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Book SynopsisAre you a busy mother-baby professional who is stressed to the max? Do you find the 24/7 lifestyle of always being on call for your clients, family obligations and the necessity to build a business more than you can handle? You may be preaching, Take care of yourself! to new parents, while suffering from stress-induced illness and disease. In Keep the Fires Burning, author Micky Jones provides concrete evidence of the consequences of putting everyone else's needs before your own and gives practical suggestions for taking back your life and your health. This book covers the following topics: -The reality of work as a mother-baby professional -The six flames that can destroy your passion--individual stress, secondary stress, vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout, and depression -How empathy affects your work -How who you are, what work you do, and your sphere of influence impacts how stress affects you -Life strategies to eliminate stress -A personal self-care plan for home and

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Book SynopsisThe new epic love story from Anna Todd continues. After The Falling, comes The Burning, the second novel in the Brightest Stars trilogy, from the No. 1 internationally bestselling author of the After series.''Anna Todd has done it again!'' COLLEEN HOOVER''Todd is the biggest literary phenomenon of her generation'' COSMOPOLITAN......................Anna Todd''s Brightest Stars trilogy continues the contemporary love story of Karina, a young woman who ''grew up military'' and is living and working for the first time on her own, and Kael, a 21-year-old soldier now home after two deployments, profoundly scarred by his time in Afghanistan. The Burning picks up from the sudden and shocking disruption of Karina and Kael''s developing romance at the ending of The Falling: their attraction to one another is undeniable, yet the trust the

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...Strozier's intimate yet comprehensive, visceral, and intellectual dissection of 10 years of trauma, fear, and recovery is full of pain and mystery, radiance and strength. BooklistTable of ContentsIntroduction The Event Part I: 102 Minutes of Disaster Zones of Sadness 1. Survivors: Zone 2. Witnesses: Zone 3. Participants: Zone 4. Onlookers: Zone Reflections 5. The Dying 6. Apocalyptic Interlude 7. Traumasong 8. Television: Numbing and Rage 9. Hidden Children: Television's Exception Part II: 100 Days of Suffering 10. Organic Process 11. Disrupted Lives 12. Death and Future 13. Pregnant Women Part III: Ten Years of Effects 14. The Surprise of It All 15. On Trauma and Zones of Sadness 16. Historical Memory of the Disaster Acknowledgments Appendix: The Literature on Trauma and the Measurement of PTSD After 9/11 Notes Index

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Book Synopsis‘The lyric poem works both to slow down our world, teasing out the many disparate elements of our experience, and to reorient it, by exposing an entire universe of instincts, paradoxes, and mysteries beneath all that we know, or think we know. In these poems by Anna Selby, human beings are always gravitating from earth and air towards water. It is as if the transcendence they seek (the desire to “leap/hot out of your own life”) requires a physical departure from the very medium they inhabit. Selby’s ringing titles evoke not just a subject but a sensibility, and her versatile forms and deftly run-on lines very persuasively re-enact the thrill of sense experience and the shape of thought.’ Chandrahas ChoudhuryTable of Contents The First Time I Saw Your Winter The Second Dance Where I Come From Dunwich Burning The Early Shift Washing My Father Death of the Fish March Swimming in the Abandoned Quarry Is it Too Late for the Bath An Intimate Dinner with Raised Voices The Lost Art of Disappearing Recipes for Quiet Sons The Many Reasons How Sundays Would Sound if People Described Them 52 Versions of Hope Timelapse Duck Eggs and Keats Instead of Grace

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Book SynopsisAfter serving a hard 15 years in prison on a murder plea, former Atlanta P.D. detective Samantha Vega is now making her living as the bouncer at an exotic dance club. But when a dancer is found dead and her daughter missing, the cops write it off as just another drug user who overdosed and a runaway kid. With her former colleagues on the force more concerned with giving her a hard time than doing their job, Vega must decide if she’s willing to risk her freedom in order to help the people with nowhere else to turn.From the award-winning team of PLASTIC (Doug Wagner & Daniel Hillyard) and art from industry-greats Adam Hughes (Wonder Woman), Cully Hamner (Red, Batman and The Signal) Tomm Coker (BLACK MONDAY MURDERS), Chris Brunner (Spider-Gwen, LOOSE ENDS), and more.Collects THE RIDE: BURNING DESIRE #1-5

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Book SynopsisMolly Naylor is a poet, scriptwriter, performer and director. She is the co-writer of Sky One comedy After Hours. Theatre work includes Whenever I Get Blown Up I Think of You (writer/performer), My Robot Heart (writer/performer) and LIGHTS! PLANETS! PEOPLE! (writer/director). She has written for a range of organisations including BBC Radio 4, the Royal Shakespeare Company and the British Film Institute. Her first poetry collection Badminton was also published by Burning Eye Books. She is the co-director of True Stories Live. Stop Trying to be Fantastic is her second poetry collection.Trade Review'Molly makes me laugh and her poetry makes my heart grow plumper and more confident. I love her words and her honesty.' Sara Pascoe

