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Monster in the Middle

Autor: Tiphanie Yanique

Número de Páginas: 289

“Reveals on every page how love can persevere and take shape over time and space.”—Boston Globe "Transporting and deeply emotional.”—Glamour “One of the most inventive and talented stylists of her generation.” —Vulture From the award-winning author of Land of Love and Drowning, an electric new novel that maps the emotional inheritance of one couple newly in love. When Fly and Stela meet in 21st Century New York City, it seems like fate. He's a Black American musician from a mixed-religious background who knows all about heartbreak. She’s a Catholic science teacher from the Caribbean, looking for lasting love. But are they meant to be? The answer goes back decades—all the way to their parents' earliest loves. Vibrant and emotionally riveting, Monster in the Middle moves across decades, from the U.S. to the Virgin Islands to Ghana and back again, to show how one couple's romance is intrinsically influenced by the family lore and love stories that preceded their own pairing. What challenges and traumas must this new couple inherit, what hopes and ambitions will keep them moving forward? Exploring desire and identity, religion and class, passion and obligation, the ...

Navidades del mundo

Autor: Manuel Garcia

Número de Páginas: 389

Descubre la magia global de la Navidad con Navidades del Mundo, una obra que te invita a celebrar la festividad más especial del año a través de las diversas tradiciones navideñas alrededor del mundo. Escrita por Manuel García, este libro no es solo una lectura, es una experiencia que te llevará a vivir la Navidad en cada rincón del planeta, desde los mercados navideños de Alemania hasta las coloridas celebraciones de América Latina. Cada capítulo te sumerge en historias entrañables, leyendas y costumbres que reflejan la riqueza cultural de esta festividad. Encontrarás cuentos que capturan la esencia de la bondad, la esperanza y la alegría de la Navidad, junto a versos que conmueven y canciones que han cruzado generaciones, uniendo corazones a través de la música. Además, disfrutarás de recetas navideñas auténticas de diferentes países, así como de manualidades y actividades para recrear en casa, perfectas para compartir en familia. Navidades del Mundo también te ofrece un espacio personal para escribir tus propias historias y reflexiones, convirtiéndolo en un legado navideño para futuras generaciones.

La otra chica negra

Autor: Zakiya Dalila Harris

Número de Páginas: 353

Nombrado Libro Más Esperado de 2021 por la revista Time, The Washington Post, Harper’s Bazaar, Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, Lit Hub, Electric Literature, The Rumpus, CrimeReads, Goodreads, Fortune, HypeBae y la BBC. Urgente, provocador e inteligente, “La otra chica negra” es un debut electrizante sobre la tensión que se crea cuando dos jóvenes negras se encuentran cara a cara en el mundo editorial neoyorkino, predominantemente blanco. La joven asistente editorial Nella Rogers está cansada de ser la única empleada negra en Wagner Books. Harta del aislamiento y las pequeñas ofensas, no puede evitar entusiasmarse cuando una nueva compañera negra, nacida y criada en Harlem, empieza a trabajar en el cubículo de al lado. Sin embargo, pronto una serie de incómodos acontecimientos convierten a Hazel en la predilecta de la oficina, y Nella es relegada a un segundo plano. Entonces empiezan a aparecer notas amenazantes en la mesa de Nella: «VETE DE WAGNER. AHORA.» Es difícil creer que Hazel esté detrás de esos mensajes hostiles. Pero cuando Nella empieza a obsesionarse con las siniestras fuerzas del juego, pronto se da cuenta de que está en riesgo mucho más que...

