The first book in the Bitmax & Co. series aimed at first readers ages 6 to 10 that addresses themes about friendship, empathy, respect, solidarity and working together, diversity, resolving conflicts, and by extension, about the need to live in harmony with nature. From the bestselling author and illustrator team of Copons & Fortuny comes a new series filled with adventure, comedy, and fables. The first book in the series focuses on how Bitmax the robot arrives in the Blue Forest and comes...

We believe we know many things regarding our evolution. But, what is it, really? Are we here just to live our lives, then disappear as we have arrived? Is our existence planned, or is it the result of chance? Is there an already written destiny for each one of us in the books of time? Why are we who we are? What if we had all these answers inside of us?In this adventure full of twists and turns, Allan and Garvey will discover the true meaning of the word "Humanity". It encompasses ...

We believe we know many things regarding our evolution. But, what is it, really? Are we here just to live our lives, then disappear as we have arrived? Is our existence planned, or is it the result of chance? Is there an already written destiny for each one of us in the books of time? Why are we who we are? What if we had all these answers inside of us?In this adventure full of twists and turns, Allan and Garvey will discover the true meaning of the word "Humanity". It encompasses ...

At the age of sixty-five years old, Anselme is a retired nurse. Like everyone else, he's his fair share of difficulties, and now he aspires to live a quiet life with his wife, Constance. But this year promises to be different than those before it, and a plot revolves around him: a mysterious invitation is sent to him, asking him to come to Paris during Christmastime. The invitation says nothing about the purpose of this journey, which will lead him from discovery to discovery, and which wi...

From the bestselling author-and-illustrator team of Copons & Fortuny comes the second book in the Bitmax & Co. series. Filled with even more adventure and comedy, this next installment features Super Pig. Super Pig is one of the dwellers of the Blue Forest. He truly believes that he is a superhero and has superpowers. But he is not. He's just a piggy wearing a cape and a mask. He does his best—you can tell! But he fails time after time. And what's even worse . . . he becomes a danger to hi...

Landscape and animals have been fundamental elements of Turkish culture from the Ottomans to the present day. This book examines representations of and attitudes toward land and animals in selected Turkish literary texts and cultural contexts. Informed by global debates in ecocriticism, ecopoetics and animal studies, Kim Fortuny explores literary and arts activism, as well as environmental interventions in the Turkish cultural sphere in light of ongoing ecological degradation in Turkey. Wr...

The new immigrants coming to the United States and establishing ethnic congregations do not abandon religious ties in their home countries. Rather, as they communicate with family and friends left behind in their homelands, they influence religious structures and practices there. Religion Across Borders examines both personal and organizational networks that exist between members in U.S. immigrant religious communities and individuals and religious institutions left behind. Building upon R...

Despite a worldwide increase in demand for fresh-cut fruit and vegetables, in many countries these products are prepared in uncontrolled conditions and have the potential to pose substantial risk for consumers. Correspondingly, researchers have ramped up efforts to provide adequate technologies and practices to assure product safety while keeping n

**SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WILDERNESS 'KARAJIA AWARDS FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE'SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2023 WILDERNESS 'ENVIRONMENT AWARDS'Looking After Country with Fire is a picture book for 5- to 10-year-olds that demonstrates respect for Indigenous knowledge, following the success of Victor Steffensen's bestselling adult book Fire Country.**Mother Nature has a language. If we listen, and read the signs in the land, we can understand it.For ...

"Roll over, Maigret. Commissaire Dupin has arrived."—M.C. BeatonCommissaire Georges Dupin, a cantankerous, Parisian-born caffeine junkie recently relocated from the glamour of Paris to the remote (if picturesque) Breton coast, is dragged from his morning croissant and coffee to the scene of a curious murder. The local village of Pont-Aven—a sleepy community by the sea where everyone knows one other and nothing much seems to happen—is in shock. The legendary ninety-one-year-old hote...

One morning in August of 2007, Didier Pourquery’s daughter, Agathe, only a few days away from her twenty-third birthday, stopped breathing. Seven years after her death, her father tells her story, based on his notes taken during the last three weeks of her life. He shares not only his sadness and loss, but also the joy that characterized his relationship with his daughter.At her birth, Agathe’s doctors said the average life expectancy for a child born with cystic fibrosis was twent...

In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel of domestic suspense, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband—but can their marriage survive her passionate love?A Belletrist Book Club Pick • An Amazon UK Best Book of the Year • Winner of France’s First Novel Prize • Named a Best Book of the Summer by Vogue • theSkimm • Oprah Daily • The MillionsAt forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successf...