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There are two sides to every love story. Even supernatural ones. This is the sequel to David Levithan's unforgettable bestseller Every Day. Every day is the same for Rhiannon. She has convinced herself that she deserves her distant, moody boyfriend, Justin. She knows the rules: Don't be needy. Avoid upsetting him. Never get your hopes up. Then, out of the blue, they share a perfect day together - perfect, that is, until Justin doesn't remember anything about it. Confused, and yearning for another day as great as that one, Rhiannon starts to question everything. And that's when a stranger tells her that the Justin she spent that time with & wasn't Justin at all. Levithan's powerful novel beautifully explores the complexities of first love- for fans of Adam Silvera's They Both Die at the End, Alice Oseman's Heartstopper and Dustin Thao's You've Reached Sam.

LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot Inventor is the latest addition to the LEGO MINDSTORMS theme. It features unique designs that you can use to build robots, and also enable you to perform activities using the robot inventor application. You'll begin by exploring the history of LEGO MINDSTORMS, and then delve into various elements of the Inventor kit. Moving on, you'll start working on different projects which will prepare you to build a variety of smart robots. The first robotic project involves designing a claw to grab objects, and helps you to explore how a smart robot is used in everyday life and in industry. The second project revolves around building a working guitar that can be played and modified to meet the needs of the user. As you advance, you'll explore the concept of biomimicry as you discover how to build a scorpion robot. In addition to this, you'll also work on a classic robotic challenge by building a sumobot. Throughout the book, you'll come across a variety of projects that will provide you with hands-on experience in building creative robots, such as building a Dragster, Egg Decorator, and Plankton from Spongebob Squarepants. By the end of this LEGO book, you'll have got to grips with the concepts behind building a robot, and also found creative ways to integrate them using the application based on your creative insights and ideas.

Little ones will love learning about opposites in Baby Stegosaurus’ playful prehistoric world! Follow Baby Stegosaurus' day as he explores, plays, and learns, before finally snuggling down to sleep under the lovely night sky. The perfect story to share together at the end of another busy day! This beautifully illustrated board book features glow-in-the-dark surprises on both the edges and the insides for a cosy, comforting wind-down to bedtime. When the lights go out, the pages come to life with glittery, glow-in-the-dark shapes, creating a gentle glimmer to help ease the transition to sleep. Featuring adorable dinosaur characters and playful text, this book is ideal for reading aloud together to reinforce language development and encourage interaction and bedtime bonding between parent and child. The start of a brand new series including: Baby Diplodocus Finds Shapes , Baby T-rex Finds Colors , and Baby Triceratops Counts 1, 2, 3 .

Aubrey is turning twenty-eight this year. She has never been in a relationship. She's never been anyone's girlfriend, never said I love you, never had a first fight or first of mostly anything. She swears it's not a big deal. No one really believes her. No one seems to agree. She's not sure how she got there, really-maybe it was because of Oliver, or Rami, or Sam, or Simon. Maybe it's her. Maybe spending a year in Nova Scotia helping her aunt manage a creaky old inn might just fix everything. There's only two ways this story can end. Either everything changes, or nothing at all. It's simple. It makes her head spin. Later Bloom is Laurie D.R.'s contemporary fiction debut. Weaving between past and present, it explores what it means to bloom a little late, what it takes to find "the one", and how our identities are shaped by our experiences (or lack thereof).

Welcome to "Chinese Characters Deep Dive: Chinese Characters for Food & Drinks." This book is designed to help you learn the characters (¿¿, hàn zì) used in everyday Chinese food (¿¿, shí wù) and drinks (¿¿, y¿n liào). From fruits (¿¿, shü gü) and vegetables (¿¿, sh¿ cài) to meat (¿¿, ròu lèi), seafood (¿¿, h¿i xi¿n), snacks (¿¿, xi¿o ch¿), and traditional beverages (¿¿¿¿, chuán t¿ng y¿n liào), you will discover the building blocks of Chinese cuisine (¿¿¿, zh¿ng guó cài). This book will help you read menus (¿¿, cài d¿n), order food (¿¿, di¿n cài), and understand cooking methods (¿¿¿¿, p¿ng rèn f¿ng f¿) while providing practical example sentences with pinyin (¿¿, p¿n y¿n) and English translations. It is perfect for learners who want to explore Chinese food culture (¿¿¿¿, y¿n shí wén huà) with confidence, whether at home, in a restaurant (¿¿, c¿n t¿ng), or at the market (¿¿, shì ch¿ng). By the end of this book, reading, writing, and using food-related characters will become second nature.