Reading, Grade 4

Autor: Spectrum

Número de Páginas: 179

Spectrum Reading brings curriculum content reading passages to life! The lessons, perfect for students in grade 4, strengthen reading skills by focusing on cause and effect, character analysis, context practice, research skills, and more! Each book provid

Complete Learning + Videos

Autor: Spectrum , Carson Dellosa Education

Número de Páginas: 354

4th Grade Reading, Writing, and Math Workbook for kids ages 9-10 Support your child’s educational journey with the innovative Spectrum Grade 4 Complete Learning + Videos Workbook! 4th grade workbooks are a great way for your child to learn essential language arts and math skills such as division and multiplication facts, fractions, grammar, reading passages, and more through a variety of activities that are both fun AND educational! Why You’ll Love This 4th Grade ELA & Math Book Featured QR codes link to free videos that reinforce lesson topics with one easy scan! The Spectrum Complete Learning + Videos 4th grade workbook not only features math, reading, and language arts lessons and activities, it also includes QR codes that link to free videos to help kids visualize new concepts and steps to solving problems. Testing progress along the way. Practice assessments are included to help track your child’s progress along the way before moving on to new and exciting lessons. Practically sized for every activity The 352-page 4th grade book is sized at about 8 inches x 11 inches—giving your child plenty of space to complete each exercise. About Spectrum For more than 20 years,...

Handbook of Engineering Polymeric Materials

Autor: P. Cheremisinoff

Número de Páginas: 897

Presenting practical information on new and conventional polymers and products as alternative materials and end-use applications, this work details technological advancements in high-structure plastics and elastomers, functionalized materials, and their product applications. The book also provides a comparison of manufacturing and processing techni

The Emperor's Black Swan

Autor: Karasmara

Número de Páginas: 424

Can a wolf and a swan be together? *** Darilus Gratagan is the Elven emperor of the Aluthia Empire. His rise to power brought to him a dark curse; a demonic wolf is infesting in his body. For a hundred and twelve years, he has managed to suppress the curse. But the demon is getting stronger, to the point that Darilus finds himself turning into a monster almost every night. He begins to desire blood and his people are in danger of himself. Until he finds the evil witch from Tollyria in his royal garden. “I can tame a demon dog,” she says. *** Sania has died. At least she thought so. But then she opens her eyes in Aluthia’s royal garden and when she looks at the reflection of the pond… she sees herself as a black swan. However, when night comes, she shifts back into her original form; the White Witch of Tollyria. For some reason, she cannot leave the royal garden. Then she meets the Emperor of Aluthia… in the form of a demonic wolf. “Make a deal with me,” he says. This story will be applied to PTR on Nov 5th 2021

The Inheritors

Autor: Eve Fairbanks

Número de Páginas: 247

Winner of the PEN/John Kenneth Galbraith Award for Nonfiction A dozen years in the making, The Inheritors weaves together the stories of three ordinary South Africans over five tumultuous decades in a sweeping and exquisite look at what really happens when a country resolves to end white supremacy. Dipuo grew up on the south side of a mine dump that segregated Johannesburg’s black townships from the white-only city. Some nights, she hiked to the top. To a South African teenager in the 1980s—even an anti-apartheid activist like Dipuo—the divide that separated her from the glittering lights on the other side appeared eternal. But in 1994, the world’s last explicit racial segregationist regime collapsed to make way for something unprecedented. With penetrating psychological insight, intimate reporting, and bewitching prose, The Inheritors tells the story of a country in the throes of a great reckoning. Through the lives of Dipuo, her daughter Malaika, and Christo—one of the last white South Africans drafted to fight for the apartheid regime—award-winning journalist Eve Fairbanks probes what happens when people once locked into certain kinds of power relations find their...

An Introduction to Medical Science

Autor: N. Durkin

Número de Páginas: 638

This is a book for beginners. I have tried to write a text that not voice their complaints in precise anatomical, biochemical would be helpful to students of diverse backgrounds who are or physiolq,gical terms. It would be an unusual patient who starting basic science studies in preparation for work in one complains that something is wrong with his or her DNA of the many health fields. synthesis, that his or her systolic blood pressure is too low, or that his or her blood sugar concentration is too high. Still, for In some ways this is a conventional text. It clearly states, for instance, that most people have but one heart, two students, the basic sciences are essential not only for knowing kidneys and 12 pairs of cranial nerves. In some ways it is how the body functions in health, but also for understanding different from other texts. First, it begins with the basic the signs and symptoms of disease, the how and why of physics, chemistry and biology necessary for understanding laboratory tests and clinical procedures, and the logic of anatomy, biochemistry and physiology. Secondly, it tries to correct diagnosis and treatment 'of disease. Knowledge stress the relevance of these...

