Winner of the 2018 International Standing Conference for the History of Education's First Book Award Drawing on a rich array of archival sources and historical detail, The Politics of 1930s British Literature tells the story of a school-minded decade and illuminates new readings of the politics and aesthetics of 1930s literature. In a period of shifting political claims, educational policy shaped writers' social and gender ideals. This book explores how a wide array of writers including Virginia Woolf, W.H. Auden, George Orwell, Winifred Holtby and Graham Greene were informed by their pedagogic work. It considers the ways in which education influenced writers' analysis of literary style and their conception of future literary forms. The Politics of 1930s British Literature argues that to those perennial symbols of the 1930s, the loudspeaker and the gramophone, should be added the textbook and the blackboard.
Schrodinger’s Cat was a science blog set out to debunk the science misinformation that was and is rampant on social media, as well as be a credible and trusted source to answer all of readers’ science questions, such as: - What makes fireworks different colours? - How do birds find their way when migrating? - What is a GMO? - Is it possible to recreate Frankenstein’s Monster? - What causes that Thanksgiving day “turkey coma”? - What is healthier? Eating meat or being vegan? - Is green energy more efficient, and how much would a city need to power itself? - Can sunscreen really give you cancer? - How far away are we from having a zoo full of extinct animals? - Is the science and technology in my favourite movie/video game even possible? - Did they actually find water on Mars? - Why are the InSight and Parker Solar Probe missions so important? All of this and more are answered in “From The Vault of Schrodinger’s Cat”, a collection of readers’ favourite posts from the beloved blog, Schrodinger’s Cat, including footnotes of updates of how the science has progressed since the post was released and extensive works cited and resources to provide the same level of transparency, dedication to fact-checking, and search for knowledge that the readers of Schrodinger’s Cat have come to know.
Dictators and Dictatorships is a qualitative enquiry into the politics of authoritarian regimes. It argues that political outcomes in dictatorships are largely a product of leader-elite relations. Differences in the internal structure of dictatorships affect the dynamics of this relationship. This book shows how dictatorships differ from one another and the implications of these differences for political outcomes. In particular, it examines political processes in personalist, military, single-party, monarchic, and hybrid regimes. The aim of the book is to provide a clear definition of what dictatorship means, how authoritarian politics works, and what the political consequences of dictatorship are. It discusses how authoritarianism influences a range of political outcomes, such as economic performance, international conflict, and leader and regime durability. Numerous case studies from around the world support the theory and research presented to foster a better understanding of the inner workings of authoritarian regimes. By combining theory with concrete political situations, the book will appeal to undergraduate students in comparative politics, international relations, authoritarian politics, and democratization.
With hormonal imbalance, the risk of conditions associated with aging - cancer, diabetes, osteoporosis or heart disease - is magnified. If our hormones are in balance, we have the potential to age gracefully and remain youthful. The complete fat-loss and preventative health guide for men and women has finally arrived. What's the secret? It's in your hormones! In The Hormone Diet, Natasha Turner lays out a fool-proof plan to balance your life, one hormone at a time. But it is more than just a diet book. Along with advice for weight loss, Turner provides recommendations for an anti-inflammatory detox, nutritional supplements, exercise, sleep, stress management, toxin-free skin care and natural hormone replacement, along with a personalized diet plan - all incorporated into a complete 3-step wellness program focused on the essentials of hormonal balance for lasting health and fat loss.
