For fans of the hit-animated TV series Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir!Catch Ladybug and Cat Noir in this collection of spooky, spoofy, goofy Halloween stories! First, it's a tail of mistaken identities and wounded witches in "The Curse of the Black Cat"! The whole town's turned up in costume for Halloween night—and Cat Noir can't find his friends in the crowd! Then, Marinette has a nail-biting nightmare of... the wrong hair! After waking up with t...

This composition was inspired by the urgent reality of melting glaciers. I chose to call it Ghostbecause I like to believe that as these white giants die, they do not entirely disappear. Their essencelingers. And if we are willing to pause and to truly listen, we might hear the echo of their slowretreat. In their ghostly presence lies a call, not just to witness but to awaken.The music emphasizes a persistent sense of instability, conveyed primarily through ever...

Once upon a time there was the railway, a means of transport that changed people's lives, their habits and their whole world. But where there was once a railway that no longer exists – put out of business by automobiles or high- speed trains – we are left with old lines that have become part of our history and our cultural heritage, and are often uncontaminated areas that take us back in time, whether it be on foot or on a bicycle. The author Ornella d'Alessio, who is a tireless traveller,...

In a big city, an evil scientist and his assistant have built a machine capable of churning out an army of devoted and obedient soldiers, unable to think. With this army, they intend to subdue the world with the help of Ratticus, a cunning and ambitious mouse. They will find on their way Joshua, a retired engineer who, with his cat, a pizza-maker-university student and a mouse, will try to prevent their evil project.PUBLISHER: TEKTIME

A rare and exclusive look at Japan as it existed for centuries prior to the modern era!This large-format volume features 283 exquisite albumen silver prints taken by the pioneering British-Italian photographer Felice Beato in the 19th century, many of them hand-colored by artists working at his Yokohama studio. They offer glimpses of a lost world—from breathtaking landscapes and architectural marvels to scenes of everyday life and the people of Japan durin...

Everyone loves the finished story: the success, the milestones, the moments that make it seem as though everything fell perfectly into place.What we rarely see are the chapters in between.In this deeply personal memoir, Ornella Salesman invites readers into the untold parts of her journey, from a modest childhood in Clarendon, Jamaica, to building a life, family, and successful businesses in the United States. Along the way, she navigates uncertainty, sacrifice, financial h...

This book provides an overview of the latest innovations in prefabrication. It analyzes how digital, material, and process innovations are transforming the mass prefabrication of homes, schools, and offices into mass customization. It provides an understanding of available manufacturing processes, including distributed ownership of manufacturing, platform approaches, and robotics. It discusses how the integration of cutting-edge advanced construction techniques, coupled with robotic manufa...

In her children's book *Luna the Forest Witch and Her Adventures with the Spirit Animals*, author Ornella Lavender addresses difficult topics in a child-friendly way. Lumus the dragon struggles to put his feelings into words and is unhappy because his parents have been arguing for months. Short stories with important messages, encouraging children to look beyond their smartphones and develop hobbies and new interests. The book is, of course, also well-suited for teenagers, parents, and gra...

Even in the shining light of the High Republic, unforeseen evil lurks in the shadows that not even the Jedi have faced...yet.A routine Jedi mission to the planet Dalna suddenly comes under deadly assault by an unseen foe. Cut off from help, they find themselves cornered in an ancient structure. Will they be able to make their stand here, or have they been lured into a trap?An known evil stalks these ruins... ruthless predator which preys on fear... a Namele...

"Kabuki is action-packed, scenically thrilling and histrionically flamboyant" —The GuardianThis beautiful book celebrates the Japanese kabuki tradition—presenting fifteen classic tales of tragic love and fatal passion that are frequently performed on the kabuki stage in Japan. These dramatic tales are stunningly illustrated with full-color woodblock prints by master artists including Hiroshige, Hokusai, Utamaro, Kuniyoshi and Kunisada, along with photograp...

This book examines the interplay of legal traditions and linguistic practices and its influence on arbitral awards, opening new avenues of research on this underexplored area of legal discourse.The volume analyses data from a corpus of English-language arbitral awards, understood as the final decisions handed down by arbitrators in a legal dispute, compiled via Jus Mundi, an AI-powered legal search engine. Featuring texts from across various legal and cultural contexts, the book hi...

Perfect for fans of Pokemon, Pacific Rim and Godzilla, Ringo Award-winning writer David Pepose (Savage Avengers, Space Ghost) and acclaimed artist Ornella Greco (Star Trek: Picard’s Academy, Total Suplex of the Heart) deliver a heart-warming sci-fi adventure about a boy and his dog… with 10 tons of over-the-top, monster-battling action. When an asteroid unleashes a horde of alien monsters known as Bio-Titans, Earth must turn to a suit of...