More than just a completely new index, this book is sure to kindle fresh interest in the Bible without any superstitious overtones. It is divided into broad categories which together paint an accurate picture of the life of those ancient people.
This book takes you on a romantic journey with love in poetic form. Each poem was made from my love for poetry and romance as both seem to have harmony within them. I was inspired by a painting my father did many years ago, as it depicted two dancers in the night time romantically entwined reaching for the heavens and a full moon while love was orchestrating their every move. I am also inspired by the 13th century Persian poet, Jal l ad-D n Mu ammad R m . Please enjoy this passionate journey in love as this is The Love of My Life and to share these beautiful poems to you with such love from my heart. Thank you.
Are you afraid of spiders? How do you take your coffee? Do you remember how you felt on the last day of school or eating watermelon as a child? These Poems Need Homes- To Make A Long Story Longer is a compilation of whimsical rhyming poems about lifes little idiosyncrasies that everyone can relate to. Some of these poems will transport you back to happy childhood memories, while others will make you appreciate adulthood- all while leading you to a surprise ending. Originally published weekly in the daily newspaper, The Ravalli Republic, this collection of poems spans the second year of the popular poetry column These Poems Need Homes. As a bonus, six new, previously unpublished poems are included in this entertaining collection. Easy to read and appreciate, These Poems Need Homes- To Make A Long Story Longer, will have you grinning as you eagerly turn each page.
The book, ~Love Continues From Within~ is a continuation from my second book, ~The Love of My Life~ in a romantic poetic journey that love can be felt in each poem I wrote. There are chapters that contain fragrance from a rose, to some hurt and despair, letting go and even freedom in love. Please enjoy and embark once again on a journey of passion and romance in my latest creation of ~Love Continues From Within~.I am inspired by the Soul* that is within and its wisdom that it gives me to create wonderful scenarios it allows me to see with. My passion also comes from mountain climbing with nature and the love in harmony that is all around to give growth from balance that love has to offer there as well. Enjoy and thank you.
A perceptive and potent glimpse of youth in Edwardian England, reveling in the naivety and bluster of a young boy, on the fledgling cusp of adulthood and responsibility Life has been kind to Roderick Brannan in his first 14 years, and in the autumn of 1906 there is nothing he wants more than to make a sporting name for himself at school. But with the breeze of the shifting seasons comes an imperceptible breath of change, for England, and for Roderick, and when his father, a car manufacturer, dies he must return to the family home. There follows a tumultuous summer, for Roderick and his young cousin, Dorothea. Swapping the strictures of boarding school for the cloistered quiet of a remote country house leads Roderick to reassess his goals, and awakens in him desires he had never considred possible.
Janae Wilding is a young high school senior at Sand-fort High School and her life is about to dramatically change. Nae's father Daniel and best-friend Asia send the reader on a roller coaster ride, that ends with a compelling story about transition into life. Who is to blame if one fails at it?
Despite his towering presence in premodern Persian letters, Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafiz of Shiraz (d. 1390) remains an elusive and opaque character for many. In order to look behind the hyperbole that surrounds Hafiz's poetry and penetrate the quasi-hagiographical film that obscures the poet himself, this book attempts a contextualisation of Hafiz that is at once socio-political, historical, and literary. Here, Hafiz's ghazals (short, monorhyme, broadly amorous lyric poems) are read comparatively against similar texts composed by his less-studied rivals in the hyper competitive, imitative, and profoundly intertextual environment of fourteenth-century Shiraz. By bringing Hafiz's lyric poetry into productive, detailed dialogue with that of the counterhegemonic satirist, 'Ubayd Zakani (d. 1371), and the marginalised Jahan-Malik Khatun (d. after 1391; the most prolific female poet of premodern Iran), our received understanding of this most iconic of stages in the development of the Persian ghazal is disrupted, and new avenues for literary exploration open up. Looking beyond the particular milieu of Shiraz, this study re-assesses Hafiz's place in the Persian poetic canon through reading his poems alongside those produced by professional poets in other major centres of Persian literary activity who enjoyed comparable fame in the fourteenth century. Recognising the aesthetic achievements of his contemporaries does not diminish the splendour of Hafiz's, rather it forces us to accept that Hafiz was but one member of a band of poets who jostled for the limelight in competing, often intersecting, patronage and reception networks that facilitated intense cultural exchange between the cities of post-Mongol Iran and Iraq. Hafiz's ghazals, characterised as they are by conscious and deliberate hybridity, ambiguity, and polysemy, are products of a creative mind bent on experimenting with genre. While in no way seeking to deny the mystical stratum of the Persian ghazal in its fourteenth-century manifestation, this study emphasises the courtly and profane dimensions of the form, and regards Hafiz through a sober lens with keen attention to his dynamic role at the heart of a vibrant poetic community that was at once both fiercely local and boldly cosmopolitan.
