This unusual fictional account, in good part autobiographical, narrates without self-pity and often with humor the adventures of a penniless British writer among the down-and-out of two great cities. In the tales of both cities we learn some sobering Orwellian truths about poverty and

2022 American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Prize for Excellence in Science Books finalist, Children\'s Science Picture Book category 2021 Premier Anderson Award winner, Best Nonfiction category \"[Chickenology] has found a prominent place at my farm in the book shelf where we keep our favorites books\"-- Isabella Rossellini Chickenology takes young readers on a fascinating and

\'Asperger\'s made me a prisoner in my own home. When I finally entered the real world, evil was waiting.\' A shocking true account of one girl\'s harrowing journey to survival.Sophie Crockett spent most of her childhood suffering from crippling anxiety. Diagnosed with Asperger\'s syndrome, she became a virtual prisoner in her own home, afraid to venture outside. After battling with depression, eating

In A Vital Frontier Andrea Muehlebach examines the work of activists across Europe as they organize to preserve water as a commons and public good in the face of privatization. Traversing social, political, legal, and hydrological terrains, Muehlebach situates water as a political fault line at the frontiers of financialization, showing how the seemingly relentless expansion of capital into public

An account of nineteenth-century music in Atlantic worlds told through the history of the art\'s elemental medium, the air. Often experienced as universal and incorporeal, music seems an innocent art form. The air, the very medium by which music constitutes itself, shares with music a claim to invisibility. In Creatures of the Air, J. Q. Davies interrogates these claims, tracing the history of music\'s

We all know that loss is the \"great big sad\" of life. Grief is a journey we all take in life. How do parents and caregivers help children navigate grief? The Great Big Sad follows familiar siblings Josh and Mia (from Tell God How You Feel and God Hears Your Heart) as they face the death of their beloved grandmother. It is a discipleship tool for parents and caregivers in helping children learn that

The Art of Theatrical Design: Elements of Visual Composition, Methods, and Practice Second Edition contains an in-depth discussion of design elements and principles for costume, set, lighting, sound, projection, properties, and makeup designs.This textbook details the skills necessary to create effective, evocative, and engaging theatrical designs that support a play contextually, thematically, and

A heart-breaking and unforgettable novel that challenges our notion of normality and celebrates the salvific power of solidarity and

The critically acclaimed manga series about a man time-traveling back to his youth to save his girlfriend from a street gang-which inspired the wildly popular anime and live-action film! Watching the news, Hanagaki Takemichi learns his junior-high girlfriend Tachibana Hinata has died. A sudden shove sends him 12 years into the past to face the Tokyo Manji Gang that once made his life hell, which is

Children ages four to seven will discover that the biggest, best light is God\'s love and that walking in it protects them from sin\'s harmful shadows. Equally important, they will be encouraged to shine God\'s light on others. Using imagery children will understand, this creative and colorful picture book vividly explains how all people were created in God\'s image and explores the far-reaching implications

This \"absolutely irresistible\" historical romance imagines the courtship between Jacqueline Bouvier and the future American president she loved (People).​ In 1951, former debutante Jacqueline Bouvier is hard at work as the Inquiring Camera Girl for a Washington newspaper. Her mission in life is \"not to be a housewife,\" but when she meets the charismatic congressman Jack Kennedy at a Georgetown

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This anthology is packed with poems and jokes. Enjoy a dance with the disco sheep but watch out for Beryl the Budgie. Learn why dragons don\'t make good pets, and what happened when Grandpa\'s false teeth escaped. Chucklers is a collection of books that make reading a pleasure. The series is edited by award-winning author Jeremy

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Building on the highly-regarded first edition, this is a comprehensive study of the relationship between law and religion in English law. Against a backdrop of an increasingly religiously and culturally diverse country, it represents a vital legal analysis of fundamental questions regarding individual and group rights, and how the political and legal systems regard and engage with such diversity. Questions