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PRISM AWARDS FINALIST 2021 GREAT GRAPHIC NOVELS FOR TEENS - YOUNG ADULT LIBRARY SERVICES ASSOCIATION (YALSA) 2022 "When I was in school, everyone got to a certain age where they became interested in talking about only one thing: boys, girls and sex. Me though? I was only interested in comics." Growing up, Rebecca assumes sex is just a scary new thing they will 'grow into' as they get older, but when they leave school, start working and do grow up, they start to wonder why they don't want to have sex with other people. In this brave, hilarious and empowering graphic memoir, we follow Rebecca as they navigate a culture obsessed with sex - from being bullied at school and trying to fit in with friends, to forcing themselves into relationships and experiencing anxiety and OCD - before coming to understand and embrace their asexual identity. Giving unparalleled insight into asexuality and asexual relationships, How To Be Ace shows the importance of learning to be ha...

Elements of Architecture explores new ways of engaging architecture in archaeology. It conceives of architecture both as the physical evidence of past societies and as existing beyond the physical environment, considering how people in the past have not just dwelled in buildings but have existed within them. The book engages with the meeting point between these two perspectives. For although archaeologists must deal with the presence and absence of physicality as a discipline, which studies humans through things, to understand humans they must also address the performances, as well as temporal and affective impacts, of these material remains. The contributions in this volume investigate the way time, performance and movement, both physically and emotionally, are central aspects of understanding architectural assemblages. It is a book about the constellations of people, places and things that emerge and dissolve as affective, mobile, performative and temporal engagements. This volume ju...

In a futuristic Celtic fantasy, Aeron Aoibhell, Queen of Kelts, embarks on a sacred quest for the spaceship of King Arthur, seeking to utilize its power to claim victory over her ancient enemies Product details Format Paperback | 384 pages Dimensions 106 x 181 x 31.75mm | 204.12g Publication date 01 May 1994 ...

The most comprehensive, challenging and engaging, this text was developed with the IB to match the 2011 syllabus for SL and HL. With unparalleled insight into IB assessment, complete with examiner guidance, it will concretely equip your learners to tackle the course and assessment. The most accurate match to the 2011 syllabus, developed with the IB and written by leading examiners. Fully captures the IB spirit, incorporating fresh and topical TOK to drive independent thought. Comprehensive support for 'language in a cultural context,' building international-mindedness in a linguistic context. Current, diverse and topical text extracts will resonate with learners. The best integration of the IB philosophy, with evocative activities to help students think creatively and discerning questions to drive critical thought. Packed with accurate assessment support, directly from the IB, including examiner guidance, model answers, assessments advice and more, completely aligned to t...

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For thousands of years, man has sailed into battle, sailed for rumored wealth, and sailed for pure adventure. And for nearly as long, stories about the sea have entertained, intrigued, and inspired readers. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told brings together some of the most compelling writing of the millennium. Here is Peter Goss's wrenching narrative of incredible courage in the world's most desolate ocean; Ernest Shackleton's understated and awesome account of one of the most daring small-boat journeys ever taken, where failure meant certain death for his long-suffering crew. But sailing is much more than headlong dashes into roaring seas. You'll also find William F. Buckley Jr. on idyllic cruising; James Thurber on the arcane and often impenetrable language of sailors; the legendary Joshua Slocum on sailing alone around the world. The Greatest Sailing Stories Ever Told is a treasure trove: tears, adrenaline, laughter, and adventure abound. With contributions ...

This book attempts to redirect the field of voting behavior research by proposing a paradigm-shifting framework for studying voter decision making. An innovative experimental methodology is presented for getting 'inside the heads' of citizens as they confront the overwhelming rush of information from modern presidential election campaigns. Four broad theoretically-defined types of decision strategies that voters employ to help decide which candidate to support are described and operationally-defined. Individual and campaign-related factors that lead voters to adopt one or another of these strategies are examined. Most importantly, this research proposes a new normative focus for the scientific study of voting behavior: we should care about not just which candidate received the most votes, but also how many citizens voted correctly - that is, in accordance with their own fully-informed preferences. Product details ...

