Celeste Price is an eighth-grade English teacher in suburban Tampa. She is attractive. She drives a red Corvette. Her husband, Ford, is rich, square-jawed and devoted to her. But Celeste has a secret. She has a singular sexual obsession - fourteen-year-old boys.
Perfect for anyone playing the Six soundtrack on repeat who wants to discover more about the six wives of Henry VIII This is an edge-of-your-seat reimagining of the romance and tragedy that defined them, told from multiple point
Based on the Simontons' experience with hundreds of patients at their world-famous Cancer Counseling and Research Center, "Getting Well Again" introduces the scientific basis for the "will to live." In this revolutionary book the Simontons profile the typical "cancer personality": how an individual's reactions to stress and other emotional factors can contribute to the onset and progress of cancer -- and how positive expectations, self-awareness, and self-care can contribute to survival. This book offers the same self-help techniques the Simonton's patients have used to successfully to reinforce usual medical treatment -- techniques for learning positive attitudes, relaxation, visualization, goal setting, managing pain, exercise, and building an emotional support system.
May 1937. A man waits in a Leningrad apartment block to be taken away to the Big House. Any celebrity he has known is of no use to him now. And few who are taken to the Big House ever return. Art and Power collide in Julian Barnes's first novel since the Booker-winning THE SENSE OF AN ENDING.
Gather Your Art Journal Supplies: Journal Pens Paint Courage! Discover the techniques and courage you need to journal bravely! With Dina's help, you'll begin by working through any fears you have of using your own handwriting. You'll get journaling prompts and techniques to help you develop a handwriting style you'll love and words you'll want to write! Then, you'll move onto drawing: you'll learn not only how to train your hand, but also how to appreciate your own unique drawing ability. As you continue through the eight chapters, you will learn additional mixed-media techniques to help you overcome your fears of new materials, using photos of yourself, creating layers, working without a plan and much more. Put your worries aside and create fearlessly! You'll find: Eight common journaling fears dispelled Twenty techniques to give you art journal courage Dozens of colorful art journal pages to inspire your own art
This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual exercises. Hadota s book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, above all else a way of seeing and of being in the world.
EXCLUSIVE DELUXE EDITION--featuring stunning shamrock green sprayed edges!It's enemies to lovers in this sexy and delightful holiday mash up that pairs the spare prince of Christmas with the crown prince of St. Patrick's Day!Someone has been stealing Christmas's joy, and there's only one clue to the culprit-a single shamrock. With Coal busy restructuring Christmas-and their dad now having a full midlife crisis in the Caribbean-Kris volunteers to investigate St. Patrick's Day. His cover: an ambassador from Christmas to foster goodwill. What could go wrong? Everything, it seems. Because Prince Lochlann Patrick, Crown Prince of St. Patrick's Day, happens to be the mysterious student that Kris has been in a small war with at Cambridge. They attempt to play nice for the tabloids, but Kris can't get through one conversation without wanting to smash Loch's face in-he's infuriating, stubborn, loud, obstinate, hot- Wait-hot? Kris might be in some trouble. Especially when it turns out that the mystery behind Christmas's stolen magic isn't as simple as an outright theft. But why would a Holiday that Christmas has never had contact with, one that's always been the very basis of carefree, want to steal joy? Can a spare prince even hope to unravel all this, or will Kris lose something way more valuable than his Holiday's resources-like his heart?
Beline Carbon kaitseümbris on valmistatud kõrgeima kvaliteediga materjalidest. Sobib telefonile ideaalselt ning kergelt ümarad servad kaitsevad seadet kukkumise korral. Korpus on tehtud kvaliteetsetest materjalidest, mis muudab selle vastupidavaks kahjustustele ja pakub täiustatud kriimustuskaitset.
Beline Clear kaitseümbris on valmistatud kõrgeima kvaliteediga materjalidest. Sobib hästi telefoni külge ning veidi ümarad servad kaitsevad seadet kukkumisel. Korpus on valmistatud kvaliteetsetest materjalidest, mis muudab selle vastupidavaks kahjustustele ning pakub täiustatud kriimustuskaitset.
Beline nahast kaitseümbris on valmistatud kvaliteetsetest materjalidest. Sobib hästi telefoni külge ning kergelt ümarad servad kaitsevad seadet kukkumise korral. Korpus on vastupidav kahjustustele ja pakub tõhusat kriimustuskaitset.
Beline nahast kaitseümbris on valmistatud kvaliteetsetest materjalidest. Sobib hästi telefoni külge ning veidi ümarad servad kaitsevad seadet kukkumisel. Korpus on vastupidav kahjustustele ja pakub tõhusat kriimustuskaitset.
