On December 15, 2008, two snowmobilers discovered a pair of stranded horses atop B.C.’s Mount Renshaw in the Canadian Rockies. Belle and Sundance were a sorry sight—they were emaciated, shivering and trapped in a small shelter they had made for themselves by tramping down the six-foot-deep snow. The next morning, a party of four from the nearby town of McBride was sent back up the mountain with a bale of hay, a handgun and a heartbreaking choice to make: either feed Belle and Sundance, or ...

Birgitta Anderson, or Birgit, as she is known has three problems in her life: a lousy sense of direction, a broken-down car, and a strange mechanic named Reno. The first problem she was born with; the second a good junkyard could take care of, but the last might be a little more difficult to deal with—especially when it comes with three matchmaking brothers.Reno Brewerigeron has his hands full dealing with his three younger brothers, who have decided it is his responsibility to con...

How would you feel if, at eight years old, you lost your parents, a war began, and you were declared an enemy of the state? This is the reality for a young boy named Victor on the brink of WWII. Even Without Blood is a profoundly moving debut novel based on a true story of familial displacement spanning Indonesia, Austria, Holland, and Canada. This novel was first published in Dutch as Schuilen tussen bamboe by HarperCollins Holland and praised by Dutch readers as...

All he needs is the sword of a true warrior – or so he thinks.England AD 1070. In the fenlands of East Anglia, the Saxon resistance against the Norman king smoulders.Loïc, a young squire, knows that every man has to stand their ground against the rebels, but he only attracts the scorn and spite of the other squires during fighting practice. He must prove himself in combat if he wants to teach the others a lesson and survive a hostile onslau...

Something’s up down below …Urinary tract infections result in 8.1 million visits to a doctor every year, and between 50% and 60% of adult women will have at least one UTI in their lifetime. Meanwhile, overactive bladder affects nearly one in five of the over-40, yet many people wait years before seeking treatment.Maybe it’s time we started taking pee a bit more seriously … Home and Dry is the ultimate guide to the bladder; not only will it help you...

The modern German classic that has shaped an entire generation.A mother and her two teenage children sit at the dinner table. In the middle stands a large pot of cooked mussels. Why has the father not returned home? As the evening wears on, we glimpse the issues that are tearing this family apart.'I wrote this book in August 1989, just before the Fall of the Berlin Wall. I wanted to understand how revolutions start. It seemed logical to use the figure of a tyrannical father...

Entangled in shifting alliances, a young English warrior fights for love, honour and survival in blood-soaked Northumbria.England, 1066. In a remote Northumbrian village, young Oswulf is to become an elite warrior for the English king.But as English, Norse and Norman forces wage war against each other to secure control over Northumbria, Oswulf is caught in a perilous web of fickle loyalities and relentless ambition that drive friend and foe alike.Sh...

Olivia Evezi's childhood is a happy one; her days are spent listening to highlife records and poring over the colourful postcards from Germany. When she leaves her hometown of Warri behind to live out her Enid Blyton fantasies in a boarding school in Lagos, instead of adventure and lacrosse, she is met with punishments, endless chores and hazing rituals. Olivia's restlessness takes her to Germany, her mothe's homeland, where she is thrown into a hidden world of workers and migrants; a worl...

You can paint beautiful blooms, step by step!Sunflowers, orchids, daffodils, lilies...your brush can bring these and more to life with Paint Watercolor Flowers. Master watercolorist Birgit O'Connor guides you every step of the way, from selecting essential watercolor supplies, to practicing basic painting techniques, to capturing the unique details of a variety of flowers, to showing them off in striking, color-rich compositions. Learn how to paint nine different flowers, ...

Mood is a phenomenon whose study is inherently interdisciplinary. While it has remained resistant to theorisation, it nonetheless has a substantial influence on art, politics and society. Since its practical omnipresence in every-day life renders it one of the most significant aspects of affect studies, it has garnered an increasing amount of critical attention in a number of disciplines across the humanities, sciences and social sciences in the past two decades. Mood: Interdisciplinar...

Northern England in the 11th century. A warrior, a vassal, a jongleur – three teenagers, three destinies and a fight for survival, recognition and freedom. Immerse yourself in the three decades following the Norman conquest of England and experience the lives and struggles of the young heroes during the most revolutionary period of English history!Get the complete medieval historical adventure series, comprising all three books, the prequel, plus an exclusi...

The Handbook on Socially Interactive Agents provides a comprehensive overview of the research fields of Embodied Conversational Agents, Intelligent Virtual Agents, and Social Robotics. Socially Interactive Agents (SIAs), whether virtually or physically embodied, are autonomous agents that are able to perceive an environment including people or other agents, reason, decide how to interact, and express attitudes such as emotions, engagement, or empathy. They are cap...