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Movie and television tie-ins, Gentle mysteries, Women sleuths
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The newest entry in the USA Today bestselling Murder, She Wrote series.It's leaf-peeping season in Cabot Cove, but for someone,…
it's killing season!A quartet of friends from Florida have come to Maine to experience a New England autumn, complete with hiking in the woods and fishing. When one of them goes missing, the town rallies to find the presumably lost but otherwise safe tourist. But when newspaper editor Dan Andrews is biking on the trail along a ridge, he looks down and sees a leg caught in the branches of a tree. Count on Jessica Fletcher to uncover the secret reason the victim came to town . . . and how it led to her murder.
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Classic fiction, War stories, Serious and literary fiction
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Drawn from Ernest Hemingway&’s own life, A Farewell to Arms is one of America&’s greatest novels of love and war.Set…
in Italy during World War I, A Farewell to Arms tells the story of Frederic Henry, a young American volunteer struck by a shell while driving an ambulance on the front lines, and British nurse Catherine Barkley, who is mourning the death of her fiancé in combat. As their tentative relationship deepens and their hopes rise, the escalating chaos and brutality of the war threaten to shatter their world. With shocking honesty, Hemingway evokes the years of destruction and disillusionment that produced the Lost Generation. A profound meditation on the fragility of human connection, A Farewell to Arms has captivated readers for more than a century with its blend of stark realism and raw emotional resonance.
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Computers and internet
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From award-winning author Dagmar Geisler, in collaboration with illustrator Nikolai Renger, a brand-new series for elementary school students about social-emotional learning…
and physical and mental health. The internet can be a scary place, for children and adults alike. How can you be sure that who you're talking to isn't a troll, and that they're telling you the truth? How can you be sure that the photos and information you share with family and friends will remain private? Luckily, the Net-Experts, Madison and Luke, are making a list for you about how to behave on the internet in a way that will help keep you and your information out of the wrong hands, will help you avoid bullies and trolls, and help you know how to respond in difficult and uncomfortable situations that may arise.How Can I Be Safe Online? is a strong conversation-starter for adults and children and is also a practical guide.
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Business and economics, Economics, Politics and government
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This book provides unique insight into the life and work of Murray N. Rothbard. After detailing his early life and…
encounters with Ludwig von Mises, it examines how the social and political conditions of the time influenced his thinking and led him toward classical liberalism, the Austrian school of economics, and libertarianism. Rothbard&’s valuable contributions to these traditions are outlined, with a particular focus on his considerations of human nature, natural law, business cycles, and the free market. His engagement with political and social issues is also discussed and ranges from his opposition to the Vietnam War and his distrust of the state to his analysis of the Soviet secession. This book explores the legacy of Murray N. Rothbard and highlights the continued importance of his ideas and work. It will be relevant to students and researchers interested in the history of economic thought and political philosophy, as well as Austrian economics and libertarianism.
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General non-fiction, Politics and government
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This edited volume presents the latest achievements of postdigital scholarship in the field of future studies. Showing that current policy…
frameworks are dominated by capitalist imaginaries, the book insists on the development of radically different futures. This task is approached in five different ways. The book begins with an overview of the many ways to approach postdigital imaginations as emancipatory practices, followed by some urgent reimaginations of older ideas. It moves on to critiques of current practices, policies, and imaginaries, and develops postdigital research methods for the development of emancipatory educational imaginaries. Showcasing some recent interventions in educational politics, policy, and practice, it links presented work on postdigital imaginations with recent postdigital inquiry related to the geopolitics of postdigital educational development. This book is suited for educators, policy-makers, and any researcher fascinated by the unbounding of education from capitalist imaginaries and reframing it within an emancipatory future.
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Fantasy, General fiction, Science fiction
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From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays, and interviews that offer…
transformative visions of the future, fantastical alternate worlds, and inspiration for the social justice movements of tomorrow.In this collection, editors Karen Lord, Annalee Newitz, and Malka Older champion realistic, progressive social change using the speculative stories of writers across the world. Exploring topics ranging from disability justice and environmental activism to community care and collective worldbuilding, these imaginative pieces from writers such as NK Jemisin, Charlie Jane Anders, Alejandro Heredia, Sam J. Miller, Nisi Shawl, and Sabrina Vourvoulias center solidarity, empathy, hope, joy, and creativity. Each story is grounded within a broader sociopolitical framework using essays and interviews from movement leaders, including adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha, charting the future history of protest, revolutions, and resistance with the same zeal for accuracy that speculative writers normally bring to science and technology. Using the vehicle of ambitious storytelling, We Will Rise Again offers effective tools for organizing, an unflinching interrogation of the status quo, and a blueprint for prefiguring a different world.
