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Maps International Ltd The Rockies Collect and Scratch Print
Set your sights on a new climbing challenge with the U.S. Rocky Mountains map print! This map highlights 147 major peaks in several U.S. states. Mark your climbs by scratching off that peak's foil, revealing a colour. The map print is an inspired gift for avid climbers and will take their breath away, like the views from the summits of the peaks they climb! This Scratch-Off Rocky Mountain Peaks Print (Silk Art Paper) has a superior colour reproduction finish and provides high photo quality.
£14.99
Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd Elizabeth Revealed: 500 Facts About The Queen and Her World
Elizabeth Revealed is a lively and affectionate celebration of The Queen's long and eventful life. This gorgeously illustrated book blends personal and public, frivolous and factual in a tribute to an extraordinary woman and the sweeping social changes she has lived through. The enjoyable '500 Facts' format highlights surprising aspects of The Queen's intimate life, the good and the bad years. It offers illuminating glimpses into a changing monarchy and royal family life as an elegant young princess developed into the most famous woman in the world.
£18.00
Island Press The Complete Guide to Environmental Careers in the 21st Century
Updated to reflect ongoing changes in environmental fields, this text is a resource for anyone seeking information about environmental career opportunities and how to get started in one. Highlights include trends in employment opportunities and additional material on careers in the energy field. Offering case studies and individual profiles of a variety of environmental professions, this book also has further information sources referenced, including over 100 of the top environmental websites. Tips on career research strategies along with education, voluntary work and internship suggestions are also given.
£33.13
Baker Publishing Group Early North African Christianity – Turning Points in the Development of the Church
An internationally recognized scholar highlights the important role the North African church played in the development of Christian thought. This accessible introduction brings Africa back to the center of the study of Christian history by focusing on key figures and events that influenced the history and trajectory of Christianity as a whole. Written and designed for the classroom, the book zeroes in on five turning points to show how North African believers significantly shaped Christian theology, identity, and practice in ways that directly impact the church today.
£16.99
Headline Publishing Group FORTNITE Official: The Chronicle (Annual 2023)
ALL THE CRAZIEST HIGHLIGHTS FROM FORTNITE'S LATEST SEASONS IN THE BRAND-NEW OFFICIAL ANNUAL FROM EPIC GAMESIt's been another wild ride in the world of Fortnite, with new challenges, rewards, map changes, and awesome Outfits keeping the game as fresh as ever. Now, in this official yearbook from Epic Games, you can relive all the major Battle Royale stories and surprises from the past 12 months. Packed full of fun features, cool artwork, quizzes, and exclusive inside knowledge, this is essential reading for any Fortnite fan.
£9.37
Pearson Education Revise Edexcel ASA Level Physics Revision Guide
Designed for hassle-free classroom and independent study, our Revision Guides are designed to complement the Student Books with a range of specially designed features such as the one-topic-per-page format, practice questions, knowledge checks and skills checks. ActiveBook included with every Student Book : An ActiveBook gives your students easy online access to the content in the Student Book. They can make it their own with notes, highlights and links to their wider reading. Perfect for supporting their course work and revision activities.
£13.70
CAMRA Books Beer Breaks: CAMRA's pocket guide to short stays in Europe's best beer destinations
Each featured city includes a review of the city, with selected tourist highlights, food recommendations, itineraries for first-time visitors, accommodation and travel options, followed by 5-9 recommended beer bars, cafes and brewery taps where the reader can experience the best of each city's burgeoning beer scene. An extensive section on transportation will enable the beer tourists wanting to see more of Europe to link destinations using public transport. Featured destinations include Barcelona, Berlin, Bristol, Copenhagen, Edinburgh, Madrid, Porto, Tallin, Tel Aviv and Vienna.
£15.99
Lone Pine Publishing,Canada Gardening Month by Month in Illinois
Illinois gardeners now have a handy new tool for maintaining and improving their gardens throughout the year. The book combines the features of an almanac and a gardening journal. Twelve pages are dedicated to each month of the year. Beautiful full-color photographs and helpful hints specifically geared to the growing conditions of the state provide both inspiration and a practical garden planner. A calendar format and lay-flat binding allows you to keep your own notes on such variables as weather, insect and disease appearances and treatments, as well as garden highlights.
