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Chill (Orca Soundings)
by Colin FrizzellChill has always been different. But the way Chill deals with his disability and his art have given him the power to survive the horrors of high school. When a new teacher arrives, determined to crush his students' spirit, Chill decides to fight back and risk everything. A story of doing the right thing and standing up for yourself—and your friends. This short novel is a high-interest, low-reading level book for teen readers who are building reading skills, want a quick read or say they don’t like to read! The epub edition of this title is fully accessible.
Une femme en ingénierie: Mémoires d'une pionnière (Biographies et mémoires #25)
by Monique FrizeDans ses mémoires à la fois inspirants et émouvants, l’ingénieure de renommée internationale, Monique Aubry-Frize, O.C., raconte son parcours exceptionnel dans un domaine résolument dominé par les hommes.Très tôt, son but était de devenir une ingénieure biomédicale reconnue afin d’améliorer le statut des femmes en sciences et en génie, ainsi que la manière dont les scientifiques et les ingénieurs intègrent les personnes et la société dans leurs travaux. Dès 1979, son rêve est devenu réalité.Monique Aubry-Frize relate avec lucidité et franchise les événements de sa vie qui lui ont permis de vaincre les nombreux obstacles qui se sont dressés sur sa route, de devenir plus résiliente, et de reconnaître l’importance des mentors et des modèles à suivre. Elle témoigne égalementdu rôle essentiel joué par sa famille et ses amis, qui l’ont soutenue et lui ont donné la force et la détermination nécessaires pour réussir dans un monde majoritairement masculin.L’autrice évoque avec tendresse son enfance à Ottawa et souligne son intérêt précoce pour les mathématiques et les sciences. Son entrée dans le monde de l’ingénierie a été romantique – c’est à la faculté de génie de l’Université d’Ottawa qu’elle a rencontré son premier mari –, mais également tragique. Elle a fait face à maints préjugés et stéréotypes qu’elle est finalement parvenue à surmonter. Elle a réussi à concilier travail et famille, poursuivant une carrière exigeante, mais gratifiante dans un domaine très spécialisé, à une époque où peu de femmes s’y risquaient.Ses mémoires Une femme en ingénierie seront sans aucun doute une source d’inspiration pour les nouvelles générations de femmes qui rêvent d’une carrière en sciences et en génie.
The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
by Evan FrissAN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"A spirited defense of this important, odd and odds-defying American retail category." —The New York Times"It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book." —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are MagicAn affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinationsBookstores have always been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts, and politics. They nurture local communities while creating new ones of their own. Bookshops are powerful spaces, but they are also endangered ones. In The Bookshop, we see the stakes: what has been, and what might be lost.Evan Friss&’s history of the bookshop draws on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters, and interviews with leading booksellers to offer a fascinating look at this institution beloved by so many. The story begins with Benjamin Franklin&’s first bookstore in Philadelphia and takes us to a range of booksellers including the Strand, Chicago&’s Marshall Field & Company, the Gotham Book Mart, specialty stores like Oscar Wilde and Drum and Spear, sidewalk sellers of used books, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Books, and Parnassus. The Bookshop is also a history of the leading figures in American bookselling, often impassioned eccentrics, and a history of how books have been marketed and sold over the course of more than two centuries—including, for example, a 3,000-pound elephant who signed books at Marshall Field&’s in 1944.The Bookshop is a love letter to bookstores, a charming chronicle for anyone who cherishes these sanctuaries of literature, and essential reading to understand how these vital institutions have shaped American life—and why we still need them.
Daughter of Auschwitz, The: The Girl who Lived to Tell her Story (Children's Adaptation)
by Tova FriedmanThe true story of one girl's fight for survival against the unspeakable terror of Auschwitz - an important and sensitive retelling.Tova Friedman was just five years old when she and her mother were sent to a Nazi labour camp. She was six when she was transported to Auschwitz. At twelve she was on her way to America, ready to start a new life and tell her tale of survival.From the destruction of the Jewish ghetto in Central Poland where she lived as a young girl, to the dark days of the camps and eventual liberation by Russian forces in 1945, Tova's story is one of incredible courage, resilience, bravery and the enduring power of hope.Her extraordinary journey - told in the bestselling The Daughter of Auschwitz - is reimagined here for young readers with respected children's author, Hilary Freeman. It includes historical context about World War II and the Holocaust, an afterword that contextualises Tova's later life and work campaigning against anti-Semitism, and a Q&A section featuring the questions she's most frequently asked about her story. An extraordinary true account that will help young readers understand the scale of what happened, and why it must never happen again.
