The go-to friendly baking guide for home cooks, filled with cake-stall classics and simple, failsafe sweets.Welcome to the wonderful world of baking.Here to guide you on this sweet journey is Jessica Holmes, creator of cult online baking hub Sweetest Menu. With Jess's help, you can experience the boundless joy of baking in your very own kitchen.Whether it's making chewy chocolate chip cookies for the first time or mastering perfectly fudgy brownies,...

What if the key to your dream lifestyle was sitting right in front of you, wagging its tail?Imagine waking up in a cosy cottage in the Somerset countryside with two spaniels at your feet, then finding yourself weeks later cuddling a cat in South Africa, all while your accommodation costs add up to less than £1 per night. This isn’t fantasy, it’s the reality of housesitting, and it could be yours too.In this completely updated edition, Jessica Holmes shares the insider secre...

The purpose of Communicating in the Anthropocene: Intimate Relations is to tell a different story about the world. Humans, especially those raised in Western traditions, have long told stories about themselves as individual protagonists who act with varying degrees of free will against a background of mute supporting characters and inert landscapes. Humans can be either saviors or destroyers, but our actions are explained and judged again and again as emanating from the individual. And yet...

An essential read for activists, community organizers, and justice scholars Critical Animal Studies and Social Justice: Critical Theory, Dismantling Speciesism, and Total Liberation is a collection that combines scholarship and activism in nine ground-breaking and provocative chapters. The book includes contributions from around the world influenced by critical theory, feminism, social justice, political theory, media studies, environmental justice, food justice, disability studies, and Bl...

The Sixth Amendment was not generated and ratified in a day. The process took many years, starting with the Bill of Rights and ending with how it applies today. This guide to the rights of the accused discusses the history of this important right, the court cases that shaped it, the historical figures who gave it prominence, and those who it has affected.

"An uplifting memoir we can all relate to, and the funniest book about depression you’re ever going to read.” Kathryn Greenwood, Whose Line Is It Anyway?"Jessica Holmes has delivered a powerful ‘antidepressant’ with this hilarious, informative, and heartwarming book.” Dr. Shimi Kang, psychiatrist, bestselling author of The Dolphin Parent“Jessica's ability to open up about painful things in a way that make them hilarious and beautiful is astounding! This book will m...

Wie wäre es, wenn die Geschichte eines Denkmals einmal aus dessen Sicht erzählt wird? Die AutorInnen dieser Anthologie wagen den Perspektivenwechsel und schildern, wie es Denkmälern im Wandel der Zeiten erging, hin- und hergerissen zwischen ursprünglichen Intentionen, Umdeutungen und Instrumentalisierungen. Mit tiefgründigem Humor begeben sie sich in den Kopf der Freiheitsstatue, lassen die Brooklyn Bridge über ihre Rezeption in der Literatur zu Wort kommen, oder enttarnen die Neue Wache i...

Academic global health programs are proliferating, and global health partnerships between North American academic institutions and institutions in low- and middle-income countries are steadily increasing. This study employs surveys and key informant interviews to examine global health partnerships, and it presents a framework for success to guide the development of sustainable global health programs and partnerships with measurable, defined impact. Eighty-two North American academic instit...

Are you Black and in love? Strengthen your bond and discover true intimacy with your partner before you "jump the broom."Before the Broom is an indispensable workbook-the resource you need to facilitate self-reflection and communication between you and your partner to equip you for lifelong marital happiness.Renowned psychologists and couples therapists Erica Holmes, Ronecia Lark, and Jessica M. Smedley have collaborated to provide easy-to-follow e...

Classics is one of the most varied and interdisciplinary of all subjects; it includes literature, history, philosophy, art and archaeology. There is growing interest among teachers in the subject, and recent studies have shown that learning Latin and/or Greek can have a positive impact on student outcomes in English and literacy.Jessica Dixon and Arlene Holmes-Henderson showcase ideas from their own teaching experience, plus innovative examples from a range of schools, to provide st...

The second volume in the Aromatica series builds on the fundamentals found in Volume 1: Principles and Profiles. This comprehensive clinical text delves further into the different profiles of essential oils and the proper applications for physiological and psychological functions as well as energetic and Chinese Medicines.Packed with charts depicting different functions and methods of administration, and an extensive catalogue of 40 new essential oil profiles, this is an i...

The first of two volumes, this is a comprehensive clinical text on the principles behind the clinical use of essential oils. It builds an important foundation for essential oil therapy and includes profiles of the most important 30 essential oils used in practice.This detailed and practical database of clinical experience of essential oil therapeutics takes a truly holistic approach, focussing on the psychological, the physiological and the energetic or Chinese medical aspects. Ski...