Spectrum Reading Workbook, Grade 4

Autor: Spectrum

Número de Páginas: 180

4th grade reading comprehension workbooks for kids ages 9+ Support your child’s educational journey with Spectrum’s Reading Comprehension Grade 4 Workbook that teaches essential 4th grade reading comprehension skills. 4th grade reading comprehension workbooks are a great way for children to learn reading comprehension and critical thinking skills such as theme and summarization, integration of knowledge and ideas about a story, and more through a variety of passages and activities that are both fun AND educational! Why You’ll Love This Reading Comprehension Grade 4 Workbook Engaging and educational reading passages and activities. “Fiction and nonfiction stories”, “Post-reading questions”, and “Vocabulary builder exercises” are a few of the fun activities that incorporate reading to help inspire learning into your child’s classroom or homeschool curriculum. Tracking progress along the way. Use the answer key in the back of the 4th grade workbook to track student progress before moving on to new and exciting activities. Practically sized for every activity. The 174-page 4th grade book is sized at about 8 1⁄2 inches x 11 inches—giving your child plenty of...

The Faithfuls

Autor: Cecilia Lyra

Número de Páginas: 467

A summer house in the Hamptons doesn’t always buy happiness, as one woman is about to find out… For fifteen glorious years, Gina Dewar has been married to her college sweetheart Bobby. Years in which she has lived in the small company town of Alma, New York, lovingly raised their son Calan, been secretary of the Alma Social Club, and tried not to think too often of the family she said goodbye to when she became a Dewar. But then Bobby is publicly accused of having an affair, and Gina’s life changes overnight, overwhelmed with scandal, speculation and the agony of uncertainty. Gina’s sister-in-law Alice is her polar opposite, she has never appreciated the traditional values of Alma, or tried to fit in with its quaint neighborliness. But in these devastating circumstances, could she be the one person who can help Gina piece her life back together? After Gina makes the decision to trust Bobby, who has claimed his innocence all along, she hopes her family can move forward. But then she hears the rumor that his supposed mistress is pregnant and she is shaken to the core. With Alice’s unexpected support, Gina must face up to the secrets within her marriage, and do whatever she ...

Spectrum Grade 4

Autor: Spectrum

Número de Páginas: 324

Spectrum(R)Grade Specific for Grade 4 includes focused practice for reading, language arts, and math mastery. Skills include grammar and usage, parts of speech and sentence types, vocabulary acquisition and usage, multiplying and dividing, fractions and decimals, measurement conversions, classifying geometric figures, and preparing for algebra. Spectrum Grade Specific workbooks contain focused practice for language arts mastery. Each book also includes a writer's guide. Step-by-step instructions help children with planning, drafting, revising, proofreading, and sharing writing. The math activities build the skills that children need for math achievement and success. Children in grades 1 to 6 will find lessons and exercises that help them progress through increasingly difficult subject matter. Aligned to current state standards, Spectrum is your child’s path to language arts and math mastery.

Long-Term Properties of Polyolefins

Autor: Ann-christine Albertsson

Número de Páginas: 336

Mythology

Autor: Tulika Majumder, Mahendra Arya, Manmohan Sadana, Sanjai Banerji, Devajit Bhuyan, Aurobindo Ghosh, Kajari Guha, Rhodesia, Purnima Dixit, Indrani Chowdhury, Mitrajit Biswas, Alokparna Das, Ankita Dighe, Shilpi Saraswat, Riddhima Sen, Moumita De, Siddhartha Kaushik, Ashi Sharma, Dr. Alokparna Das , Subhamoy Das

Número de Páginas: 128

This Full Coloured Premium Coffee Table Book comprises stories and poetry on Mythology from across the World with beautiful oil and water colour painted illustrations.

