Midpoint Trade Books
Literary Culture and Translation
This volume makes significant and fresh contributions to fields of comparative literature and translation which are assuming increasing importance and relevance in the realm of literary and cultural studies. The book will be of interest to scholars and academics of Comparative Literature, Translation, Cultural and Interdisciplinary Studies.
Literature, Culture and History in Mughal North India 1550 - 1800
This book is a pioneering attempt to study Mughal Indian polity and the dynamics of family, kinship and caste through Riti Kal literature. The literature, in the form of drama and Braja bhasha poetry, provides evidence of regional diversities and varied patterns of historical developments in medieval north India as well as a dynamism in the political and socio-cultural spheres in premodern India. A detailed analysis of Riti Kal poetry reveals that the regions, in spite of conflicts and contestations for power, did acknowledge the Mughals as the undisputed rulers of Hind, the future India. Riti Kal poetry provides enough evidence to highlight the transformation that had begun to take place in the traditional forms of relations during this period. While the poets continued to advocate the conventional role of women in family and society they also depicted, with sympathy and understanding, the individuality, liberty and sexuality of the fairer sex.
Living Bones
Travis Scott can’t believe his eyes when he sees the skeleton in his science classroom move its head and stare at Nolan, the new kid in class that nobody likes. He’d like to ignore it all, but he has to know if he really saw what he thinks he saw. Travis, Nolan, and a few more new friends, come together to find a way to stop the living bones from taking Nolan’s life. With death on the line for all of them at the bony hands of one who is already dead, terror lurks in the blackness of every sleepless night as the 8th graders learn lessons about life, family, friendship, and love.
Living Bones stars a main character who has become emotionally numb to the world around him and doesn’t even know it. During the journey, he comes to terms with his past, his current family crisis, and building a more healthy future for himself, his new friends, and his family. The threat is very real, and with death lingering so near, Travis is forced to decide what is really most important in his life.
Living In Two Worlds
Joseph Martin’s story is a testament to the truth of Spirit and Source as being our true home. It is a book not just about beliefs, but about inner authentic knowing and creating the life you choose. Awe inspiring, deeply original and empowering, this book will shift you into a path of heart-centered awareness.
Living the Puppa-na-Life
The entertaining series of Puppa-na-Wuppana books is based on the real life antics of Cindy Koebele’s very own beloved beagle! The real life Puppa-na-Wuppana is always having new adventures. They are captured in this first book of the early reader series.
My name is Puppa-na-wuppana and I am a Beagle dog. I have a special, magical nose. It helps me find things, but sometimes it gets me into trouble. Share my story as I get adopted and then learn all the new, fun places to explore and new friends to meet in my new home. A chapter book for early readers plus captivating black and white illustrations with spot color by acclaimed illustrator Michael LaDuca who also illustrated many national award winning children’s books.
Living with Floods
This book seeks to understand archaeological sites and their relationship with a dynamic alluvial environment in north Bengal, India, between c.600–1800 ce with a special focus on the excavations at the site of Balupur. Moving away from the prevalent emphasis on the study of art and architecture, this work aims to bring back the ‘human’ to the study of these cultural periods through a study of the formation and changing character of past habitation settlements.
Living with Water: Peoples, Lives and Livelihoods in Asia and Beyond
Living with Water: Peoples, Lives and Livelihoods in Asia and Beyond examines the relation between water and human history through the prism of archaeology, ethnography, history, maritime anthropology, literature, sociology and musicology.
Lone Star Life
A beautiful cityscape book about Montgomery County, Texas and the birthplace of the Texas State Flag. The story of Montgomery County, past and present illustrated in photography with points of history along with the gorgeous photos.
Long Way from Tipperary
War in 1914 had been widely anticipated, but few on either side were prepared for the fury and carnage that modern weapons could unleash. It was the soldiers of the European armies who had to face the full force of this maelstrom, and none acquitted themselves better than the men of the British Expeditionary Force, both regulars and reservists alike.
A group of old soldiers, with service under their belts in India and South Africa, have settled back into civilian life as best they can, but will soon find themselves facing the might of the German army across the canal at Mons. This is to be the start of three months of hardship, suffering, terror and violent death, culminating in the crucible of the First Battle of Ypres, and the start of the trench warfare which will characterize the rest of the war.
The men will face it all through their comradeship, humour, and their pride and stubbornness as professional soldiers. Few might survive, but their example would set the standard for the armies which were to follow.
Look Up!
You don’t have to travel around the world or spend a ton of money to enjoy the wonders of nature. Look Up! is a series of well-researched nature essays that will inspire readers to experience the outdoors in an affordable, accessible, and joyful way. The essays encourage backyard and local bird watching, native plant landscaping and restoration, practical energy conservation, and land conservation. They also explore how we can derive psychological benefits from these activities—how nature can help us live happier, more fulfilled and rewarding lives.
Look Up! also displays the vibrant beauty of the natural world in all its splendour through 40 stunning full-colour photos.
