To the incredulity of the passers-by, he refuses their offers to play in concert halls, or at prestigious gatherings. He is waiting for someone, he tells them.Joseph was just sixteen when he was sent to a religious boarding school in the Pyrenees: les Confins, a dumping ground for waifs, strays, and other abandoned souls. His days were filled with routine and drudgery, and he thought longingly of the solace he found through music in his former life.Joe dreams constantly of escape, but it seems impossible. That is, until a chance encounter with the orphanage's benefactor leads him to Rose, and a plan begins to form...Humorous even in its darkest moments, Devils and Saints tells a daring tale of camaraderie, love, and good triumphing over evil.

    (Original novel of essays also available from Seven Seas.)From school crushes to awkward dating sites to finding a community, this collection of stories recounts the author's firsts as a young gay man searching for love. Dating isn't ever easy, but that goes doubly so for Ryousuke, whose journey is full of unrequited love and many speed bumps. But perseverance and time heals all wounds, even those of the heart. This moving memoir by gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki, following his historic life story, was originally released in Japan in a novel of collected essays and in a beautiful manga adaptation--now both will be available in English for the first time.

    Witty, commonsensical, and eminently practical, it’s one of the best-loved and most recommended books on the subject.In this 3rd edition, Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don’t Make Me Think a classic-–with updated examples and a new chapter on mobile usability. And it’s still short, profusely illustrated…and best of all–fun to read.If you’ve read it before, you’ll rediscover what made Don’t Make Me Think so essential to Web designers and developers around the world. If you’ve never read it, you’ll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on Web sites.

    

    It is divided into sections to read when you feel you need them most. Pillow Thoughts II: Healing the Heart: Peppernell understands that healing is a process, and Pillow Thoughts II eloquently captures the time and experience that one goes through on their journey to peace through restoration. A collection of inspirational and comforting poems for anyone who is mending from a broken heart. Pillow Thoughts III: Mending the Mind: A beautifully raw and poignant collection of poetry and prose, Pillow Thoughts III continues the series from poet Courtney Peppernell. Fix yourself a warm drink and settle into Peppernell's words as she pens a tribute to her readers who are bravely continuing their journey from hurt to healing.

    Gore's 40 years of experience as a student, policymaker, author, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and activist.Our Choice is an inspiring call to action for those ready to fight for solutions that really work—including some bold initiatives that were deemed impossible only a short time ago but are now gaining support around the world. Since the publication of the New York Times bestseller An Inconvenient Truth, Mr. Gore has led more than 30 "Solutions Summits" with top scientists, engineers, and policy experts to examine every solution to the climate crisis in depth and detail. Our Choice draws on conclusions developed through those summits as well as on extensive independent research, describing how the bold choices necessary to save the earth's climate should also be the foundations of policies worldwide to create new jobs and stimulate sustainable economic progress.

    Her fiancé, Edward Haslam, a lieutenant in the 7th Manchesters, is missing, presumed dead. Amy travels to the desolate battlefields of northern France to learn his fate and recover his body.She’s warned that this open-air morgue is no place for a civilian, much less a woman, but Amy is willing to brave the barbed wire, the putrid water, and the rat-infested tunnels that dot the landscape. Her search is upended when she discovers the scene of a gruesome mass murder. What does it signify? Soon Amy begins to have suspicions that Edward might not really be dead. Disquieting and yet compulsively readable, Two Storm Wood builds to an ending that is both thrilling and emotionally riveting.

    Feeling her biological clock ticking, she analyzes her love life like a business deal and vows to lock in a husband before her 30th birthday.The Manhattan dating app scene has as many ups and downs as the stock market, and outsourcing dates to an algorithm isn’t exactly Rae’s idea of romance. She considers cutting her losses, but her friends help her stay invested, boosting her spirits with ice cream and cheap wine that they share in their sixth-floor walk-up while recapping cringe-worthy dates.And then Rae meets Dustin, a poetic soul trapped in a business suit, just like her. She starts to hear wedding bells, but Dustin’s struggles with depression will test their relationship, and no amount of financial modeling can project what their future will look like.Can Rae free herself from the idea she had of what thirty was supposed to look like and let love breathe on its own timeline? Or is she too conditioned to stay on the “right track” to follow her unpaved intuition?Moving and timely, The Heart of the Deal is the story of one woman’s reckoning with what success really is in a city, an industry, and a relationship whose low lows continually challenge the enchantment of the high highs.