This book evaluates maize as a bioenergy fuel source from two perspectives. It explores whether the input energy needed to generate fuel significantly exceeded by the energy harvested. In examining this issue, the chapters provide assessments of the social, economic, and political impact on fuel pricing, food costs, and the environmental challenge with corn biomass the engine of change. It then examines whether corn be genetically improved so that its biomass is significantly increased, its cellulose-lignin complex made more amenable to harvesting and to processing, and grown in regions not normally associated with its cultivation of food. Product details Format Hardback | 398 pages ...

This is an essential guide to teaching primary English, with a focus on systematic synthetic phonics. The new edition has been fully revised and updated to reflect the structure, content and requirements of the national curriculum, and to include the latest policy context. Throughout, the range of underpinning literature has been expanded and there are completely new chapters on evidence based teaching in relation to phonics, reading for pleasure, and teaching English through texts. All the existing features have been retained, and each chapter now also includes: a section on integrating ICT extension questions to challenge M level readers sections on evidence-based practice to encourage critical reflection and debate Product details Format Paperback | 216 pages ...

Max Weber and The Protestant Ethic: Twin Histories presents an entirely new portrait of Max Weber, one of the most prestigious social theorists in recent history, using his most famous work, The Protestant Ethic and the "Spirit" of Capitalism, as its central point of reference. It offers an intellectual biography of Weber framed along historical lines - something which has never been done before. It re-evaluates The Protestant Ethic - a text surprisingly neglected by scholars - supplying a missing intellectual and chronological centre to Weber's life and work. Peter Ghosh suggests that The Protestant Ethic is the link which unites the earlier (pre-1900) and later (post-1910) phases of his career. He offers a series of fresh perspectives on Weber's thought in various areas - charisma, capitalism, law, politics, rationality, bourgeois life, and (not least) Weber's unusual religious thinking, which was 'remote from god' yet based on close dialogue with C...

This is a must-read for anyone remotely interested (or deeply entrenched) in these fascinating worlds. -Surface One of the top dealers in the world for cutting-edge contemporary design. -The New York Times In this little gem of a book Patrick Parrish, of the eponymous Patrick Parrish Gallery in New York, offers advice, stories, gossip, and pointers on howto go about acquiring top-quality art and design from flea markets all the way up to the finest auctionhouses in the world. With over 25 years of hard-won experience in the trenches as a picker, collector, and dealer he tells you what to do, what not to do, and how to negotiate the often-confusing labyrinths that international galleries, auction houses, and even fleamarkets can present. Parrish holds nothing back, providing a unique outlook into what is sometimes, for good reason, a secretive and cliquish world. Often what you don't do or say is more important than what you do, and Parrish has an insider's perspective on what ...

Insight Guides: all you need to inspire every step of your journey. From deciding when to go, to choosing what to see when you arrive, this is all you need to plan your trip and experience the best of the USA on the Road, with in-depth insider information on must-see, top attractions like the Grand Canyon and New York City, and hidden cultural gems like Savannah and the Olympic Peninsula. * Insight Guides USA on the Road is ideal for travellers seeking immersive cultural experiences, from exploring San Francisco, to discovering Niagara Falls * In-depth on history and culture: enjoy special features on New Orleans and Baltimore, all written by local experts * Includes innovative, unique extras to keep you up-to-date when you're on the move - this guide comes with a free eBook, and an app that highlights top attractions and regional information and is regularly updated with new hotel, bar, restaurant, shop and local event listings * Invaluable maps, travel tips and practical infor...