Colour, Art and Empire explores the entanglements of visual culture, enchanted technologies, waste, revolution, resistance and otherness. The materiality of colour offers a critical and timely force-field for approaching afresh debates on colonialism. This book analyses the formation of colour and politics as qualitative overspill. Colour can be viewed both as central and supplemental to early photography, the totem, alchemy, tantra and mysticism. From the eighteenth-century Austrian Empress Maria Theresa to Rabindranath Tagore and Gandhi, to 1970s Bollywood, colour makes us adjust our take on the politics of the human sensorium as defamiliarising and disorienting. The four chapters conjecture how European, Indian and Papua New Guinean artists, writers, scientists, activists, anthropologists or their subjects sought to negotiate the highly problematic stasis of colour in the repainting of modernity. Specifically, the thesis of this book traces Europeans' admiration and emulation of what they termed 'Indian colour' to its gradual denigration and the emergence of a 'space of exception'. This space of exception pitted industrial colours against the colonial desire for a massive workforce whose slave-like exploitation ignited riots against the production of pigments - most notably indigo. Feared or derided, the figure of the vernacular dyer constituted a force capable of dismantling the imperial machinations of colour. Colour thus wreaks havoc with Western expectations of biological determinism, objectivity and eugenics. Beyond the cracks of such discursive practice, colour becomes a sentient and nomadic retort to be pitted against a perceived colonial hegemony. The ideological reinvention of colour as a resource for independence struggles make it fundamental to multivalent genealogies of artistic and political action and their relevance to the present.
This book examines the extent to which the environment is addressed in the sustainability plans of Canadian cities. It assesses if and to what extent select leading environmental priorities are addressed in the sustainability plans of sixteen Canadian cities, followed by analysis of efforts towards each priority. It scores and ranks cities against each environmental priority and highlights what makes some cities lead and others lag in environmental sustainability. The book unravels the complexity, similarities, and differences in environmental sustainability planning across major cities in Canada. The project reflects what’s working, who’s leading, and which environmental priorities support the sustainable city model. Climate change has exacerbated the impacts of flood, droughts, wildfire and storms, urban centers must account for sustainability to mitigate and adapt to a changing and uncertain landscape. It begins with robust and integrative sustainability plans that prioritize the environment. This book will make a timely contribution to the on-going debate regarding the ways and means to become a sustainable city. It reflects the on-going sustainable development discourse and deliberations to meet the Sustainable Development Goals. It cut across many SDGs in particular SDG 11, Sustainable Cities and Communities. What makes this study unique is its special attention to environmental priorities within urban sustainability planning. This subject is topical and would appeal to both scholars and practitioners at local, regional, national, and global scales.
The modern world is a toxic place, and weve all become less healthy because of it, whether it is from the air that we breathe or the foods that we eat. Natasha Kyssa is a raw foods chef and lifestyle coach, and her company Simply Raw helps people improve their health and well-being by integrating simple, natural-based guidelines into their current lifestyles. This informative and useful manual outlines Natasha's twenty-eight-day detox program, which includes only raw and ''living'' foods (i.e., those that have been soaked, sprouted, and fermented). It is a gentle, effective method to cleanse the body of toxins and to provide optimal nourishment for healing. The author believes that we can heal ourselves naturally to mend the damage done to our bodies due to unhealthy environments and improper food choices. Raw diets have become all the rage lately, but Natasha believes that proper digestion, essential for ones health and vitality, essential for one's health and vitality, can be greatly improved by a living foods diet. This manual, which includes 135 recipes as well as plenty of guidelines and background information, follows a proven approach to better health, natural weight loss, increased vitality, and healthy lifestyle changes.
New York Times bestselling author Natasha Lester delivers a brilliant blend of feminism, fashion, and history in this bold novel set against the real-life designers’ showdown in Versailles in the 1970s. French countryside, Present Day: Blythe Bricard is the daughter of famous fashion muses but that doesn't mean she wants to be one. She turned her back on that world, and her dreams, years ago. Fate, however, has a different plan, and Blythe will discover there is more to her iconic mother and grandmother than she ever knew. New York, 1970: Designer Astrid Bricard arrives in bohemian Chelsea determined to change the fashion world forever. And she does―cast as muse to her lover, Hawk Jones. And when they're both invited to compete in the fashion event of the century―the Battle of Versailles―Astrid sacrifices everything to showcase her talent. But then, just as her career is about to take off, she mysteriously vanishes, leaving behind only a white silk dress. Paris, 1917: Parentless sixteen year old Mizza Bricard has made a vow: to be remembered on her own terms. Her promise sustains her through turbulent decades and volatile couture houses until, finally, her name is remembered and a legend is born―one that proves impossible for Astrid and Blythe to distance themselves from.
