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The Routledge Introduction to American Environmental Literature offers an overview of the different ways diverse writers in the United States have represented the nonhuman world and human relationships with it from before the nations founding to the present. Providing a concise introduction to ongoing trends and debates in literary environmentalism and the study of environmental representation, this accessible volume also covers a variety of topics, including: the transatlantic and transnational origins of American environmental literature the development of the American wilderness ideal in nineteenth-century literature the American nature writing tradition the rise of ecological science and literary responses to it the environmental justice movement and its literary expression climate change and the emergence of climate fiction ecopoetry and ecopoetics Through readings of texts by authors such as Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, Mary Austin, Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, Edward Abbey, N. Scott Momaday, Simon Ortiz, Wendell Berry, Annie Dillard, Terry Tempest Williams, Helena María Viramontes, Octavia Butler, Jesmyn Ward, Louise Erdrich, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Tommy Pico, and more, this book examines the relationship between literature and its historical, sociopolitical, and environmental contexts and analyzes the relationship between environment and literary form. This volume is for students studying environmental literature chiefly produced in or written about the context of the present-day United States. The text (or selected chapters from it) will be particularly useful in Literature and Environment, American Nature Writing, and Climate Writing courses offered most often in English departments. Autorid: Alexander Menrisky

Beginning in 2006, the Census Bureau embarked on a program to reengineer the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) to reduce its costs and improve data quality and timeliness. The Bureau also requested the National Academies to consider the advantages and disadvantages of strategies for linking administrative records and survey data, taking account of the accessibility of relevant administrative records, the operational feasibility of linking, the quality and usefulness of the linked data, and the ability to provide access to the linked data while protecting the confidentiality of individual respondents. In response, this volume first examines the history of SIPP and reviews the survey's purpose, value, strengths, and weaknesses. The book examines alternative uses of administrative records in a reengineered SIPP and, finally, considers innovations in SIPP design and data collection, including the proposed use of annual interviews with an event history calendar. Autorid: National Research Council, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Committee on National Statistics, Panel on the Census Bureau's Reengineered Survey of Income and Program Participation, John Karl Scholz, Constance F. Citro

A landmark exploration of women-led communities worldwide and what they can teach us about new ways to live, think and govern, from BBC global correspondent Megha Mohan. 'An inspiration for the future' GLORIA STEINEM 'Thoroughly researched and intelligently reported' THE TIMES 'Much-needed and compassionate' MARY ROBINSON 'Fascinating' DIPO FALOYIN 'A must-read' MARCUS RYDER Society isnt working for women - or any of us. But what if the rules were different? Imagine a world in which women have all the power. A world in which they work together to shape their societies and their futures. In reality, women's communities have always existed, and continue to thrive. In this vital and ground-breaking book, Megha Mohan goes in search of their roots, discovering a vibrant global history, brought together here for the first time. She also takes us into today's women-led spaces, where women live on their own terms, showing us how we can rethink society for new ways of living, working and collaborating. Through extensive research and exclusive first-hand reporting and inspired by her great-grandmothers own matrilineal community in South India, Mohan introduces us to fascinating and diverse groups of women. From the controversial feminist online trolls of South Korea to older women co-housing in Paris and North London and the Rain Queens of South Africa, this is a truly global look at women's community. Essential reading for anyone interested in our collective histories, cultures, economics and governance, Herlands shows the power and possibility of new ways of living - and leading - for us all. Autorid: Megha Mohan

Mollil on vahvad kõrvad, mida saab lehvitada. Mollil on pehme kõht, mida saab patsutada, ja osavad varbad, mis teavad, kuhu minna.Molli mõtleb koos oma sõprade Sisu ja Pusaga, mis neis on sarnast ja mis erinevat. Üks on pikk ja teine on lühike. Üks on jutukas, aga teine jälle vaiksem. Ühe peas pöörleb mõtete metsik virvarr, aga teise pähe mahub üks mõte korraga. Ühes asjas on sõbrad aga kindlasti sarnased: nad kõik armastavad kibuvitsamarju.Lõbusas ja armsas raamatus arutatakse erinevuste ja erakordsuse üle, rahulolu üle enda ja oma kehaga.Raamatut hüpitades, silitades ja patsutades saab ka lugeja sõprade seikluses osaleda ja Molli kombel tõdeda: olen imeline! Autorid: Katri Kirkkopelto

