This guide to moths, native plants, and their environmental roles is an indispensable resource for gardeners, conservationists, and nature enthusiasts across the midwestern United States. Gardening for Moths is the first book to show midwestern gardeners and naturalists why they should attract specific moth species to their properties and how to do it. The book’s stunning color photographs and intriguing facts reveal the fascinating world of these insects, inspiring readers to incorporate moth-loving native plants into their landscapes. The authors emphasize the importance of moths and their caterpillars to ecological food webs, widening the book’s appeal to birders and bat lovers as well. The book consists of three main sections, beginning with a thorough overview of moths, including their population decline and conservation, importance in ecosystems, relationship with native plants, and predators and defenses In addition, this first section features tips on how to attract and photograph moths at night. In the next section the authors profile about 140 plant species, providing brief background, natural history, habitat, and growing notes for each along with lists of potential moths the plants may attract. The third section highlights approximately 150 moth species, ordered taxonomically. These accounts include interesting facts about the life history of both the caterpillar and adult moth of each species. Each account also features a list of the species’ common host plants. Throughout the volume, inset text boxes provide additional fascinating moth facts. Beautiful photographs (most by the authors) illustrate every included plant and moth species. Select references, online resources, and quick reference tables round out this valuable resource.
This book provides a complete guide on fraud hotlines. It is designed to educate readers with respect to the history, purpose, operation, use and utility of fraud hotlines. It also equips readers with the knowledge to create, analyze and assess the performance of fraud hotlines.
By the time of the opening of the Atlantic world in the fifteenth century, Europeans and Atlantic Africans had developed significantly different cultural idioms for and understandings of poison. Europeans considered poison a gendered “weapon of the weak” while Africans viewed it as an abuse by the powerful. Though distinct, both idioms centered on fraught power relationships. When translated to the slave societies of the Americas, these understandings sometimes clashed in conflicting interpretations of alleged poisoning events. In Poisoned Relations, Chelsea Berry illuminates the competing understandings of poison and power in the Atlantic World. Poison was connected to central concerns of life: to the well-being in this world for oneself and one’s relatives; to the morality and use of power; and to the fraught relationships that bound people together. The social and relational nature of ideas about poison meant that the power struggles that emerged in poison cases, while unfolding in the extreme context of slavery, were not solely between enslavers and the enslaved—they also involved social conflict within enslaved communities. Poisoned Relations examines more than five hundred investigations and trials in four colonial contexts—British Virginia, French Martinique, Portuguese Bahia, and the Dutch Guianas—bringing a groundbreaking application of historical linguistics to bear on the study of the African diaspora in the Americas. Illuminating competing understandings of poison and power in this way, Berry opens new avenues of evidence through which to navigate the violence of colonial archival silences.
Now in trade paperback, Blood Roses finds Saint-Germain living in relative peace and prosperity in the village of Orgon in fourteenth-century France. He has won a grudging acceptance from the local populace. But a new threat has upset the precarious balance: Plague has come to France, and the peoples fear turns to xenophobia. To avoid the scrutiny that could reveal his true nature, Saint-Germain must flee. However, his travels drive him deeper into the heart of the Black Death, and danger.
In Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Midnight Harvest, Worsening military situations in Spain compel Saint-Germain to leave Europe; he and Roger travel to Boston, then Chicago, and finally to California, unaware that a paid assassin is following them. Saint-Germain visits the Pietragnelli winery and discovers how much the Great Depression has affected life in the USA; difficulties with Pietragnelli's neighbors escalate, becoming more violent and demanding to the point that Saint-Germain helps Carlo Pietragnelli take a stand against the culprits. He also reunites romantically with Rowena Saxon, now living in San Francisco. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Prague, 1610 In a few short weeks seventeen-year-old Mila has gone from being Ludmila Novakova, pampered daughter of the High Chancellor of Bohemia, to becoming a traitor escaping the palace at midnight in her wedding nightgown. Her country is in chaos, an army is marching from Austria, and revolution is a breath away. Mila is caught in the middle, between the man she loves—Marc, the son of a blacksmith and a leader of the rebellion—and the murderer the Church calls her husband. Even as she flees with Marc into the heart of the resistance, where the suspicions of angry citizens make her every palace-born habit a danger, she knows he hasn’t told her everything. But Mila is keeping the biggest secret herself: she is the heir to the throne, the daughter of embattled King Rudolf and Princess of Bohemia. The truth will turn the fury of both sides against her, leaving Mila alone to win her country’s freedom—and her own . . . “A realistic historical novel with a fairy-tale feel.” —School Library Journal
Portrait of the artist as a broke and brilliant, hungry and funny young woman" (Lynn Steger Strong, author of Want), this hilarious and incisive coming-of-age novel about an art student from a poor family struggling to find her place in a new social class of rich, well-connected peers is perfect for fans of Elif Batuman’s The Idiot and Weike Wang’s Chemistry At her San Francisco art school, Joey enrolls in a film elective that requires her to complete what seems like a straightforward assignment: create a self-portrait. Joey inexplicably decides to remake Wes Anderson’s Rushmore despite having never seen the movie. As Tell Me I’m An Artist unfolds over the course of the semester, the assignment hangs over her as she struggles to exist in a well-heeled world that is hugely different from any she has known. Miles away, Joey’s sister goes missing, leaving her toddler with their mother, who in turn suggests that Joey might be the selfish one for pursuing her dreams. Meanwhile, her only friend at school, the enigmatic Suz, makes meaningful, appealing art, a product of Suz's own singular drive and talent as well as decades of careful nurturing by wealthy, sophisticated parents. A masterful novel from an author known for her candid and searching prose, Tell Me I’m An Artist examines the invisible divide created by class and privilege, ruminates on the shame that follows choosing a path that has not been laid out for you, and interrogates what makes someone an artist at all.
Como enfermera titulada, creo que es importante que nuestros maravillosos niños conozcan su diagnóstico y se sientan seguros al respecto. ¡Unete a la Aventuras de Olivia y Kyle mientras conocen a nuevos amigos con historias diferentes!
DIV500 Nail Designs is a collection of gorgeous, inspired nail looks. You’ll find hundreds of dramatic nail art designs from multi-colored graphic patterns, to plays of textures and finish./divDIV/divDIVWant super glossy nails for the beach? How about accent glitters for a night out? Get rockin’ with the rough crackle look. Or just go natural with a sexy, simple matte finish. There are also dozens of thematic designs such as red and green Christmas ornament designed nails, fancy floral patterns for spring, or tie-dye for summer./divDIV/div500 Nail Designs is the ultimate nail art sourcebook for fashionistas—simply swap out different polish colors or textures, or add and subtract elements to get a whole new look!
In Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's Night Blooming, Saint-Germain, summoned to the Court of Karl-lo-Magne, is given a mistress who leaves him for the King. Soon Saint-Germain is given the task of escorting the albino stigmatic, Gynethe Mehaut, to Rome, during which time they become lovers. In Rome, Olivia takes Gynethe Mehaut under her wing, but neither she nor Saint-Germain can save her once an ambitious Bishop goes to work on her, ordering her to become an anchorite. Following Karl-lo-Magne's coronation on Christmas day, 800, Saint-Germain soon has to leave Franksland. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
This book is a collection of faith-based, creatively thought poems written to inspire, encourage, and expand the mind of the readers. Creativity is in everything and in the very world that is around us, and it can be found in things we think of the least. Poetry Is Not Dead embodies that notion with words from experiences given and from my perspective and what reality means to me. My hope behind this book is that it awakens and shakes someones view or builds to it nonetheless. Every poet has a story, and it is meant to be heard!
From breakout debut author Chelsea Ichaso comes Little Creeping Things, a compulsively readable YA suspense novel with a narrator who can't be trusted, perfect for fans of Natasha Preston. She never meant to hurt anyone... When she was a child, Cassidy Pratt accidentally started a fire that killed her neighbor. At least, that's what she's been told. She can't remember anything from that day. She's pretty sure she didn't mean to do it. She's a victim too. But her town's bullies, particularly the cruel and beautiful Melody Davenport, have never let her live it down. In Melody's eyes, Cassidy is a murderer and always will be. And then Melody goes missing, and Cassidy thinks she may have information about what happened. She knows she should go to the cops, but...she recently joked about how much she'd like to get rid of Melody. She even planned out the perfect way to do it. And then she gets a chilling text from an unknown number: I'm so glad we're in this together. Now it's up to Cassidy to figure out what's really going on, before the truth behind Melody's disappearance sets the whole town ablaze. Perfect for fans of: Detective stories for teens Teen thrillers Karen McManus and Natasha Preston Praise for Little Creeping Things: A Junior Library Guild Selection! "Chelsea Ichaso has without a doubt written the breakout thriller of the year."—Dana Mele, author of People Like Us "Ichaso's debut is a riveting whodunnit... a psychological thriller worthy of mystery aficionados."—School Library Journal "Guaranteed to keep young readers guessing until the final pages...will satisfy the appetites of all manner of mystery fans."—Booklist "[A] genre-solid whodunit and keeps readers guessing until the very last page."—Publishers Weekly
MindFuck is The Awakening Trilogy finale that dives into the disjointed poetic madness of the author’s unhinged creative mind. MindFuck offers readers a chance at play and contemplation with mischievous and heady poems, prose, and puzzles. The book is divided into 6 chapters, each chapter sharing a facet of the journey to self-realization. Find our minds with The Conscious. Expand love in The Sensuality. Wake to the best you in The Reckoning. It’s time for The Surrender, The Truth, and The Awakening. MindFuck is the tricky and unsettling joyride aimed to help each reader honor and accept their true Self.
