What if the known world was much bigger than you thought, and you were called upon to defend it?Sagir, the young leader of the order of wizards and the chosen Blessed of the God of Intelligence, and his fiery little pixie companion, Fre, must deliver their home, the fantastic and perilous land of Terravir, from the closing grasp of Xolis, a mysterious warlord from an unknown realm, whose armies have swept across the land.And this isn’t the only bad news: no...

In today's culture, sports wield a weight influence; this influence, however, is rarely examined. Similar to the first edition, this second edition of Learning Culture Through Sports provides coaches, educators, parents, and others dealing with students and athletes with an engaging and critical context for probing the sociological basis of this influence. The book's sections each address a particular issue in sport: youth and sport; gender and sexuality; race and ethnicity; sport, media, ...

2020 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleThe moving body—pervasively occupied by fitness activities, intense training and dieting regimes, recreational practices, and high-profile sporting mega-events—holds a vital function in contemporary society. As the body moves—as it performs, sweats, runs, and jumps—it sets in motion an intricate web of scientific rationalities, spatial arrangements, corporate imperatives, and identity politics (i.e. politics of gender,...

What if the known world was much bigger than you thought, and you were called upon to defend it?Sagir, the young leader of the order of wizards and the chosen Blessed of the God of Intelligence, and his fiery little pixie companion, Fré, must deliver their home, the fantastic and perilous land of Terravir, from the closing grasp of Xolis, a mysterious warlord from an unknown realm, whose armies have swept across the land.And this ...

You're growing up, and there are some thingsthat becoming a big kid certainly brings!This is a book that is made just for you,full of sweet, simple manners that I know to be true.It's silly and fun, and I hope you will learnas you read and explore these pages, you turn!

Named a Best Book of 2021 by Real SimpleFrom the USA TODAY bestselling author of Behind Every Lie and The Night Olivia Fell comes an unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel about the lengths one woman will go to save her son.Emma loves her life. She’s the mother of a precocious kindergartener, married to her soulmate—a loyal and loving police detective—and has a rewarding career as a doctor at the local h...