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A FINALIST FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD SIX STARRED REVIEWS A Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection From award-winning, New York Times bestselling author Ibi Zoboi comes her groundbreaking contemporary fantasy debuta novel in verse based on Caribbean folkloreabout the power of inherited magic and the price we must pay to live the life we yearn for. Our new home with its thick walls and locked doors wants me to stay trapped in my skin but I am fury and flame. Fifteen-year-old Marisol is the daughter of a soucouyant. Every new moon, she sheds her skin like the many women before her, shifting into a fireball witch who must fly into the night and slowly sip from the lives of others to sustain her own. But Brooklyn is no place for fireball witches with all its bright lights, shut windows, and bolt-locked doors. While Marisol hoped they would leave their old traditions behind when they emigrated from the islands, she knows this will never happen while she remains ensnared by the one person who keeps her chained to her magical pasther mother. Seventeen-year-old Genevieve is the daughter of a college professor and a newly minted older half sister of twins. Her worsening skin condition and the babies constant wailing keep her up at night, when she stares at the dark sky with a deep longing to inhale it all. She hopes to quench the hunger that gnaws at her, one that seems to reach for some memory of her estranged mother. When a new nanny arrives to help with the twins, a family secret connecting her to Marisol is revealed, and Gen begins to find answers to questions she hasnt even thought to ask. But the girls soon discover that the very skin keeping their flames locked beneath the surface may be more explosive to the relationships around them than any ancient magic. Finalist for the National Book Award What happens when the magic you inherit is a curse you cant escape? Estranged Sisters: Genevieves mysterious skin condition and Marisols magical obligations are two sides of the same family secret. A new nanny is the only one who knows the truth that connects them. Soucouyant Magic: Based on Caribbean folklore, this is a world of fireball witches who shed their skin to fly through the Brooklyn night, seeking life force to survive. Dual POV: Told in alternating voices, this story follows Marisol as she fights her magical destiny and Genevieve as she discovers a dangerous power living under her own skin. Complex Mother-Daughter Story: Marisol is trapped by her mothers traditions, while Genevieve yearns for the mother she never knewnot realizing they are the same woman. <br><br> Autorid: Ibi Zoboi <br>

Winner of the 2023 Best Cookbook Award in the children, youth, and family category by the International Association of Culinary Professionals (IACP)An NPR Best Book of 2022A Parade Magazine Great Gift for Foodies Inspiration and stellar instruction in a groundbreaking resource for new(ish) cooks ready to level up. Perfect for teens and college students, twenty-somethings cooking in their own first kitchens, or folks of any age who are ready to get serious about making great food."Learning how to cook—simply, seasonally, and organically, for family and friends—is one of the most fulfilling things you can do in life. This book is the essential (and delicious!) roadmap you need: friendly, approachable, and perfectly ready to inspire new cooks to fall in love." —Alice Waters, chef, restaurateur, author, and American culinary iconFilled with recipes for impressive, craveable food—with all the guidance needed to make it—(Serious) New Cook is perfect for young adults or any new(ish) cooks who have ever found themselves salivating at cooking TikToks or drooling over gorgeous cookbooks, only to believe they aren’t skilled enough to attempt the recipes themselves. Here, the clear, detailed instruction and stunning step-by-step photography will have readers wowing their friends and families from their very first dish. Along with recipes that are at once aspirational and totally doable, authors Leah Su Quiroga and Cammie Kim Lin use their experience as a chef from one of America’s top restaurants and an award-winning teacher and writer to deftly share knowledge, stories, and brilliant tips with humor and insight. It’s an homage to their own multicultural families and to the countless young adults they’ve taught and cooked with—their own kids, Cammie’s high school and college students, the new cooks who came up under Leah in the Chez Panisse kitchen. (Serious) New Cook hits all the right notes, packed with inspired takes on familiar favorites, as well as new flavors to build an expansive repertoire: crepes with compote, handmade arepas, “broken” Caesar salad, mushroom pot pie, Korean bulgogi meatballs, classic cupcakes, dalgona milkshakes, and more. With stunning step-by-step photography by Molly DeCoudreaux, the recipes are presented in trios organized around a core technique or concept. Learn one recipe and readers will be well on their way to mastering all three. Also included are guest recipes from acclaimed chefs and authors Alice Waters, Bryant Terry, Sean Sherman, Sohui Kim, Russell Moore, Claire Ptak, Scott Peacock and Edna Lewis, ushering a new generation of (serious) new cooks into the fold. More than just a collection of recipes, (Serious) New Cook is an indispensable resource and an inspiring guide. <br><br> Autorid: Leah Su Quiroga, Cammie Kim Lin <br>

Being a woman in your thirties and beyond is challenging enough when your brain works the way society expects, add ADHD into the mix and it opens a whole new can of worms!Written by Laura Kerbey with witty illustrations from Eliza Fricker and quotes from other ADHD woman from across the world, this accessible, lived experience guide is here to help you make sense of it all.Candid, funny and validating, Laura offers a truly honest look into the realities of being a woman with ADHD, with chapters focused on parenting, rejection sensitive dysphoria, menopause, working life, mental health and relationships - Laura uses a combination of research and her own lived experience as a late-diagnosed ADHDer to provide advice you can actually use in your busy, everyday life. <br><br> Autorid: Laura Kerbey, Eliza Fricker <br>

"Soomlased arvavad, et kõigi eesti meeste nimi on Urmas. Eestlased teavad,et kõigi soome meeste nimi on Pekka."Eestlane ja soomlane - sageli on nende kahe rahvuse tublid esindajad samasseanekdooti tegutsema sattunud, nüüd aga saavad lugejad teada, millise pilguganäeb Eestimaad ja eestlasi soomlanna Marjo Näkki. Raamatu autor otsustasendalegi ootamatult Eestisse korrespondendiks tulla ning avastas, et peabmõnestki stereotüübist loobuma. Humoorikalt kirjeldab ta eesti poliitikuidning kahe hõimurahva ühiseid ja erinevaid jooni.. <br><br> Autorid: Marjo Näkki <br>

(Still) Ain't Got a Barrel of Money charts Sheffield United’s astonishing rise from the brink of oblivion, after dropping to the Fourth Division for the first (and only) time in its history, to competing in the inaugural Premier League season. It tells the story of the managers and the players who gave Blades fans back their pride. The remarkable story of Sheffield United’s astonishing rise from the brink of oblivion, after dropping to the Fourth Division for the first (and only) time in its history, to competing in the inaugural Premier League season.Eagerly awaited sequel to the widely acclaimed Ain't Got a Barrel of Money: Sheffield United.Inside you will discover:How Lincolnshire businessman Reg Brealey saved United from the abyss and almost certainly going out of businessHow Ian Porterfield started United’s rise back up the divisions, fired by the goals of Keith Edwards and Bob Hatton, assisted by the brilliance of Colin MorrisHow Dave Bassett set about reshaping the team, with the likes of Brian Deane and Tony Agana bringing further promotion for United and a place in the very first Premier League seasonHow Brian Deane became a footballing immortal when he scored the first-ever Premier League goalExclusive anecdotes and interviews with ex-players such as Bob Hatton, Colin Morris, Ray Lewington, Tony Philliskirk, Jamie Hoyland, Mark Todd and moreContributions from fans who cheered and watched United rise from the Fourth Division to the Premier LeagueStatistics and social history moments that serve as the backdrop to United’s revival: from the royal wedding to the miners’ strike, from the Falklands War to the ‘Hand of God’, from Live Aid to the death of Freddie MercuryFrom the doldrums of the early 1980s through to top-flight glory in the 1990s, this is the story of the managers and players who gave the Blades back their pride. <br><br> Autorid: Jason Holyhead <br>