Why does your toddler get upset when his or her routine is disrupted? Why do they follow you from room to room and refuse to play on their own? Why are daily routines such as mealtimes, bath time, and bed time such a struggle? This accessible guide demystifies the difficult behaviors of anxious toddlers, offering tried-and-tested practical solutions to common parenting dilemmas. Each chapter begins with a real life example, clearly illustrating the behavior from the parent's and the toddler's perspective. Once the toddler's anxious behavior has been demystified and explained, new and effective parenting approaches are introduced to help parents tackle everyday difficulties and build up their child's resilience, independence, and coping mechanisms. Common difficulties with bath time, toileting, sleep, eating, transitions, social anxiety, separation anxiety, and sensory issues are solved, along with specific fears and phobias, and more extreme behaviors such as skin picking and hair pulling. A must-read for all parents of anxious toddlers, as well as for the professionals involved in supporting them.
This is a detailed psychic course and workbook in one. This brilliant book will teach you about the 7 main CHAKRAS and AURAS. It will teach you how to keep them balanced, clean, open and how to unblock them. You will learn how to unlock their full potential. You will learn how to recognize areas in your life that need healing and learn how to heal them. You will learn you how to feel, sense, feel and see not only your own but, others Chakras and Auras too! You will learn how to heal them.
This book is the Angel Light Psychic Development Helpline book. It is a valuable tool to carry with you from day to day. This book has everything you need to know about the mysterious psychic world. There are free psychic daily readings available in this book. There is also helpful information on crystals, Archangels and angels, numerology, spirit guides and general development questions. This book, if used properly and regularly, will become your best psychic friend and trusted companion. Each page is filled with guidance, support and new opportunities for your future development. The Angel Light Psychic School is run by Natasha Chamberlin. This school is focused on providing you with helpful and educational courses that will help you with your spiritual growth and psychic development. Natasha has spent over 5 years creating and developing the Angel Light school and all the courses. She has created course workbooks that you can use to work on your development.
The main part of this book describes the first semester of the existence of a successful and now highly popular program for elementary school students at the Berkeley Math Circle. The topics discussed in the book introduce the participants to the basics of many important areas of modern mathematics, including logic, symmetry, probability theory, knot theory, cryptography, fractals, and number theory. Each chapter in the first part of this book consists of two parts. It starts with generously illustrated sets of problems and hands-on activities. This part is addressed to young readers who can try to solve problems on their own or to discuss them with adults. The second part of each chapter is addressed to teachers and parents. It includes comments on the topics of the lesson, relates those topics to discussions in other chapters, and describes the actual reaction of math circle participants to the proposed activities. The supplementary problems that were discussed at workshops of Math Circle at Kansas State University are given in the second part of the book. The book is richly illustrated, which makes it attractive to its young audience. In the interest of fostering a greater awareness and appreciation of mathematics and its connections to other disciplines and everyday life, MSRI and the AMS are publishing books in the Mathematical Circles Library series as a service to young people, their parents and teachers, and the mathematics profession. Titles in this series are co-published with the Mathematical Sciences Research Institute (MSRI).
Natasha Collins is the owner of the legendary boutique cake-making company Nevie-Pie Cakes, known for supplying high-profile brands, celebrity clients, and individuals with delicious, decadent pastries. In The Painted Cake, Natasha reveals how party-throwers and pastry lovers can create incredible treats in their own homes using fondant painted with edible colors. Thirty recipes are presented for cakes, cookies, and cupcakes, and a wealth of carefully-selected designs range from classic to contemporary, quirky to lushly romantic, and include ones appropriate for all types of parties and levels of festivities—casual gatherings to gala events. Brightly and beautifully designed in the spirit of Natasha’s creations, The Painted Cake is a gorgeous four-color volume with exquisite images on every page. Chapters open with elegant two-page spreads. Easy-to-follow instructions are paired with high-quality step-by-step photographs and finished product shots. Handmade watercolor illustrations on pages throughout exemplify and complement the painted pastry designs. The instructions in this unique, delightful, and inspiring volume encompass ones for cooking, constructing, and painting baked goods, from single-level to multi-tiered cakes, as well as more everyday cupcakes and cookies. Templates, advice on painting techniques and assembly, and detailed information on materials and equipment are also included, and each project is graded from simple to advanced. With The Painted Cake, anyone, even absolute beginners, can transform delectable treats into visually-stunning, edible art. This is both a remarkably beautiful, one-of-a-kind book to display, and a hands-on manual to return to again and again. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Good Books and Arcade imprints, is proud to publish a broad range of cookbooks, including books on juicing, grilling, baking, frying, home brewing and winemaking, slow cookers, and cast iron cooking. We’ve been successful with books on gluten-free cooking, vegetarian and vegan cooking, paleo, raw foods, and more. Our list includes French cooking, Swedish cooking, Austrian and German cooking, Cajun cooking, as well as books on jerky, canning and preserving, peanut butter, meatballs, oil and vinegar, bone broth, and more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence. This book is the first to examine how female drug user's identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies. It analyses how the subjectivities ascribed to women users within drug policy sustain them in their problematic use and reinforce their social exclusion. Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, the book calls for the formulation of drug policies to be based on gender equity and social justice. It will appeal to academics in the social sciences, practitioners and policy makers.
