Tiberius Goes to Rome is a book about a boy growing up in Roman times, and the many problems he encounters during his teenage years. Many teenagers reading this will quickly begin to realise just how similar the problems facing a teenage boy in ancient times are to those facing teenagers today. Adults also will be able to relate to the main character, Tiberius A. Caesar, as they remeber just what it was like for them when they experienced the same hormone-charged, rebeliou...

An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of hominin paleoecology for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students, Early Hominin Paleoecology offers an up-to-date review of the relevant literature, exploring new research and synthesizing old and new ideas.Recent advances in the field and the laboratory are not only improving our understanding of human evolution but are also transforming it. Given the increasing specialization of the individual fiel...

This book is devoted to my Mom. Her care, her life and a little about my lifes journey along the way. I have tried to touch on the happiest and sometimes not so happy times. But life is a journy that we all have to take. So, enjoy the trip!

In this novel, Ben Fine is no ordinary Australian, but these aren’t exactly ordinary times. A clash of cultures has beset the world: George W. Bush has declared the War on Terror, and the Fines have taken in a Muslim homestay student. Not long after he arrives, the Second Lebanon War between Hezbollah and Israel breaks out, and all hell breaks loose.

Peter Kay returns with his most entertaining autobiography yet!The Collector’s Edition: The first hardback print run will feature an exclusive foiled board design. Order now to avoid missing out!‘Think of this autobiography as a twelve-month subscription to my memories and meanderings across the calendar year. With each month reflecting a different phase of my life, complete with dodgy decisions, bizarre plot twists and more than a few ...

Early in 1869, Nebraska's legislature convened for the first time in the new capital city of Lincoln. Eager to reap the benefits of the Morrill Act, legislators quickly approved a bill establishing the University of Nebraska. Visionary lawmakers rejected the creation of two universities and determined that the state university and the state agricultural university should "be united as one educational institution." Thus was born Nebraska's great land grant and comprehensive research univers...

A Mirror for Witches takes the listener on a historical journey through the injustices of the witch trials through the heartbreaking story of a young woman who battles her own demons, rooted in the traumatic loss of her parents, as she fights for her life.A Mirror for Witches, published in 1928 by award-winning author Esther Forbes, is an enthralling tale of power, fear, trauma, and superstition set in New England in the 1660s. Caught up in the horrific witch hunt...

“Real isn’t how you are made,” said the Skin Horse. “It’s a thing that happens to you. When a child loves you for a long, long time, not just to play with, but REALLY loves you, then you become real.” On Christmas morning, The Velveteen Rabbit was just one gift among many. But as time goes on and he takes a special place in a young boy’s heart, the rabbit is transformed through love and friendship, and learns what it is to become real. A must-listen, this timeless classic full of nursery m...

A young princess in a remote mountain palace. A goblin king conspiring against her from below the mountain. A magical and mysterious great-great-grandmother watching over the princess from a hidden tower. A courageous miner boy determined to protect the princess and his family. Young Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a secluded house on the side of a wild mountain. Little does she know, everyone around her is keeping a secret: The princess can’t go outside after dark because the mounta...

By bringing together research evidence on effectively supporting parents to engage with their children’s early learning, and the role of education professionals in developing partnerships with families, this book focuses on partnerships between professionals and parents to enhance family learning for young children in literacy and other aspects of early learning.The move towards setting, home-based, and online learning has accelerated, and it is important for both students and prac...

In the world of Adam Smith and Karl Marx, capitalists built and controlled mills and factories. That relationship between capital and labor continued in the automobile assembly lines and petrochemical plants of the twentieth century.But no longer: products and production have dematerialized. The goods and services provided by the leading companies of the twenty-first century appear on your screen, fit in your pocket, or occupy your head. Ownership of the means of production is a re...

Created by the incalculably ancient Iconians, whose transcendent technology is quantum levels beyond that of the Federation and its allies, the Gateways offer instantaneous transport across unimaginable distances. Throughout the known galaxy the sudden reactivation of the Gateways has destabilized interstellar relations between planets and cultures previously separated by countless light-years. Starfleet's finest have coped with the crisis as best they can, but circumstances have forced se...