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十二歲的 Aku 是個愛做白日夢的太空迷。在學校常感到不安、甚至遭遇霸凌的他，最自在的地方是天文館。當外婆過世，留給他一頂太空人頭盔時，「本書」的冒險就此展開——這頂頭盔竟能帶他穿越元宇宙，往返地球與神祕星球 Ibra。在那裡沒有霸凌，他可以成為最真實的自己，還結識了外星朋友。然而，穿越也撕開宇宙裂縫，引來士兵入侵，奪走珍貴的 lunaberry。若 Aku 無法補救，整個星球將陷入危機。作者 Micah Johnson 以自身創造的 3D 角色 Aku 為原點，展開系列起始篇。Aku 曾登上《TIME》雜誌封面，成為文化現象。《Kirkus》與《School Library Journal》皆肯定其節奏明快、兼具真實成長議題與科幻張力。這是一則關於勇氣與想像的起飛故事。When 12-year-old daydreamer Aku inherits an astronaut helmet from his dead grandmother, he gains the power to transport himself throughout the metaverse. Now, he has no choice but to become the space hero he always wanted to be. Aku loves space. He loves playing space-themed role-playing games with his best friends, Benji and Trae, and he dreams of becoming an astronaut. Otherwise insecure--especially at school, where he's bullied--Aku is most comfortable at the local planetarium. So, when his grandmother dies and leaves him an astronaut helmet, Aku thinks it's the coolest thing ever. ...scratch that... Discovering that the helmet can transport him thr

An orphan girl discovers she has dragon blood--the key to immortality. Hunted by an evil necromancer, she must learn to control her emerging powers if she is going to stop him."A hero forged in fiercest flame, A child of iron and pain. By blood shall heal and chasm seal A kingdom torn in twain."--The Final Prophecy from the Tome of Terrible Tomorrows* *Also known as Odolf's prophecy. (But only by Odolf!)All the best stories and adventures start with a knock at the door... Or the thwump of a dragon's tail at the entrance to her cave, in the case of Emba Oak. But then nothing about Emba's story is normal; from the scales on her arms and legs, to the shocking discovery that she hatched out of a dragon's egg. Even more shocking is the news that an evil sorcerer is after her dragon blood and will do anything to get his hands on it. Can Emba keep herself safe or will her loved ones pay the price?

From the playground to the premier league, Leo K. Doyle has dodged and dribbled his way to soccer stardom...but is he prepared to represent his country at the Cup of Nations? Leo has big, dragon slaying, soccer pro sensation level dreams. But the Cup of Nations? As a team USA player? The biggest, scariest dream of all, even for a Youth Premier League star. But Leo is up for the challenge......or so he thinks. Terrible team chemistry, competition stress, and only a few weeks to prepare seem to spell disaster for Leo and his so called "teammates." It doesn't help that the United States is this year's host nation, and the pressure is on to make a good showing. Will Leo and his teammates flame out, or rally themselves to scorch the competition?For premier fans and soccer enthusiasts, T.Z. Layton's sensational fifth book in The Academy series is perfect for middle grade readers and sports fans ages 7-13.Keep score with the other books in The Academy series: The AcademyThe Academy II: The Jo

Things don't look good for Icarus and his dad. They're imprisoned in a tower inside a maze on a rocky island. Can a daring idea fly them both to freedom? This colorfully illustrated adaptation of the classic story from Ancient Greece has been specially written for young readers who have just started to read alone.

Discover the enchanting world of Little Sticker Dolly Dressing! This delightful sticker book is full of well-known characters. Use the stickers to dress Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and her Prince, Snow White and Cinderella, and lots of other familiar fairytale figures. There are over 150 stickers of clothes, as well as lots of animals and flowers to decorate the scenes. . The number 1 bestselling sticker series with characters to dress and colorful scenes to decorate. Over 200 stickers in every book! . With 12 scenes to complete. Easy to remove perforated sticker pages for decorating each scene . Hours of enjoyment to stimulate any child's imagination . Develop children's concentration and fine motor skills. Ideal for ages 5+. 44 pages of screen-free fun!

This scratch activity book is filled with amazing butterflies and inviting patches to scratch. Using the wooden scraper provided, scratch off whole patches to reveal hidden details, or scratch lines and patterns to create your own designs. - Every scratch art page has a facing page of butterfly-themed coloring and puzzles.- Easy and relaxing, with satisfying results guaranteed.- Double-ended wooden scraper tool included.