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Journals and memoirs, Death and bereavement
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Discover how divine signs, unexpected hope, and heartfelt truth can guide you through grief and transform loss into purpose in…
Hope All the Way.Hope is always there, waiting for you. —Theo Boyd When you hear that special song playing on the radio out of the blue . . . When you see that certain time on a clock . . . When you&’re given a piece of jewelry from a new love who would have no way of knowing the significance of its color and shape . . . It is these moments, these surprises—these divine signs—that can house the pieces of hope that carry you through loss and into a life filled with purpose, love, and cherished memories. Hope All the Way is a soulful, stirring invitation to see life—and loss—through a different lens. In this compassionate and candid follow-up to My Grief Is Not Like Yours, Theo Boyd shares her personal story of moving through traumatic grief and into healing and hope. With unflinching honesty and gentle wisdom, she reveals how moments that may seem like mere coincidences—clocks stopping, lights going out, dreams unfolding—are actually divine whispers of love from above. While grief can feel as varied as a steak—raw, burnt, or well done—or as messy as eggs—scrambled, over easy, or made to order—hope is constant and sure. It&’s always there when you&’re ready for it. Whether you are walking through fresh grief or carrying a decades-old ache, this book reminds you that healing doesn&’t mean forgetting. It means simply finding hope in unexpected places and learning to live, love, and believe again. Hope isn&’t just a feeling. It&’s a divine invitation to keep going—all the way.
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Historical fiction, Sea stories
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It is 1799, and after Captain Horatio Nelson&’s victory at the Nile he is celebrated at home as Britain&’s greatest…
hero, elevating his popularity with the public to a fever pitch. At sea, Nelson&’s squadron supports King Ferdinand&’s successful attempt to recapture Naples. At the same time, word of his dalliance with Emma Hamilton reaches the Admiralty, and his superiors begin to lose patience. At court, his ego and relationship with Emma, who is viewed as little more than a trollop by the courtiers surrounding George III, create a tumultuous backdrop to his progress. As the war against France reaches its critical stages, England desperately needs Nelson&’s leadership. The path ahead is marked by the siege of Malta and a consequential battle at Copenhagen, which tests his courage and resilience. The constant threat of war, the hardships he faces, and his yearning for acceptance in society create a tense and urgent atmosphere – a desire he believes can be fulfilled with one more significant victory. Breaking the Line brings David Donachie&’s stirring Nelson Trilogy to its conclusion, from the happiest time of his life with Emma at their Merton home to aboard HMS Victory during Britannia&’s grand triumph in the waters off Cape Trafalgar. From the smoke of war to the perfume of the court, the wilds of the Atlantic to the vicissitudes of sun-drenched Naples, this is the story of a great hero, a star-crossed love affair, and a war that stretched across the world.
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Serious and literary fiction
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Inspired by a shocking true story, this haunting debut novel of love, brotherhood, resilience, and redemption set in Pakistan calls…
to mind the modern classics The Kite Runner and The Beekeeper of Aleppo. On the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, a large yellow moon hung low in the sky when the men came with dogs and guns and cricket bats. In front of his family&’s small hut on the edge of a looming brick kiln, Lalloo&’s brother was murdered. Unable to escape the memory of that horrible night, Lalloo&’s parents and sisters remain trapped, the kiln chimney churning black smoke into the sky as the family slave, brick by brick, to pay off their debts. To rescue them, Lalloo must free himself from his past and carve out his own destiny.
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Business and economics, Customs and cultures, Lifestyle
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&“More than the story of a toy, Barbieland is the story of the 20th century.&” —Malcolm Harris, author of Palo…
Alto The secret history of Barbie and what Mattel has done to keep her on top.
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Archaeology
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This handbook provides an in-depth finding on the Harappan Civilization (~Indus Civilization, Sarasvati-Sindhi, Sindhu-Sarasvati Civilization) that flourished from ~2600–1900 BCE…
in the Greater Indus Region. It presents the emerging perspectives of the Harappan Civilization and includes the results from the recent excavations in South Asian sites. The book begins with the evidence on settled human life, the factors that led to the domestication of plants and animals, and the cumulative effect on the triggering of urban processes. It highlights the evidence of the emergence of towns and villages, aided by the technology of copper and trade, in different parts of the Greater Indus Region, ultimately culminating in the Harappan Civilization. It illustrates the hallmark features of the Harappan Civilization and recent findings. It updates the latest knowledge on topics like the script and the people, the ultimate transformation into a rural culture again, mainly due to climatic changes. It presents the scientific techniques and methodologies employed in investigating the past, particularly the Harappan Civilization. It enables the students to pursue similar lines of research in the ever-growing field of applying sciences in archaeology. The richly illustrated book with maps and photographs assists researchers and scholars in understanding the archaeological facts and information related to the Harappan Civilization.