£14.99
Freytag-Berndt Tegernsee - Schliersee - Wendelstein - Bad Toelz - Miesbach, hiking and cycling map 1:35,000
The heart of Bavaria beats in the Alpine region of Tegernsee Schliersee: Here, typical Bavarian customs, old traditions and cultural highlights are combined with a breathtaking landscape. Picturesque lakes, embedded in green forests and meadows, stretch out in front of an attractive picture-book backdrop of high mountains and gentle hills, criss-crossed by a unique network of hiking and cycling trails. From leisurely hiking or cycling to demanding mountain tours on foot or by mountain bike, there are numerous recreational opportunities. But also climbers, nature lovers, riders and golfers get their money's worth.
£12.90
Freytag-Berndt Frankfurt am Main
Stock exchange headquarters, German financial capital, Mainhatten, airport hub - all of this is associated with the Hessian Main metropolis. But Frankfurt offers more than that: In addition to the unique skyline with the Main and more than 100 skyscrapers, the Kaiserdom, the Alte Oper, numerous museums and other cultural highlights await discovery in Goethe's hometown. The tourist city map contains all the important sights, an overview map around Frankfurt on a scale of 1:200,000, an enlargement of the city center on a scale of 1:10,000 and a street directory for quick orientation.
£10.57
Freytag-Berndt Spessart, adventure guide and map 1:110,000
Old towns steeped in history such as in Aschaffenburg, Gelnhausen, Miltenberg or Tauberbischofsheim are cultural highlights of the Spessart region. The ecological attractiveness of the Spessart stems from its unspoilt nature and protected forests. In the adventure guide, numerous leisure activities for young and old are marked in the map section and cycling and hiking trails are marked. Especially worth seeing in the Spessart: museums, forts, parts of the Limes that document the traces of the Romans along the Rhine. You can find out more in the information section.
£9.85
Editions Norma Antidesign: Galerie Avant-Scène
This beautifully illustrated book of avant-garde art furniture design highlights a generation of creators whose energy and vision made a break with the past. Profiled here are Mark Brazier-Jones, Franck Evennou, Elizabeth Garouste, Marco de Gueltzl, Hubert Le Gall, Thierry Peltrault, Laurence Picot, Andrea Salvetti, and Claude de Wulf. All have been represented since the 1980s by Elisabeth Delacarte, whose Galerie Avant-Scène in Paris continues its mission of promoting these and other extraordinary furniture and jewellery designers to this day. Text in English and French.
£44.96
Haymarket Books Capitalism's Contradictions: Studies of Economic Thought Before and After Marx
This volume assembles several of the Galician Marxist's most important essays, and serves as an accessible introduction to his project of 'recovering' Marx. Grossman highlights distinctive features of Marx's economic theory through contrasting with his forerunners, from Adam Smith to Jean Charles Sismondi. He moves on to show how many Marxist economists import faulty assumptions from mainstream economics into their analyses, and in the process provides a unique overview of the major debates among Marxists over politics and economics between Marx's death and the rise of Fascism in Germany.
£21.99
Schiffer Publishing Ltd Floridiana: Collecting Florida's Best
Florida is always associated with all that is bright, colorful, funky, and fun. This book captures the spirit of Florida in the collectibles, ephemera, souvenirs, and nostalgic items that it produced. There are also highlights of Florida history and its culture, a price guide, and an index. Complete with postcards, tablecloths, ceramics, clothing, jewelry, dolls, figurines, and much more, it celebrates the tourist culture that helped populate Florida from the 1900s through the 1970s. Over 650 photographs bring the fun and fantasy of Florida to life, presenting what many consider as truly Florida's best!
£25.19
Galison Beside the Sea 500 Piece Puzzle
Beside the Sea 500 Piece Puzzle from Galison highlights a beautiful day by the water, perfect for hours of puzzling fun. Galison puzzles are packaged in matte-finish sturdy boxes, perfect for gifting, reuse, and storage.• 500 Pieces, Ribbon Cut• Box: 8 x 8 x 1.5', 203 x 203 x 41mm, Puzzle: 20 x 20', 508 x 508 mm• Includes Color Puzzle Insert with Puzzle Image• Virtually No Puzzle Dust• Puzzle greyboard contains 90% recycled paper. Packaging contains 70% recycled paper and is made responsibly from FSC-certified material. Printed with nontoxic inks.