Finally, here is a photography textbook authored in the 21st century for 21st century audiences. Photography: A 21st Century Practice speaks to the contemporary student who has come of age in the era of digital photography and social media, where every day we collectively take more than a billion photographs. How do aspiring photographers set themselves apart from the smartphone-toting masses? How can an emerging photographic artist push the medium to new ground? The answers provided here are innovative, inclusive, and boundary shattering, thanks to the authors’ framework of the "4Cs": Craft, Composition, Content and Concept. Each is explored in depth, and packaged into a toolbox the photographic student can immediately put into practice. With a firm base in digital imaging, the authors also shed new light on chemical-based photographic processes and address the ways in which new technology is rapidly expanding photographic possibilities. In addition, Photography: A 21st Century Practice features: • 12 case studies from professional practice, featuring established photographic artists and showcasing the techniques, concepts, modes of presentation, and other professional concerns that shape their work. • Over 40 student assignments that transform theory into hands-on experience. • 800 full-color images and 200 illustrations, including photographs by some of the world’s best-known and most exciting emerging photographic artists, and illustrations that make even complex processes and ideas simple to understand. • More than 50 guided inquiries into the nature of photographic art to jump start critical thinking and group discussions.
Acclaimed illustrator and graphic novelist David Chelsea offers up six strange 24-hour comics in one deluxe hardcover volume! Strictly following rules devised by Scott McCloud (Understanding Comics), Chelsea delivers six inspired improvisations--each drawn in a single day! This collection of Chelsea's work finds the creator stepping into his own surreal sequences, Snow Angel appearing in her first adventure, anthropomorphic romps, and the mystery of the Girl with the Keyhole Eyes! Enjoy Chelsea's witty pun play, hilarious literary allusions, and inventive scenarios! Foreword by journalist Richard Gehr (The Comics Journal, Rolling Stone)! Six 24-hour comics from creator David Chelsea: Snow Angel, Sleepless, I.D., Now Open the Box, The Girl with the Keyhole Eyes, and I Like to Riff.
A groovy guide to hippie culture from the New York Times–bestselling author. Brothers and sisters! Here at last is a light-hearted, free-spirited, groovy guide to the timeless hippie skills and activities that make the world a better place, one macrame belt at a time. In illustrated, easy-to-follow instructions, author Chelsea Cain—who grew up on an Iowa hippie commune—provides practical and playful know-how for the hippie and hippie-at-heart. Learn how to milk a goat, build a compost pile, play “Kumbaya” on the guitar, teach a dog how to catch a Frisbee, and get your file from the FBI. Discover the finer points of caring for a fern, choosing a mantra, organizing a protest, naming your hippie baby, and making sand candles as holiday gifts. Including primers on cooking, dressing, driving, telling time, dancing, and celebrating your birthday in classic hippie style, and a righteous appendix of essential hippie books, movies, and slang, The Hippie Handbook knows the score. Right on. “Run us cheerily through the basics of the hippie lifestyle and beyond.” —January Magazine
Frogs have hopped and croaked their ways into kids' hearts. With this book, readers can become frog experts and learn how to save the animals they love. Featuring an introduction from Chelsea Clinton! Did you know that some frogs can leap twenty times the length of their own bodies? How about that the largest frog in the world weighs more than a chihuahua? Or that frogs drink through their skin and not through their mouths? Perfect for all animal lovers—and frog fans in particular—this book is filled with all the facts you need to know to become a frog expert! Where are frogs found? What's it like to be a frog? Why are frogs endangered, and who has been working hard to save them? Read this book and find out how you can help save the frogs! Complete with black-and-white photographs, a list of fun frog facts, and things that kids can do right this very moment to help save frogs from extinction, this book, with an introduction by animal advocate Chelsea Clinton, is a must for every family, school, and community library.
