The twists and turns continue in the third installment of the Focus Series...Something normal. That's all Rachel Smith wanted after the past year of absolute madness. She wanted nothing more to do with the Crawford family. In her eyes, the name Crawford meant complete chaos and that was not what she wanted for her freshman year of college. But when tragedy strikes and her life changes forever, she finds that the person she can rely on the most is from that very family.Meanw...

Ein Aufruf zur Verteidigung der Demokratie und Meinungsfreiheit Die bekanntesten Autoren der Freien Medien bilden mit diesem Buch zum ersten Mal ein gemeinsames Bündnis für eine unabhängige und freie Meinungsbildung fernab von journalistischem Einheitsbrei, staatlicher Deutungshoheit, Zensur oder erzwungener Political Correctness. Unsere Autoren, Blogger und Aktivisten liefern Ihnen stichhaltige und knallharte Fakten zu aktuellen Themen, durch die Sie sich nun endlich frei und unabhängig e...

In "Titanic and Other Ships," Charles Herbert Lightoller, the second officer of the RMS Titanic, provides a first-hand account of his experiences at sea, particularly during the fateful maiden voyage of the Titanic. This memoir intricately weaves together personal narrative and detailed maritime history, reflecting on the technological advancements and cultural milieu of early 20th-century maritime travel. Lightoller's literary style is both engaging and authoritative, offering readers an ...

This reference text covers the latest developments in biochar materials research, a field which is becoming increasingly popular due to the potential of biochar to replace carbon materials derived from non-renewable sources. Emerging and innovative applications of biochar materials are discussed, and all aspects of the field are covered, from production to applications, including details on the techniques used. There is a particular focus on biochar as a material for composites and sensors...

"Everything you need to know about King Charles III" is a comprehensive and insightful exploration of the life, reign, and legacy of one of the most fascinating monarchs in British history. From his early years as the eldest son of Queen Elizabeth II to his eventual ascension to the throne, this book offers a compelling portrait of a man who has long captured the public imagination.Drawing on extensive research and interviews with experts in the field, the book delves into Charles'...

This is the story of Naomi Sanderson-Hughes, a member of the British Establishment and a noted politician famous for her views on immigration and race. When her party is crushed in the election, she (and many of her colleagues) is jailed as an "undesirable". Naomi is sent to infamous Hardwicke House to be "refocused". There she is introduced to the vicious regime and the governor, Miss Lakhani's cane.Her evil nemesis, 25 year old black minister for Women's Equality, Abeba Obasi has...

How do poets, writers and cultural critics contend with and represent the garden or their own gardening as they are changed by austerity? Gardening under austerity encompasses a diversity of places, spaces, practices, and actors: suburban allotments and zoological gardens, Victory diggers and urban foragers, human gardeners and the unruly more-than-human world. Theorizing the politics, poetics and practices of austerity gardening in twentieth and twenty-first century Anglophone cultural te...

Love yarn but don't know what to do with all your scraps? This guide will show you how to make wonderful, colourful cakes of yarn to create scrappy but beautiful crochet makes.This unique book explains how you can use up the small balls of yarn that are left over from project making, to make bespoke ‘scrap cakes’ – chunky balls of scrap yarn – specifically to suit a crochet pattern.Crocheting with scrap cakes gives the finished project a multicoloured scrap...

The movement to broaden access to public universities, the dominant strategy during the 1970s and 1980s, has largely shifted to enable the marketplace, rather than the government, to shape the contours of higher education. Government funding is being reduced, affirmative action and other programs designed to insure broader access are in decline and personal fulfillment is replacing a public good designed to insure greater equality of opportunities.This book explores the impact of di...

"Everything That Happened Before, During, and After King Charles' Coronation: Procedures, Traditions, and Awkward Moments" by Naomi Lowe is a comprehensive guide to one of the most significant events in British history.Lowe takes readers on a fascinating journey through the various customs and protocols that have surrounded coronations in England for centuries, delving into the intricate details of the preparations and procedures that led up to King Charles' coronation. From the se...

This volume retraces Carl Lutz’s diplomatic wartime rescue efforts in Budapest, Hungary, through the lens of Jewish eyewitness testimonies. Together with his wife, Gertrud Lutz-Fankhauser, the director of the Palestine Office in Budapest, Moshe Krausz, fellow Swiss citizens Harald Feller, Ernst Vonrufs, Peter Zürcher, and the underground Zionist Youth Movement, Carl Lutz led an extensive rescue operation between March 1944 and February 1945. It is estimated that Lutz and his team of rescue...

The first of three volumes surveying the historical, spatial, and human dimensions of inter-Asian connections, Asia Inside Out: Changing Times brings into focus the diverse networks and dynamic developments that have linked peoples from Japan to Yemen over the past five centuries.Each author examines an unnoticed moment—a single year or decade—that redefined Asia in some important way. Heidi Walcher explores the founding of the Safavid dynasty in the crucial battle of 1501...