Louis XVI was a gentle and unassuming man who did not want to be king but attempted to work for the welfare of his people--until his government was engulfed by the violent upheavals of the French Revolution. Facing the rapidly changing desires of his subjects, he gave way to the policies they demanded. Few rulers have acquiesced to such startling changes of government within such a brief span of time.Louis XVI lacked the charisma of Marie Antoinette, but he is remarkable for the co...

Ever wonder why diets are so many and yet none ever seem to work or stick? Why does it seam that nutrition and healthy food and lifestyle seems so difficult?This quick book gives you pratical advice and an easy to understand snap shot into the world of diets and eating healthy. Dieting really doesn't work, but eating healthy will make you feel and look better than you ever have before!

An Introduction to Forensic Linguistics: Language in Evidence has established itself as the essential textbook written by leading authorities in this expanding field. The second edition of this bestselling textbook begins with a new introduction and continues in two parts.Part One deals with the language of the legal process, and begins with a substantial new chapter exploring key theoretical and methodological approaches. In four updated chapters it goes on to cover the language o...

Francine had her daughter’s life planned out for her since birth. She made sure that she hung out with the right people, wore the right clothes, and was destined to marry a lawyer who worked at her husband’s law firm. Beth was expected to throw tea parties, entertain the gentry and have children.Well, Beth at least got the last bit right. Instead of living up to her mother’s expectations, she became a single teen mum, moved from England to Australia, and became an apprentice chef.

Sisterly love is strong, but even stronger if you are a twin, right? Hallie and Heather may be twins but are as alike as chalk and cheese. Yet at heart, they are both loving, adventurous and committed to each other. Their mother dying while they are young from muscular dystrophy, they are sent to live with an aunt who’d rather be alone with her cat than looking after two spirited girls. And in the end, she has her way, and they have to move to Sydney, Australia, leaving their life in New Z...

Ky’a’s world is turned upside down when a freak of nature pulls her from her reality and dumps her into another, another where suddenly she is a mother and no longer about to be married to the man of her dreams. Now, working as a doctor on her father’s home planet, Ky’a is offered the job of being Captain on board a space station. But Ky’a is unsure if she wants to drag her two children to a hostile and unexplored region of space, but the chance to do some good gives her the incentive to s...

From parks and libraries to pubs and schools, social infrastructures are the everyday places that bring people together, support community life, and foster connection. As interest in the concept grows, this timely and accessible edited collection offers a comprehensive overview of social infrastructure—its origins, development, and practical impact.Packed with innovative case studies from the UK, Europe, Australia, and the US, it highlights how these shared spaces can shape urban l...

This collection examines the ways in which women have used political rhetoric and political discourse to provide leadership, or assert their right to leadership, at the national level. While over the years women have broken through traditional roles, they are still underrepresented in political leadership. In this text, scholars consider the various factors that continue to restrict political leadership opportunities for women as well as some of the ways in which individual women have stra...

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Hugo Award winner Ben Bova and Les Johnson complete Bova’s Outer Planets series (Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto), a Grand Tour of the human settled solar system, with a final encounter on Pluto.Major Larry Randall has been called to Pluto to retrieve Dr. Aaron Mikelson. Mikelson, no longer human after a horrific accident, is now melded to an AI. His enhanced senses have detected an alien artifact on Pluto’s surface, and he’s not leaving witho...

An accessible guide on the history, anatomy and philosophy behind yoga, showing how yoga students can develop and grow their personal practice. By offering students and teacher trainees guidance on how to move on to the next stage in their learning, this practical companion helps to deepen their understanding of holistic yoga practice.Including insights from renowned yoga professionals, including Lizzie Lasater, Andrew McGonigle, Graham Burns, Tarik Dervish and more, this book offe...