Unwind and get creative as you learn all about watercolor painting--one of the fastest-growing activities for everyday adults who are looking for a hobby to easily relax and relieve stress!Modern Watercolor Botanicals is a comprehensive guide for all skill levels--beginner to advanced--that teaches everything you need to know about watercolor using easy-to-follow diagrams, pictures, and instructions. Learn how to paint and advance your skills using pieces ...

À la fois victime du syndrome de la page blanche et d'une rupture amoureuse mal digérée, un auteur de best-sellers doit désormais affronter un cambriolage qui, s'il l'ignore encore, va bouleverser toute sa vie.Accompagné d'une mystérieuse inconnue, il se retrouve en cavale, forcé de prendre la fuite, de Biarritz à Venise, pour un voyage plein de surprises, d'illusions et de secrets.Qui est véritablement la jeune femme à ses côtés ? Que cache-t-elle derrière ses yeux insensé...

2037. Dawn arrive en Arténie pour étudier. Elle l'ignore encore, mais elle vient de mettre les pieds dans une dictature où le système de répression est terrible, où chaque citoyen est tracé méthodiquement à l'aide d'une puce implantée dans le corps et où la capacité de rêver, d'imaginer et de créer n'existe plus.La mystérieuse Arakné, qui a pris le pouvoir, a fait bannir l'Art de son pays. Afin d'échapper au Gouverneur d'esprit qui la qui la traque, Dawn entreprend...

High-risk missions. Razor-sharp wit. Unstoppable teen agents.The Island may be paradise to most of the agents stationed there, but Sarah and her twin brother Simon just want to leave. They’ve been training to be spies their whole lives and are ready for adventure. Strong, determined Sarah yearns to prove her worth as a top-notch agent, while intuitive, artistic Simon dreams of exotic wonders like street tacos and single family homes.The only problem? Their ...

A National BestsellerOne family. Four generations. A secret son. A devastating addiction. A Texas family is met with losses and surprises of inheritance, but they’re unable to shake the pull back toward each other in this family saga perfect for readers of Mary Beth Keane and Claire Lombardo.Ryan and Lillian Bright are deeply in love, recently married, and now parents to a baby girl, Georgette. But Lillian has a son she hasn’t told Ryan abo...

From the author of The Bright Years, the story of April and Leo, a couple on the brink of collapse. When their house goes up in flames, family secrets and thorny histories emerge as they are forced to decide what is worth salvaging.When April and Leo’s house burns in the middle of the night, they escape with their two young children and the quiet knowledge that the fire is not the only thing threatening their family. They retreat to April’s childhood home ...

Native American Transracial Adoptees Tell Their Stories presents twenty interviews with Native American adoptees raised in non-Native homes. Through the in-depth interviews they conduct with each participant, the authors explore complex questions of cultural identity formation.The participants of the study represent a range of positive and negative experiences of transracial adoption. Regardless of their personal experiences, however, all twenty respondents indicate that t...

“Dove il Silenzio Sanguina” è il prologo di un’epopea dark sci-fi che introduce Lemo, giovane comandante segnata da un passato brutale, affiancata da un insieme di personaggi destinati a diventare fondamentali nell’economia dell’intera saga.In un pianeta sconvolto da tre fazioni in guerra — Umani, Alieni e Intelligenze Artificiali — prende forma un racconto che fonde azione, tensione psicologica, mistero e dinamiche geopolitiche.Il worldbuilding si...

Imagine exploring the most extreme parts of our amazing planet—trekking though the driest desert, climbing the snowiest mountaintops, and diving to the deepest regions of the ocean floor. Seymour Simon, the dean of children's science nonfiction, investigates Earth's biggest, smallest, deepest, and coldest environments, animals, plants, and most severe weather. These mind-bending facts and photographs invite readers on an exciting, and sometimes unbelievable, scientific expedition of Earth'...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES STARRING DIANE KRUGER AND JO JOYNER'Taut, clever, compelling and guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat…' Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the TrainYou think you know her…But look a little closerShe is a stay-at-home mother of three with boundless reserves of patience, energy and love. After being friends for a decade, this is how L...

For built environment professionals, delivering socially impactful projects is more crucial and challenging than ever. This step-by-step guide provides an innovative approach to stakeholder engagement, empowering project teams to create meaningful social value through the stakeholder engagement process and build better projects.Socially Successful Projects in the built environment will help the reader understand the theory behind a reframed approach to stakeholder engageme...