Lady Selene Ravenwood has come into her full power as a dreamwalker just as the war with the Dominia Empire begins. Working with the other Great Houses, Selene and Damien use their gifts to secure the borders and save those devastated by the war. But conflict, betrayal, and hatred begin to spread between the Great Houses, destroying their unity as the empire burns a path across their lands. At the same time, Damien Maris starts to lose his ability to raise the waters, leaving the lands vulnerable to the empire's attacks. The only one who can unite the houses and restore her husband's power is Selene Ravenwood. But it will require that she open her heart to those who have hurt her and let go of her past, despite the one who hunts her and will do anything to stop her power. Will Selene survive? Or is she destined to fall like the dreamwalkers before her? Autorid: Morgan L. Busse

God came in the flesh to show us what love looks like. To truly see the dynamics of this love, we must take a close look at Jesus's relationships while he was here on earth. How he loved then is how he loves now, and how he loves now is how we as believers are to love. No Greater Love is a study of Jesus's interactions with people throughout the book of John, including Nicodemus, the woman at the well, and even the Pharisees. What did this love look like in action, especially with those who are hard to love? As it turns out, he didn't love people because they deserved it; he loved them because he is love. With the great tragedies in our culture today there is a need for this "Jesus love" that's available to all believers. May this book help you better know his love for you--which, in the end, will lead you to becoming more like him. Autorid: A.w. Tozer, James L. Snyder

A practical guide to reducing stress and finding peace through meditation. Meditation is a practice that calms the mind and the body in a natural way. Its aim is to quiet or still the mind, which leads to calm awareness without the interference of troublesome thoughts. Meditation can help you focus, relax, and cope with life's twists and turns. Meditation, Orion Plain and Simple is a wise and helpful beginner's guide to the practice of meditation. Lynne Lauren not only explains why it is important to meditate, but also demonstrates how simple meditation can be. It can be done anywhere by anyone. Lynne provides a brief overview of the different types of meditation, along with more than 50 meditations and visualisations that can be used in different circumstances to reach particular goals. This simple guide provides all of the information that beginners will need to slow down, de-stress, and discover how rich life can be! Autorid: Lynne Lauren

Coventry at Work is a fascinating pictorial history of the working life of the city of Coventry through the years. Coventry has been a major center of trade and industry since the Middle Ages. Mediaeval Coventry was known for making tiles, cloth, buckles, statues and stained glass. Other textile industries followed, the dyeing of cloth with the famous Coventry true blue and silk-weaving. Much later, in the twentieth century, Coventry became a pioneer of synthetic fiber manufacturing. Clock-making grew from the 16th century, and later watch-making – Dickens carried his Coventry watch until he died – and in the 19th century Coventry also became known for bike manufacture. This also led to Coventry becoming the hub of car manufacturing in the twentieth century. It was Coventry’s expertise in this area, as well as aircraft, military vehicles and armaments that led it to being targeted by enemy bombing in the Second World War. Coventry at Work explores the working life of this city in the East Midlands and its people and the industries that have characterized it through the ages. The book will appeal to all those with an interest in the history of Coventry. Autorid: David McGrory