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Book SynopsisAn extraordinary history of the punk movement in East GermanyTrade ReviewWildly entertaining . . . A thrilling tale . . . A joy in the way it brings back punk's fury and high stakes * Vogue *Original and inspiring . . . Mohr has written an important work of Cold War cultural history * Wall Street Journal *A thrilling and essential social history that details the rebellious youth movement that helped change the world * Rolling Stone *[A] riveting and inspiring history of punk's hard-fought struggle in East Germany. The book chronicles, with cinematic detail, the commitment and defiance required of East German punks as they were forced to navigate constant police harassment and repression * New York Times Book Review *Gripping * Billboard *Burning Down the Haus fastidiously traces the self-discovery of punks in the socialist dictatorship of East Germany, and the violence and repression they endured on the way to freedom * NPR *Mohr digs into the subject of East German punk like nobody before * Rolling Stone (Germany) *Spellbinding . . . Part cultural history, part political thriller, and entirely true -- Peter Ames Carlin, author of Homeward Bound: The Life of Paul SimonBurning Down the Haus is a riveting cultural history that also serves as a rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere -- Ruth Franklin, author of the NBCC Award-winning Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted LifeBurning Down the Haus is not just an immersion into the punk rock scene of East Berlin, it's the story of the cultural and political battles that have shaped the world we live in today. Tim Mohr delivers the soundtrack for the revolution that we've all been waiting for -- DW Gibson, author of The Edge Becomes the Centre: An Oral History of Gentrification in the Twenty-First CenturyIn East Germany, where non-conformity meant jail time, punks' ripped clothes and spiked hair were a show of courage and defiance. Squatting in derelict apartments and burning their lyrics before the secret police could get hold of them, these teenagers wrote the soundtrack for a rebellion that helped bring down the Berlin Wall. Tim Mohr tells the story of their DIY revolution with the thoroughness of a historian and the panache of a cultural insider. Burning Down the Haus is a riveting cultural history that also serves as a rallying call against authoritarianism everywhere * Ruth Franklin, author of the NBCC Award-winning Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life *Lively . . . Compelling . . . A front-row seat to the events of the '80s. This take on punk evolution is engaging, enlightening and well worth checking out * Publishers Weekly *A wonderful book * Berliner Zeitung *Offers a captivating punk's-eye view of everyday life as the DDR unravelled in its final years . . . Both a moving story of indefatigable defiance in the face of oppression and a complex portrait of everyday life in the DDR in the 1980s, Burning Down the Haus honours the punk spirit with its history from below * Times Literary Supplement *Political regimes can't stop soundwaves. They just travel. This is revealed powerfully in Tim Mohr's Burning Down the Haus, an exploration of how punk changed Berlin, and still defines it today, 30 years after the Wall fell * New Statesman *

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Book SynopsisChief of Police Kate Burkholder investigates a gruesome murder that reveals a little-known chapter of early Amish history in this next riveting installment of the bestselling series by Linda Castillo. Newlywed Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is awakened by an urgent midnight call summoning her to a suspicious fire in the woods. When she arrives at the scene, she discovers a charred body. According to the coroner, the deceased, an Amish man named Milan Swanz, was chained to a stake and burned alive. It is an appalling and eerily symbolic crime against an upstanding husband and father.Kate knows all too well that the Amish prefer to handle their problems without interference from the outside world, and no one will speak about the murdered man. From what she's able to piece together, Swanz led a deeply troubled life and had recently been excommunicated. But if that's the case, why are the Amish so reluctant to talk about him? Are they protecting the memory of one

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Book Synopsis'The Burning lights a fire in you - one that makes you want to fight for change and ignite sparks in others so the fire spreads and spreads.' - HOLLY BOURNE A rumour is like a fire. You might think you’ve extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if someone is watching, waiting to fan the flames ...   New school. Tick. New town. Tick. New surname. Tick. Social media profiles? Erased.   There’s nothing to trace Anna back to her old life. Nothing to link her to the ‘incident’.   At least that’s what she thinks … until the whispers start up again. As time begins to run out on her secrets, Anna finds herself irresistibly drawn to the tale of Maggie, a local girl accused of witchcraft centuries earlier. A girl whose sto

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Book SynopsisI was mesmerised' LAURA SHEPPERSON, Sunday Times bestselling author of The HeroinesThis gripping, vividly evoked novel takes the reader to the dark heart of the 16th century unforgettable'' Tracy Borman, author of The King's WitchNothing scares men like witchcraft1589. Scottish housemaid Geillis and Danish courtier Margareta lead opposite lives, but they both know one thing: when a man cries witch, no woman is safe.Yet when the marriage of King James VI and Princess Anna of Denmark brings Geillis and Margareta together, everything they supposed about good, evil, men, and women, is cast in a strange and brilliant new light.For the first time in history, could black magic or rumours of it be a very real tool for women's political gain?As the North Berwick witch trials whip Scotland and her king into a frenzy of paranoia, the clock is ticking. Can Margareta and Geillis keep each other safe? And once the burnings are over, in whose hands will power truly lie?Inspired by the incredible

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Book SynopsisTrade Review...Strozier's intimate yet comprehensive, visceral, and intellectual dissection of 10 years of trauma, fear, and recovery is full of pain and mystery, radiance and strength. BooklistTable of ContentsIntroduction The Event Part I: 102 Minutes of Disaster Zones of Sadness 1. Survivors: Zone 2. Witnesses: Zone 3. Participants: Zone 4. Onlookers: Zone Reflections 5. The Dying 6. Apocalyptic Interlude 7. Traumasong 8. Television: Numbing and Rage 9. Hidden Children: Television's Exception Part II: 100 Days of Suffering 10. Organic Process 11. Disrupted Lives 12. Death and Future 13. Pregnant Women Part III: Ten Years of Effects 14. The Surprise of It All 15. On Trauma and Zones of Sadness 16. Historical Memory of the Disaster Acknowledgments Appendix: The Literature on Trauma and the Measurement of PTSD After 9/11 Notes Index

