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Rowing in Eden: Rereading Emily Dickinson Smith Martha Nell

Emily Dickinson wrote a letter to the world and left it lying in her drawer more than a century ago. This widely admired epistle was her poems, which were never conventionally published in book form during her lifetime. Since the posthumous discovery of her work, general readers and literary scholars alike have puzzled over this paradox of wanting to communicate widely and yet apparently refusing to publish. In this pathbreaking study, Martha Nell Smith unravels the paradox by boldly recasting two of the oldest and still most frequently asked questions about Emily Dickinson: Why didn't she publish more poems while she was alive? and Who was her most important contemporary audience? Regarding the question of publication, Smith urges a reconception of the act of publication itself. She argues that Dickinson did publish her work in letters and in forty manuscript books that circulated

There's No Plan B for Your A-Game: Be the Best in the World at What You Do Eason Bo

Now in paperback: the Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller.Can you become the best in the world at what you do? This book shows you how.At nine years old, Bo Eason set a goal: to become the best free safety in the NFL. A scrawny kid from a small town, he was at first rejected by both his high school and college teams. But he went all-in, was drafted by the Houston Oilers in 1984, and became an All-Pro. Then he set a new goal: to become a great stage actor, though he had no background in theater. But he rehearsed constantly, sought out Al Pacino for guidance, and then wrote and acted in a one-man play that The New York Times called "one of the most powerful plays in the last decade."Then he set yet another goal: to use his experience to teach others how to achieve their dreams. Bo Eason is now

Finding the Way Through Water Price Roland K

Why Karen Carpenter Matters Tongson Karen

A radical, literary and intimate insight into one of the twentieth century's most vital

How to Be Free from the Fear of Death Comfort Ray

Are you afraid of dying?Some people admit to their fear of death while others, not wanting to appear weak or vulnerable, lie awake at night silently suffering over thoughts of their mortality.In How to Be Free from the Fear of Death, Ray Comfort addresses the subject head on, providing insight on life's greatest problem: death. Overcome your fear as youunderstand why we suffer, age, and die,consider what happens next,recognize God's power over death,discover true freedom,develop habits to maintain your peace, and - share your newfound joy with others.You can experience the greatest comfort during your moment of greatest need. Rest peacefully knowing that death is not the end but a wonderful

Letter to My Son: Words of Wisdom, Advice and Lessons on Life from Parents Cheong Felix

Every boy goes through several rites of passage as he grows up to become a man. He learns from siblings, peers, teachers and other adults. But perhaps no one has as much influence over him as his parents. This is not surprising as they look after their son from a young age and build bonds of trust and love.In this collection edited by award-winning author Felix Cheong, parents (both fathers and mothers) write letters to their sons about the different roles they will go through as son, brother, husband and father. Here are life lessons about etiquette, manners, school life, courtship, marriage, work, responsibilities and everything else you can think of in-between.These mini-essays will show you, through the eyes of writers from all walks of life, the trial and trails of bringing up boys. Contributors include: P N Balji, Nizam Ismail, Darren Soh, Clement Mesenas, Kenny Chan, Olivier

The Lost Gospel Q: The Original Sayings of Jesus Borg Marcus

Discover the remarkable teachings of one of the most profound lost Gospels of the Bible, The Lost Gospel Q, with renowned authors Marcus Borg and Thomas Moore.The image of the historical Jesus takes form in the words of the Gospel Q. The Lost Gospel Q represents the very first Gospel, older than the traditional Gospels and written by Jesus' contemporaries. It preserves Jesus' original words -- the Sermon on the Mount, Beatitudes, the Lord's Prayer, parables, and his counsel for a compassionate life. The original of the Gospel Q was lost for 2,000 years, but for the past 170 years historians and theologians have been digging through the many layers of the New Testament to uncover one of the most remarkable lost Gospels of the

Wnei Di Fod yn Ffrind i Mi? / Will You Be My Friend? Bratney Sam Mc

Email Marketing: An Hour a Day Mullen Jeanniey

If the idea of starting an email marketing campaign overwhelms you, the authors of Email Marketing: An Hour a Day will introduce you to email marketing basics, demonstrate how to manage details and describe how you can track and measure results. Case studies, step-by-step guides, checklists, quizzes and hands-on tutorials will help you execute an email marketing campaign in just one hour a day. When you feel comfortable with the basics, learn how to use video and audio enabled email, implement tools like mobile devices and leverage social

Christmas Magic: Short Stories from Award-Winning Fantasy Writers Hartwell David G.