A fun wipe-clean book, full of exciting pirate puzzles to help pre-k children practice their pen control skills - essential when they are learning to write. Pirate-themed activities include counting gold coins, joining the dots to make a pirate ship and finding the way through a maze to reach the buried treasure. The special wipe-clean pen means that children can get lots of practice and return to their favorite activities again and again. The perfect way for young children starting school to develop their counting, observation and pen control skills.

Discover the enchanting world of Little Sticker Dolly Dressing! This magical little activity book is full of fairies to dress and scenes to decorate. Have fun adding the stickers as the fairies gather berries, fly across a moonlit sky, dance with snowflakes and play among the treetops. There are over 200 stickers of their clothes, as well as lots of treetop creatures. . The number 1 bestselling sticker series with characters to dress and colorful scenes to decorate. Over 200 stickers in every book! . With 12 scenes to complete. Easy to remove perforated sticker pages for decorating each scene . Hours of enjoyment to stimulate any child's imagination . Develop children's concentration and fine motor skills. Ideal for ages 5+. 44 pages of screen-free fun!

Introduce your little artist to the magic of paint with water using this water coloring book, a delightful and reusable water coloring pad designed just for kids! From renowned artist Sarah Simon (@themintgardener), author of the bestselling Watercolor Workbook series, this special kid-friendly series allows children to paint alongside their parents, creating colorful masterpieces together. With Watercolor with Me, your child will love bringing simple line drawings to life with a splash of water. Each page transforms into a vibrant scene when wet, making it easy for young artists to explore their creativity without any mess. Features: 6 Reusable Coloring Pages: Six coloring pages turn from black and white to brilliant hues with just a touch of water. Once dry, the pages return to their original state, ready to be painted again and again.Kid-Friendly Water Pen: The chunky, easy-to-fill water pen is perfect for little hands, ensuring a comfortable grip and easy use. Plus, it conveniently

Whose truth is the lie? Stay up all night reading the sensational psychological thriller that has readers obsessed--soon to be a major motion picture starring Anne Hathaway and Dakota Johnson--from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Too Late and It Ends With Us. Now including beautifully designed and full color inside covers and sprayed edges--for a limited time only. #1 New York Times Bestseller - USA Today Bestseller - Globe and Mail Bestseller - Publishers Weekly Bestseller Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinishe

Sometimes love sends you back to the drawing boardAfter a traumatic accident threatens the foundations of their happy marriage, a couple tries to rebuild and find their way back to each other - and themselves - in this tender, slow-burn romance by the bestselling author of Ready or Not and Promise Me Sunshine.Roz and Vin can’t look each other in the eyes anymore, let alone share a bed. It’s been a year since they survived a life-altering accident and their marriage hasn’t been the same. But Roz has held out hope they can fix things…until she discovers Vin signed a new lease. So she does what any soon-to-be-divorced Manhattanite would do: sign up for figure drawing class.Between Roz's determined attempts to improve her artistic skills and her adventures with her best friend Raffi, she can almost ignore Vin’s impending move-out date and his footsteps in their previously unoccupied guest room. But it would all be a lot easier if Vin wasn’t Raffi’s older brother, and if she didn’t still fi

This limited special paperback edition features gorgeous sprayed edges. From the New York Times bestselling author of When the Moon Hatched comes this explosive sequel following To Bleed a Crystal Bloom--a dark fantasy inspired by Rapunzel, full of immersive imagery and breathtaking angst, perfect for fans of Sarah J. Maas and Jennifer L. Armentrout.I want him to hurt. To bleed.I want him to snap, just like he snapped me.Once upon a time, my world was small and sheltered. Everything changed the moment I stepped over my Safety Line, barreling towards a coupling with a man I hardly know.He wants me. All of me.Dunked in a charged political pit, I must secure the ships needed to quell the spill of murderous beasts still flooding the continent. But one wrong move could spur the war I've worked so hard to avoid.I'll wear the dress and the cupla and the shoes. I'll do it all with a smile on my face. Because everyone's watching.He's watching--hunting a fissure in my frosty shield, trying to sc