Looking Within Looking Without
Looking Within Looking Without includes discussions based on archaeology, visual representations, the Sanskrit epics, medical literature, early Tamil texts, compositions drawn from a variety of religious traditions, official documents including court records, and inscriptions. Chronologically, the volume ranges from the early historic to the early modern period. Spatially, the regions explored include the Gangetic Valley, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Bengal and Rajasthan.
Lost Decency
Every refugee’s story deserves to be heard, but many memoirs written by exiles represent the country’s more privileged classes with money and means. In "Lost Decency," Arghandiwal shares the Afghan people’s untold story, embodied in his turbulent journey to escape the war-torn country. "Lost Decency" is a best-selling memoir and an IBPA Ben Franklin Award Silver Medalist.
Loukoumi
Loukoumi is a children's book about a Little lamb named Loukoumi who was supposed to go to America with her family, but she got on the wrong plane and then the wrong train and then the wrong boat. In this international journey through Greece, France, Italy and Morocco, Loukoumi meets Fistiki the cat, Dean the dog and Marika the monkey, each helping Loukoumi find her way home. Come meet Loukoumi and friends as they embark on their very special adventure. For a celebrity narration of the book including the voices of Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis, Grammy winner Gloria Gaynor, American Idol's Constantine Maroulis, Guiding Light star Frank Dicopoulos and CBS News Anchor Alexis Christoforous check out the new book "Growing Up With Loukoumi," which includes narrations of both books.
Loukoumi and the Schoolyard Bully
Bullying plagues students in schools around the world, and now Oscar Winners Morgan Freeman, Olympia Dukakis and Oscar Nominee Nia Vardalos lead an all-star cast in the audio narration of the new book, Loukoumi And The Schoolyard Bully by Nick Katsoris (November 2013: Dream Day Press), which teaches kids that bullying is not cool. Proceeds from the book benefit St. Jude Children s Research Hospital. In Loukoumi And The Schoolyard Bully, Loukoumi is about to have a baby brother. When her friends discuss what to name him, schoolyard bully, Igor the alligator, ridicules Loukoumi's name, which Loukoumi explains means sweet in Greek and is a type of jelly candy with powdered sugar on top. During the course of the day, through several common interactions, Igor realizes that he and Loukoumi are more alike than he thought. In the end, he learns that bullying is not cool, and although Loukoumi's name is different, everyone is really all the same. The book includes an audio download of the story narrated by Nia Vardalos, Oscar nominated screenwriter and star of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, and author of the bestselling book Instant Mom. Oscar winner Morgan Freeman voices the role of the schoolyard bully, Igor the alligator.
Loukoumi In The Basket
In Loukoumi in The Basket, Loukoumi the lamb meets the Easter Bunny and learns that the secret to happiness is in doing things for others. Book 7 in the award winning book series that teached children to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others: www.LoukoumiFoundation.org and www.Loukoumi.com
All proceeds benefit The Loukoumi Make A Difference Foundation:
www.LoukoumiFoundation.org
Loukoumi's Celebrity Cookbook
GOURMAND WORLD COOKBOOK AWARD WINNER - Best Charity Cookbook in the Unites States!; We all have a favorite childhood food that immediately conjures up carefree afternoons, endless days, and feelings of melt-in-your-mouth pleasure and comfort. Is yours buttered cinnamon toast? Your mama s potato salad? After-school English muffin pizzas? Now, Nick Katsoris, author of the acclaimed and award-winning children's book series featuring Loukoumi the fluffy lamb, has gathered the favorite childhood recipes of more than 50 celebrities in his delightfully illustrated new cookbook for children and their families, Loukoumi s Celebrity Cookbook. A minimum of $2 from the sale of each book will be donated to Chefs for Humanity and St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. With tasty treats for the whole family, the book includes Rachael Ray's French Toast Cups with Fresh Fruit, Oprah Winfrey's Corn Fritters, Ellen DeGeneres' Vegan Sliders, Beyonce's Easy Guacamole with Corn Chip Scoops, Betty White s Chicken Wings, Miranda Cosgrove's Spaghetti Tacos, Matt Lauer's Beanie Weenie Stew, Mario Lopez's Chicken Enchiladas, Marlo Thomas' Corn Pudding, and Eli Manning's Lace Cookies plus recipes from Ernie Anastos, Jennifer Aniston, John Aniston, Alexis Christoforous, Katie Couric, Marcia Cross, Paula Deen, Frank Dicopoulos, Celine Dion, Olympia Dukakis, Mike Emanuel, Gloria Gaynor, Neil Patrick Harris, Florence Henderson, David Henrie, Faith Hill, Carrie Ann Inaba, Melina Kanakaredes, Nicole Kidman, Miranda Lambert, Christian Jules Le Blanc, Jay Leno, Susan Lucci, Evan Lysacek, Bailee Madison, Gilles Marini, Constantine Maroulis, Bridgit Mendler, Nancy O'Dell, Amy Poehler, Al Roker, Hillary Scott, The Scotto Family, Doc Shaw, Sherri Shepherd, Brenda Song, Dylan & Cole Sprouse, George Stephanopoulos, Taylor Swift, Tiffany Thornton, Justin Timberlake, Mark Wahlberg, Reese Witherspoon and many others. Perfect for holiday cooking fun, Loukoumi s Celebrity Cookbook will bring you and yours together over many fun-to-prepare meals.
