Sierra was only twelve years old when her life changed for the worse. Her life was a pile of dominoes falling block by block in a system of events from the time her father lost his job to the time where her mother dies in her arms. She finds the courage from within to change the broken society where she lives for the better.

This edited collection explores the malleability and influence of body image, focusing particularly on how media representation and popular culture’s focus on the body exacerbates the crucial social influence these representations can have on audiences’ perceptions of themselves and others. Contributors investigate the cultural context and lived experiences of individuals’ relationships with their bodies, going beyond examination of the thin, ideal body type to explore the emerging represe...

From Brooklyn to Berlin, matcha is on the menu of every café and coffee shop—even starting to outsell coffee in many outlets. Matcha is a health drink. A social media status symbol. A link to a past and a culture that once looked like it might disappear. It is also a surprisingly versatile ingredient.Whether creating the iconic Strawberry Matcha Latte at home or dishing up an elegant Matcha Tiramisu, the 60 recipes in Meet Your Matcha offer something for everyone, from the...

**New York Times Bestseller**From Erin French, owner of the critically acclaimed The Lost Kitchen, a TIME world dining destination, a life-affirming memoir about survival, renewal, and finding a community to lift her upLong before The Lost Kitchen became a world dining destination with every seating filled the day the reservation book opens each spring, Erin French was a girl roaming barefoot on a 25-acre farm, a teenager ...

Dungeons Are Half the Game.You can’t control what players are going to do. That’s half the fun. But you can control where they do it. That’s a whole other half!The Kobold Guide to Dungeons gives both new and experienced Game Masters over 100 pages of insight and ideas into making dungeons great. In-depth essays from industry luminaries teach you to think outside your own boxes, and into a larger realm of challenge, discovery, and good old monster bashing.Practical e...

"[Erin French's] memoir treats listeners to a smooth ride through an anything-but-smooth life. French's engrossing narration delivers polished consistency, and her gentle tone ushers listeners through her story. She speaks with passion and grace, creating a compelling narrative--with plenty of mouthwatering food descriptions." -- AudioFile Magazine**New York Times Bestseller****This program is read by the author.From Erin French, o...

Edward Tyas Cook's 'The Life of Florence Nightingale' is a comprehensive and meticulously researched biography of the famous nursing pioneer. Cook delves into Nightingale's life with a keen eye for detail, exploring her early years, her groundbreaking work during the Crimean War, and her lasting impact on healthcare reform. Written in a clear and engaging style, this book provides readers with a deep insight into Nightingale's character and achievements, offering a rich literary context fo...

On a seven-acre small holding in rural Northern Ireland, organic gardener Jo Facer and head chef Erin Bunting run fork-to-fork supper club, organic small-holding and fledgling cooking and growing school, The Edible Flower.In their first cookbook, learn to grow and cook edible flowers with Jo and Erin's delicious recipes inspired by the seasonal produce they grow in their kitchen garden and the wild food they forage from their local shores and hedgerows.Feast, celebrate and ...

Mill your own fresh, nutritious flours from over thirty types of grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds—with this complete guide featuring one hundred delicious recipes.Grinding your own flour at home is an easy and inexpensive way to enjoy a wide variety of delicious, fresh fours that are nutrient-rich, safe from cross-contamination with allergens, and free from preservatives and chemicals. The Homemade Flour Cookbook is your comprehensive guide to getting start...

This book explores new developments in the dialogues between science and theatre and offers an introduction to a fast-expanding area of research and practice.The cognitive revolution in the humanities is creating new insights into the audience experience, performance processes and training. Scientists are collaborating with artists to investigate how our brains and bodies engage with performance to create new understanding of perception, emotion, imagination and empathy. Divided into four ...

Do undergraduate students cook? If they cook, how do they cook? What do they cook? In this ebook, New York University student Erin Zubarik explores these questions by cooking with six undergraduate students. Each installment a student shares a recipe, and the history, methodology, and personal significance of each dish is observed. This collection suggests that cooking in college can be more than ramen and pasta, and that recipes often contain memories that say a lot about who we are and w...

Creative research methods for data generation have expanded over recent decades and researchers are eager to take a creative approach to data analysis.It is challenging to bring creativity into data analysis while retaining a systematic, rigorous, and ethical approach. Written by experts in the field, this handbook addresses these challenges. The chapters adapt analytical techniques in creative ways for novice and expert researchers. Existing and novel methods from analysis of quan...