Daughter of Auschwitz, The: The Girl who Lived to Tell her Story (Children's Adaptation)
by Tova FriedmanThe true story of one girl's fight for survival against the unspeakable terror of Auschwitz - an important and sensitive retelling.Tova Friedman was just five years old when she and her mother were sent to a Nazi labour camp. She turned six in Auschwitz. At twelve she was on her way to America, ready to start a new life and tell her tale of survival.From the destruction of the Jewish ghetto in central Poland, where she lived as a young girl, to the dark days of the camps and eventual liberation by Russian forces in 1945, Tova's story is one of incredible courage, resilience, bravery and the enduring power of hope.Her extraordinary journey - told in the bestselling The Daughter of Auschwitz - is reimagined here for young readers with respected children's author Hilary Freeman. It includes historical context about the Second World War and the Holocaust, an afterword that contextualises Tova's later life and work campaigning against antisemitism, and a Q&A section featuring the questions she's most frequently asked about her story. An extraordinary true account that will help young readers understand the scale of what happened and why it must never happen again.**For readers of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and The Diary of Anne Frank. An extraordinary retelling of the Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling The Daughter of Auschwitz:'Should be compulsory reading... Remarkable' - John Humphrys'Unforgettable and deeply moving' - Jeremy Bowen
Born to Rule: The Making and Remaking of the British Elite
by Sam Friedman Aaron ReevesA uniquely data-rich analysis of the British elite from the Victorian era to today: who gets in, how they get there, what they like and look like, where they go to school, and what politics they perpetuate.Think of the British elite and familiar caricatures spring to mind. But are today’s power brokers a conservative chumocracy, born to privilege and anointed at Eton and Oxford? Or is a new progressive elite emerging with different values and political instincts?Aaron Reeves and Sam Friedman combed through a trove of data in search of an answer, scrutinizing the profiles, interests, and careers of over 125,000 members of the British elite from the late 1890s to today. At the heart of this meticulously researched study is the historical database of Who’s Who, but Reeves and Friedman also mined genealogical records, examined probate data, and interviewed over 200 leading figures from a wide range of backgrounds and professions to uncover who runs Britain, how they think, and what they want.What they found is that there is less movement at the top than we think. Yes, there has been some progress on including women and Black and Asian Brits, but those born into the top 1 percent are just as likely to get into the elite today as they were 125 years ago. What has changed is how elites present themselves. Today’s elite pedal hard to convince us they are perfectly ordinary.Why should we care? Because the elites we have affect the politics we get. While scholars have long proposed that the family you are born into, and the schools you attend, leave a mark on the exercise of power, the empirical evidence has been thin—until now.
Shadows on the Sun (Star Trek: The Original Series)
by Michael Jan FriedmanAs a young doctor with a beautiful family and a promising medical career, Dr. Leonard McCoy thought he had it all. But when the woman he loved betrayed him, McCoy fled to Starfleet, hoping to lose his pain in the depths of space. Now, more than forty years later, the EnterpriseTM and her crew are ordered to transport a group of mediators to the planet Ssan, a world where assassination is a time-honored tradition, and McCoy is surprised to learn that his ex-wife, now remarried, is one of the mediators. And before he can come to terms with his conflicted feelings for his former love, she and Captain Kirk are trapped on Susan, and McCoy is caught in an explosive civil war, the only one with the power to save the woman who once nearly destroyed him.
