The Wearing of the Green: The Life of James Napper TandyJames Napper Tandy, ironmonger's son, Dublin municipal agitator, Volunteer artillery commander, co-founder of the Society of United Irishmen, French général de brigade, and the revolutionary immortalised in "The Wearing of the Green", was one of the most consequential and most contradictory political figures of the eighteenth-century Atlantic world. Born in the Cornmarket district of Dublin in 1739 and educate...

The Holy Mound: Göbekli Tepe and the Archaeological Origins of EdenThe Holy Mound: Göbekli Tepe and the Archaeological Origins of Eden presents a revolutionary reinterpretation of humanity's oldest temple. This scholarly yet accessible work argues that the 11,600-year-old site in southeastern Turkey preserves the historical kernel behind the Sumerian Duku and biblical Eden traditions. Drawing on archaeological evidence, Sumerian texts, and biblical scholarship, the...

Half a Century for Love is a raw and emotional true story of heartbreak, survival, rejection, and hope. From a troubled childhood, bullying, abuse, and near-death experiences to discovering love later in life, Mark Thomas Kelly shares his unfiltered journey of pain, resilience, and the belief that love is worth waiting for—even if it takes fifty years. A powerful memoir for anyone who has been broken, underestimated, or searching for a second chance.

"An extraordinary tale…of love, of unthinkable trauma, of a heroic partnership…Redefining for the world what it means to be a fighter.” —PeopleThe New York Times bestseller by Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly—an incredibly inspiring story of adventure, public service, love, and overcoming tragedy. Now a documentary film titled Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down.The shooting ...

Gabrielle Giffords's documentary Gabby Giffords Won’t Back Down is now in theaters nationwide!Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords and her husband, astronaut and Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, share their impassioned argument for responsible gun ownership.After the 2011 Tucson shooting that nearly took her life, basic questions consumed Gabby Giffords and her family: Would Gabby survive the bullet through her brai...

The Cambridgeshire hamlet of Jude’s Ferry is a lonely, forgotten spot. Requisitioned decades earlier by the Ministry of Defence for military training, one of its few claims to fame is that in its entire thousand-year history, it never recorded a single crime.But when a Territorial Army exercise is held amongst the ruins, a skeleton is found hanging in a bricked-up cellar, a noose round the neck. It seems that the ghostly village may hide many secrets and local newspaper reporter Ph...

Australian Genre Film interrogates key genres at the core of Australia’s so-called new golden age of genre cinema, establishing the foundation on which more sustained research on film genre in Australian cinema can develop.The book examines what characterises Australian cinema and its output in this new golden age, as contributors ask to what extent Australian genre film draws on widely understood (and largely Hollywood-based) conventions, as compared to culturally specifi...

Collects Captain Marvel (2019) #6-11. Captain Marvel enlists in the War of the Realms! The Dark Elf King Malekith and his allies have conquered Earth. At least, they think they have — and they’ve divided the spoils accordingly, with the Enchantress raising an army of the dead and staking a claim on South America. But Earth isn’t going down without a fight, and Captain Marvel leads Black Widow and Doctor Strange into the land of the dead for a melee of myth and magic that Carol Danvers will...

PLEASE NOTE: Digital version of Dory the Doodle is optimized for full colour tablets and e-readers, if using an older device, please sample before purchasing. Discover the heart of Newfoundland through the eyes of Dory the Doodle. This charming children’s picture book was born from the love, laughter, and legacy of Newfoundland musician Mark Hiscock – co-founder of the beloved band Shanneyganock and one of the province’s finest accordion players. In 2020, Mark and his wife, Kelly, welcomed...

Get ready to ace your AP Biology Exam with this easy-to-follow, multi-platform study guide5 Steps to a 5: AP Biology introduces an easy to follow, effective 5-step study plan to help you build the skills, knowledge, and test-taking confidence you need to achieve a high score on the exam. This wildly popular test prep guide matches the latest course syllabus and the latest exam. You'll get online help, five full-length practice tests (two in the book and th...

No conviction, no reward. It’s 1868 and the gold rush is spreading across the wild west of New South Wales, bringing with it a new breed of colonial rogue – bushrangers. A world far removed from hardworking farm girl, Annie Bird, and her sleepy village on the outskirts of Sydney. But when a cruel stroke of fortune sees Annie orphaned and outcast, she is forced to head for the goldfields in search of her grandfather, a legendary tracker. Determined and dangerously naive, she sets off with l...

'A soaring coming-of-age novel.'- THE OBSERVER'Completely fierce, unmistakably feminist, and subversively funny. When Women Were Dragons brings the heat to misogyny with glorious imagination and talon-sharp prose.'- Bonnie Garmus, LESSONS IN CHEMISTRYIn a world where girls and women are taught to be quiet, the dragons inside them are about to be set free ...