A Game of Their Own

Autor: Jennifer Ring

Número de Páginas: 389

A Game of Their Own chronicles the largely invisible history of women in baseball and offers an account of the 2010 Women's World Cup tournament. Jennifer Ring includes oral histories of eleven members of the U.S. Women's National Team, from the moment each player picked up a bat and ball as a young girl to her selection for Team USA. Each story is unique, but they share common themes that will resonate with young female players and fans alike: facing skepticism and taunts from players and parents when taking the batter's box or the pitcher's mound, self-doubt, the unceasing pressure to switch to softball, and eventual acceptance by their baseball teammates as they prove themselves as ballplayers. These racially, culturally, and economically diverse players from across the country have ignored the message that their love of the national pastime is "wrong." Their stories come alive as they recount their battles and most memorable moments playing baseball - the joys of exceeding expectations and the pleasure of honing baseball skills and talent despite the lack of support.

Riversioux

Autor: The Peccary

Número de Páginas: 252

The author's search for his roots leads down paths unimagined or intended. The ensuing saga cuts a swath through frontier America, an America still young and yet unafraid. Great rewards are visible and attainable for an individual possessing raw courage and luck. Young Alanson Baker absolutely possesses courage and for awhile luck but, alas luck is fickle! Like his young nation, Alanson triumphs at times and at times suffers the wrenching pain of defeat. This is the entwined tale of a nation and a man, testing their conscience and their will to survive. Alanson, although not great, walked amongst the greats and was apart to great events; unfortunately, not all 'great' events are laudable. In time, history separates the good from the bad. Unfortunately this process usually comes to fruition only when both the conquering and conquered societies have long perished. In this tale, The Peccary attempts to tell the story of pioneer America from an interested but non-judgmental perspective. Likely some will be offended by this perspective of history while others may applaud, both reactions please the Peccary!

The Rough Guide to Kenya

Autor: Richard Trillo

Número de Páginas: 907

The Rough Guide to Kenya is the essential travel guide to East Africa's biggest travel destination. The Rough Guide to Kenya is the ultimate companion for coping with cosmopolitan Nairobi; trekking through the northern deserts; going on safari in Samburu, Amboseli or Tsavo national parks and crossing the Great Rift Valley in a four-wheel-drive, inspired by dozens of photos. The guide unearths the best safaris, sites, hotels, lodges, camps, restaurants, and nightlife across every price range and offers experienced advice on everything from diving the coral reef to visiting Swahili ruins and flying over the savannah. You'll find specialist coverage of Kenyan history, wildlife, music and literature plus insider tips on visiting Barack Obama's ancestral village of Kogelo. Explore all corners of Kenya with authoritative background on everything from Indian Ocean beaches to safaris in Maasai Mara and climbing Mount Kenya, relying on handy language tips and the clearest maps of any guide. Whether you're heading on a two-week safari or visiting the country to work be sure to eat, drink and talk like a Kenyan with this must-have guide. Make the most of your holiday with The Rough Guide to...

Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship

Autor: Tanja Collavo

Número de Páginas: 353

Foundations of Social Entrepreneurship presents definitions of social entrepreneurship, explains its benefits and challenges, describes the components of an ecosystem of support, and presents practical tools to approach social entrepreneurial projects. It is designed to be easily approachable by anyone without prior in-depth knowledge of the subject. The book is divided into two parts; the first provides readers with theoretical foundations to understand the phenomenon of social entrepreneurship, its different interpretations, the context in which it developed, and its socio-economic function. The second part of the book covers what it takes to create and manage a social entrepreneurial initiative. Pedagogical features are incorporated throughout to aid learning. They include summary tables, international case studies of social entrepreneurs from both developed and emerging economies, as well as suggested exercises and examples of how the tools presented are used in practice. Truly global in its scope, with a strong emphasis on combining theory with practice, this text should be core reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Social Entrepreneurship,...

La tierra de los hombres libres

Autor: Pablo Martínez De Anguita

Número de Páginas: 273

Durante tres semanas que cambiarán su vida para siempre, Inuka, "el que está en pie y pregunta", un adolescente africano de un tiempo pre-colonial buscará a su padre secuestrado por cazadores de esclavos. Para ello tendrá que recorrer lo que ahora es Kenia buscando a una tribu, la de los "uhuru", con la esperanza de que le ayuden a traerlo de vuelta a casa. A lo largo de su viaje se jugará la libertad y la vida por Malaika, la princesa misteriosa que rescatará de una caravana de esclavos y con la que compartirá su viaje en busca de la tierra de los hombres libres y de los "uhuru", sus guardianes, mientras escapan de las garras del malvado Alí, siempre dispuesto a matarle por una razón que Inuka desconoce. Este libro ha sido publicado por Ediciones Palabra Editorial.