Diary of a Crisis: Israel in Turmoil
by Saul FriedländerSearching reflections on the crisis in Israel and Gaza by a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian of the HolocaustDiary of a Crisis explores the past tumultuous and traumatic year in Israel-Palestine. The eminent historian Saul Friedländer began a diary of Israeli politics in January 2023 as the country was convulsed by protests against Netanyahu&’s attempt to overhaul the judiciary. Hundreds of thousands took to the streets to demonstrate against this threat to democracy. But the protests said nothing about the Palestinian question—the "elephant in the room," according to Friedländer, who resumed his diary after Hamas&’s 7 October assault on southern Israel. Israel was facing one of the worst crises in its history, he observes, under the worst possible internal conditions.Friedländer weaves together profound reflections on a national history in which he has been an active participant. He describes how Prime Minister Golda Meir once flatly declared to him, "There is no Palestinian people." For Friedländer, on the other hand, the fight for democracy is inseparable from equality of treatment for Arab and Jewish citizens and an end to Israeli domination over Palestinians in the Occupied Territories. He argues that despite the continuing bloodshed, a two-state solution remains the only long-term answer to this most intractable of conflicts.
Debunked?: An auditor reviews the 2020 election—and the lessons learned
by Joseph FriedPerhaps no issue in America has been more polarizing than the 2020 Presidential election.On one side there are claims of a &“stolen&” election, foreign infiltration of election equipment, middle-of-the-night ballot dumps, and impossible mathematical anomalies. On the other side, everything is dismissed as &“baseless,&” &“debunked,&” and &“conspiratorial.&” This controversy goes directly to the integrity of our vote, a topic that should interest and concern us all. Yet despite the importance of this controversy, very little objective analysis is available, and there is a reason. Some people are afraid to touch this subject. A careless comment could cause the loss of friends, business, and even employment. Debunked? fearlessly fills this void—with facts. Written by a veteran auditor, it provides a reasoned, in-depth examination of the many controversies in the election, including: Dominion Voting Systems The &“Kraken&” lawsuits Missing signature standards Mike Lindell Drop boxes Cyber irregularities Mail-in ballots Ballot harvesting Illegal certifications Noncitizen voting Without a doubt, the most controversial section of the book is the detailed and quantified analysis of the election in each of 6 swing states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. For each of those states, the decision to certify the election is given a thumbs up—or down. Conclusions are fully supported. The sanctity of our vote could easily be considered the key footing in the foundation of our democracy. But, given the extreme censorship of this subject, the public is largely unaware of the issues in this book. Reading it provides important insights into one of the key controversies of our age and should, perhaps, encourage us all to demand that our votes are considered sacrosanct.
Bound Up: On Kink, Power, and Belonging
by Leora FridmanA provocative look at historical trauma as bound, incarnated, and processed through intimate and sexual expression. In an autotheoretical journey through bondage, domination, and intimacy, Leora Fridman uncovers how Jewish historical trauma can be challenged and explored in embodied relations. Drawing on her experiences as an American Jew in Germany, Fridman delves into BDSM practices and experimental communities from Oakland to Berlin. This work weaves personal encounters with critical analysis founded in feminist theory, queer literature, Holocaust history, and memory studies. Bound Up begins with kink and leads us through a sensual and intelligent approach to intergenerational trauma and lived politics. What kind of healing can take place in the relational and physical realm? How can intimacy contradict and complement the process of political reparations? Fridman layers a nuanced understanding of shame, responsibility, and power with explorations of cinema, contemporary art, and popular culture to shed light on topics from personal and political relationships to victimhood and blame. Both timely and timeless, this work is an address to history and the contemporary moment, relevant to Jews, diasporic scholars, and all exploring ethical relationships with history and with other humans.
Fundamentals Of Transportation Engineering: A Multimodal Systems Approach
by Jon D. Fricker Robert K. WhitfordCombining topics that are essential in an introductory course with information that is of interest to those who want to know why certain things in transportation are the way they are, the book provides a strong emphasis of the relationship between the phases of a transportation project. The volume familiarizes readers with the standard terminology and resources involved in transportation engineering, provides realistic scenarios for readers to analyze and offers numerous examples designed to develop problem solving skills. The volume examines transportation basics, traffic flow theory and analysis, highway design for performance, modeling transportation demand and supply, planning and evaluation for decision-making, design of highway for safety, design of intersections for safety and efficiency, pavement design, public mass transportation, air transportation and airports and environmental issues/emerging technologies. For those interested in transportation engineering.