    Steamy, upbeat insta-love short read featuring a small town enemies to lovers romance and a guaranteed HEA!

    From Orwell’s youth in Edwardian England to his formative experiences abroad in colonial Burma and revolutionary Spain to his internal war with socialism and authoritarian regimes, you’ll learn how the man born Eric Blair forged himself into a writer of international importance and renown. Rooted in Professor Shelden’s interviews with Orwell’s friends and lovers—and his own astute literary analysis of all of Orwell’s major works—this course is a one-of-a-kind portrait of the modern world’s greatest champion of individuality. If you’re new to Orwell’s body of work, Professor Shelden will have you rushing to your nearest bookstore or library. If you are already familiar with any of Orwell’s work, he’ll add new layers of understanding and appreciation to this undeniable titan of English literature.

    They called him a tramp. He slept with trash and found his meals in the garbage. Nobody knew who he was. Melody knew the moment she met him, something about him was off. Something about him was missing. Impassive and unpredictable, he always lurked around, his hulking figure a wandering question mark on the streets of New York. But give him a violin and watch him play...

    Her spirit helps him heal after a family tragedy, though soon the circumstances that brought them together threaten to tear them apart.

    A Year in Tōkyō follows the thirteen magical months I spent in the city of ginkgo leaves. From becoming a travel writer and English teacher to navigating cultural nuances, financial adversity and the abomination known as peanut cream, this book is a candid exploration of what it was really like to live and work in the world’s greatest megacity.

    But in return, Haena will have to find Mr. Right for Sora so she doesn't get caught in her lie. Yet strangely, instead of some boy, Sora finds her heart beating for Haena..."

    Job-seeking advice from the author of the Ask a Manager blog.

    

    With Iris struggling to navigate the social tightrope of early adolescence, their tender home is a much-needed refuge. But when a sudden diagnosis threatens to derail each of their lives, the secrets of Lia’s past come rushing into the present, and the world around them begins to transform. Deftly guided through time, we discover the people who shaped Lia’s youth; from her deeply religious mother to her troubled first love. In turn, each will take their place in the shifting landscape of Lia’s body; at the center of which dances a gleeful narrator, learning her life from the inside, growing more emboldened by the day. Pivoting between the domestic and the epic, the comic and the heart-breaking, this astonishing novel unearths the darkness and levity of one woman’s life to symphonic effect.

    Her life has been defined by the intense public interest in the case. Now an anxious and reclusive adult, she lives alone on her family's destocked sheep farm.When Lane, a private investigator, approaches her with an offer to reinvestigate the case, she rejects him. The attention has had nothing but negative consequences for her and her family, and never brought them closer to an answer.Lane wins her trust when his unconventional methods show promise, but he has his own motivations for wanting to solve the case, and his obsession with the answer will ultimately risk both their lives.Superbly written, taut and compassionate, Wake looks at what can happen when people's private tragedies become public property, and the ripples of trauma that follow violent crimes. Wake won the CWA Debut Dagger in 2019.

    In Jordan Castro’s inventive, funny, and surprisingly tender first novel, we follow a young man over the course of a single morning as he fails to write an autobiographical novel based on his own heroin addiction and recovery, finding himself drawn into the infinite spaces of Twitter, quotidian rituals, and his own mind. An ode to the narrator’s favorite coffee mug also explores materialism and subjectivity; a misguided visit to an old classmate’s Facebook page prompts a meditation on class privilege; an Instagram post about the ethics of having children leads to a condemnation of nihilism; the act of doing the dishes is at once quotidian and profound: one of the many small commitments that make up a life of stability. The Novelist: A Novel is influenced by and references Nicholson Baker’s The Mezzanine and Thomas Bernhard’s Woodcutters, and in the end is a wholly original novel about language and consciousness, the internet and social media, and addiction and recovery.

    

    A competitive swimmer negotiates over which days she will fulfill her wifely duties, and which days she will keep for herself. A peach farmer wonders if her orchard will survive a drought. And generations of a family in South Carolina struggle with fidelity and their cruel past, some clinging to old ways and others painfully carving new paths.In these haunting stories, Megan Mayhew Bergman portrays women who wrestle with problematic inheritances: a modern glass house on a treacherous California cliff, a water-starved ranch, and an abandoned plantation on a river near Charleston. Bergman’s provocative prose asks the questions: what are we leaving behind for our ancestors to hold, and what price will they pay for our mistakes?