M is a writer. M is a mother. M is a woman. The triumph of M's hit play is hijacked by motherhood. She is burnt out, angry, lonely, craving intimacy but disengaged, and terrified of the future. She wants to tell her story, her way. But everyone keeps giving her their opinions on who she is, who she ought to be, and how she's fucking everything up. Fiercely funny and brutally honest, Jane Upton's play (the) Woman shatters the glossy veneer of motherhood, exposing its raw, messy truth and what happens when a woman dares to question the definition of (her)self. It was shortlisted for the Bruntwood Prize for Playwriting, and first performed by New Perspectives on tour of the UK in 2025. <br><br> Autorid: Jane Upton <br>

In (toward) a phenomenology of acting, Phillip Zarrilli considers acting as a question to be explored in the studio and then reflected upon. This book is a vital response to Jerzy Grotowskis essential question: "How does the actor touch that which is untouchable?" Phenomenology invites us to listen to "the things themselves", to be attentive to how we sensorially, kinesthetically, and affectively engage with acting as a phenomenon and process. Using detailed first-person accounts of acting across a variety of dramaturgies and performances from Beckett to newly co-created performances to realism, it provides an account of how we do or practice phenomenology when training, performing, directing, or teaching. Zarrilli brings a wealth of international and intercultural experience as a director, performer, and teacher to this major new contribution both to the practices of acting and to how we can reflect in depth on those practices. An advanced study for actors, directors, and teachers of acting that is ideal for both the training/rehearsal studio and research, (toward) a phenomenology of acting is an exciting move forward in the philosophical understanding of acting as an embodied practice. <br><br> Autorid: Phillip Zarrilli <br>

Reissued in Penguin's ORIGINALS series of powerful teenage fiction. MANNY WANTS TO BE A FOOTBALLER. OR A POP STAR. OR WRITE A BESTSELLER. HE DOESN'T WANT TO GET MARRIED... 'Harry and Ranjit were waiting for me - waiting to take me to Derby, to a wedding. My wedding. A wedding that I hadn't asked for, that I didn't want. To a girl who I didn't know... If they had bothered to open their eyes, they would have seen me: seventeen, angry, upset but determined - determined to do my own thing, to choose my own path in life...' Set partly in the UK and partly in the Punjab region of India, this is a fresh, bitingly perceptive and totally up-to-the-minute look at one young man's fight to free himself from family expectations and to be himself, free to dance to his own tune. <br><br> Autorid: Bali Rai <br>

"(Un)Common Precedents in Architectural Design calls for an attentive examination of the uncommon that inspires creativity, prompting a re-examination of both common and marginalised precedents. Precedents and their origins can be idiosyncratic, and it is not surprising that they often lead to unpredictable outcomes. The uncommon is explored as an undervalued, unregulated, and informal approach to precedents, acknowledging a radical imagination in architectural design that extends beyond visual and typological considerations, expanding the field of influence beyond buildings to investigate interdisciplinary exchanges and a multisensory imagination. This book addresses a critical need to re-examine architectural precedents, understanding why, how, and what we study to reveal the intentions, transmedia explorations, and referents behind the workings of a more inclusive architectural imagination nurtured in multicultural practices and teaching environments. (Un)Common Precedents thus underlines the non-conformity and inordinance of precedents and the necessity of their divergence, drawing attention to different socio-political contexts that resist, reject, and replace the canonisation of precedents based on dominant ocular-centric approaches with local, experiential, transdisciplinary, and uncommon ones. The book offers an alternative to the compulsion to normalise, universalise, repeat, restate, and re-enact, transforming the documentation of far-removed precedents through first-person experiences"-- Provided by publisher. This book calls for an attentive examination of the uncommon that inspires creativity, prompting a re-examination of common and marginalised precedents. It offers an alternative to the compulsion to normalise, universalise, repeat, and re-enact, transforming the documentation of far-removed precedents through first-person experiences. (Un)Common Precedents in Architectural Design calls for an attentive examination of the uncommon that inspires creativity, prompting a re-examination of both common and marginalised precedents. Precedents and their origins can be idiosyncratic, and it is not surprising that they often lead to unpredictable outcomes. The uncommon is explored as an undervalued, unregulated, and informal approach to precedents, acknowledging a radical imagination in architectural design that extends beyond visual and typological considerations, expanding the field of influence beyond buildings to investigate interdisciplinary exchanges and a multisensory imagination. This book addresses a critical need to re-examine architectural precedents, understanding why, how, and what we study to reveal the intentions, transmedia explorations, and referents behind the workings of a more inclusive architectural imagination nurtured in multicultural practices and teaching environments. (Un)Common Precedents thus underlines the non-conformity and inordinance of precedents and the necessity of their divergence, drawing attention to different socio-political contexts that resist, reject, and replace the canonisation of precedents based on dominant ocular-centric approaches with local, experiential, transdisciplinary, and uncommon ones. The book offers an alternative to the compulsion to normalise, universalise, repeat, restate, and re-enact, transforming the documentation of far-removed precedents through first-person experiences. <br><br> Autorid: Federica Goffi, Isabel Potworowski, Kristin Washco <br>

In this anthology, we tread the common ground of not having. But our lives are very different and each of our voices spins a different tale. Read on, and you will discover (un)common worlds. There are dragons, cloud-circling and deep-dwelling. Characters travel by bus and by train. They walk, run or even fly, through the pin-drop silence of libraries, through moon-frosted streets and winter-chilled parks, farms, houses, shops, cafés, and possibly the grottiest pub in existence. Family ties are important, and not always the ones youre born with. Transformation can liberate but also imprison us. We encounter isolation, addiction, tragedy and grief, but we also find love, connection, and hope. <br><br> Autorid: Rosy Adams <br>

Against the grain of much contemporary scholarship within medieval studies, this work emphasizes the radical alterity and historical rupture that the Middle Ages represents in European history. Against the grain of much contemporary scholarship within medieval studies, this work emphasizes the radical alterity and historical rupture that the Middle Ages represents in European history. Through an engagement with three contentious debates in medieval studies – historiography, race and individuated subjectivity – Vanita Seth’s work employs postcolonial and postmodern theorizing to explore questions of ontology, epistemology, facial privileging, and emotion and identity in the European Middle Ages and early modern period. While the subject matter of this book is historical, the stakes are contemporary and political. Seth’s contention is that it is the very alterity that the medieval represents that enables contemporary scholars and activists to recognize as historical that which is so often posited as ‘natural.’ Writing a history of absence while also engaging radically different ways of being in the world, this book argues, helps to disrupt the self-evident naturalization of the face, to contest knee-jerk celebrations of individuality tethered to the human visage, and to recognize racism not as an age-old nemesis but as a distinctly modern form of organizing power. This work is interdisciplinary, engaging scholarship in science studies, philosophy, feminist theory, anthropology, race studies and literature, and postmodernand postcolonial theory. It presumes no prior specialized knowledge in medieval studies and/or history. This book is an essential reading for scholars and students in the fields of medieval and early modern history, race, historiography, identity and emotion studies. <br><br> Autorid: Vanita Seth <br>