LOVABILITY
by Emily Kendal FreyThe follow-up to her 2014 collection Sorrow Arrow (winner of the 2015 Oregon Book Award for Poetry), Emily Kendal Frey’s volume LOVABILITY is a dialogue of social and interpersonal dynamics, as well as an exploration of the feelings of freedom and longing they produce. “Scourged the river bottom for my lost self”— she writes in the collection’s final poem, “I Became Less Acceptable to Those in Power”— “Brought them up/ Touched their face/ The armor/ Split and leaking light.” A professional counselor and teacher, Frey’s work in LOVABILITY uses direct, image-driven poems to name the world we are a part of, to listen in. LOVABILITY was a finalist for the 2022 Oregon Book Award in Poetry.
Führung und Personalentwicklung an Hochschulen: Sich selbst und andere entwickeln
by Dieter Frey Melanie VilserDer Hochschulalltag befindet sich im Wandel und stellt Führungskräfte und Mitarbeitende vor neue Herausforderungen. Dieses Buch vermittelt wertvolle psychologische Erkenntnisse, um diesen Herausforderungen zu begegnen. Dabei beantwortet es Fragen wie z.B.: Wie führt man? Wie schafft man Synergieeffekte in Teams? Wie wählt man gute Mitarbeitende aus? Wie führt man Mitarbeiter*innengespräche? Welche Feedbackkultur fördert Potenziale bestmöglich? Wie geht man mit Stress um? Basierend auf Trainings- und Beratungswissen für LMU Mitarbeitende erhalten Sie in diesem Buch langjährig erprobte alltagstaugliche Hinweise zum Aufbau wichtiger Kompetenzen wie Selbstführung, Mitarbeiter*innenführung, Personalauswahl und -entwicklung, Zeit- und Selbstmanagement, Stressmanagement und Achtsamkeit. Zielgruppen:Das Buch richtet sich an wissenschaftliche Mitarbeitende jeder Karrierestufe in Bildungseinrichtungen, an Professor*innen, Postdoktorand*innen wie auch Doktorand*innen. Im Mittelpunkt steht die kompakte Zusammenfassung des Kernwissens für eine gesunde und erfolgreiche Entwicklung der eigenen Potenziale sowie der Potenziale von Mitarbeiter*innen und Studierenden. Zu den Herausgeber*innen:Prof. Dr. Dieter Frey ist Leiter des LMU Center for Leadership and People Management und Mitglied der Bayrischen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Dr. Melanie Vilser ist wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin und Trainerin am LMU Center for Leadership and People Management.
Freshwater Science, volume 43 number 3 (September 2024)
by Freshwater ScienceThis is volume 43 issue 3 of Freshwater Science. Freshwater Science (FWS) publishes articles that advance understanding and environmental stewardship of all types of inland aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers, streams, reservoirs, subterranean, and estuaries) and ecosystems at the interface between aquatic and terrestrial habitats (wetlands, riparian areas, and floodplains). The journal regularly features papers on a wide range of topics, including physical, chemical, and biological properties of lentic and lotic habitats; ecosystem processes; structure and dynamics of populations, communities, and ecosystems; ecology, systematics, and genetics of freshwater organisms, from bacteria to vertebrates; linkages between freshwater and other ecosystems and between freshwater ecology and other aquatic sciences; bioassessment, conservation, and restoration; environmental management; and new or novel methods for basic or applied research.
Science in the Early Roman Empire: Pliny the Elder, His Sources and Influence (Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World)
by Roger French Frank GreenawayThe studies collected in Science in the Early Roman Empire (1986) represent key research done on the Elder Pliny – an important and difficult figure whose Natural History forms a valuable compendium at a fixed historical point in time of ancient science. Its subsequent influence was enormous, remaining the most comprehensive scientific encyclopaedia even until the Renaissance. The chapters seek to locate Pliny in his social and intellectual milieu, to survey his approach to particular sciences such as astronomy, mineralogy, botany and pharmacopoeia. Two chapters consider the response in the Renaissance to his work.