Loukoumi's Gift
Loukoumi, the fluffy cuddly lamb returns with Loukoumi's Gift, the fourth title in the award winning series of illustrated books by Nick Katsoris for children 4-8. Featuring a bonus download of the story narrated by Jennifer Aniston and Days of Our Lives star John Aniston, the new book follows Loukoumi through her day as she discovers that the perfect gift need not cost a lot of money, but instead can come straight from the heart. (The CD Narration is available as a free download on the website Loukoumi.com as well as on the companion CD of the related book, Loukoumi's Good Deeds). The story is inspired by the real life experience when Daisy gave Katsoris a pair of gold cufflinks because he said Good Morning to her every day. The part of Daisy on the CD is voiced by Jennifer Aniston. Every time a child reads Loukoumi's Gift they too will be performing a good deed. $2.00 from the sale of each book will be donated to St. Jude Children s Research Hospital.
Loukoumi's Good Deeds
iParenting Media Award Winner! Named Outstanding Book of 2009. Loukoumi, the fluffy, cuddly lamb, returns with Loukoumi s Good Deeds, the third title in the award winning series of illustrated books by Nick Katsoris for children preschool and ages 4-8. Featuring a bonus CD narrated by Jennifer Aniston and her father Days of Our Lives star John Aniston, the new book follows Loukoumi through her day as she discovers how easy it is to make other people happy by doing something nice. Loukoumi s Good Deeds, by Nick Katsoris, continues the adventures of Loukoumi and her friends Gus the Bear, Fistiki the Cat, Dean the Dog and Marika the Monkey. Whether it s cleaning the house, lending a helping hand or showing your grandparents how much you love them, kids will find that each good deed is unique in its own special way and can make a huge difference in the lives of those around them. In addition to the Anistons, the CD also features the character voices of Oscar winner Olympia Dukakis, and Gloria Gaynor (GRAMMY winner for I Will Survive, who also has recorded an original song for this CD titled Make Someone Smile). $2.00 from the sale of each book will be donated to St. Jude Children s Research Hospital.
Mana'kai Dreams of Hawai'i
Have you ever wondered why a sleeping baby wriggles and wiggles? Mana'kai squirms all over his crib and gets stuck. His parents laugh at what a wiggly baby he is, but what they don't know is Mana'kai is exploring Hawai'i in his dreams! Would you like to come along? Can you catch a wave? Go snorkeling? Dance the luau and hike in tropical jungles? Mana'kai does! In this tale of a boy's dreamtime adventures, you can also. Join Mana'kai on a delightful exploration of Oahu with fun adventures, simple Hawai'ian vocabulary, and beautiful illustrations with Hawai'ian motifs to highlight the natural beauty that Hawai'i offers. Mana'kai Dreams of Hawai'i celebrates the thrill of exploration, learning, and letting our imaginations run wild. Life is full of lively everyday adventures. Come along!
Mana'kai Dreams of Hawai'i
Have you ever wondered why a sleeping baby wriggles and wiggles? Mana'kai squirms all over his crib and gets stuck. His parents laugh at what a wiggly baby he is, but what they don't know is Mana'kai is exploring Hawai'i in his dreams! Would you like to come along? Can you catch a wave? Go snorkeling? Dance the luau and hike in tropical jungles? Mana'kai does! In this tale of a boy's dreamtime adventures, you can also. Join Mana'kai on a delightful exploration of Oahu with fun adventures, simple Hawai'ian vocabulary, and beautiful illustrations with Hawai'ian motifs to highlight the natural beauty that Hawai'i offers. Mana'kai Dreams of Hawai'i celebrates the thrill of exploration, learning, and letting our imaginations run wild. Life is full of lively everyday adventures. Come along!
Manifestations of History
Manifestations of History highlights the significant, yet underestimated, place of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in socio-cultural and historical studies of the Indian Ocean region. British penal colonialism, the Japanese occupation during the Second World War as well as the post-Independence migration of Partition refugees, repatriates and migrants from all over South Asia left a deep imprint on local society. These features render the islands an ideal sociological showcase for the study of historical manifestations. Multiple castes, classes, communities, religions, and languages reflect the social complexity of South Asia and reveal entanglements between the British Empire, the Indian nation-state, and destination countries of South Asian overseas migration.
Marie's World
Marie's World tells a tale of love gone wrong, of doing the right thing even if it hurts and how to survive when your world is turned upside down.
Famed dancer, actress and Reality TV star Marie returns from LA to her hometown in Scotland to escape the fall-out from the damaging revelations in her twin sister Layla's thinly-disguised novel. As she attempts to rebuild her life and career with her partner Derek, Marie's long-repressed memories and emotions come flooding to the surface, and she finds herself menaced by the world of her former husband, the only man she has ever truly loved and now her most dangerous adversary.
