An unforgettable character at the heart of a story filled with imagination and adventureEvie P, the air-explorer has arrived for her first day at school, her unusual life spent in an air balloon has left her bereft of “ordinary” experiences, like classrooms, and friends, but she is full of quirk, adventure, and above all, inspiration. This story celebrates imagination, language, the joy of finding a sparkly new friend, and the art of play. With timeless illustratio...

**ebook Edition**The first book in a fun, action-packed middle-grade series for heroes in training by Petra James and A. Yi.Twelve-year-old Henrie is the first girl heir of the Melchior family in 200 years. This was deemed a dereliction of duty by the formidable Octavia Melchior, head of the House of Melchior (HoMe). For HoMe is in the business of heroes for hire. Boy heroes, that is. Girls have no place. When Henrie receives a mysterious note, it s...

A girl. A boy. A great aunt. A mystery! The second book in the exciting House of Heroes series!Henrie Melchior, the first girl born into the House of Heroes in 200 years, is on a Hero Hunt. When Marely Hart phones on the Hero Hotline, Henrie, Marley and Alex Fischer are in a race against time to find Henrie's missing parents, a missing gold statue and the answers to questions piling up around her archaeologist great aunt . . . but Violetta Villarne from Villains In...

When Izzy Winkle – The Most Grateful Girl in the World – enters a competition to find The Most Ungrateful Girl in the World, she is plunged into a hidden society of secret agents, brave pigeons and warring manners.Daphne du Bois, Etiquette Queen of the Southern Hemisphere, says children should be seen and not heard. Horace Unthank, Professor of Appalling Behaviour, says children should Roll in mud, Helter-s...

Los autores denuncian, desde diferentes perspectivas, cómo Israel desarrolla una estrategia perfectamente planificada de ocupación y desalojo de Palestina, y cómo la llamada comunidad internacional emite, como mucho, algunas quejas retóricas en las que sitúa al agresor y al agredido en el mismo plano. Eso cuando no se refiere en términos más duros y conminativos a la resistencia palestina (calificada de «terrorista», sin matiz de ningún tipo) que a la acción criminal del Estado sionista, d...

Ein Aufruf zur Verteidigung der Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit Die bekanntesten Autoren der Freien Medien bilden mit diesem Buch zum ersten Mal ein gemeinsames Bündnis für eine unabhängige und freie Meinungsbildung fernab von journalistischem Einheitsbrei, staatlicher Deutungshoheit, Zensur oder erzwungener Political Correctness. Unsere Autoren, Blogger und Aktivisten liefern Ihnen stichhaltige und knallharte Fakten zu aktuellen Themen, durch die Sie sich nun endlich frei und unabhängig e...

Menschen mit pflegerischem Unterstützungsbedarf haben oftmals aufgrund ihrer körperlichen und kognitiven Einschränkungen Schwierigkeiten, die Mundhygiene selbstständig und adäquat durchzuführen. In Folge können weitreichende Probleme entstehen, die sich auf die Mundgesundheit, das Wohlbefinden und die soziale Teilhabe auswirken können. Grundlage für das vorliegende Werk ist der Expertenstandard "Förderung der Mundgesundheit in der Pflege" des Deutschen Netzwerkes für Qualitätsentwicklung i...

Are we approaching “peak America”, where the Republic has failed, and the Empire which put paid to it cannot be achieved?Seasoned political analyst James Petras addresses in broad brush the four major upheavals that loom:1)        For the first time, the goal of socialism has been raised in the presidential primaries, backed by tens of millions of voters. The likely Republican candidate leads a mass right wing revolt which opposes globalization, ...

##Following in the train of two highly successful books addressing the influence of Israel on US Middle East policy and the onerous effects of support for Israeli interests that have resulted, Petras pursues this theme to illustrate how the conjunction of Israeli domestc influence in the US, spurring and combined with US militarism, has now led to a decline in U.S. power around the world. #James Petras is a Bartle Professor (Emeritus) of Sociology at Binghamton University, New York. He i...

Als een midlifecrisis in een wonderlijk succesverhaal uitmondt!Het gaat niet goed met Travis McKinley. Een uitdovend huwelijk, haast geen band met zijn kinderen, een baan die hij haat. Maar dan ontdekt hij een onverwacht talent: Travis is een geweldige golfer. Hij besluit zijn kans te wagen, neemt ontslag en traint voor de PGA Senior Tour.James Patterson is bekend als thrillerschrijver, maar met de Travis McKinley-boeken slaat hij een heel andere toon aan: hartverwarmende v...

Get inspired to unleash your full potential and enjoy a life of wealth and abundance with this story collection from the creator of WildWealthy.com.Have you been searching for ways to live a truly fulfilling life? Do you want more happiness, wealth, good health and joy? If you've answered yes to these questions, then Living an Abundant Life will provide you with the answers you seek to living a truly amazing life!In this book you will learn some of...

In a primary commodities boom spurred on by the rise of China, countries the world over are turning to the extraction of natural resources and the export of primary commodities as an antidote to the global recession. The New Extractivism addresses a fundamental dilemma faced by these governments: to pursue, or not, a development strategy based on resource extraction in the face of immense social and environmental costs, not to mention mass resistance from the people negatively affected by ...