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Book SynopsisLibraries preserve the knowledge and ideas on which rights depend; no wonder they are so often attacked. Richard Ovenden tells the history of this deliberate destruction of knowledge—from library burnings to digital attacks and contemporary underfunding—and makes a passionate plea for the importance of these threatened institutions.Trade ReviewA stark and important warning about the value of knowledge and the dangers that come from the destruction of books. Vital reading for this day and age. -- Peter Frankopan, author of The Silk RoadsIf you care about books, and if you believe we must all stand up to the destruction of knowledge and cultural heritage, this is a brilliant read—both powerful and prescient. -- Elif ShafakCompelling…a book of great power and reach. -- Edmund de Waal[Ovenden] is acutely aware of the many ways in which books and paper archives cease to exist: not only through deliberate destruction—acts of moral outrage, retribution, even efforts to literally erase history—but also simple neglect…Fortunately, he has devoted a great deal of time to thinking about these disasters and how to prevent them. His compelling thoughts are now gathered in the eminently readable (and provocatively titled) Burning the Books…Essential reading for anyone concerned with libraries and what Ovenden outlines as their role in ‘the support of democracy, the rule of law and open society.’ * Wall Street Journal *Present-day anxieties confer unwelcome relevance to Richard Ovenden’s Burning the Books…[He] emphasizes that attacks on books, archives and recorded information are the usual practice of authoritarian regimes. Control what people know and you control them; control the past and you control the future…Ovenden argues that libraries should be used to safeguard our digital data, so that the powerful don’t simply delete anything they don’t like or wish to repudiate. -- Michael Dirda * Washington Post *Like an epic filmmaker, Richard Ovenden unfolds vivid scenes from three millennia of turbulent history and closes in to mount passionate arguments for the need to preserve the records of the past—and of the present. In the current changing landscape of knowledge and power, this urgent, lucid book calls out to us all to recognize and defend one of our most precious public goods—libraries and archives. -- Marina Warner, President of the Royal Society of Literature and author of Stranger MagicThe sound of a warning vibrates through this book…Takes a nightmare that haunts many of us—the notion of the past erased—and confirms that it is no fiction but rather a recurring reality. In the process, Ovenden stays true to his calling, reminding us that libraries and librarians are the keepers of humankind’s memories: without them, we don't know who we are. -- Jonathan Freedland * The Guardian *Chronicles how libraries have served as sanctuaries for knowledge under constant threat, and what that means for the present and the future…Shows that when knowledge in print is threatened by power, it’s people pledged to the printed page, rather than armies, who step in…Made clear to me just how vulnerable libraries really are. When we don’t properly fund them, we risk lies becoming the truth, and the truth becoming a joke. * Slate *Whether we are looking at history ancient or modern, the wicked behavior is the same. And those seeking to destroy accumulated knowledge do not only deploy violent methods. One of the subtle themes in the book is how long-term destructive behavior toward learning and knowledge manifests itself—not as book-burning so much as a slow and metaphorical burn. Ovenden describes cases of the destruction of knowledge due to gradual organizational neglect; a ‘lack of oversight, leadership, and investment’; and the ‘underfunding, low prioritization, and general disregard for’ institutions that preserve and share knowledge—savage indictments of a kind of bureaucratic destruction that read like office memoranda from the present day. -- Peter B. Kaufman * Los Angeles Review of Books *Vibrant societies build libraries; declining societies close them… It’s no longer necessary to burn a library; the same effect can be achieved through systematic use of the ‘delete’ key… Ovenden argues that only libraries can be trusted to preserve the inconvenient truths that lurk on the internet…A passionate and illuminating account of the obliteration of knowledge that has occurred over the past three millennia…This splendid book reveals how, in today's world of fake news and alternative facts, libraries stand defiant as guardians of truth. -- Gerard DeGroot * The Times *When people burn books, they are doing more than attacking words on paper. They are attempting to destroy the record of a people’s past and, through that, their right to be present…It is tempting to think the danger of literature erasure is now behind us because we can store it all digitally. This, Ovenden says, is mistaken. Digital records are fragile…This book should stir us to thinking and to action—against censorship, against careless loss, and for the preservation of the memory of where we came from and of our right to be where we are. -- Michael Skapinker * Financial Times *[A] rich and meticulous 3,000 year history of knowledge and all the ways it may be preserved (or not)…Written at a time of huge political and economic strife, attempts to save the concept of the library itself, something it achieves not through polemic…but by telling stories…As Ovenden quietly notes, archives are central to social order, to the ordering of history, and to the expression of national and cultural identity. -- Rachel Cooke * The Observer *Shows just how vulnerable archived knowledge is, from the pile of 28,000 clay tablets rescued for the British Museum from Ashurbanipal’s library, destroyed by conquerors of Nineveh in 612 BC, to the deletion of millions of photos from Flickr accounts in 2019. -- Christopher Howse * The Telegraph *For Ovenden, the imperative to preserve libraries draws moral force from the memory of oppressors who have tried to obliterate all memory of the oppressed…The keeping of records remains itself a kind of warfare. The keepers, whether they wish so or not, cannot be neutral. -- Elyse Graham * Public Books *A wide-ranging and thought-provoking account of efforts to destroy, neglect, or conceal books, archives, private papers, government documents, and other records…Even more troublesome, according to Ovenden, are the vast quantities of information currently held at the whim of a few global tech giants…An engrossing and informative portrait of how important it is to preserve and protect knowledge. * Publishers Weekly *A superb book…A history of destruction, not by accident, but by acts of erasure. The villains in the long history of malice toward knowledge include authoritarian governments, dogmatic religions, and a blind know-nothingness that tramples on what it does not understand…Not only a work of history, but a clarion call for those who love books and obsess over their survival. -- Thomas Filbin * Arts Fuse *This isn’t about burning books at all, but saving them. This is a call to arms by the guardian of one of the greatest libraries in the world and the custodian of millions of books. -- Christopher de Hamel, author of Meetings with Remarkable ManuscriptsThe era of fake news and alternative facts reminds us that the burning of books is about much more than matches and accelerants; it is about power. Even as the digital world offers ways of sharing and preserving knowledge, it gives would-be biblioclasts fresh options for destruction, new instruments for erasure. Burning the Books arrives at a crucial juncture. With historical breadth, narrative focus, and the capacious sensibility of a keeper of books, Richard Ovenden catalogues the destruction of knowledge and memory—not only archiving the episodes, but offering schema for comprehending the losses and defending the stacks of the future. -- Matthew Battles, author of Library: An Unquiet HistoryFrom ancient Nineveh to medieval Glastonbury, from Sarajevo after World War II to the cloud, men and women have found ways to destroy books and documents—and to preserve them. This lively, richly detailed book by the keeper of one of the world’s greatest libraries evokes both the magic and the meaning of these records of destruction and preservation, and makes a powerful case for the signal importance of libraries in the digital age. -- Anthony Grafton, author of Inky Fingers: The Making of Books in Early Modern EuropeBurning the Books is both timely and authoritative. The subject of archives and libraries is one of permanent importance in the understanding a nation has of itself, and touches not only high politics but also information technology and life-and-death drama. I can think of no one better qualified to write about it than Richard Ovenden, whose great knowledge and wide experience is expressed in a clear and lively style. -- Philip Pullman‘Dangerous souvenirs’ is what Richard Ovenden calls the books salvaged by ex-monks under the nose of Henry VIII. Now as then, books need friends. This fascinating book will help to find them. -- Alan BennettA magnificent book—timely, vital, and full of the most incredible tales. A manifesto for our humanity and its archives. -- Philippe Sands, author of East West StreetFrom arson to neglect, from state censorship to corporate digitization, Ovenden provides a sweeping tour of the vulnerabilities that affect whole libraries even more than the sum of their bookish parts. -- Leah Price * Public Books *Ovenden writes with a sense of urgency. Libraries and archives are under assault today, he argues, and our complacency is leading to alarming levels of reduced resources for our ‘storehouses of knowledge.’…A call for renewed support for memory institutions, specifically increased funding for digital preservation projects…He joins other library directors at prestigious institutions who are working hard to combat the false idea that libraries and archives are irrelevant in the digital world. -- Jason Dyck * College & Research Libraries *There could never be a more relevant time for the publication of Burning the Books: A History of the Deliberate Destruction of Knowledge. ‘Democratic institutions, the rule of law and open society are under attack. The truth itself is under attack,’ author Richard Ovenden predicts with chilling accuracy months before the invasion of the U.S. Capitol by rioters…It is an history of the disrespect shown to libraries throughout the ages, and a treatise on why we must strive to protect and preserve them…There is something for everyone who loves libraries in this book…Ovenden lists the crucial role libraries and archives have played throughout history and what is lost when they are destroyed. -- Gretchen Webster * Publishing Research Quarterly *Unbiased and first-rate scholarship. -- Jeffrey Garrett * Library Quarterly *Burning the Books at once provides a striking reminder of the necessity of such places for social well-being, along with a kind of love letter to some of the best librarians history has to offer…Ovenden’s volume is an unambiguous reminder of the risks specific individuals took to ensure the survival of written knowledge…Throughout Burning the Books, we are clearly in the hands of someone who has devoted his life to preserving the written word, and we can only hope that individuals like Ovenden will receive the necessary support in order to continue to resist ‘the long history of attacks on knowledge’ that he chronicles. -- Daniel Diez Couch * American Literary History *