The Favour: A Novel
by Nicci FrenchBRINGING DANGER CLOSE TO HOME . . . THE GRIPPING NEW THRILLER FROM BESTSELLING AUTHOR NICCI FRENCH, shortlisted for the 2023 Ned Kelly Awards for Best International Crime Fiction &‘Excels at depicting an ordinary life swept away by horror' Observer &‘Fantastic – a breathless drumbeat of dread and suspense&’ Lee Child&‘Heart-thumping, head-scratching, nail-biting stuff: The Favour is classic Nicci French. I read it in one breathless sitting&’ Erin Kelly A good deedCan turn deadly . . . When Jude&’s first love Liam turns up in her life after ten years of no contact, asking her for a favour, she just can&’t say no. He will always be someone special to her. But does she really know what she is getting herself into? After she does the favour, Jude is contacted by the police. Liam has been found dead, and suddenly she is caught up in a murder investigation. She realises this one decision could cost her everything – even her life…PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH: &‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable&’ Louise Candlish &‘Meticulously plotted, psychologically astute&’ Sarah Vaughan &‘First-class&’ Independent &‘Gripping&’ Literary Review &‘A pure adrenaline rush&’ Jenny Colgan
Has Anyone Seen Charlotte Salter?: The unputdownable new thriller from the bestselling author and a Richard & Judy Book Club pick
by Nicci FrenchPRE-ORDER THE LAST DAYS OF KIRA MULLAN, COMING JANUARY 2025! A RICHARD & JUDY BOOK CLUB PICK 'One of their very best. Compelling, moving and beautifully written . . . an absolute winner' Observer &‘Classic Nicci French: an unputdownable missing-persons thriller that&’s also a searing examination of family, memory and grief. A big-skied, full-blooded, broken-hearted book' Erin KellyShe&’s loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . .Then When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec&’s 50th birthday party, her kids are worried, but Alec is not. As the days pass and there&’s still no word from Charlie, her daughter, Etty, and her sons, Niall, Paul and Ollie, all struggle to come to terms with her disappearance. How can anyone just vanish without a trace? Left with no answers and in limbo, the Salter children try and go on with their lives, all the while thinking that their mother&’s killer is potentially very close to home.Now After years away, Etty returns home to the small East Anglian village where she grew up to help move her father into a care home. Now in his eighties, Alec has dementia and often mistakes his daughter for her mother. Etty is a changed woman from the trouble-free girl she was when Charlie was still around - all the Salter children have spent decades running and hiding from their mother&’s disappearance. But when their childhood friends, Greg and Morgen Ackerley, decide to do a podcast about Charlotte&’s disappearance, it seems like the town&’s buried secrets – and the Salters&’ – might finally come to light.After all this time, will they finally find out what really happened to Charlotte Salter?PRAISE FOR NICCI FRENCH: 'Fantastic - a breathless drumbeat of dread and suspense . . . no one does it better than Nicci French' Lee Child 'Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish 'Heart-thumping, head-scratching, nail-biting stuff' Erin Kelly 'Perfection' Sophie Hannah 'No-one does the dark distortion of good intentions like Nicci French' Cara Hunter 'An absolute masterclass of crime writing' Kate Rhodes 'As well as a fantastic mystery, Nicci French has written a powerful, moving and wise story about the damage that loss does to families, with characters you can&’t forget. I loved it' Jo Callaghan
The Lying Room: the thrilling psychological suspense
by Nicci French* THE NEW ADDICTIVE THRILLER FROM THE MASTER OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SUSPENSE * &‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish &‘Meticulously plotted, psychologically astute&’ Sarah Vaughan 'Confirms Nicci French as the giant of the genre' Erin Kelly &‘A pure adrenaline rush&’ Jenny Colgan Neve Connolly looks down at a murdered man. She doesn't call the police. &‘You know, it&’s funny,&’ Detective Inspector Hitching said. &‘Whoever I see, they keep saying, talk to Neve Connolly, she&’ll know. She&’s the one people talk to, she&’s the one people confide in.&’ A trusted colleague and friend. A mother. A wife. Neve Connolly is all these things. She has also made mistakes. One that is now spiralling out of control. Bringing those around her into immense danger. A liar. A cheat. A threat. Neve Connolly is all these things. Could she be a murderer?
