Handmade Horror Stories, Second EditionFrom quiet horrors to chilling nightmares, this anthology gives new meaning to being creative.Fine Art, Creative Trades, and Arts & Crafts seep into these poems and tales.Foreword by Suzanne Craig-WhytockPoetry by Carolyn Clink, and Lisa TimpfStories by: Miranda Dahlin, Michelle Tang, Mary Rajotte, Tiffany Michelle Brown, Fiona M Jones,C.M. Saunders, Stephen McQuiggan, Ali Seay, ...

In this important book, experts assess what the COVID-19 pandemic means for gender inequalities in the Global South, examining how threats to equitable development will impact the most marginalized and at-risk women and girls in particular.The book draws on research across sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America to examine COVID-19-related issues around gender-based violence, work and care, education and health care, and asks whether global responses are enough to mitigate the negativ...

The world feels more split apart by the day. Political, social, and economic differences grow, and the incessant growth of technology, especially AI, creates ever more confusion about what is to come. Meanwhile, we are experiencing a loneliness epidemic that calls into question our individual and collective well-being. Amid this uncertainty, traditional models of leadership are unfulfilling.Jean Larkin and Matt Dunsmoor’s The Five Embodiments invites a new way, offering a ...

*** CORRECTED EDITION ***WELCOME TO THE YEAR 2072...And a world unlike anything you've ever imagined. A world where magic and machines exist side-by-side. Where cybernetics can replace organs or entire limbs with ease, and arcane spells can make the impossible happen. Where the Matrix has become an artificial world of its own, filled with all kinds of pleasure, treasure, and trouble. Where dwarfs, elves, orks and trolls walk alongside human...

Matt Jackson, clutch hitter, fielder extraordinaire, and team captain, is dynamite on the baseball field, but a loser with women. Or is he? He makes a show of coming on to chicks in bars, but always strikes out. Convinced being dateless is safer, Matt keeps his distance from women. Is he simply an insensitive chauvinist, or a crafty man hiding a secret?Everything he believes in is challenged the day he walks in on a beautiful woman in the locker room. Dusty, the sharp-tongued spitf...

Matt Jackson, battitore decisivo, corridore straordinario, e capitano della squadra, è come dinamite su un campo da baseball, ma non ci sa fare con le donne. Oppure sì? Fa sempre sceneggiate quando vuole rimorchiare qualche bella ragazza al bar, ma fa sempre colpo. Convinto che non avere appuntamenti sia più sicuro, Matt si tiene a distanza dalle donne. È soltanto un insensibile sciovinista, o un uomo astuto che nasconde un segreto?Tutto ciò in cui crede è messo in discussione dal ...

Presents an overview of Rousseau's work from a political science perspective. Was the great theorist of the French Revolution really a conservative? The text argues that the author of "The Social Contract" was a constitutionalist, closer to Montesquieu and Locke than to revolutionaries.

Highlights the increasing role of soils as an important and dynamic part of the global carbon cycle and their potential role in counteracting increasing atmospheric CO2 concentrationsExplores key aspects of soil carbon sequestration in different environments and soil typesProvides a comprehensive review of socioeconomic, legal and policy issues surrounding the adoption of soil carbon sequestration practices across the globe

"Dans l’ombre mystérieuse de la forêt d’Huelgoat, un jeu macabre se déroule. Après la chute de la tour et de la reine, le fou et le pion s’écroulent. Mais, même si les pièces sont couchées, la partie n’est pas terminée. Quel est cet adversaire implacable qui les élimine deux par deux pour les déposer en des lieux emblématiques de la forêt ?La lieutenante Rousseau va assister le capitaine Cassini à la résolution de cette énigme. Chantelle et ses filles, originaires d’Huelgoat, les aideront...

How can today’s educators teach academic content to students with moderate and severe developmental disabilities—while helping all students meet Common Core State Standards? This text has answers for K-12 teachers, straight from 37 experts in special and general education. A followup to the landmark bestseller Teaching Language Arts, Math, and Science to Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities, this important text prepares teachers to ensure more inclusion, more advanc...

"Sustainability" is more than the latest "green" buzzword. It represents a new way of viewing the interactions of human society and the natural world. Sustainability in America's Cities highlights how America's largest cities are acting to develop sustainable solutions to conflicts between development and environment.As sustainability rises to the top of public policy agendas in American cities, it is also emerging as a new discipline in colleges and universities. Specifically desi...

'Niklas Natt och Dag takes the contemporary Scandinavian crime story and gives it a startlingly gruesome historical twist' GuardianA year has passed. A lot has happened, but worse is to come.The year is 1794. A young nobleman, Eric Three Roses, languishes in hospital. Some think he would be just at home in the madhouse across the road. Ridden with guilt, he spends his nights writing down memories of his lost love who died on their ...