Noel Croucher was a legend in his own time – a raconteur, yet a recluse, conventional yet eccentric, extremely rich yet mean to himself. And all the while, he had a secret penchant for philanthropy. From simple beginnings in England, he arrived in Hong Kong at the turn of the century to live through eight decades of change on the China Coast. Mystery surrounded Noel Croucher. Seen as tightfisted by some yet loved by others, he endowed Hong Kong with its richest academic charity in the Croucher Foundation. He became Commodore of the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and Chairman of the Stock Exchange. To many, he was a throwback to the glory days of empire. Yet he battled prejudice to get ahead in the colony. That era has now passed. This fresh look at the lives lived on the Coast – through Noel Croucher’s life story – brings out the realities of those times. Hundreds of interviews, thousands of letters and extensive research in Britain and Hong Kong, together with access to the unique Carl

The Son of the Demon Rises--Superman's Rage Unleashed Absolute Superman Vol. 2: Son of the Demon continues Jason Aaron and Rafa Sandoval's bold reimagining of the Man of Steel in a world that fears his power--and may soon feel its wrath. As Kal-El is hunted, manipulated, and pushed to the edge, the mysterious Omega Men arrive with a terrifying proposition: unleash your full power, or watch the world burn. With Smallville under siege and his past haunting him, Superman must decide what kind of god he will become. Available in both hardcover and softcover editions. Collects issues #7-14.

A chance meeting on a train to Tokyo sends two girls named Nana on a collision course with destiny! After a string of epic romantic failures, Nana Komatsu is ready to take control of her life and get a clean start in the big city. After prioritizing her musical ambitions over love, Nana Osaki is ready to stomp her way to the top of Tokyo's punk scene. With determination in their hearts and dreams in their eyes, these two women are ready to take the world by storm! But first, they need a place to live. Roommates, anyone? Nana's band Blast is taking off in a big way--from sold-out club dates to potential record deals. But despite all their amazing successes, Nana still feels the threat of Trapnest looming over her. So when Hachi wants to drag Nana to a Trapnest concert in the not-so-secret hope that it will lead to a reconciliation with Ren, she isn't sure if she's ready to see him, let alone if she wants him back. What she does know is that when the Trapnest bassist starts to put the mo

A Buddhist monk practices calligraphy every single day--calming his heart and bringing an unexpected gift to a nearby city.As rain falls, Old Monk invites Little Monk to practice calligraphy. "Let's write the character for rain!" he says. And with each brushstroke, Little Monk's restless, anxious heart grows quiet. For the next twenty years, as Little Monk becomes Big Monk, he sits down with his brush every day, meditating on and writing the character for "rain." Until one day someone comes to the temple asking for help: the city has no water. All grown up now, Big Monk packs his things, hoping to do his part. But will a pile of calligraphy sheets make any difference? This stunning book is horizontally bound, creating a vertical reading experience inspired by Chinese ink paintings and calligraphy hung on scrolls. With poetic text and watercolor art from Taiwanese author-illustrator Hsu-Kung Liu, Little Monk Writes Rain is an evocative tale of mindfulness, self-expression, and compassio

A richly detailed collection of transcripts of Henry Kissinger's secretly recorded phone conversations from his time in the Nixon administration that touch on every important issue of Kissinger's day and provide a sweeping view of his era. Henry Kissinger is unquestionably one of the most consequential foreign policy makers in American history. A remarkably influential academic during his long tenure at Harvard, Kissinger became Richard Nixon's National Security Advisor in 1969 and Secretary of State in 1973. Like Nixon, Kissinger left a trail of secretly recorded evidence in his wake. Kissinger began taping in 1969, two years before Nixon did in 1971, and he continued taping for over three years after Nixon's recording system was dismantled in 1973. In The Kissinger Tapes, Tom Wells draws on his expertise in the Nixon era to provide carefully selected, edited, and annotated transcripts of Kissinger's phone conversations, which chronologically highlight the most momentous crises and co

Battle curses, mythological monsters and betrayal in this fast-paced card game.Pandora’s Box has been opened! All manner of evil creatures, curses and catastrophes are flooding out into the world – but there is Hope, too, hiding at the bottom of the box. Can you survive the onslaught of monsters and misery, and be the last one standing? All you need to do is find, and hold onto, Hope.Pandora’s Box is a fast-paced strategy game where you’ll connive to be the last player left. Steal cards, eliminate your opponents and hold onto the Hope card to emerge victorious. To start the game, set aside the Hope card and shuffle the deck. Deal five cards face down to each player, then place the shuffled deck on top of the Hope card. The player who opened Pandora’s Box goes first!On your turn, draw a card from the deck. Then either play a card, completing its effect, or pass. But beware – your opponents will unleash all sorts of terrifying creatures against you, from the monstrous Minotaur to hundred

