The scientific and esoteric history of runic studies from the Renaissance to the modern era - Explores the five periods of runic revival: the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, the Romantic period, the early 20th century, and the late 20th century - Examines the use of runes by the foremost magicians and scholars of each era, including mystic and scholar Johannes Bureus, who developed his own integrated

Bengali, an official language of Bangladesh and India, is the seventh most-spoken language in the world, with nearly 230 million total speakers. Travelers who like to venture off the beaten path are sure to find adventure and lush natural beauty in Bangladesh. The country is home to a World Heritage Site mangrove forest, Bengal tigers, tropical rain forests, and relics of ancient Buddhist civilizations.

\"Angela Hanscom is a powerful voice for balance.\" --Richard Louv, author of Last Child in the Woods In this important book, a pediatric occupational therapist and founder of TimberNook shows how outdoor play and unstructured freedom of movement are vital for children\'s cognitive development and growth, and offers tons of fun, engaging ways to help ensure that kids grow into healthy, balanced,

In this literary thriller, a young man descends into the Los Angeles underworld to find his family\'s killer--aided by a group of strangers with their own shadowy pasts. When Marty returns to Pennsylvania after living in California for ten years, he\'s happily welcomed by his father and older brother, Jody. The joyful reunion is short-lived. Two days later, Jody enters the house to find his father

Best Books of 2019--Scholarly KitchenObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Hashtags can silence as well as shout. They originate in the quiet of the archive and the breathless suspense of the control room, and find voice in the roar of rallies in the streets. The #hashtag is a composite creation, with two separate but related design

Portable, addictive and satisfying, this fantastic festive book is packed with over 150 word search puzzles to

Sofia is just a normal high school girl, worried about getting her homework done and looking cool in the lunchroom, when HE shows up: a devastatingly handsome new kid, mysteriously covered in decaying bandages and staring at her from the empty holes where his eyes should be.She thinks he\'s just a hipster, but is there more to this handsome stranger than meets the eye?Yes. He\'s a mummy.We\'re not

Get ready to read and play with Curious George\'s Fire Truck--an interactive board book that\'s shaped like a truck Includes movable parts and pop-out play pieces for the added fun of creating your own fire fighting adventure. Come along for a ride with Curious George\'s Fire Truck--an innovative novelty book that\'s shaped like a truck George loves to visit his friends at the fire station. When

Sew 25 planet-saving projects to help reduce waste It\'s never been more important to be mindful of what we consume. This book will help you to make 25 small but meaningful life swaps to help reduce waste. For example, trade in your disposable face wipes and replace them with washable pads; make beeswax fabric wraps and elasticated covers so that you never have to buy single-use plastic food wrap again;

Blending reality and illusion with elegance and precision, the stories in this collection--one of Calvino\'s earliest--take place in a World War II-era and postwar Italy tinged with the visionary and fablelike qualities that would come to define this master storyteller\'s later style. A trio of gluttonous burglars invade a pastry shop; two children trespass upon a forbidden garden; a wealthy family

Only in the beautiful city of Florence can the faces of angels mask a terrifying

Make small changes to your diet and slash your risk of developing the biggest diseases to affect the Western world, with delicious, filling recipes from bestselling author James

Virginia Woolf famously began one of her greatest novels: \"Mrs Dalloway said she would buy the flowers herself.\" Of course she would: why would anyone surrender the best part of the day to someone else? Flowers grace our lives at moments of celebration and despair. \"We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them,\" writes Kakuzo Okakura. Flowers brighten our homes, our parties, and our rituals

This pack contains 300 high-quality pieces of double-sided origami paper, printed with 12 different bright stripe patterns and vibrant solid colors. The fun colors of this paper were selected to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. With prints unique to this package, there\'s enough paper here to assemble amazing modular origami sculptures, distribute to students for a class

The second edition of the Handbook of Metathesis, edited by Nobel Prize Winner Robert H. Grubbs and his team, is available as a 3 Volume set as well as individual volumes. Volume 1, edited by R. H. Grubbs together with A. G. Wenzel focusses on Catalyst Development and Mechanism. The new edition of this set is completely updated (more than 80% new content) and expanded, with a special focus on industrial

This classic book on the psychology of communication has sold over 150,000 copies. Dr Laborde uses techniques derived primarily from NLP to create a set of state-of-the-art skills which the reader can use to improve any interaction. Extremely popular with management trainers and business and sales people for its methodological and straightforward approach to this complex

In the space of less than 20 years, Napoleon turned Europe upside down. Rising from obscure origins to supreme power by a mixture of luck, audacity and military genius, he was able to harness the energies released by the French Revolution to resolve the internal problems which it had created, before turning his restless ambition to remodeling the political structure of the whole continent in a series

Discover awesome Scottish castles in this sticker and activity book bursting with coloring, doodling, puzzles and more than 100 stickers!Have fun... Filling Edinburgh Castle with fun stickers Coloring an exciting attack on Urquhart Castle Doodling unicorns, dragons and other castle creatures Dressing up Mary, Queen of Scots at Stirling Castle Spotting the difference at the siege of Caerlaverock Castle