The word "freedom" is so used and abused that it is always in danger of becoming nothing but a cliche. In "Another Freedom", Svetlana Boym offers us a refreshing new portrait of the age-old concept that plays such a crucial role in today's politics. Exploring the rich cross-cultural history of the idea of freedom, from its origins in ancient Greece to the present day, she argues that our attempts to imagine freedom should occupy the space of not only "what is" but also "what if". Beginning with notions of sacrifice and the emergence of a public sphere for politics and art, Boym expands her account to include the relationships between freedom and liberation, personal and political freedom, modernity and terror, and public dissent and creative estrangement. While depicting a world of differences, she affirms lasting solidarities based on the commitment to the public sphere and passionate thinking that reflections on freedom require. To do so, B...

Science and Religion. What happens when you mix the two to prove the greatest story ever told. This is a story of a family that survived the tribulation years. Product details Format Paperback | 70 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 4mm | 104g Publication date 26 Aug 2015 ...

Discoverers of the Universe tells the gripping story of William Herschel, the brilliant, fiercely ambitious, emotionally complex musician and composer who became court astronomer to Britain's King George III, and of William's sister, Caroline, who assisted him in his observations of the night sky and became an accomplished astronomer in her own right. Together, they transformed our view of the universe from the unchanging, mechanical creation of Newton's clockmaker god to the ever-evolving, incredibly dynamic cosmos that it truly is. William was in his forties when his amateur observations using a homemade telescope led to his discovery of Uranus, and an invitation to King George's court. He coined the term "asteroid," discovered infrared radiation, was the first to realize that our solar system is moving through space, discovered 2,500 nebulae that form the basis of the catalog astronomers use today, and was unrivalled as a telescope builder. Caroline shar...

The effects of the growth of multinational enterprises and globalization in the past fifty years have been profound, and many multinational enterprises, such as international banks, now operate around the world through branches known as permanent establishments. The business profits article (Article 7) of the OECD model tax treaty attributes a multinational enterprise's business profits to a permanent establishment in a host country for tax purposes. Michael Kobetsky analyses the principles for allocating the profits of multinational enterprises to permanent establishments under this article, explains the shortcomings of the current arm's length principle for attributing business profits to permanent establishments and considers the alternative method of formulary apportionment for allocating business profits. Product details Format ...

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770-1831) è da sempre raffigurato come uno dei pensatori più astrusi e impenetrabili della filosofia moderna. La rigorosa e documentata biografia di Terry Pinkard corregge questa immeritata fama, offrendo un'accurata ricostruzione della vita, accompagnata da un'intelligente panoramica del suo universo concettuale e delle sue opere. Collocato nel contesto della sua epoca, il ritratto di Hegel che ne emerge è quello di un pensatore ambizioso e geniale, che vive in un periodo di grandi sconvolgimenti, dominato dalla figura di Napoleone. Una parte centrale della narrazione è dedicata alle amicizie e agli incontri con alcune delle più significative personalità del suo tempo, tra cui Hölderlin, Goethe, Humboldt, Fichte, Schelling, Novalis, i fratelli Schlegel, Mendelssohn. A emergere è una figura complessa e quanto mai affascinante della modernità europea, un Hegel cioè che - con le sue penetranti analisi del nuovo mondo nato dalle rivoluzioni politic...

Iniciación al álgebra elemental está concebido como un apoyo para los estudiantes de bachillerato que inician sus estudios en álgebra elemental, o bien, a aquellos que deben fortalecer sus conocimientos en dicha rama de la matemática.Aunado a esto, se conjuntan diferentes estilos de enseñanza con el ?n de profundizar en el conocimiento de estructuras numéricas y algebraicas básicas, además de mostrar técnicas para la resolución de problemas. Con esta obra, sus autores buscan proveer al lector de una estructura organizada que estimule el gusto por el estudio del álgebra elemental, así como coadyuvar en la comprensiónde los temas. Product details Format Paperback | 156 pages ...