Bestselling author and naturopathic doctor Natasha Turner is back, with a revolutionary discovery about individual sensitivities to carbohydrates. The Carb Sensitivity Program is a simple nutrition plan (with recipes!) that produces quick, consistent and lasting weight-loss results. Did you know that healthy foods such as sweet potatoes, black beans, or quinoa could be making you fat? Renowned health expert Dr. Natasha Turner has made a groundbreaking discovery that can help curb cravings, control appetite and beat belly fat in just six weeks. Her research and hundreds of patient trials have revealed that the vast majority of us have different degrees of sensitivity to carbohydrates without realizing it. This means the degree to which you are sensitive to carbohydrates (such as bread, vegetables, pasta, rice, fruits and beans) determines how much fat you are accumulating on your waistline. This explains why some people fail to lose weight, hit an unbreakable plateau or increase their weight even when they're following a perfectly balanced diet. Something as simple as chickpeas could actually be a major contributor to weight gain! The Carb Sensitivity Program helps the reader discover the perfect carbohydrates for his or her body, and walk away with a personalized plan that sheds fat, increases energy and optimizes health by producing quick, consistent and lasting weight loss. With so many people in danger of heart disease, stroke and diabetes, there truly is not a single individual who would not benefit from this uncomplicated yet revolutionary discovery.
Gut Microbiota: Interactive Effects on Nutrition and Health focuses on the fascinating intestinal microbiome as it relates to nutrition. The book covers the core science in the microbiome field and draws links between the microbiome and nutrition in medicine. Reflecting the most current state of evidence available in the field, the early chapters introduce key concepts about the microbiome, and the latter focus on the application of the gut microbiome and nutrition science. Both human studies and animal studies (where appropriate) are discussed throughout the work. Addressing topics such as gut microbiota throughout the lifespan, gut microbiota in health and disease, and genetic and environmental influences on gut microbiota, this book will provide scientists and clinicians who have an interest in the microbiome with an understanding of the future potential and limitations of this tool as they strive to make use of evidence-based diet information for the maintenance of good health. - Explores how diet influences gut microbiota - Consolidates new research on how gut microbiota affects nutrition - Identifies how the research applies to food science - Provides practical diet suggestions for improving health
Meditation is what you make of it. Using the guided meditations will help you to relax, focus and centre yourself. The guided meditations will guide you to heal yourself, forgive yourself and others and to let go of past and present issues. Meditation can guide you to communicate with yourself and possibly find the answers you seek.
