni nuova visita lo conferma. Ma qui si lasciano subito i soliti percorsi per sentirla propria, più vicina. 111 luoghi e Parigi si svela: 111 storie e altrettante bellezze.

On a rainy spring night in 1777, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington and her horse raced through the woods. The American colonists were fighting the Revolutionary War, and Sybil was on a mission. If she didn't succeed, British soldiers would attack her town and everyone in it. Ride along with Sybil and experience the story of the girl who traveled all night to help the war effort.