Mellstock is a small Dorset village with strong opinions about church music.When the new schoolmistress, Fancy Day, arrives and promptly captivates every man in the parish, the village's band of folk musicians finds itself contending with two threats at once: the vicar's plan to replace them with a modern organ, and the distraction of watching Dick Dewy fall helplessly in love.Under the Greenwood Tree (1872) is Hardy's first major novel and his most quietly content...

Ready to Think Smarter and Make Better Decisions Every Day?Think Smarter, Decide Better is your practical guide to mastering critical thinking and confident decision-making—so you can stop second-guessing yourself and start getting real results.Whether you're navigating your career, relationships, or personal growth, this book will help you break free from overthinking, solve problems effectively, and take control of your choices.Inside, you’ll discover how to:...

Presents a theology of the Spirit and of the Eucharistic foundations of the Church. This title offers the last testament of an ecclesial theologian.

Young Tess Durbeyfield attempts to restore her family's fortunes by claiming their connection with the aristocratic d'Urbervilles. But Alec d'Urberville is a rich wastrel who seduces her and makes her life miserable. When Tess meets Angel Clare, she is offered true love and happiness, but her past catches up with her and she faces an agonizing moral choice.Hardy's indictment of society's double standards, and his depiction of Tess as "a pure woman," caused controversy in his day an...

Fifteen-year-old Nya is an orphan struggling for survival in a city crippled by war. She is also a Taker—with her touch, she can heal injuries, pulling pain from another person into her own body.But unlike her sister Tali and the other Takers who become Healer’s League apprentices, Nya’s skill is flawed: she can’t push that pain into pynvium, the enchanted metal used to store it. All she can do is shift it from person to person, a dangerous skill that she must keep...

Thе Strеѕѕ Mаnаgеmеnt аnd Mindfulnеѕѕ fоr Bеginnеrѕ rерrеѕеntѕ thе nеw ѕtаndаrd in ѕtrеѕѕ mаnаgеmеnt fоr individuаlѕ аnd hеаlth саrе аnd mеntаl hеаlth саrе рrоfеѕѕiоnаlѕ.Nо оthеr bооk оffеrѕ thе ѕсiеntifiс ѕсоре, соmреlling ѕuссеѕѕ ѕtоriеѕ аnd соmрrеhеnѕivе mind-bоdу-ѕрirit ѕtrаtеgiеѕ fоr Strеѕѕ Mаnаgеmеnt аnd Mindfulnеѕѕ.Whаt Yоu Will Lеаrn in Thiѕ BооkMindfulnеѕѕ Fоr Pеrѕоnаl Dеvеlорmеnt аnd Innеr PеасеEffiсiеnt Wауѕ tо Imрlеmеnt Strеѕѕ Mа...

Get all three Fixing Your Revision Problems books in one omnibus!This book contains Fixing Your Character & Point-of-View Problems, Fixing Your Plot & Story Structure Problems, and Fixing Your Setting & Description Problems--PLUS a BONUS workshop: How to Salvage Half-Finished Manuscripts.A strong story has many parts, and when one breaks down, the whole book can fail. Make sure your story is the best it can be to keep your readers hooked.

Part fugitive, part hero, fifteen-year-old Nya is barely staying ahead of the Duke's trackers.Wanted for a crime she didn't mean to commit, she risks capture to protect every Taker she can find, determined to prevent the Duke of Baseer from using them in his fiendish experiments. But resolve isn't enough to protect any of them, and Nya soon realizes the only way to keep them all out of the Duke's clutches is to flee Geveg. Unfortunately, the Duke's best tracker has...

In "The Mayor of Casterbridge" by Thomas Hardy, the reader is swept into the tumultuous world of Michael Henchard, a man whose rise to power and subsequent downfall form the heart of this gripping tale. Set against the backdrop of rural England, Hardy masterfully weaves a narrative of ambition, betrayal, and redemption. As Henchard grapples with the consequences of his impulsive actions, the novel delves into themes of fate, forgiveness, and the complexities of human nature. With richly dr...

In the secluded heart of a woodland community, the quiet sacrifices of unrequited love are overshadowed by the arrivals of the sophisticated and the restless. The delicate balance of life is disrupted as social status and fleeting passions collide under the trees. This melancholy narrative captures the subtle aches of the heart and the heavy weight of social expectation.

The long-awaited biography of Australian landscape designer Edna Walling, revealing for the first time the woman behind the gardens.Edna Walling designed over 300 gardens between 1920 and 1960 when most women were homemakers. Today her gardens are still considered to add value to real estate. Her achievements and the gardens themselves are well documented, yet despite the fact she was a fabulous self-publicist and a very unusual woman in her time, Edna's private li...

From the author of The Mayor of Casterbridge, this novel follows a woman torn between a wealthy, unfaithful husband and the humble woodsman she truly loves.As a young woman in a small village, Grace Melbury expects to one day marry her sweetheart, Giles. But her ambitious father has decided that her upbringing would be wasted on such a man, and pressures her to wed the doctor Fitzpiers instead.It soon becomes clear that Fitzpiers has little more to...