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漁夫Finn與小狗Skip深入雨林冒險，竟發現樹木消失、動物缺乏糧食，生態危機正在森林中悄悄展開。以繪本故事點出森林濫伐 之嚴重性，樹林消失影響大量動物失去棲地，引發生存危機，造成生態系失衡。Join fisherman Finn and his dog, Skip, on their second adventure in this illustrated story book for young children, which teaches them about deforestation and what they can do to help.Finn and Skip are on an adventure vacation, cycling through the towering rainforests of central America, when they notice that large patches of trees seem to have disappeared. The plot thickens when an unexpected guest arrives at their campsite--a lonely baby tapir. They feed their new friend, but the next morning they wake up to even more hungry animals. It seems something is afoot in the forest, and Finn and Skip set out to discover what's going on...This book is the ideal introduction to the environmental concerns facing our forests, featuring colorful illustrations and an engaging, light-hearted storyline, drawn and written by Brendan Kearney. Grown-ups and children will enjoy reading together and following

Public policy is a key concept for international arbitration and is practically relevant because public policy is enshrined in the New York Convention and almost all national laws as a ground to resist enforcement or to annul an arbitral award. However, due to its theoretical complexity anddynamic nature, it has been acknowledged as being one of the most misused grounds and the approach of arbitration scholars to the topic has also often been fragmentary. Public Policy and Mandatory Laws in International Arbitration offers a comprehensive account of a key concept for international arbitraion by two leading experts in the field. The book puts forward the argument that it is easier and more apposite to identify principles of public policy at a regionallevel or at a level where several states share a common legal background and tradition. The book focuses on common law principles of public policy, and public policy in English law in particular. The authors use their extensive experience a

This original and thought-provoking book provides new insight into the role of theory within nursing practice. It is rooted in the real-world of practice and explores how theory and learning manifest in the nursing workplace. The book takes a fresh look at the major issues of concern in nursing and innovatively contextualises these within nursing theory. It serves to move the conversation forward leading to a better appreciation of how nurses constantly learn, theorise and develop. Key Features: Takes practice as the starting point and explores how theory, learning and practice relate to each other Based on the authors′ primary research exploring how nurses theorise and learn in the practice environment A fully original contribution offering fresh perspectives that advance the nursing theory discourse It is an ideal book for nursing students wanting to better understand how theory can help them to learn and develop, practicing nurses looking to enhance their ongoing professio

《喝下月亮的女孩》作者奇幻新作。被譽為英雄的鎮長暗指醜陋的怪物拐走孤兒，大眾便對此深信不疑。只有孤兒院的孩子們了解怪物真正樂善好施的一面，他們能反轉謠言，撥開迷霧，揭露小鎮中真實的邪惡嗎？A new instant fantasy classic from Newbery medalist Kelly Barnhill about the power of generosity and love—and how a community suffers when they disappear. Stone-in-the-Glen, once a lovely town, has fallen on hard times. Fires, floods, and other calamities have caused the people to lose their library, their school, their park, and even their neighborliness. The people put their faith in the Mayor, a dazzling fellow who promises he alone can help. After all, he is a famous dragon slayer. (At least, no one has seen a dragon in his presence.) Only the clever children of the Orphan House and the kindly Ogress at the edge of town can see how dire the town’s problems are.Then one day a child goes missing from the Orphan House. At the Mayor’s suggestion, all eyes turn to the Ogress. The Orphans know this can’t be: the Ogress, along with a flock of excellent crows, secretly delivers gifts to the p

Documentary's Expanded Fields: New Media and the Twenty-First-Century Documentary offers a theoretical mapping of contemporary non-standard documentary practices enabled by the proliferation of new digital imaging, lightweight and non-operator digital cameras, multiscreen and interactiveinterfaces, and web 2.0 platforms. These emergent practices encompass digital data visualizations, digital films that experiment with the deliberate manipulation of photographic records, documentaries based on drone cameras, GoPros, and virtual reality (VR) interfaces, documentary installations inthe gallery, interactive documentary (i-doc), citizens' vernacular online videos that document scenes of the protests such as the Arab Spring, the Hong Kong Protests, and the Black Lives Matter Movements, and new activist films, videos, and archiving projects that respond to those politicalupheavals. Building on the interdisciplinary framework of documentary studies, digital media studies, and contemporary art