Today, the word “neoliberal” is used to describe an epochal shift toward market-oriented governance begun in the 1970s. Yet the roots of many of neoliberalism’s policy tools can be traced to the ideas and practices of mid-twentieth-century liberalism.In Illusions of Progress, Brent Cebul chronicles the rise of what he terms “supply-side liberalism,” a powerful and enduring orientation toward politics and the economy, race and poverty, that united local chambers of commerce, liberal policymakers and economists, and urban and rural economic planners. Beginning in the late 1930s, New Dealers tied expansive aspirations for social and, later, racial progress to a variety of economic development initiatives. In communities across the country, otherwise conservative business elites administered liberal public works, urban redevelopment, and housing programs. But by binding national visions of progress to the local interests of capital, liberals often entrenched the very inequalities of power and opportunity they imagined their programs solving.When President Lyndon Johnson launched the War on Poverty—which prioritized direct partnerships with poor and racially marginalized citizens—businesspeople, Republicans, and soon, a rising generation of New Democrats sought to rein in its seeming excesses by reinventing and redeploying many of the policy tools and commitments pioneered on liberalism’s supply side: public-private partnerships, market-oriented solutions, fiscal “realism,” and, above all, subsidies for business-led growth now promised to blunt, and perhaps ultimately replace, programs for poor and marginalized Americans.In this wide-ranging book, Brent Cebul illuminates the often-overlooked structures of governance, markets, and public debt through which America’s warring political ideologies have been expressed and transformed. From Washington, D.C. to the declining Rustbelt and emerging Sunbelt and back again, Illusions of Progress reveals the centrality of public and private forms of profit that have defined the enduring boundaries of American politics, opportunity, and inequality— in an era of liberal ascendance and an age of neoliberal retrenchment. Autorid: Brent Cebul

Included in LitHubs Most Anticipated Poetry of 2026 Since the appearance of his first book in 1972, Larry Levis has been one of the most original and most highly praised of contemporary American poets. In Winter Stars, a book of love poems and elegies, Levis engages in a process of relentless self-interrogation about his life, about losses and acceptances. What emerges is not merely autobiography, but a biography of the reader, a representative life of our time. Autorid: Larry Levis, Paisley Rekdal

Winner of the Harold Morton Landon Translation Award, Academy of American PoetsA bilingual edition of three major poetry collections by one of the most important Greek poets of the twentieth centuryOne of the most prolific and popular of modern Greek poets, Yannis Ritsos follows such eminent predecessors as Cavafy, Sikelianos, and Seferis in the dramatic and symbolic expression of a tragic sense of life. The three volumes of Ritsos’s poetry translated here—Parentheses, 1946–47, Parentheses, 1950–61, and The Distant—document a three-decade poetic journey that reveals the evolution of the poet’s sensibility. This bilingual edition also features an insightful introduction from translator Edmund Keeley, whom Paul Muldoon has called “the gold standard in translators of Greek poetry.” Autorid: Yannis Ritsos, Edmund Keeley

A woman's life is upended when her past comes back to mess with her mind in this psychological thriller full of twists and turns.There’s no such thing as perfect.It’s been fifteen years since Carly Bennett’s mother was brutally murdered during a home robbery. Since then, she’s worked hard to build a normal life with a stellar career as an English professor—far away from the picture-perfect stepfamily that abandoned her at boarding school.When a male colleague is found dead in Carly’s office—her name scrawled next to his body—everything she’s strived for starts to fall apart. There are eerie similarities to her mother’s attack, and Carly determines to find the truth. Yet things take a bizarre turn when she suddenly experiences lost time, waking up in strange places, and flashes of dormant memories . . . memories that can’t possibly be real. Because, if they are, then she was there the night her mother was killed.Could Carly have been responsible? Or is something more sinister at play in her stepfamily’s perfect world . . .?This eerie domestic suspense is perfect for fans of Frieda McFadden and Lisa Jewell. Autorid: Jane Haseldine

Join Maxwell Moth on his dazzling adventure in Paris. Maxwell Moth is in Paris enjoying the sights but keeps getting dazzled by all of the lights! Will Maxwell stay on track to see the most famous sight of all? Come and explore one of the world’s most enchanting cities in this captivating tale by Amy Dunjey, illuminated by Claudia Marianno’s beautiful artwork. Key Learning: Exploring new places and cultures. Autorid: Claudia Marianno

