Join The Ugly Duckling on his journey through the big, wide world to find the place where he truly belongs. With vibrant illustrations, The Ugly Duckling inspires a love for reading and provides an opportunity for you and your child to bond over a classic tale. This title, retold in English and Spanish, is an excellent skill-builder for reading and foreign language comprehension. Between the covers of this 32-page book is a classic tale of magic, imagination, and inspiration that delights ...

The Hart family was an ordinary family in the 1950s-seven children, a dog, Sundays at church and summer excursions to the Jersey shore. But when oldest sister Janice was diagnosed with schizophrenia, family dynamics changed. My Hart Thaw is a memoir that traces two sisters' love and challenges for decades. A journey that includes diagnoses of breast cancer, Alzheimer's and chronic Lyme disease. From a young child to a middle- aged adult, Claire was a witness to Janice's prolonged struggles...

“I raced through Do Not Disturb. Douglas is one of few thriller writers who combines shocking twists effortlessly, and beautifully, with sensitive explorations of family dynamics. I loved it and can't wait to see what she does next.” — Gillian McAllister, New York Times bestselling author of Anything You Do SayFrom the award-winning author of The Sisters, Local Girl Missing and Last Seen Alive, comes ataut psycho...

Tired of losing—and suspecting you are your own worst enemy? This is the book you've been looking for! Full of expert, pragmatic advice for unraveling and breaking through self-defeating behavior, it uses a combination of interactive questionnaires and exercises to help you turn around your career, your relationships, and even your very own personality. This audio program shows you twenty-seven self-sabotaging characteristics, how your family background affects your career, how to...

How do labor market frictions shape the impact of international trade on jobs and wages? This report provides a comprehensive analysis of labor mobility costs and their impact on trade liberalization, focusing on developing countries. It's for policymakers, economists, and international development professionals seeking to understand the complex dynamics between trade and labor markets.Discover how 'sticky feet'—labor market frictions—affect worker decisions, emplo...

Tolstoy's classic novel reimagined in a multi-cast performance tells the classic tale of all-consuming love—and the resulting self-destruction.Our titular character, Anna Karenina, is a beautiful and vivacious woman who wants for nothing, but her life still feels empty. When she meets the handsome officer, Count Vronsky, her passionless marriage falls by the wayside as she throws herself into a tumultous love affair. Their doomed romance is set against the rich backdrop of nineteen...

Available open access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence.This groundbreaking book is the first to put housing, property and planning data at the centre of critical analysis. While such data shape key decisions about housing and urban development, little attention has been paid to the politics and praxes of their production and use.Bringing together international and interdisciplinary perspectives, the book examines how governments, real estate and PropTech industries, and ...

David Tennant stars in this BBC Radio adaptation of John Osborne's provocative 1956 play about the original 'angry young man', Jimmy Porter.John Osborne's 'kitchen sink' drama Look Back in Anger sparked a generation of 'angry young men' and led to the resurgence of realism in theatre. Reprising his stage role from 2005, David Tennant stars in this radio adaptation, which was produced to commemorate the play's 60th anniversary.Look Back in Anger...

Space and Time Magazine has been putting the best speculative fiction and poetry in ink for over five decades—a must-read for true fans of Strange and Unusual. Readers can look forward to stories from the future stars of genre fiction intermingled with unique tales from pros like Jessica A. Salmonson, Norman Spinrad, Jack Ketchum, and Aliette de Bodard.Whether you are new to the magazine, or have been with us since our inception five decades ago, we are proud to provide you with th...

Residential Child Care draws on the latest research to offer guidance for developing best practice, policy and improved outcomes for children and young people.Contributors examine important aspects of residential care work, and address the concerns about the poor outcomes for young people leaving care and the role of residential child care as a positive choice within the range of care services. Key issues addressed include promoting well-being and development for young people; tack...

Are you the kind of person who watches crime drama and real-life crime documentaries on television? Are you fascinated by the twists and turns of justice and the law? But how much do you really know about key issues in crime, crime control, policing and punishment in the UK?This exciting, dynamic and accessible book, written by leading experts, presents 50 key facts related to crime and criminal justice policy in Britain. Did you know that, contrary to public belief, in the UK a li...

The Primal Contradiction: My Escape from the Pitfall of Self-Delusion presents the spiritual memoir of Daniel St. Clair, who examines his own life, beginning with his memories as a young child. He shares his search for an explanation for the profound sense of solitude he shouldered through the years of his youth. Finally, his exploration brings him to a realization of the truth that he had been living by a pretense and that, all along, the real truth of his life had been pursuing ...