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Daisy is incredibly excited when her uncle offers to take her on a fishing trip. There's so much new stuff to learn! Like how water witches turn fishermen into dog poos, why supermarkets don't stock picknicky things like lemonade and chicken wings on the same shelf, and why it's a really, really bad idea to use wriggly tiggly maggots as catapult amunition...

C. P. Ellis grew up in the poor white section of Durham, North Carolina, and as a young man joined the Ku Klux Klan. Ann Atwater, a single mother from the poor black part of town, quit her job as a household domestic to join the civil rights fight. During the 1960s, as the country struggled with the...

Montesinos’ Legacy brings scholars together in honor of the 500th anniversary of Dominican Antonio de Montesinos’ famous sermon in defense of the rights of the indigenous Amerindians. The collection addresses the historical context for this sermon, but also the continued relevance of Montesinos...

Were there any missed chances to build a more peaceful world than the present one after the Cold War? Were there any attempts at working out a more comprehensive and more cooperative way to overcome it? What was precisely at stake during the Cold War? What was really at stake for the 'losers' and...

她終其一生全心全意擁抱這世界為她奉上的美食。 她對食物的貪婪反映出她對人生的好胃口，也反映出她對突破限制、擁有一切的渴望。她是，維多利亞女王。 英國大幅擴張的維多利亞時期、世界上在位第二長的女性君主，飲食與她和英國國勢興衰的緊密關聯。本書從個人日記、當代暢銷書、王宮工作人員的工作札記，甚至禁書等等資料，理解食物及大英帝國之間關聯，以及皇家飲食如何影響英國，甚至世界歷史。 吃得像女王一樣是什麼意思？伊莉莎白女王愛吃糖，瑪麗二世愛吃巧克力，安妮女王綽號「白蘭地妮」（Brandy...

When Anna decides it's time to leave her abusive boyfriend, she doesn't know where to turn. Rob has completely won over her parents, and the entire community, with his good looks and smooth charm. Only Anna has seen his dark side. Desperate, she runs to the only place she's ever felt completely...

Midlife is a turning point. It is a time to take stock – to think about where you are and where you want to be. But everyday life can be distracting. Family, work, and everything in between, can get in the way of your goals and objectives. And without knowing it, by the time you reach...

Surprisingly, No One Could Know is actually a funny bookat least in the beginning. Many have said, I laughed, I cried, I got mad, and I even learned a little as I read your book. So, why is a book about abortion partially funny? I think thats just how life is sometimesits full of ups and downs, isnt...

A seminal moment in the study of U.S. Catholic parish life came in the 1980s with the publication of a series of reports from the ground-breaking Notre Dame Study of Catholic Parish Life. These reports are now badly outdated, as Catholic dioceses grapple with new challenges that didn't exist in the...

God is not the author of hate, nor is He the author of ignorance. His love, truly lived, brings peace, His wisdom generates knowledge of truth, and His grace leads us to end our bigotries and embrace unity in His name. Let wars end, let hatreds end, let ignorance end. May Gods truth set us free. This...

This is a story of a woman named Destiny, who thought she knew exactly what she wanted, only to discover that she really didnt know herself at all. She takes us on a journey as she struggles to find peace in the midst of a lot of bad choices and decisions. Her journey has many ups and downs, but through it all she finds not only herself; she discovers that her mistakes do not define her.

One of Canada’s most successful and enduring musical plays, Billy Bishop Goes to War was first published in 1982 and went on to win the Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Award and the Governor General’s Award for Drama. In 2010, the celebrated story of the World War I flying ace – credited with seventy-two...

Exam Board: SQA Level: National 5 Subject: German First Teaching: September 2017 First Exam: Summer 2018 Get your best grade with How to Pass National 5 German. Fully updated to account for the removal of Unit Assessments and the changes to the National 5 exam, this book contains all...

This book traces the development of John Eliot’s mission to the Algonquian-speaking people of Massachusetts Bay, from his arrival in 1631 until his death in 1690. It explores John Eliot’s determination to use the Massachusett dialect of Algonquian, both in speech and in print, as a language of...