Martyr
Three years have passed since magic destroyed the world. Those who remain struggle to survive the monsters roaming the streets, fighting back with steel and magic--the very weapons that birthed the Howls in the first place. Tenn is one such Hunter, a boy with the ability to harness the elements through ancient runes. For years, the Hunters have used this magic to keep the monsters at bay, but it's never been enough to truly win the war. Humans are losing. When Tenn falls prey to an incubus named Tomás and his terrifying Kin, Tenn learns there's more to this than a fight for survival. He's a pawn in a bigger game, one with devastating consequences. If he doesn't play his part, it could cost him his life, his lover and his world.
Medieval City of Agra
This book on the city of Agra makes a close examination of this medieval Indian urban centre that grew into a multifunctional town completely outside of the supposed agenda or impact of Turkish rule, as well as European influence. This enquiry uncovers possible deliberations in the evaluation of a settlement that was unknown in the sixteenth century, but which was to develop into an alternate prominent political centre in northern India.
Michael Jackson
“The enigma that was Michael Jackson is adored by billions for his musical genius, but the secret person behind the star has remained a mystery. This remarkable book uses Michael’s music and little-known poetry to reveal the hidden sources of his global vision of peace, love, and childlike innocence. This must-read book takes us on an amazing journey into the heart and soul of one of the most beloved musical geniuses of the modern world to truly reveal the ‘Man Behind The Mirror.’” Jeffrey Armstrong, Master Vedic Scholar, Author of ‘Spiritual Teachings Of The Avatar’
Mind and Body
Mind and Body deals with the relationships between the ancient philosophical schools of Asia and medicine. It explores the mutually dependent relation between the mind and the body, and argues that Asian and Hippocratic medical systems, as well as the body and consciousness, should not be studied in isolation.
Modern Approaches to Fluvial Geomorphology
Modern Approaches to Fluvial Geomorphology provides all the technical aspects of fluvial processes and landforms as a process-response system. Theoretical details of the mechanism of initiation and development of channels, the hydraulic characters of rivers, the energy threshold for erosion, transport and deposition, mechanism of bank erosion, the dynamic nature of channels and all the major landforms like alluvial terrace, fan, flood plain, delta, etc., are discussed in technical in lucid language with detailed illustrations. Theoretical discussions in the chapters are supplemented with experimental studies based on sound research that help the reader verify his/her theoretical understanding with practical experience. This book will be of tremendous help to students and researchers on fluvial geomorphology, engineers, hydrologists and managers dealing with bank erosion, flood and estuarine protection.
Mommy Loves Baby
The baby board book Mommy Loves Baby presents an easy way of sharing a beautiful time with little ones. The author has created a lullaby that sets the mood to comfort and strengthen the bond between parent and child. These simple, flowing words can be spoken or can be put to music on the page. With lively animal illustrations, this interactive opportunity engages adults and children together. This sturdy board book is easy for little hands to hold while flipping through the artful vibrant animal family pages. Andrea Dickkut, the talented illustrator has amazingly captured the animals showing love and affection in their natural habitat. Together the author and illustrator demonstrate how animals, like humans show affection toward one another. The addition of 9 black and white sketches and 9 finished colored pictures are displayed at the end of the book to build cognitive skills.
Mont Blanc Walks
Guidebook to 50 day walks in the Mont Blanc region near Chamonix and Courmayeur, plus outlines of 4 multi-day treks around both sides of the Mont Blanc massif. The walks range from 3 to 20km and cover a variety of terrains from easy valley walks to more challenging routes over boulders, scree and on via ferratas.
Mont Blanc Walks
Guidebook to 50 day walks in the Mont Blanc region near Chamonix and Courmayeur, plus outlines of 4 multi-day treks around both sides of the Mont Blanc massif. The walks range from 3 to 20km and cover a variety of terrains from easy valley walks to more challenging routes over boulders, scree and on via ferratas.
Moonflower
Natasha remembers little from her Russian childhood, other than the lingering nightmares of her mother's tragic death. So when someone close to her hands her a one-way ticket to Russia, along with the deed to her family farm, and then is brutally murdered, she has little confidence about what awaits her in that distant land. With doubt and uncertainty, Natasha has no choice but to leave her life in America for an unknown future. Once overseas, the terrifying facts as to why she was really summoned home come to light. Fact one: Monsters do exist. Fact two: The only thing keeping those monsters out of the world is an ancient mural hidden below her family's farm. Fact three: The mural that keeps the evil out of the world is falling apart. The final fact: It's up to Natasha to restore it and save the world from a horror unlike anything seen before. Luckily, Natasha isn't alone in her mission. Three Russian Knights are tasked with protecting her from the demons as she restores the mural. And leading the Knights is the handsome and strong Anatoly, who seems to be everything Natasha could hope for in a man. Unfortunately, there is one huge problem. Her Knights are forbidden from having relationships with the artists they protect, and Anatoly is a hardcore rule follower. But rules cannot stop the way she feels. When a horrifying demon breaches the barrier and pulls Anatoly inside the mural, Natasha can't help but charge, once again, into the unknown-this time to save the man she secretly loves. Now on the demons' turf, she risks her own life to free the very one who is supposed to be protecting her. Little does she realize that if she should fail, it could mean the destruction of the very last barrier shielding mankind. Will Anatoly refuse Natasha's help? Or will he finally realize, when love is at stake, the rules will be broken.
