"Those I can hear," said Luna—and began retreating up the stairs again. "They only talk when they're about to attack."Williams, meanwhile, had focused on Ank. "Jesus … it called me by name."Ank stared at him from beneath his brow.Williams nodded slowly. "But how in God's name? The only one who knew our names was … Unless—"Williams misted up as he thought of the saloon girl who had shown him such affection. "I won't shoot them, then.""I said I won't s...

Her family thrown into turmoil. Her best friend ripped away. Will it cost this young farming serf her dreams?Northern Germany, 1799. Fifteen-year-old serf Angel Waldmann's hardworking existence on her family's farm varies little from day-to-day. Born into a harsh reality, her simple aspirations are complicated only by her best friend being the daughter of a lower-status tenant. But fate delivers a cruel blow when the count who owns the Waldmann family reneges on an...

When love becomes LIFE: All about pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, hospital bag, baby equipment and baby sleep! (Pregnancy guide for expectant parents) # The course of pregnancy at a glance: Every 40 weeks until birth 1st to 8th week of pregnancy: Body and soul in other (life) circumstances 9th to 16th week of pregnancy: The female body has now adapted to the pregnancy. 17th to 24th week of pregnancy: The baby's stomach can no longer be overlooked for family, friends & colleagues 25th to 3...

"About the book" Minimalism...between prison and paradise: Throw ballast overboard! (Minimalism: Declutter your life, home, mind & soul) We live too fast, rush through overfull days, and there is always too much lying around. But that could change. Because: In every one of us is the stuff of the time-millionaire. We ourselves are the ones who turn the clock, because we are stuffing more and more into our everyday lives, and that makes our precious time of life short. We do not have too lit...

Clear, Relevant, Evidence-Based Guidance to Support Early Childhood EducatorsAcademic's Choice Awards Smart Book Winner. Developmentally appropriate practice is the foundation on which quality early learning is built. The fourth edition of this classic, influential text addresses developmentally appropriate practice within the context of the ever-changing and evolving world of early childhood education. With a strong focus on equity and teaching an...

THE INTERNATIONAL BEST-SELLER. Read the incredible true story of one woman's near-death experience and discover an enlightening perspective on life, freedom, consciousness, and purpose.When Anke Evertz is suddenly engulfed in flames in front of her fireplace, she thinks she's going to die. She knows that the worst is about to happen and there's nothing she can do to stop it. But instead of panicking, a deep serenity washes over her. What happens next is astounding....

Bahman Mohassess conceived his lifelong experimentation with collage as "assemblage"–an extension of the fractured figuration and charged materiality that shaped his paintings and sculptures. This publication repositions his assemblages as a radical laboratory of artistic, intellectual, and political engagement. Essays by leading scholars and curators explore how Mohassess negotiated exile, sexuality, modernism, and dissent across postwar Iran, Central Europe, and Rome. Far from peripheral...

The Family of Man is the most widely seen exhibition in the history of photography. The book of the exhibition, still in print, is also the most commercially successful photobook ever published. First shown at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1955, the exhibition travelled throughout the United States and to forty-six countries, and was seen by over nine million people. Edward Steichen conceived, curated and designed the exhibition. He explained its subject as `the everydayness of l...

A leading journalist's intense, riveting and personal investigation into the worlds and minds of cultsAt a new age festival in Byron Bay, journalist Anke Richter is finding her spiritual awakening when she meets a woman - a survivor of the Auckland cult Centrepoint - who will change the course of her life and career.Over the next ten years, Anke pursues a labyrinthine investigation into how and why cults attract, entrap and destroy otherwise ordinary people...

Sleepy Stevens and Hashknife Hartley are hard-riding cowboys with a gift for trouble and a dry, ironical wit that keeps them going when the West turns mean. Their path to Willer Crick begins with a newspaper tale of a silver-mounted saddle, outlaw riders, and a country where luck is crooked and justice comes on horseback. At Pemberton, they enter a bucking contest for prize money and nearly lose everything after spotting a familiar enemy in the crowd, escaping on two vicious broncs and rid...

Set against a backdrop of national extractivist policies, this book explores the sustainable production of cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon to investigate the role of local communities and the impact of sustainability governance.Sustainable Cocoa in the Peruvian Amazon draws on extensive ethnographic research from the San Martin region to showcase the extent to which sustainable production is influenced by how communities interact with the state and its infrastructural resourc...

Focusing on how the history of past conflicts is mediated in the present and recent past in six European countries, this book explores media processes as they intersect with power dynamics and hegemonic narratives of history and historical memory.The analysis centers around six countries that have experienced past conflict and traumatic past histories–Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Ireland, and Kosovo–selected based on the type of conflict (emanating from WWII, au...