£12.59
Springer Verlag, Singapore Post-industrial Robotics: Exploring Informed Architecture
This book highlights the concept of informed architecture as an alternative to performance-based approaches. Starting with an analysis of the state of art, the book defines an operative methodology in which performative parameters lead to the generation of the shape becoming the design’s input, rather than being mere quantitative parameters. It then uses case studies to investigate the methodology. Lastly, the book discusses a novel way of conceiving and using the manufacturing tool, which is the basis for the definition of informed architectures in relation to data usage and the optimization process.
£80.99
Amsterdam University Press Zeolites and Metal-Organic Frameworks: From Lab to Industry
Zeolites are natural or synthetic materials with porous chemical structures that are valuable due to their absorptive and catalytic qualities. Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) are manmade organometallic polymers with similar porous structures. This introductory book, with contributions from top-class researchers from all around the world, examines these materials and explains the different synthetic routes available to prepare zeolites and MOFs. The book also highlights how the substances are similar yet different and how they are used by science and industry in situations ranging from fueling cars to producing drugs.
£123.00
Headline Publishing Group Three Decades of Stories
THREE DECADES OF STORIES is a unique collection of Patrick Gale's two volumes of dark, moving, often witty and eccentric stories, GENTLEMAN'S RELISH and DANGEROUS PLEASURES. It also includes the acclaimed long story, CAESAR'S WIFE. Ranging from a lonely prisoner governor's wife, to a housewife desperate for a makeover; a father's trip to his former school to a long-term mistress offered an unexpected marriage, this is a volume that highlights Patrick Gale's skill of digging beneath the surface of relationships and exposing the often brutal mechanisms that drive them.
£12.99
Taylor & Francis Ltd The Undiscovered Self: Answers to Questions Raised by the Present World Crisis
In The Undiscovered Self Jung explains the essence of his teaching for a readership unfamiliar with his ideas. He highlights the importance of individual responsibility and freedom in the context of today's mass society, and argues that individuals must organize themselves as effectively as the organized mass if they are to resist joining it. To help them achieve this he sets out his influential programme for achieving self-understanding and self-realization. The Undiscovered Self is a book that will awaken many individuals to the new life of the self that Jung visualized.
£15.63
Penguin Young Readers Eat Your Superpowers!: How Colorful Foods Keep You Healthy and Strong
From grapes to beets and oatmeal to cashews, this reference book highlights and explains the benefits of 25 fruits, vegetables, nuts, and grains, each grouped into colour categories and presented with the mind and body benefits they offer. Carefully crafted one-sentence explanations from author Toni Buzzeo provide the perfect amount of information for the preschool audience, and illustrator Serge Bloch’s charming and humorous art make this an entertaining and uniquely appetizing reference book of food facts.
£14.99
World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Anatomy Workbook (In 3 Volumes)
This set of volumes is a companion to a program, supplemented by lectures and dissection, on the study of human anatomy. Each volume highlights important general concepts of anatomy and lists the structures in context that must be understood in a study program. The coverage caters for the needs of students of medical and paramedical disciplines. Emphasis is on carefully organizing major regions and promoting focused active learning through accurate labeling of anatomical drawings and posing clinical questions.
£265.00
Pentagon Press Perspectives on India's National Security Challenges: External and Internal Dimensions
In contemporary times of transnational changes, the dynamics of national security has become more complex and complicated, particularly with the emergence of transnational threats of terrorism, global warming and globalisation. In this context, the book concentrates on various aspects of national security challenges, particularly with reference to India. The highlights of the book include: specific attention on Islamalisation, strategic partnerships and defence cooperation. It is an interesting study covering India's relationship with its immediate and extended neighbours.
