"This moving account of the Armenian genocide . . . deserves a place on classroom bookshelves and on reading lists next to Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl. . . . A beautiful and poignant novel that humanizes the Armenian genocide for a contemporary audience." -Kirkus ReviewsThe year is 1915. War rages in Europe while Armenians in the Ottoman Empire find themselves unfairly blamed for a major military defeat. Cooped up at home, fourteen-year...

Addressing colonial legacies that dislodged Indigenous cultural values, identities, and linguistic connections, this book presents groundbreaking solutions for contemporary African education challenges.Bringing together contributors across Africa, including researchers, practitioners, and policy makers, this collection develops balanced approaches combining Eurocentric and Afrocentric leadership models. Aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals and the African Union Education S...

The moment your husky evaluates whether your treat is worth abandoning the window isn't disobedience-it's acost-benefit analysis you haven't learned to win, and most training failures with independent breeds stem fromtreating rational calculation as stubborn defiance. Ignatius Ashworth's insightful book explores the specificpsychological and behavioral dynamics that make terriers, huskies, hounds, and other independent breedsappear untrainable when standard ...

St Ignatius Brianchaninov (1807-1867) is renowned as a writer on the spiritual life in general. What is less well known is that throughout most of his adult life, he struggled with chronic illness and disability. Thus his own life experience disposed him to reflect on the meaning of suffering for human existence and how through it we might find "a harbor for our hope." The saint frequently returns to these themes in many of his letters, newly translated into English and excerpted, adapted,...

Enjoy this meticulously edited SF Collection, jam-packed with space adventures, dystopian apocalyptic tales and the greatest sci-fi classics: H. G. Wells: The Time Machine The War of the Worlds The Island of Doctor Moreau The Invisible Man… Jules Verne: Journey to the Center of the Earth 20.000 Leagues under the Sea The Mysterious Island… Mary Shelley: Frankenstein The Last Man Edgar Wallace: Planetoid 127 The Green Rust… Otis Adelbert Kline: The Venus Trilogy The Mars Series Malcolm James...

Fast weight loss feels like success until your body decides it's starvation, and what comes next isn't a willpowerproblem-it's biology defending itself. Ignatius Amaral's insightful book explores the trap of rapid results andthe mechanisms that make dramatic weight loss unsustainable.Slow Weight Loss: The Long Way Down is not a meal plan, a workout program, or another 90-daytransformation promise. Instead, it dismantles the psychology of quick fixes and show...

SCIENCE FICTION Ultimate Box Set gathers more than 170 foundational tales of speculation, catastrophe, discovery, and social transformation. Its immense range moves from lunar voyages, subterranean realms, and lost civilizations to mechanized futures, plague-stricken societies, totalitarian states, and post-apocalyptic survival. Romance, Gothic terror, satire, adventure narrative, philosophical fable, scientific extrapolation, and utopian and dystopian fiction coexist here, revealing scien...

The book explores the idea that there was an ancient civilization known as Atlantis that existed before the Biblical flood and influenced the development of many other cultures.Donnelly was a politician and writer who became interested in the idea of Atlantis after reading the works of the French writer Jules Verne. He spent years researching ancient texts and legends from around the world, looking for evidence of a lost civilization.The book describes Donnelly's theories about Atlantis, i...

The novel is framed as the memoir of the protagonist, Gabriel Weltstein, who reflects on his experiences in a world that has become plagued by extreme social and economic inequality. The story takes place in a future New York City, which has become a city of opulent wealth for the elite and crushing poverty for the masses. It explores themes of class struggle, economic injustice, and the consequences of unchecked capitalism."Caesar's Column" is often considered a work of speculative fictio...

The book proposes a catastrophic theory for the end of the last ice age, suggesting that the Earth was struck by a comet, causing widespread destruction and upheaval.Donnelly was an American politician, lawyer, and writer, who had a keen interest in ancient history and mythology. In "Ragnarok," he draws on a range of sources, including scientific evidence, ancient myths, and geological data, to argue that the Earth was once hit by a comet, which led to a global catastrophe that destroyed m...

Born Íñigo López de Loyola, St. Ignatius lived a life of military ambition, womanizing, and indulgence until an extraordinary accident on the battlefield in 1521 led to his profound spiritual awakening. Inspired by the lives of Christ and the saints, he dedicated himself to God, developing his Spiritual Exercises as a transformative guide for meditation, discernment, and spiritual growth.This modern translation balances faithfulness to the original with contemporary clarity, while ...

The autobiography opens with Ignatius’ early life as a nobleman and soldier, marked by his worldly ambitions and desires for fame. However, after being severely wounded in the Battle of Pamplona in 1521, Ignatius’ life takes a pivotal turn. During his long recovery, he experiences a profound spiritual awakening, influenced by reading about the lives of saints and Christ. This period is characterized by intense inner struggles and mystical experiences, which would become the foundation for ...