Romeo and Juliet is an iconic tragedy written by William Shakespeare, telling the story of forbidden love between Romeo and Juliet, two young members of the rival Montague and Capulet families in Verona. From the moment they meet, they fall deeply in love, unaware of the longstanding hatred that divides their families. Their sincere love drives them to defy social expectations and dream of a life together. However, a cruel twist of fate and a series of misunderstandings lead to a tragic end, highlighting the destructive consequences of family conflicts and intolerance. Secondary characters, such as Mercutio and Juliet's Nurse, add depth to the plot, bringing moments of lightness and tension that enrich the story. Through this poignant narrative, Shakespeare explores timeless themes of forbidden love, sacrifice, and fate, which continue to resonate with audiences today. Romeo and Juliet remains a powerful and enduring work, reminding us of love's strength in the face of prejudice and the human cost of hatred.

The story takes place in the village of Shalmovo, where two peasant sportsmen, Filimon Slyunka and Ignat Ryabov, are sitting in a pothouse turned restaurant. Slyunka is an old man who used to be a house-serf and now lives off his old wife's alms. Ryabov is a silent, sturdy peasant. Slyunka and Ryabov are trying to convince the innkeeper, Semyon Mitritch, to give them a gun that they had left as collateral. Semyon refuses, citing the Lenten season and the lack of game. Despite their pleas and promises to return the gun, Semyon remains firm in his decision. Slyunka and Ryabov leave the tavern and decide to go stand-shooting in the forest, hoping to find snipe. They walk to the forest, but find no snipe and decide to wait another five days before trying again. The story ends with the sportsmen walking home in silence. Overall, the story portrays a slice of rural life and explores themes of poverty, longing, and the connection between humans and nature.

Join one of the foremost polar explorers of our generation on transcontinental crossings of each polar cap as never before seen—and maybe never seen again. With his unrivaled photography taken during transcontinental crossings of each polar cap, Sebastian Copeland transports us to the ends of the earth and invites us into his expeditions. With his expedition partner, Copeland spent forty-three days crossing the Greenland ice sheet without outside support. In the process, he set a new world record for the longest distance traveled on kites and skis, covering 370 miles over one twenty-four-hour period. With the same partner, Copeland led the first east-to-west transcontinental crossing of Antarctica by skis and kites via two of its poles, setting three world records over the 2,500-mile, eighty-four-day expedition. These polar regions are also the bellwether of the impacts of climate change, and Copeland’s stunning images galvanize our awareness of the threats of global warming and the need for conservation.

In the mid-1960s, two notable bands emerged from the rarified cloisters of Charterhouse Public School in rural Surrey: The Anon, with guitarists Anthony Phillips and Mike Rutherford and The Garden Wall, a unit driven by the duo of Peter Gabriel and Tony Banks. Following the 1966 end-of-term school concert, these two bands merged, leading to the first lineup of Genesis. Phillips remained with Genesis until July 1970, when stage fright and ill health forced him to quit. He embarked on a long course of musical self-improvement that would eventually lead to an impressive technique on both guitar and keyboards, leading to a flourishing solo career, commencing with his first solo album The Geese & The Ghost in 1977. In this book, Alan Draper looks at Anthony Phillips' solo output, from his 1977 debut album through to his most successful long-form work, Slow Dance, in 1990. Also included are the two Archive Collection albums, released after this date, as they contain previously unreleased material from the pre-1990 period. In the 21st century, Phillips' albums have become widely available via rereleased and beautifully packaged box sets, providing the perfect opportunity to explore his impressive body of work once again.

Welcome to "Chinese Characters Deep Dive: Chinese Characters for Food & Drinks." This book is designed to help you learn the characters (¿¿, hàn zì) used in everyday Chinese food (¿¿, shí wù) and drinks (¿¿, y¿n liào). From fruits (¿¿, shü gü) and vegetables (¿¿, sh¿ cài) to meat (¿¿, ròu lèi), seafood (¿¿, h¿i xi¿n), snacks (¿¿, xi¿o ch¿), and traditional beverages (¿¿¿¿, chuán t¿ng y¿n liào), you will discover the building blocks of Chinese cuisine (¿¿¿, zh¿ng guó cài). This book will help you read menus (¿¿, cài d¿n), order food (¿¿, di¿n cài), and understand cooking methods (¿¿¿¿, p¿ng rèn f¿ng f¿) while providing practical example sentences with pinyin (¿¿, p¿n y¿n) and English translations. It is perfect for learners who want to explore Chinese food culture (¿¿¿¿, y¿n shí wén huà) with confidence, whether at home, in a restaurant (¿¿, c¿n t¿ng), or at the market (¿¿, shì ch¿ng). By the end of this book, reading, writing, and using food-related characters will become second nature.

