It’s four days out from Christmas, and Harvey, a dick in public and private, is happily spending his workday drinking, listening to jazz, and reading a trashy western. That is, until a Viking-sized aristocrat arrives with a fat envelope of cash and a forlorn plea to track down his missing granddaughter.Harvey should really have told him to piss off.Instead, he finds himself standing over his partner lying in a pool of blood—sans his heart, caught up in occult robbery turned...

Thinking about bicycling to work? Not interested in wearing lycra because it emphasises everything that you want to hide? Not sure where to buy a bicycle or how much to spend? What about the mystery of keeping hair and clothing in place and keeping sweat at bay? Women are free to choose a career, education, life partner. Why not choose the bicycle for even greater freedom? If you've had any of these thoughts or are interested in making a sustainable change for yourself, you've found a solu...

Heaven and Hell are futuristic, not currently real, but men's spirits, religion, fear, born-again and heavenly joy are. Men's spirits are dead. That's why men in general cannot have any realistic spiritual understandings and easily devoured by religion. They are born into this world physically, carrying the corpses of spirits. That's also why all men have fear. Fear is the smell of a spirit-corpse. Men of fear, religion and the knowledge of good and evil are not qualified to be in Paradise...

This book is a practical resource for physiotherapists and occupational therapists who support people with cerebral palsy, helping them to solve the problems with movement and other impairments that often accompany cerebral palsy, so that they can be more active and better able to participate in roles such as study, work, recreation and relationships. The first chapters provide the background to the clinical reasoning approach that informs the whole text, as well as an overview of therapeu...

Losing America: Our National Crisis of Legalities vs. Justice How Our Own Laws Are Killing America:By: Imm d'CeazeLosing America: Our National Crisis of Legalities vs. Justice was written in the last half of 2020 through the first two months of 2021, when the Chinese virus pandemic was rampant and began affecting the entire world, while it destroyed our people and our economy. It includes some thoughts and realities about our past, present, and possible future political his...

A look at life and the afterlife, after most of my immediate family died, including two kids to Cystic Fibrosis. I also lost parents, two siblings, a husband, and many others in a very short time. They have come to me and others after their deaths. I saw signs from the day they passed. Coping with Multiple Sclerosis while caring for so many others, you get through it by faith and believing life really is just a test run for whats in store for us all. I think after reading this book, you wi...

This book presents and discusses the results of the ‘Plans to Pedagogy’ (P2P) project that was implemented across 13 diverse Australian and New Zealand schools, each with a unique school context and specific learning environment issue. The project employed a participatory approach, where academic researchers partnered with school leaders and staff in each school to co-design, implement, and evaluate research targeting the school’s chosen issue. It explores and analyses the case studies fro...

A practical easy-to-read guide to recognising and overcoming burnout and enjoying life againBurnout leaves people exhausted, overwhelmed, struggling to cope, and desperately searching for a way out. Despite being common, many people avoid acknowledging they’re burnt-out, both to themselves and others.Dr Amy Imms is a medical doctor who helps people overcome burnout, in this book she guides you through identifying whether you are burnt-out, and practical ste...

Insect Natural History introduces the reader to some of the latest discoveries and ideas about British Insects.This volume deals with the natural history of British insects, and introduces the reader to some of the latest discoveries and ideas about them. The author has brought together within convenient compass a large amount of scientific knowledge, often of absorbing interest; and he describes many of the remarkable features associated with the lives of insects.Only limi...

After taking a second look at the recipe section of the New Farmer's Almanac 2014, we noticed it included 47 recipes instead of the 50 we have stated. Instead of revising the edition, we decided to put the three recipes we intended in this free book as a way to introduce ourselves to those who might not be familiar with us.The New Farmer's Almanac was the first Farmer's Almanac to be published in a digital format and gained recognition when it famously predicted the first earthquak...

This open access book focuses on how the design and use of innovative learning environments can evolve as teaching practices and education policies change. It addresses how these new environments are used, how teachers are adapting their practices, the challenges that these changes pose, and the effective evaluation of these changes.The book reports on emerging research in learning environments, with a particular emphasis on how teachers are transitioning from traditional classroom...

Payasam is a South Indian food, the spiciest Indian cuisine, is primarily composed of rice, lentils, chilies, coconuts, and tamarind. Meals generally begin with a sweet, followed by three rice courses, pal payasam (a milk-based sweet), and paan or betel leaf as a digestive aid. Owing to the region's coastal roots and religious population, meals are generally vegetarian or fish-based, but pork and chicken are not uncommon. South Indian cuisine has four regional variations based on the areas...