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"A cracklingly funny and poignant debut novel about the ways we love, even when we're not at our best" --
Calling wild girls everywhere! Helen Skelton - adventurer, world-record breaker and TV presenter - brings you her inspirational guide to getting outdoors and having incredible adventures.From kayaking the length of the Amazon to cycling to the South Pole and running an ultra-marathon across the Namib desert, the Blue Peter and Countryfile presenter Helen Skelton has taken on record-breaking feats of endurance and shown that adventures definitely are for girls.Helen shares six stories of her most daring adventures across some of the world's most extreme wildernesses, explaining how she embraced her fears and found the positives in the toughest situations. Alongside her inspirational tales are ideas for where readers can find their own wild adventures closer to home and accounts of the real-life wild girls who inspire her.
A collection of poetry by Liz Kay, with illustrations by Devin Forst. The poems feature the archetype witch from fairy tales, particularly Hansel and Gretel.
USA TODAY’s 5 Books Not to Miss Vanity Fair’s Books To Get You Through the Winter Marie Claire’s 2020 Books to Add To Your Reading List PopSugar’s 20 Books Everyone Will Be Talking About Cosmopolitan’s 20 Books to Read this Winter The author of the acclaimed novel Scarborough weaves an unforgettable and timely dystopian tale about a near-future, where a queer Black performer and his allies join forces to rise up when an oppressive regime gathers those deemed “Other” into concentration camps. Set in a terrifyingly familiar near-future, with massive floods leading to rampant homelessness and devastation, a government-sanctioned regime called The Boots seizes on the opportunity to...
Combining a range of case studies with theoretical research, this volume analyzes current developments and best practice. The contributors discuss innovative approaches in assessment, peer assessment, the NCVQ model, the positive side of assessment, staff training for assessment, and much more.
There are times when we need to step back and observe our surroundings and observe our lives from other points of view. Our ability to make money and our motivation toward making money are two of those times. Smart Ways of Making Money takes us to several other points of view to learn how and why we need to earn, save and invest our money to survive in this world and ultimately, to thrive in this world. Smart Ways takes its readers on a journey through history to create blueprints for success and teaches its readers how to apply this knowledge to create multiple streams of income, net worth and wealth. Readers will gain great benefit from the first hand knowledge presented in this book. Auth...
Felix is back in the real world after his extraordinary adventurein THE DIVIDE. But so too is Snakeweed, the villainous Japegrin,who's followed him home - and he needs the enchanted formula hiddenin Felix's notebook.Snakeweed's visit brings disaster. He turns Felix's parents to stoneand, worse, his wicked spell seems to be spreading like a sinistervirus.To find a countercharm, Felix must return to the magical place hediscovered last year. But when he gets there he finds it much changedand his unusual friends in a horrible fix.
Ancient and contemporary Indian, Hispano, and Anglo traditions of pilgrimage, healing, and worship in the Chimayo Valley of northern N.M. Kay describes these beliefs and rites and traces their history. Folklore of Chimayo's famous healing shrine-El Santuario de Esquipulas, the nearby Medina chapel, the local Santo Ni o de Atocha cult, associated traditional and current pilgrimages.
"Scalpel-sharp writing and a killer concept-dark, clever, compelling and utterly assured." —Lucy Foley, author of The Guest List, a Hello Sunshine x Reese's Book Club Pick Keep the lights on—you'll be turning pages deep into the night with this one." —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Run Away It all started with just one little lie. But we all know that it never ends there. Because, of course, one lie leads to another. . . Growing up, Jane and Marnie shared everything. They knew the other’s deepest secrets. They wouldn't have had it any other way. But when Marnie falls in love, things begin to change. Because Jane has a secret: She loathes Marnie’s wealthy, pri...
Dr. Henry Baker and his wife, Liz, have spent twelve years developing a cure for tuberculosis. Working at a lab in their home, they have persisted without adequate funding and assistance, sacrificing new clothes and vacations to make their contribution to humanity. Tests have so far proved very encouraging. At the beginning of Medical Meeting they are ready to announce their discovery at a convention in Chicago. What promises to be a reward for years of work, a great moment to savor, turns into a disaster, professionally and possibly personally.