The Unheard: A Novel
by Nicci French&‘He did kill. Kill and kill and kill.&’ Tess&’s number one priority has always been her three-year-old daughter Poppy. But splitting up with Poppy&’s father Jason means that she cannot always be there to keep her daughter safe. When she finds a disturbing drawing, dark and menacing, among her daughter&’s brightly coloured paintings, Tess is convinced that Poppy has witnessed something terrible. Something that her young mind is struggling to put into words. But no one will listen. It&’s only a child&’s drawing, isn&’t it? Tess will protect Poppy, whatever the price. But when she doesn&’t know what, or who, she is protecting her from, how can she possibly know who to trust . . . ? 'Confirms Nicci French as the giant of the genre' Erin Kelly &‘An intense, brilliantly crafted thriller that hums with menace from start to finish' TM Logan Praise for Nicci French: &‘Expertly paced, psychologically sharp, thoroughly enjoyable' Louise Candlish &‘Meticulously plotted, psychologically astute&’ Sarah Vaughan 'A heart-wrenchingly plausible spiral into paranoia, fear and unbearable tension. Literally pulse-pounding' Christopher Brookmyre 'Totally absorbing. Such great plotting and characters, but also so human and full of insights about ordinary life and relationships. That's what always sets Nicci French&’s work apart - it makes the narrative feel so real' Sabine Durrant 'I love Nicci French&’s books, and with The Unheard they are right at the top of their game. Few crime writers can match their psychological acuity, of their ability to lead a reader through dizzying plot twists without ever losing pace. It&’s an absolute masterclass of crime writing' Kate Rhodes &‘Great writing, razor-sharp plotting, and powerful characterisation. I was 100 pages in before I even drew breath, and I defy anyone to see the ending coming&’ Cara Hunter &‘It&’s Nicci French perfection – which, as we all know, is the best kind of perfection. So, so gripping and brilliantly clued' Sophie Hannah &‘What an intriguing, compelling page-turner. I ate it up in two days&’ Liz Nugent 'The Unheard is elegant and beguiling, masterfully crafted, with an almost hallucinatory sense of jangling unease' C. M. Ewan &’Taut, well-paced and frighteningly familiar, I found it difficult to put down and hard to forget' Polly Phillips
Firebrand: A Novel
by Elizabeth FremantleNow a major motion picture, Firebrand shows the tumultuous darker side to the marriages of the notorious King of England, Henry VIII, and the wife who survived.Widowed for the second time at age thirty-one, Katherine Parr falls deeply for the dashing courtier Thomas Seymour and hopes at last to marry for love. Instead, she attracts the amorous attentions of the ailing, egotistical, and dangerously powerful Henry VIII. No one is able to refuse a royal proposal. Haunted by the fates of his previous wives—two executions, two annulments, one death in childbirth—Katherine must wed Henry and rely on her wits and the help of her loyal servant Dot to survive the treacherous pitfalls of life as Henry&’s queen. Yet as she treads the razor&’s edge of court intrigue, she never quite gives up on love.
Big Questions Book of Sex & Consent
by Donna FreitasWhat this book is NOT:The fear-based How-To on sex and consent, oversimplified and focused on technicalities, that represents so much of our sexual education today.What this book IS:A journey into the Big Questions that will turn you into a thinking person about sex and consent, with the ability to wrestle towards the answers that work for YOU and continue to wrestle towards them for the rest of your life.What is the meaning and purpose of sex? How does it intersect with who I am? Why are people so afraid of it? What does a healthy and joyful approach to sex look like for me? Why is consent so much more than a yes or no question?Who this book is FOR:Everybody!! No matter your sexuality, gender, religion, or race.What could be more essential?