What do we need to know about language and why do we need to know it? Providing the essential tools with which to analyse and talk about language, this book demonstrates the relevance of linguistics to our understanding of the world around us. This second edition includes: - Discussion of key areas of contemporary interest, such as neo-pronouns, translanguaging, and communication in the digital arena -Two brand new chapters exploring language and identity, and language and social media - A range of new and international examples - New and updated references and suggested readings - Tasks to aid learning at the end of each chapter - A glossary of key terms. Introducing a set of practical tools for language analysis and using numerous examples of authentic communicative activity, such as overheard conversations, social media posts, advertisements and public announcements, Why Do Linguistics? explores language and language use from a social, intercultural and multilingual perspective, showing how this kind of analysis works and what it can tell us about social interaction. Also accompanied by a new companion website featuring audio, video and other supportive resources for students and teachers, this book will help you to become an informed, active noticer of language.

Explore the irresistible town of Poppyville, where midnight is morning, and a cheerfully quirky cast of characters that will have you giggling to no end! "A beautiful dream of a book. For those children who wonder what goes on at night long after they've closed their eye." --Raúl the Third, award-winning creator of the World of Vamos and New York Times bestselling illustrator "Mind blowing."--Matthew Forsythe, award-winning creator of Pokko and the Drum Set in a fantastical world, two travelers arrive to Poppyville, a town where midnight is morning, milk is blueberry flavored, and the residents are wonderfully strange. It's Busy Town meets Adventure Time in this hilarious and quirky picture book adventure brimming with oddball charm. It's the grand opening of Delilah's toy shop and everyone has come, near and far, including two travelers who are in search of a dragonwagon. But what the travelers discover is that the journey is just as magical as the destintion. With playful sensibility, unique art style of cut paper and limited palette, Wake Up, Poppyville!, will have readers eager to join this bustling community that only wakes up at night.

LEGO The Hobbit is based on the first two films of The Hobbit Trilogy, The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, productions of New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures (MGM). Additional content based on the third film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, is planned to be available at a future release date LEGO The Hobbit will take players on epic quests and a variety of adventures as they explore key locations from the films, such as Lake-town, Dale, Erebor, Bag End, Goblin-town, Mirkwood, Rivendell and the treacherous High Pass over the Misty Mountains. Fans will also assume the roles of their favorite characters, including Bilbo Baggins, Gandalf, and the Dwarves of Erebor: Thorin, Fili, Kili, Oin, Gloin, Dwalin, Balin, Bifur, Bofur, Bombur, Dori, Nori and Ori, each possessing a unique and hilarious ability. One of the main new features of the game allows players to utilize the Dwarves' combined abilities such as buddy fighting, two-player attack, staff climb, mace swing and belly bounce to help them fight Orcs and fouler things or to progress through the game.

Two sisters, both born with a Gift... Samantha leads lost spirits home, Hanna can see Beyond the Veil But both are in terrible danger... Are you ready for two Spicy and Spooky Kindred Tales in one book? Get ready for Wicked and Wild... In "Possessed by the Wulven," Sam's ghost-hunting mission collides with skeptic R'orn, creating sparks of annoyance and attraction. She's stuck with the huge Kindred warrior in a haunted inn, one room, and a single bed-temptation rises. But when spirits take control, passions ignite...and enemies might just become lovers. In "Guarded by the Ghost," Hanna's curse attracts a terrifying Dark Entity, leading her to a ghostly Kindred protector, Wraith. Together, they face a sinister force that hungers for her soul. Can enemies turned lovers survive the shadows that threaten their very existence? Explore these tales of paranormal romance, where love, danger, and the supernatural intertwine in a haunting journey beyond the veil. Will Sam, Hanna, and their Kindred Protectors conquer the darkness that surrounds them? You'll have to read this Enemies to Lovers, Touch her and Die, Only one Bed, Spicy Shifter and Ghost Romance, Wicked and Wild, to find out! Author's Note--my heroines are threatened and in danger in parts of these two novellas but I promise things work out in the end. As always, please read responsibly.