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A smart, wise, often side-splittingly funny master class in seeking God. Any spiritual seeker--from atheist to professional religious--will cherish this bravura tome from one of our great spiritual guides, in the lineage of C. S. Lewis, Henri Nouwen, Thomas Merton, Gandhi, and Mother Teresa. Hallelujah & amen!"--Mary Karr, author of Lit and The Liar's ClubOne of America's most beloved spiritual leaders and the New York Times bestselling author of The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything and Jesus: A Pilgrimage teaches anyone to converse with God in this comprehensive guide to prayer.In The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything, Father James Martin included a chapter on communicating with God. Now, he expands those thoughts in this profound and practical handbook. Learning to Pray explains what prayer is, what to expect from praying, how to do it, and how it can transform us when we make it a regular practice in our lives. A trusted guide walking beside us as we n

TARGET CONSUMER: With a timely plot, chilling voice and exacting prose, CHERISH FARRAH should appeal to fans of Jessica Knoll, Gillian Flynn, and Oyinkan Braithwaite.From bestselling YA author Bethany C. Morrow comes a new suspense novel, in the vein of Get Out meets My Sister the Serial Killer, about a young calculating Black girl who manipulates her way into the lives of her Black best friend’s white wealthy adopted family; but as she spends more time with the Whitmans, she begins to suspect she may not be the only one with ulterior motives….Seventeen year-old Farrah Turner is one of two Black girls in her country club community, and the only one with Black parents. Her best friend, Cherish Whitman, adopted by a wealthy white family, is something Farrah likes to call WGS―White Girl Spoiled. With Brianne and Jerry Whitman as parents, Cherish is given the kind of adoration and attention even upper class Black parents can’t seem to afford. When Farrah’s family is unexpectedly confronted

One dizzying vortex, combining colonial history, generational delusions and psychedelic drug trips. . . . An eerily familiar vision of American madness and decay.--The New York Times Book ReviewFrom award-winning novelist Argentine Betina Gonz嫮ez, American Delirium is a dizzying, luminous English-language debut about an American town overrun by a mysterious hallucinogen and the collision of three unexpected characters through the mayhem. In a small Midwestern city, the deer population starts attacking people. So Beryl, a feisty senior and ex-hippie with a troubled past, decides to take matters into her own hands, training a squad of fellow retirees to hunt the animals down and to prove to society they're capable of more than playing bingo. At the same time, a group of protesters decides to abandon the "system" and live in the woods, leaving behind the demands of modern life--including their children. Nine-year-old Berenice never thought her mother would join the dropouts, but she's bee

A romance of convenience between two college women soon becomes the real thing. Shy Miwa has always dreamed of finding love, but living in small-town Japan made finding the right match difficult--especially since she likes girls! Even going away to college didn't seem to help, until one day her outgoing classmate Saeko suggests they might as well start dating each other since it's not like either of them has other options. Trying to keep their failing relationship going was putting a huge strain on both Miwa and Saeko. Now that they've broken up, they can focus on being friends and all the things the future might have in store. And for Miwa, that means finally telling Shiho how she feels. But is she ready for what her confession might unlock?

Transform your life or the life of someone you love with Life Forcethe newest breakthroughs in health technology to help maximize your energy and strength, prevent disease, and extend your health spanfrom Tony Robbins, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Money: Master the Game.What if there were scientific solutions that could wipe out your deepest fears of falling ill, receiving a life-threatening diagnosis, or feeling the effects of aging? What if you had access to the same cutting-edge tools and technology used by peak performers and the world's greatest athletes? In a world full of fear and uncertainty about our health, it can be difficult to know where to turn for actionable advice you can trust. Today, leading scientists and doctors in the field of regenerative medicine are developing diagnostic tools and safe and effective therapies that can free you from fear. In this book, Tony Robbins, the world's #1 life and business strategist who has coached more than fifty million

Number One for Fiendish Fun! Join Henry in a bumper edition of mayhem with this boredom-beating collection of six of his best rainy day stories!Beat boredom on a rainy day with HORRID HENRY! This book contains six deviously daring rainy day stories about a BRILLIANT invasion, a MAD professor and a sleepover GONE WRONG! Plus loads of fun activities and jokes to keep Horrid Henry fans entertained. An irresistible introduction to reading for pleasure - the perfect gift for Horrid Henry fans everywhere.