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Book SynopsisOne of the worst acts of racist violence in American history took place in 1921, when a White mob numbering in the thousands decimated the thriving Black community of Greenwood in Tulsa, Oklahoma.The Burning recreates Greenwood at the height of its prosperity, explores the currents of hatred, racism, and mistrust between its Black residents and Tulsa''s White population, narrates events leading up to and including Greenwood''s devastation, and documents the subsequent silence that surrounded this tragedy. Delving into history that''s long been pushed aside, this is the true story of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre, with updates that connect the historical significance of the massacre to the ongoing struggle for racial justice in America.

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Book SynopsisSmithfield, settled on the fringes of Roman London, was once a place of revelry. Jesters and crowds flocked for the medieval St Bartholomew's Day celebrations, tournaments were plentiful and it became the location of London's most famous meat market. Yet in Tudor England, Smithfield had another, more sinister use: the public execution of heretics.Spanning the reigns of British history's most remarkable dynasty, The Burning Time is a vivid insight into an era in which what was orthodoxy one year might be dangerous heresy the next. The first martyrs were Catholics, who cleaved to Rome in defiance of Henry VIII's break with the papacy. But with the accession of Henry's daughter Mary - soon to be nicknamed 'Bloody Mary' - the charge of heresy was levelled against devout Protestants, who chose to burn rather than recant. At the centre of Virginia Rounding's vivid account of this extraordinary period are two very different characteTrade ReviewGruesomely entertaining * The Times *Deeply researched and fascinating * Spectator *Serious, well-researched and well-written * Catholic Herald *

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Book SynopsisStop! Stop when you reach the road. Stop when you've eaten enough. Stop spinning when you get dizzy. Stop! This small book explores the idea of how and when we should stop, with a little help. The First Steps series has 12 books. Each book is engagingly illustrated and explores pre-school early-learning topics.