A tour de force crime novel from one of the international masters of the form, where a simple murder case questions the simple notions of good and evil, guilt and redemption. 'Masterfully explores the fine line between innocence and guilt in a compelling tale that will surprise and astonish' Daily Mirror A body has been found on a Central Tokyo riverbank, and Homicide Detective Godai of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is assigned to investigate. The victim is identified as a lawyer, Kensuke Shiraishi, and Godai's investigations lead him to one Tatsuro Kuraki, who ends up confessing to not only to the lawyer's murder, but also another one from thirty years ago - for which another man was arrested and died in custody before trial. Kuraki's confession neatly resolves two cases, but there is just one problem: Detective Godai doesn't believe him. What's more, there are two other people who can't accept Kuraki's confession. One is the son of Kuraki, the professed murderer; the other is the daughter of Shiraishi, the victim. As they get closer to the truth it becomes clear that the link between the two murders is murkier and more complicated than they could possibly have imagined - and so is the line between innocence and guilt.

Bloomsbury presents India, Bharat and Pakistan by J Sai Deepak, read by Sagar Arya.India, Bharat and Pakistan, the second book of the Bharat Trilogy, takes the discussion forward from its bestselling predecessor, India That Is Bharat. It explores the combined influence of European and Middle Eastern colonialities on Bharat as the successor state to the Indic civilisation, and on the origins of the Indian Constitution. To this end, the book traces the thought continuum of Middle Eastern coloniality, from the rise of Islamic Revivalism in the 1740s following the decline of the Mughal Empire, which presaged the idea of Pakistan, until the end of the Khilafat Movement in 1924, which cemented the road to Pakistan. The book also describes the collaboration of convenience that was forged between the proponents of Middle Eastern coloniality and the British colonial establishment to the detriment of the Indic civilisation.One of the objectives of this book is to help the reader draw parallels between the challenges faced by the Indic civilisation in the tumultuous period from 1740 to 1924, and the present day. Its larger goal remains the same as that of the first, which is to enthuse Bharatiyas to undertake a critical decolonial study of Bharat's history, especially in the context of the Constitution, so that the religiosity towards the document is moderated by a sense of proportion, perspective and purpose.

Social Studies Daily Practice Workbook by ArgoPrep allows students to build foundational skills and review concepts. Our workbooks explore social studies topics in-depth with ArgoPrep's 5 E's to build social studies mastery. Our workbooks offer students 20 weeks of practice of various social studies skills required for 8th Grade including History, Civics and Government, Geography, and Economics. Students will explore science topics in-depth with ArgoPrep's 5 E'S to build social studies mastery.Engaging with the topic: Read a short text on the topic and answer multiple-choice questions. Exploring the topic: Interact with the topic on a deeper level by collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data. Explaining the topic: Make sense of the topic by explaining and beginning to draw conclusions about the data. Experimenting with the topic: Investigate the topic through hands-on, easy to implement experiments. Elaborating on the topic: Reflect on the topic and use all information learned to draw conclusions and evaluate results. ArgoPrep's 8th Grade Social Studies Daily Practice Workbook is state-aligned and aligns with the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS). Here's a preview of what our workbook covers!Reconstruction Industrialization and Unionization Immigration The Progressive Era Western Expansion After the Civil War American Imperialism World War I Civil Rights After World War I The Roaring Twenties and the Stock Market Crash The Great Depression The New Deal World War II Fighting World War II and Its Aftermath The Cold War Post-War America The Civil Rights Movement The Vietnam War Era America in the 70s The End of the Cold War America and the Global World ArgoPrep is one of the leading providers of K-8 supplemental educational products. At ArgoPrep, our goal is to provide you with the best workbooks and learning experience. Just in the past year, ArgoPrep has received many awards for it's curriculum and workbooks.