£47.95
Vertebrate Publishing Ltd Day Walks in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs: 20 routes in the southern Scottish Highlands
Day Walks in Loch Lomond & the Trossachs features 20 day-length routes suitable for hillwalkers of all abilities. Researched and written by experienced local walker Gerald McGarry, the walks explore the highlights of the Loch Lomond & The Trossachs National Park including the mountains of An Caisteal, Ben Lomond and Ben Ledi.Together with stunning photography, each route features Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 maps, easy-to-follow directions, details of distance and navigation information, and refreshment stops and local information.
£14.95
i2i Publishing Loud Mouth, Butterfly Boy and The AI Generation
This collection of three short stories were written in response to students requests to read stories that were contemporary and relevant to their age group. So she began to write, both to entertain and educate, then through discussion develop the topics. Each story highlights the difficult problems young adults can relate to. They portray those, who in the face of sudden and unprecedented events and adversity, become unlikely stoic heroes who persevere to change the way things are.
£11.95
Pearson Education Limited Speakout Pre-Intermediate 2nd Edition MyEnglishLab Student Access Card (Standalone)
MyEnglishLab for Speakout 2nd edition provides a fully blended and personalised learning environment that benefits both teachers and learners. * Interactive Workbook with instant feedback and automatic gradebook. * A common error report that highlights mistakes learners make. * Tips and feedback that direct learners to reference materials and encourage them to work out answers themselves. * Extra practice in grammar, vocabulary and skills. * Unit and achievement tests. * Mid and end of course tests. * BBC interviews. * Interactive worksheets for BBC interviews.
£19.20
Springer Piezoelectric Materials: Advances in Science, Technology and Applications
In the last few decades the applications of piezoelectrics to sensors have witnessed a dramatic acceleration and new devices and materials have been discovered. Some of the highlights include electrostrictive materials for positioners, relaxor-normal ferroelectric single crystals with very high electromechanical couplings for medical transducers, thin/thick PZT films for microelectromechanical systems, starting from a sophisticated chemical technology, and multilayer actuators fabricated by a cofiring technique. All will make a remarkable industrial impact in the 21st century.
£40.49
Rizzoli International Publications Jean-Louis Deniot: Destinations
Emulated as the epitome of French style and honoured by international design magazines and editors, Jean-Louis Deniot is in demand. His legacy is already being compared to that of design greats such as Jacques Grange and Alberto Pinto. Deniot is an architect first, ensuring that the interior architecture of his rooms is harmonious before taking a sophisticated neoclassical approach to the decor. He brings education, logic, and design history to his work, with one eye looking at the most refined style of French eighteenth century and one eye on the sophistication of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. His mix is highly individual, mixing art and custom-made furniture and pieces from different periods with masterful elegance. His rooms always look comfortable and timeless; never overly formal or trendy. In his second book, Deniot highlights his newest work from around the globe, showcasing his urbane and artful interiors from the United States to London, Paris, and Milan, and Moscow, Bangkok and New Delhi. With stunning photography and a series of insightful interviews between the designer and author Pamela Golbin, Destinations highlights a polished and richly layered classical style that is changing the scene for international design and offering inspiration and ideas to decorators, homeowners, and antiques enthusiasts.
£47.95
Emerald Publishing Limited Understanding and Responding to Economic Abuse
Despite being recognised by victim-survivors as a tactic used by abusers, economic abuse has received little attention in research, policy, or practice. Written by an internationally recognised expert on economic abuse, this powerful book provides a crucial validation of the lived experience of victim-survivors, and highlights the urgent need to develop effective responses to the issue. Breaking fresh ground, Understanding and Responding to Economic Abuse exposes the many ways in which abusers seek to control their intimate partners through economic resources and reinforces the importance of holding abusers accountable for their behaviour. Whilst the focus of this book is on Westminster policy in the UK, the author highlights how the case for ‘naming’ and defining economic abuse in statute has wider resonance. Making a trailblazing case for recognising this form of abuse, Sharp-Jeffs argues the case to expand the coordinated community response model to domestic abuse to address economic control through involving ‘non-traditional’ stakeholders such as money/debt advice organisations and the financial services sector, alongside specialist domestic abuse services and statutory agencies. Coming in the wake of the Domestic Abuse Act (2021), which broadened discourse from financial to economic abuse, Sharp-Jeffs turns our attention to this critical momentum for change and makes an important step towards shining a light on a form of coercive and controlling behaviour which has been invisible for too long.