What does a day in the life of a dog groomer look like? Why is it so expensive to get your dog’s haircut? Does the groomer know she has makeup running down her face? Wait, is that makeup, or is that something that came out the backside of the dog? Is she just going to leave it there while she drinks her coffee? What is the most common dog name? What is the name heard around the store through the loudspeaker that no one will ever forget? What happens if a dog tries to bite? Do I have to have an appointment? Does my groomer actually care about my dog? I’m your dog groomer. I have to stand on top of the table to work on big dogs. I have to carry your new puppy like a human baby and rock him back and forth to work on his paws and nails. My workday does not just include bathing and haircutting your precious pup. I wish it did. I get pooped on, peed on, and all manner of bodily fluids have been on my person, yet I still prefer to work with animals over people. And yes, I really do care about your dog.
For the youngest activists among us, a book geared just for them full of facts, stories, and tips on how to change the world, from #1 New York Times bestselling author Chelsea Clinton. What can I do to help save endangered animals? How can I eat healthy? Why do I need to cover my mouth when I cough? What do I do if I'm being bullied? With information on problems both large and small, Chelsea Clinton breaks down the concepts of health, hunger, climate change, endangered species and bullying, so that readers can understand the world around them, and how they can make a difference in their own lives, as well as in their communities and the world at large. With comic drawings to illustrate Clinton's words, photographs of real live kids who are making a difference today, and lists of ways to get involved, this book is the perfect introduction to young activists who want to make the world a better place. A book equally important and welcome for any elementary school kid, the Cub Scout and Girl Scout set, and for moms who want to raise socially active children. Praise for Start Now!: * "A must-have title for school and public libraries as well as young activists' home collections." --Kirkus Reviews "There's a lot of interesting information here, and teachers may want to use this to spark class discussions." --Booklist
Prague, 1610 Ludmila Novakova--Mila--has barely set foot outside Prague Castle in her seventeen years. But with the choice between braving the bandits and wolves of Bohemia's uneasy roads or being married off to a disgusting old baron, she's taken what she can carry and fled. Escape won't be easy. Even Mila has heard the rumors of a rebellion coming against the court. The peasants are hungry. The king hasn't been seen in months. Mila's father, the High Chancellor, is well known and well hated. But Mila can't sit behind a stone wall and let fear force her into a life of silk gowns and certain misery. Her mother's death has taught her that much. She has one ally: Marc, the son of the blacksmith. A commoner, a Protestant--and perhaps a traitor, too. But the farther she gets from the castle, the more lies she uncovers, unraveling everything she thought she knew. And the harder it is to tell friend from enemy--and wrong from right . . .
Prague, 1610 In a few short weeks seventeen-year-old Mila has gone from being Ludmila Novakova, pampered daughter of the High Chancellor of Bohemia, to becoming a traitor escaping the palace at midnight in her wedding nightgown. Her country is in chaos, an army is marching from Austria, and revolution is a breath away. Mila is caught in the middle, between the man she loves—Marc, the son of a blacksmith and a leader of the rebellion—and the murderer the Church calls her husband. Even as she flees with Marc into the heart of the resistance, where the suspicions of angry citizens make her every palace-born habit a danger, she knows he hasn’t told her everything. But Mila is keeping the biggest secret herself: she is the heir to the throne, the daughter of embattled King Rudolf and Princess of Bohemia. The truth will turn the fury of both sides against her, leaving Mila alone to win her country’s freedom—and her own . . . “A realistic historical novel with a fairy-tale feel.” —School Library Journal
Prague, 1610 Ludmila Novakova--Mila--has barely set foot outside Prague Castle in her seventeen years. But with the choice between braving the bandits and wolves of Bohemia's uneasy roads or being married off to a disgusting old baron, she's taken what she can carry and fled. Escape won't be easy. Even Mila has heard the rumors of a rebellion coming against the court. The peasants are hungry. The king hasn't been seen in months. Mila's father, the High Chancellor, is well known and well hated. But Mila can't sit behind a stone wall and let fear force her into a life of silk gowns and certain misery. Her mother's death has taught her that much. She has one ally: Marc, the son of the blacksmith. A commoner, a Protestant--and perhaps a traitor, too. But the farther she gets from the castle, the more lies she uncovers, unraveling everything she thought she knew. And the harder it is to tell friend from enemy--and wrong from right . . .