Who is watching Miss Melchior and why is the American ambassador so nervous? What are the repercussions of the soda siphon and what went wrong in the court of Queen Elizabeth? And is the devoted butler taking his duties a little too far? In this collection of intriguing and eye-opening short stories the reader is taken on journeys of discovery with sometimes unforeseen consequences.
Sometimes you don't want your dreams to come true... Audrey Sonoma is bored out of her skull. And though she relishes the autonomy of her freelance career reviewing restaurants, she craves a spicier existence. But when the crazy purple dragon in her dreams spills into reality, she’s stunned to discover she’s endowed with supernatural power… and tasked with saving a goddess. Teaming up with a cute cop, Audrey struggles to fend off the beasts and demons spewing out from a paranormal disaster. And as nightmares threaten to consume the world, she’s desperate to control her abilities before the deadly whims of Greek immortals claim her life and her only shot at love. Can she master her mythical gifts and stop the mischievous creatures from destroying the waking realm? Tangled Dreams is the first full-length novel in the Dream Weavers and Truth Seekers series. Grab the book to start an adventure into a world you've only dreamed of...or had nightmares about. Either way, you won't be able to put down this fun urban fantasy. Buy Tangled Dreams to banish the nightmares today!
A perceptive and potent glimpse of youth in Edwardian England, reveling in the naivety and bluster of a young boy, on the fledgling cusp of adulthood and responsibility Life has been kind to Roderick Brannan in his first 14 years, and in the autumn of 1906 there is nothing he wants more than to make a sporting name for himself at school. But with the breeze of the shifting seasons comes an imperceptible breath of change, for England, and for Roderick, and when his father, a car manufacturer, dies he must return to the family home. There follows a tumultuous summer, for Roderick and his young cousin, Dorothea. Swapping the strictures of boarding school for the cloistered quiet of a remote country house leads Roderick to reassess his goals, and awakens in him desires he had never considred possible.
The final bounty was supposed to be the easiest. So why is she the one being hunted? Morgan le Fay, once the most promising priestess on Avalon, lost her powers due to her unwitting role in the fall of Camelot. She's survived by becoming a bounty hunter for Faerie Queen Maeve. After she completes her tenth, and final job, she will be free to live her own life and regain her powers. The problem – the situation isn't as simple as it seems. Her final target, the fledgling vampire Philippe, turns out to have ties to her family, and her handler isn't telling her everything. Nightmare creatures, faerie plots, and murder follow Morgan as she navigates past hurts and attempts to unravel the truth. Will she be able keep her friends safe and find forgiveness in time to figure out what the faerie queen wants with Philippe? And will Morgan deal with her old wounds and risk her powers – and her heart - to secure her future? Web of Truth is the third book (but can be read on its own) in the Dream Weavers and Truth Seekers series, which is being hailed as a unique addition to the urban fantasy landscape. If you like tales featuring strong heroines, tricky Fae, and hidden worlds that exist beside our own, then you'll love Cecilia Dominic's new series. Grab Web of Truth to go on a magical journey today!
Salvador has been battling his own ghosts and trying to figure out why he’s being dumped into apparently random times and situations, whilst at the same time trying to save his wife, Jemma from a coma. A little girl has gone missing and a man has been shot. It turns out nothing is random.