Natasha Newton, bestselling author of Southern Keto, once again lends her distinctive Southern flair to the ketogenic lifestyle in her new cookbook, Southern Keto: Beyond the Basics. Natasha brings to your dinner table the sought-after Southern-style recipes she is known for while offering an array of time-honored All-American flavors—all low-carb and keto-friendly. With more than 110 easy-to-follow recipes, Southern Keto: Beyond the Basics features family-friendly cuisine that will please every palate. It includes everything from Southern comfort foods and Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos to Zucchini Parmesan and, of course, a wide range of delicious desserts. With this amazing array of flavor combinations, your low-carb diet will never taste better. Southern Keto: Beyond the Basics also features meal plans, shopping lists, on-the-go lunchbox ideas, cooking tips, and much more. Sample Recipes Include: Cinnamon Pull-Apart Bread Deviled Ham Unstuffed Pepper Soup Country Fried Steak and Gravy Nashville Hot Chicken Tenders No-Bake Strawberry Cream Pie
Felting on a ball is an innovative wet felting technique which uses a ball as a mould to create three-dimensional, hollow structures in felt. Following on from its sister title Wet Felting, this beautiful book explains the full process, from choosing and preparing your ball to the most successful techniques to help you produce a varied range of wet felted creations. It is full of practical guidance and showcases the versatility of this technique so you can create your own incredible three-dimensional designs.
Oh, its just a pouch full of pebbles, he said. Just pebbles? I queried. Well, they are magic. Adventure? Running away from home? And magic to boot? Its already more than enough for eleven year old Natasha Carr-Harris, but is there even more? It seems so, particularly when she meets Edvard Green, a leprechaun from the past and learns of his compelling and intriguing tale about St. Patrick. As their story slowly unfolds, a friendship develops between the unlikely pair, and soon they are teaming up to confront a world filled with wonderful dangers and surprising twists and turns. This is an adventure no one will ever forget.
The ketogenic diet, a low-carb, high-fat diet, is extremely effective in transforming people's lives, helping them to lose weight, and find relief from common health conditions. This book Keto Secret shares the secrets to achieving weight Loss through the keto diet, as we all know that starting a ketogenic diet can be a bit confusing, most especially for beginners. This book will take care of your scarce cooking time and show you the easiest way to lose weight quickly, avoid keto-flu, and ketosis-friendly exercises, because to bring out the best version of yourself while on a ketogenic diet, you will have to include exercise but not vigorous types to avoid health complications. In this book, you will find: 99 super amazing meals A 3-day keto egg fast meal plan A 30-day keto meal plan A 7-day keto beginners workout plan Tips to win over the keto-flu A graphic picture of each recipe How you can conduct your ketone test is illustrated in pictures The formula for rapid weight loss A comprehensive guide for type 2 diabetes patients to avoid health complications Keto-friendly foods to consume and a lot more... WISH YOU THE BEST!
An urgent challenge to the prevailing moral order from one of the freshest, most compelling voices in radical politics today Being Numerous shatters the mainstream consensus on politics and personhood, offering in its place a bracing analysis of a perilous world and how we should live in it. Beginning with an interrogation of what it means to fight fascism, Natasha Lennard explores the limits of individual rights, the criminalization of political dissent, the myths of radical sex, and the ghosts in our lives. At once politically committed and philosophically capacious, Being Numerous is a revaluation of the idea that the personal is political, and situates as the central question of our time—How can we live a non-fascist life?
There's truly nothing sweeter than a homemade cookie, but when it's creatively decorated, that cookie can become a tasty work of art. THE ART OF COOKIES delivers an imaginative collection of decorating ideas and designs, focusing on themes such as birthdays, weddings, baby showers, Christmas, Hanukkah, and Easter. Be serious. Be whimsical. Be adventurous or traditional. Let your imagination go and your fingers fly. If it doesn't turn out exactly right, who cares? Eat it and make another! The idea is to decorate, originate, elaborate—if it can be done on a canvas, it can be done on a cookie. Great art and great taste—what could be a better combination? • An upscale lifestyle book celebrating the art of cookie decoration for various themes and holidays. • Features an introduction to creative cookie decorating and a selection of core recipes and techniques. • Includes 50 step-by-step photographs of the design process so you can replicate the cookies with ease.
Wet felting is an incredible textile art form that offers enormous opportunity for genuine creativity and innovation. This beautiful book is a complete guide to the process, from the basic techniques through to using embellishment materials to decorate your felt and resists to structure it. There are step-by-step instructions to nine projects, plus ideas for variations and an introduction to an innovative felting ball to create fully 3D-felted forms. Packed with practical advice throughout, this is truly a book to inspire your creativity and to guide you in the potential of this wonderful art form.