Help your students develop the skills to succeed in Cambridge IGCSE™ Literature in English. The Student’s Book provides an ideal companion to the Cambridge IGCSE™ (9–1) and O Level Literature in English syllabuses (0475, 0992, 2010) for examination from 2028, giving students the tools to explore set texts and analyse unseen texts with confidence.

The Sublime Object of Orientalism proposes that globalised Asian physical cultural practices such as taiji, qigong, yoga, and meditation can be understood by examining the intimate connection between Western orientalism and the Romantic aesthetic notion of the sublime. The book recasts ‘orientalist physical culture’ as practices animated by the sublime and argues that this relationship is stronger than has hitherto been recognised by commentators. Bowman combines new readings of philosophers and cultural critics such as Slavoj Žižek and Jane Iwamura with analyses of film, media, and Asian physical practices and their entrepreneurial forms to shed light on the quest to articulate a philosophy of orientalist physical culture. He also explores ways to make sense of orientalist physical culture in the contemporary world and evaluate the often-problematic ideologies that circulate around these cultural practices without either uncritically accepting their value or rejecting them outright.

The Sublime Object of Orientalism proposes that globalised Asian physical cultural practices such as taiji, qigong, yoga, and meditation can be understood by examining the intimate connection between Western orientalism and the Romantic aesthetic notion of the sublime. The book recasts ‘orientalist physical culture’ as practices animated by the sublime and argues that this relationship is stronger than has hitherto been recognised by commentators.Bowman combines new readings of philosophers and cultural critics such as Slavoj Žižek and Jane Iwamura with analyses of film, media, and Asian physical practices and their entrepreneurial forms to shed light on the quest to articulate a philosophy of orientalist physical culture. He also explores ways to make sense of orientalist physical culture in the contemporary world and evaluate the often-problematic ideologies that circulate around these cultural practices without either uncritically accepting their value or rejecting them outright. Th

Packaging Operations in the Food Industry: Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry explains the processing operations and equipment necessary for packaging of different food products including conventional and modern packaging techniques. These processes and unit operations are very important in the manufacture of various food products. Divided in four sections, "Principles of packaging ", "Different stages of packaging", "Different packaging operations", and "Novel packaging processes", all chapters emphasize basic texts relating to experimental, theoretical, computational, and/or applications of food engineering principles and the relevant processing equipment to packaging unit operations. Written by experts in the field of food engineering, in a simple and dynamic way, this book targets industrial Engineers working in the field of food processing and within food factories to make them more familiar with the particular food processing operations and equipment.

Tracing the global echoes of China sounds, mapping a new auditory history of migration, diaspora, and modernity.Tracing the global journeys of Chinese sounds from the nineteenth century to the present, this volume charts a vast sonic territory: from Cantonese opera arias in San Francisco to the “Far East sound” that shaped Jamaican reggae, and from the melodies of pigeon whistles over Germany to the revolutionary anthems of Cold War Italy… How have these sounds—traveling via migration, media, and diplomacy—been heard, adapted, or even rejected in disparate cultural landscapes?Through seventeen case studies spanning Asia, the Americas, and Europe, the book uncovers the myriad ways sounds interpreted as “Chinese” are transformed, contested, and imbued with new meanings as they reverberate across geopolitical and cultural borders. This collection provides a novel auditory history of China’s global entanglements, offering a comparative lens to understand the dynamic role of sound in transn

李歐梵用「蒼涼」和「世故」來形容張愛玲。此書是李歐梵特別為香港的「張迷」而寫，以「蒼涼與世故」為題，英文可譯為是Desolation and Sophistication，前者是張愛玲自己的美學觀念，後者是作者對張愛玲的看法。我不喜歡壯烈，我是喜歡悲壯，更喜歡蒼涼。壯烈只有力，沒有美，似乎缺少人性。悲壯則如大紅大綠的配色，是一種強烈的對照。但它的刺激性還是大於啟發性。蒼涼之所以有更深長的回味，就因為它像葱綠配桃紅，是一種參差的對照。—— 張愛玲〈自己的文章〉