Lights Out is a murder mystery that takes place in present-day Baltimore, Maryland. The mystery unfolds as one of the corporate executives from the Baltimore Light Company is kidnapped and held for ransom. Soon the stakes are raised when it is discovered that uranium fuel rods, cocaine, and weapons' grade plutonium are all part of a huge clandestine deal. Several murders are committed, which leave clues that make the reader suspect more than one character throughout the book. At one point, a company merger worth billions of dollars enters as one of the many scenarios in the mystery. Ultimately, it is left to four investigators to sort through all of the details in the case. Through logic and common sense they manage to piece together clues that help solve the puzzle one piece at a time. The police commissioner, an FBI agent, and two employees from the Baltimore Light Company are the primary characters trying to solve the murders. However, it is the missing merchandise that drives them to finding answers to many unresolved questions. One week in September, the four investigators manage to team up to piece together the clues in the case. The ending will surely surprise the most avid mystery reader.
Sun Tzu's 5th century BC military manual, The Art of War, revolutionized warfare when it was written. In the millennia since, its sage advice has been applied to fields as varied as business, leadership, warfare, politics and everyday life. In this fascinating guide, business journalist Dominic Hale helps you interpret the classic work to show you how to apply its advice to becoming a better leader. Showing you how to effectively motivate your workforce, pursue bold new strategies and understand your opponents, Sun Tzu's wisdom proves equally applicable to the business world. This edition includes the entire text of the original Art of War, so you can easily refer back to the classic text. In this work, you will discover: • the traits that make a great leader • how to develop your own management skills • how to get the most out of your team • how to see to the heart of a problem and come up with effective solutions By taking examples from the modern business world in a variety of different industries, The Art of War Guide to Business Leadership shows you how to become a better leader by learning from ancient wisdom.
The pharaoh Akhenaten, who ruled Egypt in the mid-fourteenth century BCE, has been the subject of more speculation than any other character in Egyptian history. This provocative new biography examines both the real Akhenaten and the myths that have been created around him. It scrutinises the history of the pharaoh and his reign, which has been continually written in Eurocentric terms inapplicable to ancient Egypt, and the archaeology of Akhenaten's capital city, Amarna. It goes on to explore the pharaoh's extraordinary cultural afterlife, and the way he has been invoked to validate everything from psychoanalysis to racial equality to Fascism.
Manual for success' The Athletic With an opening chapter by Sir Jim Ratcliffe To mark the 25th Anniversary of the founding of INEOS in 1998, seven leading specialist authors explore the main strands of INEOS's business, including its core chemical business to its ventures into sport, automotive, consumer goods, sustainability, next generation and philanthropy. * Dominic O'Connell on INEOS' core petrochemicals and energy business * Patrick Barclay on INEOS's involvement in sport from the America's Cup to cycling, athletics to Formula 1 and football * Quentin Willson on the building of the Grenadier from scratch in response to the demise of the Land Rover Defender * Steph McGovern on INEOS' move into the consumer goods sector with brands such as Belstaff and INEOS Hygienics, so vital during the pandemic * Sean Keach on INEOS' journey to Net Zero and sustainable investment * Lord Sebastian Coe on the vital importance of exercise for the next generation, with a particular focus on INEOS's worldwide children's exercise initiative, 'The Daily Mile', and the 'Forgotten 40', the 40% of the UK's young who are affected by a lack of basic resources to remain fit and healthy * Sir Andrew Likierman on INEOS' philanthropic projects and investments Grit, Rigour & Humour offers an extraordinary and balanced insight into the rise of one of the world's most successful companies, which produces the essential building blocks used in most of the products you use daily from medical products and packaging to electronics and transport, and has expanded rapidly over the past decade into one with interests in many diverse walks of life.