In this study Natasha Constantinidou considers the views articulated by the scholars Pierre Charron (1541-1603), Justus Lipsius (1547-1606), Paolo Sarpi (1552-1623) and King James VI and I (1566-1625), in response to the religious ruptures of their time. Though rarely juxtaposed, all four authors were deeply affected by the religious divisions. In their works, they denounced religious zeal, focusing on non-dogmatic piety. Drawing on classical tradition and church history, they set out to offer consolation to the people of a war-torn continent and to discuss means of reconciliation. Their responses sought to define the role of religion in public and private. They emphasised the need for lay control of religious affairs as the only way of ensuring peace, whilst circumscribing belief and its practice to the private realm.
In this busy world, we want to lose weight sooner and faster. The Hormone Diet taught readers the ins and outs of how and why their hormones play the biggest part in their weight-loss woes. Now, in The Supercharged Hormone Diet, Dr. Natasha Turner gives readers the information they need to get their hormones back on track-in 30 days flat. This highly praised plan addresses readers' most popular concerns in a fabulous, easy-to-follow program that includes: - The Best Body Assessment for setting your goals - The Hormonal Health Profile to identify fat-packing hormonal imbalances - Recommended blood tests to take to your doctor - Suggested supplements to aid fat burning and restore optimal health - Hormone Diet-friendly food lists, weekly meal plans, and a handy grocery guide
Until recently, the concept of Buen Vivir has only been loosely articulated by practising communities and in progressive policy in countries like Ecuador. What it actually means has been unclear, and in the case of policy, contradictory. As such there has been a lack of understanding about exactly what Buen Vivir entails, its core principles and how to put it into practice. This book, based on extensive theoretical and field research of Buen Vivir as an alternative to sustainable development, fills that gap and offers a concrete way forward. It uses an ethnographic study in Cotacachi County, in Ecuador's highland communities, to explore how communities understand and practice Buen Vivir. Combining this with what we already know about the concept theoretically, the book then develops a framework for Buen Vivir with 17 principles for practice. Exploring Buen Vivir’s evolution from its indigenous origins, academic interpretations, and implications for development policy, to its role in endogenous, community-led change, this book will be of interest to policy-makers and development professionals. It will also be of great value to activists, students, and scholars of sustainability and development seeking grassroots social and environmental change.
Comforting food that’s good for you, too! Many people think that going keto means they have to give up good-tasting food—especially classic Southern comfort foods. But with a little creativity, most of your favorite foods can be made keto. Southern Keto shows you how to make your favorite comfort foods delicious and low-carb without requiring lots of specialty ingredients or giving up breading, cheesecake, pan-fried chicken, or biscuits. In this book, bestselling author Natasha "Tasha" Newton shares her struggles from childhood obesity and years of yo-yo and how keto helped her to lose weight and gain freedom from sugar and food addiction. She compassionately offers advice to help you on your own journey to good health and lower weight. Best of all, Natasha serves up delicious and healthy keto meals! Being a Southern girl, she knows that her family won’t be interested in any food that doesn’t taste great, so she prides herself on re-creating her family’s favorite foods, keto style. In this book you'll find: • Over 100 delicious keto recipes that use ingredients that are likely already stocked in your kitchen • Sample menus to help you put together delicious meals for any occasion • Comprehensive grocery lists • Storage information to help you meal plan for the week • Nutrition facts to help you easily track your macros • Useful tips and tricks for getting started • And more! If you've put off trying the keto diet for fear of missing out on your favorite foods, fear no more. Southern Keto makes sure flavor comes first while changing your health!