£34.33
White Star Hidden Jungle Spotlight Book
From the Amazon rainforest in South America to the Congo in Central Africa, find the animals hidden in each scene using the special "flashlight" included in the book. Who's hiding in the grass? And what about the shadow in the branches of that tree? Thanks to the magic flashlight in this book, children will be entertained looking for more than 60 animals hidden in the wonderfully illustrated pages. Each spread highlights a different part of the world and provides bite-sized facts about the creatures found in that jungle. Ages: 5 plus
£12.99
Freytag-Berndt Frankfurt am Main
Stock exchange headquarters, German financial capital, Mainhatten, airport hub - all of this is associated with the Hessian Main metropolis. But Frankfurt offers more than that: In addition to the unique skyline with the Main and more than 100 skyscrapers, the Kaiserdom, the Alte Oper, numerous museums and other cultural highlights await discovery in Goethe's hometown. The tourist city map contains all the important sights, an overview map around Frankfurt on a scale of 1:200,000, an enlargement of the city center on a scale of 1:10,000 and a street directory for quick orientation.
£10.57
BKB Verlagsgesellschaft mbH 3 Days in Vienna: Make the most of your time
Vienna, the capital of Austria, with its magnificent Baroque architecture, imposing Ringstrasse Boulevard, elegant Art Nouveau buildings and unique artistic and cultural treasures is one of the world's most beautiful cities. This book, part of the 3 Days In series will help you make the most of your time in this splendid city. It is the perfect city guide for short stays and business trips and includes addresses for accommodation, entertainment, shopping and relaxation. With pull out maps of the city and the transport system, the book highlights well-known city attractions and hidden corners.
£8.38
Freytag-Berndt Schleswig - Baltic Sea coast, adventure guide and map 1:120,000
The map section of the Schleswig, Baltic Sea Coast adventure guide extends from Rendsburg to Flensburg and even to Soenderburg in Denmark. There are numerous tourist highlights to discover in this attractive, partly nature-protected coastal region of the Baltic Sea. You can find out more about the naval memorial in Laboe, the Damp recreation center, deep-sea fishing from Maasholm or Glucksburg Castle in the information section on the back of the map. Worth knowing and interesting facts about larger places such as Kiel, Flensburg and Rendsburg are also compiled there.
£9.85
Thinkers Publishing The Modernized Scotch Game: A Complete Repertoire for White and Black
In his sixth book for Thinkers Publishing, Milos Pavlovic has taken a serious look at the recent developments within the Scotch Game. Drawing upon his considerable opening experience, he investigates the most interesting and dynamic lines for White and Black, making this book a complete repertoire one. He found many novelties and highlights the most important positional and tactical themes this opening provides. We are quite convinced this 'complete repertoire book' will give you an extra boost to play this fascinating opening being one of the old-time favorites of Garry Kasparov.
£22.49
Rockpool Publishing Zodiac Moon Reading Cards: Celestial guidance at your fingertips
Zodiac Moon Reading Cards is the first ever thirty-six card set depicting the sun, moon and eclipses through the zodiac signs. Drawing on predictive astrology, this insightful oracle card deck will help you to understand more about yourself and friends, family and loved ones. Each card highlights turning points and the best way to move forward in life. Included is a booklet explaining the deep significance of each card with beautiful photographic illustrations of the sun, moon, eclipses, nature and space. A powerful deck to assist you to navigate your direction in life.
£17.09
Cicerone Press The Isle of Mull: Mull, Ulva, Gometra, Iona and Erraid
A guidebook to 47 day walks on the Isle of Mull. From short circuits and linear coastal and glen walks to demanding mountain routes, there is something for walkers of all fitness levels and experience on this Inner Hebridean island.The walks range in length from 5–23km (3–14 miles) and cover Mull as well as the neighbouring islands of Ulva, Gometra, Iona and Erraid. 1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk Detailed information on accommodation and ferry transport Easy access from Tobermory and Craignure Highlights include an ascent of Ben More
£14.95
Waterford Press Ltd The Nature of Arizona: An Introduction to Familiar Plants, Animals & Outstanding Natural Attractions
A land of contrasts, Arizona's diverse landscape encompasses habitats ranging from the subalpine meadows of the San Francisco Peaks, to sunbaked deserts, to the mile-deep recesses of the world's greatest canyon. Native species include more than 475 birds, 130 mammals, 90 reptiles, 20 amphibians, 80 fishes and thousands of trees, shrubs and wildflowers. This beautifully illustrated field guide highlights more than 300 common and unique plants and animals and 100 of the state's outstanding natural attractions. It is an indispensable single reference for amateur naturalists, students and tourists alike.
