When the members of Canada’s First Arctic Expedition set out from Victoria aboard HMCS Karluk in the summer of 1913, it was a moment of great optimism. The three-year mission would chart unexplored landmasses of the Western Arctic and secure Canada’s place in the international geographic community. Little did the team of distinguished scholars and scientists realize, however, how their hopes would soon be brought to ruin. Just a few months into the journey, the vessel became lodge...

He took the contract to keep his mother alive. Don Cesario Galante is the Alpha of the Amalfi coast — patient, precise, and the last man Lior Vadalà should have let past the archive door. But what has been building in four careful weeks of professional distance is no longer something either of them can call work.Lior Vadalà sorted his mother's medical bills into three piles on a Tuesday in late February and knew, by the weight of the cream-linen envelope on the kit...

He has been keeping the Capo's child alive in Palermo for three years and the rival house has just found the document that names the boy's bloodline. Manfredi Spatafora has nineteen months as Capo and a council session that has just become a threat to an heir he didn't know existed. Now he has to decide, in the same hour, whether to fight for the covenant or the man who carries it.Cipriano Vintimilla is a paleographer, twenty-eight years old, working under his moth...

He built a life out of closed doors. The Pack Boss of the Sanseverino never stopped searching for the man the bond named his. And what arrives in an envelope on a Tuesday morning in Ravello is the end of eight years of pretending either of them could stay apart.Sabatino Acquaviva spent eight years making himself unreachable. A forensic linguist from a small scholarly family with no pack power and no appetite for it, he kept his distance from the Sanseverino clan th...

Three adventurous teenagers, yearning for manhood.Two mysterious disappearances.One Mississippi farm at the center of it all.When he’s not busy trying to win over the girl of his dreams, Case Reynolds fishes, camps, and races three-wheelers on a local farm with his best friends, the carefree Jack Masterson and brilliant Jet Townsend. But Case’s life changes forever when he finds the murdered remains of a local drift...

Follow Lumos, an adorable facility dog, as he helps a child through getting stitches. Facility dogs are specially trained to help kids through medical experiences—from lifting spirits, motivating movement, modeling the power of play, and more. Nonfiction back matter provides more information about medical topics introduced in the books, from acute to chronic issues, while also proving more information about facility-dog programs and the Mayo Clinic Children's Center.

Probing reassessment of the relation between Celan's poetry and Heidegger's thought.The relevance of Martin Heidegger's thinking to Paul Celan's poetry is well known. Between Celan and Heidegger proposes that, while the relation between them is undeniable, it is also marked by irreducible discord. Pablo Oyarzun begins with a deconstruction of Celan's Todtnauberg, written after the poet visited Heidegger in his Schwarzwald cabin. The poem stands as...

The essays in this volume evaluate and build on Barth's theology from the perspective of Pentecostal theology and, thereby, contribute to constructive Pentecostal systematic theology by using Barth as a valuable dialogue partner. At present, a theological conversation of Pentecostals with Barth does not exist and this volume fills this void. More widely, it will aid all those who seek a convergence of the Word and the Spirit in theology.Barth and Pentecostals share some important c...

College and career readiness is essential to promoting the success of all students. Educational and economic changes in today’s society demands well thought out strategies for preparing students to survive academically, socially, and financially in the future. African American students are at a disadvantage in this strategic planning process due to a long history of racism, injustice, and marginalization.African American Students’ Career and College Readiness: The Journey Unraveled ...

The work of considering, imagining, and theorizing the U.S. South in regional, national, and global contexts is an intellectual project that has been going on for some time. Scholars in history, literature, and other disciplines have developed an advanced understanding of the historical, social, and cultural forces that have helped to shape the U.S. South. However, most of the debates on these subjects have taken place within specific academic disciplines, with few attempts to cross-engage...

Embracing Queer Students’ Diverse Identities at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Primer for Presidents, Administrators, and Faculty is both a call to action and a resource for historically Black college and university (HBCU) leaders and administrators, focusing on historical and contemporary issues related to expanding inclusionary policies and practices for members of HBCU communities who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+). The essa...

The paperback of Walker's magnificent edition of Homer's epic story, illustrated with exquisite black and white silhouettes.Homer’s great story is retold with simplicity and style by award-winning children’s writer Gillian Cross, and vividly brought to life in Neil Packer’s stunning illustrations. It charts the ten year epic voyage of Odysseus as he returns from the Trojan War to the island of Ithaca. On his journey he encounters all manner of perils, from the man-...