More
You may have achieved much, but still feel dissatisfied and disconnected. You may be unsure or curious about the next steps in your personal journey. The MORE Philosophy is a life strategy that is accessible, doable and, above all else, practical. Using the steps of the MORE philosophy, this book will lead you on a path that digs deeper into your life.
MORE
You may have achieved much, but still feel dissatisfied and disconnected. You may be unsure or curious about the next steps in your personal journey. The MORE Philosophy is a life strategy that is accessible, doable and, above all else, practical. Using the steps of the MORE philosophy, this book will lead you on a path that digs deeper into your life.
Moveable Feasts- an outdoor enthusiast's guide to what to eat and how to cook it
Moving Space
Aimed at addressing the lacunae in academic publications on women dancers in India, The Moving Space highlights the idea of the ‘space’ created, occupied and negotiated by women in Indian dance. It initiates a conversation between dance scholarship and women’s studies, and brings together scholars from a multidisciplinary background, emphasizing that research and practice have roots in both these specific areas. This book takes dance as a critical starting point, and endeavours to create an inclusive discourse around the female dancer and the historic, gendered and contested ‘space(s)’ that accommodate or are created by her.
Mumbai: Socio-Cultural Perspectives
Mumbai, the city of dreams, has always been a city of migrants. People moved here from near and far, by land and sea, their dreams wrapped in optimism and hope. The seven islands that became the erstwhile Bombay welcomed them all. Just as the islands of this city were linked, so were its people, creating a multi-hued and multi-textured fabric—one that is uniquely Mumbai. Mumbai is popularly known for its cosmopolitan culture and its financial clout.
My People, Myself
Nature, Knowledge and Development
The essays included in this volume highlight the importance of comparative studies within the field of environmental history. The contributors address several issues relating to India’s more prominent environmental history, placing them within the comparative frameworks of time, region, society and culture.
Navigation Rules & Regulations Handbook 2014
33 CFR 83.01(g) requires: " The operator of each self-propelled vessel 12 meters or more in length shall carry, on board and maintain for ready reference, a copy of these Rules."
Navigation Rules & Regulations HandbookSupersedes Commandant Instruction M16672.2D
The Official USCG Navigation Rules book is now called, Navigation Rules & Regulations Handbook. Containing - International and Inland Rules of the Road and their respective Annexes, - Bridge-to-Bridge Radiotelephone, Regulations, - Vessel Traffic Management Regulations, - Other pertinent regulations for waterway users.
Networks of Trade, Polity and Social Integration in Chola-Era South India, c. 875-1279
Never Be the Same
Meet Paige, a famous actress whose career is on the come up. Things couldn't be better, until her front door is kicked in by the police. After being forced to snitch on her fiance or go to jail, Paige makes a decision that is sure to change her life forever. Meanwhile, Paige's fiance Jeezy has problems of his own. The kind of problems that can get him killed or placed in jail for the rest of his life. With his back to the wall and a gun in his hand the only way out is for him to shoot his way out. When it's all said and done both of their lives will never be the same. Join Silk White as he once again takes you on a ride that you won't soon forget. Once readers put this book down they to will never be the same.
New Dimensions in Hunter-Gatherer Studies
In the last decade or so. There has been substantial development in understanding the behavioral patterns of the pasthunter-gatherers societies. Although images of existing hunting-gathering populations continue to be used as analogues in drawing inferences about the past.
Niles Wormwart, Accidental Villain
After Niles blows up his school's science wing with his project, his father, deciding his son needs to make some friends and take a break from his constant experiments, sends unsuspecting Niles off to the mysterious Camp Mayhem.
The only problem is that Niles' father thinks it's a role-playing camp. Well, it's not.
Thrust into a world he only thought existed in comic books. Niles discovers his true potential inside the walls of Camp Mayhem-the potential to become the darkest of evils or stay true to his good-hearted roots.
Niyoga
This book attempts to explore the institution of niyoga in early India, examining its genesis and trajectory through the temporal and spatial canvas, for though the focus remains on the early period, the fluctuations are best studied over a larger span of time.
No Limits
O Canada Crosswords Book 2
O Canada Crosswords Book 7
--Marnie Dunbar, Lillooet, BC
O Canada Puzzles for Kids Book 1
puzzles, O Canada Puzzles for Kids is a great way for children have fun while learning lots of cool things about the Great White North.