£12.99
John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism
A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism is a complete guide to two of the dominant movements of philosophy in the twentieth century. Written by a team of leading scholars, including Dagfinn Føllesdal, J. N. Mohanty, Robert Solomon, Jean-Luc Marion Highlights the area of overlap between the two movements Features longer essays discussing each of the main schools of thought, shorter essays introducing prominent themes, and problem-oriented chapters Organised topically, around concepts such as temporality, intentionality, death and nihilism Features essays on unusual subjects, such as medicine, the emotions, artificial intelligence, and environmental philosophy
£38.95
Harvard University Press Game Theory and the Law
This book is the first to apply the tools of game theory and information economics to advance our understanding of how laws work. Organized around the major solution concepts of game theory, it shows how such well known games as the prisoner’s dilemma, the battle of the sexes, beer-quiche, and the Rubinstein bargaining game can illuminate many different kinds of legal problems. Game Theory and the Law highlights the basic mechanisms at work and lays out a natural progression in the sophistication of the game concepts and legal problems considered.
£38.66
Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Nordic Dimension of Energy Security
This book will show that when some countries begin using oil and gas as an instrument of exerting pressure and to realize political goals, energy security becomes synonymous with national security as well as economic security. It is within this context that the Nordic countries serve as role models and an exemplification of modern, innovative and ecofriendly solutions. This book highlights that the Nordic countries represent a very broad spectrum of competencies and techniques in the field of making use of various energy sources, which basically exhausts all the possible and currently available possibilities.
£44.99
John Wiley & Sons Inc Developments in Rapid Casting
Rapid Casting and its various techniques has fast become an indispensible part of modern manufacturing. Developments in rapid casting are the result of shorter lead-time demands just as increasingly shorter lead-time demands are the result of rapid casting. This cyclical relationship has meant that the exciting developments and evolution of rapid casting techniques is truly enduring. This important publication highlights the most up-to-date developments in rapid casting from academia and industry alike. Contributions from authoritative authors come together to form this comprehensive collection of discussions and case studies.
£144.85
Royal Botanic Gardens Petrichor
The book showcases these unique artworks in their different mediums as they are exhibited in the Shirley Sherwood Gallery of Botanical Art. Serving as a guide and keepsake, Petrichor is the perfect takeaway from Collishaw’s exciting exhibition. Highlights include the UK premier of Even to the End, a large-scale projected work that immerses viewers in a sequence inspired by the invention of the Wardian Case, The Centrifugal Soul, a zoetrope displaying bird courtship against a backdrop of blooming flowers and The Albion, an eerie spectre of an oak tree suspended between life and death.
£15.00
Waterford Press Ltd Weather: A Folding Pocket Guide to to Clouds, Storms and Weather Patterns
Waterford's guide to Weather is the ideal, pocket-sized folding guide to clouds, storms and weather patterns. A must-have reference for novice meteorologists, this guide teaches how and why weather occurs and how to anticipate weather changes. It also highlights weather phenomena (ranging from hurricanes and tornadoes to waterspouts and dust devils) and weather lore ("Red sky at night, sailor's delight."). Laminated for durability, this guide is a great source of portable information and ideal for field use by novices and experts alike. Made in the USA.
£7.15
Templar Publishing Little Life Cycles: Drip
Drip is a little drop of water. In this book, learn how he will travel through the water cycle ... to become a tiny drip once again.This beautifully illustrated board book for the very young explores the journey of a raindrop. Watch Drip travel through streams, rivers, the ocean and clouds to become a little drip once again. A die-cut right through to the last page of the book highlights that nature is full of changes, but that the story begins and ends with a tiny drop of water.
