Sam is a young witch having a hard time fitting in with the other students at witch school. Sam is different from the other girls in her class-she likes to play sports, wear boys clothes, and has a crush on one of the other students who just happens to be a girl. When it becomes time for Sam to perform her spell for final exams, things do not go as planned-and it sets off a fun and magical adventure for herself, her cat Miss Kitty Popcorn, and her cat's bestie Cheese the mouse! There's eno...

Here is the first detailed study of the economic, social, and administrative implications for the establishment of continuing care retirement communities (CCRCs). Leaders in the field of optional living arrangements for the elderly examine models of continuing care retirement communities throughout the United States. A wide range of sometimes conflicting views are vigorously discussed--by proponents of continuing care communities as well as by representatives from states that do not allow ...

Historic buildings and places play an essential role in the everyday lives of the people of the UK, their cultural identity and the economy. They can inspire creativity and enterprise, bring communities together, and make people happier about where they live. This book explores how historic buildings across the UK have been brought back to life through the technical and enabling skills, creativity and sensitivity of architects. Exemplar projects explored through richly illustrated case stu...

Football fans love lists: league tables; starting 11s; performance statistics. From the bestselling author of Hamlyn's Top 10 of Everything series comes a brand new collection of 250 exclusive lists that cover everything from the obvious to the obscure and uncover fascinating facts about the planet's favourite sport, including: Top 10 bestselling World Cup songs 10 World Cup unsung heroes Top 10 longest team names in the League of Wales 10 FA Cup giant-killers Top 10 highest-paid players 1...

Performed by Jim Morrison, Patti Smith, Liz Phair, Oliver Ray, Tom Robbins, Frank Lisciandro, Anne Morrison Chewning, Sefton Graham, and Ian Morrison. Includes Jim Morrison’s final poetry recording, now available for the first time, at the Village Recorder in West Los Angeles on his 27th birthday, December 8, 1970.The definitive anthology of Jim Morrison's writings with rare photographs and numerous handwritten excerpts of unpublished and published poetry a...

In the past two decades, Québec has been racked by a series of controversies in which the religiosity of migrants and other minorities has been represented as a threat to the province’s once staunchly Catholic, and now resolutely secular, identity. In Moments of Crisis, Ian Morrison locates these controversies and debates within a long history of crises within – and transformations of – Québécois identity, from the Conquest of New France in 1760 to contemporary times. He argues th...

Fundamentals of Building Performance Simulation, Second Edition pares the theory and practice of a multi-disciplinary field to the essentials for classroom learning and real-world applications. Authored by a veteran educator and researcher, this textbook equips students and emerging and established professionals in engineering and architecture to predict and optimize building energy use. It employs an innovative pedagogical approach, introducing new concepts and skills thr...

A story of Ian’s childhood and who he was before his struggles with schizophrenia. The age of Ian's onset of the disease and what he had endured through his many assessments. The effects his illness had on his family, with spouse, friends, and the many other relationships and the social stigma he had encountered throughout his lifetime.The story tells of Ian’s many high’s and low’s with several hospitalizations arising from numerous medication changes and mental breakdowns. The aff...

Paul-Louis Courier (1772–1825), after being a comparatively discreet critic of Napoleon in his letters, became a scourge of the Restoration Establishment, both secular and clerical, in pamphlets which he published from 1816 onwards. His writings were incendiary enough to attract death threats, two prosecutions, and one term of imprisonment. Unlike other pamphleteers, he was concerned with defending the rights and material security of the humble, particularly the smallholders who had bought...

Provides a comprehensive overview of the key concepts in biodiversity management within agricultural landscapesConsiders the role of farmers and rural communities in implementing ecological restoration practicesReviews the importance of habitat and animal rewilding in promoting biodiversity and other key ecosystem services

An anthology released to raise funds for the NHS and UK Healtcare workers. Fifty-three stories, 253,000 words of fiction, including several pieces that are original to this volume. A treasury of stories from some of the finest writers of science fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, horror, and more.Introduction by Ian WhatesLast Contact – Stephen BaxterSlink-Thinking – Frances HardingeGossamer – Ian WhatesThe Feather Dress – Lisa TuttleThe...

O. ZEGNA RATA, L’acheminement vers la parole, ou l’éducation de Gargantua; I.R. MORRISON, Rabelais contre Machiavel dans Gargantua; P. GILMAN and A.C. KELLER, Why Rabelais wrote Gargantua after Pantagruel?; E. McPHAIL, Rabelais’s Allegory of Prudence; L.K. DONALDSON-EVANS, The Peregrina-tions of Pantagruel: Rabelais and the Travel Literature of the Renaissance; N. FRELICK, “J’ouis-sens”: Thaumaste dans le Pantagruel de Rabelais et le “sujet-supposé-savoir”; P. GILMAN and A.C. KELLER, “Et f...