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Book SynopsisJohn Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice and Brotherband adventure series have sold more than eight million copies worldwide. His books are available in more than one hundred countries, are regularly on the New York Times bestseller lists, and have had multiple award shortlistings and wins in Australia and overseas. John, a former television and advertising writer, lives with his wife in a Sydney beachside suburb.Trade ReviewWill's vivid world will entice fantasy readers who are drawn by the lure of high adventure carried out by believable, down-to-eart heroes -- Carolyn Phelan * Booklist *A story which will have readers sitting on the edge of their seats * Through the Looking Glass *

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Book Synopsis''Lees'' strikingly descriptive writing transports you directly to the streets of Jakarta... this will make you want to book a flight right now'' IndependentA killer hides in plain sight on the crowded streets of Jakarta . . . When a woman''s scorched remains are discovered in her burnt-out car, Ruud Pujasumarta and his team are brought in to investigate what appears to be a routine homicide. But when another woman''s charred body is found a few days later, Ruud also finds a banner unfurled by the corpse''s feet. A verse from the Quran is scribbled across it, calling for unbelievers to be burned. Suspicions that the team have a religiously-motivated serial killer on their hands seem to be confirmed when a third body turns up with the same MO.But who is responsible? Is it the Australian diplomat who was obsessed with the first victim? The imam who preaches Sharia law? Or the military general taking backhanders and living a life of luxuTrade ReviewJulian Lees' lush use of language conjures up the extravagant and the seedy sides of life in modern Jakarta and transports the reader to its steamy slums and palaces, ratcheting up the tension through myriad false trails, keeping the reader enthralled right up until the denouement * Crime Fiction Fix on The Bone Ritual *a darkly compelling tale of family secrets, lies and murder * Crime Review on The Bone Ritual *Lee's striking descriptive writing transports you directly to the streets of Jakarta . . . reading this will make you want to book a flight right now . . . the book hurtles towards a conclusion that will keep you guessing right to the very end * Irish Independent on The Bone Ritual *This second outing for Inspector Pujasumarta is an excellent police procedural set in a fascinating location featuring an empathetic and immensely likeable central character -- Myles McWeeney * Saturday Independent *Lees' strikingly descriptive writing transports you directly to the streets of Jakarta... this will make you want to book a flight right now * Independent *

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Book SynopsisWILLA Literary Award Finalist in Creative Nonfiction Finalist, Evans Handcart Award In the middle of the Great Depression, Montana native Julia Bennett arrived in New York City with no money and an audacious business plan: to identify and visit easterners who could afford to spend their summers at her brand new dude ranch near Ennis, Montana. Julia, a big-game hunter whom friends described as “a clever shot with both rifle and shotgun,” flouted gender conventions to build guest ranches in Montana and Arizona that attracted world-renowned entertainers and artists. Bennett’s entrepreneurship, however, was not a new family development. During the Civil War, her widowed grandmother and her seven-year-old daughter—Bennett’s mother—set out from Missouri on a ten-month journey with little more than a yoke of oxen, a covered wagon, and the clothes on their backs. They faced countless heartbreaks and obstacles as they struggled tTrade Review"Women's history buffs will find plenty of drama and adventure in this thoroughly researched account of how one family's 'spirit of resilience' helped form the character of the American West."—Publishers Weekly"This is an outstanding tribute to three strong, assured, and fearless women battling long odds to survive and thrive in the West."—Robert Clark, Roundup Magazine"An excellent read, well researched, this book will have broad appeal to academics and lay persons alike."—Dee Garceau, Utah Historical Quarterly"Using family journals, correspondence, and photographs, Burning the Breeze explores the story of three generations of intrepid women in rich and engrossing detail."—Missouri Historical Review"The novel-like feel, inclusive detail, and supplementary photographs make this book an enjoyable read."—Stephanie M. P. Aulner, South Dakota History“[A] remarkable blend of history and biography. There’s a Ken Burns or Willa Cather–like feel of both intimacy and sweep to the storytelling, and a touch of the heroic. When I finished reading, I felt not only as though I knew these women (and was inspired by them) but that I had a deeper understanding of American history.”—Susan Neville, author of Fabrication: Essays on Making Things“Only enormously gifted women could have won the contest between financial disaster and hard-earned success. This book is a wonderful read. You won’t be saddle sore, but you will be thrilled by the ride.”—Pierce C. Mullen, professor emeritus of history at Montana State University“Julia Bennett sure did ‘burn the breeze’ as she rode at full speed though a long life. . . . [Hendrickson] vividly portrays the ups and downs of a remarkable woman, sprinkled with a dash of scandal.”—James H. Madison, professor emeritus of history at Indiana University“Hendrickson meticulously fleshes out the larger-than-life Bennett, a woman who overcomes financial woes to set up and operate early dude ranches, catering to elite and monied early twentieth-century blue-blood Americans seeking diversion and adventure in the West.”—Betsy Gaines Quammen, author of American Zion: Cliven Bundy, God, and Public Lands in the WestTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Part I. The Perilous Journey Part II. A Woman’s Place Part III. Selling the West Epilogue Afterword by James E. Pepper Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffers the first book-length study of the theory and practice of “abandoning the body”(self-immolation) in Chinese Buddhism. This book examines the hagiographical accounts of all those who made offerings of their own bodies and places them in historical, social, cultural, and doctrinal context.Trade ReviewA carefully documented and beautifully written account of the history of a set of somatic practices that has been a part of Chinese Buddhism for some fifteen hundred years yet heretofore received scant attention in the scholarly literature. . . . Benn has done an excellent job of presenting a stimulating and wide-ranging set of issues about a subject that in less capable and sensitive hands might have strayed toward the sensational or macabre. This book deserves to be on the bookshelf of all students of Chinese Buddhism and is highly recommended as a classroom tool."" - Journal of Chinese Religions; ""Benn has written a short, elegant, and provocative history of Buddhist self-immmolation in China from the fifth to the early twentieth century."" - Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies; ""Benn’s study is admirably well written and well researched—for both style and content, it deserves to stand among the major contributions to Buddhist studies of recent decades. . . . This book is an enjoyable read, suitable for students and scholars alike."" - Journal of Asian Studies; ""A fine and well-organized book in which James Benn introduces the reader to an interesting topic. . . . For Buddhist studies, Benn has done an excellent job describing a facet of Chinese Buddhist life that has hitherto been neglected in academic accounts of Buddhism and that modernist emic descriptions of Buddhism are unlikely to emphasize in the foreseeable future. The value of Burning for the Buddha for the study of religion at large is obvious."" - Journal of Religion; ""Burning for the Buddha presents a wealth of engaging material and should be stimulating reading for those interested in religious ideas of the body. It is, of course, an essential book for students of Chinese Buddhism, one of the very few thus far to provide a multi-faceted, historical view of a specific practice."" - Journal of the Academy of Religion; ""A compelling and thoroughly researched study of self-immolation among Chinese Mahayana Buddhists. . . . Highly recommended."" - Choice; ""Benn explores one of the most striking customs in the history of Chinese Buddhism, showing that, far from a marginal act by disturbed deviants, self-immolation was a carefully considered, mainstream practice. This is a subject with implications for scholars interested in the sinification of Buddhism and the history of Buddhist asceticism, but also for scholars with interests beyond Buddhism, since it has immediate bearing on the history of suicide and attitudes towards the body in China."" - John Kieschnick, University of Bristol; ""At a time when scholars of religion are paying increasing attention to notions of the body, James Benn has produced a masterpiece on the practice of self-immolation in Chinese Buddhism. This wonderfully written and thoroughly researched book will remain the authoritative treatment of the subject for generations to come. Proceeding roughly chronologically, Benn moves from the earliest biographies containing accounts of eminent monks burning themselves, through the locus classicus for the justification of the practice (the Lotus Sutra), to more neglected materials of medieval and late medieval times, right up to the twentieth century. Along the way, he treats us to insightful discussions of the many changing social, political, ethical, ideological, and ritual contexts of the practice. This book makes it clear that Burning for the Buddha—something that was once considered to be an exceptional and anomalous act carried out by a few monks—was, in fact, a well-established and well-recognized practice that endured longer than most other aspects of Chinese Buddhism."" —John Strong, Bates College