Raising antiracist children is an essential goal for parents, caregivers, and educators, but it can be hard to know where to start. Let Britt Hawthorne--an acclaimed teacher and advocate--be your guide. Raising Antiracist Children is an interactive road map to incorporating the tools of inclusivity and activism into everyday life"--
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An inviting collection of more than 100 trusted, budget-friendly recipes for every meal and occasion from the creator of the wildly popular website Natasha’s Kitchen. “With delicious recipes and fun entertaining ideas, you’ll find inspiration and joy on every page.”—Jennifer Segal, author and creator of Once Upon a Chef In 1989, four-year-old Natasha Kravchuk and her family entered the United States as refugees from Ukraine. Her mother was an amazing cook and spoiled her family with delicious meals, so Natasha never learned how to cook until she got married and had her own family to nurture. In 2009, she began blogging about the joy she discovered in creating and sharing recipes. Her audience exploded, connecting with her warmth and willingness to share both her triumphs and failures in the kitchen. In Natasha’s Kitchen, she shares 100+ family-friendly, foolproof recipes anyone can whip up on even the busiest weeknight. From Salmon Piccata and Turkey Meatball Soup to Crispy Bacon Jalapeno Poppers as well as traditional Ukrainian recipes passed down from her mother like classic Borscht and her famous Pierogis, Natasha’s family-friendly recipes are made with easy-to-find ingredients and have been thoroughly tested. And because she loves to have her large extended family and friends over, there are also menus for sharing and easy entertaining—from a taco bar to a chili bar to the ultimate cheese board. With a warm and encouraging voice, accompanied by beautiful, mouthwatering photographs, readers are offered a glimpse into Natasha’s life as she does what she enjoys most: cooking for her loved ones.
In a world where everyone wants to blog and blog posts are ubiquitous, how do you stand out? How do you blog your way from nobody to somebody? How do you make money blogging, how do you start your own blogging business, and how do you, as a business owner, use content to build your brand and drive your success? What do the world's most successful bloggers know that you don't know (yet)? No matter who are you - a mum at home, a budding fashion blogger, a lifestyle blogger, a food blogger, a big business owner or a small business owner - The Million Dollar Blog is about blogging the smart way. It is the ultimate guide to: *Starting a successful blog *Blog writing *How to monetise your blog *How to develop a personal brand that grows your blog *How to blog for business *How to write *How take your existing blog to the next level Through a combination of practical advice and interviews with some of the world's most famous and successful bloggers, vloggers and content strategists, including Seth Godin, Lily Pebbles, Grant Cardone and Madeleine Shaw and dozens more, entrepreneur and digital strategist Natasha Courtenay Smith shows you how to build a blog that will increase your profile, create new opportunities, earn money and change your life.
• Offers traditional rituals and spells to help you connect with your ancestors, see your family’s ancestral patterns, and change your destiny • Examines the history of ancestor worship in the Slavic tradition and ancient Slavic burial and funeral customs, many of which are still practiced today in remote pockets of Russia • Explores the similarities between ancestral beliefs in Haitian Vodou and the Slavic tradition Raised in the Soviet Union, where she grew up steeped in ancient Slavic magical traditions, occultist and hereditary witch Natasha Helvin reveals not only how you are continually and powerfully influenced by your ancestors, but also how you can open the door to your ancestral connections in order to know who you truly are and change the course of your destiny. Helvin examines ancestor worship in southeastern Europe and western Russia and the way it shaped their indigenous magical and spiritual practices. She explains how energy flows in a familial context and how strengths and dysfunctions are passed from one generation to the next for centuries, becoming embedded in your body and mind as specific patterns that affect your life. She shares time-honored rituals and spells to help you to recognize these ancestral patterns and influences, make changes in the harmful ones, and harness your familial strengths to direct your destiny. Looking at both Slavic Pagan and Eastern Orthodox traditions concerning the dead, the author examines ancient Slavic burial and funeral customs, many of which are still practiced today in remote regions of Ukraine and Russia. She reveals how these burial rites became incorporated into rural witchcraft practices, and she explains traditional Slavic ideas on death and the afterlife, the soul, the spiritual power of colors, and magical objects. Helvin—an initiate in Haitian Vodou—also looks at the parallels between Vodou and the folk magic of the Slavic tradition. Presenting an in-depth look at ancestor worship and magic in the Slavic Pagan tradition, Helvin shows how forging a stronger connection to your ancestors can lead to increased power and understanding in life.
A Blue Sky is an award-winning short story, but due to its content, it was denied publication. This short story, along with Natasha's collection written over a ten-year period, create a powerful and thought-provokingat times surprisingly funnyread.
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