Collected by award-winning anthologist David G. Hartwell, here is a stockingful of classic Christmas fantasiesWonders abound at Christmas, and never more so than in this delightful collection of holiday stories by some of today's most gifted writers of fantasy and science-fiction. In this volume, Harlan Ellison, Alan Dean Foster, Kit Reed, Howard Waldrop, Donald Westlake, and many other science fiction and fantasy stars present their unique visions of Christmas.Toys come to life for one miraculous hour. A little girl sets forth on a quest to join Santa's elves. Talking animals, away in a manger, bring two lovers together, and a small boy discovers the secret of Santa's tenth reindeer. These and other stories raise Christmas spirits to fantastic new heights, and find unexpected twists and surprises in even the oldest of holiday traditions.Sorcery comes gift

Bay Area Figurative Art: 1950-1965 Jones Caroline A.

During the 1950s a few painters in the San Francisco Bay Area began to stage personal, dramatic defections from the prevailing style of Abstract Expressionism, creating what would come to be known as Bay Area Figurative Art. In 1949 David Park destroyed many of his nonobjective canvases and began a new style of consciously naive figuration. Soon Elmer Bischoff and Richard Diebenkorn joined Park and other painters such as Nathan Oliveira, Theophilus Brown, James Weeks, and Paul Wonner in the move away from abstraction and toward figurative subject matter. When artists such as Bruce McGaw, Manuel Neri, and Joan Brown emerged as a second generation of figurative artists, the momentum grew for a powerful new development in American painting.The achievement of Bay Area Figurative painters and sculptors has become directly relevant to current debates regarding abstraction and

#Metoo and Literary Studies: Reading, Writing, and Teaching about Sexual Violence and Rape Culture Holland Mary K.

Literature has always recorded a history of patriarchy, sexual violence, and resistance. Academics have been using literature to expose and critique this violence and domination for half a century. But the continued potency of #MeToo after its 2017 explosion adds new urgency and wider awareness about these issues, while revealing new ways in which rape culture shapes our everyday lives. This intersectional guide helps readers, students, teachers, and scholars face and challenge our culture of sexual violence by confronting it through the study of literature. #MeToo and Literary Studies gathers essays on literature from Ovid to Carmen Maria Machado, by academics working across the United States and around the world, who offer clear ways of using our reading, teaching, and critical practices to address rape culture and sexual violence. It also examines the promise and

There's a Dog in My Brain: Dog Show Disaster Green Caroline

The Future of Competitive Strategy: Unleashing the Power of Data and Digital Ecosystems Subramaniam Mohan

How legacy firms can combine their traditional strengths with the power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy for the digital era. <p/>How can legacy firms remain relevant in the digital era? In The Future of Competitive Strategy, strategic management expert Mohan Subramaniam explains how firms can leverage both their traditional strengths and the modern-day power of data and digital ecosystems to forge a new competitive strategy. Drawing on the experiences of a range of companies, including Caterpillar, Sleep Number, and Whirlpool, he explains how firms can benefit from data's enlarged role in modern business, develop digital ecosystems tailored to their unique business needs, and use new frameworks to harness the power of data for competitive advantage. <p/>Subramaniam presents digital ecosystems as a combination of production and consumption ecosystems, which can be used by legacy firms to unlock the value of data at various levels--from improving operational efficiencies to creating new data-driven services and transforming traditional products into digital platforms. He explores the ways sensors and the Internet of Things provide new kinds of customer data; presents the concept of digital competitors--other firms that have access to similar data; discusses the new digital capabilities that firms need to develop; and addresses privacy and security issues associated with data sharing. <p/>Who needs this book? Any firm that wants to revitalize traditional business models, offer a richer customer experience, and expand its competitive arena into new digital ecosystems.

Fashionquake: The Most Disruptive Moments in Fashion Young Caroline

Discover fashion that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when people take tradition and rip it up.FashionQuake introduces 50 pivotal momentsthat shook the world and changed mainstream fashion forever, telling the fascinating stories behind each piece's creation, reception and legacy.From awe-inspiring couture to protest T-shirts, bumster trousers to safety-pin dresses, this book profiles the cutting-edge of fashion, featuring enigmatic designers, risqu campaigns, surreal haute couture and radical clothing. By tracing the history of modern fashion via the pieces that steered away from the norm, Caroline Young tells us how we got to the here and now.This fascinating and deeply insightful book presents an alternative introduction to fashion

Foghorn Echoes Danny Ramadan Ramadan

Dance with the Devil: A Mercenary Librarians Novel Rocha Kit

USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Kit Rocha return to their explosive post-apocalyptic action/romance series, The Mercenary Librarians.POWER IS NEVER GIVEN, ONLY TAKENTobias Richter, the fearsome VP of Security of the TechCorps is dead. The puppetmaster is gone and the organization is scrambling to maintain control by ruthlessly limiting Atlanta's access to resources, hoping to quell rebellion. Our band of mercenary librarians have decided that the time for revolution has come.Maya uses her wealth of secrets to weaken the TechCorps from within. Dani strikes from the shadows, picking off the chain of command one ambush at a time. And Nina is organizing their community--not just to survive, but to fight back. When Maya needs to make contact with a sympathetic insider, Dani and Rafe are the only ones with the skill-set and

Mega dinosauři

o nejzajímavější ze světa dinosarů! Tato poutavá a zábavná kniha je plná zajímavostí o úžasném světě velkých dinosaurů, od hrozivého velociraptora a tyranosaura po obrněného ankylosaura či triceratopse.Edice MEGA KNIHY se vyznačuje srozumitelnými texty, které vytvořili odborníci tak, aby bylo čtení zábavné a podnětné a inspirovalo děti k dalšímu učení.

