Hugo Award winning editor, and horror legend, Ellen Datlow presents this chilling horror anthology of original short stories exploring the endless terrors of winter solstice traditions across the globe, featuring chillers by Tananarive Due, Stephen Graham Jones, Alma Katsu and many more.The winter solstice is celebrated as a time of joy around the world—yet the long nights also conjure a darker tradition of ghouls, hauntings, and visitations. This anthology of all-...

A wide-ranging history of rickets tracks the disease's emergence, evolution, and eventual treatment—and exposes the backstory behind contemporary worries about vitamin D deficiency.Rickets, a childhood disorder that causes soft and misshapen bones, transformed from an ancient but infrequent threat to a common scourge during the Industrial Revolution. Factories, mills, and urban growth transformed the landscape. Malnutrition and insufficient exposure to sunlight led...

A wide-ranging history of rickets tracks the disease’s emergence, evolution, and eventual treatment—and exposes the backstory behind contemporary worries about vitamin D deficiency.Rickets, a childhood disorder that causes soft and misshapen bones, transformed from an ancient but infrequent threat to a common scourge during the Industrial Revolution. Factories, mills, and urban growth transformed the landscape. Malnutrition and insufficient exposure to sunlight led...

Journal IV is the first publication, in a translation from the Romanian manuscript, of the journal that Mircea Eliade kept during the last seven years of his life. In this period, Eliade is ensconced as a famous scholar—his works are being translated into many languages and books about him arrive regularly in the mail. His encounters with scholars of like repute are recorded in the journal; after a party in Paris, Eliade shares a taxi with Claude Lévi-Strauss and inadvertently mak...

This book outlines the history of rickets, a disease commonly associated with childhood, and studies its association with race and its long-reaching effects on childbirth. For centuries, the condition was poorly understood. For females, rickets could pose a double jeopardy: suffering in childhood and severe danger in adulthood when giving birth. The disease could result in a contracted pelvis that obstructs the birth canal. Medical researchers were faced with two distinct challenges: unrav...

A collection of song lyrics by Carlos Velez, known as Scurvy Rickets, and written primarly from 2020 to 2023, With some songs published, others in production, more to come, and some to be left behind, CD: A Scurvy Rickets Songbook provides a far-ranging snapshot of a unique, challenging, and transformative time in the life of the artist, wrestling with issues of grief, masculinity, love, and growth.

These are short stories which will bring joy to children of all ages who can read. The illustrations help the reader enjoy the material and hopefully may create an interest in song birds and perching birds or bird watching. The author highly recommends the reader to sit, observe and take notes of the various types of birds seen and their songs or calls. Many are unique and some species can imitate other birds. Comments may be directed to the author and/or AuthorHouse.

Begleitendes Tonmaterial zum Kauderwelsch-Sprachführer. Die wichtigsten Sätze und Redewendungen aus dem Buch, gesprochen von Muttersprachlern. Zuerst ist der Satz auf Deutsch zu hören, dann in der Fremdsprache, mit anschließender Nachsprechpause und Wiederholung des fremdsprachigen Satzes. So kann man sich die Sätze einprägen, ohne im Buch mitzulesen. Wozu Amerikanisch lernen - da spricht man doch Englisch, oder?! Richtig - aber es ist doch anders als das, was man in der Schule gelernt hat...