Discover a bleak, alternative Cold War history in "Long May Our Crimson Flag Inspire"! Join little Alice as she struggles to cope with terrible, mysterious noises in her bedroom when she should be asleep in "A Noise at Night"! Experience true despair as you sit down for lunch in the dreadful, eponymous eatery in "Eat 4 Lunch"! Find out what it's really like to live with psychic powers in "Psychonought"! And finally, remember to attend your local church for Christmas in "The Midnight Servic...

A fairy tale by prolific Japanese author, Kyuusaku Yumeno (originally released under the pen name Midori Kagatsuchi). First published in Japanese in 1925 and now translated into English. Originally written for children, but enjoyable for all ages, young and old.In a certain country, there lived a girl known as Chatty Princess, the only king and queen's only child. This princess loved to chat and she filled her days chattering from dawn to dusk about any little thing to anyone she c...

The momentous first volume of "NASH!", a 4-panel gag manga which illustrates the computer-based club activities and everyday lives of a group of high school girls who belong to the "Electronic Research Information Club".In this volume: "It's the day before the school festival and the EIRC girls realise that, frankly, their exhibition isn't even slightly ready! How is it the club members' fate to get plunged into a crunch time death march?!" That's the feeling in the clubroom......

A short story by Nankichi Niimi, an author sometimes referred to as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan. First published in Japanese in 1943 and now translated into English. Originally written for children, but enjoyable for all ages, young and old.One night, a group of children travel from their home village to a festival in the next town over, but one boy struggles with the trip because of his oversized geta sandals. As he acquires a new pair, a strange old woman gives the group...

A short, supernatural tale set in Taisho era Japan, first published in Japan in 1953 and now translated into English.As a young boy, the author moves with his family into a new house in Tokyo's Akasaka district, surrounded by spacious gardens and dominated by a large well set into the wall of the kitchen. For the low price paid the property seems too good to be true, but are the new occupants as alone as they think in their outwardly refined new home...?

The Canadian Mountain Assessment provides a first-of-its-kind look at what we know, do not know, and need to know about mountain systems in Canada. The assessment is based on insights from First Nations, Métis, and Inuit knowledges of mountains, as well as findings from an extensive assessment of pertinent academic literature. Its inclusive knowledge co-creation approach brings these multiple forms of evidence together in ways that enhance our collective understanding of mountains...

Cats distract us. Cats make us think of things outside of ourselves. And cats love to involve themselves in human affairs.In this omnibus volume of WMG Publishing's notable series, The Year of the Cat, felines of all stripes pounce and play and stalk through 100 cat stories in genres ranging from light romance to dark crime and everything in between.Entertaining cats, loving cats, even super-talented and time-traveling cats grace the pages of these twelve volumes edited by ...

»Nur wenn du dich genug mit deiner Psyche beschäftigst, kannst du glücklich sein!«, so eine weit verbreitete Annahme. Das stimmt nicht, widerspricht die renommierte Schematherapeutin Gitta Jacob. Es ist gut und wichtig, dass Menschen ihre Verhaltensmuster, Verletzungen und schwierigen Gefühle verstehen. Auf Dauer kann die Selbstbeschau jedoch daran hindern, Verantwortung für das eigene Handeln zu übernehmen. In ihrem neuen Buch benennt Jacob die Grenzen der Psychotherapie und die Gefahren,...

Verunsichert. Bockig. Auf dem Rückzug. Wir alle haben Denk- und Verhaltensweisen, die uns stören oder gar schaden. Wenn wir im Leben immer wieder in dieselben Fallen tappen, liegt das daran, dass wir unbewussten Mustern folgen: dem ängstlichen oder zornigen Kind in uns – oder dem strengen Richter, der mit Strafen und Liebesentzug droht.Die Psychotherapeutin Gitta Jacob zeigt, dass es auch anders geht: Zahlreiche Übungen und Impulse helfen, sich von Ängsten und Zwängen zu befreien, u...

BUYER BEWARE: CONTENTS MAY BE HARMFULWith nothing else to do and no career prospects, Alex turns to the lucrative world of dropshipping—he never sees the stock, never goes to a warehouse. Just clicks a few buttons and takes the orders and money.When Mary, a lonely middle-aged mother, contacts him regarding an incorrect order, he doesn’t think much of it. Customers are simple, easy to placate. But the gurus on YouTube didn’t prepare him for Mary turning up a...

There are an estimated 500 million smallholder farmers across the world, of which a considerable percentage of women. Despite their large numbers and important roles, women smallholders remain largely unsupported and their contribution to agriculture is often devalued because of their sex.Women and smallholder farming: Addressing global inequities in agriculture provides a comprehensive overview of the main obstacles and challenges women smallholders conti...

The Disinformers uncovers the people and the organizations behind the disinformation campaigns that began on social media with the 2016 U.S. presidential election and reached a violent crescendo with the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Edited by social media researcher Lance Porter, this vital collection of interdisciplinary scholarship analyzes how foreign interference destabilized political conversations, stoked racial tensions, and spread disinformation across ...