ObamaCare Survival Guide
Congress passed it. President Obama signed it into law. The Supreme Court has ruled it constitutional. And Obama's re-election virtually ensures the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, also known as ObamaCare, will be implemented in full, with the prospects of wholesale repeal all but impossible. In fact, many provisions of the new law are already becoming a reality with major new regulations set to start soon. ObamaCare will affect every single American, but few know what exactly the 2,700 page law actually says. Now, the ObamaCare Survival Guide, written in plain, easy-to-read language, makes the law simple to understand and gives you the tools to navigate ObamaCare. Now, the ObamaCare Survival Guide, written in plain, easy-to-read language, makes the law simple to understand. The ObamaCare Survival Guide reveals: How currently insured people will be affected, including rising premium costs Medicare shocker: cuts in benefits, new rules New protections for the uninsured Hidden fees and levies New taxes for the affluent Small businesses: new requirements, tax credits Prescription drug users: new fees A timetable for each part of the healthcare plan Essential benefits insurance companies must provide ObamaCare's impact on long-term care Your responsibilities and penalties under the new laws How to maximize your future healthcare dollars The cost to you as a consumer And much, much more . . .
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter's Throne
Of Faith and Fidelity: Geoffrey Hotspur and the War for St. Peter's Throne
Omagatoki
Have you ever walked outside at night and been frightened by what you can’t see?
Lost in a foreign land, ten-year-old Thomas wanders into a forest in Japan and encounters a world filled with mischievous and mystical characters thousands of years old. Like Alice in the rabbit hole, the ancient folklore of the Yokai is shown through beautiful illustrations and the adventures of a young boy who encounters quizzical and frightening monsters, yet stands his ground to find his way home.
On the Line
A comprehensive chronicle of the labour movement in British Columbia.
The BC tradition of fighting back against unfair pay and unsafe working conditions has been around since before the colony joined Confederation. In 1849 Scottish labourers at BC’s first coal mine at Fort Rupert went on strike to protest wretched working conditions, and it’s been a wild ride ever since. For years the BC labour movement was the most militant in the land, led by colourful characters like Ginger Goodwin, murdered for his pains, and pull-no-punches communist Harvey Murphy, who brought the house of labour down on himself with his infamous “underwear speech.”
Through years of battles with BC’s power elite and small victories followed by bitter defeats, BC unions established the five-day work week, the eight-hour day, paid holidays, the right to a safe, non-discriminatory workplace and many more taken-for-granted features of the modern work landscape. But unions’ enemies never sleep and, well into the second decade of the twenty-first century, battles still go on, like that of BC teachers in their long and ultimately successful struggle to improve classroom conditions. On the Line also highlights the role played by women, Indigenous and minority workers in working toward equality and democracy in workplaces and communities.
In prose that is both accessible and engaging, accompanied by over two hundred archival photos, Mickleburgh tells the important story of how BC’s labour organizations have shaped the economic, political and social fabric of the province—at a cost of much blood, sweat, toil and tears. This volume is the most comprehensive overview of labour’s struggle in BC and will be of particular interest to union members, community activists, academics and readers of regional history.
Opting Out of Monogamy
Long-standing journalist Andrew Nolan – born one of the most monogamous men on the planet, but having successfully made his open marriage work for nearly a decade – here serves as a tour guide to the world of open relationships and polyamory. Rather than getting bogged down in the myriad of definitions for non-monogamy, Nolan focuses on the emotional tools and experiences one needs to make an open marriage succeed.
This is, in short, the book Nolan himself wanted to read as life events compelled him to transition to an open marriage – a work that details the potential glories, logistical hassles and emotional Burmese tiger traps one encounters on the path to non-monogamy, and empathizes with monogamous-minded people as they struggle to become something more through openness. Moreover, Opting Out of Monogamy strives to aid those who are open / polyamorous by nature to better appreciate and understand what their monogamous-leaning partners are experiencing.
Orbital Kin
After an unusual disease breaks out and begins to threaten the country, a group of postgraduate students at a British university focus their research upon it, aiming to find out the cause and the cure. The experimentations move out to space stations soon enough, in hope of a cure being produced while more mysterious events take place. The two graduate students find success, breakthroughs and the sudden spreading illness takes them in directions they never expected. Can university graduates Steven and Alan save the country from the spread of the disease? Only time will tell...
ORG
We have all, at one time or another, known the suspense of the interviewee's chair. Very little has been said, however, of life on the other side of the desk. For the uninformed employer, the job interview is a long-distance run, rather than a brief, anxious sprint. There is often nowhere to turn for guidance on how to make the right call, and how to deal with the wrong one. In The Official Recruitment Guide, James Bode Eden offers his recollections, drawn from a managerial career on four continents, as a guide to how best to approach this unenviable task. The reader will find a collection of stories, divided according to theme; Bewares denote pitfalls to be avoided, Principles suggest some tenets to hold to, while a collection of Amusing Stories relates those moments of working life that obstinately defy classification. ORG can be read either as a reference book or a wry narrative of the managerial existence. From moonlighters to industrial spies, by way of homesick expatriates and eccentric night owls, all business life is here, and a little more besides.
Orphan Soldier
Growing up as an orphan, earning his pilot’s license upon high school graduation, and joining the army at age seventeen to serve in Afghanistan, Ben’s story is a tale of perseverance, courage, and survival. He journeys from an abusive foster care home to the battlefields of Afghanistan, from university classrooms to backpacking trips through Europe. Ben’s rich and varied experiences offer unique insight into how to draw strength and inspiration from hardship and misfortune. He tells his story with the aim of motivating youth to channel their troubles into opportunities for their personal development and success.