This book critically examines the ever-evolving relationship between gender, identity and technology, investigating how identity is shaped, expressed and contested within virtual environments.It brings together empirical essays from various geographies including Israel, Italy, South Africa, Spain, Brazil and India, to explore how gender constructs, religiosity, social support structures, ethical discourses, biases and toxicity weave into the digital fabric. While the digital space can build community and open up liberating possibilities, it also retains echoes of real-world social and gender dynamics. The absence of the physical body does not shield virtual spaces from deeply entrenched socio-cultural and political contexts. Through an exploration of different virtual platforms and digital apps like Facebook, WhatsApp, Tinder among others, the book invites readers to contemplate the boundless possibilities and pressing challenges that arise when gendered experiences converge with the infinite expanse of the virtual space(s). The essays in this volume offer great analytical insights into these dynamics supported by well-surmised theoretical and methodological backdrops.The book will be of interest to practitioners of social sciences, especially those interested in issues of gender and identity politics as well as research in the digital or virtual space. It will also be a valuable resource for students and researchers of anthropology and sociology. This book critically examines the ever-evolving relationship between gender, identity and technology, investigating how identity is shaped, expressed and contested within virtual environments. <br><br> Autorid: Indrani Mukherjee, Subhadra Mitra Channa <br>

'Victoria Smith is a brilliant writer who every feminist should read' Sharron Davies 'This brilliant book shows how demands for compassion and generosity can be a mask for sexist ideology' Susanna Rustin A brilliantly witty and insightful analysis of how kindness culture is used against women. Using the #JustBeKind trend of the 2020s as a starting point, (Un)kind explores how traditional beliefs about women's 'kind' nature have been repackaged for an age that remains dependent - socially, politically, economically - on female self-sacrifice while finding the concept outdated and essentialist. Looking at the various guises under which kindness culture is sold to women and girls - from play to self-help, social justice activism to empowerment - Victoria Smith argues that the pressure on women and girls has not decreased, but instead been incorporated into the 'work' of feminism. (Un)kind analyses the way in which this phenomenon ultimately distorts relationships, harming not just those coerced into performing 'kindness work' but the supposed recipients of their services. Kindness culture supports the backlash against feminism while claiming to represent feminism's - and women's - true nature. It is, at heart, unkind. 'Erudite, blisteringly smart and profoundly compassionate... A must-read for anyone hungry to understand the origins and dangers of contemporary exhortations to women to #BeKind, and for everyone who wants to live a feminist life' Dr Rachel Hewitt PRAISE FOR HAGS 'The greatest joy of Hags is its lively erudition . . . eloquent, clever and devastating' The Times 'A book that could not be more necessary' Observer 'Brilliantly witty, engaging and insightful' Scotsman <br><br> Autorid: Victoria Smith <br>

Who you think you are is not as important as who God says you are... Many of us wrestle with the gap between our weaknesses and our dreams, between who we are and who God says we are meant to be. We feel unqualified to do God’s work or to live out the calling we imagine. But God has a way of using our weaknesses for good. In fact, God loves unqualified people. In (Un)Qualified, Pastor Steven Furtick helps you peel back the assumptions you’ve made about yourself and see yourself as God sees you. Because true peace and confidence come not from worldly perfection but from acceptance: God’s acceptance of you, your acceptance of yourself, and your acceptance of God’s process of change. This is a book about understanding your identity in light of who God is. It’s a book about coming to terms with the good, the bad, and the unmentionable in your life and learning to let God use you. It’s about charging into the gap between your present and your hopes and meeting God there. After all, God can’t bless who you pretend to be. But he longs to bless who you really are; a flawed and broken person. Good thing for us that God is in the business of using broken people to do big things. Being unqualified is God's favorite qualification... Our culture tells us that the answer to our failures is to fix them. The solution to our weaknesses is to hide them. The secret to our success is to appear as flawless as possible. But God’s qualifying system is different than the world’s. So is his view of our weaknesses, our purpose, and our true selves. In (Un)Qualified, Steven Furtick explores who God is as the great “I AM,” and then helps us discover our own identity. Delving into the story of Jacob, Furtick invites us to acknowledge our weaknesses and ask God to work through them. The truth is, God has created us to be more, to accomplish more, and to love life more than we ever thought possible. But to become who he has called us to be, we must embrace who we are right now. (Un)Qualified equips us to face obstacles and failures without losing a sense of purpose. We can have a thriving sense of hope that God is working in us and through us, not in spite of our weaknesses but often as a direct result of them. <br><br> Autorid: Steven Furtick <br>

'Put down your current book and start reading this. Dr Soph delivers with her deep knowledge and disarming approach. A great book that we could all learn from' - Dr Julie Smith (@drjulie) 'Life-changing - everyone should know this stuff' - Nicole Vignola (@nicolesneuroscience) ------------------- Five reasons youre stuck and what to do about it by the psychologist and Sunday Times bestselling author, Dr Sophie Mort. Do you feel stuck in a rut and that you keep getting in your own way? Or maybe you have an idea of the version of yourself you want to be self-assured, happy and thriving but getting there seems impossible? Drawing on her expertise as a clinical psychologist with a masters in neuroscience, Dr Sophie shares the science of habit formation to help you understand your patterns of behaviour and start living the life you want. Packed full of practical tips, exercises, real-life examples and unsticking points, Dr Sophie breaks down the five reasons youre stuck and gives you the tools to: Break bad habits and cultivate better ones Hack the heuristics that are holding you back Stop self-sabotaging Recognise the unconscious games you play Understand the long-lasting legacy of intergenerational beliefs (Un)Stuck is the must-have guide for becoming the YOU you want to be. ------------------- 'Un(Stuck) is a wonderfully crafted, highly accessible book for anyone who feels lost or trapped in a cycle theyre struggling to break free from' - Joshua Fletcher (@AnxietyJosh) 'This book will set you free to live a more intentional and fulfilling life' - Emma Reed Turrell (@emmareedturrell) 'A wonderfully rich book, full of practical wisdom' - Mark Williams, Professor Emeritus of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford; co-author of Deeper Mindfulness. <br><br> Autorid: Dr Sophie Mort <br>

Illuminates the unwritten ideas that underlie our deepest debates about the written Constitution. The late Justice Scalia relished pointing to departures from the written text of the Constitution as a departure from Constitutional law itself, but in fact his own jurisprudence relied on unwritten ideas. Given that Scalia's "textualist" approach to constitutional interpretation has become moreeven prominent in recent years with the elevation of Justices Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, and Barrett--all jurists in the mold of Scalia--to the Supreme Court, it is crucial that the public understands that these textualists all rely on unwritten ideas when they interpret the Constitution. Indeed, our mostintense debates about America's written Constitution are not about constitutional text, but about the unwritten ideas and understandings that guide our reading of the text.In The (Un)Written Constitution, George Thomas makes these ideas visible by turning to the practices of Supreme Court justices and political actors in interpreting the Constitution over more than two centuries. From founding debates about freedom of speech and religion to contemporary argumentsabout judicial review, the separation of powers, same--sex marriage, and partisan gerrymandering, he highlights the too--often unacknowledged ideas that animate our debates about the written Constitution. Contrary to the self-identified textualists, Thomas argues, these recurrent debates are notabout whether to follow the text. Rather, they are disputes about what fidelity to the text requires.Illuminating how moving beyond the text is an inescapable feature of interpreting the written Constitution, this concise primer on constitutional interpretation forces us to consider the text-and the unstated principles that lie beneath it-in a new light. <br><br> Autorid: George Thomas <br>