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Medicine
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Dieses Buch bietet eine umfassende Vorbereitung auf die anspruchsvolle Prüfungssituation zum Facharzt/zur Fachärztin in der Dermatologie. Angehende Dermatologinnen und Dermatologen…
finden in diesem übersichtlichen Werk alles, was sie benötigen, um erfolgreich zu bestehen. Durch präzise Zusammenfassungen und interaktive Lernkarten vermittelt dieses Werk nicht nur das nötige Fachwissen, sondern auch die Sicherheit und Gelassenheit, die für eine erfolgreiche Facharztprüfung unerlässlich sind. Ein unverzichtbarer Begleiter für alle, die ihre Facharztprüfung in Dermatologie noch vor sich haben.
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Business and economics
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Wir leben in einer Zeit, in der Stabilität in jeglicher Dimension zunehmend zur Ausnahme und krisenhafte Zustände zur neuen Normalität…
werden. Entscheidungsprozesse sind heute durch ein außerordentlich hohes Maß an Komplexität und Ungewissheit geprägt – ob aus politischer, unternehmerischer oder gesellschaftlicher Sicht. Die gegenwärtige Polykrisenlage wird nicht nur als Resultat externer Schocks oder unvorhersehbarer Ereignisse diskutiert; vielmehr scheint sie auch Ausdruck unterlassener Weichenstellungen, unzureichender Resilienzstrategien und mangelndem Risikobewusstsein zu sein. Daher ist es notwendig, Risikointelligenz zu entwickeln, um zukünftig mit allgegenwärtigen Unsicherheiten und Krisen umzugehen. In diesem Kontext adressiert dieser Sammelband zentrale unternehmerische Herausforderungen der 2020er Jahre aus einer interdisziplinären Perspektive. Dabei werden in 28 Beiträgen betriebs- und volkswirtschaftliche, wirtschaftspolitische, energiepolitische, technologie- und industriepolitische sowie regulatorische Herausforderungen identifiziert, analysiert und auf absehbare strukturelle Veränderungen der Rahmenbedingungen des Wirtschaftens und der unternehmerischen Entscheidungsfindung hingewiesen. Sofern möglich, werden praxisorientierte Lösungsansätze und Handlungsempfehlungen vorgestellt. Dieser Sammelband richtet sich nicht nur an Entscheidungsträger aus Wirtschaft, Politik und Gesellschaft, sondern an alle Personen, die sich mit den aktuellen Herausforderungen fundiert und praxisnahe auseinandersetzen möchten. Denn: Wer die gegenwärtigen Entwicklungen ignoriert oder unterschätzt, gefährdet kurzfristig seine Handlungsfähigkeit und langfristig seinen Wohlstand.
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General non-fiction, Psychology
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Solidly grounded in theory and empirical evidence, this book presents a novel methodological framework for fostering Communities of Dialogic Inquiry…
in primary education called Learning Together. These communities create collaborative networks of distributed cognition among school, university, and local community members to equip &“apprentices&” with a firm scientific foundation, complemented by a robust humanistic citizenship culture, enabling their participation in socioscientific practices in an informed, critical, responsible and inclusive fashion. Learning Together provides concrete, articulated, and richly illustrated teaching-learning strategies for cultivating these communities in diverse school and community settings. &“In this book, the authors make a distinctive, strong and important contribution to our understanding of how education can be made most productive. They draw on a wealth of schools-based research, including their own, to link what is known about the ways humans learn and what can and should happen in classrooms. It should help to promote a more accurate conception of education as a social, cultural, communicative activity, rather than a process whereby teachers simply transmit knowledge to students. I hope it is read by teachers, researchers and others involved in education everywhere&”. – Neil Mercer, Emeritus Professor of Education, University of Cambridge, UK &“For the authors of this fascinating and timely volume, communities of dialogic inquiry have two main aims: fostering skills that support a key human activity (learning for dialogue) and applying those skills in knowledge acquisition (learning through dialogue). The authors ground those aims in a novel yet convincing interpretation of sociocultural theory: the insightful and wide-ranging literature review that underpins their approach will be appreciated by researchers and practitioners alike. At the same time, the volume goes far beyond theory: it concludes with case studies, which indicate in detail how dialogic inquiry can be embedded in classrooms&”. – Christine Howe, Emeritus Professor, University of Cambridge, UK
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Arts and entertainment, Computers and internet, Science and technology
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This book contains papers presented at the International Conference on Smart Cities (ICSC 2024) under the banner of World Engineering,…
Science & Technology Congress (ESTCON 2024) held from September 10 to 11, at Sabah International Convention Centre, Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia. The conference contains papers presented by academics and industrial practitioners showcasing their latest advancements and findings in emerging smart cities and sustainable urban living. The papers are categorized under the following tracks and topics of research: (1) Sustainable Engineering for Building; (2) Blockchain and Cybersecurity; (3) Artificial Intelligence (AI); (4) Smart Transportation System; and (5) Low-Carbon Planning for Sustainable City.