本書延續《塞尚與柏格森》立論，以柏格森哲學的角度，解索繼塞尚而起的現代繪畫三大流派：野獸主義、立體主義、未來主義之代表性成員，還有相關旁支：韻律主義、奧菲主義，以及重要藝術家杜象等六個主題。首頁特別刊錄塞尚含有三種圓體(「圓柱體、球體、圓錐體」)的核心作品:《傑佛華畫像》與《佛拉畫像》，意在銜接筆者的首要發現: 塞尚在這二幅畫裡分別以柏格森著作裡的三個圖示(「蜆形」、「水準與垂直線」、「圓錐體」) 巧妙構圖，並且先後精心標示柏格森姓名縮寫「H.B.」，特別指引其畫作與柏格森哲學之密切關聯性，二個圖證明白可稽，彌足珍貴。因而，依循塞尚的創作思維，並延續原有的「表像與實在」暨「直覺與理智」分析脈絡，進而解索其後繼者彼此較勁、多元且富於變化、甚至競爭對立的各式柏格森風格乃更加引人入勝，這個解釋框架不僅揭示了柏格森哲學的關鍵特徵，也為理解塞尚晚期作品和二十世紀早期現代繪畫中的「柏格森主義」開闢了一條重要途徑，有別於一般對此主題較為零星、片斷的討論。本書不同於其它論述還在於: 跨哲學、繪畫與藝術社會學領域之對比與視域融合，因此，所見不同但獨到，至今仍屬此主題少見的專著之一，值得分享並祈指教。作者以嚴謹研究與圖像實證，重構被遺忘的「柏格森思潮」與現代藝術的交會，讓我們重新看見藝術與哲學激蕩出的創造火花，這不僅是藝術史的創見，更是一場跨越百年的精采探險。 This sequel to Cézanne and Bergson extends the Bergsonian interpretation to the major developments of modern painting after Cézanne, encompassing the key figures of Fauvism, Cubism, Futurism, Rhythmism, Orphism, and Marcel Duchamp. Reconnecting with my earlier findings, the opening pages focus on two of Cézanne’s major works—Portrait of Gustave Geffroy and Portrait of Ambroise Vollard—both of which contain his sign

當人人成為實驗品，「人性」已不知不覺消失無蹤！ 本書以宏觀視野，深入淺出，助你如何在「疫後」找回健康之路！ 2020年COVID-19把一切都改變了！後真相時代，我們應該如何自處？翻江倒海的全球大轉變，你又準備好了嗎？ ◎為什麼2020之後全球社會撕裂，人人自危；生活、生計、生存通通被打翻，難道就只是因為一隻病毒？病毒之外，究竟還有什麼驚心動魄的故事？ ◎為什麼應付疫情，醫療處置人人一樣，阻擋有效的藥物使用，只等待蓋世「實驗性疫苗」問世，接著威迫利誘人人打針，連孕婦、小孩也要納入執行？ ◎為什麼所謂的「大流行」已過去了，許多人卻出現極速癌症、免疫失靈、神經退化和失智加速，健康反而更糟糕？生活中，甚至多了一個「成人猝死症」(SAD)？！ ⛑︎︎ 面對當代文明急劇變化，世界又在進行「大重設」之時，我們的人性與健康， 正遭受史無前例的嚴峻挑戰！健康是你的生存事業，請務必親力親為！ ☢大覺醒時代：一隻病毒如何打開了「潘朵拉」盒子？ ☢五年過去，我們學到了什麼？看到的又是什麼？ ☢「群體形成精神病」到底是什麽問題？不要再掉入陷阱了！ ☢全新科技為什麽會帶來全新疾病？如何避免？ ☢PCVS是什麽？為什麽你要知道？可以怎麽辨？ ☢S-蛋白的魔咒：妥善處理，勢在必行的健康關鍵！ ☢你必須知道的疫後現象：極速癌症、免疫失靈、神經退化，心臟猝死！ ☢驟變的健康惡夢，如何扭轉乾坤？ ⛑ 病毒之外，我們要如何疫後逢生？ ✯用常理幫助自己，回歸身心靈法則。 ✯慎重過濾資訊，學習降低恐慌技巧。 ✯「心智懶惰」如何形成？有何對策？ ✯調整生活型態，避免增加額外環境毒素。 ✯重建免疫能力，由腸道健康開始。 ✯聚焦消炎解毒，打造百毒不侵身心！ ✯是營養，不是藥物帶來健康！ ✯「逢生之道」終極關鍵：覺醒與行動！ 「獻給全球無畏無懼的善良行醫者與痛失健康者！』 “Dedicate to Worldwide Courageous Healthcare Professionals and Those Who Lost Health!”