"Why would Quentin Herms flee into the Quag? There was nothing in the Quag except certain death. Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual--nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown. Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave--he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode. The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist within the walls of Wormwood. It is a place built on lies, where influential people are willing to kill to keep their secrets. Vega is determined to uncover the truth--but the closer she gets, the more she risks her life"-- The #1 New York Times bestselling fantasy novel for all ages by master storyteller David Baldacci -- now in paperback!Why would Quentin Herms flee into the Quag? There was nothing in the Quag except certain death.Vega Jane has never left the village of Wormwood. But this isn't unusual -- nobody has ever left the village of Wormwood. At least not until Quentin Herms vanishes into the unknown.Vega knows Quentin didn't just leave -- he was chased. And he's left behind a very dangerous trail of clues that only she can decode.The Quag is a dark forest filled with terrifying beasts and bloodthirsty Outliers. But just as deadly are the threats that exist within the walls of Wormwood. It is a place built on lies, where influential people are willing to kill to keep their secrets. Vega is determined to uncover the truth -- but the closer she gets, the more she risks her life. <br><br> Autorid: David Baldacci <br>

A playful and beautifully illustrated “baby book” that invites families to recount first times, moments of bonding and mishaps from pregnancy to their 12th birthday! A playful and beautifully illustrated “baby book” thatinvites families to recount first times, moments of bonding and mishaps from pregnancyto their 12th birthday! Congratulations! As excited new (orsoon-to-be) parents, this lushly illustrated keepsake book will guide you in collectingso many memories of your child. Here you will compile all the cute childhoodescapades, the magical first times, and so very many bonding moments. Genevive Godbout's magnificent illustrations are imbued withgentleness and mischief. Throughout the book, family members can go beyond thetraditional baby book by filling in the empty spaces with notes, photos, anddrawings. Even your child can contribute.This book is an invaluable tool for parentswho have such a great story to tell! Beautiful, vintage lookA "baby" journal for the entire familyThe child contributes to the art and other contentThe perfect gift for new parents-to-be <br><br> Autorid: Odile Archambault, Marianne Prairie, Genevieve Godbout <br>

Winner of the Royal Society Science Book. 'Exhilaratingly whizzes through billions of years . . . Gee is a marvellously engaging writer' - The Times 4.6 billion years of the story of life on Earth, in twelve concise chapters. Brief, brilliant and entirely gripping. For billions of years, Earth was an inhospitably alien place covered with churning seas, slowly crafting its landscape through volcanic eruptions, the atmosphere in a constant state of chemical flux. And yet, despite facing literally every conceivable setback that living organisms could encounter, life has been extinguished and picked itself up to evolve again. From that first foray to the spread of early hominids who later became Homo sapiens, life has persisted, undaunted. A (Very) Short History of Life: 4.6 Billion Years in 12 Chapters is an enlightening story of survival, of persistence, illuminating the delicate balance within which life has always existed, and continues to exist today. It is our planet like youve never seen it before. Dr Henry Gee presents creatures from gregarious bacteria populating the seas to duelling dinosaurs in the Triassic period, to magnificent mammals with the future in their grasp. Lifes evolutionary steps from the development of a digestive system to the awe of creatures taking to the skies in flight are conveyed with an up-close intimacy. 'Henry Gee makes the kaleidoscopically changing canvas of life understandable and exciting.' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs, and Steel <br><br> Autorid: Henry Gee <br>

Connie Maguire has always lived in the shadows. Battling low self-esteem, she has spent her life prioritising her only child and he has flourished, becoming Ireland's newest rugby star. On the day of her milestone birthday, with Liam's career about to soar, Connie finally believes she might achieve some happiness. Then tragedy strikes in the dark of night, changing everything. On Ireland's rugged west coast, the past refuses to stay buried, and Connie must finally confront the devastating truth of what happened on the night that destroyed so many lives. This powerful exploration of motherhood, guilt and redemption questions whether we can truly be free from the mistakes of our past. New from 2025 Travel Extra Travel Journalist of the Year Domhnall ODonoghue, The (Wonderful) Life of Connie Maguire is perfect for fans of Liz Nugent, Adele Parks and Shari Lapena. 'Exquisitely plotted and sensitively written' - Áine Toner, BELFAST TELEGRAPH 'A stunning page-turner' - Nicola Bardon, THE SUN <br><br> Autorid: Domhnall O'Donoghue <br>

What does it mean to be a real man? Our culture seems confused about that question and why it even matters. But God has made you for a type of manhood that will not only fulfill you but also benefit everyone around you--if you choose to pursue it. It's not about being athletic or driving a big truck or getting rich (or getting girls). It's much bigger and better than that. Funny, honest, and packed with wisdom, The (Young) Men We Need gives you a clear vision of what it means to be a man by showing why it's crucial that you forsake the fake and relish the real protect the vulnerable be ambitious about the right things make women and children feel safe, not threatened choose today who you will become tomorrow take responsibility for your own spiritual life The world is waiting for you to show up and step into God's purpose for you as a man. This book shows you how to get there. <br><br> Autorid: Brant Hansen <br>

Three new graphic design courses, detailed in this volume, comprise a critical companion to Reinfurt’s bestselling DIY textbook, A *New* Program for Graphic DesignThis volume expands David Reinfurt’s uniquely pragmatic and experimental approach to pedagogy into a collaborative project that weaves together a multiplicity of voices to present a polyphonic approach to design history and teaching. Three of Reinfurt’s new Princeton University graphic design courses—C-i-r-c-u-l-a-t-i-o-n, M-u-l-t-p-l-i-c-i-t-y and R-e-s-e-a-r-c-h—developed explicitly in the context of remote teaching and in light of urgent realignments around whose stories get told and who does the telling, are presented in this follow-up to A *New* Program for Graphic Design (Inventory Press/D.A.P., 2018). C-i-r-c-u-l-a-t-i-o-n examines the distribution networks for graphic design including electronic and conventional means. M-u-l-t-p-l-i-c-i-t-y, taught with mathematics professor Philip Ording, explores graphic design from the perspective of topology and topology through the practice of graphic design. R-e-s-e-a-r-c-h is an advanced graphic design class which cultivates an exploratory and expansive design process and investigates what the term ""design research"" has meant at different points in design history. From these separate angles comes a collaborative and cooperative way of telling and teaching design history, taking on subjects from the Detroit Printing Co-op, Corita Kent and Charles and Ray Eames, to Giuseppe Peano, Marshall McLuhan, Sylvia Harris and Virgil Abloh. Through a series of in-depth historical case studies and assignments that progressively build in complexity, the book serves as a practical guide to visually understanding the history—and shaping the future—of our designed world.David Reinfurt is an independent graphic designer and writer based in New York City. He worked as an interaction designer at IDEO from 1995 to 1997, where he was the lead designer for the MTA Metrocard vending machine interface. In 2000, Reinfurt formed the graphic design practice O-R-G inc., followed by Dexter Sinister in 2006 and the Serving Library in 2012. He has taught at Princeton University since 2010. <br><br> Autorid: David Reinfurt, Danielle Aubert, Tauba Auerbach, Barbara Glauber, Shannon Harvey <br>

