The millennia-old folk custom of "picking bones" has sparked mysterious events straddling life and death, unveiling the enigmas of mortality in a fantastical realm. Witnessing the eerie phenomena within a funeral home-a mysterious lingzhi mushroom, commonly known as the coffin fungus, grows within coffins. Legend holds its growth conditions are exceptionally harsh, nourished by blood spurting from corpses that seeps into the coffin lid. Some used it for healing, only to die from it; others...

Thornbury Through Time contains 180 old and current photographs of this beautiful Gloucestershire market town. Each of the 90 old photographs, some printed in sepia, appears alongside a contrasting contemporary version in full colour, illustrating how the town and surrounding area has changed during the last 100 years. Each photograph is accompanied by descriptive text and the book also has an introduction giving a brief overview of the history of the area. This delightful collection featu...

The photographs gathered together in this book reflect changes to Thornbury over the last 130 years. A wide range of subjects has been chosen to illustrate the broad breadth of that change, in all its guises. For centuries the thriving livestock market was at the centre of life in the town and images recall some of its history and eventual demise. Architecturally the main streets may look untouched by time but a closer examination shows the many detailed alterations that have occurred. The...

"Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required."By the time a photographer spotted these words on a shirt at a campaign rally for Donald Trump in November 2016, it had long been clear that a growing number of Americans had not-so-subtle reservations about journalists. In an age that some demonize the media as an "enemy of the people," it's time for a heart-to-heart about what journalism is, and what it could be. And while we break down the news business, let's als...

溫哥華自古被華僑譯作「雲高華」，故有「雲城」之稱。1930年日本為了鞏固日加關係，送給溫市首批櫻花樹，溫哥華人自此與櫻花邂逅，隨即被櫻花短暫的美麗，如雲彩般的花朵迷倒，每年引頸期待，喜興迎接春天花季到來。現在，溫哥華擁有4萬多棵櫻花樹和60種櫻花品種，是除了日本以外，櫻花品種最多的城市，要認識這些櫻花是困難的，於是我們將溫哥華所有櫻花種類彙整成冊，凖備好10篇文章，共10條自駕賞櫻路線，近200幅美麗照片，依照花期帶你走遍溫哥華23個社區和鄰近地區，在最佳時機找到和認識這60種櫻花，並細訴埋藏在這個城市角落的大小故事。希望本書幫助大家在賞櫻之餘，能對溫哥華有更深刻的瞭解。

He was from Brazil and she a lovely american redhead in a Highschool in the US. They started as teen sweethearts and went strong . Both tried to get along with new loves in their young adult lives.They failed. How Fate would bring them together?

First published in 1986, Where it hurts provides a straightforward and accessible introduction to sociology for beginning students. In dealing with key areas of sociology (such as class, gender, race and ethnicity, age, work, and the state) and grounding theory and concepts in real issues, it demonstrates how sociology works in a specific application- the social history of health and health care.Students for whom sociology is part of a health or welfare-related course will find thi...

What if the beliefs holding you back weren't even yours to begin with?From the moment we're born, we absorb the emotional patterns and limiting beliefs of those around us, especially our caregivers. We're taught to "fit in" to survive. But somewhere along the way, we forget who we really are.Inspire, Influence, Impact is a powerful collection of stories from 11 women who found the courage to break through that conditioning and transform their lives from the inside out....

“Rope. Tree. Journalist. Some assembly required.”By the time a photographer spotted these words on a shirt at a campaign rally for Donald Trump in November 2016, it had long been clear that a growing number of Americans had not-so-subtle reservations about journalists. In an age that some demonize the media as an “enemy of the people,” it’s time for a heart-to-heart about what journalism is, and what it could be. And while we break down the news business, ...