Yusuf Azeem Is Not a Hero Faruqi Saadia

At a time when we are all asking questions about identity, grief, and how to stand up for what is right, this book by the author of A Thousand Questions will hit home with young readers who love Hena Khan and Varian Johnson--or anyone struggling to understand recent U.S. history and how it still affects us today.Yusuf Azeem has spent all his life in the small town of Frey, Texas--and nearly that long waiting for the chance to participate in the regional robotics competition, which he just knows he can win.Only, this year is going to be more difficult than he thought. Because this year is the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, an anniversary that has everyone in his Muslim community on edge.With "Never Forget" banners everywhere and a hostile group of townspeople protesting the new mosque,

Historická letecká mapa mesta Banská Štiavnica a okolia z roku 1949 - Klaučo,Daniel Kubinský Michal

istorická letecká mapa je vzdelávacou a učebnou pomôckou pre prírodovedné predmety. Historická letecká mapa graficky a priestorovo zobrazuje krajinu mesta Banská Štiavnica a okolia z roku 1949. Ide o prelomové obdobie z pohľadu politických, sociálnych a ekonomických zmien v spoločnosti Slovenska. Historická letecká mapa je odvodeným produktom čierno-bielych leteckých meračských snímok z archívu Topografického ústavu v Banskej Bystrici. Obsah mapy je cenným zdrojom informácií o povrchu a objektoch, ktoré pretrvali desaťročia alebo sú už dávnou minulosťou.

American Slang, 4th Edition Kipfer Barbara Ann

With 1,500 new words and phrases, this abridged edition of the Dictionary of American Slang is the most buzzworthy, banging collection of colloquial American English--no jokeThis fully updated and abridged fourth edition of American Slang contains more than 1,500 new terms representing the variety and vigor of American slang, from "yada yada yada" to "yo momma." There's no better resource for those who are curious about language, fascinated by counterculture, or just completely confused when other people talk.Like previous editions, this edition features pronunciation guides, word origins, examples of appropriate usage as well as a helpful highlighting system that lets you know which terms should be used with caution, and never in polite company. Both an important archive of the way America is really talking and a lot of fun to read,

Beyond the Steppe Frontier

A comprehensive history of the Sino-Russian border, one of the longest and most important land borders in the worldThe Sino-Russian border, once the world's longest land border, has received scant attention in histories about the margins of empires. Beyond the Steppe Frontier rectifies this by exploring the demarcation's remarkable transformation--from a vaguely marked frontier in the seventeenth century to its twentieth-century incarnation as a tightly patrolled barrier girded by watchtowers, barbed wire, and border guards. Through the perspectives of locals, including railroad employees, herdsmen, and smugglers from both sides, Sren Urbansky explores the daily life of communities and their entanglements with transnational and global flows of people, commodities, and ideas. Urbansky challenges top-down interpretations by stressing the significance of the local

Chovateľská prax

Učebnica pomáha zvyšovať účinnosť odborného teoretického vzdelania a prispieva k pracovno-morálnej a ekologickej výchove žiakov. Obsah predmetu prax je v 1. a 2. ročníku pre všetky odborné zamerania spoločný, zacielený na získanie základných zručností a návykov a získanie kvalifikovaného prehľadu o celej poľnohospodárskej výrobe s rešpektovaním osobitostí jednotlivých odborných zameraní. V 3. a vo 4. ročníku je vytvorený aj časový priestor na nácvik činností vyplývajúcich z náplne odborných voliteľných predmetov.Praktickú prípravu zabezpečuje učebná prax, odborná a individuálna prax, ktorá je zacielená na vzdelávanie žiakov v praktických činnostiach odboru štúdia. Ide o získanie, rozvoj a upevňovanie odborných zručností, návykov a o utváranie odborných postojov i názorov vo vzťahu žiakov k odboru štúdia, ale aj k budovaniu vzťahu žiakov k plneniu si pracovných povinností a pocitu zodpovednosti za zverené hodnoty a výsledky svojej činnosti. Aby absolvent vzdelávacieho programu spoľahlivo preukázal výkon v tejto vzdelávacej oblasti, tak musí disponovať stanovenými štandardmi a ovládať učivo predpísané výkonovými a obsahovými štandardmi v rozsahu daného odboru, príp. jeho odborného zamerania.Žiaci si v predmete prax osvoja pracovné techniky a technologické postupy, získajú základné skúsenosti z organizácie pracovných postupov, spôsobov riadenia menších pracovných tímov, naučia sa posudzovať namáhavosť a zložitosť pracovných úkonov a hodnotiť kvalitu práce. Súčasne získavajú návyky v dodržiavaní zásad hygieny, ochrany zdravia pri práci, životného prostredia a návyky celkového ekologického správania.