"In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Admadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations, and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation andresistance. Representing the culmination of over 40 years of ground-breaking work on notions of matriarchy at the intersection of the Igbo-African universe and the Western capitalist reality, Amadiume sets forth a blueprint for a bold new matriarchitarianism, critiquing all forms of social injustice with a shared matriarchal-relational humanism. In each chapter of the book, Amadiume applies these principles to a dazzling array of subjects: from religious leadership, kinship and family relations, to sexuality, creative writing and matters of conscience in race, class and gender. African Possibilities explodes our notions of matriarchy into original and compelling arguments, and offers a radical alternative approach to the world's entrenched injustices"-- In this latest book by the award-winning author of the hugely influential Male Daughters, Female Husbands, Ifi Amadiume propels gender relations beyond dichotomies and discriminations, and towards a power-sharing argument in discourse, contestation and resistance.Representing the culmination of over 40 years of ground-breaking work on notions of matriarchy at the intersection of the Igbo-African universe and the Western capitalist reality, Amadiume sets forth a blueprint for a bold new matriarchitarianism, critiquing all forms of social injustice with a shared matriarchal-relational humanism. In each chapter of the book, Amadiume applies these principles to a dazzling array of subjects: from religious leadership, kinship and family relations, to sexuality, creative writing and matters of conscience in race, class and gender. African Possibilities explodes our notions of matriarchy into original and compelling arguments, and offers a radical alternative approach to the world's entrenched injustices.
During a summer festival in an English spa town Miles Quentin, a distinguished actor, and his devoted wife become friendly with the local MP Geoffrey Thornton, and his young daughters Robin and Kit. All of these attractive, intelligent and busy people seem untroubled at first. But the surface of their lives conceals problems which start to come to light after the Quentin's return to their London theatre world and the Thornton's to their Westminster home. This leads to an unconventional love story in which loyalty may prove more important than love. It Ends with Revelations deals with complex issues of love and commitment, while retaining elements of the light hearted comedy of I Capture The Castle and the nostalgic charm of The Town in Full Bloom. As ever, the vivacity of Dodie Smith's writing and the warmth of her characters will keep readers guessing until the last page.
The Midnight Fox is an atmospheric and heartfelt story, and one of Betsy Byars' best-loved classics. And then, this afternoon,' Uncle Fred said to me, 'you and I'll go after the fox.' Tom, a town boy, is horrified when his parents tell him he has to stay on Aunt Millie's farm while they are away. He finds country life every bit as strange and uncomfortable as he feared. But soon, he discovers a rare black fox with green eyes, living with her cubs in the forest. Suddenly, the summer is full of excitement. That is, until Uncle Fred decides to go after the fox - will Tom save her and her family in time? 'I would recommend this book to anyone who loves animals and an adventure story.' Josh, age 10, Toppsta 'A stand-out.' Kirkus
Aquí mataron gente por sacar la bandera / Por eso es que ahora yo la llevo donde quiera. (Here they killed people for taking out the flag / that's why I bring it anywhere I want now.)LA MuDANZA Global superstar Bad Bunny, born Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, like many other Puerto Ricans, has lived a life marked by public crisesblackouts, hurricanes, political corruption and oppression, among othersthat have exposed the ongoing impacts of colonialism in Puerto Rico. Offering a portrait of the past and future of Puerto Rican resistance through one of its loudest and proudest voices, P FKN R draws on interviews with musicians, politicians, and journalists as well as ethnographic research to set Bad Bunny and Puerto Rican resistance in an historical, political, and cultural context. Authors Vanessa Díaz and Petra Rivera-Rideau creators of the Bad Bunny Syllabus demonstrate Bad Bunnys place in a long tradition of infusing joy and protest into music and honor the many, evolving forms of daily resistance to oppression and colonialism that are part of Puerto Rican life. Autorid: Vanessa Díaz, Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