STOP LETTING EVERYTHING AFFECT YOU is a transformative guide for anyone who overthinks every interaction, gets stuck in emotional chaos, and finds themselves trapped in cycles of self-sabotage. With raw honesty and practical wisdom, Daniel Chidiac reveals why small things ruin your entire day and offers proven strategies to finally break free.This book will teach you how to:Stop letting little things ruin your entire day.Stop self-sabotaging.Set healthy boundaries without feeling guilty.Recognize the difference between real guilt and manipulation.Break the cycle of overthinking before it spirals out of control.Stop taking everything so personally and free yourself from emotional reactivity.Identify toxic patterns in relationships and walk away without regret.Be more in control and feel better everyday.Shift your mindset from victimhood to self-empowerment.Learn the art of emotional detachment-how to be unbothered without becoming cold.Move forward unapologetically, without feeling the need to explain your growth.Whether you're exhausted from overthinking everything, tired of absorbing everyone else's energy, or simply ready to stop letting life's chaos dictate how you feel, this book offers the transformative tools to finally reclaim your power, protect your peace, and live on your own terms.Your journey to inner strength and freedom starts here.

Readers who love slow-burn, angsty new adult romance by Anna Todd and Jamie McGuire.Fans of steamy, push-pull romances like Euphoria, Outer Banks and Chemical HeartsAfter her mother, an artist who can't stay in one place for too long, moves again, June White finds herself in Laguna Beach, California, where she is forced to face yet another new beginning.For June, who prefers to hole up in her room at parties and watch true crime documentaries on Netflix, making friends is not easy. Especially in her senior year of high school. And yet, unexpectedly, her classmates seem to take an immediate liking to her—that is, everyone except James Hunter.Handsome, but with a notorious reputation, the dark-haired James has a dark and tormented past that only fuels his legend. He's reckless, rude, lives on the edge, and embodies the very things June should stay away from. However, something about him pulls her towards him . . .

Revenge demands the ultimate sacrifice. When twins Thais and Thatcher are thrust into the deadly Trials of Ascension, they'll navigate brutal competitions and forbidden desires, discovering some secrets are worth dying for-and others are worth killing for.In a world where divine power bleeds into the mortal realm, Thais Morvaren has mastered the art of deception. To her seaside village, she's just a fisherman's daughter, serving oysters to summer tourists. In secret, she hides her ability to forge weapons from starlight-a power that would force her into the deadly Trials of Ascension.But when a priest's ritual exposes her divine heritage, Thais is seized and conscripted into the trials against her will. Now trapped in a competition she never wanted to enter, she transforms her fear into purpose: to kill Olinthar, King of the Gods-the father whose divine touch proved fatal to her mother.To take down a god, she must become one, even if it costs her everything.What she doesn't expect is her twin brother's powers suddenly manifesting, forcing him into the trials alongside her-leaving Thais to protect more than just herself.Worse still, the selection ceremony binds her to a mentor: Xül. A necromancer prince with blood-soaked hands, a sharp tongue, and dark secrets of his own. From the moment they meet, sparks fly. He's insufferably arrogant, she's stubborn to the bone, and neither has any intention of yielding to the other... or to the heat between them.Each trial survived brings her closer to godhood, but beneath the spectacle of competition, something ancient and malevolent stalks the shadows of the divine realm-a darkness that threatens to unravel the heavens themselves.Thais may have been forced into the Trials seeking survival, but she'll finish them seeking vengeance.And the cost of godhood is rising.Because some stars aren't meant to be weapons.Some stars are meant to fall.

From the breakout author of save me an orange comes her second book, a collection of poetry focused on letting go and reminding that every ending holds the seed of a new beginning.In life after you, Hayley Grace describes the highs and lows of love, loss, and what it means to reclaim your life after it's been broken. In her distinctive poetic style, she takes readers on a journey that feels both deeply personal and universally relatable.Her words were meant to find you if you have loved deeply and fought to heal."sometimes healing feels likeclimbing a spiral staircase.you think you're moving ina never-ending circle,but reallyyou are just moving upward."-- from life after you

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 176, Publishers: Yen Press, Author: Sunsunsun,Matthew Rutsohn, ISBN-13: 9798855413830, Date of issue: 2026

Language: Spanish, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 2304, Publishers: VIDA PUBL, Author: Vida, ISBN-13: 9780829732788, Date of issue: 2023