Õpik on lastele vanuses 4–7. Õpikusse on valitud teemad, millega selles vanuses laps oma igapäevaelus kokku puutub. Pärast õpiku läbimist oskab laps inglise keeles tervitada ja hüvasti jätta; öelda, mis on ta nimi, kui vana ta on ja mis kell on; rääkida oma perest; küsida lihtsamaid küsimusi ja rääkida muustki. Peale keeleliste väljendite on õpikus veel suured tähed, mida on soovitatav õpetada paralleelselt koos õpikus olevate teemadega. Selle tarvis on õpikuga kaasas tähekaardid. Õpikumaterjali aitavad hästi meelde jätta lihtsad ja mängulised harjutused. Suureks abiks on kuulamisharjutused ning vahvad videod, mille toel saab õpitut kuulata, vaadata ja korrata. Õpiku viimasesse peatükki on autorid kirja pannud metoodilised näpunäited, kuidas õpikut kasutada. <br><br> Autorid: Inga Mangus <br>

Discover hidden gems around Birmingham with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by local experts, A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks is the perfect way to explore the city in a new light. Small enough to fit in a bag or pocket, this handy guidebook is ideal for tourists or locals looking to discover more about the city. Each route varies in length from 1 to 6 miles (1.6 to 9.6 km), and is clearly outlined on detailed A-Z street mapping. 20 walking routes with instructions and maps Full-colour photographs of hidden gems and city attractions Key sights and locations clearly marked on map Information such as start/finish points, nearest postcodes, distance and terrain included More from the A-Z Hidden Walks series: A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks A-Z Edinburgh Hidden Walks A-Z London Hidden Walks A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks A-Z York Hidden Walks A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks <br><br> Autorid: Robert Ankcorn, Ruby Compton-Davies, A-Z Maps <br>

Discover hidden gems around Brighton with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert, A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks is the perfect way to explore the city in a new light. Small enough to fit in a bag or pocket, this handy guidebook is ideal for tourists or locals looking to discover more about the city. Each route varies in length from 1 to 6 miles (1.6 to 9.6 km), and is clearly outlined on detailed A-Z street mapping. 20 walking routes with instructions and maps Full-colour photographs of hidden gems and city attractions Key sights and locations clearly marked on map Information such as start/finish points, nearest postcodes, distance and terrain included More from the A-Z Hidden Walks series: A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks A-Z Edinburgh Hidden Walks A-Z London Hidden Walks A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks A-Z York Hidden Walks A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks <br><br> Autorid: Ric Morris, A-Z Maps <br>

Discover hidden gems around Bristol and Bath with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert, A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks is the perfect way to explore the city in a new light. Small enough to fit in a bag or pocket, this handy guidebook is ideal for tourists or locals looking to discover more about the city. Each route varies in length from 1 to 6 miles (1.6 to 9.6 km), and is clearly outlined on detailed A-Z street mapping. 20 walking routes with instructions and maps Full-colour photographs of hidden gems and city attractions Key sights and locations clearly marked on map Information such as start/finish points, nearest postcodes, distance and terrain included More from the A-Z Hidden Walks series: A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks A-Z Edinburgh Hidden Walks A-Z London Hidden Walks A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks A-Z York Hidden Walks A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks <br><br> Autorid: Michael Wilberforce, A-Z Maps <br>

Discover the best biking routes around Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Your essential rideout roadbook covering the best biking routes around Great Britain and Northern Ireland, including short trips and longer tours. Discover the best motorcycling roads around Great Britain and Northern Ireland, chosen by the biking route expert, Simon Weir. Each one is explained in depth with all key attractions highlighted in the detailed A-Z mapping. Stunning photographs and easy-to-follow road book directions throughout. Simple turn-by-turn directions and clear maps for every route Ideal size for fitting in a tank bag Short, practical rides for the weekend, most lasting 1-2 hours Comprehensive coverage of every corner of the country 100 great rideouts to discover with your friends <br><br> Autorid: Simon Weir, A-Z Maps <br>

Discover the best biking routes around Europe. The definitive European motorcycle touring bible, with the best biking roads presented in 100 easy-to-follow, tried-and-tested routes from motorcycle journalist, author and traveller Simon Weir. From the peaks of the Picos de Europa to the sun-kissed shores of Sicily, from Alpine passes to dramatic gorges, atmospheric forests and fabulous historic sites, A-Z Europe for Bikers is packed with fantastic places to ride. With full-day and multi-day touring rides across the whole of western Europe, each route is presented with turn-by-turn directions and detailed mapping, with all the key attractions highlighted. Printed on high-durability paper and spiral bound to fit in a tankbag, you need never end up on a dull road again. Packed with practical advice and stunning photography, there are memorable rides to be discovered in every corner of Portugal, Spain, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Austria, Czechia, Switzerland, Slovenia and Italy. Features include: 100 great biking routes to discover on your European adventure Clear, detailed maps to help you plan Routes for short days and long days Ideal size for fitting in a tank bag <br><br> Autorid: Simon Weir, A-Z Maps <br>

Navigate your way around Great Britain with this detailed and easy-to-use A-Z Road Atlas A full-colour, spiral bound road atlas, now fully revised and updated. Clear detailed road mapping at a scale of 5 miles to 1 inch. Presented in a compact A5 size for ease of storage. This handy road atlas of Great Britain includes: Mileage chart Channel Tunnel terminus maps Index to cities, towns, villages, hamlets and major destinations Map reference information also in French and German Instantly recognisable and easy to use, the road mapping has been specifically tailored for the smaller scale featuring: clear standard road classification colours for easy identification, motorway junction symbols, under construction and proposed roads, primary route destinations, service areas, National and county boundaries, and a wide range of tourist and ancillary information, including Blue Flag Beaches. This A-Z Handy Road Atlas of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the perfect choice for those wanting a compact spiral bound publication with A-Z quality road mapping. <br><br> Autorid: A-Z Maps <br>

Navigate your way around Great Britain with this detailed and easy-to-use A-Z Road Atlas A spiral bound, full-colour road atlas, now fully revised and updated. Clear detailed road mapping at a mainland map scale of 3.5 miles to 1 inch. Published in an easy-to-read A4 size. This essential road atlas includes: 11 pages of main route mapping covering Greater London, Birmingham and Manchester Route planning maps Mileage chart with average journey times 80 city and town centre street plans 16 port and airport plans Channel Tunnel terminus maps Index to cities, towns, villages, hamlets, major destinations and selected places of interest with postcodes for sat-nav use Map reference information also in French and German Instantly recognisable and easy to use, A-Z road mapping includes the following features: clear standard road classification colours for easy identification, full motorway junction detail, under construction and proposed roads, primary route destinations, service areas, selected truck stop locations, national and county boundaries and a wide range of tourist and ancillary information, including Blue Flag Beaches. A portable sized publication with a spiral binding; a popular choice for those wanting superb map clarity. <br><br> Autorid: A-Z Maps <br>