In her first solo memoir, a New York Times best-selling author invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her story, and helps shine a light on the beauty of our own, guiding us to release the weights that hold us back so we may live and share our story in truth. ""I thought I'd found myself in a world that, in order for me to fit into it, I had to fold myself up and break myself down. But it's a tight squeeze in a box that's only good for hiding."--Joanna Gaines"-- AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERImagine if all the worn-out, untrue, painful chapters of our lives started to quiet, and the beautiful, unique pieces of who we are were to rise. Imagine if the stories we tell brought us back to our true selves, back to one another. Imagine if they spoke of how we loved and lost and tried our best. How we saw it all, even the parts that hurt. Joanna Gaines' new book, The Stories We Tell, invites us on an authentic and deeply vulnerable journey into her storyand helps shine a light on the beauty of our ownguiding us to release the weights that hold us back so we may live and share our story in truth. We've all dropped anchor in places that suited us for a time: a city, a perspective, a lie we mistook as truth. This book is an invitation to a kind of life where you know how to hold what you believeabout yourself and the quiet worlds behind the people you passwith gracious and open hands. To see your story as greater than any past or future thing, but for all the beauty and joy and hope it holds today. Its an invitation to take stock of the chapters youve livedthe good and the bad, the beautiful and the uglyglean whats gold, and carry only that forward. Let it slow your feet and steady your life-in-motion so you can see where you stand today from a new point of view. No longer through weary or uncertain eyes, but a lens brimming with hope. "The only way to break free was to rewrite my story. Because something would happen every time my pen stopped: It was like my soul was coming back to my body. Like the deepest parts of me that got knocked around and drowned out by all the crap I let the world convince me about who I was came back to the surface. And what was left was only what was real and true. I was, finally, standing in the fullness of my story. I felt hopeful. I felt full. Our story may crack us open, but it also pieces us back together. We all have a story to tell. This happens to be mineevery chapter a window into who I am, the journey Im on, and the season Im in right now. Because this is my story, maybe you wont always relate, or maybe it will feel like youre looking in a mirror. Whatever we have in common and whatever differences lie between us, I only hope my story can help shine a light on the beauty of yours. That my own soul work will stir something of your own. And that by the time you get to the end of my story, youre also holding the beautiful beginnings of your own. A story only you can tell. And I hope that you will."-Joanna 'I thought I'd found myself in a world that, in order for me to fit into it, I had to fold myself up and break myself down. But it's a tight squeeze in a box that's only good for hiding.' Autorid: Joanna Gaines
Take Rice from Side Dish to Star of the ShowBestselling author of the This Is a Book About series Brendan Pang is back with all new creative takes on the humble grain, from rice bowls to soups and even desserts! Inspired by the best rice dishes from around the world, as well as his own cultural and culinary background, these recipes are guaranteed to please your taste buds and up your cooking game. Standout dishes include:- Thai Pineapple Fried Rice- Hawaiian Brown Rice Salmon Poke Bowl - Korean Chewy Rice Cakes (Tteokbokki) - Spanish Seafood Paella- Mauritian Beef and Potato Biryani- Glazed Japanese Mochi Donuts- Australian Chocolate Crackles (Rice Puff Slice)With tips for cooking the perfect pot of rice every time, youll never end up with mushy, starchy rice againno matter the type of rice or the cooking vessel. And with 60 irresistible recipes, this love letter to everyones favorite grain is sure to keep you coming back for more. Autorid: Brendan Pang
'A masterful introduction to the state of the art in managerial decision-making. Surprisingly, it is also a pleasure to read Daniel Kahneman, author of Thinking, Fast and Slow A lively, research-based tour of nine common decision-making traps and practical tools for avoiding them from a professor of strategic thinking We make decisions all the time. It's so natural that we hardly stop to think about it. Yet even the smartest and most experienced among us make frequent and predictable errors. So, what makes a good decision? Should we trust our intuitions, and if so, when? How can we avoid being tripped up by cognitive biases when we are not even aware of them? You're About to Make a Terrible Mistake! offers clear and practical advice that distils the latest developments in behavioural economics and cognitive psychology into actionable tools for making clever, effective decisions in business and beyond. Autorid: Olivier Sibony
Paint the Wonders of NatureBring planet Earths most iconic natural beauties to life with this comprehensive watercolor guide. Led by artist and instructor Anastasiia Morozova, create realistic paintings with step-by-step guidance. Explore all seven continents as you paint subjects both big and small, from Red-Eyed Tree Frogs and Luna Moths to Amur Tigers and Humpback Whales. Explore majestic animals like Giraffes and Giant Pandas or discover the stunning beauty of Sakura flowers, dazzling African Jewel Beetles, and otherworldly Cassowaries.In each tutorial, Anastasiia expertly explains the entire process of rendering lifelike flowers, fruits, and captivating creatures, breaking complex subjects into simple shapes and adding dimension with nuanced color mixes and fine lines. With her detailed instruction, ample step-by-step illustrations, and individual swatches, beginner and intermediate watercolorists alike will be shocked by their results. Get ready to revolutionize your skills and embark on the around-the-world watercolor adventure of a lifetime! Autorid: Anastasiia Morozova
Vileda Sensitive kummikindad igapäevaste kergete kodutööde jaoks. Kummikindad on Comfort Plus puuvill-vooderdusega, mis vähendab käte higistamist ja hoiab käed kuivad. Suurus nr 9.
