What does the future hold for us? This anthology of nineteen diverse stories from authors around the world shows us a future full of adventure, intrigue, fun, heart-ache, and wonder.A imprisoned space pirate from Phobos is given a last chance for freedom, but only if he's willing to kill his younger brother. Again.In post-climate change Italy, a deaf African-American woman and her native partner struggle to build a communal farm that can survive the new environment, a lasting...

New essays from foodways archaeology related to cuisine in social, cultural, and environmental contexts.This collection of original essays is the first to cover recent trends in foodways archaeology in the Midwest using the concept of cuisine: the selection of food ingredients and methods of food preparation, cooking, and serving/consumption in relation to their social, cultural, and environmental contexts. This work span the Early Archaic (9000 B...

Queering Elementary Education is not about teaching kids to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, or straight. It's not part of a sinister stratagem in the “gay agenda.” Instead, these provocative and thoughtful essays advocate the creation of classrooms that challenge categorical thinking, promote interpersonal intelligence, and foster critical consciousness.Queer elementary classrooms are those where parents and educators care enough about their children to trust the human capacity...

The Unarmed Witness: 30 Accounts of Civil War Behind the Lines gathers a compelling polyphony of civilian, medical, journalistic, and literary testimony from the American Civil War. Diaries, memoirs, letters, reportage, and retrospective narratives illuminate the war's domestic theatres: hospitals, occupied towns, refugee routes, households, prisons, and makeshift relief networks. Moving between Union and Confederate settings, the volume foregrounds the often-overlooked labor of care, endu...

A no-holds-barred story of what it takes to reach the top, and stay there, in the world's most dangerous sport - three day eventing.At the age of forty-seven Mary King won a Team Bronze at the Beijing Olympics. In the two 'Cavaliers' - 'Call Again Cavalier' and 'Imperial Cavalier' - she has two of the very best event horses in the world.Mary King's success in the world of eventing (now officially classed as the most dangerous sport in the world) has been ha...

An essential tool for little beginners and toddlers learning new simple first words.In this book, you will find 100 beautiful, contemporary pictures of simple first words to read and learn around the house, food, toys, clothes, some main gadgets, a different type of transport, vegetables, fruits, and animals. Each page with big, bold labels printed under the photo. Images divided into categories by type of the object. 4 illustration per page makes the learning process easier, a per...

Illustrated Animal book for children about The Most Interesting And Fun Facts About Wild Exotic Animals.For those who recently became a parent for the first time, and maybe already second or third time, it is familiar that feeling when you are born again with the advent of a child. Together with him, you enter a new stage of life, and just like a child, every day you learn something new with him together. Every day I as a mother try to give new knowledge to my baby, I try to help t...

How well do we know the Holy Ghost? Do you know? Who was the first Spirit-filled person? How did God describe the transfer of the Spirit? How can we know we are in the Spirit? How many in the upper room received the Holy Ghost? So how can Jesus be God? Who baptizes us with the Holy Ghost? What do we have by one Spirit? Daddy always gives favor to His children because of who He is! Does God want His Spirit to flow from you? Did Jesus say the Spirit would speak in you when you speak in faith...

"My First Years as a Frenchwoman, 1876-1879" by Mary King Waddington is a captivating memoir that offers a unique glimpse into the life of an American woman navigating the complexities of French society during the late 19th century. Waddington's narrative is rich with personal anecdotes and observations, reflecting her experiences as she adapts to a new culture, encounters the intricacies of social etiquette, and engages with prominent figures of her time. Her writing is both insightful an...

"Chateau and Country Life in France" by Mary King Waddington offers a captivating glimpse into the French countryside and its elegant chateaus. The author, with her keen eye for detail, paints a vivid picture of the serene landscapes, rich history, and the unique lifestyle of the French aristocracy. Through her engaging narrative, Waddington invites readers to explore the charm of rural France, showcasing the beauty of its architecture and the allure of its gardens, all while reflecting on...

Hellen's life has finally completely fallen apart around her making her want to flee. In her flight however she is knocked out and carried away. She awakens in a world cursed by a great evil. She is told that she must fulfill a prophecy for the inhabitants or be killed for not doing as she's told. She escapes her captors while she begins her quest finding more friends than she could ever have imagined. But when she finds out what lies for her at the end of the prophecy, will she want to co...

What if your greatest power was the part of you you've spent years hiding?In Made of Magic, Michelle Marie King—founder of Positive Presence and mentor to thousands of teens and young adults—shares her deeply personal journey through perfectionism, people-pleasing, trauma, and transformation. Part memoir, part mirror, this book invites you into the quiet, life-altering moment when you stop performing—and start remembering who you really are.With raw honesty and soulful stor...