    A no-nonsense guide to building muscle, burning fat and creating your best body ever.Do any of these describe you?• You struggle to lose weight and keep it off – no matter what diet you try• You go to the gym regularly but see no changes in your strength nor size• You struggle to stay motivated and consistent with your diet and exercise• You start a diet with the best intentions but end up bingeing after a few days, only to promise to restart the next day• You’ve lost weight but are struggling with belly fat, love handles and other stubborn areas• You feel overwhelmed by the sheer volume of confusing information out there• You think the whole ‘gym thing’ is scary and don’t know where to start• You just want something that works and fits into your busy life💡 Then this book is for you.

    The Moon Goddess saved her when an experiment went wrong and helped her escape. She has hope in her heart to return home and search for her mate, but Fate has other plans...

    Welcome, foolish mortals, to the Haunted Mansion! It seems that no one lives in the elegant mansion on the hill...but then where's that creepy organ music coming from? Are the iron gates meant to keep people out...or some things in? Get ready to meet the 999 ghosts of the Haunted Mansion...but be warned, they're looking for the 1000th! The delightfully chilling Disney attraction comes to (after)life in an all-new story, penned by Joshua Willamson with art by Jorge Coelho! Don't miss the next great Disney Kingdoms adventure, and the most spine-tingling experience you'll find this side of a Doom Buggy!

    501 Must-Drink Cocktails contains a vast range of cocktails to suit any occasion, from a summer lunch party out of doors to pre-Christmas drinks. Classics like Martinis, slings and daiquiris sit alongside sophisticated Champagne cocktails, colorful shots, cooling fizzes, sours and punches and non-alcoholic drinks. The drinks are arranged by their main ingredient and a Bar Basics section offers advice on must-have equipment and cocktail-making techniques. Whether you are throwing a special celebration, arranging pre-dinner drinks or simply spending time with friends, in 501 Must-Drink Cocktails you will find just the cocktail you need.

    A WEBTOON x 88rising memoir series that spotlights the experiences of Asian women in entertainment and how we can help #StopAsianHate together.

    Privately, Vivian contends with the memories and aftereffects of her bad childhood—compounded by the everyday stresses of being a Black Latinx woman in America. She lives in a constant state of hypervigilant awareness that makes even a simple subway ride into a heart-pounding drama.For years, Vivian has self-medicated with a mix of dating, dieting, dark humor and smoking weed with her BFF, Jane. But after a family reunion prompts Vivian to take a bold step, she finds herself alone in new and terrifying ways, without even Jane to confide in, and she starts to unravel. Will she find a way to repair what matters most to her?A debut from a stunning talent, Post-traumatic is a new kind of survivor narrative, featuring a complex heroine who is blazingly, indelibly alive. With razor-sharp prose and mordant wit, Chantal V. Johnson performs an extraordinary feat, delivering a psychologically astute story about the aftermath of trauma that somehow manages to brim with warmth, laughter, and hope.

    In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. A federal judge ordered his release in March 2010, but the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans to let him go.Three years into his captivity Slahi began a diary, recounting his life before he disappeared into U.S. custody, "his endless world tour" of imprisonment and interrogation, and his daily life as a Guantanamo prisoner. His diary is not merely a vivid record of a miscarriage of justice, but a deeply personal memoir---terrifying, darkly humorous, and surprisingly gracious. Published now for the first time, Guantanamo Diary is a document of immense historical importance and a riveting and profoundly revealing read.

    As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect. This autobiography (written with Alex Haley) reveals his quick-witted integrity, usually obscured by batteries of frenzied headlines, and the fierce idealism which led him to reject both liberal hypocrisies and black racialism.Vilified by his critics as an anti-white demagogue, Malcolm X gave a voice to unheard African-Americans, bringing them pride, hope and fearlessness, and remains an inspirational and controversial figure.

    Tall, intelligent, and beautifully brooding, Isaac has it all and Sebastian knows this all too well. In the past, they had shared a sultry after school romance. Now, Isaac is back. Can Sebastian resist falling for Isaac again or will his lips yearn for his touch?

    Old-fashioned mystery and suspense in the grand tradition return in nine original stories you'll never forget. The Day Kathy Died, Johnny's Girl, Dark Corridor, Slow Hot Wind, No Holiday From Murder, I Won't Forget You, Glass Alibi, Voodoo Road, and the title story, The Unlocked Window, are sure to keep readers up late, turning pages, and wondering if they remembered to lock the door...

