Smirk the hiring gnome wreaks havoc for his superiors once again, when he accidentally rescues two spirits - a human and her dog.

A new force arises in the elemental universe and immediately turns it all upside down. It is unpredictable. It is powerful. It is alarmingly intelligent. It's ... a gnome.

Just when you think you are settled comfortably in your career, you get the most peculiar job offer in your life.Megan Buchanan is a project analyst. She is not considering a career change. Until one evening she is offered to become an elemental.

A new force arises in the elemental universe and immediately turns it all upside down. It is unpredictable. It is powerful. It is alarmingly intelligent. It's ... a gnome.

Stannaki Forum is a research format that enables discursive exchange across different knowledge horizons. The focus is on a specific object that serves as both witness and interlocutor. The objects reflect contexts such as colonialism, enslavement, dispossession, and cultural appropriation, but also diplomacy, exile, migration, economic relations, and education. The Stannaki Forum aims to recognize these contextual entanglements and thus bring to life the diasporic histories of the 500-yea...

Heritage and tourism mutually reinforce each other, with the presentation of heritage at physical sites mirrored by the ways heritage is presented on the internet. This interdisciplinary book uses humanities and social sciences to analyse the ways that heritage is branded and commodified, how stakeholders organise place brands, and how digital strategies shape how visitors appreciate heritage sites. The book covers a wide geographic diversity, offering the reader the chance to find cross-c...

Decolonial Thinking delves into the intricate web of colonial practices, terms, and ideas that have woven themselves into people's lives. It seeks to understand how the tendrils of coloniality have insidiously attached themselves to the very fabric of self-understanding. From the mundane to the profound, this exploration sheds light on our relationship with all that constitutes life.Editors María Lugones and Patrick M. Crowley have meticulously curated 11 unique articles b...

Beloved as You Are is a gentle journey through pain, vulnerability, and healing. With poetic language and a therapeutic presence, the book weaves lifes dark spaces together with light, hope, and love for the self. Drawing on themes such as trauma, self criticism, bullying, eating disorders, and the bodys memories, the author explores what it means to meet oneself, not with demands, but with understanding. Each chapter carries both a story and an exercise, designed like a soft hand to hold....

Just when you think you are settled comfortably in your career, you get the most peculiar job offer in your life.Megan Buchanan is a project analyst. She is not considering a career change. Until one evening she is offered to become an elemental.

Smirk the hiring gnome wreaks havoc for his superiors once again, when he accidentally rescues two spirits - a human and her dog.

When disaster strikes, all they can do is dance.The elementals are superior beings who help take care of every aspect of our environment. When a major natural disaster strikes, they find themselves short on workforce, as some of their own make matters worse.

When disaster strikes, all they can do is dance.The elementals are superior beings who help take care of every aspect of our environment. When a major natural disaster strikes, they find themselves short on workforce, as some of their own make matters worse.