Quotations are a standard way that the humanities make meaning; the pull-quote, epigraph, and quotation are standard for citing evidence and invoking and interrogating authority in both literary and scholarly writing. However, film studies has yet to seriously examine how moving images canquote one another, convening interaction and creating new knowledge across time. Classical Projections offers film quotation as a new concept for understanding how preexisting moving image fragments are reframed and re-viewed within subsequent films. As a visual corollary to literary quotation, film quotations embed film fragments in on-screen movie screens. Though filmquotations have appeared since silent cinema, Classical Projections focuses on quotations of classical Hollywood film--mainstream American studio production, 1915-1950--as quoted in post-classical Hollywood, roughly 1960 to present. This strategic historical frame asks: how does post-classicalcinema visualize its awareness of coming aft

《煩惱的冬天》（The Winter Of Our Discontent）是斯坦貝克最後一部長篇小說。故事講述的是，經過大學生活和第二次世界大戰的洗禮，年輕而有頭腦的伊桑滿懷熱情回到家鄉，但他原來印象中人與人之間那種淳樸的關係，已隨著生存競爭的壓力而難以尋覓，伊桑只能用戲謔和自我嘲諷來掩蓋內心的苦悶。然而愛妻的期盼，女兒的埋怨，終於使他向“善良”自我背叛。他向移民當局告發了待他如親人的雇主，將雇主的店鋪占為己有；他用計謀騙得了童年好友的地產；他甚至制服了狡詐的銀行家。正當他得到一切的時候，原先鼓動他謀求私利的一個半娼半巫的女人卻來要脅他，而兒子舞弊得到全國作文獎一事也東窗事發，伊桑終於在利欲和良知的內心掙扎中清醒。

How driverless cars will change the way we live, play and work, and what technologies make them possible.Few inventions have changed life as much as the car. These large hunks of steel and horsepower

It’s Kind of a Funny StorymeetsTurtles All the Way Downin this harrowing yet hopeful account of a teen living with Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder while contemplating his own mortality.Ten: three little letters, one ordinary number. For Troy Hayes, a 16-year-old suffering from Tourette syndrome and obsessive-compulsive disorder, the number ten dictates his life, forcing him to do everything by its exacting rhythm. Fed up with the humiliation, loneliness, and physical pain, Troy creates a list of ten things to do by the tenth anniversary of his diagnosis—culminating in suicide. But the process of working his way through the list changes Troy. He becomes friends with Khory, who unwittingly helps Troy cross off items on his list, even as she shows him that life may have more possibilities than he imagined.

Appendix, Budget of the U.S. Government, Fiscal Year 2019 presents detailed information on individual programs and appropriation accounts that constitutes the budget. It includes for each government department and agency the text of proposed appropriations language, budget schedules for each account, new legislative proposals, explanations of the work to be performed and the funds needed, and proposed general provisions applicable to the appropriations of entire agencies or groups of agencies.

Published in 1988: This book describes the consequences and implications of the genetic defect for the red cell as a whole.

