Two years after losing his father, Mark Mitchell’s life is once more plunged into chaos when his mum decides to move back to her hometown of Trentsworth. He believes his life is over, now that he has lost the excitement of the big city.But once he meets Ben, Stanley, Albert, Susan, and Tiffany, who are known locally as The Terrors, he finds out that Trentsworth is not such a boring small alpine township after all.After a ghost appears on top of an old castle ruin, they disc...

Field Guide to Edible Mushrooms of Britain and Europe is an invaluable source of information and advice on when and where to look for edible fungi throughout Europe.It features over 65 of the very best edible mushroom species and 30 poisonous confusion species for extra safety. A clear summary for each species provides information on edibility, habitat, season, size and key identification features.The book is fully illustrated with over 200 superb ...

This study provides a concrete example of how foraging societies enculturate and transform the natural environment and, through the use of material objects, create sacred spaces and sites. Using ethnographic and ethnohistorical information about the Khanty of Siberia, Jordan shows the shortcomings of both interpretive and materialist anthropological theorizing about hunters and gatherers. He focuses on the rich and complex relationship between the symbolism of the Khanty, their material cu...

The Venetian Origins of the Commedia dell'Arte is a striking new enquiry into the late-Renaissance stirrings of professional secular comedy in Venice, and their connection to the development of what came to be known as the Commedia dell’Arte. The book contends that through a symbiotic collaboration between patrician amateurs and plebeian professionals, innovative forms of comedy developed in the Venice region, fusing ‘high’ and ‘low’ culture in a provocative mix that had a truly mass a...

The many recent changes in higher and further education mean that it is more important than ever to analyse the needs of academic library users, and both promote and provide the service they require. This constructive book, pervaded throughout by the impact of IT on the learning environment, surveys the influences on today's academic library, and explains how to increase user satisfaction through quality management. The author focuses particularly on users' behaviour in the library, the pr...

Simon, a convicted serial killer of the rich, undergoes treatment at a fledgling private criminal rehabilitation firm, IVRRAC. Simon is then sent to the alpine village of Trentsworth, a town full of rich socialite women, to ascertain whether he is cured of his murderous impulses or not. During his stay in Trentsworth, Simon falls in love with his neighbour, Kyndrea, the only child of a rich widower. After a time he realises there is no way she would be able to love him due to his past. Thr...

School work, twenty-four hours, seven days a week. A child’s worst nightmare, yet Ben, Mark, Tiffany, Susan, and Albert are looking forward to arriving at their new boarding school which promises such a tedious lifestyle.Only Stanley, the remaining Terror, realises it is not a school any kid would wish to attend. He knows that they would all agree with him if the others had not watched the Kwenz Education introductory video. Something in that video made his friends into mindless sl...

Created as a mechanism for maintaining British influence through a local patron, Jordan’s future never looked certain. Nevertheless, under the leadership of the Hashemite monarchy led by Abdullah and then his grandson Hussein, the Kingdom of Jordan became a permanent feature on the map of the modern Middle East.Under the rule of King Abdullah II, Jordan has remained an influential regional player in the Middle East Peace Process, its strategic position on the borders of Palestine, ...

First published in 1983 Jordan: Crossroads of Middle Eastern Events examines Jordan’s unique role in the Middle East- Arab- Israeli conflict focusing also on its attempt and partial success, at developing its economy and society in the face of a dearth of natural resources and a large influx of refugees. Woven throughout the narrative is the role of King Hussain, a singular Arab ruler, master player on both the Middle Eastern and world stages even though his country lacks signific...

Carlo Boso is one of the foremost exponents of Commedia dell’Arte in the contemporary performance world, having trained generations of young actors in its history, techniques and performance. Staying true to – and promoting renewed awareness of – the diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds of most commedia troupes, his work has also done a great deal to democratize this central pillar of European theatre, placing the actor and the audience squarely at the centre of his craft.Th...

PRIMEIRO BEST-SELLER JURÍDICO DA HISTÓRIA DO MERCADO EDITORIAL BRASILEIRO. A ECONOMIA MUDOU. O DIREITO TRIBUTÁRIO, NÃO. No Brasil, plataformas digitais geram bilhões sem sede, sem vínculo jurídico e sem pagar tributos compatíveis com a sua operação. Enquanto isso, o contribuinte tradicional e formalizado continua arcando com a maior parte da carga tributária. Discutindo os limites do modelo clássico, esta obra propõe soluções concretas e defende um novo Direito Tributário que seja funciona...

PRIMEIRO BEST-SELLER JURÍDICO DA HISTÓRIA DO MERCADO EDITORIAL BRASILEIRO. A NOVA ECONOMIA NÃO PERDOA AMADORES. O FISCO DIGITAL, MUITO MENOS. Enquanto milhares de empreendedores vendem mentorias, cursos, SaaS e infoprodutos todos os dias, poucos percebem que cada pagamento processado é um fato gerador, fazendo com que cada recorrência não declarada se torne um passivo tributário em construção. Você vende no digital? Você fatura via plataformas digitais? Sua estrutura jurídica tributária ac...