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Book SynopsisHow extreme-right antidemocratic governments around the world are prioritizing profits over citizens, stoking catastrophic wildfires, and accelerating global climate change. Recent years have seen out-of-control wildfires rage across remote Brazilian rainforests, densely populated California coastlines, and major cities in Australia. What connects these separate events is more than immediate devastation and human loss of life. In Global Burning, Eve Darian-Smith contends that using fire as a symbolic and literal thread connecting different places around the world allows us to better understand the parallel, and related, trends of the growth of authoritarian politics and climate crises and their interconnected global consequences. Darian-Smith looks deeply into each of these three cases of catastrophic wildfires and finds key similarities in all of them. As political leaders and big business work together in the pursuit of profits and power, anti-environmentalism has become an essential political tool enabling the rise of extreme right governments and energizing their populist supporters. These are the governments that deny climate science, reject environmental protection laws, and foster exclusionary worldviews that exacerbate climate injustice. The fires in Australia, Brazil and the United States demand acknowledgment of the global systems of inequality that undergird them, connecting the political erosion of liberal democracy with the corrosion of the environment. Darian-Smith argues that these wildfires are closely linked through capitalism, colonialism, industrialization, and resource extraction. In thinking through wildfires as environmental and political phenomenon, Global Burning challenges readers to confront the interlocking powers that are ensuring our future ecological collapse.Trade Review"Global Burning is as powerful as it is succinct. Eve Darian-Smith writes with urgent clarity and conceptual richness as she grapples with some of the most pressing issues of our times. Global Burning is a very teachable book—truly interdisciplinary and international in reach."—Rob Nixon, author of Slow Violence and the Environmentalism of the Poor"In a daring move that combines the familiar and the unexpected, Eve Darian-Smith adds anti-environmentalism as a distinctive dimension to our understanding of the global rise of extreme far-right governments. Anti-environmentalism assumes a whole range of new meanings in this book –including willful denials of what we know will be disastrous effects."—Saskia Sassen, Columbia University"Global Burning is a brilliant analysis of how a range of anti-democratic trends can be viewed through the lens of catastrophic wildfires across the globe. If you want to understand how to analyze and become involved in a politics of collective resistance aimed at saving both the planet and democracy itself, this is the book to read."—Henry Giroux, author of Race, Politics, and Pandemic Pedagogy: Education in a Time of Crisis"As this clearly-argued book makes evident: too much of our politics has aided the forces heating our atmosphere and drying out our forests. It's time to stop." —Bill McKibben, author Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?"This is a book I want my students to read, this is a book my friends and family will read. Simultaneously devastating and hopeful, it repositions the significance of Indigenous ecological knowledge as a key source for worldwide wellbeing." —Jane McMillan, former Canadian Research Chair of Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Communities"The threat of extinction is real and immediate, but Eve Darian-Smith rightfully warns that it cannot be effectively thwarted unless we link the fight for environmental survival with the struggles against global, class, racial, and gender inequalities. A persuasive, solidly documented work." —Walden Bello, co-founder of Focus on the Global South and recipient of the Right Livelihood Award"In Global Burning, Darian-Smith attempts to assemble a big-picture puzzle from a disparate set of pieces... [B]y the end of the book attentive readers may well have seen enough to have their political views altered. Things that didn't seem to be connected before will feel linked by more than daily news coincidences."—Michael Svoboda, Yale Climate Connections"In Global Burning: Rising Antidemocracy and the Climate Crisis, Eve Darian-Smithconnects wildfires to the broader economic, social and political issues underlying climate change, exploring how they have become important signifiers of an unfolding global calamity. This is a timely and thought-provoking book that shows that there will be no magic solution to our current predicament until we collectively embrace a fundamental rethinking of human-nature relations and life beyond capitalism." –Dr. Sibo Chen, LSE Review of Books"Global Burning is an accessible and deftly weaved portrayal of the dire situation humanity and all forms of life on earth are facing. It is also a book consumed without sugarcoating... Yet, Darian-Smith never resorts to fatalism. Rather, it is an urgent reality check and call to action." –Jeffrey Bachman, The Developing Economies"Darian-Smith invites the reader to consider wildfires as the catalyst for political disruption and as the end result of parallel political movements and themes that are occurring globally."—Derek Moscato, H-EnvironmentTable of Contents1. Fire as Omen: Introduction 2. Fire as Profit: Global Corporations Rule 3. Fire as Weapon: Rising Global Authoritarianism 4. Fire as Death: Violent Environmental Racism 5. Fire as Disruption: Conclusion