Navigate your way around Great Britain with this detailed and easy-to-use A-Z Road Atlas An easy-read, spiral bound road atlas, now fully revised and updated. Clear detailed road mapping at a mainland map scale of 2.5 miles to 1 inch. This big, easy to read map is published in a large A3 format. This large format road atlas includes: 11 pages of main route mapping covering Greater London, Birmingham and Manchester Route planning map Mileage chart with average journey times Information on motorway junctions with limited interchanges 70 city and town centre street plans 16 port and airport plans Channel Tunnel terminus maps Index to cities, towns, villages, hamlets, major destinations and selected places of interest with postcodes for sat-nav use Map reference information also in French and German Instantly recognisable and easy to use, A-Z road mapping includes the following features: clear standard road classification colours for easy identification, full motorway junction detail, under construction and proposed roads, primary route destinations, service areas, selected truck stop locations, national and county boundaries and a wide range of tourist and ancillary information, including Blue Flag Beaches. A combination of a great map scale, large book size and a spiral binding makes this a popular choice for those wanting superb map clarity. <br><br> Autorid: A-Z Maps <br>

Discover hidden gems around Liverpool with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert, A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks is the perfect way to explore the city in a new light. Small enough to fit in a bag or pocket, this handy guidebook is ideal for tourists or locals looking to discover more about the city. Each route varies in length from 1 to 6 miles (1.6 to 9.6 km), and is clearly outlined on detailed A-Z street mapping. 20 walking routes with instructions and maps Full-colour photographs of hidden gems and city attractions Key sights and locations clearly marked on map Information such as start/finish points, nearest postcodes, distance and terrain included More from the A-Z Hidden Walks series: A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks A-Z Edinburgh Hidden Walks A-Z London Hidden Walks A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks A-Z York Hidden Walks A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks <br><br> Autorid: Claire E Rider, Neil McDonald, A-Z Maps <br>

Discover hidden gems around London with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert, A-Z London Hidden Walks is the perfect way to explore the city in a new light. Small enough to fit in a bag or pocket, this handy guidebook is ideal for tourists or locals looking to discover more about the city. Each route varies in length from 1 to 6 miles (1.6 to 9.6 km), and is clearly outlined on detailed A-Z street mapping. 20 walking routes with instructions and maps Full-colour photographs of hidden gems and city attractions Key sights and locations clearly marked on map Information such as start/finish points, nearest postcodes, distance and terrain included More from the A-Z Hidden Walks series: A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks A-Z Edinburgh Hidden Walks A-Z London Hidden Walks A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks A-Z York Hidden Walks A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks <br><br> Autorid: Pete Smith, A-Z Maps <br>

Discover hidden gems around Manchester with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert, A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks is the perfect way to explore the city in a new light. Small enough to fit in a bag or pocket, this handy guidebook is ideal for tourists or locals looking to discover more about the city. Each route varies in length from 1 to 6 miles (1.6 to 9.6 km), and is clearly outlined on detailed A-Z street mapping. 20 walking routes with instructions and maps Full-colour photographs of hidden gems and city attractions Key sights and locations clearly marked on map Information such as start/finish points, nearest postcodes, distance and terrain included More from the A-Z Hidden Walks series: A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks A-Z Edinburgh Hidden Walks A-Z London Hidden Walks A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks A-Z York Hidden Walks A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks <br><br> Autorid: Jonathan Schofield, A-Z Maps <br>

The ultimate street atlas to navigate your way around London. This comprehensive, paperback atlas encompasses an area of 1,450 square miles, including more than 90,000 streets and other addresses, and is trusted by local authorities, taxi drivers and emergency services. The coverage extends beyond the Greater London and M25 area to: Hemel Hempstead, St. Albans, Potters Bar, Waltham Cross, Epping, Brentwood, Thurrock, Stanford-le-Hope, Gravesend, Wrotham, Sevenoaks, Westerham, Oxted, Redhill, Reigate, Leatherhead, Great Bookham, Woking, Egham, Windsor, Slough, Chalfont St. Peter, Chorleywood, Bovingdon There are eighteen pages of large scale (9" to 1 mile) street mapping of central London which gives additional clarity and detail, this mapping extends to: Regent's Park, St. Pancras International Station, Old Street, Tower Bridge, Bricklayer's Arms Junction, Vauxhall Bridge, South Kensington, Paddington Station and Lord's Cricket Ground. Postcode districts and one-way streets are included on the street mapping. Other features include: The Congestion Charging Zone (CCZ) boundary which is shown on both scales of mapping and an overview map of the zone is also included The Greater London Low Emission Zone boundary is shown on the street mapping and an overview map of the zone is also included The Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) boundary There are eight pages of road mapping at 3 miles to 1 inch that cover much of the Home Counties area London Underground map London Rail Connections map West End Cinema and Theatre maps The index section of the atlas includes streets, places & areas, hospitals, industrial estates, selected flats & walkways, service areas, stations and selected places of interest. Please note hospitals and rail stations are now listed in the main index and highlighted in different colour. They are not included as a separate list as in previous editions. <br><br> Autorid: A-Z Maps <br>

Discover hidden gems around Oxford with 20 walking routes. Featuring 20 walks in and around the city, including lesser-known circuits and details on popular walks. Accompanied by guided walking instructions and written by a local expert, A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks is the perfect way to explore the city in a new light. Small enough to fit in a bag or pocket, this handy guidebook is ideal for tourists or locals looking to discover more about the city. Each route varies in length from 1 to 6 miles (1.6 to 9.6 km), and is clearly outlined on detailed A-Z street mapping. 20 walking routes with instructions and maps Full-colour photographs of hidden gems and city attractions Key sights and locations clearly marked on map Information such as start/finish points, nearest postcodes, distance and terrain included More from the A-Z Hidden Walks series: A-Z Birmingham Hidden Walks A-Z Bristol & Bath Hidden Walks A-Z Edinburgh Hidden Walks A-Z London Hidden Walks A-Z Oxford Hidden Walks A-Z York Hidden Walks A-Z Brighton Hidden Walks A-Z Cambridge Hidden Walks A-Z Manchester Hidden Walks A-Z Liverpool Hidden Walks <br><br> Autorid: Victoria Bentata Azaz, A-Z Maps <br>

The royal family is the original Coronation Street - a long-running soap opera with the occasional real coronation thrown in. Its members have become celebrities, like upmarket versions of film stars and footballers. But they have also become a byword for arrogance, entitlement, hypocrisy and indifference to the gigantic amount of public money wasted by them. ... And What Do You Do? is a hard-hitting analysis of the royal family, exposing its extravagant use of public money and the highly dubious behaviour of some among its ranks, whilst being critical of the knee-jerk sycophancy shown by the press and politicians. By turns irreverent and uncompromising, ... And What Do You Do? asks important questions about the future of the world's most famous royal family. <br><br> Autorid: Norman Baker <br>

