This practical guide provides legal practitioners, participants, witnesses and all those with an interest in public inquiries, with stage-by-stage 'hands on' guidance on the process of public inquiries into matters of public concern.With its user-friendly format of summaries, checklists, 'top tips' and flow charts, this book looks at the setting up of a public inquiry through to its close. It includes information on:- the appointment of the chair and inquiry team;- t...

We all know that time travel is just not possible...don't we? Erin knows it, of course. How can she explain what happens to her when she buys an old house and finds a locket hidden in a wall? Can she prevent the tragic deaths of young lovers Isabelle and Flynn? Erin can't explain it at all. You see Isabelle and Flynn died one hundred years ago, in 1910. Is Erin being given the chance to save the young lovers, or is this a cruel twist of fate that could see her threaten the very existence o...

This book shares the experiences of refugees settled in the Washington, DC, Maryland, and Virginia area (DMV) over the last ten years and their journeys back into education. What motivated their paths to access and success in education? What were their dreams and aspirations? What obstacles stood in their way and how did they overcome them? Who helped them along the way? What advice do they have for others experiencing displacement? Finally, what can institutions and policymakers do to int...

Here Isabelle Seddon reveals the astonishing contributions made by British born Jewish women as campaigners for social justice and in the professions of science, medicine, politics, law, religion, media and journalism during the twentieth century. Many of them were trailblazers, and this volume highlights their achievements, looks at how their Jewish history and background impacted and contributed to their success and exposes the intersections of gender, religion and ethnicity/race in Brit...

An honest, laugh-out-loud, feel-good novel inspired by the Tony-nominated musical The Prom, read by members of the original Broadway cast!Seventeen-year-old Emma Nolan wants only one thing before she graduates: to dance with her girlfriend at the senior prom. But in her small town of Edgewater, Indiana, that's like asking for the moon.Alyssa Greene is her high school's "it" girl: popular, head of the student council, and daughter of the PTA preside...

La princesa Isabel nunca se imaginó que sería reina. Pero cuando cumplió diez años, su tío el Rey Eduardo VIII abdicó al trono y todo cambió… Su padre se convirtió en rey, pero después de 15 años de reinado, murió. Así que cuando ella tenía tan solo 25 años, fue coronada reina y se convirtió en la monarca que más tiempo ha servido en la historia Británica.Esta inspiradora biografía para niños ...

While migration and population settlement have always been an important feature of political life throughout the world, the dramatic changes in the pace, direction, and complexity of contemporary migration flows are undoubtedly unique. Despite the economic benefits often associated with global, regional, and internal migration, the arrival of large numbers of migrants can exacerbate tensions and give rise to violent clashes between local populations and recent arrivals. This volume takes s...

e-artnow presents to you the greatest Christmas novels, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As J...

Here Isabelle Seddon reveals the astonishing contributions made by British born Jewish women in the arts during the twentieth century. Some of the women you will meet here were well-known in their fields such as singer Amy Winehouse, and others whose names are less familiar, but whose contributions to their fields are no less notable such as Rebecca Solomon, a painter of social injustices. The intersection of gender, Jewishness, social status and education links the experiences of all of t...

A forbidden love, buried secrets, and a past that won’t stay forgotten…She thought she knew him—until he vanished without a word. Two years later, fate reunites them, only to reveal a web of lies. He’s not who she thought, and neither is she. As dark truths unravel, they’re drawn into danger, deception, and a love that defies the odds.Can they escape the past, or will their secrets consume them forever?

American culture has long represented mixed-race identity in paradoxical terms. On the one hand, it has been associated with weakness, abnormality, impurity, transgression, shame, and various pathologies; however, it can also connote genetic superiority, exceptional beauty, and special potentiality. This ambivalence has found its way into superhero media, which runs the gamut from Ant-Man and the Wasp’s tragic mulatta villain Ghost to the cinematic depiction of Aquaman as a heroic...

This winter, we are offering to you our own Christmas box – filled up to the top with the best Christmas novels, classics to read during holidays, magical Christmas tales, legends, most famous carols and the unique poetry of the giants of literature dedicated to this one and only holiday: The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christma...