Kenneth Tynan (1927-1980) lived one of the most intriguing theatre lives of the twentieth century. A brilliant writer, critic and agent provocateur he made friends or enemies of nearly every major actor, playwright, impresario and movie mogul of the 1950s, 60s, and 70s. Working on each side of the Atlantic during various periods in his career, Tynan wrote for the Evening Standard, the Observer, and the New Yorker; was lured by Laurence Olivier in the early 1960s to become dramaturg of Britain's newly formed National Theatre; and spent his final years in Los Angeles. This biography offers the first complete appraisal of Tynan's powerful contribution to post-war British theatre, set against the context of the fifties, sixties and seventies of his own turbulent life. Shellard proves beneath the celebrity myths to uncover Tynan the private man and theatre genius. He draws on Tynan's own extensive personal papers and diaries, taped interviews with theatre professionals who knew him and fascinating letters to such correspondents as Tennessee Williams, Marlene Dietrich, George Devine, Peter Brook, Alec Guiness and Terence Rattigan. Shellard highlights Tynan's early writings, when the brilliant young critic came to national prominence, and discusses how Tynan gained a left-wing readership, took his place at the vanguard of the new realist movement, and helped to establish subsidized theatre. He shows how, through indefatigable battles against theatre censorship and railings against the myopia of a politically and culturally insular Britain, Tynan helped create some of the most controversial theatrical events of the 1960s and 70s, including Oh Calcutta! Exploring the public and private sides of Tynan, Shellard reveals an outspoken, explicit and sometimes savage critic who ranks among the most influential theatre figures of the twentieth century.
A militia attack throws an archaeologist into a world of chaos and intrigue in this gripping adventure thriller. When former MI6 agent turned archaeologist Dr. Ava Curzon is engaged by American intelligence to track down an African militia claiming to hold the Ark of the Covenant, she is plunged into a world where nothing is what it seems. Her breakneck descent into the shadowy realm of dark biblical magic hurls her across continents and into the opaque worlds of the Knights Templar, freemasons, occultists, and extremist neo-Nazis, pushing her mentally and physically to the limits. As the plot twists and turns across the centuries, she requires all her skills to solve a trail of ancient clues leading her inexorably towards a terrifying ritual. Taking center stage, she faces the ultimate battle against an age-old evil she must stop at all costs. A great choice for fans of Dan Brown and Kate Mosse. Praise for The Sword of Moses “The thinking person’s DaVinci Code.” —BBC Radio “A rollercoaster. . . . Move over Lara Croft!” —Daily Express
No other spirit is as complex as whiskey; its appeal is timeless, and its fans can spend a lifetime unraveling its mysteries. Whiskey Opus is the companion for that journey. For those setting out on the road to discovery, an illuminating introduction explains the basics of how whiskey is made and how to train your palate to truly appreciate its complex flavors. Features throughout the book delve further, looking at how terroir, ingredients, craftsmanship, and different historical styles influence each whiskey brand. For the seasoned connoisseur, hundreds of detailed tasting notes - as well as an unmatched exploration of the story of whiskey told through in-depth distillery entries - will enrich their knowledge and aid their pursuit of the perfect dram. This comprehensive volume examines every major whiskey-producing country in depth, with extensive coverage of important and influential producers. Every whiskey style, from single malt to poteen, is represented, with informative advice on how to recognize and appreciate each one. With great whiskeys now being produced the world over, Whiskey Opus is a global odyssey that takes the whiskey lover from Banffshire to Bangalore. Whether new to the wonders of whiskey or on the road to becoming a connoisseur, whiskey fans will find that this book answers everything they want to know.
During the summer of 2010, Dominic and his tandem bike are crossing the country with a colorful bunch of elderly, disabled, or infirm people who, for the most part, would find the journey difficult or impossible to do alone. The core values of this new journey remain the same: To travel. To share. To inspire.
She dreams of joining the scientific elite. He’s desperate to save his business and his sister. Together, they may hold the turnkey to adventure… Terminus, 1871. Fiona Telfair won’t give up her gears and gadgets for the ball and chain of marriage. But her future as a tinkerer comes under attack when nutcracker automatons raid the trade hall masquerade party and kidnap her fellow inventors. With her brilliant engineer father among those taken, Fiona’s only hope of rescuing him lies with the captivating rail baron who rescued her from the fray. Devon Meriweather can only keep his train empire on track if he marries into an influential family. And he also needs the connections to make sure his chronically ill sibling can marry well. So no matter how engaging and beautiful the firmly working-class Fiona may be, he knows she’ll only ever be a partner in solving crimes. As they work closely hunting for clues to the strange aether-powered apparatus and magical mice, the intrepid duo can’t deny their budding feelings. But neither can afford a distracting courtship with the growing threat of the nutcrackers and their deadly chompers. Can Fiona and Devon expose the menacing mastermind behind the machines and make their passion run like clockwork? Mission: Nutcracker is the second book in the charming Inspector Davidson Mysteries steampunk romance series. If you like plucky heroines, nineteenth-century mystique, and unusual Christmas fairytale retellings, then you’ll love Cecilia Dominic’s yuletide triumph. Buy Mission: Nutcracker to steam headlong into holiday fun today!
