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The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola
Set in the sixteenth-century, The Secret Life of Sofonisba Anguissola tells the story of a woman's passion for painting and adventure. In a world where women painters had little to no acknowledgment, she was singled out by Michelangelo and Vasari who recognized and praised her talent. Gaining the Milanese elite's acclaim, she went on to become court painter to Spanish King Philip II and taught his queen to paint. One can't live such an extraordinary life without having stories to tell, and tell them Sofonisba does to Sir Anthony Van Dyke, who comes to visit her toward the end of her life. During their meeting, she agrees to reveal her secrets but first challenges the younger painter to find ...
SPHINXES
Readers first met Five Lowrey in The Thirteen, a story of life, love, secret society intrigue and death on Ohio University’s campus in the Fifties. Sphinxes follows Five from his graduation into the world of spies. Without a plan for the future, he enlists in the Army’s Counterintelligence Corps to escape the draft. Five is well prepared for basic training by his fraternity’s Hell Week ordeal. After basic training, Five learns the counter-espionage trade at Fort Holabird, Maryland. His special skills as an artist gain him command attention and ultimate assignment to an elite CIC unit. In the process, he falls in love with post librarian Peggy Muldoon. Five’s first case takes him to France and to the Dordogne Valley with its medieval castles, prehistoric caves and quaint villages. With the help of Sureté agent Gigi Marchant, Five searches for a secret list of allied agents in Europe, terminates an assassin and helps find a missing CIC agent. As in The Thirteen, Five’s role in this Cold War era story is filled with colorful characters, beautiful young women, love affairs, and fascinating detail.
Mouse's Best Day Ever
Mouse and Mole head to Squirrel's tree for tea, but as the weather turns stormy they have to find shelter. Will the rain and wind dampen their day? Join them as they find fun and laughter and have the best day ever! With delightfully engaging rhymes and illustrations, this book features easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for giving basic reflexology to a child. The reflexology techniques included relax and soothe, and they offer a gentle remedy to the symptoms of constipation, colic and teething in babies and young children. Written by a specialist maternity reflexologist, this book can also be used to help strengthen the bonding process between parent (or carer) and child. No prior reflexology knowledge is required.
Art & Artifact
Behind the lead-lined doors of the Radiology Department of All Saints Hospital, most x-ray technologists toil to provide the best possible patient care and patient imaging. Most, that is, but not all. Coming from half a world away, Tesfaye Ababa feels every mile of it while he strives to fit in. But fitting in becomes secondary to just getting through a workday as a new x-ray tech. From impatient surgeons to hysterical patients, each day brings new challenges. Follow Tesfaye through the chaotic corridors of All Saints Emergency Department during a crisis that strains everyone's capabilities - but especially the Radiology staff. Look over Tesfaye's shoulders as he positions patients, reveals anatomy and uncovers secret CT scans. Now he faces questions more ancient than his homeland of Ethiopia. When do you accept what goes on around you? When do you simply walk away? And when do you do all that you can to stop the mistreatment of others?
Minding Her Own Business
EastHill Press was established in 1996 with the goal of providing necessary information to owners of small businesses. A substantial increase in the number of new small businesses has resulted in an abundance of books on related topics. EastHill's goal is to produce books on subjects that are not being adequately covered by other books and to design those books in such a way that they can be easily read and used by the audience for whom they're intended. Minding Her Own Business: The Self-Employed Woman's Guide to Taxes and Recordkeeping is EastHill's first title.A long-time tax and business consultant takes the numb out of numbers and gives women entrepreneurs all the information and forms ...
The Mouse's House
Mouse finds a new house and calls upon her woodland friends to help her to make it a cosy home, but will it be ready in time for winter? Combining reflexology with delightfully engaging rhymes and illustrations, this book features easy-to-follow diagrams and instructions for giving basic reflexology to a child during a bedtime (or anytime) story. This unique book, written by a specialist maternity reflexologist, uses this non-invasive complementary therapy to help strengthen the bonding process between parent (or carer) and child and offers a gentle remedy for problems such as sleep difficulties, anxiety and mild pain. No prior reflexology knowledge is required.
Belly Laughs and Babies 2nd Delivery
Over 100 real-life escapades and anecdotes of parents and grandparents are collected in this second addition of humorous and heartwarming stories about parenthood. Included are stories of first-time parents, such as the young mother-to-be who asked her childbirth education instructor, Do I go to the hospital on my due date? Experienced parents also share their unique moments about entering the parent zone for the second, third, and fourth times. One couple tells of their four-year-old daughter who was excited about bringing her premature twin brothers home until she spotted them in an incubator and said, Let's leave them here...they're not done yet!
Butterworth's Brigade
The worlds of 12-year-old Axel Tyler and 73-year-old Brigadier Butterworth couldn't possibly be farther apart. While one is content to live life to the full in the fast track of 1990's Britain, the other yearns for the day when the country regains its senses and returns to those pre-war values that made Britain 'Great'. When events conspire to bring the 12-year-old rebel and the madcap Brigadier face-to-face, conflict becomes inevitable as the irreconcilable values and beliefs of two widely different worlds collide. The war between the two combatants is fought within a privatised, concentration camp, which is situated deep in the heart of Arundel Forest. Who will win the hearts and minds of the 59 teenage-rebel prisoners who have all been expelled from their schools and imprisoned in Arundel Forest: Axel or the Brigadier? At stake is nothing less than the future of Great Britain and the values of its young.
Once Upon a Touch...
A fun and creative way to increase general well-being, improve concentration and self-awareness, and encourage relaxation in children aged 3-11, this book offers a hands-on guide to story massage. Central to the book are step-by-step, illustrated instructions for ten easy-to-learn basic strokes which are given through clothes on the back, head, shoulders and arms. These basic strokes have then been used to create over 25 story massages which vary in length and complexity. The stories range from traditional tales such as 'Humpty Dumpty' to hands-on learning stories such as 'Deep in the Rainforest.' The massages can be carried out by adults in one-to-one or group sessions, or taught to children to practice on each other. An enjoyable and interactive way of sharing the benefits and safe and appropriate use of positive touch with all children, this book will be of interest to parents and carers, bodyworkers, teachers and other school staff, care workers and arts therapists.
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