本期共收錄論文三篇：盧正恒著〈製作與想像海疆：〈北洋海岸圖〉與金國時期的海域認識〉、王永曦著〈地方軍事化與族群動員：同治初年陝西回漢衝突爆發原因再詮釋〉、林秋雲著〈自治、革命與生意：辛亥前後的上海新舞臺〉及書評一篇：徐祥弼撰〈評Yanqiu Zheng, In Search of Admiration and Respect: Chinese Cultural Diplomacy in the United States, 1875-1974〉。

歷史真正重要的不是事實，而是事實與事實之間的關係，或者進一步說，是解釋「如何」及「為何」，這是與我們當下學習歷史的態度差異最大的地方。按司馬遷的態度，歷史不是一堆「What」，重要的是「How and Why」。在個人層次上，一個人為什麼會用這種方式講話做事？作為一個群體，彼此行為之間的互動會產生什麼模式，他們為何如此？某些事情會導致什麼樣的後果？為了達到某種目的又選擇何種手段？這些都在歷史裡，也是我們理解、研究史學時最重要的挑戰。當我們以這樣的視野和方式去整理豐富龐雜的史實，就會對人類行為有一個合理的解釋，從而碰觸到普遍的人類經驗，真正做到以古鑑今，讓歷史對當下現實有所幫助。司馬遷在著作中清楚地展現了這種歷史態度。他用了幾個重要的觀念解釋《史記》的目的。

“我們每個人都是人生路上的旅人，每個人都是一個漂泊的靈魂，漫漫長途，都渴望泊岸。”本書精選徐揚生散文作品中的100句感悟，文字平實雋永，富有哲理，涵蓋了對人生命運、行為處世、教育理念、精神品質的思考。全書中英雙語呈現，圖文並茂，文章配圖為作者創作的AI插畫及書法作品，體現了獨特的審美和藝術風格。“We are all travelers on the road, wandering souls searching for a place to moor.”This book collects 100 insights from essays by Yangsheng Xu, reflecting perceptions on life and destiny, interpersonal conduct, educational philosophy, and spiritual character, with elegant and philosophical wording. Presented in both Chinese and English, it is illustrated with AI paintings and original calligraphy created by the author, which features distinctive aesthetic sense and artistic style.（封面不印簡介）

This volume brings together leading scholars to explore the human-environment interactions in the Anthropocene and addresses the global ecological crisis by offering interdisciplinary insights and empirical studies from India.

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary style essays for non-specialists on each book of the Homeric epic. The introduction provides a broad overview of the historical and mythographical backgrounds to the Odyssey along with brief discussions of the major thematic and scholarly concerns of the poem. The introduction can stand alone as a guide to reading the Odyssey, while it also prepares readers for the deeper discussions of the individual books. Twenty-four scholars, selected for their expertise and earlier publications, contributed essays aimed at guiding readers through different approaches to the poem. Each essay offers a summary of the plot of an individual book followed by a discussion of interpretive issues and its relationship with the epic as a whole. The essays were written and edited with a view towards providing accessibility to epic and epic scholarship to audiences from all backgrounds. While e

The story most often commonly told about the Maya involves their spectacular collapse at the height of their civilization in the early ninth century CE. Crops died, disease and malnutrition spread, and scorched earth warfare became common. People lost faith in their governments and moved to the Caribbean coast, the mountains of Guatemala, or further afield. But there is another tale that is equally compelling. One hundred years earlier, a group of kings known as the Snakes created a League and were able to force, cajole, or convince their fellow rulers to work towards common causes. In so doing, they took the first small steps towards something that had never existed in the Maya area: an empire. Blood on the Wind narrates this dramatic episode during the Classic Maya period (250-850 CE). From present-day central Mexico across central America, the League attempted to subdue their enemies and transition to an imperial force. In the heart of the lowlands, they created soaring temples, lux

With a focus on real-world issues and an extensive range of thought-provoking case studies, Issues in Political Theory provides the clearest, most engaging introduction to political theory and how it is applied to address the most important issues confronting the world today.

