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In an age when local daily papers with formerly robust reporting are cutting sections and even closing their doors, the contributors to The Life of Kings celebrate the heyday of one such paper, the Baltimore Sun, when it set the agenda for Baltimore, was a force in Washington, and extended its reach around the globe. Contributors like David Simon, creator of HBO's The Wire, and renowned political cartoonist Kevin Kallaugher (better known as KAL),...
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Through the Aftermath is a collection of post-apocalyptic tales from 19 different storytellers, all with their own spin on the end of the world. Whether you're into zombies, nuclear wastelands, ecological disasters, dystopian nightmares, giant robots, or anything in between, this book covers it.
This anthology was created as an opportunity for a variety of voices to be heard in one place. From best-selling authors to first-time writers, this collection...
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The Irish philosopher William Desmond is one of the most compelling and adventurous Christian thinkers of our time. The essays gathered here undertake a journey through the Bible with Desmond that ranges across biblical theology, philosophy of religion, metaphysics, ethics, aesthetics, political theory, and literary studies. Some of the essays examine the place of the Bible in Desmond's thought, considering his readings of the creation, the Abraham...
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The editors and contributors to this collection explore what it means to adopt an "academic literacies" approach in policy and pedagogy. Transformative practice is illustrated through case studies and critical commentaries from teacher-researchers working in a range of higher education contexts-from undergraduate to postgraduate levels, across disciplines, and spanning geopolitical regions including Australia, Brazil, Canada, Cataluña, Finland, France,...
25) Scars to Stars
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"Sobbing so uncontrollably I could not take a breath, the pain was unbearable.
I washed down the pills with an open bottle of wine I grabbed from the fridge.
I just wanted it all to stop... the pain... the fighting... the lies..."
Scars to Stars is a series of online summits, live events, and books. These writers vulnerably share their personal, authentic stories of overcoming adversity to motivate and inspire you, wherever you might be along...
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Children experience complex emotions just like adults. Helping children identify and express their feelings in a positive manner is important for their social-emotional learning, developing empathy, and building resilience. Feelings are neither good nor bad, they simply are. Kids need words to name their feelings, just as they need words to name all things in their world. Building on the phenomenal success of author and illustrator Janan Cain's original...
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“It was Greek to me.” William Shakespeare, the most quoted writer in the English language, is credited with inventing or introducing over 1,700 words. This handy reference showcases the bard's genius, compiling over 1,500 of his most famous epigrams, invectives, literary expressions, and philosophical poems that have found their way into our everyday vernacular—some so often, they've become clichés. From “a notorious liar” and “all the...
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From their furry ears to their furry tails, baby bears are so cute! Discover more about these adorable animals with your own adorable little one. Filled with fun sound words and sweet photos, (human) babies will reach for “Hello Baby Bear!” again and again. From their furry ears to their furry tails, baby bears are so cute! Discover more about these adorable animals with your own adorable little one. Filled with fun sound words and sweet photos,...
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This report presents the analysis of 2018 data on social protection measures in Asian Development Bank's 14 Pacific developing member countries. It uses the Asian Development Bank's Social Protection Indicator to assess the level of resources invested in social protection, extent of coverage, and benefit levels of social protection programs. Further data disaggregation provides the distribution of social protection expenditures in terms of poverty,...
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An ingenious account of the jobs people do all through the night, when kids are fast asleep.
In Night in the City, author and illustrator Julie Downing cleverly uses multiple panels to follow eight people throughout the course of their busy evening, from waking up just as most people are contemplating bedtime, through the following morning.
The jobs depicted are nurse, baker, taxi driver, fire fighter, on location film tech, janitor, museum security...
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Of the 30 parables Jesus told, the one that gets the most space on God's sacred pages is the story about the sower, the seed, and the soil (Matthew 13). Just like a farmer isn't sowing seed to get rid of it, God never brings you into contact with his Word just to get it over with. Rather, just as a farmer wants fruit, God wants to help you to experience and exhibit peace, joy, love, and more. And while he certainly could make our behavior one hundred...
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Vision of Theophilus is an embedded apocryphon taking the form of an apparition of the Virgin Mary recounting the journey of the Holy Family in Egypt to Theophilus, patriarch of Alexandria (r. 385-412). Theophilus recounts the vision in a homily delivered on the feast day of her dormition. Cyril of Alexandria (r. 412-444) is credited here with writing down Theophilus's words. According to the framing homily, Theophilus was appointed by the emperor...
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“Women of Colonial Australia” is a collection of short stories focusing on women from the nation's colonial past, with each author breathing life into a tale of one of their ancestors. Through this, each narrative, woven with meticulous research and imagination, brings to life the diversity of experiences that these women faced. This collection remembers and celebrates their lives and the legacies that these women left behind. May their strength,...
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Meet Olivia the cursed bigfoot, Alfred the lonely dire wolf, and many other strange and wonderful creatures in these exciting new stories. The stories were written by the clever kids at Murrurrundi Public School during an 8 week creative writing program with author Karen Hughes.
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“Scarlet Stiletto: The Fourteenth Cut-2022” features twelve award-winning stories from the 28th annual Scarlet Stiletto Awards.
“The Scarlet Stiletto” series of eBooks—the First to the Fourteenth Cuts—feature superb collections of spine-chilling crime and mystery short stories, by Australian women writers, curated from 29 years of the Scarlet Stiletto Awards hosted by Sisters in Crime Australia.
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Throughout this book, we will show you what our family of six have learned throughout over the last year and a half of a fully surrendered life to the Holy Spirit. In this book,we teach what we have learned with scripture to back it up and challenges to apply these principles. Also we share testimonies over each chapter to tie into these lessons. As some may say you can't be fully surrendered to the Lord but, as a family, we have given up our "normal...
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Set in the mid-twentieth century, Tales of ZIDAC is the story of a group of children in rural Kentucky who set out to explore their small town after a night of spooky storytelling. A simple trip to the local haunted schoolhouse turns out to be more than the adventurous children had bargained for.
38) Rising Matriarch
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What does it mean to be a woman in her power?
To be a woman of courage, confidence, and authenticity?
To be a Matriarch?
The dictionary definition of Matriarch is a 'woman who is the head of a family or tribe,' but it goes much deeper than that. It's a fierceness; an incredible collective force. A need to nurture, protect and encourage a remembering of ancient wisdom and guidance.
The real and raw stories of truth and power that fill these pages...
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This publication contains a detailed overview of Bangladesh's public—private partnership (PPP) landscape, assesses its progress, and explains how well-structured deals can help climate-proof its infrastructure and maintain growth. Designed as a one-stop source of information on Bangladesh's relatively mature PPP sector, it assesses over 500 qualitative and quantitative indicators, and shows how strengthening institutional frameworks has encouraged...
40) Forging Europe's Leadership: Global Trends, Russian Aggression and the Risk of a Regressive World
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The world has been splintered by geopolitics and yet is still bound by interdependence. As competition between the world's great powers surges, multiple trends point towards the collapse of the international order. Russia's aggression against Ukraine marks a tipping point, potentially turning an already contested world into one of lasting regression on the political, security, economic, social and environmental fronts. While this scenario is not inevitable,...