When students, job candidates, business executives, historians, and investors need accurate and detailed information on the development of any of the world's largest and most influential companies, direct them to International Directory of Company Histories. This multi-volume work is the first major reference to bring together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. Each three- to five-page entry is meticulously detailed with facts gathered from popular magazines, academic periodicals, books, annual reports, and the archives of the companies themselves. Entries provide information on founders, expansions and losses, labor/management actions, NAICS codes, key dates, ticker symbol, principal subsidiaries, principal divisions, principal operating units, principle competitors, and other significant milestones -- all peppered with statistics, dates and names of key players. Vols. 1-6 are organized alphabetically by major industrie

"Exceptionally absorbing and thrilling. ... Masterful." --NatureA magnificent (Scientific American), genre-defying narrative of the most ambitious science project ever conceived: NASA's deep space mission to Europa, the Jovian moon where might swim the first known alien life in our solar systemIn the spirit of Tom Wolfe and John McPhee, The Mission is an exuberant master class of creative nonfiction that reveals how a motley, determined few expanded the horizon of human achievement. When scientists discovered the first ocean beyond Earth, they had two big questions: "Is it habitable?" and "How do we get there?" To answer the first, they had to solve the second, and so began a vivacious team's twenty-year odyssey to mount a mission to Europa, the ocean moon of Jupiter.Standing in their way: NASA, fanatically consumed with landing robots on Mars; the White House, which never saw a science budget it couldn't cut; Congress, fixated on going to the moon or Mars--anywhere, really, to give as

From the creator of The Good Place and the cocreator of Parks and Recreation, a hilarious, thought-provoking guide to living an ethical life, drawing on 2,500 years of deep thinking from around the world.Most people think of themselves as ';good,' but it's not always easy to determine what's ';good' or ';bad'especially in a world filled with complicated choices and pitfalls and booby traps and bad advice. Fortunately, many smart philosophers have been pondering this conundrum for millennia and they have guidance for us. With bright wit and deep insight, How to Be Perfect explains concepts like deontology, utilitarianism, existentialism, ubuntu, and more so we can sound cool at parties and become better people. Schur starts off with easy ethical questions like ';Should I punch my friend in the face for no reason?' (No.) and works his way up to the most complex moral issues we all face. Such as: Can I still enjoy great art if it was created by terrible people? How much money should I giv

"A top-notch literary brainteaser." -New York TimesSoon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot--coming September 17, 2021 Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie's most famous mysteries.The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life.Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: "I'd like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger." Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems.A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie's most legendary and timeless works."Death on the Nile is perfect." --The Guardian"On

This alternative guidebook for one of the world's most popular tourist destinations explores all five boroughs to reveal a people's New York City. The sites and stories of A People's Guide to New York City shift our perception of what defines New York, placing the passion, determination, defeats, and victories of its people at the core. Delving into the histories of New York's five boroughs, you will encounter enslaved Africans in revolt, women marching for equality, workers on strike, musicians and performers claiming streets for their art, and neighbors organizing against landfills and industrial toxins and in support of affordable housing and public schools. The streetscapes that emerge from these groups' struggles bear the traces, and this book shows you where to look to find them. New York City is a preeminent global city, serving as the headquarters for hundreds of multinational firms and a world-renowned cultural hub for fashion, art, and music. It is among the most multicultura

在賈伯斯的告別式，每位參加者在離開時，都會收到一個棕色的盒子，盒子裡放著一本《一個瑜伽修行者的自傳》。◎ 全球首次原版深度解讀，賈伯斯、貓王、披頭四的靈性啟蒙書尤迦南達大師把自己以身作則探尋靈性的執著和求索之後的感悟譜寫成經典著作Autobiography of a Yogi（中文譯名《一個瑜伽修行者的自傳》），向世人無私地傳播聖人的精神。他的一生，都在為人類的智慧和幸福奉獻自己的智識和精力。平和、溫暖、豁達、睿智，他的目光如電，思想如虹，很難想像世界上有這樣一位大師，可以給人們真正的力量和最踏實的溫暖。◎ 神秘印度的瑜伽上師與你探討心靈的力量，讓你重塑內心強大的自己印度有一些先行者，他們關注人類的心靈、情感、精神財富，思索人與人、人與社會、人與宇宙之間的關係，他們運用瑜伽術的方法體會其中的真義，因此被稱為「瑜伽行者」。在他們之中，帕拉宏撒‧尤迦南達是最特別的一位，不僅是因為他受到「蘋果公司」創辦人賈伯斯的推崇，更是因為他做出的卓越貢獻――他把古老的東方智慧帶入西方，把充滿生命力和希望的種子播撒在每個迷茫靈魂的心田；他為現代人指示成就完美生活的道路，也為所有宇宙生靈創造更光明的未來。◎ 心靈的平靜，才可以帶來真正的幸福和快樂本書挑選出原著中的思想精華，結合每個人生活中會遇到的問題和困惑，圍繞如何尋找並且堅定自己的信念，怎樣在夢想和現實之間搭建橋樑，如何圓滿自己直至獲得人生的滿足這三個問題，希望可以為經常處於迷茫的人們，帶來溫柔的指引和鼓勵；希望透過這本書，可以讓讀者體驗到心靈的自在解脫；希望可以為身邊的朋友，帶去抵禦世間險惡的盔甲；希望每個人無論面對艱險還是誘惑，都可以尋找到那個堅強而智慧的自己。名人推薦「這本書改變我對這個世界的認識。看過這本書的人和沒有看過的人，對世界的理解會截然不同！」――蘋果公司創辦人 史蒂夫‧賈伯斯「一份舉世罕見的關於瑜伽的記錄。」――《紐約時報》「世界上很少有像尤迦南達這樣的大師著書記錄自己的生活經歷。這是精神文學的經典之作，內容深刻幽默，故事真實生動，可以引起讀者的共鳴。」――《新聞週刊》