What kinds of knowledge and understandings of the world can be generated - and shared - when we use para-academic techniques and sensibilities to decode or respond to relatively orthodox intellectual objects? And what worlds might be possible if we practiced scholarly work from a place of collaboration and pleasure, as joyful fellow explorers? In METAGESTURES, historian Carla Nappi and cultural theorist Dominic Pettman explore the use of fiction as a tool to write and think with works of theory. Taking Vilém Flusser's GESTURES as its point of inspiration and departure, METAGESTURES collects 16 pairs of short stories in which Pettman and Nappi make fictional worlds that animate and enliven each of the major gestures in Flusser's book. Nappi and Pettman focus on Flusser's mediations on the gestures of filming, planting, loving, smoking a pipe, turning a mask around, and much more, with their own creative explorations of each theme, in a gathering of short fictions that test, expand, and further the social scientific claims of the original text with new scenarios and occasions. Here, Flusser's reflections on physical gesture serve as an inspiration for new ways of conceiving and conducting theory, and for thoughtful creative scholarly imagining, with and alongside one another. Carla Nappi is a historical pataphysicist and Mellon Chair in History at the University of Pittsburgh. She has published widely in the history of bodies, medicine, and translation in early modern China, and you can explore her recent shenanigans at carlanappi.com. Dominic Pettman is Professor of Culture & Media at the New School for Social Research and Eugene Lang College, and the author of numerous books on technology, humans, and other animals; including the recent Creaturely Love (Minnesota University Press) and Sonic Intimacy (Stanford University Press).
Dominic Goncalves led a normal life until he was nine then his parents sold their house and business, bought a boat, and set off to sail around the world. So began an epic adventure of sailing aboard their thirty-seven-foot Endurance, Indigo from the tip of Africa across the South Atlantic Ocean to the magical islands of Saint Helena, Ascension, Brazil, French Guiana, and the Caribbean. This book is for all those who have a deep yearning, a restlessness, to explore and discover new lands.
ÿK. V. Dominic Essential Readingsÿgathers for the first time the three most important works of poetry from this shining new light of contemporary Indian verse in English:ÿWinged Reason,ÿWrite Son, WriteÿandÿMulticultural Symphony. A fourth collection of 22 previously unpublished poems round out a complete look at the first 12 years of Dominic?s prolific and profound verse. Each poem includes unique Study Guide questions suitable for South Asian studies curricula. Written in free verse, each of his poems makes the reader contemplate on intellectual, philosophical, spiritual, political, and social issues of the present world. Themes range from multiculturalism, environmental issues, social mafia, caste-ism, exploitation of women and children, poverty, and corruption to purely introspective matters. From the observation of neighborhood life to international events, and everyday forgotten tragedies of India, nothing escapes the grasp of Dominic?s keen sense of the fragility of life and morality in the modern world. Praise for the verse of K. V. Dominic "K. V. Dominic is one of the most vibrant Indian English poets whose intense passion for the burning social and national ailments makes him a disciple of Ezekielean School of poetry. His poetic passion for the natural beauty keeps him besides the Romanticists." -- Dr. A. K. Choudhary, English poet, critic and editor, Professor of English, Assam, India "K. V. Dominic?s poems are important additions to the growing global movement to bring about positive change and equality for all individuals. The injustices he confronts in his poems are the arrows and thorns that pierce his heart every day and the gushing blood that runs through his pen to paper." -- Rob Harle, poet and critic, Nimbin, Australia "K. V. Dominic is a poet of the suffering masses and oppressed sections of the society. He tries to dissect corruption at all levels, political or religious, social or academic and presents it in its true colours with all the ugliness and monstrous greed." --Prof. T. V. Reddy, reputed English poet, writer and critic, Emeritus Professor of English from Andhra Pradesh, India Learn more at www.profKVDominic.com From the World Voices Series atÿ Modern History Press LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Asian / Indic
In this easy-to-follow book you will learn simple, easy techniques and shortcuts to help enhance the power of your memory. From memorizing a speech or a simple shopping list to remembering peoples names and faces You Can Train Your Brain to Remember is an invaluable guide to help you train your brain for peak performance. The book includes: A simple overview to help you understand how your memory works. Techniques you can use to improve your memory, including visualisation, imagination and association. Specific methods such as Visual Pegs, the Story Method, the Journey Method, the Number Shape, Mind Maps and Dominic's very own method as well as many others. Specific techniques for specific purposes which include, making a speech, keeping a date, remembering a name and reading and retaining. You Can Train Your Brain to Remember puts improved storage, retention and recollection within reach of us all.