This book explores the enduring legacy of the battleship Yamato , weaving together history, myth, and cultural impact to reveal how a wartime icon became a symbol of Japan's identity and imagination across generations. ¿ The battleship Yamato was conceived as the ultimate expression of Imperial Japan's naval power-the largest and most heavily armed battleship ever built. Yet her significance did not end with her destruction in the final months of World War II. In this book, author Alexander Wooley traces Yamato's story from secretive construction and brief combat career to her extraordinary afterlife as one of Japan's most enduring cultural symbols. Wooley explores how a single ship came to bridge history and myth, continuing to shape cultural conversations long after the guns fell silent. Beginning with Yamato's design and deployment, Wooley places the ship within the strategic ambitions and constraints of Japan's wartime navy, culminating in her final mission and sinking in 1945. But the heart of the book lies beyond the battlefield. Wooley shows how Yamato-despite limited operational impact-came to represent far more than a warship. In the decades after the war, she became a vessel of memory, shaped by defeat, loss, and national reckoning. Drawing on wartime records, postwar accounts, interviews, and cultural analysis, the book follows Yamato's interpretation in museums, literature, film, anime, manga, and video games. From ship to space cruiser to mythic protector, Yamato reflects Japan's evolving relationship with its past and its efforts to reconcile wartime experience with postwar identity. Each reinvention reveals as much about society interpreting her as they do about the ship herself. Balancing naval and cultural history, this book offers a focused examination of how technology, memory, and imagination intersect. It will appeal to readers interested in World War II at sea, Japanese history, and the ways nations remember-and reinterpret-their most powerful symbols.

Bloomsbury presents Show Them a Good Time by Nicole Flattery, read by Jill Crawford.A NEW STATESMAN, IRISH TIMES AND GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWinner of the Irish Book Awards Short Story of the Year 2019'A masterclass in the short story – bold, irreverent and agonisingly funny' SALLY ROONEY'Demands repeated reading' JON McGREGOR'Announces the arrival of a brilliant talent' FINANCIAL TIMESAn urgent and unforgettable collection of stories, Show Them a Good Time explores types – men and women, their assigned roles and meanings – in modern society.A young, broke Irish woman narrates her relationship with a successful comedian in New York; two hapless university students take to the stage in a bid to assert their autonomy; a school teacher makes her way through a series of dead-end dates, gamely searching for love or distraction as the world teeters towards ruin.The characters in these magnificently accomplished stories are haunted as much by the future as they are by their pasts. Exuberant, irreverent and loaded with dark humour, Show Them a Good Time marks the arrival of a strikingly original new voice in fiction.

Ideal for whole-school use, the Schofield & Sims Spelling programme gives pupils extensive practice in using their phonic knowledge to spell words, preparing them for the English grammar, punctuation and spelling tests towards the end of Key Stage 2. The pupil books systematically introduce and revise spelling conventions, explore word structure and the relationship between words of shared origin, suggest strategies for remembering common 'exception words' (or 'tricky words'), teach pupils how to monitor their own spelling, and encourage them to write sentences from memory or dictation. Based on the model 'teach - practise - apply - assess', Schofield & Sims Spelling is a comprehensive and high-quality programme that helps all pupils to develop and consolidate their spelling skills, significantly improving their results in the national tests. This Teacher's Resource Book provides an invaluable collection of copymasters that support teaching, learning and assessment, including: resources for revision and extension work; reminders and prompts - which encourage pupils to use spelling strategies when writing; assessment and record-keeping resources to support on-going and periodic assessment. Some of the copymasters are for use at a specific stage, while others are generic.

Cooperative Gameplay with Crazy Dice Throws: Experience the fun and excitement of Dungeon Fighter with streamlined rules, where you and your friends work together, using dexterity-based dice throws to defeat monsters and overcome obstacles. Explore Dynamic Dungeons: No more pre-fixed maps! Each round, choose between two Dungeon cards to determine your next destination, ensuring a fresh and unique adventure every time you play. New Heroes, Weapons, and Monsters: Discover a variety of new heroes with unique abilities, arm yourself with new weapons, and face off against a slew of weird and ferocious monsters, adding depth and excitement to every game session. Challenge and Rewards: Utilize your focus and dexterity to hit the right spots on the main target-board, navigate room obstacles, and deal with monster abilities to increase both the difficulty and the rewards of your quest. Risk-it-All Last Strike Rewards: Meet specific criteria during battles to earn extra rewards at the end of a fight, adding an extra layer of strategy and thrill to your dungeon-delving adventures.