The best guide to South America, packed with essentials Walking tours and nightlife in all the major cities Natural wonders, from Iguazu Falls to the Galapagos Reputable and low-cost sources for gems, woven and leather goods, and handknit alpaca and llama woolens Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget Posh resort hotels, working gaucho "estancias, remote jungle lodges, and small-town "hosterias Superb dining--from Continental cuisine and the world's best beef to Brazilian "feijoada and Peruvian "cebiche Accurate, up-to-date, from the most reliable writers Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents 39 pages of maps--and dozens of unique features Important Contacts A to Z; Smart Travel Tips; What's Where in South America; Pleasures & Pastimes; don't-miss activities; Adventure and Learning Vacations chapter, with top tour operators; Spanish and Portuguese vocabulary; and more!
Episode 5 « Une histoire magnifique, fascinante et bouleversante qui m’a captivée dès la première page. » - Jessica Sorenson , auteur « Avec My Favorite Mistake, Chelsea Cameron a trouvé pour ses héros le parfait rapport amour/haine. » - Publishers Weekly Une romance New Adult captivante dans l'univers des campus universitaires, pour les fans d'Anna Todd ou Elle Kennedy. Une erreur va changer sa vie pour le meilleur ou pour le pire. Taylor est furieuse. Comment l’université a-t-elle pu lui imposer de partager sa minuscule chambre d’étudiante avec un colocataire homme ? Et pas n’importe lequel : Hunter Zaccadelli. Un bad boy tatoué, terriblement sexy, qui joue de la guitare comme un dieu et qui ne perd pas une occasion de lui dire à quel point il a envie d’elle. Autrement dit, le genre de type trop beau et trop sûr de lui, à fuir comme la peste sous peine de tomber amoureuse et de souffrir atrocement. Elle n’a donc qu’une solution : tout faire pour qu’il déménage, avant qu’il soit trop tard... A propos de l'auteur : Chelsea M. Cameron est originaire du Maine. Passionnée de gâteaux (le red velvet !), obsédée de thé et végétarienne, elle a aussi été pom-pom girl et la plus mauvaise « gameuse » au monde. Quand elle n’écrit pas, elle aime regarder des publireportages, chanter dans sa voiture et jouer à attraper son chat, Sassenach. Elle est diplômée de journalisme, mais elle a rapidement abandonné cette carrière pour raconter la vie des personnages qui vivent dans sa tête. La plupart du temps, ces gens se révèlent aussi bizarres qu’elle...
Episode 4 « Une histoire magnifique, fascinante et bouleversante qui m’a captivée dès la première page. » - Jessica Sorenson , auteur « Avec My Favorite Mistake, Chelsea Cameron a trouvé pour ses héros le parfait rapport amour/haine. » - Publishers Weekly Une romance New Adult captivante dans l'univers des campus universitaires, pour les fans d'Anna Todd ou Elle Kennedy. Une erreur va changer sa vie pour le meilleur ou pour le pire. Taylor est furieuse. Comment l’université a-t-elle pu lui imposer de partager sa minuscule chambre d’étudiante avec un colocataire homme ? Et pas n’importe lequel : Hunter Zaccadelli. Un bad boy tatoué, terriblement sexy, qui joue de la guitare comme un dieu et qui ne perd pas une occasion de lui dire à quel point il a envie d’elle. Autrement dit, le genre de type trop beau et trop sûr de lui, à fuir comme la peste sous peine de tomber amoureuse et de souffrir atrocement. Elle n’a donc qu’une solution : tout faire pour qu’il déménage, avant qu’il soit trop tard... A propos de l'auteur : Chelsea M. Cameron est originaire du Maine. Passionnée de gâteaux (le red velvet !), obsédée de thé et végétarienne, elle a aussi été pom-pom girl et la plus mauvaise « gameuse » au monde. Quand elle n’écrit pas, elle aime regarder des publireportages, chanter dans sa voiture et jouer à attraper son chat, Sassenach. Elle est diplômée de journalisme, mais elle a rapidement abandonné cette carrière pour raconter la vie des personnages qui vivent dans sa tête. La plupart du temps, ces gens se révèlent aussi bizarres qu’elle...
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