imagine a world where hope is the only thing keeping you alive and your only way to survive. a world were your choice of fear is tested every single day, and loosing or making any mistakes could cost you your life and others as well. well that's the life of Deucalion, Leviathan and Maelstrom and every day they lay thinking of that one day where they will be able to finally take on the man who killed their parents and destroyed their race's. but when the opportunity arrives will the sense of fear and grief rob them of their chance?.
Chicago, 1897. An obsessive collector and insurance magnate commissions the world's tallest building. Determined to compete with Marshall Field's recent donation of $1 million to found the Field Museum, the tycoon funds a private 'collecting' voyage into the Pacific, collecting not only weaponry and artefacts but also 'several natives related by blood'.
SOME CRIMES CAN NEVER BE FORGOTTEN 'BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN' DAILY MAIL 'A GREAT STORY TOLD WITH REAL POISE' SIMON KERNICK, SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Detective Abigail Boone has been missing for four days when she is finally found. Suffering retrograde amnesia, she is a stranger to her despairing husband and bewildered son. Hopelessly lost in her own life, with no leads on her abduction, Boone's only instinct is to revisit the case she was investigating when she vanished: the baffling disappearance of a young woman, Sarah Still. Defying her family and the police, Boone obsessively follows a deadly trail to uncover the shocking truth. But even if she finds Sarah, will Boone ever be the same again? From a blistering new voice in crime fiction, PAST LIFE is a razor-sharp thriller perfect for fans of authors such as Ian Rankin, Tim Weaver, Susie Steiner, Joseph Knox and Peter May. 'ONE HELL OF A DEBUT' HEAT 'AN ASTONISHING DEBUT' WOMAN'S OWN 'CRIME AS IT SHOULD BE WRITTEN...GRIPPING, ADDICTIVE, A THRILL OF A RIDE.' JO SPAIN international bestseller 'GRABS YOU AND REFUSES TO LET GO TILL THE VERY END' ALEX GRAY 'A SMART, DISTINCTIVE DEBUT' SUNDAY MIRROR 'I LOVED IT...IT'S TAUT, BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN AND AT SOME POINTS THE TENSION IS ALMOST TOO MUCH TO BEAR.' HARRIET TYCE 'I REALLY LOVED THIS...A TWISTING, HEART-WRENCHING STORY WITH WONDERFULLY VIVID CHARACTERS' CLAIRE MCGOWAN
From an obscure, misty archipelago on the fringes of the Roman world to history's largest empire and originator of the world's mongrel, magpie language - this is Britain's past. But, today, Britain is experiencing an acute trauma of identity, pulled simultaneously towards its European, Atlantic and wider heritages. To understand the dislocation and collapse, we must look back: to Britain's evolution, achievements, complexities and tensions. In a ground-breaking new take on British identity, historian and barrister Dominic Selwood explores over 950,000 years of British history by examining 50 documents that tell the story of what makes Britain unique. Some of these documents are well-known. Most are not. Each reveal something important about Britain and its people. From Anglo-Saxon poetry, medieval folk music and the first Valentine's Day letter to the origin of computer code, Hitler's kill list of prominent Britons, the Sex Pistols' graphic art and the Brexit referendum ballot paper, Anatomy of a Nation reveals a Britain we have never seen before. People are at the heart of the story: a female charioteer queen from Wetwang, a plague surviving graffiti artist, a drunken Bible translator, outlandish Restoration rakehells, canting criminals, the eccentric fathers of modern typography and the bankers who caused the finance crisis. Selwood vividly blends human stories with the selected 50 documents to bring out the startling variety and complexity of Britain's achievements and failures in a fresh and incisive insight into the British psyche. This is history the way it is supposed to be told: a captivating and entertaining account of the people that built Britain.