Dictionnaire français-swahili

Autor: Charles Sacleux

Número de Páginas: 1066

Photostabilization of Polymers

Autor: J.f. Rabek

Número de Páginas: 607

During the last two decades, the production of polymers and plastics has been increasing rapidly. In spite of developing new polymers and polymeric materials, only 40-60 are used commercially on a large scale. It has been estimated that half of the annual production of polymers is employed outdoors. Increasing the stability of polymers and plastics towards heat, light, atmospheric oxygen and other environmental agents and weathering conditions has always been a very important problem. The photochemical instability of most of polymers limits them to outdoor application, where they are photo degraded fast over periods ranging from months to a few years. To the despair of technologists and consumers alike, photodegrada tion and environmental ageing of polymers occur much faster than can be expected from knowledge collected in laboratories. In many cases, improved methods of preparation and purification of both monomers and polymers yield products of better quality and higher resistance to heat and light. However, without stabilization of polymers by applica tion of antioxidants (to decrease thermal oxidative degradation) and photostabilizers (to decrease photo-oxidative degradation)...

Processing and Finishing of Polymeric Materials, 2 Volume Set

Autor: Wiley

Número de Páginas: 1477

An authoritative reference on the processing and finishing of polymeric materials for scientists and practitioners Owing to their versatility and wide range of applications, polymeric materials are of great commercial importance. Manufacturing processes of commercial products are designed to meet the requirements of the final product and are influenced by the physical and chemical properties of the polymeric material used. Based on Wiley's renowned Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology, Processing and Finishing of Polymeric Materials provides comprehensive, up-to-date details on the latest manufacturing technologies, including blending, compounding, extrusion,molding, and coating. Written by prominent scholars from industry, academia, and research institutions from around the globe, this reference features more than forty selected reprints from the Encyclopedia as well as new contributions, providing unparalleled coverage of such topics as: Additives Antistatic agents Bleaching Blowing agents Calendaring Casting Coloring processes Dielectric heating Electrospinning Embedding Processing and Finishing of Polymeric Materials is an ideal resource for polymer and materials...

Engineering Elastomers 2003

Número de Páginas: 246

Engineering or specialty elastomers are the stalwart materials of the rubber industry. They are high volume and medium priced elastomers, often employed in demanding applications, such as the automotive, industrial, medical and electrical industries. The Engineering Elastomers 2003 conference had an exciting series of papers from authors in both Europe and the USA, addressing the opportunities for growth in engineering elastomers, as well as the challenges to producers and users operating in a rapidly changing competitive environment. Session 1 Market Review; Session 2 Advances in Compounding and Production; Session 3 Advances in Elastomers; Session 4 Additives and Vulcanising Agents; Session 5: Technologies and Materials Analysis; Session 6: Developments In Production And Processing Technologies And Equipment; Session 7 Inter-materials Competition; Session 8 Developments In End Use Applications

The Behavioural Biology of Zoo Animals

Autor: Paul Rose

Número de Páginas: 603

"Zoo animals" as a population are a diverse array of species from all around the globe. When managed in captivity, it is important that key aspects of natural ecology are factored into animal care, as well as considerations relating to welfare, life history and behavioural needs. The Behavioural Biology of Zoo Animals is the first book on captive animal behaviour and how this applies to welfare. The book enables all aspects of zoo husbandry and management (nutrition, enclosure design, handling and training, enrichment, population management) to be based on a sound knowledge of the species, its evolutionary history and its natural history. Chapters from expert authors cover a vast range of taxa, from primates and elephants to marine mammals and freshwater fish, to reptiles, birds and invertebrates. A final part looks to the future, considering animal health and wellbeing, the visitor experience and future visions for zoos and aquariums. For on-the-ground practitioners as well as students of zoo biology, animal science and welfare, this book provides an explanation of key areas of behavioural biology that are important to fulfilling the aims of the modern zoo (conservation,...

