This fun sculpture greets tourists at a garden in the United Kingdom.

Normal.dotm0011901163SIU Press195141012.00false18 pt18 pt00falsefalsefalseFringe Benefits, an award-winning theatre company, collaborates with schools and communities to create plays that promote constructive dialogue about diversity and discrimination issues. Staging Social Justice is a groundbreaking collection of essays about Fringe Benefits’ script-devising methodology and their collaborations in the United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The anthology also v...

In the vibrant anthology "Holiday Stories for Young People," readers embark on an enchanting journey through the kaleidoscope of holiday celebrations, embodied in timeless tales that span a rich variety of styles and genres. This collection brings together an impressive array of narratives, from the whimsical to the profoundly reflective, capturing the essence of seasonal charm and imaginative wonder. Each story contributes uniquely to the tapestry of holiday storytelling, offering readers...

Zookeeper Amy Phelps cares for giraffes at the San Francisco Zoo.

The Whidbey Island saga confirms Elizabeth George’s place as a top-notch writer of suspense novels.—OverdriveWhidbey Island may be only a ferry ride from Seattle, but it's a world apart. When Becca King arrives there, she doesn't suspect the island will become her home for the next four years. Put at risk by her ability to hear "whispers"—the thoughts of others—Becca is on the run from her stepfather, whose criminal...

This book brings together scholars to unpack the religious ideas, themes, motifs, texts, traditions, and practices that suffuse anime. Immensely popular with Western audiences since the 1980s, anime continues to be a prominent medium through which contemporary people, especially younger generations, are engaging ideas about God or ultimate reality, the world, and the self. This volume brings an academic lens to anime and shows the central role that religion plays in the intellectual and vi...

Becca King is now seventeen and has been living with Ralph Darrow, whose health has improved since his stroke. Although he’s able to speak and move on his own, he requires help around the house that his grandson, Seth, is sometimes unable to provide. It’s been a good setup, but Becca knows she can’t stay there forever.Since the events in Deception Pass, Becca and Derric have broken up, Jenn McDaniels has been kicked out of her home and is living with Diana Kinsale, and Pry...

The Whidbey Island saga confirms Elizabeth George’s place as a top-notch writer of suspense novels.—OverdriveA mysterious girl who won’t speak; a coal black seal named Nera that returns to the same place very year; a bitter feud of unknown origin—strange things are happening on Whidbey Island, and Becca King, is drawn into the maelstrom of events.But Becca, first met in Saratoga Woods, has her own secrets to hide. S...

The Whidbey Island saga confirms Elizabeth George’s place as a top-notch writer of suspense novels.—OverdriveSince his beloved grandfather’s stroke, Seth has been focused on getting Grand home again, before his aunt can take advantage of the situation to get her hands on Grand’s valuable real estate. Then there’s Prynne. Seth would like to get his relationship with her on solid ground. He loves her, but can he believe she has her drug use under cont...

Whidbey Island, a place of secrets and mystery, is home now for Becca King, still in hiding from her criminal stepfather. But Becca and her friends have new worries, as a series of fires are being set, the latest causing a fatality. Is one of the newcomers to blame?Perhaps it’s Isis Martin’s brother, just back from a school for troubled kids, or Parker, a musician fired by his bandmates. Meanwhile, Becca herself continues to slowly explore her own paranormal abilit...

A collection of 67 original recordings of speeches significant in United States and world history. Hear presidents, politicians, activists, sports figures and more in their own words as they talk about some of the most important events in the 20th century.

In an era of skyrocketing tuition and concern over whether college is “worth it,” Paying for the Party is an indispensable contribution to the dialogue assessing the state of American higher education. A powerful exposé of unmet obligations and misplaced priorities, it explains in detail why so many leave college with so little to show for it.