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Book SynopsisEncounter the multifaceted life of one of the most influential and creative pastors of the past half century with unforgettable stories of his lifelong devotion to his craft and love of language, the influences and experiences that shaped his unquenchable faith, the inspiration for his decision to translate The Message, and his success and struggles as a pastor, husband, and father. Author Winn Collier was given exclusive access to Eugene and his materials for the production of this landmark work. Drawing from his friendship and expansive view of Peterson’s life, Collier offers an intimate look into a rare, remarkable life that is at once artful, sacred, and earthy. For Eugene, the gifts of life were inexhaustible: the glint of fading light over the lake, a kiss from Jan, a good joke, a bowl of butter pecan ice cream. As you enter into his story, you’ll find yourself doing the same - noticing how the most ordinary things shimmer with a new and unexpected beauty. Content Benefits: Warm, fascinating, and uniquely inspirational, this authoritative and comprehensive story of Eugene Peterson will help you discover the man behind The Message. • Authorized biography of Eugene Peterson • Draws on exclusive access to private correspondence and hours of exclusive interviews with Eugene • Reveals Eugene’s rich theology, love of language and pastoral insights • Photo insert included • Perfect reading for anyone who loves The Message • Ideal for anyone who loves biographies

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Book SynopsisCelebrating more than 50 years of the ground-breaking Atom Heart MotherTrade Reviewa fantastic read . . . witty and incredibly detailed

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Book Synopsis'Here are characters who are real and likeable, even when they are complicated and flawed. Paula Hawkins is a genius'Lisa JewellIT'S THE QUIET ONES YOU HAVE TO WATCHThree women, connected by one brutal crime.Three women, determined to right the wrongs done to them.Three women, with everything to hide.When it comes to revenge, even good people are capable of terrible things.But only one person killed Daniel Sutherland.How long can their secrets smoulder, before they explode into flame?The new SCORCHING bestseller from #1 author of THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN and INTO THE WATER__________'This twisted story with its cast of damaged characters builds to a brilliant conclusion.'Shari Lapena'From the first sentence to the last, this explosive, startling novel grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. Fiendishly clever'Kate Mosse'Shocking, moving, full of heart'Observer'Twists and turns like a great thriller should, but it's also deep, intelligent and intensely human'Lee Child'Gripping and intriguing, I loved every moment'S J Watson'Superbly told... utterly compelling'Daily Mail'Paula Hawkins' best novel yet'Harriet TyceTrade ReviewFrom the first sentence to the last, this explosive, startling novel grabs you by the throat and doesn't let go. Fiendishly clever and with a wonderful sense of place too. Go read! * Kate Mosse *I love Paula Hawkins, and this is why - A Slow Fire Burning twists and turns like a great thriller should, but it's also deep, intelligent and intensely human . . . the characters are just like people you know . . . or maybe even just like you yourself. Hawkins is proving herself a worthy 21st century heir to Barbara Vine and Patricia Highsmith. * Lee Child *My Book of the Month, for which I predict big things . . . An intriguing, unputdownable thriller that is as much about the compelling, damaged characters as it is about the intricate plot. * Alice O’Keeffe, The Bookseller *With a beautifully wrought cast of characters who are real and likeable even when they are complicated and flawed, a fantastic, picturesque London setting, twists and turns galore and exquisite prose, this is a high class read. Paula Hawkins is a genius. * Lisa Jewell *Paula Hawkins's plotting is meticulous. A Slow Fire Burning is a clever onion of a book, expertly peeled. * Belinda Bauer *

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Book Synopsis'Smart and topical' Financial Times (An FT Best New Thriller 2023)'A compelling, fast-paced thriller' SunAustralian inventor and geoengineer Clive Winner is the genius who brought the Great Barrier Reef back from the brink, yet his ambition goes well beyond that. He wants to save the planet.For the all-powerful fossil-fuel industry, Winner is their 'get out of jail free card'. If he can engineer a solution to climate change, business can continue as usual.When old-school journalist William Carver is tipped off by a trusted Whitehall source that climate scientists have begun to go missing in suspicious circumstances, his gut instinct tells him to follow the story. It rapidly becomes clear that scientists, green campaigners and well-intentioned politicians are in the firing line; William Carver and his colleagues must move fast to find out who is behind the disappearances. They know the journalist's job is to speak truth to power - but first you must uncover that truth and this time it's buried deeper than ever.Racing between Sydney, New York, Seville and London, The Burning Time is an intelligent, timely and fast-paced thriller for the twenty-first century.'Deftly plotted . . . a propulsive read' Straits Times'This adrenaline-laced adventure packs a mighty punch' Irish Independent'A brilliant thriller with a timely and essential reminder of what journalism is supposed to be' James O'Brien, LBCTrade ReviewA smart and topical thriller * Financial Times (Best New Thrillers 2023) *A compelling, fast-paced thriller blended with environmental issues. Hotly topical * Sun *This adrenalin-laced adventure packs a mighty punch . . . Peter Hanington's global thriller could not be more topical * Irish Independent *Deftly plotted . . . a propulsive read * Straits Times *Peter Hanington is a master of his craft and in William Carver he gives us the hero we didn't know we needed in an age of fake news and egregious political liars . . . Hanington's triumph is to blend a brilliant thriller with a timely and essential reminder of what journalism is supposed to be. He rides the zeitgeist like Frankie Dettori rides horses -- James O'Brien, LBCThe Burning Time is terrific. [It] will be a classic of the genre -- Peter Hennessy, author of A DUTY OF CAREA wonderfully taut piece of plotting and, like all good roller-coasters, it regularly turns your stomach over as you are swept along; Hanington's endlessly inventive story telling gives you that edgy feeling that everything (the whole world, in this case) could go horribly wrong by the end of the book, and it boasts more bodies than a Jacobean Revenge charity. Thank God for the reassuring presence of William Carver -- Edward StourtonWell written and paced, this thriller is both a tribute to and a demonstration of the importance of traditional investigative journalism * Literary Review *Peter Hanington has a journalist's nose for stories likely to make tomorrow's Radio 4 news . . . The Burning Time is a headline-grabbing thriller * Shots Mag *Seeks to expose the dark arts, denialism and danger of the carbon lobby and adds another fine and important thriller to an exceptional series -- Material Witness blog