Our Place in the Universe
In volume one Our Place in the Universe: An Introduction to Big History our existence is regarded from different points of view: as a history of the universe, as a philosophy, and as a factor in the life of people. This edition will challenge and excite your vision of your own life and the new discoveries going on around us. Together with the authors, who come from all the inhabited continents of our planet, readers will engage in a fascinating trip into the depths of time and space, and we hope they will join us in coming to an understanding of our origins and our future.
Out of Egypt
Out of Egypt is an end-time letter to the end-time Church. It may be God's Final Call to come out of Egypt. Will you hear His voice? Why settle to be a "Prince of Egypt? when you can be a Prince with God?
Paintbrush
Growing up is hard enough, but growing up in a hippie commune is way, way harder. Josie and Mitchell have spent their whole lives at the Indian Paintbrush Community Village, a commune full of colorful characters tucked in the mountains of North Carolina. Their once steadfast friendship has faded over the years as their outlooks on life have changed: Josie wishes she could spend all of her time at Paintbrush, planting tomatoes, hiking the trails, or throwing giant communal birthday parties, while Mitchell can’t wait to escape the bizarre spiritual sharing and noisy community dinners. Luckily for both of them, high school is almost over.
But with just two weeks left until graduation, Mitchell’s mother makes a scandalous announcement: she’s been cheating on his dad…with another community member. While Mitchell is forced to watch his parents' once happy marriage fall apart, Josie deals with her own family drama as her little sister starts making questionable decisions and hanging out with a much older and rougher crowd. As both Mitchell and Josie struggle to survive the end of their senior year, they find themselves becoming closer again. But as their friendship blossoms into romance, they're forced to deal with the reality of their very different futures – Mitchell leaving Paintbrush and Josie staying behind – and the inevitable difficult decision they will have to make.
Painting Murder
Based off of the critically acclaimed documentary "The Exhibition", this autobiographical book follows Masik's six-year struggle to exhibit her collection of paintings, and the public outcry that ensues. All of this amidst a shocking murder trial; an inquiry into the police department’s failed investigation; and the families’ search for answers in Canada’s largest serial murder case in history.
Papa’s Promise
During the early 1900’s life isn’t easy for Jews living in The Pale of Settlement in Russia, always at the mercy of the Czar’s laws and harassing soldiers. Esther’s parents decide to seek a better life in America. Her father leaves first and once he’s saved enough money, sends for his family. Though sad to say good bye to her village, Esther is delighted they are going to a place where girls, too, may attend school.
With help from friends as well as strangers, Esther, her mama and her sister Sarah travel by night and stay out of sight by day. They elude soldiers, endure harsh challenges and persevere with strong determination. Once aboard ship for the Atlantic crossing they believe their problems are behind them. They quickly learn they’re not.
They finally arrive at Ellis Island, eager to plant the seeds of their new life in American soil. But their dream is put in jeopardy when yet another obstacle threatens their entry to the United States.
Experience this authentic, slice of history through Esther's compelling story.
Parallel Triangles
How does a cruise change your life? By sailing through the Bermuda Triangle. Carly Carmichael has one goal in life--to perform on Broadway. She refuses to have a Plan B because she’s never needed one--until now. When Carly’s parents send her on a cruise as a graduation present, she takes her best friend and their boyfriends along with her. Once the ship sails into the Bermuda Triangle, Carly finds herself unable to sing or walk, much less perform. And things just go downhill from there. Hoping for help from the ship’s doctor, she ends up with more questions than answers about the mystery behind the Bermuda Triangle and why her life is now unrecognizable. If Carly can't get her real life back on track, she may end up spending the next sixty years trapped in a life the Triangle chooses for her.
Pathways of Creative Research
In a world becoming increasingly sensitive to the failings of narrow empiricism this book offers insights into creative and meaningful approaches to research. It explores ontological epistemology of participation as a new pathway of research as well as conceptualization of reality which goes beyond conventional methods such as participant observation and the familiar dualisms between qualitative and the quantitative and epistemology and ontology. In a world becoming increasingly sensitive to the failings of narrow empiricism this book offers insights into creative and meaningful approaches to research. It explores ontological epistemology of participation as a new pathway of research as well as conceptualization of reality which goes beyond conventional methods such as participant observation and the familiar dualisms between qualitative and the quantitative and epistemology and ontology. Drawing on the editor's wide ranging network of creative scholars at work in the world of academia and beyond Pathways of Creative Research: Towards a Festival of Dialogues brings together twenty-five insightful chapters each rich in insights into the role that creativity and dialogue play in the work researchers do. Drawing on both Western and Eastern approaches as part of a festival of dialogues, the book offers pathways of creative research that strives to understand the work of the non-dual in self, culture, society and the world. Pathways of Creative Research, the first volume in the trilogy of creative research which includes the subsequent volumes, Cultivating Pathways of Creative Research: New Horizons of Transformative Practice and Collaborative Imagination and Research as Realization: Science, Spirituality and Harmony, is not only a pioneering but also a monumental effort in our world of scholarship, thinking, practice and collaborative imagination which raises some of these vital and deeper questions of theory and practice and then overflows to an epochal and epic quest for rethinking and regenerating life, culture, society, polity and our fragile humanity.