£7.21
Collective Ink Phoenixes & Angels: Mastering the Eighth & Twelfth Astrological Houses
In Phoenixes and Angels: Mastering the Eighth and Twelfth Astrological Houses, Carmen Turner-Schott gives practical advice and tips on how to implement self-care strategies to overcome challenges and help the reader gain greater self-awareness. This book will benefit astrology students, seasoned astrologers, beginners, and those who want to learn how to counsel individuals with eighth and twelfth house planets. The eighth house is the most powerful house in astrology. It rules death, regeneration, rebirth, healing, transformation, sexuality, behind-the-scenes energy, power, and secrets. All the energy of Scorpio and Pluto brings a heightened awareness of the deep things in life from which most people hide. Eighth house people share similar life experiences. /Phoenixes and Angels/ highlights actual stories from eighth house people, which can help those interested in learning more about themselves and helping others. The twelfth house is the most spiritual and mystical house in astrology. It rules cosmic consciousness, oneness with God, compassion, service to others, psychic abilities, imagination, sleep, dreaming, addiction, secrets, and much more. All the energy of Neptune and Pisces brings a heightened awareness of the spiritual world and the divine. Twelfth house people share similar life experiences. This book highlights actual stories from twelfth house people, too, which can help those interested in learning more about themselves and helping others.
£17.99
Columbia University Press Human Trafficking Around the World: Hidden in Plain Sight
This unprecedented study of sex trafficking, forced labor, organ trafficking, and sex tourism across twenty-four nations highlights the experiences of the victims, perpetrators, and anti-traffickers involved in this brutal trade. Combining statistical data with intimate accounts and interviews, journalist Stephanie Hepburn and justice scholar Rita J. Simon create a dynamic volume sure to educate and spur action. Hepburn and Simon recount the lives of victims during and after their experience with trafficking, and they follow the activities of traffickers before capture and their outcomes after sentencing. Each chapter centers on the trafficking practices and anti-trafficking measures of a single country: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Niger, Poland, Russia, South Africa, Syria, Thailand, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Examining these nations' laws, Hepburn and Simon reveal gaps in legislation and enforcement and outline the cultural norms and biases, societal assumptions, and conflicting policies that make trafficking scenarios so pervasive and resilient. This study points out those most vulnerable in each nation and the specific cultural, economic, environmental, and geopolitical factors that contribute to each nation's trafficking issues. Furthermore, the study also highlights common phenomena that governments and international anti-traffickers should consider in their fight against this illicit trade.
£22.00
Arcler Education Inc Role of Microbes in Restoration Ecology
Microorganisms have critical roles in the functioning of environment, structural formation, and plant interactions, both positive and negative. These roles are important in reestablishing function and biodiversity in ecosystem restoration. This book will focus on topics where microbial ecology contributes to management, restoration and sustainability of the biosphere. Discussing current microbial ecology and environmental microbiology, it will review the role of microbial communities in ecosystem services, with examples from both natural and managed ecosystems. It also highlights the untold ways in which microbial communities influence environmental quality and sustainability.
£176.91
Lannoo Publishers Willy Vanderperre
This book explores the oeuvre of Belgian photographer Willy Vanderperre. His editorial work appears in magazines such as AnOther Magazine, Dust, i-D, Perfect, Vogue and W Magazine. He also photographed campaigns for fashion houses such as Dior and Prada. Willy Vanderperre, Prints, films, a rave and more highlights how the photographer's fascination with youth has driven him for almost three decades. In addition to the evolution in visual language, this overview of his photographic work also considers his many years of collaboration with Olivier Rizzo and Raf Simons.
£49.50
Five Continents Editions Beliefs
This catalogue for the 5th Art Brut Biennial at the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne highlights the museum’s holdings with a focus on the subject of belief. In a wide range of mediums, the show reveals the particular link between Art Brut and Outsider artists, religion, and the occult. The subjects of these works include deities, saints, religious figures, as well as abstract compositions, symbolist paintings, and ritual objects. With their diverse and original representations of belief, these artists transcend the often difficult conditions of their lives.
£22.50