Jane Austen, Unabridged takes readers on a journey through the prolific author's life with private letters, unpublished works and facts no one knew about a woman who revolutionized the romance genre. Jane Austen is arguably one of the best English novelists of our time, known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage in the pursuit of favorable social standing and economic security. Her works critique the novels of sensibility of the second half of the 18th century and are part of the transition to 19th-century literary realism. Her use of biting irony, along with her realism, humor, and social commentary, have long earned her acclaim among critics, scholars, and popular audiences alike. This memoir of the late English novelists life includes never before seen teenage writings, letters to family members, a lost love and even three of her unpublished works such as Lady Susan, The Watsons and Sandition.

Winner of the 2021 Edgar Award for Best First Novel This “beautifully written, thoughtful page-turner” (Chloe Benjamin, New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists) set in Atlantic City blends noir suspense, a missing persons mystery, and female friendship into a haunting, literary page-turner, as two young women become unlikely friends during one fateful summer when mysterious disappearances hit dangerously close to home. Summer has come to Atlantic City, but the boardwalk is empty of tourists, the casino lights have dimmed, and two Jane Does lie hidden in the marshland behind the Sunset Motel. Only one person knows they’re there. Meanwhile, Clara, a struggling boardwalk psychic, gives tarot readings to make ends meet—until she begins experiencing disturbing visions that feel all too real. As reports of missing women spread through town, Clara suspects her clairvoyance may be tied to the growing danger. When she meets Lily, a former Soho art gallery assistant now working at a nearly abandoned casino spa while grappling with personal loss, the two form an uneasy bond. Together, they begin to uncover a pattern—but getting too close to the truth may put them directly in harm’s way. This “heartbreaking…riveting thriller” (Paul Harding, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Tinkers) explores the intersection of womanhood, power, violence, and survival, as two women confront buried truths and risk everything to stop a pattern of disappearance before it claims another victim.

London, 1861. Sir Richard Francis Burton - explorer, linguist, scholar, and swordsman; his reputation tarnished; his career in tatters; his former partner missing and probably dead. Algernon Charles Swinburne - unsuccessful poet and follower of de Sade, for whom pain is pleasure, and brandy is ruin! They stand at a crossroads in their lives and are caught in the epicenter of an empire torn by conflicting forces: Engineers transform the landscape with bigger, faster, noisier, and dirtier technological wonders; Eugenicists develop specialist animals to provide unpaid labor; Libertines oppose repressive laws and demand a society based on beauty and creativity; while the Rakes push the boundaries of human behavior to the limits with magic, drugs, and anarchy. The two men are sucked into the perilous depths of this moral and ethical vacuum when Lord Palmerston commissions Burton to investigate assaults on young women committed by a weird apparition known as Spring Heeled Jack, and to find out why werewolves are terrorizing London's East End. Their investigations lead them to one of the defining events of the age, and the terrifying possibility that the world they inhabit shouldn't exist at all!

Legends born in the shadows of ruin. The adventurer’s paradise of Haven flourishes, while a dark power within the adjacent ruins of Parlainth stirs. Parlainth was once Thera’s crown jewel in Barsaive, but the opulent city was brought low during the Scourge. When Namegivers first returned to the world, a group of adepts came together to found a town on the ruin’s borders. From this town, countless young heroes have embarked on quests for fortune and glory. Nearly five years after the end of the Second Theran War, more heroes than ever before flock to the chaotic frontier town. The troll explorer-turned-mayor, Torgak, is getting on in years. The Association of Unaffiliated Explorers agitates for fair and balanced elections to appoint his replacement. The dwarf merchants of Throal and vested Theran interests eye the changing market hungrily. With so many looking to Haven’s political future, it has fallen to private interests, the Adventuring Companies of Haven, to ensure that Barsaive’s next generation of heroes do not fall to ignoble fates. This sourcebook provides a description of Haven’s history and lays out its prominent players as of 1517 TH. It provides additional rules and guidelines for players as well as gamemasters who wish to participate in the Earthdawn community’s Legends of Barsaive adventures that are run at various tables around the globe. This text also provides guidelines for running Legends of Barsaive adventures as a campaign at your home table. In addition to the revised and expanded Haven Guidebook, this book collects the first eight Legends of Barsaive adventures: Toys in the Attic, Lip Service, Separation Anxiety, That Which Was Lost, Games of the Hungry, Glass Houses, Heavy Metal Queen, and Brain Scratch.