    Which explains why, in Europe, everyone says that “all roads lead to Rome”.The reason empires like to build such arteries is to pull in commodities cheaply to the heart of the empire, and push out, at minimal cost, higher value-added finished goods to the periphery.With this analogy in mind, the world seems to increasingly be splitting along three empires:• The USA with its protectionist and isolationist president• Europe, whose territorial expansion seems to have stalled at the borders of Russia.• China, with its “One Belt, One Road” ambitions, a thinly disguised plan to tie Eurasia and Africa into China’s economic orbit.Clearly, Xi Jinping is on an imperial kick and, for him, in the 21st century, all roads must lead to Beijing.But building roads is the easy part of any imperial roll-out.Once the roads have been built, the safety of the goods and people travelling along them has to be ensured without creating resentment.Moreover, the empire must decide in which currency trade is taking place.Can China remain dependent on the willingness and ability of the American banks and government to fund its imperial ambitions ?Besides the fact that building an Empire on somebody else’s dime makes no sense, in the past couple of decades (Asian crisis of 1997, mortgage crisis of 2008, Taper Tantrum of 2013…), American banks have shown repeatedly that they were not reliable partners when it came to funding Asian trade. To be credible, an Empire must have its own reserve currency.The aim of this book is to think through the consequences of a world which increasingly seems to be splitting up into three zones, each with its own reserve currency, its own fiscal policy, its own ambitions and perhaps even its own supply chains.To go further: http://www.clashofempires.info

    This culinary journey guides readers through Bangkok's markets to the seafood freshly cooked on the beaches of the Gulf of Thailand, to the sweet-makers of Phetchaburi province to the rice-growing hill tribes of the northern region.The Food of Thailand features a myriad of dishes that make up modern Thai cuisine: from traditional green, red, and panaeng curries, eaten by every Thai, to salads like som tam and laap, redolent with herbs and chillies, and coconut-based soups, including the famous tom khaa kai.To partner the recipes, special pages explore the essence of Thai food and cooking techniques. Subjects include: Making fish sauce Preparing som tam Mixing and pounding curry pastes Carving fruit.About The Food of... series "A culinary journey around the world."Each book in The Food of... series is a comprehensive introduction to the world's great cuisine. These books feature more than 100 delicious recipes that highlight each country's culinary treasures. With instructive color photographs throughout, each recipe helps readers choose and identify produce, from vegetables and flavorings to street snacks, sweets, and colorful and exotic fruits. Feature sections explore the essence of each culture's food and cooking techniques.

    

    Enjoy a compilation of 365 inspiring meditations. Real-life stories combined with Scripture passages and key Bible verses—all centered around relevant themes—will point your heart toward God and remind you of His unfailing love. It also makes the perfect devotional gift for your friends and family who you want to grow spiritually.

    

    A celebration of companionship in all its timeless and contemporary, legendary and unpindownable, spellbinding and shapeshifting forms...It follows the unique achievement of her Seasonal cycle of novels - Autumn, Winter, Spring and Summer - written and published in as close as possible to real time, between 2016 and 2020, absorbing and refracting the times we are living through: the 'state-of-the-nation novels which understand that the nation is you, is me, is all of us' (New Statesman).'Ali Smith is lighting us a path out of the nightmarish now' Observer

    

    While our health declines as each year passes, we value our soul more knowing that it is all that will remain. If you wish for personal – spiritual growth and fulfillment in your life and less fear, it is possible! Never Surrender Your Soul unlike other self-help religion and spirituality books is written specifically to help you to find the encouragement, strength, and spiritual growth that you will need to change your perspective with less mind control so you can live a hopeful life that creates a path with less fear. No one can defeat you. You can only defeat yourself. No one can truly save you. You must save yourself. Rather than listening to a person with a louder voice, empower yourself by listening to your inner voice. There is hope and a way out! Help yourself by reading Never Surrender Your Soul: find answers and change your life for the better. You will be so happy you did! Purchase any of Brian's 3 Paperbacks from Amazon - Get the Kindle e-book for $0.99 - $1.99 with the Kindle Matchbook Program. Never Surrender Your Soul "your very essence" is written by a Genius, Autistic, Empath, and Precious Savant; “a beautiful mind”. Related tags: spiritual growth, spiritual book, spiritual growth book, religion & spirituality books, spirituality, spiritual self-help, spiritual books, a guide to the afterlife

    The characters are genuine and you are promised a happily ever after. Banish the monotony of life and delve into these stories that are sure to satisfy your every romantic and erotic need.Each story is a steamy, alpha male, curvy woman, HEA stand-alone story.

