'The Secret in My Shadow' follows the extraordinary journey of a seemingly ordinary teenager whose world is turned upside down when his parents reveal a startling truth—they're aliens, and it's time for him to return with them to their home planet, Xonia. What begins as a shocking revelation quickly unfolds into a thrilling adventure. As he adapts to life on Xonia, he undergoes remarkable changes—his intelligence accelerates and his destiny as an envoy to Earth becomes clear. Sent back to ...

Have you ever had the urge to create a frog out of a plain sheet of paper? How about a sea serpent, an elephant, an angel fish, or even a chess set? With this fun and easy-to-use primer, you can make such origami animals and projects come magically to life. Renowned paperfolder Robert Neale and his coauthor, Thomas Hull, present thirty original models, perfect for absolute beginners as well as more seasoned paperfolders looking for fresh, fun projects.Each model is explained in simp...

Two decades ago, Mandarin Chinese seemed set to become a mainstream school subject in Anglophone settings. Yet current learning outcomes are generally disappointing. Is Chinese too difficult for learners at this level? Should it be left to the posh kids with pushy parents?Set within the context of teaching and learning Chinese at an inner-city secondary school in the North of England, and adopting a case study research design, this book aims to develop research-informed insights in...

If you were looking for the definitive Christmas anthology, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it! This book is everything you want Christmas to be — loving, warm and celebratory. Timeless and adorable, beautifully designed, "The Big Book of Christmas" is a great big stocky book — stuffed with novels, novellas, short stories, poems, carols and songs. Inside you'll find: · Novels, novellas and short stories from Charles Dickens, Louisa May Alcott, Hans Christian Andersen, O. He...

Following the success of their Locus Award–winning anthology The New Space Opera, editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan up the ante with The New Space Opera 2, in which more of the most beloved names in science fiction spin stunning tales of interstellar adventure and wonder. Authors include:Neal AsherJohn BarnesCory DoctorowJohn KesselJay LakeJohn MeaneyElizabeth MoonGarth NixMike ResnickJustina RobsonKristine Kathryn RuschJohn ScalziBruce SterlingPeter Wat...

" Les humains apprennent de leurs erreurs. Moi pas. Je ne commets jamais d'erreur. "Le Thunderhead, l'intelligence artificielle qui gouverne le monde, a interdiction de se mêler des affaires de la communauté des faucheurs.Il ne peut qu'observer... et il n'aime pas ce qu'il voit.Véritable best-seller aux États-Unis, ce deuxième tome de la trilogie La Faucheuse est en cours d'adaptation par les studios Universal.

Dans un monde qui a conquis la mort, l'humanité sera-t-elle anéantie par les êtres immortels auxquels elle a donné naissance ?Le sinistre maître Goddard se prépare à prendre le pouvoir suprême sur la communauté des faucheurs. Seul celui qu'on nomme " le glas " pourrait faire basculer l'humanité du côté de la vie...**La conclusion époustouflante de la trilogie La Faucheuse, en cours d'adaptation au cinéma par les studios Universal.Grand Prix d...

Les commandements du Faucheur :Tu tueras.Tu tueras sans aucun parti pris, sans sectarisme et sans préméditation.Tu accorderas une année d'immunité à la famille de ceux qui ont accepté ta venue.Tu tueras la famille de ceux qui t'ont résisté." MidAmérique, milieu du 3e millénaire. Dans un monde où la maladie a été éradiquée, on ne peut plus guère mourir qu'en étant tué aléatoirement (" glané ") par un faucheur professionnel. Citra et Rowan...

Avez-vous déjà eu vraiment soif ?La sécheresse s'éternise en Californie et le quotidien de chacun s'est transformé en une longue liste d'interdictions : ne pas arroser la pelouse, ne pas remplir sa piscine, limiter les douches...Jusqu'à ce que les robinets se tarissent pour de bon. La paisible banlieue où vivent Alyssa et sa famille vire alors à la zone de guerre.Soif et désespoir font se dresser les voisins les uns contre les autres. Le jour...

Launched in 1995, Bach Perspectives has become the premier English-language serial book series dedicated to cutting-edge Bach scholarship. The University of Illinois Press now offers the first four volumes in open access editions available for free to all interested readers.From 1727 to 1787, the Bach and the Breitkopf families enjoyed close professional ties forged by the growing trade between music composers and music printers. The second volume of Bach Perspectives

Goldfrank’s is the premier toxicology textbook that should be in every emergency department or poison center library. Whether you are a student, resident, or faculty, there is something here for you. If you are a toxicology fellow or poison specialist studying for your boards, this is your go-to book. I highly recommend this work…—The Journal of Emergency MedicineThe best edition yet of the landmark text in medical toxicology

To reconstruct or not to reconstruct? That is the question facing many agencies and site managers throughout the world. While reconstructed sites provide a three-dimensional pedagogic environment in which visitors can acquire a heightened sense of the past, an ethical conflict emerges when on-site reconstructions and restorations contribute to the damage or destruction of the original archaeological record. The case studies in this volume contribute to the ongoing debates between data and ...