A hilarious and heartwrenching story about surviving middle school--and an unthinkable diagnosis--while embracing life\'s weirdness. Ross Maloy just wants to be a normal seventh grader. He doesn\'t want to lose his hair, or wear a weird hat, or deal with the disappearing friends who don\'t know what to say to the cancer kid. But with his recent diagnosis of a rare eye cancer, blending in is off the

A funny, fresh, sexy, modern rom-com - perfect for fans of Jasmine Guillory and Helen

The intimate, gorgeous, garish confessions of Joshua Mohr--writer, father, alcoholic, addict Her teeth marks in the wood are some of my favorite things. Every now and again she rips the pick out of my hand and tosses it inside the guitar . . . I hold it over my head, hole down, shaking it back and forth, the pick rattling around in there. And as it ricochets from side to side, I always think about

Another hilarious adventure for the unlikely duo, Duck and Tiny

With growing attention surrounding the importance of physician well-being, organizations are institutionalizing physician well-being efforts. Promoting well-being requires a understanding of the components, barriers and promoters of physician well-being, While other books exist in this space, many are focused on individual resilience-building strategies or are too broad to apply to specific groups

Analysing Power in Language introduces students to a range of analytical techniques for the critical study of texts.Each section of the book provides an in-depth presentation of a different method of analysis with worked examples and texts for students to analyse and discuss. Answer keys are also provided for the analyses. Taking text analysis as the first step in discourse analysis, Analysing Power

A journey through Neil Gaiman\'s THE SANDMAN with commentary, historical and contemporary references, hidden meanings and more, presented side-by-side with the series\' art and text. THE ANNOTATED SANDMAN is an In-depth, informative, entertaining and fascinating look at the New York Times best-selling series by Neil Gaiman. Edited by and with an introduction and notes by Leslie S. Klinger, the expert

In the history of Western thought, men have persistently asked three questions concerning the habitable earth and their relationships to it. Is the earth, which is obviously a fit environment for man and other organic life, a purposefully made creation? Have its climates, its relief, the configuration of its continents influenced the moral and social nature of individuals, and have they had an influence

With more than 200 new entries, this updated edition boasts almost 2,000 common phrases and colloquial expressions used in contemporary American English. From greetings and good-byes to everyday small talk, each entry is presented in a realistic context. Special attention to the needs of nonnative speakers includes usage restrictions and cautions as well as a phrase-finder index for on-the-spot reference.

Nothing is trickier than the truth.All Loki the trickster god of Asgard wants is a quiet, peaceful life where he\'s free to needle Balder, occasionally stir up the inter-realm porridge pot, and get Thor to dress in women\'s garments (for all the best reasons).Getting beset by sudden, painful, and terribly inconvenient visions of blood, ash, and death are definitely not on his to-do list. But, because

The early modern period was one of profound change in Europe. It was witness to the development of science, religious reformation, and the birth of the nation state. As Europeans explored the world--looking to Asia and the Americas for new peoples and lands--their societies grew and adapted. Eminent historian Henry Kamen explores in depth the issues that most affected those living in early modern

A practical and accessible guide to Islamic finance that helps demystify the differences with conventional banking, enabling practitioners to develop Sharia compliant products for customers. The Islamic Finance industry is estimated to be worth $1.2 trillion and is growing globally at over 10% per year. Mastering Islamic Finance will give practitioners an understanding of Islamic finance, from the

Since Gutenberg\'s time, every aspect of print has gradually changed. But the advent of computational media has exponentially increased the pace, transforming how books are composed, designed, edited, typeset, distributed, sold, and read. N. Katherine Hayles traces the emergence of what she identifies as the postprint condition, exploring how the interweaving of print and digital technologies has changed

New in paperback, an engrossing guide to the anatomy of flies and the science behind their unique adaptations from the award-winning author of the acclaimed \'Secret Life of

Compiled by the historical adviser to the TV series \"The 1940s House,\" this is an engagingly written social chronicle of wartime civilian life in England from September 1939 to August 1945from the grandeurs of the Blitz to the miseries of dried egg powderwith numerous individual

From Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally bestselling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity\'s

Meet Tommy Tenney - God chaser. Join him in his search for God. Follow him as he ignores the maze of religious tradition and finds himself, not chasing God, but to his utter amazement, caught by the one he had

Pip, one of the disciples, retells more of the adventures he had while hanging out with Jesus in this fun, quirky yet informative story from master storyteller Bob Hartman.Big Bart, Tommo and me, Pip. Three guys on a three-year adventure. Hanging out with Jesus. Finding out what he\'s up to. Not exactly the best known of the twelve disciples, but we\'re on the edge of the action - out of the limelight,

In these questions, most never before published in English, medieval philosopher William of Ockham considers such topics as virtue, vice, intellect, will, love, hate, freedom, sin, and God\'s relationship to morality. Students and scholars of both philosophy and theology will appreciate the accessible translations and ample notes on the