Murano has historically been one of the most important handicraft districts in Italy due to its tradition of glassmaking, giving rise to a unique local economy and highly specialised workers. While art historians have made numerous contributions to the study of this reality, less active have been scholars of economic history, business and management. With rare exceptions, the existing literature lacks an investigation of the factory, processes and workforce behind the creation of value in ...

Anna and Kat are back for another gentle backyard adventure filled with curiosity, teamwork, and tiny surprises.When the twins discover a small hidden gate tucked away in the backyard, they can hardly believe what they have found. Behind it is a tiny secret garden waiting to be cared for, explored, and brought back to life. With help from their loyal dogs, sweet and watchful Bamm-Bamm and silly, joyful Dino, Anna and Kat begin turning the forgotten little space into something beaut...

Join the Bad Guys on the heist that began all heists in this fun and action-packed chapter book based on the Netflix animated show!The Bad Guys have finally started to get traction on their quest to become the most infamous criminals around. They need bigger heists, badder scores, and better loot! Are they up for the task?You bet! This chapter book is based on the Netflix animated show and packed with hilarious illustrations.Join all your favo...

A childhood game of wild imagination takes a frightening turn in this moving tale of intense friendship, tangled secrets and betrayal from the acclaimed author of Eat the Ones You Love, one of the Sunday Times's Top Ten Irish Books of 2025.For Daphne McSharry, Valentia Island was a place of joyful childhood holidays: independence, adventure and playing with her beloved friends, Ronan, Leonie and Finn. They returned to one game of their own making year after year, a...

For fans of Stranger Things, Piranesi, and Kelly Link, Strange is the Light follows a group of estranged childhood friends as they are called back to the island where they spent their summers; it's time to play the next round of an uncanny tabletop RPG with a mind of it's own...and a dangerously real cost to losing.Daphne McSharry was forever waiting for the summer as a child–an escape from a dreary Dublin council estate to the wild freed...

Eat the Mediterranean way with these 120 sun-kissed dishes that taste as good as they make you feel.**"**If you’re looking for a modern Greek food bible, this is it.” —Alex Snodgrass, Creator of The Defined Dish and New York Times Bestselling AuthorEverything tastes better in Greek! For millions of fans worldwide, Maria Koutsogiannis (@foodbymaria) is the ambassador for everything that is tasty and Greek. In her much antic...

A powerful family memoir about inheritance, identity, and the pull of the seaSurrendered as an infant in America, Maria “Mia” was taken in by Sicilian immigrants in Gloucester, Massachusetts—a gritty working-class town steeped in salt and tradition. She inherits a name that traces back to 19th-century Sicily, where her great-grandfather was abandoned as a newborn on la ruota dei proietti, the “wheel of the castoffs.” Christened Millefoglie, “a thousand lea...

****MULTI MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING SERIES**Dive deeper into the world of Little People, BIG DREAMS with a new edition of this beautifully packaged and highly giftable keepsake treasury, featuring 50 dreamers.**Learn more about your favourite dreamers with new in-depth stories in this beautifully-crafted compendium, including 35 new stories. The stories have been rewritten to be appropriate for re****aders aged 8+. Each of the biographies is...

Note: The publisher does not guarantee quality or access to digital components if purchased through a third-party seller.Maria Leik's AGNP Certification Intensive Review, Sixth Edition, is everything you would expect from the #1 selling AGNP review book—and more. This high-yield, guided review steps you toward success on the AANPCB or ANCC Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner exam.Elevated by the meticulous editing of Karen Myrick, DNP, AP...

The Duino Elegies stand as the capstone of Rilke’s poetic work.He began work on them at Schloss Duino, an Italian seaside village, during the winter of 1912, completing them a decade later in 1922. These poems articulate Rilke’s hope, voiced in the Tenth Elegy, “that I, one day, standing at the end of this harsh vision, / might sing out with joy and praise to the assenting angels.” They stand as his “final testament” as a writer, an epic work which traces ...

Through the introduction of BioDialectics, a conceptual approach intended to extend the ethical considerations of sustainable design, this book analyses how the field engages with and adapts ideas from environmental ethics.Sustainable design is often presented as a response to environmental crises from a socio-technical perspective, while its ethical foundations remain relatively underexamined. To address this issue, the book systematically examines sustainable design ethics throug...

Three centuries of immortality taught Dragomir how to survive—but never how to live.Once bound to an ancient blade and trapped by a supernatural curse, Dragomir spent centuries carrying the memory of a lost love and the burden of a destiny he never chose. Then Lowrenc entered his life, and the mysterious black candle awakened a dangerous ritual that threatened to steal Lowrenc's humanity.Together, they fought against possession, sacrifice, and the darkness that had controll...