When a small group of guinea pigs escape certain death they must learn to survive in the wild.

It’s a Wonderful Life (1946), Resurrection (1980), Poltergeist (1982), Beetlejuice (1988), Ghost (1990), Groundhog Day (1993), The Sixth Sense (1999) — these are only a few of the influential movies in recent decades dealing with the afterlife. But beyond entertainment, do they mean anything? The authors of this wise and well-informed guide believe so. They explore how popular motion pictures, from Outward Bound (1930)...

'In a short life he accomplished much, and to the roll of great names in the history of his particular studies added his own.' So is described one of the greatest figures of the twentieth century, yet Alan Turing's name was not widely recognised until his contribution to the breaking of the German Enigma code became public in the 1970s. The story of Turing's life fascinates and in the years since his suicide, Turing's reputation has only grown, as his contributions to logic, mathematics, c...

At a young age, Lihanny’s life was forever altered when, after the murder of herfather, her mother decided to sell her to the highest bidder. She didn’t thinkthings could get any worse, but she was sadly mistaken. Being at the wrong placeat the wrong time can change your life forever, which is exactly what happened toLihanny.Fed up with feeling powerless, Lihanny takes the drug world by storm when shemeets Malaki. But what happens when the love for...

Awareness of the significance of intangible cultural heritage (ICH) has recently grown, due to the promotional efforts of UNESCO and its Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage (2003). However, the increased recognition of intangible heritage has brought to light its undervalued status within the museum and heritage sector, and raised questions about safeguarding efforts, ownership, protective legal frameworks, authenticity and how global initiatives ca...

The story illuminates the social and emotional challenges faced by immigrant children as they attempt to find their voices and themselves as early adolescents in a new country. It provides a personal reflection and perspective on the challenges faced by many students whose parents migrate from the West Indies to, more often than not, a larger country, but whose final destination landed them in the United States in hopes of making a better life for themselves and their children.

What if true healing isn’t found in a prescription, but in the power of love? After years of struggling with a rare immune disorder and feeling like hope was slipping away, Heather Lyn Davis discovered an unexpected source of healing. She found healing through patience, kindness, humility, and hope.Over time, these virtues weren’t just lofty ideals; they became a roadmap to transformation. As Davis focused on embodying these Christ-like attributes, one at a time, one month at a time, her l...

Create a five-year plan that covers all aspects of daily life—including work, finances, and health—with this all-inclusive guide to successfully reaching your goals after college graduation.The celebrations have ended and you’ve finally graduated from college. But the one looming question remains over every recent grad’s head: what’s next?In this book, you’ll find a detailed guide to putting together a five-year plan to set yourself up for success. No need ...

Which woman will decide that she Can’t Be That Other Woman? This blazing tale of a dangerous love triangle will leave you wondering: Can two women share one man?For seventeen-year-old Delaney Ragein McGuff, life hasn't been easy. Both of her parents are strung out on drugs, so Delaney, the oldest of five siblings, skips straight over her childhood and focuses on being there for her sisters and brothers.At work one day, she meets Onijae Love, and she’s instantly attracted to...

Pedro Almodóvar may have helped put queer Iberian cinema on the map, but there are multitudes of LGBTQ filmmakers from Catalonia, Portugal, Castile, Galicia, and the Basque Country who have made the Peninsula one of the world’s most vital sources for queer film. Together, they have produced a cinema whose expressions of queer desire have challenged the region’s conservative religious and family values, while intervening in vital debates about politics, history, and nation. Indiscreet F...

A new edition to celebrate Alan Turing's centenary, includes a new foreword by the author and a preface by Douglas Hofstadter.Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. Before the war he had formulated the concept of the universal machine, and in 1945 he turned this into the first design for a digital computer....

Spring 1940: The Battle of the Atlantic rages. Vulnerable merchant convoys are at the mercy of German U-boats controlled by a cunning system of coded messages created by a machine called Enigma. Only one man believes that these codes can be broken - mathematician and Bletchley Park cryptanalyst Alan Turing.Winston Churchill later described Turing's success in breaking the Enigma codes as the single biggest contribution to victory against Nazi Germany.Unheralded during his l...