"A chance meeting of a sewing machine and an umbrella. The impossible face-off between a whale and a polar bear. One was devised by Lautréamont; the other punctuated by Freud. Both are memorable. Why so? They certainly tickle something in us. Lacan says what it is. It's about man and woman. There is neither accord nor harmony between man and woman. Theres no programme, nothing has been predetermined: every move is a shot in the dark, which in modal logic is called contingency. There's no way out of it. Why is it so inexorable, that is, so necessary? It really has to be reckoned that this stems from an impossibility. Hence the theorem: 'There is no sexual relation.' The formula has become famous. In the place of what thereby punctures a hole in the real, there is a plethora of luring and enchanting images, and there are discourses that prescribe what this relation must be. These discourses are mere semblance, the artifice of which psychoanalysis has made apparent to all. In the twenty-first century, this is beyond dispute. Who still believes that marriage has a natural foundation? Since it's a fact of culture, one devotes oneself to inventing. One cobbles together different constructions from whatever one can. It may be better ... or worse. 'There is Oneness.' At the heart of the present Seminar, this aphorism, which hitherto went unnoticed, complements the 'there is no' of sexual relation, stating what there is. It should be heard as One-all-alone. Alone in jouissance (which is fundamentally auto-erotic) and alone in significance (outside any semantics). Here begins Lacan's late teaching. Everything he has already taught you is here, and yet everything is new, overhauled, topsy-turvy. Lacan had taught the primacy of the Other in the order of truth and the order of desire. Here he teaches the primacy of the One in its real dimension. He rejects the Two of sexual relation and that of signifying articulation. He rejects the Big Other, the fulcrum of the dialectic of the subject, disputing its existence, which he consigns to fiction. He depreciates desire and promotes jouissance. He rejects Being, which is mere semblance. Henology, the doctrine of the One, here outclasses ontology, the theory of Being. What about the symbolic order? Nothing more than the reiteration of the One in the real. Hence the abandoning of graphs and topological surfaces in favour of knots made of rings of string, each of which is an unlinked One. Recall that Seminar XVIII sighed for a discourse that would not be semblance. Well, with Seminar XIX, we have an attempt at a discourse that would take its point of departure in the real. The radical thought of modern Uni-dividualism." Jacques-Alain Miller <br><br> Autorid: Jacques Lacan, Jacques-Alain Miller <br>

Õpik " ... pooleks" on eesti keele B1-taseme õppekomplekti "Naljaga pooleks" teine osa. Õpikus on viis suurt teemat: "Lähme välja!", "Sooviksin aega kinni panna", "Räägi minuga!", "Mille üle te kaebate?", "Oi, kui ilus värv!". Õpikus on materjali vähemalt 120-tunnise keeleõppe jaoks. Arendatakse tasakaalustatult kõiki osaoskusi (kuulamist, lugemist, rääkimist, kirjutamist), grammatikat ja sõnavara. Õpikus on palju aktiivseid mängustatud ülesandeid, mis sobivad eriti hästi rühmas töötamiseks. Õpikus on ka süsteemsed grammatikaseletused ning eksamitüüpi ülesandeid. Õpik " ... pooleks" teeb keeleõppe rõõmsaks ning aitab õppijail eesti keelt kiiresti kasutama hakata. <br><br> Autorid: Mare Kitsnik <br>

Build cross-platform apps with .NET MAUI! This exciting new technology helps you create mobile and desktop apps using a common set of .NET tools.In .NET MAUI in Action you will learn how to: Set up your environment for cross-platform development Write an interactive UI in XAML using out-of-the-box controls Apply the MVVM pattern to build maintainable code Extend your control library with custom controls Structure your app using common navigation paradigms Use common device features like GPS Use DevOps tools to automate deployment and testing .NET MAUI in Action shows you how you can use the cutting-edge MAUI framework to write apps that will run on Windows, Android, macOS, and iOS platforms using your existing .NET development skills. This book reveals essential MAUI development techniques through hands-on example applications in every chapter. You’ll learn cross-platform development quickly as you start building your own rich apps, from to-do list apps, to a movie recommender app, and eventually a full-stack solution using enterprise architecture patterns. You’ll also learn how to use GitHub Actions to deploy robust, testable, and maintainable apps; and how to deliver a consistent look and feel across platforms. Throughout, you’ll use the built-in controls of .NET MAUI and learn how to develop your own custom solutions. Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications. Foreword by Kym Phillpotts. About the technology Write your app once and deploy it on mobile, desktop, web, and cloud with .NET MAUI. This powerful multi-platform App UI framework saves time and money by eliminating tedious platform-specific rewrites. You just define your project in straightforward XAML markup and C#, and MAUI generates the native applications for iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS. About the book .NET MAUI in Action teaches you how to build cross-platform applications using the .NET MAUI framework. You’ll explore compelling examples while you work your way up from “Aloha World” to a full-stack enterprise solution. Along the way, you’ll master the MVVM pattern and other essentials of mobile UI development. This practical book is perfect for .NET developers who have never created mobile apps. What's inside Write interactive UIs in XAML using out-of-the-box controls Extend your control library with custom controls Use common device features like GPS Automate deployment and testing About the reader For experienced .NET developers. No iOS or Android experience required. About the author Matt Goldman is a Solution Architect at SSW, a regular speaker at user groups and conferences, and maintains open source libraries for use in .NET MAUI apps. Table of Contents PART 1 - INTRODUCING .NET MAUI 1 Introducing .NET MAUI 2 Building a .NET MAUI app 3 Making .NET MAUI apps interactive PART 2 - VIEWS, LAYOUTS, AND CONTROLS 4 Controls 5 Layouts 6 Advanced layout concepts 7 Pages and navigation PART 3 - ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS AND PRACTICES 8 Enterprise app development 9 The MVVM Pattern 10 Styles, themes, and multiplatform layouts 11 Beyond the basics: Custom controls 12 Deploying apps to production with GitHub Actions <br><br> Autorid: Matt Goldman <br>

"Postscript backs up everything about a person into a file ready to be loaded into a printed body that offers one final chance to wrap up loose ends after they've died. Nat Winters has finally achieved something like a perfect life. No more scraping or getting by. She has a home, a husband, and a job turning into a career. When Nat's Postscript gets hacked and her file is torrented, her life gets set on fire by these tweaked copies of her running around the world, chasing down their own versions of her deferred dreams. As more of them begin coming to town, looking for her, Nat will be forced to confront a dozen different sides of herself and try to fix the mess they've made. But as she tries to contain things, Nat finds out there's a contingent of Blanksout there who want to hurt her, even kill her, on the orders of a mysterious enemy who is looking to make this identity theft permanent."-- Postscript backs up everything about a person into a file ready to be loaded into a printed body that offers one final chance to wrap up loose ends after they’ve died.Nat Winters has finally achieved something like a perfect life. No more scraping or getting by. She has a home, a husband, and a job turning into a career. When Nat’s Postscript gets hacked and her file is torrented, her life gets set on fire by these tweaked copies of her running around the world, chasing down their own versions of her deferred dreams. As more of them begin coming to town, looking for her, Nat will be forced to confront a dozen different sides of herself and try to fix the mess they’ve made. But as she tries to contain things, Nat finds out there’s a contingent of Blanks out there who want to hurt her, even kill her, on the orders of a mysterious enemy who is looking to make this identity theft permanent.Collects the Comixology Originals series .Self. <br><br> Autorid: Christopher Sebela, Cara McGee, Rebecca Nalty <br>