    A bold and playful celebration of movement, energy, pattern, colour and shape!’Good Reading0403069781911344957.jpg20180502Australian Children's Book Council Awards: Eve Pownall Award2019AU05Scribe UK01Scribe Publications Pty Ltd01http://scribepublications.co.ukLondon... NZ01250mm02230mmGrantham Book ServicesROWAU NZ202018101110110.99GBPZ0.0010.990.00roduct>

    That edition was on the cutting edge of what was then known about the nature of the universe. But the last decade has seen extraordinary advances in the technology of observing both the micro- and the macrocosmic worlds, confirming many of Professor Hawking's theoretical predictions. Eager to bring to his original text the new knowledge revealed by these observations, he has written a new introduction, updated the original chapters throughout, and added an entirely new chapter on the fascinating subject of wormholes and time travel.

    br>* An inspiring book, with an integrated bound-in CD-ROM and strong emphasis on design * The first book to include integrated multimedia, strong coverage of space flight, and the design process * Book will include an accompanying Web Site

    All that matters is that you keep your mind on anything and everything but God.In the Palace of the Great King (348 pages) by debut author Julie Ash reveals how two teens from totally different backgrounds respond to the call to conversion and contemplative religious life in the midst of an often hostile secular culture and a Church in crisis.

    Known to friends and family as Lizzy, she takes care of her grandfather and their goats, she flirts with the woman who helps row the ferry, and she stays away from the fog that comes in the night—and the monsters hiding within it.But Lizzy’s life comes apart when she steals a handful of coins from a sacred well to cover a debt. The well requires repayment, but it doesn’t deal in coins. It needs wishes, and its minions will drown Lizzy in its depths if she doesn’t grant them. Lizzy finds herself on a quest to uncover hidden memories, bestow great wealth, and face the magical secrets that nearly destroyed her family—and are now returning to threaten everything she has ever known. In this breathtaking graphic novel, Jake Wyatt and Choo have created a modern fable based on magic and family secrets, exploring the power—and limits—of wishes.

    As he crosses state borders from North to South, he is hell bent on determining his own path, until circumstances continue to fuel his situation beyond his control. With each tacking pace of the train, he will eventually venture into the bayous of Louisiana where he is beaten and left for dead, until he is discovered by someone that can alter the course of his destiny forever, but not before many battles are waged against him. Eventually, he is brought to a place where he must choose to live as a soldier of misfortune or discover the real reason why he began his journey in the first place. From the timber mills of Wisconsin, into the deep South and the rugged West, nothing will keep Daniel Stone from going after what he wants, neither the cruelty of strangers or the vengeful warriors of the plains, while the Civil War looms around him. He would rather die trying to get where he wants to go, than to live with the regrets of a life unlived…

    His short work blurs the lines of poetry, fiction, memoir, and disjointed logic. This 52-page mini-book includes some of Topp's best-loved work.

    

    Born to a well-known political family in Olinda, Brazil, Catarina grows up in the shadow of her dead aunt, Laura. Melissa, a South London native, is brought up by her mum and a crew of rebellious grandmothers.In January 2016, Melissa and Catarina meet for the first time, and, as political turmoil unfolds across Brazil and the UK, their friendship takes flight. Their story takes us across continents and generations - from the election of Lula to the London riots to the darkest years of Brazil's military dictatorship.there are more things builds on the unique voice of Yara's debut to create a sweeping novel about history, revolution and love. In it we see sisterhood and queerness, and, perhaps, glimpse a better way to live.

    She's twenty-eight years old, grieving her mother, barely scraping by as a nanny, and freshly kicked out of her apartment. If she can just get her act together and sign up for the MCAT, she can start chasing her dream of becoming a doctor . . . but in the Age of Distraction, the distractions are so distracting. There's her tech millionaire brother's religious awakening. His picture-perfect wife's emotional breakdown. Her chaotic new roommate's thirst for adventure. And, of course, there's the biggest distraction of all: Love.From within the story of one summer in one woman's life, an epic tale is unearthed, spanning continents and featuring a tapestry of characters tied to one another by threads both seen and unseen. Filled with all the warmth, humor, and heart that gained How I Met Your Mother its cult following, The Mutual Friend captures in sparkling detail the chaos of contemporary life, a life lived simultaneously in two different worlds--the physical one and the one behind our screens--and reveals how connected we all truly are.