A moving story about love, AIDS, grief, and memory by one of the most adventurous writers to come out of San Francisco's LGBTQ+ scene. Bob Glück met Ed Aulerich-Sugai in 1970. Ed was an aspiring artist; Bob wanted to write. They were young men in San Francisco at the high tide of sexual liberation and soon, and for eight years, they were lovers, after which they were friends. Ed was an explorer in the realms of sex. He was beautiful, fragile, exasperating, serious, unassuaged. In 1994 he died of HIV. His dream notebooks became a touchstone for this book, which Glück has been working on for some two decades, while also making his name as a proponent of New Narrative writing and as one of America’s most unusual, venturesome, and lyrical authors. About Ed is about Ed, who remains, as our dead do, both familiar and unknowable, faraway and close. It is about Bob too. The book is a hybrid, at once fiction and fact, like memory, and it takes in many things through tales of political activism and domestic comedy and fury to questions of art and love and experiences of longing and horror. The book also shifts in register, from the delicate to the analytic, to funny and explicit and heartbroken. It begins in the San Francisco of the early 1980s, when Ed and Bob have been broken up for a while. aIds is spreading, but Ed has yet to receive his diagnosis. It follows him backward through his life with Bob in the 1970s and forward through the harrowing particulars of death. It holds on to him and explores his art. It ends in his dreams.

Many years have passed since the formation of the Alliance. However, the glorious future that was promised has yet to arrive. In the aftermath of the Purge all the races vowed to cooperate towards a common goal. But as time went by, working together proved to be more difficult than expected. On top of that, the construction costs of new Stations kept rising. With the future of the Alliance hanging in the balance, it was decided that the countless destroyed worlds, remnants of the War and the Purge, should be revived. The facilities, laying there forgotten, could help in the improvement of the economy. Failure could mean the end of the Alliance and the disruption of peace. It is a desperate hope for a galaxy still haunted by its past, a final effort for a New Dawn. New Dawn is the thematic sequel of Among the Stars. In New Dawn, players take the role of Alliance officials, belonging to different races, sent on a mission to explore and revive a part of the Galaxy. Each game lasts 5 rounds during which, players can explore regions, establish bases, seize control of facilities, send ambassadors, produce resources and send aid to the Alliance. Game Contents: 112 Facilities 64 Technology 60 Plastic Bases 26 Credit Tokens 26 Military Tokens 26 Science Tokens 20 Aid to Alliance 16 Plastic MHQ 16 VP Tokens 12 "+2" Tokens 12 Green Dice Tokens 12 Re-roll Tokens 8 Alien Boards 8 Ambassadors 8 Ambassadors Tokens 8 Base Benefits 5 Stations 4 Player Aids 4 Sectors 4 White Dices 4 Yellow Dices 3 Green Dices 3 Red Dices 1 Alliance Base 1 Black Dice 1 Main Board 1 Rulebook

Dos mundos, a best-selling program for Introductory Spanish known for its exceptional progressive activities, made its name as an innovative pioneer in Beginning Spanish. Today, it has maintained the spirit of innovation through many successful editions and continues to be implemented in numerous beginning Spanish language classes across the nation with outstanding results. Based on the communicative approach, Dos mundos stresses the use of engaging activities in a natural and spontaneous classroom atmosphere. The Actividades de comunicacion play a primary role in Dos mundos, since the core of the program is communication. These activities include fresh, practical ideas from the field of second-language teaching. In this research-based approach to learning language, the development of communicative language skills is the central goal, with formal grammar presentation and practice at the service of communication. To this end, the grammar explanations and exercises on the blue pages at the end of each chapter are designed for quick reference and ease of study. Additionally, cultural content is integrated throughout each chapter. The new Conozca section on each chapter opener gives an introduction of the country or region of focus, including information about holidays, foods, famous people, and important cities. Ventanas culturales readings focus on community, customs, and daily life while Ventanas al pasado readings focus on aspects of the social, cultural, or political history of the Spanish-speaking world The Enlace readings explore literature, music, and cinema, and the Lecturas present topics such as sports and leisure activities.

