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In the only textbook to provide rigorous coverage of both economic theory and its applications to real-world policy, Vivien Burrows draws examples from a wide range of countries and encourages students to develop their own ability to apply the theory in new contexts.

A memoir-in-essays that, in its exploration of language, family ties, and Taiwanese history, distills how the handmade holds memory, inheritance, and the work of caretaking. "Tactile memory feels like it is the easiest to lose," brenda Lin writes in Unraveling Threads. But in these exquisite essays, she demonstrates just how the tactile bolsters personal, familial, and cultural memory. From the remnant of a baby's umbilical cord to the antique hand-embroidered baby carriers her mother collects, Lin shows us how the tactile and handmade connect parents and children, homeland and diaspora, and give texture to caregiving's many forms. As Lin writes, the radical for thread forms the basis of Chinese characters for women's work, for practice through repetition, for inheritance. Threads form the mesh in the stent that keeps her father's heart working. And yuan, the red thread of fate, is the first word she translated for her future husband. When Lin returns to Taiwan after decades away, thi

The animal care and use facility support - or cage wash - area has evolved tremendously in the past fifty years. It is now recognized as a critical component in programs of animal care and use throughout the world, yet there has previously been no single, comprehensive resource to support it. This much-needed book describes facility support operations that have a direct, substantial effect on the program's ability to provide quality animal care. Editors James D. Cox and Bruce W. Kennedy, practitioners with more than 80 years of experience in laboratory animal facilities between them, show how cage wash serves as the hub of the entire research animal enterprise. After all, when cage wash comes to a halt, there are no clean cages or equipment, and research struggles to continue. There is a significant volume of knowledge necessary to work in facility support roles, spread across many different resources, many of which are unpublished and/or at a highly skilled technical level. This book

This is your essential guide to standards and ethics in the psychological therapies. The book introduces you to key ethical values and principles and discusses how to practice in accordance with these.

‘Sparkling’ NEW YORK TIMES‘Magnetic’ IRA GLASS‘Fierce’ TIME When Catalina, a witty, vulnerable and beautiful Ecuadorian student, arrives at Harvard, she feels like one of the chosen. She is a miracle child who has escaped death in Latin America to be raised by undocumented grandparents and now studies at the most prestigious university in the world. She knows she has to play the part, but she also wants to have a good time in the process.And so begins her era of opulent parties, secret societies, desirable internships, flings with rich men and plenty of vodka sodas. But in her final year, undocumented immigrants become the target of political turmoil and Catalina’s life back in New York begins to unravel. As the clock ticks on the precarious future of her family, what will she sacrifice to save the people she loves the most?Catalina is a daring, glamorous and sharply observed campus novel about coming into your own and the endless possibilities of freedom, love and power.'She is a wort

Twins Ike and Iris Carter race from D.C. to Paris to New York on the trail of one of America's most iconic treasures, before it disappears like smoke. The second book in a breathtaking and hilarious middle grade action-adventure series. Fresh off saving the French Four--a quartet of American treasures--and their mom's museum, Carter twins Ike and Iris are back in Washington, D.C. when they're summoned to the National Archives by the FBI Art Crimes Team because the Statue of Liberty is missing. Well, not the statue. But pieces of the flame packed away in 1916 have somehow vanished. The Smithsonian has organized an elaborate, high-profile event around the artifacts in six days -- with the presidents of both the U.S. and France set to attend --and the flame's absence will be a national embarrassment. The National Archive Hunters jump into action, learning everything they can about Lady Liberty's construction, including that Gustave Eiffel helped original sculptor Frederic Bartholdi by des

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

The latest gripping instalment in the bestselling Nero trilogy follows empress Agrippina's ceaseless pursuit of absolute power for her son to rule over the Roman EmpireTravel to the heart of a Roman dynasty beset by power struggles and betrayal in this latest chapter of the tale of NeroAVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER IN PAPERBACK NOW__________The boy Nero lives. His mother Agrippina has married her way to power, tangling the Emperor Claudius in her skirts.The emperor may have a son and heir of his own, but Agrippina sees no obstacles to her ambition.Rome is a path through a marsh, lit by torches. Those who walk it are always one step from disaster – and the road itself is treacherous, slippery with blood.Claudius may have the world at his feet, but he has Agrippina in his bed.

One of Latin America’s most influential political leaders, this book follows Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s extraordinary career as the three-time president of Brazil.In October 2022, Lula was once again elected President of Brazil, replacing the far-right strongman Bolsonaro, sparking an insurrection, and exiling the fallen demagogue to Trump-friendly circles in the US. He won by promising to save the Amazon (and, therefore, the world) and, as ever, to give power back to the Brazilian people. This has long been the dream of Latin American left-wing movements—many of which have ended in corruption, disaster and death. Lula has survived at least three curtain calls.Imprisoned for corruption in the notorious “Car Wash” scandal, voted out, bullied and beaten, Lula continues to draw huge crowds of workers wherever he goes. He speaks of revolution and comes from the streets of São Paulo, and yet he is enmeshed in hidden bank accounts and lobbying scandals. When Barack Obama met Lula during his

The phenomenal internationally bestselling novel about a boy who has seven fathers in seven years: 'a little treasure of a book' - Fredrik BackmanTHE SENSATIONAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE AUGUST PRIZE'Bloody awful? Bloody brilliant, more like' DAILY TELEGRAPH'Pure joyous storytelling on every page … A little treasure of a book' FREDRIK BACKMAN'A delight from start to finish' JENNIE GODFREY'Flawless ... So sharp, so beguiling, so acutely observed' GUARDIANI’m fizzing. I love not being his son.Yes. I can feel it in my whole body. A great thrill – as if an adventure has begun. As if I’m the boy in a book about a boy who finds out his dad is the king of a magical and distant land.Christmas, 1983. In the aftermath of yet another furious argument, seven-year-old Andrev’s mother lets him in on a secret: his father is, in fact, not his father. And so begins a new kind of childhood, in which fathers come and go, arriving in red Volvos and sweeping his mother off her feet. Fathers ca

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.

The addictive mystery taking the world by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange PicturesEleven strange buildings. One terrible secret.A lonely hut in the woods.A hidden chamber.A mysterious shrine.A home in flames.A nightmarish prison...Each of the buildings in this book tells a chilling story. Each one is part of a puzzle.Look closely...and you'll see that everything is connected.All leading to a revelation so horrifying you won't want to believe it.Millions of readers have become addicted to solving Uketsu's dark mysteries.Strange Buildings is the strangest, and darkest, so far.

In the latest thrilling novel in the globally bestselling Private series, Jack Morgan chases a violent criminal to Dublin and is dragged into the city's dark underbelly.Discover the action-packed new thriller in the Private series, from the global bestselling author of the Alex Cross novels.A star-studded movie premier in L.A. descends into chaos when a shooter opens fire on the crowd.The culprit escapes and boards a plane to Dublin, Ireland.Jack Morgan, the head of the world’s largest private detective agency, is at the premiere and his partner Justine is badly wounded in the shooting.Following the gunman to Dublin, Jack soon realises that this is much bigger than a single shooter. What Jack thought was a random act of violence was actually a targeted attempt on his life.To ensure the safety of those he loves most, Jack must find the person who is so intent on his downfall ­– and eliminate them once and for all._______________________________PRAISE FOR THE PRIVATE THRILLERS'Great

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