“A poetic debut which masterfully intertwines themes of familial love, friendship, class, prejudice and trauma with psychological acuity and wit.”─ The 2023 Booker Prize JudgesI lived for and loved a bird-heart that summer; I only knew it afterwards.Sunday Forrester does things more carefully than most people. On certain days, she must eat only white food; she drinks only carbonated beverages; she avoids clocks. It's 1988, before a...

Practice makes progress! Sharpen your chess skills—and win more games—with this fun workbook of chess exercises for kids ages 8 to 12.Remembering rules, understanding all the different tactics and strategies, and recognizing patterns of play—chess can be a complicated game to learn! That’s why Woman International Master (WIM) Viktoria Ni created this chess workbook with clear step-by-step instructions and annotated diagrams that show chess concepts in action. Packe...

Lose weight naturally with the power of a whole-food, plant-based dietDiscover a sustainable take on weight loss that's as good for your body and the environment as it is for your waistline. This combination guide and plant-based cookbook helps you change the way you eat with friendly advice and an easy-to-follow meal plan, plus plenty of flavorful whole-food recipes that anyone can make at home.Go beyond other whole-food, plant-based cookbooks with:

London doesn't sleep; it merely blinks. And in that blink, everything can change.Mark was a struggling illustrator with a deadline and a train to catch. But a single silver shilling lying on the edge of a subway platform changes his world forever. The moment he touches the coin, modern London vanishes, replaced by the Undercity—a sprawling, surreal labyrinth where every forgotten secret, broken promise, and lost memory of the city falls to rest.Guided by the mysterious Cura...

Shards of the Universe plunges readers into a dazzling, dystopian odyssey across neon-lit megacities and the outer edges of spase. Artificial intelligence, cybernetic implants, virtual realities and data-driven power games expose the dark side of technology. Through fractured realities emerge stories of surveillance, rebellion, indentity and freedom in collapsing world. A bold fusion of cyberpunk, science fiction and deep philosophy.

Thinking with Sound traces the formation of auditory knowledge in the sciences and humanities in the decades around 1900.When the outside world is silent, all sorts of sounds often come to mind: inner voices, snippets of past conversations, imaginary debates, beloved and unloved melodies. What should we make of such sonic companions? Thinking with Sound investigates a period when these and other newly perceived aural phenomena prompted a far-reach...

"Starblood" is the last installment of the Dhampir Dimension series, in which the New Selenian coven is living during a time of serenity in the year 2022. Enttu has become a successful attorney in Tokyo, where both him and his wife Regina live a domesticated and blissful life raising their two daughters. One fateful day, Enttu is defending one of his client's rights to custody in a long-awaited trial against the client's ex-husband, convicted serial killer, Ryu Akumu. Little does he know t...

The second in the "The Dhampir Dimension" series is a bloody, psychedelic tale of the vampire Enttu. When Enttu discovers a truth about his cosmic descendence it changes the very meaning of his existence, and will ultimately affect the entire universe. The New Selenian Coven must unite against the forces that threaten to destroy planet earth from every dimension! Enttu's lover Regina awakens as the Neo Goddess Tesla, meanwhile the Dragul and the Holy Grail Industry conspire with forces mor...

History of Japan: From early history to the present dayIntroduction to Japan's historyAre you interested in the history of Japan?Would you like to know more about the peculiarities and characteristics of each Japanese epoch?"Marco Polo was the first to mention the Japanese territory of Eastern Asia around 1300 in his writings. Zipango (the medieval name for Japan in Europe) was in his mind a land covered...

Infused with a smart and comedic sensibility, Epos Of A Fugitive will take you on a poetic journey and inspire you to explore life's paradoxes. It presents a series of poems with a common yet epic theme: the desire to flee from veiled darkness and the anguish of life.

After a personal struggle causes her to leave the military, Regina Brighton moves to Bucharest in hopes of starting over, but peace is elusive. A mysterious detective named Enttu develops an obsession with her, and the resurgence of the Dragul vampire coven, hell-bent on taking over the world by summoning the demon Basilisk, threatens the destruction of the world. When Regina's and Enttu's destinies intertwine in a web of love, blood, murder, and redemption, they must join together to figh...

“Best Mediterranean Cuisine Book in the World” (Gourmand World Cookbook Awards, July 1st, 2009) The ancient Greeks venerated olive oil as a “gift of the Gods.” And the people were surely right: no other food can compare in health value or multiplicity of uses to this “divine gold!” In the region around the Mediterranean Sea, olive oil is a precious and irreplaceable basic source of nourishment. In many other countries as well, its importance to good health and a well-balanced diet is recei...