Cozy up with this page-turning ski town mystery as a band of determined journalists uncover the truth behind an eco-terrorist plot.“Crisp prose, sharply drawn characters, and keen and often humorous observations of mountain town life make this a compelling read. I LOVED THIS BOOK.” —Gwen Florio, author of Best Laid Plans and The Least Among UsIt’s 1993, and the ski company that runs Franklin, Colorado, plans to build a mas...

Trent Wolfer has blown it, in every possible way, over and over and over. And now he's blowing it again. Fresh out of rehab, he's back in his hometown working a dead-end job at a fast food joint and cutting out on his breaks to sneak airplane bottles of vodka and gin, when he looks up from his register one day to see Suze Randall, his closest friend from high school, now a radiant blonde single mother of two. Set in a small, sun-drenched Northern California town shifting from hippie haven ...

A practical ePub to motivating people which will give you the information and skills to succeedFind out how to maximise the effectiveness of your business by motivating your staff and enabling them to flourish. You'll learn how to encourage teamwork and deal with de-motivated staff.Tables, illustrations, 'In Focus' panels on what to do in a particular situation, plus real-life case studies demonstrate how to help create the right motivational environment. Dip in an...

A CAPTIVATING SMALL-TOWN MYSTERY AND A BAND OF JOURNALISTS DETERMINED TO UNCOVER THE TRUTH.The endangered lynx is at the center of an eco-terrorist plot gripping a small ski town, but newspaper publisher Tish Threadgill's insider information about a local literary malcontent leaves her upstart newspaper in a unique position to crack the case."We Bring You an Hour of Darkness is my favorite kind of thriller — one that combin...

Postmodernism has become the orthodoxy in educational theory. It heralds the end of grand theories like Marxism and liberalism, scorning any notion of a united feminist challenge to patriachy, of united anti-racist struggle, and of united working-class movements against capitalist exploitation and oppression. For postmodernists, the world is fragmented, history is ended, and all struggles are local and particularistic. Written by internationally renowned British and American educational th...

Ready to be a part of the greatest love story ever lived? Meet Charlie. Charlie is a hopeless romantic who has always dreamed of being a part of his own great love story. But when love story after love story in Charlie's life ends in heartbreak, will Charlie ever meet the one? Will his soulmate walk through the door on a beautiful spring afternoon while birds sing a song of romance or has Charlie been right next to her all along? Get to know Charlie through his lessons in life and love, an...

Life is like one of those "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, except that you can't cheat and change your past decisions and choose something different... or can you? In this novella, Charlie gives us an alternate ending to his great love story, It Was Always You. Filled with life lessons about love, loss, shame, and acceptance, join Charlie as he chooses a different path and see if he can finally get to the ending he has always dreamed of.

**"The aerial images are revelatory, sometimes unsettling and surprisingly beautiful" (New York Times Book Review)Acclaimed photographer George Steinmetz documents the awesome global effort that puts food on our tables and transforms the surface of the Earth**With a foreword by Michael Pollan and an introduction and informative captions by veteran environmental journalist Joel K. Bourne Jr., Feed the Planet brings the impact of visual images, accompanied b...

400,000 COPIES SOLD ACROSS THE FIRST TWO EDITIONSAn in-depth guide to the dynamic world of coffee production by the Sunday Times bestselling* author of How to Make the Best Coffee at Home, James Hoffmann.***For everyone who wants to understand more about coffee and its wonderful nuances and possibilities, this is the book to have. This expanded and fully updated 3rd edition contains new chapters on decaffeination a...

'A book of wonders' Bee Wilson, Sunday Times Books of the YearWinner of the Wainwright Prize 2022 - Eating to Extinction is an astonishing journey through the past, present and future of food, showing why reclaiming a diverse food culture is vital.'Saladino inspires us to believe that turning the tide is still possible' Yotam OttolenghiFrom a tiny crimson pear in the west of England to an exploding...

The NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA radically new understanding of and practical approach to climate change by noted environmentalist and creator of Drawdown, Paul HawkenThe dangers of climate change and a warming world have been in the public eye for fifty years. For three decades, scientists and the United Nations have urged us to address future existential threats. In Regeneration Paul Hawken has fl...

**A New Yorker Best Book of the Year"Lively…and thought-provoking.” —Robert W. Howarth, ScienceThe New York Times best-selling author on the source of great bounty—and now great peril—all over the world.**Phosphorus has played a critical role in some of the most lethal substances on earth: firebombs, rat poison, nerve gas. But it’s also the key component of one of the most vital: fertilizer, which has sustained life for billions of people....