Rooted in the classical tradition of the Chinese reversible poem, / Return is engaged in the act of looking backtoward an imagined homeland and a childhood of suburban longing, through migratory passages, departures, and etymologies, and into the various holes and voids that appear in the telling and retelling of history. The poems ask: What is feeling? What is melancholy? Can language translate either? <br><br> Autorid: Emily Lee Luan <br>

Winning once is often achievable. Winning again and again, is where true greatness lies. Join The Nought Point One Academy to learn how to maintain an elite mindset to consistently deliver a high performance and avoid burnout. Performance facilitator and elite mindset coach Gareth Timmins was one of only 0.1% of Royal Marines Commando applicants to reach the end of the intensive and gruelling training, and to earn the coveted Green Beret, a world-renowned symbol of excellence. By drawing on his life experiences after reaching this elite status, his subsequent research into psychological theory and observations shared with him from many elite athletes, Timmins aims to break the commonly held assumption that people who achieve consistent successes, do so with ease, seemingly unaffected mentally or emotionally by the daily pulls of everyday life. This book deconstructs the attributes of a growth mindset, highlighting the positive and negative fluidity of thinking that can affect anyone - even at the highest level - if we don't actively manage our wellbeing. By exploring a series of mindset cycles with a raw and honest approach, you will better understand how to sustain mental toughness and high performance in a professional capacity at work or in sport, and avoid the cognitive pitfalls that can lead to goal derailment. In doing so, The Nought Point One Academy challenges the notion that 'resilience remains resilient'. Packed with proven, practical applications for building, maintaining and regaining cognitive performance, you can apply the lessons in the book to establish the correct prescription of thinking, avoid pitfalls and maintain successful professional outcomes for longer. Such an approach will not only help individuals to enhance their performance but enrich corporate and team environments too. <br><br> Autorid: Gareth Timmins <br>

Out of print for over forty years, The 007 Diaries introduces Roger Moores James Bond Diary to a new generation of fans. To tie in with the release of his first James Bond film, Live and Let Die, Roger Moore agreed to keep a day-by-day diary throughout the films production, which would be published just ahead of the premiere in July 1973. From his unveiling as the new 007 in 1972 through to his first scenes on location in New Orleans and his final shot in New York, Moore describes his whirlwind journey as cinemas most famous secret agent. Taking in the sights of Jamaica before returning to Pinewood Studios, Moores razor wit and unique brand of humour is ever present. With tales from every location, including his encounters with his co-stars and key crew members, Moore offers the reader an unusually candid, amusing and hugely insightful behind-the-scenes look into the worlds most successful film franchise. <br><br> Autorid: Roger Moore, David Hedison <br>

Teito Klein dreams of forgetting his past as an orphan and of graduating from the military academy with his friend, but when he overhears a state secret that causes him to recall treasonous memories, he flees to investigate his mysterious past. One evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops, and seven brave ghosts make for one fantastic adventure!All Teito Klein wants is to forget his murky past as an orphan and slave and to graduate from Barsburg’s military academy with his best friend Mikage. But when an overheard state secret triggers treasonous memories, he’s forced to flee from the very empire he once sought to defend! Deliberately leaving Mikage behind, Teito escapes to the Barsburg Church. There, with the help of its three bishops, he begins to unravel his role in the story of an evil god, seven ghosts, two rival empires, and his own mysterious past. Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences. <br><br> Autorid: Yuki Amemiya, Yukino Ichihara <br>

Using the military's laboratory, the Black Hawks plan to brainwash Teito into giving the evil death god Verloren tangible form, but when he finds the grave of his best friend, Teito begins to remember his true past. The paths of one evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops and seven brave ghosts converge in the destiny of Teito Klein, a boy who vows to master a powerful artifact known as the Eye of Mikael in order to lay bare the secrets of the world’s—and his own—murky past.Teito joins the Black Hawks, unaware it is the very organization that has conspired to ruin his soul, end his life and revive the evil death god Verloren inside him. Using the military’s sinister laboratory, they intend to brainwash Teito into reviving Verloren himself! But Teito’s true past resurfaces when he coincidentally attends the funeral of his best friend, Mikage. <br><br> Autorid: Yuki Amemiya, Yukino Ichihara <br>

The immortal struggle of good versus evil in a ghostly gothic adventure tale! The paths of one evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops and seven brave ghosts converge in the destiny of Teito Klein, a boy who vows to master a powerful artifact known as the Eye of Mikael in order to lay bare the secrets of the worldsand his ownmurky past. Brainwashed by the Barsburg Empire into believing hes the evil Ayanamis faithful servant, Teito prepares to attend Princess Oukas sixteenth birthday masquerade ball as her bodyguard. The Seven Ghosts are determined to kidnap Teito at the ball, but will their bond be strong enough to free him from Ayanamis grasp, much less the clutches of the darker shadow lurking in the palace? <br><br> Autorid: Yuki Amemiya, Yukino Ichihara <br>

Teito Klein dreams of forgetting his past as an orphan and of graduating from the military academy with his friend, but when he overhears a state secret that causes him to recall treasonous memories, he flees to investigate his mysterious past. One evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops, and seven brave ghosts make for one fantastic adventure!All Teito Klein wants is to forget his murky past as an orphan and slave and to graduate from Barsburg’s military academy with his best friend Mikage. But when an overheard state secret triggers treasonous memories, he’s forced to flee from the very empire he once sought to defend! Teito has regained his memories of hosting the Eye of Mikhail, a powerful artifact that has helped the Seven Ghosts keep the evil god Verloren at bay for thousands of years. To claim that power for themselves, the Barsburg Empire sends Teito a gift with bloody strings attached: Mikage. Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences. <br><br> Autorid: Yuki Amemiya, Yukino Ichihara <br>

One evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops and seven brave ghosts make for one fantastic adventure!The paths of one evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops and seven brave ghosts converge in the destiny of Teito Klein, a boy who vows to master a powerful artifact known as the Eye of Mikael in order to lay bare the secrets of the world’s—and his own—murky past. While Teito trains rigorously to pass the Bishop Examination and gain worldwide travel privileges, a crime perpetrated by one of Ayanami’s henchmen rocks the Barsburg Church. When Frau is framed, can Teito put aside his quest for answers to save the one person who has shown him the true meaning of sanctuary? Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences. <br><br> Autorid: Yuki Amemiya, Yukino Ichihara <br>

Teito must complete the Bishop examination to be granted travel privileges to find and reclaim the Eye of Mikael, when he comes face to face with his greatest adversary, Ayanami. One evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops and seven brave ghosts make for one fantastic adventure!The paths of one evil god, two rival empires, three unlikely bishops and seven brave ghosts converge in the destiny of Teito Klein, a boy who vows to master a powerful artifact known as the Eye of Mikael in order to lay bare the secrets of the world’s—and his own—murky past.Having lost the Eye of Mikael to Ayanami's Imperial Army, Teito is now in the midst of the Bishop Examination, a test that if passed will grant him the travel privileges he needs to reclaim the Eye. But during the examination he must face...Ayanami? Reads R to L (Japanese Style) for teen audiences. <br><br> Autorid: Yuki Amemiya, Yukino Ichihara <br>