Lamps, penknives, paperbacks, mechanical pencils, inflatable headrests. Marcin Wicha's mother Joanna was a collector of everyday objects. She found intrinsic – and often idiosyncratic – value in each item. When she dies and leaves her apartment intact, Wicha is left to sort through her things.The objects are the seemingly ordinary possessions of an ordinary life. But through them, Wicha begins to construct an image of Joanna as a Jewish woman, a mother, and a citizen. As Poland eme...

An insightful, captivatingly designed, full-color book that transports readers to the futuristic megalopolis of Night City--the epicenter of the vibrant new action-RPG from CD Projekt Red.Step into the year 2077, a world dotted with dystopian metropoles where violence, oppression, and cyberware implants aren't just common--they're necessary tools to get ahead. Delve into incisive lore to discover how the economic decline of the United States created a crippling dep...

Improve your legal vocabulary and comprehension of texts written with the use of jargon of legal practitioners. Designed by a lawyer and legal English teacher, this workbook helps you to understand more than 400 legal expressions and 80 business phrasal verbs. It sets the terminology in a daily-life context and provides efficient explanations as well as sentence use. The workbook covers elements from 18 areas of law, including human rights law, public international law, business law, IP la...

Cost, treatment time, and duration are the top concerns for patients seeking a new smile today. In this book, the StyleItaliano Team has gathered the most valuable and innovative insights from their global followers to address these key questions. The focus is on maximizing the potential of digital technology and modern materials, in a way that is practical, teachable, and consistently repeatable—true to the StyleItaliano approach.

Kamvar, a soldier, has lost his way. Leonine, a thief and sorcerer, has forgotten that he had one to lose.When the daughter of a High Priest finds herself exiled and hunted across the entirety of conquered Ekka, both men will remember who they are, and the country's invaders will learn that memories, unlike temples, are not so easily torn down.Pale Queen's Courtyard is the first novel by Canadian author Marcin Wrona, and a finalist in SciFiNow's 2009 War of the Words.

Zasha comes from a family of cage fighters. There was no time for playing with dolls or painting her nails - just learning how to survive in the ring.When four men attack her, she’s ready for them.Until they break the rules...and use dark magic against her.They transform her into a wolf. A beast. Violating her very nature.The Pound is an underground fighting arena, where wolves are pitted against each other to delight the whims of the perverse elite...

The pristine waters of the Finger Lakes inspire tranquility, but the region has not been spared a history of high-profile murders. George Chapman's execution for killing a hostler in a drunken rage drew one of the largest crowds in Seneca County's history. Charles Sprague was the only person from Yates County to be executed and the last person electrocuted at Auburn Prison after shooting a neighbor in a dispute over potatoes. A plea of insanity did not save James Williams from the electric...

**Aleksandra Motyka and Marcin Blacha, writers on the Cyberpunk 2077 video game, and artist Danijel Zezelj (Scalped, Days of Hate, Northlanders, Starve) take you on a fast-paced twisted ride through the darkest corners of Night City.A lonely maintenance worker gets tangled in an anti-corporation operation.**During a routine shift, Todd, an employee at Night City Area Rapid Transit, encounters an altercation between a mysterious w...

Many people struggle to make time for God in their busy schedules or just aren't morning people--this book addresses those issues by helping Christians establish (and stick with) a spiritual morning routine.The practice of waking early to seek God's presence is woven into the fabric of God's word. From the Gospels to the Psalms, from the wisdom literature to the historical narratives, the Bible resounds with the call to seek God early, to set the tone of our day wi...

With his lethal skills and criminal connections, former British agent Quincy Radcliffe has fast become a key asset at the newly formed Stark Security. But Quincy isn’t the man he appears to be.When the woman whose body he once worshipped and whose heart he broke pleads for his help, Quincy knows he must either turn his back on her or risk revealing his dark secrets to the one woman who can—and will—tear open his old wounds.For years, struggling actress Eliza Tucker has trie...

An ordinary girl, a dream to become extraordinary, and the powers that will lead her to change the world.What would you do if you were invited to study at the Magical Arts Academy?Enroll, of course!Join Isadora and her crew of magical misfits.Embark on a wild adventure today!Omnibus 1 includes books 1-4 of the Magical Arts Academy:First SpellWinge...

Get better at Adobe Lightroom to streamline post-production and focus on creativity with the help of this illustrated guideKey FeaturesManage, edit, and post-produce photographs in one place with the help of this full-color guideAdopt a non-destructive approach to working with seemingly infinite copies of photographs with different looksIncrease productivity and make your creative process easier with Lightroom's functionality and additional too...