A just-for-funsies reunion book featuring all the MCs from Villainous Things (and Villains in Space), trapped together on an island for Butch and Xander's wedding. Let the filthy chaos ensue!A taste of what you'll find: 13 unhinged POVs, tropical island forced proximity for all, superheroes x villains x aliens x a very irritated pregnant normie, MM romance (and a little FF, too), everybody gets some (and it's filthy, duh, men in corsets, hoochie daddy shorts, and G...

More than a hundred years after his birth, Pablo Neruda’s poetry is as vital and beloved as ever.This collection presents fifty of the most essential poems by one of history’s greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world’s leading Neruda scholars.A definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth of Neruda’s various styles, themes, and periods, The Essential Neruda ...

The Santa's Great Treasure Chest gathers more than 450 Christmas novels, tales, carols, poems, and legends into an expansive archive of festive imagination. Moving between devotional verse, fairy tale, domestic realism, moral fable, comic vignette, ghostly wonder, and children's adventure, the volume traces Christmas as both sacred observance and secular cultural ritual. Familiar holiday narratives, carols, and folkloric retellings stand alongside less-circulated period pieces, making the ...

Some of humankind's greatest tools have been forged in the research laboratory. Who could argue that medical advances like antibiotics, blood transfusions, and pacemakers have not improved the quality of people's lives? But with each new technological breakthrough there comes an array of consequences, at once predicted and unpredictable, beneficial and hazardous.Outcry over recent developments in the reproductive and genetic sciences has revealed deep fissures in society's percepti...

In 2020, COVID-19 became a global pandemic devastating physical and mental health, social wellbeing, and the economic status of millions globally. Unforgettable images of death and the deep wounds inflicted on the livelihoods of employees and business owners were broadcast daily in the media. Less visible was the political fallout that threatened the rights of countless voters seeking to exercise their democratic rights under exceptional conditions. In the United States, the scourge of the...

The fourth edition of Community Organizing and Community Building for Health and Social Equity provides both classic and recent contributions to the field, with a special accent on how these approaches can contribute to health and social equity. The 23 chapters offer conceptual frameworks, skill- building and case studies in areas like coalition building, organizing by and with women of color, community assessment, and the power of the arts, the Internet, social media, and policy ...

He is one of the most highly regarded coaches in international rugby, but also one of the most controversial. Now you can read why ...John Mitchell’s rugby coaching career spans many years, several teams and various countries. He was assistant to Clive Woodward, who spearheaded England’s 2003 World Cup-winning campaign, for four years in the pioneering days of professional rugby coaching, and he took charge of the All Blacks and the Chiefs in New Zealand, the Western Force in Austr...

Discover The Legendary "Full Secret" to Living an Exceptional LifeWhat if you could unlock the full power of Napoleon Hill's Think and Grow Rich? In this legendary book, Hill says there's a SECRET for success. But he'll only gives us half the secret. In The Missing Secret, John Mitchell finally reveals the full secret that bridges the gap between intention and extraordinary results.Drawing on groundbreaking science that he teaches at one of the "Top 5" busi...

Does the idea appeal to you of putting your dinner on to cook and then going visiting, or to the theatre, or sitting down to read, write, or sew, with no further thought for your food until it is time to serve it? It sounds like a fairy-tale to say that you can bring food to the boiling point, put it into a box of hay, and leave it for a few hours, returning to find it cooked, and often better cooked than in any other way! Yet it is true. Norwegian housewives have known this for many years...

The Lettsomian Lectures on Diseases and Disorders of the Heart and Arteries in Middle and Advanced Life, delivered in 1900-1901 by Sir W. H. Broadbent, is a seminal medical text that explores the complexities of cardiovascular health in adults and the elderly. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and observation, Broadbent provides a comprehensive examination of the physiological changes that occur in the heart and arteries as individuals age, and the ways in which these changes predi...

Provides the foundation and tools that are essential for an enterprise to bring Operational Excellence into their organizational culture; gain maximum results, benefits and valueStrategies for and implementing details for enterprises at all levels of maturity from those with programs in place to those looking to improve safety, health, environment performance as well as the efficiency and effectiveness of their operationsInc...

The Last American by John Ames Mitchell is a fascinating and satirical science fiction work that offers a unique perspective on civilization, decline, and the legacy humanity leaves behind. Told through the lens of future explorers uncovering the remnants of a fallen society, the story delivers a powerful blend of humor, irony, and thought-provoking insight.The true attraction of this book lies in its clever critique of culture and progress, as