The Porcelain Maker: 'A page-turning journey' Heather Morris, author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz
by Sarah FreethyPre-order THE SEEKER OF LOST PAINTINGS, a sophisticated and thrilling historical page-turner about love and art, coming June 2025. &‘A page-turning journey to uncover a past of heroism, betrayal, love, and loss&’ Heather Morris, bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'So compelling' Sunday Times 'A gorgeous debut' Heat Two lovers caught at the crossroads of historyA daughter&’s search for the truth Germany, 1929. When Max, a Jewish architect, and Bettina, a beautiful and celebrated German avant-garde artist, meet at a party their attraction is instant. In love with each other and the art they create, their talent transports them to the dazzling lights of Berlin. But Germany is on the brink of terrible change, and their bright beginning is soon dimmed by the rising threat of Nazism. When Max is arrested and sent to the Dachau concentration camp, it is only his talent at making the exquisite porcelain figures so beloved by the Nazis that stands between him and certain death. At first, Bettina has no idea where Max has been taken but when she learns of his fate, she is determined to rescue him whatever the cost. Now, a lifetime later, Bettina&’s daughter, Clara, sets out on a journey to uncover the truth about her identity. As she weaves together the fabric of her past, she discovers the terrible secret her mother wanted hidden forever. For fans of Heather Morris and Kristin Hannah, The Porcelain Maker is a sweeping, epic story of love, betrayal and art, set across Europe from the 1920s Weimar Republic, to dark and glittering 1930s Berlin.
Bibliography and Modern Book Production: Notes and sources for student librarians, printers, booksellers, stationers, book-collectors
by Percy FreerBibliography and Modern Book Production is a fascinating historic journey through the fields of print history, librarianship and publishing. It covers key developments from 1494 to 1949 in bibliography and book production from the history of scripts and paper manufacture to the origins of typefaces and printing. Although not a textbook, the book was a guide for library students in the 1950s on the essential literature of librarianship.As the first librarian appointed to Wits University in 1929, Percy Freer’s near encyclopaedic knowledge of the subject of bibliography enabled him to develop a key resource for relevant library examinations in South Africa and abroad. Due to its immense value as a historic record, and to acknowledge Freer’s contributions as scholar, librarian and publisher, it is being reissued as part of the Wits University Press Re/Presents series to make it accessible to scholars in book histories, publishing studies and information science.
Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults
by Samantha Freeman Colin Steen Gregory BleakleyAn essential guide to critical care nursing that includes all the key scientific knowledge and procedures you will need to know when entering the critical care environment. Written by a dedicated team of lecturers and practitioners with extensive experience in critical care nursing, this textbook covers all the key elements involved in nursing critically ill adults, with individual chapters on managing problems associated with different organ systems and the pathophysiology behind these disorders. It also features coverage of psychological care and infection prevention, and includes a consistent focus on the importance of a person centred, evidence-based approach to critical care delivery. To further support your learning, the book is full of activities that enhance your knowledge and test your understanding, including clinical case studies, critical thinking tasks, and reflective practice exercises. For lecturers and instructors, there is a collection of online resources including a testbank of multiple-choice questions, links to relevant videos for each chapter, and PowerPoint slides for each chapter. The ideal textbook for nursing students studying critical care, undertaking clinical placements in intensive care, or nurses new to the critical care environment.
Essentials of Nursing Critically Ill Adults
by Samantha Freeman Colin Steen Gregory BleakleyAn essential guide to critical care nursing that includes all the key scientific knowledge and procedures you will need to know when entering the critical care environment. Written by a dedicated team of lecturers and practitioners with extensive experience in critical care nursing, this textbook covers all the key elements involved in nursing critically ill adults, with individual chapters on managing problems associated with different organ systems and the pathophysiology behind these disorders. It also features coverage of psychological care and infection prevention, and includes a consistent focus on the importance of a person centred, evidence-based approach to critical care delivery. To further support your learning, the book is full of activities that enhance your knowledge and test your understanding, including clinical case studies, critical thinking tasks, and reflective practice exercises. For lecturers and instructors, there is a collection of online resources including a testbank of multiple-choice questions, links to relevant videos for each chapter, and PowerPoint slides for each chapter. The ideal textbook for nursing students studying critical care, undertaking clinical placements in intensive care, or nurses new to the critical care environment.