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Patrick Brontë was to say later in his life ‘Thornton, my happiest years.’Who would have thought that this humble little terraced property on the outskirts of Bradford in the village of Thornton was to be the birthplace of incredible literary genius? For in this house three girls were born early in the nineteenth century whose collective ability to weave magic with words created novels that are loved, discussed and read worldwide over 175 years after publication. The Brontë sisters...

The Demon Within: A Tale of Possession is a bone-chilling horror novel that takes readers on a journey into the world of the supernatural. When Katie, a young exorcist, is called upon to help a family whose daughter is possessed by a demon, she knows that she's in for a challenge.As she delves deeper into the case, she discovers that this is no ordinary demon. It's a malevolent entity that has been wreaking havoc on the family for months, and it's growing stronger with each passing...

Dying is not a right. Government has seized the opportunity to intervene in peoples’ lives when end of life issues arise. Without a clearly written statement of medical directives the health system is forced to turn to blind courts and aggressive prosecutors to guide them. In this book are a series of cases confronting those in the last days of their lives. Many of these patients made national headlines in their fight to die with dignity. In one specific case a State forced a hospital to k...

A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish has been fully revised and updated, including over 500 new entries, making it an invaluable resource for students of Spanish.Based on a new web-based corpus containing more than 2 billion words collected from 21 Spanish-speaking countries, the second edition of A Frequency Dictionary of Spanish provides the most expansive and up-to-date guidelines on Spanish vocabulary. Each entry is accompanied with an illustrative example and fu...

If you have ever whispered a promise to yourself in the mirror and then forgotten it by lunchtime, you already know the problem this book is built to solve. The words we speak into our own ears shape the way we move through the day, and for many women the voice that runs the loudest is the voice that says we are not enough. That voice is not the voice of God, and yet it has been given a microphone, because it is the only one we have practiced. This book is a different kind of practice, bui...

Most homeschool advice was written for a child who does not exist in your house, and the color coded block schedules, the cheerful encouragement to start at 8 in the morning, and the tidy hourly timetables all assume a child who transitions without pain and sustains attention for 45 minutes. If you are raising a neurodivergent child, you already know how badly that picture misses your reality. This book is for the parent who has tried those schedules and watched them collapse by 9:30 in th...

First published in 2010. A Frequency Dictionary of Contemporary American English: word sketches, collocates, and thematic lists is an invaluable tool for all learners of American English, providing a list of the 5,000 most frequently used words in the language.

During the recessionary period of 2008-9, many organizations followed a business model that was ill-suited to long-term prosperity and strong profits, instead focusing on cost-cutting initiatives in order to survive. Post-recession, there is more optimism around investment, but changing from an entrenched cost-focused strategy can prove to be challenging.Infinite Value offers a value-based business model approach, which author Mark Davies argues is the most effective way f...

Although the story of Jack the Ripper has been told many times, the crime scene locations and the killing ground which he and his unfortunate victims would have been familiar with has been largely left unknown. This book is the literary equivalent of a walking tour around the sites that would have been frequented by those who lived in Whitechapel in 1888. Using the original police reports, new images, maps and diagrams the book takes the reader deep inside Jack the Ripper’s London and pres...

Instant rapport with the audience. They are smiling, leaning forward, ready to listen.Fear stops people from public speaking. Everyone wants to be liked, but the pressure gets in the way. So we avoid it.In a speech, presentation, webinar or even a casual conversation, we have just a few seconds to prove we are interesting and valuable. How can we capture our audience’s attention immediately? By mastering our first 20 seconds.We can ...

Earth is a graveyard. The generation ship Equinox is humanity's last ark, hurtling through the void toward Proxima Centauri b. Its AI, CORA, operates on one absolute law: cold, ruthless efficiency.When Cryo-Tech Naomi Caldwell becomes pregnant against all odds and protocols, CORA's logic demands immediate termination. But Naomi defies the machine. She gives birth to Aurora-a child who is not just a miracle, but a mutation. Capable of photosynthesis and bio...

(Piano Instruction). The Hal Leonard Jazz Piano Method is a comprehensive and easy-to-use guide designed for anyone interested in playing jazz piano from the complete novice just learning the basics to the more advanced player who wishes to enhance their keyboard vocabulary. There are lots of fun progressions and licks for you to play and absorb. The accompanying audio includes demonstrations of all the examples in the book! Topics include essential theory, chords and voicings, improvisati...