Permafrost is an unincorporated (and entirely concocted) town on the logging road, off the gravel road, off the county road from Big Falls, in Koochiching County, Minnesota. It went into the unusually hard winter of 1887–88 and never came out. Oh, it isn’t frozen in time, it’s just frozen.There is what is called a “microclimate” around Permafrost. About two square miles around the town and a lake are below freezing all year round. It doesn’t get bitter cold even in winter, or warm ...

L'eredità dei Wentworth 1Italia - Inghilterra, 1794Mentre l'Artemis salpa dal porto di Genova, il tenente di vascello Perry Wentworth dedica il suo ultimo pensiero a Miss Elizabeth. Non per amore, ma per pura antipatia, perché la fanciulla, con la sfrontatezza tipica dei diciassette anni e la sua lingua tagliente, lo ha davvero indispettito. Convinto di essersi lasciato alle spalle l'Italia e quella piccola strega, Perry torna in cabina... d...

Inghilterra, 1810Vedova con un figlio di appena cinque anni e una locanda da mandare avanti, Sophie sta perdendo la speranza di superare l'inverno senza dover vendere il locale e il suggestivo laghetto vicino, quando un affascinante sconosciuto le propone di fare da esca per arrestare i contrabbandieri con i quali era implicato il suo defunto marito. Benché la missione si prospetti molto rischiosa, Sophie accetta per il bene suo e del piccolo Kit, ma le prove che deve affrontare si ...

The Yearbook of Transnational History is dedicated to disseminating pioneering research in the field of transnational history. This inaugural volume provides readers with articles on topics such as soccer, travel, music, and social policy. These articles highlight the movement of ideas, people, policies, and practices across various cultures and societies and explore the relations and connections, and spaces created by these movements. These articles make clear that historical phenomena fr...

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2022Examines the largely unexplored topics in Caribbean archaeology of looting of heritage sites, fraudulent artifacts, and illicit trade of archaeological materialsReal, Recent, or Replica: Precolumbian Caribbean Heritage as Art, Commodity, and Inspiration is the first book-length study of its kind to highlight the increasing commodification of Caribbean Precolumbian ...

Why are some genocides prominently remembered while others are ignored, hidden, or denied? Consider the Turkish campaign denying the Armenian genocide, followed by the Armenian movement to recognize the violence. Similar movements are building to acknowledge other genocides that have long remained out of sight in the media, such as those against the Circassians, Greeks, Assyrians, the indigenous peoples in the Americas and Australia, and the violence that was the precursor to and the after...

The Nature of Drugs: History, Pharmacology, and Social Impact, Volume 1, presents lectures from Alexander “Sasha” Shulgin’s popular course on what drugs are, how they work, how they are processed by the body, and how they affect our society.Transcribed from the original lectures recorded at San Francisco State University in 1987, The Nature of Drugs series highlights Shulgin’s engaging lecture style peppered with illuminating anecdotes and amusing...

Love and its attendant emotions not only spur migration—they forge our response to the people who leave their homes in search of new lives. Emotional Landscapes looks at the power of love, and the words we use to express it, to explore the immigration experience. The authors focus on intimate emotional language and how languages of love shape the ways human beings migrate but also create meaning for migrants, their families, and their societies. Looking at sources ranging from let...

La donna di picche, novella pubblicata nel 1834, è considerato l'opera narrativa più riuscita di Puskin, la cui prosa è caratterizzata da uno stile limpido ed essenziale. Il racconto fonde in maniera originale l'elemento fantastico e il sapore gotico della vicenda riconducibili alla narrativa romantica tedesca con il realismo della rappresentazione di alcuni personaggi, quali la vecchia contessa e la sua sfortunata dama di compagnia. Pregevole è l'equilibro con cui l'autore padroneggia gli...

This volume examines the school-to-prison pipeline, a concept that has received growing attention over the past 10–15 years in the United States. The “pipeline” refers to a number of interrelated concepts and activities that most often include the criminalization of students and student behavior, the police-like state found in many schools throughout the country, and the introduction of youth into the criminal justice system at an early age. The school-to-prison pipeline negatively and dis...

Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of six charming cozy mysteries publishing in Fall 2025 for free and easy sampling.The twenty-fifth edition of Cozy Case Files features cozies from the following authors: Ellie Alexander, Cate Conte, Mindy Quigly, Elizabeth Penney, Donna Andrews, and M.C. Beaton.Travel to Costa Rica and uncover a murder before it's too late in Laying Down the Latt...

Seja você um líder sobrecarregado ou um funcionário frustrado, aprender a delegação de tarefas eficaz vai aprimorar seu trabalho e facilitar sua vida. No best-seller O poder de delegar, Donna M. Genett ensina ao leitor como fazer mais se estressando menos!Você sente que está negligenciando o trabalho quando passa tempo com a família? Tem a sensação de que seu chefe espera que você leia a mente dele? Se sente sobrecarregado com o acúmulo de tarefas? Acha qu...