All his life, Adlai had lived in a world without fire. Yet, it was his world only. For the rest, it was a world surrounded by ordinary miracles, where daily people did impossible things and took them for granted. Things that Adlai could never do.And never would.Why? Adlai wished he knew. Why he and, as far as he knew, he alone had been chosen to live in darkness while all about him people bathed in the light. People with spells on their fingertips: Children who could change...

Rejected by society, rejected by family, but not rejected by himself. Can Adler survive a world set against him? Can he prove he is more than what they say? Fate works in mysterious ways and the fate of all may depend on one who’s nothing at all.What if you were 'Nothing'? Well, for Adler, that's just another ordinary day. Born into the Kingdom of Falconia, Adler was supposed to have the ability to speak to birds. He ought to have been born with it. Unfortunately, ...

Every teen can lead a life they love. Even yours.Yelling, pleading, enforcing strict rules, and giving in have proven ineffective. You've tried it all-along with tons of treatments and therapies-with no improvement.Katie K. May knows what you're going through. She also knows what your teen is going through because she lived it. You're on Fire, It's Fine is more than a book; it's a comprehensive approach for parents of teens overwhelmed by intense e...

With the end of war comes peace but surprises wait just around the dawn. An old enemy arrives, determined to be a friend, and a quest calls from the very depths of their hearts. Can Adler do the impossible again and save someone more like himself than anyone else?It's been a year since peace with Leocinia and Adler is enjoying the freedom he's earned. However, his peaceful life comes to an abrupt end one morning when he wakes up to find Prince Corwin, his former en...

A starship descending from the sky, a lost childhood stolen by a galactic Empire, and a battle lurking in the everyday. Life as Nesrin knows it will never be the same again. They say Magic is a gift and gifted she is. But how will she use her gift? And at what cost? Her life? Or her heart?On a too perfect day a thousand years in the future, Nesrin is present as humanity’s world is shattered on the very day they celebrate world peace. A starship, the first of many, ...

A Princess fleeing for her freedom, an ancient wrong rising from the sea, and the most difficult choice of all. To save those who’d rejected him, Adler must face the hardest trial of his life and confront the deepest depths of his heart. Can he save them all? And at what cost?Seven years have passed since the founding of the Centre and relations with the Four Kingdoms have been testy. Things get worse when Princess Nalea, Corwin's younger sister, flees Leocinia for...

Supporting adolescents who engage in high-risk behaviors requires a therapeutic approach that is structured, compassionate, and clinically rigorous. Teen DBT in Practice provides therapists with a clear, step-by-step framework for delivering Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) to young people with consistency and confidence. Emphasising structure, flexibility, and fidelity, the book offers practical guidance for addressing self-harm and suicidal behaviors in young people.Wr...

The rock art of Australia is among the oldest, most complex, and most fascinating manifestations of human creativity and imagination in the world. Aboriginal people used art to record their experiences, ceremonies, and knowledge by embedding their understanding of the world in the landscape over many generations. Indeed, rock art serves as archives and libraries for Australia's Indigenous people. It is, in effect, its repository of memory. This volume explores Indigenous perspectives on ro...

Presenting a story of art and artists in Gunbalanya, western Arnhem Land between the years 2001 and 2005, this book explores the artistic community surrounding the primary place of art creation and sale in the region, Injalak Arts, an art centre established in the remote Aboriginal community of Gunbalanya.Using a variety of disciplinary approaches including archaeological analysis and material culture studies, anthropology, historical research, oral histories, and reflexive ethnogr...

In February 1948, a team of Australians and Americans embarked upon one of the largest scientific expeditions that had ever taken place in Australia. Seventeen men and women journeyed across northern Australia for nine months, investigating the people and environment of the remote region known as Arnhem Land. Today, the Arnhem Land Expedition remains one of the most significant, most ambitious, and least understood expeditions ever mounted. Collecting Cultures draws together diverse strand...

Every teen can lead a life they love. Even yours.Yelling, pleading, enforcing strict rules, and giving in have proven ineffective. You’ve tried it all—along with tons of treatments and therapies—with no improvement.Katie K. May knows what you’re going through. She also knows what your teen is going through because she lived it. You’re on Fire, It’s Fine is more than a book; it’s a comprehensive approach for parents of teens overwhelmed by intense emotions.Discover how ...

This acclaimed picture book autobiography tells the triumphant story of Sharice Davids, one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, and the first LGBTQ congressperson to represent Kansas.When Sharice Davids was young, she never thought she’d be in Congress. And she never thought she’d be one of the first Native American women in Congress. During her campaign, she heard from a lot of doubters. They said she couldn’t win because of how she looked, who she loved, and w...