"They were born smart," - a clueless student.Catch Up With Top Achievers: 2020 HSC and Beyond is a collection of articles written by the best performing HSC students in the State - HSC State Rankers. In our study guide, each author outlines their unique and results-driven study strategies. They also provide specific advice towards succeeding in their area of expertise. The practical study methods presented in this book are by no means conventional. Instead...

“You don’t need to start taking things seriously until you are in Year 12.”We think differently.Catch Up with Top-Achievers: 2019 HSC edition is a new type of study guide designed for high school students, teachers and parents.Catch Up with Top-Achievers: 2019 HSC edition is composed of a series of articles written by past HSC Top-Achievers. They explain their unique approa...

A faceless man stalks a woman's nightmares in Hollywood. A Kanontsistó ntie is summoned to seek revenge in a residential school. A move from the projects to Manhattan leads to ominous shadows closing in. Two sisters discover a secret room in their farm, unearthing a sinister power.Originally published in Scotland, When Other People Saw Us, They Saw the Dead is an anthology of dark, unsettling writing from some of the most exciting contemporary BIPOC writers. Blending Gothi...

A practical and hopeful guide that teaches you how to ask yourself the right questions in order to create a new vision for your future.What outcome do you want from reading this book?What difference would it make if you could attain it?How would you notice the change it made in your life?The questions we ask ourselves are powerful tools that can change the trajectory of our lives. In this practical and hopeful guide,...

A practical and hopeful guide that teaches you how to ask yourself the right questions in order to create a new vision for your future.What outcome do you want from reading this book?What difference would it make if you could attain it?How would you notice the change it made in your life?The questions we ask ourselves are powerful tools that can change the trajectory of our lives. In this practical and hopeful guide,...

En écrivant cet hommage, je me suis tenu à une règle simple : utiliser les mots les plus justes pour transcrire fidèlement ce que j’ai vécu et ressenti.L’amour entre un père et son fils n’est pas quantifiable. Il est le résultat d’un échange permanent entre les deux. Il croit au fil du temps. La disparition brutale d’un enfant crée un chaos inéluctable.« Avec le temps, cela ira mieux » est la phrase que nous entendons tous. Mais le temps ne soigne rien. Il permet d’atténuer...

Dans 'Ma captivité en Abyssinie ...sous l'empereur Théodoros', Henry Blanc retrace son expérience en tant que prisonnier à la cour de Théodoros II, empereur éthiopien au milieu du XIXe siècle. Ce récit où se mêlent aventure, anthropologie et témoignage historique offre une plongée fascinante dans une époque et un lieu méconnus de l'Occident. Le style de Blanc, à la fois clair et engagé, fait écho à la tradition des récits de voyage, tout en témoignant de l'influence romantique qui imprègne...

Dans cet ouvrage autobiographique, l’auteur raconte comment il a développé des troubles obsessionnels compulsifs dès l’enfance. Il décrit avec humour et recul le quotidien d’un grand angoissé, l'acceptation de cette maladie invisible pour les autres la plupart du temps, mais aussi la force que lui a apporté ce véritable handicap social.Au fil des pages, il interroge l’influence de sa santé mentale sur son travail, et questionne l’idée reçue selon laquelle la tristesse seule permet d...

Disruptive pedagogies for archival researchIn a cultural moment when institutional repositories carry valuable secrets to the present and past, this collection argues for the critical, intellectual, and social value of archival instruction. Graban and Hayden and 37 other contributors examine how undergraduate and graduate courses in rhetoric, history, community literacy, and professional writing can successfully engage students in archival research in its many form...

P.D. James demuestra de nuevo su habilidad para observar el comportamiento humano, construir intrigas sorprendentes y evocar los ambientes y paisajes que rodean a sus personajes.Adam Dalgliesh regresa a East Anglia, escenario de sus años de juventud, para investigar la muerte de un seminarista que estudiaba en la Universidad de Saint Anselm.Sin embargo, la visita no solo le trae nostálgicos recuerdos, sino que lo enfrenta a una sucesión de horrores, de extr...

Adam et Eve est une collection de livres érotiques.

Master Cherng's translation of Discourse on Sitting and Forgetting, an 8th century classic text on meditation by Si Ma Cheng Zhen, is accompanied by his extensive explanatory commentary, unique in its ability to make this complex text accessible to the Western reader.In the introduction to the text, Master Cherng explains how to practice the Purification of the Heart method of meditation and photographs clearly illustrate the correct postures. He deciphers the Chinese metaphors and...