Alice thought she had escaped mortal danger when Shaman hid her and her faithful dogs in the Underworld, within the Sanctuary — a secret tribal settlement hidden deep beneath the mountains.But the Underworld is far larger and far more dangerous than Alice could have imagined.Beneath the forests and lakes stretches a vast subterranean realm of enormous caves, dark tunnels, underground waterways, and abandoned cities built long ago by the mysterious Miners — a vanished people...

Alice, Cricket and Two Dogsby Serge GregoryNine-year-old Alice lives a quiet life with her father, her stepmother Annie, and two loyal dogs—Bella and Lola. But when a terrible secret emerges, everythingchanges: Annie is a witch, and Alice is in danger.Warned by Cricket, a brilliant, talking insect born from a cosmic event, Alice flees into the wilderness with the dogs as her only protectors....

Combining history and biography, The Sirens of the Hotel Louvre focuses on the intimate relationship and professional collaboration between two creative women in Russia's Silver Age (1880s–1920). The actress Lidia Yavorskaya and the writer Tatiana Shchepkina-Kupernik overcame moral and social boundaries to assert themselves as successful artists. Their lives intersected with practically all the major theatrical entrepreneurs and a...

Of the thirty volumes in the authoritative Academy edition of Chekhov's collected works, fully twelve are devoted to the writer's letters. This is the first book in English or Russian addressing this substantial—though until now neglected—epistolary corpus. The majority of the essays gathered here represent new contributions by the world's major Chekhov scholars, written especially for this volume, or classics of Russian criticism appearing in English for the first time. The introduction a...

Anticipatory Environmental (Hi)Stories from Antiquity to the Anthropocene studies the interplay of environmental perception and the way societies throughout history have imagined the future state of “nature” and the environments in which coming generations would live. What sorts of knowledge were and are involved in outlining future environments? What kinds of texts and narrative strategies were and are developed and modified over time? How did and do scenarios and narratives of the past s...

Provides an authoritative review of the key developments in achieving durable disease resistance in cereal cropsComprehensive coverage of the major diseases that affect cereal crops (Fusarium head blight, Septoria tritici blotch, tan spot)Assesses the key challenges in breeding durable disease-resistant cereals faced globally, with dedicated chapters to the regional strategies established by North America, North-west Europe, North Africa and West Asia

Les ouvrages de la collection Les indispensables en kinésithérapie et physiothérapie, sous la direction d'Adrien Pallot, font échoà la réforme de 2015 des études de kinésithérapie en France, leur contenu étant réparti par rapport aux Unités d'Enseignement (UE) etUnités d'Intégration (UI) définies dans le nouveau programme. Répondant ainsi aux besoins des étudiant(e)s, ils seront égalementun outil utile à tout professionnel désireux de rester à jour. Chaque ouvrage propose, pour chaque cham...

En su misión más peligrosa hasta el momento, Richard Cordwell, el guapo detective de Scotland Yard, ¡descubre otra conspiración real! Mientras la persecución del asesino de Abraham Lincoln absorbe a una nación, un nuevo presidente comienza a ejercer el poder de la Reconstrucción, mientras un sueño de libertad surge por encima de la devastación de una Confederación derrotada. Basada en una historia real, esta emocionante aventura se desarrolla entre las capitales de Europa y la ciudad de Wa...

In this comprehensive anthology, twenty-seven outstanding scholars from North America and Europe address every major aspect of Thomas Aquinas's understanding of morality and comment on his remarkable legacy. While there has been a revival of interest in recent years in the ethics of St. Thomas, no single work has yet fully examined the basic moral arguments and content of Aquinas' major moral work, the Second Part of the Summa Theologiae. This work fills that lacuna.The first chapt...

Why does the stock market almost always experience a sudden, seemingly irrational surge in value during the final five trading days of the year? This highly predictable financial phenomenon is universally known as the Santa Claus Rally, but its origins have absolutely nothing to do with holiday cheer. This end-of-year market spike is driven by a powerful combination of institutional manipulation and behavioral finance. Portfolio managers, desperate to optimize their yearly tax liabilities ...