Ace any test that comes your way with this exam prep guide for students looking to elevate their study skills—including memory improvement, speed reading, and notetaking—from the winningest World Memory Champion Dominic O’Brien, eight-times World Memory Champion, outlines in simple language the steps you can take to increase your memory power and pass your exams with flying colors. Whether you are at school studying a foreign language or at university revising for an examination toward a degree, How to Pass Exams shows you the easy way to accelerated learning and help you achieve top grades in any subject. Full of practical and accessible advice, Dominic gives you the secret of his amazing talents and offers you the key to success in your studies.
This expert guide to competitive ultra-distance cycling is all riders need to cycle a very long way, fast. Ultra-distance events are among some of the greatest challenges a cyclist can face, with riders spending hundreds of miles in the saddle over a 24-hour period, battling the elements and overcoming both physical and mental hardships. What was once elite is now commonplace, and today thousands of dedicated riders cycle up to and over 100 miles on ultra-distance rides every week. To add to this, the increasing profile of major events such as Race Across of America (RAAM), Race Across the Alps (RATA) and Ultracycling Dolomitica means that many more riders are being drawn to the challenge of 'non-stop' endurance cycling. Ultra-Distance Cycling is the first mainstream book to offer practical, authoritative guidance to cyclists looking to step-up to long-distance endurance events, as well as expert advice to established competitors seeking a competitive advantage. Written by a leading sports scientist and a record-breaking ultra-distance cyclist, this unique book is both science and experience based, offering practical and performance-enhancing insights on a wide range of areas. These include physical training and mental preparation, guidance on your support network, advice on PR and sponsorship, as well as all-important sections on equipment, nutrition and the major ultra-distance cycling events. This definitive manual provides riders with everything they need to ride longer and faster, and to excel at ultra-distance cycling events.
Excop Tom Brado thought his life was over. His wife and three children are gone, killed by a criminal he could never catch. Once a big-city detective and devout Catholic, Tom has exiled himself away in the small town of Rocky Hills. Here he can forget his past, forget faith, and forget God, or so he thinks. For five years, life goes on like this, but it all changes one day when a priest knocks on Tom's door. He's rebuilding an old church in town and wants Tom's help. At first, Tom is not interested, but after a confrontation with the town sheriff, Tom decides to get involved with the priest after all. Initially, only wanting to use the priest for information about the sheriff, Tom gradually begins to find himself truly caring about the priest's mission and begins to find a renewed faith in God. But Tom's problems are far from over because the sheriff is still after him, and it seems no one in town will stand up to him. Tom suspects the sheriff is hiding something but doesn't know how to uncover it. Not until a man who left town many years earlier returns and offers to help Tom. Tom isn't sure if he can trust his new friend, but what choice does he have? Slowly, Tom learns how each character's past is connected and tragic, just like his. Tom also finds a new faith in God and begins to rebuild his life. But the sheriff is not giving up, and Tom's efforts lead him to a final showdown where either a corrupt sheriff will fall, or he will destroy Tom and his new friends. The town of Rocky Hills is hiding a lot more than meets the eye, and slowly, Tom begins to see his mission in life is to help it find healing and faith in God once again. But can he do it, or will a corrupt sheriff and Tom's own demons destroy him, and the rest of the town with him?