Liquid Crystal Polymer Nanocomposites summarizes in a comprehensive manner, numerous modern technical research accomplishments on the development of nanocomposites from liquid crystalline polymers. As the title indicates, the book emphasizes various studies at the nano-scale. Topics covered include: liquid crystalline block copolymers, liquid crystalline epoxy nanocomposites, barrier property studies of liquid crystalline epoxy and their nanocomposites, liquid crystalline polymer-based microfibrillar and nanofibrillar composites, liquid crystalline polymer/nanoplatelet nanocomposites, liquid-crystalline elastomer/graphene oxide nanocomposites, and thermotropic liquid crystalline polymers. Liquid Crystal Polymer Nanocomposites provides detailed information on methods of preparation, the properties of these materials and discussion on the structure-properties relationship. With its emphasis on data and experimental results the authors illustrate how the liquid crystal structure can have

The book assumes that the students will have access to a computer algebra system.Appendix C describes the features of AXIOM， Maple， Mathematica， and REDUCE that are most relevant to the text. We do no

《量子力學中的數學概念(英文版)》介紹了：The first fifteen chapters of these lectures （omitting four to six chapters each year） cover a one term course taken by a mixed group of senior undergraduate and junior graduate s

In expositions of the elements of topology it is customary for homology to be given a fundamental role. Since Poincare, who laid the foundations of topology, homology theory has been regarded as the a

《數理統計:問題與解答》內容簡介：this book consists of solutions to 400 exercises, over 95% of which arein my book Mathematical Statistics. Many of them are standard exercisesthat also appear in other textbooks liste

This book offers an analysis of the state as a moral and legal wrongdoer that draws upon the philosophy of corporate agency and collective responsibility. It examines how the state can be held morally to account for its actions, and what forms of legal liability might be developed for statewrongdoing.

A new lift-the-flap board book inspired by Inch by Inch, one of Leo Lionni’s bestselling books!Now kids can help a little inchworm measure his friends by lifting fun flaps to find a flamingo, a toucan, a hummingbird, and more! This bright and engaging board book is inspired by the works of legendary children’s book author-illustrator Leo Lionni! With sturdy pages, simple text, and colorful collage-style artwork, this book is perfect for children ages 0 to 3.Other LEO LIONNI’S FRIENDS Board Books:A Little Book About SpringA Little Book About ABCsA Little Book About ColorsA Little Book About 123sA Little Book About OppositesWhere Are Swimmy’s Friends? A Lift-The-Flap Book

Despite the disapproval that visibly Muslim women face in the West, the U.S. does not ban the hijab or niqab. Nevertheless, it does find a way to manage assertive Muslim women. How so? Subtly and without outright confrontation: through the courts, bureaucratic processes and liberaldiscourses. From a range of juridical decisions connected not only by a distinctly neocolonial gaze, but also through the tacit dimension of race, Muslim women-among other women of color-are reconceived as neonates who must be taught to behave: as Americans, as professional women, and as autonomous, mildly independent subjects. Focusing on the discrimination claims of Muslim women, this study examines juridical and political approaches that dismiss Muslim women and other populations of color as culturally backward, misguided in their thinking, and gratuitously nonconformist. Likewise, it analyses the experience of racialdismissal through excruciation: the phenomenon by which vulnerable populations are pressed

Progress in Brain Research serial highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapters. Each chapter is written by an international board of authors.

