This is at root the same story and style as in the twin previous (prize-winning) novels Black Inked Pearl and its fairytale prequel Voyage of Pearl of the Seas. But this time it is told from a different perspective - that of the garrulous, sounding, wine-dark homeric one, the Sea. It is thus companion and complement (but not sequel) to Black Inked Pearl, with the same number of Parts and (sometimes identically titled) chapters. As with the earlier novels this too...

Pearl of the Wind: This is at root the same story and style as in my novels Black Inked Pearl and its fairytale prequel Pearl of the Seas and the more recent Helix Pearl, But this time it is told from a different perspective - that of our call to the fleeting flighting breathing air, the soul, the fluttering butterfly-psyche.This book was written in three magical days on a sea journey, looking out on the enchantment of cl...

Step into a world where every wildflower tells a secret story with this illustrated botanical and cultural guide to 75+ wildflower species.The Folklore of Wildflowers invites you to rediscover the magic hidden in nature’s most unassuming blooms. This book goes well beyond a traditional field guide; it is an immersive exploration of the intricate interplay between botanical beauty, medicinal lore, and centuries-old folklore. Alongside charming, vint...

Most budget travel advice is a pile of disconnected tips: fly on Tuesdays, eat street food, pack light. None of it tells you how to actually think about money on the road, so you end up either overspending without noticing or cutting the wrong things and regretting it later.Worth the Trip is different. Instead of another list of hacks that will feel dated in a year, it gives you a durable framework for making smart trade-offs anywhere, at any budget, on any trip. You'll le...

Our world feels like it's being pulled deeper into crisis - climate and ecological destruction, wars, political and community breakdown, social media overload...It can be easy to disengage, to despair of ever being able to make a difference and give up. But now more than ever we need to stay resilient and keep responding to the call of our Christian faith to work for justice, peace, social cohesion and the flourishing of the natural world. How do we take on board t...

Find hope and healing as you walk through grief and navigate life after loss. This yearlong devotional journal offers Scripture-based comfort in a lonely and difficult season.If you've experienced loss, then you've had days when sorrow overshadows every step, nights when the pain seems all-consuming, and moments when you feel utterly alone in your grief. What if, in the midst of your sorrow, you found something sacred? Hope for the Heartbroken reaches into...

The fifth edition of Certified Nurse Educator (CNE and CNEn) Review is designed to help you prepare for your Certified Nurse Educator or the Certified Novice Nurse Educator exam. This comprehensive study aid is fully updated to reflect the latest NLN exam blueprints and incorporates all key competencies and essential knowledge areas. Case studies, evidence-based teaching practice boxes, and teaching gems are highlighted throughout. Each chapter covers everything you need to know t...

Cell Death: Part E, Volume 210 presents the latest advances and comprehensive reviews in the rapidly evolving field of cell death. This volume explores the molecular mechanisms, regulatory pathways, and biological consequences of various forms of cell death—including apoptosis, necrosis, autophagy, and other non-canonical processes. Chapters in this new release include Flow cytometry analysis of mitochondrial apoptotic priming with BH3 profiling on senescent cells, Methods to study PIDDOso...

Some secrets stay hidden because we're afraid to look. Others stay hidden because they're waiting.In this collection from The Red Herrings Society, you'll find stories that reach into the dark corners we usually walk past. A teenage girl accepts a ride from a killer. A old woman can no longer hold back the ghosts that haunt her home. A property manager disappears, and the only one qualified to search for her is a vampire who doesn't want to get involved.The...

Renowned journalist Ruth Margalit revisits 10 profiles of Israeli politicians, cultural figures, and iconoclasts spanning a decade of her reporting for The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine to create a powerful mosaic of the clashing forces that have led to Israel's current state.To live in Israel today, Margalit writes, is to be either a whale or a Jonah-trying to make do in the belly of the whale. The profiles in this collection represent both: outsider...

Initially founded as a colony of the American Colonization Society in 1822 and declared an independent republic in 1847, the Republic of Liberia has challenged scholars across disciplines for almost as long as it has existed. Despite its territory being the home of Indigenous peoples for centuries, Liberia was imagined as a plan to relocate people of color primarily from the United States to West Africa as settler colonists. It then became a nation dominated by its original African-America...

How do people make deductions? The orthodox answer is that they follow formal rules of inference. Originally published in 1991, and reissued here with a new preface, the authors of Deduction repudiate this theory. They argue that people reason by building a model of the state of affairs, formulating a conclusion based on this model, and searching for alternative models that refute it. Formal rules work syntactically; mental models work semantically. The theories therefore make dif...