Fanny Price s rich relatives offer her a place in their home so that she can be properly brought up. However, Fanny s childhood is a lonely one as she is never allowed to forget her place. Her only ally is her cousin Edmund. When her cousins befriend two glamorous new young people who have arrived in the area, Henry and Mary Crawford, Edmund starts to grow close to Mary, and Fanny finds herself dealing

Paganism, which has its roots in the ancient nature religions, is one of the fastest growing movements in the West today. As such, it is a collection of spiritual paths that express their beliefs in subtly different ways, explored here in this illuminating guide. Discover the natural beliefs and practices of Wicca, Hedgewitch traditions, Druidry, Shamanism, Asatru, Mystery Groups, and Eclectic Paganismas

Learn what your dreams mean to maximize your dream power for success in love, work, and personal achievement with this compact guide, which includes an A-Z directory of dream images. Are you aware that you spend one-third of your life sleeping and, on average, dream for two hours every night? Dreams are the way in which your unconscious, instinctive self processes experiences, revitalizes you, and

The much-anticipated penultimate thriller in the bestselling Department Q9

Writing as Mina Hardy, New York Times bestselling author Megan Hart, delivers a twisted tale of domestic suspense where no one is what they seem--and the skeletons in the closet are all too real. Blame the booze, her shaky marriage, her troubled son, or a thousand other things. Jewelann Jordan has one thing on her mind when she attends her class reunion, and that\'s making sure her old crush Christian

This book introduces the Recovery Cycle, the only relatable model for positive change in sobriety and a simple roadmap for sober living. The author, a clinician in recovery herself, demonstrates how to talk to clients or anyone with an interest in sobriety in a pragmatic, like-minded way. The easy, conversational style encourages cultivation of solid, sober relationships and spiritual connections,

Told over the course of the ten rounds of his first fight, this is the story of amateur boxer Sunny. A seventeen year old feeling isolated and disconnected in the city he\'s just moved to, Sunny joins a boxing club to learn to protect himself after a racist attack. He finds the community he\'s been desperately seeking at the club, and a mentor in trainer Shobu, who helps him find his place in the world.

Sail away with the laugh-out-loud new novel from Gervase Phinn, bestselling author of The School at the Top of the Dale Aboard the cruise of a lifetime, a cast of colourful characters have a chance to escape from their ordinary lives - but as unlikely friendships are forged, feuds bubble in the laundry room, romances sizzle on the dancefloor, and everyone jostles for a seat at the Captain\'s table,

\'The most life-affirming book ever written about death.\' Sandi Toksvig\'One of the most powerful and helpful books about grief that you will ever read.\' Anita Anand \'Grief is more than the price of love. It is love. We must learn not just to live with it, but to make it welcome.\' Catherine Mayer and her mother Anne Mayer Bird were widowed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is their

This book offers a comprehensive, accessible introduction to teaching and learning business. Covering a broad range of topics and focusing on both pedagogy and content, it develops the key ideas of teaching and learning in business in a structured and accessible way. The chapters draw on theory and the latest research to demonstrate how key pedagogical issues link to classroom practice. Featuring

Team X decide to follow a robot into a drain in A NASTI Surprise, only to be greeted with a shock deep underground. This book is part of Project X Origins, a ground-breaking guided reading programme for the whole

London, 1918. Billy Prior is working for Intelligence in the Ministry of Munitions. But his private encounters with women and men - pacifists, objectors, homosexuals - conflict with his duties as a soldier, and it is not long before his sense of himself fragments and breaks

With environmental concerns at an all-time high, many of us are looking to promote sustainability in everyday ways, especially at home. It is more important than ever that our kitchen and dining spaces allow us to live in harmony with nature. This glimpse into the home kitchens and dining areas of twenty of the world\'s top chefs, food bloggers, and restauranteurs reveals inspiring ways that the food-obsessed

The Qur\'an, believed by Muslims to be the word of God, was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad 1400 years ago. It is the supreme authority in Islam and the living source of all Islamic teaching. Recognized as the greatest literary masterpiece in Arabic, it has nevertheless remained difficult to understand in its English

Her topics range from the neurotic need for affection, to guilt feelings and the quest for power, prestige and

From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and mortar, revealing why and how it evolved into the nation\'s biggest and most influential. From the seven

Two penguins discover that love is the perfect gift at Christmas in this sparkling festive picture

Have you ever wondered why the rose has thorns and other flowers don\'t; why the daffodil is the color it is; or why some plants have shiny leaves and others matte? How The Rose Got its Thorns reveals the inner workings of our favorite flowers and trees. Designed to help gardeners, both novice and experienced, better understand how plants grow, the book is easy to navigate - it is divided into 50 chapters,

Police in Paris arrested thousands of men for sodomy or pederasty in the eighteenth century. In the mid-1780s, they recorded depositions in which prisoners recounted their own sexual histories. Curated and translated into English here, these remarkable documents allow us to hear the voices of men who desired men and to explore complex questions about sources, patterns, and meanings in the history of

A no-holds-barred account of how German society struggles with its colonial