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Medicine
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This peer-reviewed book complements the decision-making process of busy clinicians at a primary care, outpatient, or ambulatory setting. The book…
is designed to provide clinicians with "quick-fire" answers to common clinical problems using a one-glimpse algorithm for each topic. The algorithm serves as a quick access or desk reference containing information that is aligned to a much more detailed companion text. The book targets an international audience, driven by an extensive synthesis of international guidelines for each topic, making it customizable. The algorithm is meant to introduce a basic "scaffolding" that can be tailored to meet the demands of local practice, aided by a simplified reference text curated from well established guidelines. The content of this book is designed to provide and preserve clinically relevant information against a backdrop of continuous advancements in technical knowledge that usually require constant updates. To that end, the Editor and authors have carefully crafted "experience-based roadmaps" in the form of algorithms that could potentially remain timeless, forming the foundation for future decision-making processes to be built upon thus keeping pace with scientific progress and contemporary practices. Screen, Diagnose, Manage and Monitor - A GP Primer to Common Clinical Conditions is a collaborative effort (between clinicians and academics from different universities and practice-based clinics) initiated by Monash University.
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Laws and statutes
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This book examines the political foundations of community mediation, exploring why citizens choose to resolve conflicts autonomously within their communities…
rather than relying on judicial decisions. It investigates how community mediation, led by mediators who are themselves members of the community, fosters social inclusion, accountability, and empowerment among conflicting parties. The text traces the roots of these practices to Roman amicitia and Greek philia, concepts of friendship that served as social bonds or &“social cement&” in classical society. By revisiting these traditions, the book analyzes their relevance as a political basis for contemporary approaches to conflict resolution, showing how ancient ideals of consensus, fraternity, and solidarity can inform modern mediation processes. Across its chapters, the book identifies the essential qualities of community mediators and their relationships with the parties involved, highlighting how these dynamics shape the credibility and acceptance of their interventions. It also outlines key categories—consensus, alterity, fraternity, solidarity, and time—as integral to the concept of friendship and demonstrates their connection to both mediation and jurisdiction. In addition, the work critically assesses the limitations of community mediation and questions whether its practice can consistently lead to the autonomization and accountability of participants. By bridging classical political philosophy and contemporary conflict resolution, this book offers a fresh perspective for scholars, practitioners, and policymakers interested in law, political theory, social inclusion, and alternative dispute resolution.
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Science and technology
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This book explores the critical role of dipterans (flies) in global food production, plant reproduction, and ecological services. It highlights…
the diversity of pollinating dipterans worldwide, with a focus on their importance in India. Chapters cover key pollinator groups such as syrphid flies (hoverflies), thick-headed flies, bees (honeybees, bumblebees, solitary bees), and butterflies, explaining their impact on plant health and reproduction. Special attention is given to non-syrphid dipterans, which are vital in high-altitude and subarctic regions where bee populations are limited. The book also examines threats like climate change, habitat loss, land-use changes, and invasive species, along with recent research on insect immunity and antiviral defenses in honeybees. It is a valuable resource for researchers, academicians, and anyone interested in pollinators and their conservation.
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This is volume 19 issue 4 of Journal of Human Capital. The Journal of Human Capital (JHC) is dedicated to…
human capital and its expanding economic and social roles in the contemporary knowledge economy. It explores the role human capital plays in the production, allocation, and distribution of economic resources and in supporting long-term economic growth and development. JHC is designed to bring together theoretical and empirical work on human capital—broadly defined to include education, skill, health, entrepreneurship, and intellectual and social capital—and related public policy issues.
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Travel and geography, United States travel and geography
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From the Outer Banks to the Great Smoky Mountains, discover the best of the Tar Heel State with Moon North…
Carolina. Inside you'll find:Flexible itineraries, including scenic drives along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a weekend in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and a five-day coastal getaway The top local experiences: Explore the gardens of the Biltmore Estate, check out the art museum in Raleigh, or kick back with a craft beer at an outdoor concert in Wilmington. Escape to the Outer Banks for a glimpse of wild horses, historic lighthouses, and remote islands. Tap your foot to live bluegrass and dig in to famous North Carolina barbecue Outdoor adventures: Hike to waterfalls or challenge yourself to climb the peaks of Grandfather Mountain and Mount Mitchell. Kayak around Kitty Hawk, whitewater raft in the wild Nantahala River Gorge, hang glide, or spend a day fly-fishing Expert tips from North Carolina local Jason Frye on when to go, how to get around, and where to stay, from rugged campgrounds to historic inns and beachside B&Bs Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Thorough background on the landscape, climate, wildlife, and local culture With Moon North Carolina's expert advice and local insight, you can find your adventure. Feeling outdoorsy? Check out Moon Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Can't get enough of the beach? Try Moon North Carolina Coast.About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to tell—and they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media.