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 256, Publishers: Algonquin Books, Author: SPADE DEAN, ISBN-13: 9781643756462, Date of issue: 2025

Unravel the past. Break the curse. Pass midterms.And don't fall in love with dead pirates.Katrina Delmar has no idea that Milo, the charming guy she meets at a college party, was supposed to have died at sea 300 years ago. She only knows that she's drawn to him right away. But she's also caught the attention of his crewmate, Bellamy, whose mysterious allure is hard to resist.Falling for undead pirates is the least of her worries when something far more sinister seems to be lurking beneath the surface. And when the ruthless captain of the ship discovers Katrina may hold the key to breaking the crew's curse, he's hellbent on taking it from her at whatever cost.With time running out, Katrina must learn who she can trust and unlock the mysteries of the past before she and those she loves are pulled under by a curse of her own.

Tara Selter's world is expanding. The fourth instalment of the poetic, page-turning masterpiece about a woman stuck in time. A literary phenomenon nearly 40 years in the making.

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 420, Publishers: LITTLE BROWN BKS, Author: KATOUH ZOULFA, ISBN-13: 9780316351485, Date of issue: 2024

An all-new series featuring a contemporary take on one of the most revered and recognisable characters in science fiction history!

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 1, Publishers: Kodansha, Author: Nui Konoito, ISBN-13: 9781647295950, Date of issue: 2026

Goethe's immortal tale of unrequited love, collected with essays on its influence, selections from the author's memoirs, and other stories. Includes an Introduction by Marcelle Clements and a new Afterword. Revised reissue.

A collection of over 200 folk and fairy tales from all over the world, this is the only edition that encompasses all cultures. Arranged geographically by region, this book also includes category index groups that list the stories by plot and character.

Who could be more zany than Amelia Bedelia, everyone's favorite literal-minded housekeeper? Her family, of course. This I Can Read Book* introduces younger readers to the wacky members of this very original, very funny family. Full color.

Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 384, Publishers: BRAMBLE, Author: GEISSINGER J T, ISBN-13: 9781250358912, Date of issue: 2024

Tabata may have planned to ride out the storm from the bosom of Angel Island, but it looks like even the gods want a taste of what's between his legs! At the tender mercy of their divine might, the kidnapped father-to-be is subjected to bizarre heavenly pleasures beyond mortal ken. Can Lina and the other Epiphany Maidens find a way to take their man back before his Holy Summoning Juice sets off a war?!

Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 32, Publishers: BOXER BOOKS, ISBN-13: 9781914912634, Date of issue: 2023

La esperada secuela del éxito de ventas del New York Times: Asesino de brujas. La bruja blanca. Los riesgos son mayores. Las brujas son más letales. Y el romance es aún más intenso. La muy esperada continuación del éxito de ventas del New York Times e Indiebound, Asesino de brujas: La bruja blanca, es perfecta para los fans de Sarah J. Maas.Adonde ella vaya, él irá.Donde ella se quede, él se quedará.Hasta que la muerte los separe.Lou, Reid, Coco y Ansel huyen no solo del aquelarre, sino también del reino y de la Iglesia. Son fugitivos y no tienen donde ocultarse.Para sobrevivir, necesitan aliados. Y unos muy poderosos. Pero mientras Lou se preocupa cada vez más por salvar a sus seres queridos, se adentra en el lado oscuro de la magia. Y el precio a pagar podría ser la persona a la que más teme perder: Reid.Ellos están unidos por un juramento y solo existe una cosa que puede separarlos: la muerte.Shelby Mahurin nos vuelve a atrapar con una historia cargada de acción, romance, lealtades y traiciones. Una vez que empieces a leer, no podrás soltar el libro.

Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 280, Publishers: UNNAMED PR, ISBN-13: 9781951213718, Date of issue: 2023

Gerhard Richter malte sein bekanntes Gemälde »Tante Marianne« nach Vorlage einer Fotografie, die ihn als Säugling zusammen mit der Schwester seiner Mutter zeigt. Hier setzt der Reporter und Buchautor Jürgen Schreiber an und stößt auf eine tragische Wahrheit: Tante Marianne fiel dem Euthanasie-Programm der Nationalsozialisten zum Opfer, in das der Gynäkologe und SS-Obersturmbannführer Heinrich Eufinger - der frühere Stiefvater Gerhard Richters - tief verstrickt war. Eine Spurensuche, welche die unglaubliche Geschichte der Familie Gerhard Richters enthüllt, in der sich die Lebensläufe von Opfern und Tätern auf dramatische Weise kreuzen.

