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In a near-future Paris reshaped by climate urgency, environmental engineer Diane Griffith draws on innovations in vertical agriculture to help design an ambitious model of green urban life meant to heal both city and planet. As the project transforms Paris’s historic core, unanswered questions arise - about care, responsibility, and what sustainable progress truly requires. The search for her missing activist sister forces Diane to engage with those questions. Told alongside the future per...

This historical novel provides a fictionalized account of the Roman Emperor Aurelian and the events that occurred during his reign in the third century AD. The narrative likely explores Aurelian's military campaigns, his efforts to restore the Roman Empire's territorial integrity, and the political intrigues of the time.William Ware was an American author known for his historical novels set in ancient Rome. "Aurelian; or, Rome in the Third Century" is one of his most famous works, showcasi...

Safe drinking water counts for nothing. A pollution-free environment counts for nothing. Even some people - namely women - count for nothing. This is the case, at least, according to the United Nations System of National Accounts. Author Marilyn Waring, former New Zealand M.P., now professor, development consultant, writer, and goat farmer, isolates the gender bias that exists in the current system of calculating national wealth.As Waring observes, in this accounting system women a...

The record which follows, is by the hand of me, NICOMACHUS, once the happy servant of the great Queen of Palmyra, than whom the world never saw a queen more illustrious, or a woman adorned with brighter virtues. But my design is not to write her eulogy, or to recite the wonderful story of her life. That task requires a stronger and a more impartial hand than mine. The life of Zenobia by Nicomachus, would be the portrait of a mother and a divinity, drawn by the pen of a child and a worshipp...

Join the author of the Gospel of Matthew in God With Us, a devotional that will immerse you in exploring the glories of Immanuel.The Gospel devotionals from Phil Ware are distinctive because each is dedicated exclusively to one of the Gospels over the course of a year, providing 365 days of experiences distinctive to the vision of Jesus provided by one of the four Gospel writers.All the books use one short passage each day and follow the Gospel texts from beginning to end. Each day's passa...

Food preservation is an art that, if mastered, allows you to enjoy different flavors of food in different parts of a year. Food preservation is an essential skill to survive. We all preserve food via freezing these days. This book explains different tactics on how to preserve food using advanced techniques that are perfect for you!Food preserving is a very old skill. Our grandparents used to preserve food by their traditional methods, but with the passage of time and advancement of...

New York Times bestselling author Ruth Ware proves that she is the “new Agatha Christie” (Air Mail) with this adrenaline-fueled thriller about a woman in a race to clear her name and find her husband’s murderer.Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband, Gabe, are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home t...

Deception, lies, revenge, and forgiveness entwine the lives of Spencer and Dianne Ralston. When Dianne is diagnosed with early-onset dementia at fifty-eight, Spencer’s demand for accountability for his wife’s recently discovered betrayal is rather moot. Only when he is confronted with the consequences of his own betrayal does he understand true forgiveness and what happens when it is refused.“Harvest of Lies is a story that captures your attention immediately and keeps you...

Three friends. A shared past. A journey of love, loss, and the ties that bind.In a small, drought-stricken village in Australia, Jetta, Felicity, and Uli form a close friendship, with the creek as their sanctuary from the heat and hardships around them. But when Felicity and Jetta's relationship shatters at 18, Felicity is left unable to forgive. Jetta, burdened by a secret, disappears from the village. Uli, heartbroken and cynical, heads in the op...

Gwen is known as someone who listens well and solves problems. Clients pay for her counsel as they sit in the purple chair and untangle their emotions and stories. Word of mouth keeps people coming to her door.But who listens to Gwen? Who helps solve her own problems?As she supports clients to heal, her own life swirls in pain. She is sliding further down. Will she ever learn to take her own advice and who will catch her if she doesn't?

Eldership is a serious commitment to a lifelong role of responsibility. In this unique collection of personal reflections on key issues for Elders by Elders across Scotland, we have one of the most revealing and absorbing insights ever into what it really means to play an active role in the daily national and local life of the Church of Scotland.

**NOW THE #1 NETFLIX MOVIEINSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERReminiscent of a classic whodunit, this “pulse-quickening” (Oprah Daily) instant New York Times and USA TODAY bestseller follows a journalist searching for a missing woman on a cruise ship—a woman that everyone else insists doesn’t exist.**Travel magazine writer Lo Blacklock has just been given the assignment of a lifetime: one week on a luxury cruise with only a handful of...