For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood, named one of the Best True Crime Books by Marie Claire.One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint from a church parking lot. She was thrown into a van, assaulted, held for ransom, and then left to die as an ice storm de...

*SHORTLISTED FOR THE CWA DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION*'Extraordinary' Kate Mosse'Electric' Lemn Sissay'Searing' Julia SamuelOne Omaha winter day in 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knife-point, thrown into a van, assaulted, held for ransom, and left to die.But what if this wasn't the most traumatic, defining event in her childhood?Undertaking a radical...

Bloomsbury presents Dancing with the Octopus written and read by Debora Harding.For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle, a harrowing, redemptive and profoundly inspiring memoir of childhood trauma and its long reach into adulthood, named one of the Best True Crime Books by Marie Claire.One Omaha winter day in November 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knifepoint from a church parking lot. She was thrown into a van, assaulted, held for ran...

One Omaha winter day in 1978, when Debora Harding was just fourteen, she was abducted at knife-point, thrown into a van, assaulted, held for ransom, and left to die.But what if this wasn't the most traumatic, defining event in her childhood?Undertaking a radical project, Deborah Harding dexterously shifts between the past and present to unravel her story. From the immediate aftermath to the possibility of restorative justice twenty years later, Dancing with the Octopus lays...

Herbs are some of the most versatile plants in the world. They grow in the worst type of soil, are drought tolerant and require very little maintenance. Use them to flavor all kinds of foods, make skin and hair care products of your own, enhance your vegetable garden, cure common ailments, clean your home and make it smell wonderful.It sounds almost too good to be true, but this book will give you the inside story on how to use these wonderful plants and save money along with keepi...

How to Knit is a comprehensive look at how to create different stitches and patterns using two knitting needles and some yarn. Finish a scarf or pair of arm warmers from the patterns in the book or knit a sampler of several different stitches. This book imparts the knowledge so that other, more difficult projects can be handled with ease.The book gives a little history of knitting from Egypt and the Middle East all the way to Scotland where the shepherds sat in the fields knitting ...

Herbs are some of the most versatile plants in the world. They grow in the worst type of soil, are drought tolerant, and require very little maintenance. Use them to flavor all kinds of foods, make skin and hair care products of your own, enhance your vegetable garden, cure common ailments, clean your home, and make it smell wonderful. It sounds almost too good to be true, but this audiobook will give you the inside story on how to use these wonderful plants and save money along with keepi...

How to Knit is a comprehensive look at how to create different stitches and patterns using two knitting needles and some yarn. Finish a scarf or pair of arm warmers from the patterns in the book or knit a sampler of several different stitches. This book imparts the knowledge so that other, more difficult projects can be handled with ease.The book gives a little history of knitting from Egypt and the Middle East all the way to Scotland where the shepherds sat in the fields knitting ...

In the 1980s, Willis McGlascoe Carter’s handwritten memoir turned up unexpectedly in the hands of a midwestern antiques dealer. Its twenty-two pages told a fascinating story of a man born into slavery in Virginia who, at the onset of freedom, gained an education, became a teacher, started a family, and edited a newspaper. Even his life as a slave seemed exceptional: he described how his owners treated him and his family with respect, and he learned to read and write. Tucked into its back p...

Supervision plays a central role in supporting professional practice, practitioner wellbeing, clinical governance and client safety. This anthology, designed as a collection of possibilities rather than a definitive guide, offers a window into a less visible and rarely discussed aspect of practice. Contributors draw on first-hand encounters of supervision to share insights from both professional and public perspectives. These span practice contexts from pre-registration to qualified and in...

Are All Warriors Male? is a lively inquiry into questions of gender on the ancient Eurasian steppes. The book's contributors are archaeologists who work in eastern Europe, Central Asia, and eastern Asia, and this volume is the result of their field research in this vast. As little has been written about the evidence of gender roles in ancient-or modern-pastoralist societies, this book helps to fill an empty niche in our understanding of how sexual roles and identities have shaped ...

Bloomsbury presents Memorial Drive written and read by Natasha Trethewey.ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S BEST BOOKS OF 2020WINNER OF THE ANISFIELD-WOLF BOOK AWARDSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 CARNEGIE MEDAL IN NON-FICTION'This will be read for many, many years to come as a classic not just of the memoir genre but of contemporary writing' Simon Schama'The work of a poet. A great poet' Financial Times'A must-read classic' Mary Karr'Trethewey writes eleg...