Support children's reading with these engaging high-low fully decodable phonic books. The age-appropriate themes and content will hook the most reluctant and struggling readers. Build confidence and fluency. Expertly levelled phonic high-low readers for use at home and school. ABOUT UNDERWATER EXPLORERS: This is the second book of adventures with the underwater explorers. This time they investigate when something strange appears on the map. This mini-series follows a group of underwater explorers as they have adventures in their mini-sub. It addresses a number of environmental issues related to the ocean. Book 2: Underwater Explorers Fiction Focus Sounds: Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels Revision Sounds: Phases 2 and 3, Sets 1 to 6 Why choose a book from Striders Phonics Readers. Age-appropriate content and design - Engaging stories and non-fiction topics created specifically for older readers, avoiding the look and feel of books designed for much younger children. Inclusive and engaging - Features diverse characters, artwork and photography that reflect a wide range of experiences and backgrounds. Bridges the gap to mainstream reading - Includes chapters, recurring fiction characters, contents pages and headings to mirror the features children encounter in age-appropriate books. Built-in support for adults - Every book includes guidance notes to help parents, carers and educators support successful reading practice. Encourages comprehension and discussion - Fiction titles include character introductions, while non-fiction books feature contents pages and end-of-book summaries to deepen understanding. Engaging fiction and non-fiction mix - Four mini fiction series with recurring characters build familiarity and motivation, while stand-alone non-fiction titles introduce fascinating real-world topics. Designed for progression and success - Each set revisits sounds from earlier books, supporting retention, mastery and reading confidence. Striders Phonics Readers are perfect for parents, carers and teachers looking for fully decodable books that provide structured reading practice and clear guidance for supporting older children to read. SERIES INFORMATION Striders Phonics Readers are a collection of 32 high-low phonically decodable books for readers aged 7+ with a reading age of 4 to 6 . These expertly levelled consolidation readers are perfect for sending home to support classroom teaching, and follow one of the most commonly used validated SSPs in primary schools, with focus sounds following the same progression, and each set of books revising the sounds found in previous sets. Scholastic considers these books suitable for children learning using the Wandle Learning Trust's Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised phonics programme. Scholastic is not part of Wandle Learning Trust, nor are our products approved for use with the Little Wandle Letters & Sounds Revised phonics programme by the Wandle Learning Trust. Focus sounds found in each Scholastic Set: Phase 2 Set 1: s a t p i n m d (used as revision sounds only) Phase 2 Set 2: g o c k ck e u r h b f l Phase 2 Set 3: ff ll ss j v w x y z zz Phase 2 Set 4: qu ch sh th ng nk Phase 3 Set 5: ai ee igh oa oo Phase 3 Set 6: ar or ur ow oi ear air er Phase 4 Set 7: Adjacent consonants with short vowels Phase 4 Set 8: Adjacent consonants with Phase 3 long vowels Phase 5 Set 9: ay (play), ou (cloud), oy (boy), ea (each), ir (bird), ie (pie), ue (blue), u (unicorn) Phase 5 Set 10: o (go), i (tiger), a (paper), e (he), a-e (snake), i-e (time), o-e (home), u-e (cute), e-e (these), ew (new), ie (shield), aw (claw) Phase 5 Set 11: y (funny), ea (head), wh (wheel), oe (toe), ou (shoulder), y (fly), ow (snow), g (giant), ph (phone), le (apple), al (metal), c (ice), ve (give), o-e (some), o (mother), ou (young), se (cheese), se (mouse), ce (fence), ey (donkey), ui (fruit), ou (soup) Phase 5 Set 12: or (word), u (full), oul (could), are (share), ear (bear), ere (there), au

A glittering, bold, darkly funny novel about two sisters—one in New York, one in Singapore—who are bound by an ancient secret Sisterhood is difficult for Su and Emerald. Su leads a sheltered, moneyed life as the picture-perfect wife of a conservative politician in Singapore. Emerald is a nihilistic sugar baby in New York, living from whim to whim and using her charms to make ends meet. But they share a secret: once, they were snakes, basking under a full moon in Tang dynasty China. A thousand years later, their mysterious history is the only thing still binding them together. When Emerald experiences a violent encounter in Central Park and Su boards the next flight to New York, the two reach a tenuous reconciliation for the first time in decades. Su convinces Emerald to move to Singapore so she can keep an eye on her—but she soon begins to worry that Emerald's irrepressible behavior will out them both, in a sparkling, affluent city where everything runs like clockwork and any deviation from the norm is automatically suspect. Razor-sharp, hilarious, and raw in emotion, Sister Snake explores chosen family, queerness, passing, and the struggle against conformity. Reimagining the Chinese folktale “The Legend of the White Snake,” this is a novel about being seen for who you are—and, ultimately, how to live free.