Research on cannabis and sleep is emerging with promising results. This book offers current and comprehensive knowledge on cannabinoid research results in connection with sleep. The volume covers aspects of the hemp plant Cannabis sativa, the pharmacology of cannabinoids, neurobiology and pharmacology of sleep and wakefulness, and the benefits and side effects of cannabis on the central nervous system. It further discusses the putative therapeutical properties of cannabinoids and endocannabinoids and their potential for the treatment of sleep disorders such as insomnia, obstructive sleep apnea, REM sleep behavior disorder, and restless legs syndrome. The book is written by medical and scientific experts in this field and intended for researchers from a range of disciplines such as biomedicine, biology, neurosciences, clinical medicine, neurology, and pharmacology. Product details ...

Two lovely little picture books about a teddy bear that brings joy to the little boy who he belongs to and the other about a rabbit that can't find his carrots.The charming, original illustrations are sure to delight Young children as well as parents. Enjoy My Friend Teddy with your child today! Product details For ages 6-8 Format Paperback | 28 pages Dimensions 152 x 229 x 2mm ...

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. Product details For ages 12-17 Format Paperback | 280 pages ...

Contrary to the explanations offered by the theory of non-reflexive, path-dependent institutionalism, the U.S. and the German automotive industries undertook strikingly similar patterns of industry modification under tough international competition during the 1990s, departing from their traditional national patterns. By investigating the processes of the U.S. and German adjustments, the author critically reconsiders the prevalent paradigms of political economy and comes to the conclusion that the evidence does not confirm the neoliberal paradigm. In order to better account for the recomposition of new market relations, which the author terms "converging but non-liberal" and "diverging but not predetermined" markets, he proposes an alternative model of "politics among reflexive agents," emphasizing different kinds of problem-solving practices among those reflexive agents. He argues that different forms and regimes of market are established in the process of...

The final and conclusive book in the groundbreaking series on boys and their development In this climax to his series of landmark books about boys, Michael Gurian offers a powerful new program to help us give our sons a core purpose a program based on building morality, character, career goals, the ability to form intimate relationships, selflessness, personal and community responsibility, and an accelerated process of developmental maturity. Gurian reveals how important purpose is for the success and happiness of boys and explains how a boy's core personality, nature, and genetic predisposition functions to create both strengths and weaknesses in their journey towards maturity. * Includes an innovative program for support and interventions according to the unique needs, weaknesses, and strengths of each individual young man. * This book is the follow-up to Gurian's bestselling The Minds of Boys * Draws on the latest science and field research on how boys develop neurologicall...

Let the stars light your way . . . Enter a world where fairies play, mermaids yearn, and threads of the familiar and fantastic are spun together to guide you on your own personal journey. Featuring beloved indie comic artist Trungles' enchanting illustrative style, the Star Spinner Tarot reinterprets classic tarot imagery for a more inclusive and diverse reflection of the modern world, with illustrations drawn from a wide range of stories, myths, and fairy tales. * Contents: 81 full-color cards and a 160-page guidebook * A great gift for tarot collectors and enthusiasts, or anyone seeking guidance and personal growth * Perfect for anyone seeking a modern, diverse, inclusive, or LGBTQ+ way to explore the tarot * Traditional tarot decks are 78 cards; this set contains 81 cards, including multiple Lovers cards to reflect a range of romantic expression Product details Form...

Do you want to raise a smarter student? Do you need a trustworthy resource to teach your small children to learn their sight words by heart? Then this workbook is the perfect companion for your studies. In it, you'll find all the Dolch sight words for pre-kindergarten children, including both lower case and sentence case variations. Your benefits: Self-contained reproducible worksheets. Built with the teacher in mind. Sight words designed with numbered strokes within.Light-gray dashed letters allowing the child to trace each word with either a pencil, a pen or even crayons.Empty rows designed for free practice, allowing you to evaluate student progress within the same worksheet.As a bonus, at the end of the workbook you'll find customizable worksheets. These blank worksheets come in two variations allow you to challenge the student with any word of your choosing and offer ample room for free practice. Technical Details: Sight words within the book are organized alphabetically....