TROYSometimes I want to punch that smirk off Atlas McCallister's pretty face.He's cocky. A troublemaker. A pain.And, unfortunately, my stepbrother.We've been fire and kerosene since our parents got together, and to keep from exploding into fistfights, we've used challenges, dares, and bets to battle out our differences.Our past bets have been a little inappropriate-scandalous, even-but Atlas's latest bet has gone too far.Do I really believe if he loses, my straight stepbrother is gonna mess around with a guy? And not just any guy: me, his rival and nemesis?Not a chance.But if he's so confident he's gonna win...well, my big stepbro must not know me as well as he thinks...ATLAS I love getting under Troy's skin.Mr. Former Prom King. Mr. Heartthrob. Mr. Infuriatingly Perfect. Messing with him is too easy. Too fun. Maybe that's why I'm a little obsessed with him.Our latest bet is the perfect way for me to test the bisexual waters, and once I dive headfirst into the deep end, I don't want to stop.With Troy. My stepbro.It was supposed to be just a little fun, yet with each touch, I like him more than I should. It wasn't supposed to go this far. Now I want Troy to be all mine. But what we're doing has bigger consequences than our little step bet, and when the stakes are this high, is it worth gambling our hearts when we know this is a game we both could lose?This is the first book in the Peach State Stepbros Series. It can be read as a standalone.

Scyth, known in the Inferno as the tiefling Hakkar, decanus in the worst legion of them all, must gain an audience with Prince Belial to get his hands on the Coals of Hellflame. Alex Sheppard faces the most stressful week of his life, and if he can't handle the pressure, then it might be his last. With a Spark of Hellflame in hand, Scyth is now ready to conquer Holdest and eliminate the Nucleus of the Destroying Plague. At the same time, to deal with the undead he needs to raise a third temple to the Sleepers, and how can he do that if there are no free places of power, and real life demands that he fly out for the citizenship tests? Too much is at stake. The risks are too great. There's too little time to prepare.

This is a guidebook written for beginning to advanced Kyrgyz language learners. It is an extensive resource that includes 100 Kyrgyz verbs, all most commonly used tenses are labeled. Each verb also includes a usage example along with a translation. If you'

Gregg Braden verknüpft in seinem neuen Werk Spiritualität und Wissenschaft auf eine vollkommen neue Art. Er erklärt die Zusammenhänge der Matrix, die schon Max Planck als »Urgrund der Materie« identifizierte. In dieser Matrix des Lebens spiegeln sich alle unsere Überzeugungen und Einstellungen wider. Lassen auch Sie sich von der Matrix faszinieren, und lernen Sie so, die Botschaften des Lebens leicht zu verstehen und umzusetzen. Das Besondere an diesem Buch ist: Sie brauchen kein physikalisches Fachwissen. Der Autor erklärt auf verständliche Art, wie Sie mit der Matrix im Einklang leben können, um Ihre Wünsche und Ziele zu verwirklichen.

Language: French, Binding: Book, Number of pages: 32, Publishers: LA JOIE DE LIRE, Author: Adrienne BARMAN, ISBN-13: 9782889084234

Someone is killing members of the old families...and the evidence points to Whyborne. Widdershins has been unusually quiet for months. But now a mysterious creature from the Outside is on the loose, assassinating members of the town's old families by drain

An odyssey through the art, theory, and brutality of modern political murder by Robert Baer, New York Times-bestselling author, former CIA operative, and, yes, assassin All four of Robert B. Baer's previous books were New York Times

Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 24, Publishers: GOLDEN BOOKS PUB CO INC, Author: Golden Books, ISBN-13: 9780593432068, Date of issue: 2022