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology

Autor: Herman Francis Mark

Número de Páginas: 826

This completely new Third Edition of the Mark Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology brings the state-of-the-art to the 21st century, with coverage of nanotechnology, new imaging and analytical techniques, new methods of controlled polymer architecture, biomimetics, and more. Whereas earlier editions published one volume at a time, the third edition is being published in 3 Parts of 4 volumes each. Each of these 4-volume Parts is an A-Z selection of the latest in polymer science and technology as published in the updated online edition of the Mark Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology (available at www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/epst). Order the 12 volume set (ISBN 0471275077) now for the best value and receive each of the 4 volume Parts as they publish. The complete list of titles to appear in Part 1 of this new third print edition can be viewed at www.mrw.interscience.wiley.com/epst and clicking on "What's New". Check this website often as new articles are added periodically.

Encyclopedia of Polymer Science and Technology: v. 1. A to coatings

Número de Páginas: 814

Graphic Showbiz

Autor: Nanabanyin Dadson

Número de Páginas: 16

The Career Counseling Casebook

Autor: Spencer G. Niles , Jane Goodman , Mark Pope

Número de Páginas: 280

Focus On: 100 Most Popular Actresses in Hindi Cinema

Autor: Wikipedia Contributors

Número de Páginas: 814

Wild Orphans

Número de Páginas: 158

Photographs and text document the lives of eight baby orphaned elephants and their surrogate human "mothers" over a two year period at the Nairobi National Park in Kenya, East Africa.

Tuseme Kiswahili

Autor: Fikeni E. M. K. Senkoro

Número de Páginas: 472

Tenure Track to Mommyville

Autor: Barbara Grosh

Número de Páginas: 176

Elaine Barlow has lost her job and her way. What should she do with the second half of her life, now that the vision that drove the first half is gone? Will she pull herself together before her marriage falls apart? Elaine discovers what so many professionals discovered in the era of corporate downsizing-you are more than what you do.

Kiswahili

Número de Páginas: 836

Focus On: 100 Most Popular 20Th-century Indian Actresses

Autor: Wikipedia Contributors

Número de Páginas: 717

L'autre Afrique

Número de Páginas: 656

Catéchisme de la doctrine chrétienne

Número de Páginas: 198

New African

Número de Páginas: 870

Verve

Número de Páginas: 896

Antioxidants in Science, Technology, Medicine and Nutrition

Autor: G. Scott

Número de Páginas: 358

This book demonstrates the relevance of antioxidant mechanisms to studies of antioxidants in both technology and biology and integrates it on the basis of the common mechanisms of peroxidation and antioxidant action. It applies present knowledge of antioxidants to our understanding of their role in preventing and treating common diseases including cardiovascular disease, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, ischaemia, pancreatitis, haemochromatosis, kwashiorlor, disorders of prematurity, and diseases of old age. The book is of considerable interest to scientists working in the materials and foodstuff industries, and to researchers seeking information on the connection between diet and health, and to those developing new drugs to combat diseases associated with oxidative stress. it is important also throughout the non-medical world, especially to the work force within the affected industries.

Mechanisms of Polymer Degradation and Stabilisation

Autor: G. Scott

Número de Páginas: 354

The purpose of this publication is two-fold. In the first place it is intended to review progress in the development of practical stabilising systems for a wide range of polymers and applications. A complemen tary and ultimately more important objective is to accommodate these practical developments within the framework of antioxidant theory, since there can be little question that further major advances in the practice of stabilisation technology will only be possible on a firm mechanistic foundation. With the continual increase in the number of commercial anti oxidants and stabilisers, often functioning by mechanisms not even considered ten years ago, there is a need for a general theory which will allow the potential user to predict the performance of a particular antioxidant structure under specific practical conditions. Any such predictive tool must involve a simplified kinetic approach to inhibited oxidation and, in Chapter 1, Denisov outlines a possible mechanistic approach with the potential to predict the most useful antioxidant to use and the limits of its usefulness. In Chapter 2, Schwetlick reviews the current state of knowledge on the antioxidant mechanisms of the...