Girl in Pieces meets One of Us is Lying, told in Sarah Crossan’s inimitable and award-winning verse. Connie Ryder is taken from her home in the dead of night and sent to Silver Lake Academy – a remote, high-security facility for ‘troubled’ teens. At Silver Lake, the vulnerable and the violent are locked in together under a brutal regime that aims to improve their behaviour.But when Connie learns she’s been given the bed of a missing girl named Belle, she is drawn deep into a chilling web of secrets and lies… A sensational, immersive and hugely propulsive ‘missing girl’ thriller, set against the backdrop of America’s controversial Troubled Teen industry.

A phenomenally moving middle-grade animal story that children will fall in love withA gorgeous story of family love through generations – perfect for fans of Hannah Gold and Katya BalenA GORGEOUS STORY OF FAMILY LOVE THROUGH GENERATIONSEvan hates change, which is a big problem because the last few years have brought a lot of it. His family is split down the middle, and lately Grandad hasn’t been himself. But Evan can always depend on best friend Okie Dokie, his lovable dog.When a school trip takes Evan to an old mine where Grandad used to work, things go disastrously wrong. Grandad refuses to talk to Evan about the mine, and especially about the poor pit ponies that worked down there in the dark.But Evan is desperate to know more about Grandad’s past and if he can only find out what Grandad’s hiding, the weird gulf between them will surely disappear. Can Evan uncover Grandad’s secrets before they are lost forever?

The science of rheology and its applications have grown steadily. Although polymers dominated in the past, the applications to foods have become increasingly important over the last four decades. The complexity of food rheology has not only generated increased interest among academics, but it has also led to an increased recognition of its importance in the food industry. Emphasizing physics rather than mathematics, Polymer and Food Rheology: Volume 1, Applications to Single-Phase Systems focuses on rheological characteristics and properties of single substances and homogeneous mixtures. It introduces fundamental principles, types of flows, types of instruments, their theory, capabilities, limitations, and sources of error. Both sophisticated rheometers and simple devices and their uses are considered.- Discusses the types of material functions (properties) obtained from the different types of measurements and techniques: shear viscosity, normal stress differences, dynamic mechanical p

The hilariously funny full-colour graphic novel series from award-winning author and illustrator of the Pizazz series, Sophy Henn. Perfect for fans of Bunny vs Monkey, Dogman and Donut Squad!‘You won't be able to contain your giggles!’ – Harriet Muncaster, author and illustrator of Isadora MoonWelcome to HAPPY HILLS, where you’ll find epic LOLS, dramatic ACTION scenes, a scattering of MILD PERIL, and MUCH MORE!There’s a surprise new arrival in Happy Hills, and he means trouble! Cheesy Bob is a mischievous monkey magician, with plans for REVENGE… and only Ace knows the truth about him! Can he warn the gang in time, before he wreaks MAGICAL HAVOC on the land? (Probably not, right?!)‘Delicious genius from Sophy Henn. If eating a load of fizzy sweets and then sticking your head into a bag of kittens could be turned into a book, it would be THIS BOOK.’ – Nadia Shireen, author and illustrator of GrimwoodPossible side effects of entering Happy Hills: puking rainbows. Turning into a cake. Unst

A Cinnamon Falls MysterySpring has arrived in Cinnamon Falls, and the town is bursting with colour as the annual Daffodil Jubilee takes over the charming Daffodil Inn. Morgan Taylor is reluctantly helping her parents host the festivities, though her mind is elsewhere—specifically on Will, the dangerously attractive single dad she can’t seem to forget.As the Jubilee concludes with the glittering Petals and Promises dance, Morgan finally finds herself face to face with Will. Sparks fly, and for a brief moment, everything feels magical.Then a bloodcurdling scream pierces the night.A guest has been discovered dead in the inn’s garden maze. Whispers spread quickly through the crowd: murder. With the reputation—and future—of the Daffodil Inn hanging in the balance, Morgan refuses to stand by. Teaming up with Will, she sets out to uncover the truth.But in a town where everyone knows everyone, secrets run deep. As tension rises and suspicion falls on familiar faces, Morgan must decide who she