This new anthology brings together 270 poems and is the most complete and authoritative ever compiled. Arranged by year rather than by poet, it is the first to reveal how poetry developed between 1914 and 1918, and afterwards from 1919 - 1930. The poetry that came out of the First World War exposed, for the first time in history, the real horror of war. The result is an extraordinary record of passionate feelings and appalling experiences, written by men and women from widely different backgrounds, of unique and enduring importance. All the major poets are generously represented, Owen, Brooke, Sassoon, Blunden, Gurney, Graves and Rosenberg, but here too are many unfamiliar yet remarkable poems from the less familiar, Joseph Leftwich, F S Flint, 'Touchstone'; female poets: Edith Sitwell; Vera Brittain, Eleanor Farjeon; and writers not always associated with WWI poetry, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling and Ezra Pound. Accompanying notes to the poems, historical events and the poets give precise, relevant information and suggest links to other poems, so the book as a whole forms a fascinating, moving narrative. Praise for Poetry of the Great War: An Anthology: 'This splendid anthology...immaculately crafted...wide and authorative...[is] recommended unhesitatingly to both a popular and academic readership. Choice, USA Praise for Wilfred Owen: A New Biography: 'Rich, compelling, formidably researched.' John Carey, Sunday Times
What is the carbon footprint of your libido? In this highly original book, Dominic Pettman examines the mutual influence and impact of human desire and ecological crisis. His account is premised on a simple but startling observation: the decline of libido among the world’s population, the loss of the human sex drive, closely tracks the destruction of environments worldwide. The advent of the Anthropocene leads to the decline of eros, the weakening of the link between sexual pleasure and human reproduction, and thus, potentially, to human extinction. Our capacity to care for one another in any meaningful way is being replaced by a restless, technologically-enhanced zombie drive. The environmental crisis of our time is also, and simultaneously, a crisis of human reproduction and of interpersonal intimacy. What Freud called ‘libidinal economy’ has morphed into libidinal ecology. Drawing on the work of a wide range of thinkers from Georges Bataille to Donna Haraway, Pettman explores the implications of peak libido, linking this development to the new cultural interest in eco-sexuality, polyamory, and other cases of the ‘greening of the libido’. Peak Libido is a forceful reminder that our hearts and loins are primarily ecological organs, beholden to their wider environments, and, as such, they share the same fate.
Life as she knew it is over. At the next full moon, the real trouble begins… Epidemiologist Joanie Fisher can’t catch a break. After her lab burns to the ground, her boss simultaneously fires her and ends their affair. And though she’s inherited her grandfather’s multimillion-dollar estate, Joanie’s shocked to discover the property comes infested with werewolves. Confronted by a ruggedly handsome shifter who begs her to continue her cutting edge research into the wolves’ physical changes, Joanie unearths a sinister conspiracy that puts her own life in danger. And as she pushes hard to find the cure, shadowy figures will do anything to make sure she never develops a treatment… including resorting to murder. Can Joanie end the wolfish disease before she’s next on a killer’s list? The Wolf’s Shadow is the first book in the pulse-pounding Lycanthropy Files urban fantasy series. If you like strong female characters, insidious cabals, and medical thriller-style storytelling, then you’ll love Cecilia Dominic’s hair-raising genre mashup. Buy The Wolf’s Shadow to claw your way to the truth today. Series order: The Wolf's Shadow Long Shadows Blood's Shadow A Million Shadows: A Lycanthropy Files novella ***This book was formerly titled, The Mountain's Shadow, originally published by Samhain Publishing in October 2013***
In 2083, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch has successfully consumed most of the world's oceans, decimating the aquatic populations on a massive scale. After years of inattention from the world's governments, scientists from the International Aquatic Preservation Foundation make a grim discovery. Within five years' time, half of all species of sharks will have become extinct, leading to universal and irreversible consequences. To combat the inevitable catastrophe, founder and CEO of the Foundation, Prof. Henry Mitchell, deploys scientists Dr. Richard and Maxine Arlington on a mysterious and covert mission at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. Unbeknownst to United States Congress, the Foundation has successfully completed their felonious marine-based genetic engineering procedures. Covering his tracks with a legal multibillion-dollar project to preserve the ozone layer, Prof. Mitchell arrogantly releases his monumental creatures upon the seas, inflicting a primal fear long forgotten by man. As a result, the leviathans of the deep cause multiple fatalities, and the Arlingtons discover the foundation's frightening secret. Threatened with blackmail, they encounter an evasive scientist with the knowledge to stop the monstrous beasts once and for all. Aboard an aged research vessel, the trio of scientists embark on a treacherous journey with a captain of a bygone era. Surpassing overwhelming odds amongst the seven seas and forces of nature beyond their control, the clock ticks down as the great beasts of prey close in on the small crew. The fleeting scientists must rely on nothing but their instincts and knowledge to survive mankind's first formidable experiment of synthetically born hunters amongst the animal kingdom.
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