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Readers of Heather Morris's The Tattooist of Auschwitz and watchers of The Queen's Gambit won't want to miss this amazing debut set during World War II. A young Polish resistance worker, imprisoned in

A PopSugar Best Book of the Year!Readers of Heather Morris?s The Tattooist of Auschwitz and watchers of The Queen?s Gambit won?t want to miss this amazing debut set during World War II. A?young Polish resistance worker, imprisoned in Auschwitz as a political prisoner, plays chess in exchange for her life, and in doing so fights to bring?the man who destroyed her family to justice.Maria Florkowska is many things: daughter, avid chess player, and, as a member of the Polish underground resistance in Nazi-occupied Warsaw, a young woman brave beyond her years.?Captured by the Gestapo, she is imprisoned in Auschwitz, but while her family is sent to their deaths, she is spared. Realizing her ability to play chess, the sadistic camp deputy, Karl Fritzsch, decides to use her as a chess opponent to entertain the camp guards. However, once he tires of exploiting her skills, he has every intention of killing her.Befriended by a Catholic priest, Maria attempts to overcome her grief, vows to avenge

This book explores the role that the language of international law plays in constructing understandings - or narratives - of hunger in the context of climate change. The story is told through a specific case study of genetically engineered seeds purportedly made to be 'climate-ready'. Two narratives of hunger run through the storyline: the prevailing neoliberal narrative that focuses on increasing food production and relying on technological innovations and private sector engagement, and the oppositional and aspirational food sovereignty narrative that focuses on improving access to and distribution of food and rejects technological innovations and private sector engagement as the best solutions. This book argues that the way in which voices in the neoliberal narrative use international law reinforces fundamental assumptions about hunger and climate change, and the way in which voices in the food sovereignty narrative use international law fails to question and challenge these assumpti

It is only natural for someone in pain to attend to the body part that hurts. Yet this book tells the story of persistent pain having negative effects on brain function. The contributors, all leading

Looking behind the scenes at the personalities and policies of such venerable institutions as the Federal Arts Project and the Museum of Modern Art, A. Joan Saab discerns a broad-based democratic mod

In Modern and Contemporary Political Theater from the Levant, A Critical Anthology, Robert Myers and Nada Saab analyze the region’s political theater through translations of five plays by significant

Offers a collection of nutritious recipes for children, along with a guide on pediatric nutrition, advice on what foods to feed children at particular ages, and a discussion about nutritional ailments

A guide to feeding babies and toddlers. Written by experts it includes nutritional information, common sense guidelines, info on vegetarian diets, snacks, teeth, allergies and more. The fully updated

Expert nutritional advice and tasty recipes for a healthy pregnancy. Pregnancy is not a time for guesswork about nutrition. Expecting women have specific nutritional needs and will find it useful t

Little Lola is curious about everything! So when she chances upon a dance performance, you can bet she wants to be part of the show, too! Yes, she's a cat. (And when was the last time you saw a cat on

Little Lola loves everything! So when she discovers school, you can be sure that she'll love every minute of it. Yes, she's a cat. (And when was the last time you saw a cat in school?) But being a cat