LIFE ISN’T FOR THE FAINT-HEARTED – NOR IS LIVING WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS.Grief, acceptance, loneliness, friendship, small joys, healing moments, new perspectives: here are forty-one short poems that offer bite-sized comfort and connection, for anyone in need of a tonic.A. K. Davidson's debut poetry collection includes helpful resources for Long Covid.‘Brave, thoughtful, funny at times and almost unbearably poignant at ...

LET A SHOT OF POETRY PUT THE SPRING BACK IN YOUR STEP. We all need a boost from time to time. Here are forty-five short poems that celebrate life's little wins – from moments of everyday bravery, hugs and dressing for success, to navigating the group chat and finding something to be grateful for. Just what the doctor ordered.From the author of Poetry for Life and Other Chronic Conditions.Praise for A. K. Davidson'Poetry to make you ...

The Zen gardens of Japan are places in which to meditate. They can be anything from a landscaped garden, complete with waterfalls, to a bed of raked pebbles. This ancient way of gardening goes back to the Zen Buddhist priest-gardeners of the thirteenth century. Based on abstract compositions, relying on simplicity and suggestion, their gardens were designed to liberate the imagination, while providing a starting point in the appreciation of everyday things.Zen Gardening is...

The role of high performance computing in current research on transitional and turbulent flows is undoubtedly very important. This review volume provides a good platform for leading experts and researchers in various fields of fluid mechanics dealing with transitional and turbulent flows to synergistically exchange ideas and present the state of the art in the fields.Contributed by eminent researchers, the book chapters feature keynote lectures, panel discussions and the best invited contr...

This is a charity anthology; all proceeds will be donated to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund and ANERA (American Near East Refugee Aid).Over 30 authors in the horror community donated stories to help the civilians of Palestine. Among the stories are:-- codependent necromancers-- a spy discovers a supernatural weapon that might turn the tide of the war-- a Girl Scout troop camping trip goes horribly wrong when dinosaurs show up-- a ...

Paratuberculosis, also referred to as Johne's disease, affects principally cattle, goats, sheep, buffalo, deer and other ruminants. It is common worldwide and responsible for significant economic losses in the ruminant livestock industries. A timely follow up to the first book on Paratuberculosis, this new edition is still the only comprehensive text providing both historical context and the latest developments in the field. Examining the epidemiology of paratuberculosis, the organism that...

Avram Davidson was one of the great original American writers of this century. He was erudite, cranky, Jewish, wildly creative, and sold most of his wonderful stories to pulp magazines.Now, his estate and his friends have brought together a definitive collection of his finest work, each story introduced by an SF luminary: writers like Ursula K. Le Guin, William Gibson, Poul Anderson, Gene Wolfe, Guy Davenport, Peter S. Beagle, Gregory Benford, Thomas M. Disch, and dozens of others....

The scarecrow in the Williams's field was certainly scary, and not just to crows.Bobby couldn't say why exactly he found it as scary as he did. He just did.He told himself it was only some material filled with straw, but avoided going near it, all the same. He preferred it if he didn't have to even think about it.The scarecrow had been there forever, or so it seemed. It had certainly been there as long as he'd been around, and as far as Bobby was concerned that was for...

Women around the world are opting out of marriage. Through nuanced ethnographic accounts of the ways that women are moving the needle on marital norms and practices, Opting Out reveals the conditions that make this widespread phenomenon possible in places where marriage has long been obligatory. Each chapter invites readers into the lives of particular women and the changing circumstances in which these lives unfold - sometimes painfully, sometimes humorously, and always unexpecte...

The scarecrow in the Williams's field was certainly scary, and not just to crows.Bobby couldn't say why exactly he found it as scary as he did. He just did.He told himself it was only some material filled with straw, but avoided going near it, all the same. He preferred it if he didn't have to even think about it.The scarecrow had been there forever, or so it seemed. It had certainly been there as long as he'd been around, and as far as Bobby was concerned that was for...

Fish and herons, turtles and dragonflies, beaver lodges and lily pads—a multitude of wonders enchant both the child narrator and any other nature lovers along for the ride in this tender, beautifully illustrated picture book.Baby ducklings ride their mama’s back; an osprey rises with a silver fish clutched in her talons; a loon cries in a star-flecked night. Rhythmic, rhyming quatrains carry the story forward in clean paddle strokes of evocative imagery. In the...

Aubrey Richards, better known as A. E. Richards, prolific sci-fi/mystery author, finishes typing the last page of his brand-new novel, Gene Depot, only to discover his wife, that very same day, reading a newly released hardcover book called SPACERS by Dick Avery, a novel that ends up being almost identical to the one Aubrey has just finished writing and has yet to show to anyone; and thus begins his quest for an answer to this most perplexing, career-crushing personal attack.