This expert volume in the Diagnostic Pathology series is an excellent point-of-care resource for practitioners at all levels of experience and training. Covering all areas of thoracic pathology, it incorporates the most recent clinical, pathological, and molecular knowledge in this challenging field to provide a comprehensive overview of all key issues relevant to today's practice. Richly illustrated and easy to use, Diagnostic Pathology: Thoracic, 3rd Edition, is a one-stop reference for accurate, complete pathology reports, ideal as a day-to-day reference or as a reliable training resource. Provides a clear framework for a better understanding of the clinical and histopathologic appearances of all lung, pleura, and mediastinum entities Features an updated chapter on severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) pneumonia with current knowledge, statistics, and pathophysiology on COVID-19, including new images that encompass the radiology, gross pathology, and histopathology of the dise

世界之大，探索不再侷限於紙本書上！結合元宇宙科技的知識童書！※囊括古代七大奇觀與現代七大奇觀※根據史學家古籍、古畫的描繪，運用AR擴增實境技術，重現人類建築的宏偉面貌※APP與書籍結合，歷史、地理等知識量倍增是誰為了在史書上留名竟縱火燒掉奇觀？為什麼古代奇觀都位於希臘境內和周邊？古人真的能打造出空中花園？唯一留存至今的古代奇觀是哪一個？瑪雅人打造的奇觀竟然會定期出現蛇？本書包含大量有趣的古代與現代奇觀、歷史、地理、神話及建築知識，讓讀者一一探究。關於建築奇觀存在的時空與建造背景，除了對宏偉建築的讚嘆之外，更是對建造者驚嘆。渺小的人類，如此耗費數十年的打造建築，可不輸自然形成的奇景。因為至死不渝的愛而建造的泰姬瑪哈陵，至今仍是許多旅人必訪的景點；還有慶祝勝利而打造的羅德島巨像，即使現在已經看不到了，但實為人類塑造巨型雕像的重要里程碑，他倒下後的900多年也仍陸陸續續吸引旅人朝聖。透過Devar公司開發的AR技術，更多的相關知識與故事，都等著學童一起和本書探索，一同遊歷造訪歷史悠久的建築。吉薩大金字塔、中國萬里長城、羅馬競技場、泰姬瑪哈陵......等歷經千錘百鍊的歷史遺跡，有的已不復在，有的存在則還未達百年。儘管如此，都是人類在地球上烙印下的過往與痕跡。◆跨頁地圖：全書提及的所有奇觀，不分時期，明確標註。增加世界之大的探索感受。◆希羅多德奇觀：希羅多德是著名的古希臘歷史學家，甚至有歷史之父的美名。古希臘文明深遠地影響人類文明發展至今，有很多集歷史、地理、哲學、科學於一身的知名學者。而希羅多德最愛的去處是希臘薩摩斯島，他稱尤帕里內奧隧道（Tunnel of Eupalinos）、薩摩斯島防波堤（Breakwater of Samos）和赫拉神廟（Sanctuary of Hera）為希臘世界最巧奪天工的偉大建築。就這樣史上第一份世界奇觀的名單，無意間誕生了！◆古代七大奇觀：兩千年前，古希臘人開始熱中旅遊，因而紛紛出現很多必訪的景點。長期以來古希臘人視「七」為神聖且不可取代的數字，故羅列而出七大奇觀。然而在那個年代，古人都無法遊歷到更遠的地方，這些奇觀侷限在希臘境內以及比較鄰近的國家，當時美洲和澳洲的存在尚未被發現。而且在歷經千年來天災、人禍等摧殘後，七大奇觀僅剩吉薩大金字塔。◆現代七大奇觀：於西元2007年，由全球一億多人參與投票選出的新七大奇觀。即使票選流程有些爭議，