Spaceboy - David Walliams, Adam Stower ilustrátor

Go back to the Space Race with No.1 bestselling author David Walliams for a breathless cinematic adventure full of mystery, action, laughs and surprises - and a secret that could change the course of history...America. The 1960s.Stuck on a remote farm with her awful aunt, twelve-year-old orphan Ruth spends every night gazing at the stars, dreaming of adventure.One night she spots a flying saucer blazing across the sky... before crash-landing in a field. When the spaceship opens and reveals a mysterious alien, all Ruth's dreams come true.But does this visitor from another planet have a giant secret?Spaceboy is a hilarious and action-packed tale for readers in any solar system.

Deleuzes Philosophical Lineage Jones Graham

This book aims to challenge the current orthodoxy concerning how Deleuze's work is viewed, whilst also bringing illumination to bear on areas of his work that too often seem obscure, even

Fundamentals of Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials Bunsell A. R.

Fibre reinforced composite materials are showing sustained growth in an ever widening range of applications from food trays to spacecraft as well as contributing to resolving environmental problems, including enabling the forthcoming hydrogen economy to be realised. This second edition of Fundamentals of Fibre Reinforced Composite Materials has been fully updated throughout, providing an authoritative and modern introduction to the topic with a brief history of composite development, a review of composite applications, manufacture and markets, types of fibres and matrices used, and their properties with a detailed introduction into the computer simulation of composite behaviour. With extensive sets of sample problems accompanying each chapter, this book is ideally suited to undergraduate and graduate students of materials science, structural, mechanical, and aeronautical

Indigenous Religious Traditions in 5 Minutes Bassett Molly H.

Indigenous Religious Traditions in Five Minutes answers many of the questions that come to mind when we think about the religious lives of Native and Indigenous peoples of the world. Suitable for beginning students and the general reader, this book offers more than eighty brief essays about specific Indigenous religious traditions and the array of ideas, practices, and beliefs that many people associate with them.Do Indigenous peoples have "gods"?What is shamanism?What's the difference between Vodou, Voudou, and Voodoo?Why do some Indigenous people insist that what they practice is not religion?Is paganism considered an Indigenous religious tradition?Do Indigenous peoples believe plants, animals, and waters have personhood?Can I convert to or practice an Indigenous religious tradition if I am not an

The Jacobite Rebellion: 1745-46 Fremont-Barnes Gregory

With updates from the author, specially commissioned maps, and 30 new images, this is a concise overview of the Jacobite rising of 1745.The Jacobite Rebellion is one of history's most heavily romanticized and mythologized campaigns. Led by the charismatic Bonnie Prince Charlie and fought in the main by clansmen loyal to the Stuarts, the revolt initially saw government forces outmanoeuvred and outfought before the Prince's march on London was halted at Derby. But the following spring, pursued back into the Highlands by the Duke of Cumberland, the Prince's army made its doomed last stand on the moor of Culloden. Dr Gregory Fremont-Barnes examines this key turning point in British history, analysing the dynastic struggles of two royal houses, the Rebellion's manoeuvres and battles and the tragic aftermath for the Highlands.Updated and revised, with full-colour maps and

Norfolk Sinclair Jo

Pinpointing favourite treks, rambles and family trips, these 40 walks visit Norfolk in all its variety. From wild and windswept coast, Fens and Breckland to sheltered inland woods, broads and valleys, they offer geographical impact and a strong sense of

Wonder Hunt: A Seek-And-Find Bingo Adventure Redmond Lea

Wonder Hunt is an epic treasure hunt that will change how the elementary school crowd sees and experiences the things, beings, and places around them.Part game, part nature journal, part creative scrapbook, part meditation, Wonder Hunt will change how kids, and their families, see and value the world around them. A delightful game of bingo combined with a field journal encourages moving through everyday life with curiosity. A 500-item treasure hunt encourages players to see, think, and ask questions--to wonder--and offers a playful way to look up from screens, be present, and interpret the world through personal writing and drawings. Our guide, Aunt Lea, has curated 20 thematic chapters, each with a first-person introduction and 25-item bingo board. A pocket holds the "chips" (numbered stickers) to mark the board as each item is found. Lightweight, flexible,