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Book SynopsisGET TO KNOW YOUR DOG. Renowned expert dog trainer and bestselling author of Lucky Dog Lessons Brandon McMillan unpacks the unique and often misunderstood 15,000-year evolutionary history governing a dog’s every move.Most dog owners know the truth—their dogs are totally incompatible with the modern world.

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Book SynopsisThe Burning White is the epic conclusion to the Lightbringer series by New York Times bestseller Brent Weeks - one of the most popular fantasy series of the decade.IN THE DARKEST HOUR, WILL THE LIGHTBRINGER COME?Gavin Guile, once the most powerful man the world had ever seen, has been laid low. He''s lost his magic, and now he is on a suicide mission. Failure will condemn the woman he loves. Success will condemn his entire empire.As the White King springs his great traps and the Chromeria itself is threatened by treason and siege, Kip guile must gather his forces, rally his allies, and scramble to return for one impossible final stand.With over four million copies sold, Brent Weeks is one of the fastest-selling fantasy authors of all time.PRAISE FOR THE LIGHTBRINGER SERIES''One of the best examples of modern fantasy that I have read'' Fantasy Faction''Brent Weeks has a style aTrade ReviewWeeks has truly cemented his place among the great epic fantasy writers of our time * British Fantasy Society *Brent Weeks is so good it's starting to tick me off * Peter V. Brett *One of the best examples of modern fantasy that I've read * FANTASY FACTION on THE BLACK PRISM *Places Brent Weeks on comfortable footing beside contemporaries like Brandon Sanderson and Joe Abercrombie, if not a step above * A DRIBBLE OF INK on THE BLINDING KNIFE *

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Book SynopsisStunningly written This global history of the environment of the last 500 years shows that the other side of the coin called progress is destruction. Amrith writes like the finest novelist' - Neel Mukherjee, New Statesman, Books of the YearDazzling brilliant exactly the kind of history that we need on our crisis-ridden planet' - Tom Simpson, TLSA must-read an engaging guide, with a lyrical style and a talent for storytelling... beautifully and clearly written' - Michael Marshall, New ScientistIn this paradigm-shifting global history of how humanity has reshaped the planet, and the planet has shaped human history, Sunil Amrith twins the stories of environment and Empire, of genocide and eco-cide, of the expansion of human freedom and its costs. Drawing on an extraordinarily rich diversity of primary sources, he reckons with the ruins of Spanish silver mining in Peru, British gold mining in South Africa, and oil extraction in Central Asia. He explores the railways and highways that brought humans to new terrains of battle against each other and against nature. Amrith's account of the ways in which the First and Second World Wars involved the massive mobilization not only of men, but of other natural resources from around the globe, provides an essential new way of understanding war as an irreversible reshaping of the planet. He also reveals the reality of migration as consequence of environmental harm. The imperial, globe-spanning pursuit of profit, joined with new forms of energy and new possibilities of freedom from hunger and discomfort, freedom to move and explore, has brought change to every inch of the Earth. Amrith relates, on the largest canvas, a mind-altering epic vibrant with stories, characters, and vivid images in which humanity might find the collective wisdom to save itself.

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Preface Acknowledgments Part One. The Spectacle of Fire 1. Burning Issues 2. Colonial Necro-Politics and the Polysemic Corpse Part Two. Questing Fire 3. The City and Its Dead 4. Consuming Fire 5. The Global Dead Part Three. The Fire Triumphant 6. The Rebirth of Cremation 7. Cremation and the Nation Epilogue: Rethinking the Hindu Pyre A Note on Weights and Currency List of Abbreviations Glossary Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOverview volume of contemporary art practices examining problems, beliefs and contradictions that the family as an institution embodies The family is a rare topic in contemporary art. Burning Down the House: Rethinking Family engages with the family as a tradition, idea, and lived reality. The exhibition untangles some of the crucial problems, beliefs, and contradictions that the family as an institution embodies, bringing together works by forty artistsranging from the mid 1970s to the present, as well as selected works from the collection of the Kunstmuseum St. Gallenin which notions of family, and representations of the stereotypical, bourgeois family in particular, are problematized.

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Book SynopsisThe final book in the acclaimed Smoke Thieves trilogy by bestselling author Sally Green.As war spreads like wildfire, the Smoke Thieves face their greatest challenges yet.With her father tightening his grip on the Northern Plateau, Catherine sends her loyal bodyguard Ambrose into the dragon''s den on a desperate mission to disrupt the supply of smoke. In Calidor, Edyon and March face a future divided while, trapped in the demon world, Tash wrestles with the price of her past.But as the battle for the human kingdoms reaches its climax, the demon realm reveals a final, terrible secret. One with the power to change the course of the war - and history - forever . . .

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