Paying Too Much Tax
Perfect in Memory
Perfect in Memory: A Son's Tribute to His Mother
The third book in the award-winning Fanfare for a Hometown series, Perfect in Memory: A Son’s Tribute to His Mother, is a gift Rick D. Niece wishes he had started sooner. Gathering with his family at his mother’s bedside, Rick prepares to say goodbye to the woman who shaped his life and will live on through his memories. During the last four days of her life, Rick remembers his mother’s legacy with tenderness. Savoring the “little moments” of life, he reflects upon his childhood in DeGraff, Ohio, and shares the carefully pocketed memories readers will wish were their own.
Pet Logic
Pet Logic - Do you choose to have a pet ... or an experience?
Each person seeks connection, we are always looking to belong, to love and be loved. Pet Logic, Nicole Birkholzer’s stunning little debut, helps us find that connection. Birkholzer, an animal intuit, mindfulness expert, and former executive coach, spent 15 years writing down the powerful lessons of her trade. In Pet Logic, she has gathered 12 of her most inspiring essays and whimsical anecdotes to show us how we can make our lives richer by viewing the world through the lens of the pet kingdom.
Sometimes quirky, often tear-jerking and laugh-out-loud funny, Pet Logic is a must-read for anyone who has suspected our bond with animals has far more wisdom to impart than we ever imagined.
The book contains the fabulous bonus of helping the reader live in the present, something masters down the ages have been encouraging us to do. In doing so, we find a connection that makes our lives so much more rewarding. Pet Logic won’t just enrich your rapport with your pets, it will connect you more deeply with yourself and your fellow humans.
Playboy on Stage
Anyone who hears the word “Playboy” probably thinks immediately of a scantily clad co-ed reclining across the staples of one of the most successful magazines of all time. However, Playboy is more than a magazine and a corporate empire. Since its beginnings in 1953 it has become one of the world’s best-known brands and an entire lifestyle unto itself.
When Hugh Hefner opened the first Playboy Club in downtown Chicago in 1960, he gave regular guys the key to participate in his own personal dream. The original Chicago club was quickly followed by venues in Miami, New Orleans, and New York. Each club was designed as a veritable showbiz multiplex, including a variety of bars and dining rooms as well as several stages on which veterans and up-and-coming entertainers performed. Performers included personalities such as Tony Bennett, Robert Goulet, Sonny & Cher, and even the Rolling Stones.
Many books have been written about the Playboy Empire, the Bunny experience, and ultimate Playboy Hugh Hefner, but until now no book has covered Playboy’s impact on popular entertainment and the fabulous cadre of performers who took to the stages of the mythic Playboy Clubs. Playboy on Stage tells this story from myriad points of view, in the words of dozens of artists, musicians, singers, and comedians, as well as those involved behind the scenes.
Plunging the Ocean
Plunging the Ocean engages with the voluminous content of the Kathāsaritsāgara, a text meant for courtly entertainment, locating the various points of its retelling. The volume weaves gender as the discursive mesh with various themes such as caste, class, occupations, control and flow of resources or wealth, religious practices, sexuality and power structures to highlight the discourse of the text itself.
Poor Man's Gold
When Harry bought a car he could not have foreseen the problems it would cause him. Unable to get reasonable mileage from it he investigates and discovers a false petrol tank has been fitted and hidden inside are dozens of bars of gold...
Where more weak-willed men would keep the treasure for themselves, Harry does the decent and honourable thing and hands it in to the authorities. Unfortunately the weak-willed man who hid the gold there years before finally comes looking for it.
A campaign of harassment and attempted violence forces Harry on the run from the man's gang and, it would appear, the authorities themselves who are suspicious about the whole story.
Halfway across Europe in post-war Germany Harry thinks he's safe staying with a local couple and their beautiful daughter, but the bad luck that has dogged him since his unfortunate purchase is about to find him once more.
Pop 66
What do aging beauty queens, modern day cowboys, aliens, and Roy Rogers all have in common? Route 66.
Photographer Wes Pope's book, Pop 66 is comprised of amazing photographs made entirely by pinhole cameras (camera obscura) constructed from pop cans. This technique, more than a century old, helped the author create a dreamy and surreal visual narrative for his adventures along America's legendary Route 66. "Perhaps this is the best way to photograph a road trip. The images are blurred and distorted, just like memories. And the sequence conveys something like the America of our dreams."
- Claire O'Neill / NPR
"The iconic Route 66 is this peculiar accumulation that wasn't planned. It was lots of different people, each working away at their American Dream, dotting an almost endless stretch of two-lane highway. The end result is not what any one person would have ever imagined. Utility poles and broken-down concrete. The boarded up dreams of Mom and Pop castles. All put together, these little pieces add up to create the American Parthenon. And so I hope it goes with these photos. You plan and plan and then you pull the little flap and see what happens."
- Wes Pope