“An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I wept at it, laughed with it, was entirely fascinated by it. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew.”―Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk and Vesper FlightsEighteen months before Kathryn Schulz’s father died, she met the woman she would marry. In Lost & Found, she weaves the story of those relationships into a brilliant exploration of the role that loss and discovery play in all of our lives. The resulting book is part memoir, part guidebook to living in a world that is simultaneously full of wonder and joy and wretchedness and suffering―a world that always demands both our gratitude and our grief. A staff writer at The New Yorker and winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Schulz writes with curiosity, tenderness, erudition, and wit about our finite yet infinitely complicated lives. Lost & Found is an enduring account of love in all its many for

A leading political scientist examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the globe and sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United StatesNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A leading political scientist examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the globe and sounds the alarm on the increasing likelihood of a second civil war in the United States“Like those who spoke up clearly about the dangers of global warming decades ago, Walter delivers a grave message that we ignore at our peril.”—David Remnick, The New YorkerPolitical violence rips apart several towns in southwest Texas. A far-right militia plots to kidnap the governor of Michigan and try her for treason. An armed mob of Trump supporters and conspiracy theorists storms the U.S. Capitol. Are these isolated incidents? Or is this the start of something bigger? Barbara F. Walter has spent her career studying civil conflict in places like Iraq and Sri Lanka, but now she has become

From bestselling author Diane Chamberlain comes an irresistible new novel that perfectly interweaves history, mystery, and social justice.When Kayla Carter's husband dies in an accident while building their dream house, she knows she has to stay strong for their four-year-old daughter. But the trophy home in Shadow Ridge Estates, a new development in sleepy Round Hill, North Carolina, will always hold tragic memories.When she is confronted by an odd, older woman telling her not to move in, she almost agrees. It's clear this woman has some kind of connection to the area...and a connection to Kayla herself. Kayla's elderly new neighbor, Ellie Hockley, is more welcoming, but it's clear she, too, has secrets that stretch back almost fifty years. Is Ellie on a quest to right the wrongs of the past? And does the house at the end of the street hold the key?Told in dual time periods, The Last House on the Street is a novel of shocking prejudice and violence, forbidden love, the search for just

A groundbreaking, authoritative explorationrich with powerful personal stories and convincing researchof the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his bodybut the patient never regained consciousness and died. Perplexed and stunned by what had happened, Peters began searching for other people who'd shared similar experiences. He would spend the next twenty years gathering and meticulously categorizing their stories to identify key patterns and features of what is now known as the ';shared crossing' experience. The similarities, which cut across continents and cultures and include

A clear, practical, first-of-its-kind guide to communicating and understanding numbers and datafrom bestselling business author Chip Heath.How much bigger is a billion than a million? Well, a million seconds is twelve days. A billion seconds isthirty-two years. Understanding numbers is essentialbut humans aren't built to understand them. Until very recently, most languages had no words for numbers greater than fiveanything from six to infinity was known as ';lots.' While the numbers in our world have gotten increasingly complex, our brains are stuck in the past. How can we translate millions and billions and milliseconds and nanometers into things we can comprehend and use? Author Chip Heath has excelled at teaching others about making ideas stick and here, in Making Numbers Count, he outlines specific principles that reveal how to translate a number into our brain's language. This book is filled with examples of extreme number makeovers, vivid before-and-after examples that take a

An in-depth study of waste, examining the effects the increasing amounts of waste has on the natural world and human health, as well as what people can do to reduce, reuse, and recycle various types of waste.At a time when environmental issues are being hotly debated, it is more important than ever that young people be fully informed. These titles invite advanced readers on a journey to explore the history of environmental affairs like never before. Each volume features a sophisticated design peppered with arresting photographs and relevant, compelling examples to clarify potentially complicated subjects. Multiple sidebars provide fodder for additional discussion and thought, and numerous resources are listed to encourage further interaction.