Soft Glimmers & Shining Stars is a collection of soulful poetry centered around love, hope and life. It reminds you to be kinder to yourself and gives you the opportunity to reflect. If you want to be moved, inspired, and rejuvenated, all at the same time, this is the book for you. Read it and shine on.

"Are you ready for it?" Learn all the details of Taylor Swift's Eras Tour in this nonfiction book for young readers that teaches them about every Taylor album, from her debut to The Tortured Poets Department.On March 17, 2023, Taylor Swift began the Eras Tour. The historic concert tour would span five continents and include 152 different shows. This spectacular tour included every album Taylor had ever released. Taylor Swift, Fearless,

"Remixing the Classroom" In Practice engages directly with Randall Allsup's groundbreaking Remixing the Classroom: Toward an Open Philosophy of Music Education by sharing what democratic, creative, and student-centered approaches to music education look like when applied in the field.Through narrative essays covering a spectrum of contexts, including piano studios, choir ensembles, pre-service teacher education, and digital music spaces, "Remixing the Classroo...

When daylight hides the truth, monsters walk among us. Simone thought she had finally escaped her past, a toxic relationship, secrets too heavy to carry, and a life she no longer recognized. When a string of strange messages and encounters begin to haunt her, she realizes someone is watching. This person is not a stranger. As Simone tries to rebuild her life, Marcus, the man she swore she’d never go all in with because they are friends, bring into her world more secrets than answers. Their...

In this book, the authors present their views on the need for a level and model of oversight in the fields of pet training and behavior consulting and for those choosing to practice within them. They discuss the prevalence of individuals who hold no credentials, formal education, knowledge or skills, yet who are today working across the nation with full responsibility for the well-being and welfare of their unknowing clients’ treasured pets. They will also highlight the lack of consumer pr...

Heart failure is an important and ever expanding sub-speciality of cardiology. Many health care professional bodies are now developing specialist expertise in heart failure. This is true for cardiologists in training, consultant cardiologists, care of the elderly and general physicians, cardiothoracic surgeons, primary care doctors, pharmacists and specialist nurses. With advances in medical therapy, the prognosis of the condition has improved dramatically. Whereas once heart failure was a...

Heart failure is an important and ever-expanding sub-speciality of cardiology. Many professional bodies working in healthcare are now developing specialist expertise in heart failure. With advances in medical therapy, the prognosis of the condition has improved dramatically. Whereas once heart failure was a pre-terminal diagnosis, now for many it is treatable. However, some patients remain symptomatic and at high risk of death despite maximal medical therapy. The new edition of Heart F...

Demands for freedom, justice, and dignity have animated protests and revolutions across the Middle East in recent years, from the Iranian Green Movement and the Arab Spring uprisings to Turkey’s March for Justice and the ongoing struggle in Palestine. Although expectations raised by the Arab Spring were largely disappointed and protests that toppled entrenched rulers unleashed vicious counterrevolutionary forces, there is no doubt that the landscape of the Middle East has changed. Drawing ...

From Thomas Piketty to David Harvey, scholars are increasingly questioning whether we are entering into a post-capitalist era. If so, does this new epoch signal the failure of capitalism and emergence of alternative systems? Or does it mark the ultimate triumph of capitalism as it evolves into an unstoppable entity that takes new forms as it engulfs its opposition?After Capitalism brings together leading scholars from across the academy to offer competing perspectives on c...

Gastrointestinal nematodes infect ruminant livestock throughout the world and are an important cause of disease and production loss. Since their invention, producers have heavily relied on broad spectrum anthelmintics to help control these parasites, however, intensive use has resulted in widespread resistance issues in nematode populations, especially Haemonchus contortus. Addressing the concerns of anthelmintic resistance, this book brings together research on management practices for co...

Marshmallow and Taffy don’t mean to get into mischief, they’re just Kurious Katz. The bathtub calls them to jump inside. The living room becomes their own personal jungle gym. But when they jump on top of the pantry, Marshmallow topples a box of cereal on the floor and creates a crunchy mess. With their owner upset, they worry about being sent back to the pound. Will the Kurious Katz be forgiven?

Marshmallow and Taffy had the perfect life until a big gray cat named Snickerdoodle showed up in their backyard. Will the Kurious Katz and Snickerdoodle become friends?