Download or read book Vegetarianism and Science Fiction written by Joshua Bulleid and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-11-07 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vegetarianism and Science Fiction: A History of Utopian Animal Ethics examines how vegetarian ideals promoted within science fiction and utopian literature have had a real-world impact on the awareness and spread of vegetarianism and animal advocacy, as well as how the genres' engagements have been altered to reflect changes in ethical and environmental philosophy. Author Joshua Bulleid examines the representation of vegetarianism in the works of major science fiction authors, including Mary Shelley, H. G. Wells, Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ernest Callenbach, Marge Piercy, Octavia E. Butler, Kim Stanley Robinson and Margaret Atwood within their evolving social contexts, tracing the development of vegetarian trends and their science fictional representations from the early-nineteenth century to the present day.
Download or read book 1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders written by Ellen Notbohm and published by Future Horizons. This book was released on 2004 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 1001 suggestions for meeting the day-to-day challenges faced by children with autism spectrum disorders, covering communication, social issue, behavior, self-care, and other topics.
Download or read book Moderator topics written by and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Guardian Soldier written by Lindsey Bramson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-04-28 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the summer of 1941, German troops laid siege to the city of Leningrad (present-day St. Petersburg). The siege lasted nine hundred days and was one of the most tragic periods in the history of the city. While escaping across Lake Ladoga, Nicolae, a fifteen-year-old Russian boy, reluctantly agrees to take a Jewish orphan girl named Esther with him. The two set off together to find refuge in a city in Finland where they can only guess they will be safe. Along the way, Nicolae encounters secrets and betrayals that will ultimately change his life and discovers just how important protecting a nine-year-old girl can be.
Download or read book Dragon Born Series written by R.D. Pearson and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Emelias walked down the street surrounded by people going about their daily lives. The same life he was stuck in. He decided he didn't want to be stuck in it much longer; he didn't want to be stuck anywhere. Soon he would avenge the lives of all those killed; his family and species and he would start living the life he should be living. As a dragon!There was only one small obstacle; he had to kill the last three known living dragons, his brothers. Easy, right? After that, he could make his world whatever he wanted.
Download or read book Buried Secrets written by Ginna Wilkerson and published by JMS Books LLC. This book was released on 2017-07-22 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Emelia Behrends is caught in bed with her girlfriend Taylor by her strict Southern Baptist mother, she thinks nothing worse could ever happen. But when she’s sent to a small town in Kentucky to live with her aunt, stranger things do indeed happen. An incident in the gym locker room starts tongues wagging, and soon the popular crowd are spreading rumors. Thankfully, Emelia meets would-be witch Hillary and the two band together as misfits and friends. Then Mariah enters the picture, and Emelia is instantly attracted. Mariah is entranced with Emelia’s beautiful smile and silky red hair, but she harbors deep secrets that might make all the difference between romance and tragedy. The mystery begins to unravel when the topic of the Salem witch trials is introduced at school. Who is Mariah, and where did she really come from? And will Mariah’s buried secrets mean another love lost for Emelia?
Download or read book War and Turpentine written by Stefan Hertmans and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-08-09 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year The life of Urbain Martien—artist, soldier, survivor of World War I—lies contained in two notebooks he left behind when he died in 1981. In War and Turpentine, his grandson, a writer, retells his grandfather’s story, the notebooks providing a key to the locked chambers of Urbain’s memory. With vivid detail, the grandson recounts a whole life: Urbain as the child of a lowly church painter, retouching his father’s work;dodging death in a foundry; fighting in the war that altered the course of history; marrying the sister of the woman he truly loved; being haunted by an ever-present reminder of the artist he had hoped to be and the soldier he was forced to become. Wrestling with this tale, the grandson straddles past and present, searching for a way to understand his own part in both. As artfully rendered as a Renaissance fresco, War and Turpentine paints an extraordinary portrait of one man’s life and reveals how that life echoed down through the generations. (With black-and-white illustrations throughout)
Download or read book The Traveling Therapist written by VLove and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2022-09-12 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If Dr. Spector asks, "What are you willing to do?" you say without hesitation, "Anything." A renowned Boston therapist quits his practice to travel across the country to live for three months with families who have mental health issues. If he selects your families, be sure that you experience his brand of in-your-face conditioning with off-the-wall professionalism that leads to several hilarious yet provocative interventions, not to forget his very candid viewpoint. After four years of hardship, this changed man selfishly selects a family, the Neads, who live behind the green door in a very descriptive brownstone with too many secrets. When therapy failed, a grave circumstance ensued throughout the neighborhood, causing family friction. Hoping for an alternative solution, a hospital psychiatrist with a kind heart tells the mother about an unorthodox treatment plan performed by an out-of-the-box psychiatrist. Enter the Traveling Therapist. Weeks later, he arrives, parking on the street filled with neighbors who stare at this strange man getting out of his high-priced car. With a sense of belonging, he smiles and waves, then makes his way to the residence with a "tell, not ask" policy. Confused and bored at first to sit through his lectures of mental illness with his cut-to-the-chase style and constant reminders that he will not depart until satisfied. Confronted with a difficult decision, the family finally unites to make life-altering choices.
Download or read book Salt to the Sea written by Ruta Sepetys and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-08-01 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the Carnegie Medal! "A superlative novel . . . masterfully crafted."--The Wall Street Journal Based on "the forgotten tragedy that was six times deadlier than the Titanic."--Time Winter 1945. WWII. Four refugees. Four stories. Each one born of a different homeland; each one hunted, and haunted, by tragedy, lies, war. As thousands desperately flock to the coast in the midst of a Soviet advance, four paths converge, vying for passage aboard the Wilhelm Gustloff, a ship that promises safety and freedom. But not all promises can be kept . . . This paperback edition includes book club questions and exclusive interviews with Wilhelm Gustloff survivors and experts.
Download or read book Reconstructing Amelia written by Kimberly McCreight and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-04-01 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stressed single mother and law partner Kate is in the meeting of her career when she is interrupted by a telephone call to say that her teenaged daughter Amelia has been suspended from her exclusive Brooklyn prep school for cheating on an exam. Torn between her head and her heart, she eventually arrives at St Grace's over an hour late, to be greeted by sirens wailing and ambulance lights blazing. Her daughter has jumped off the roof of the school, apparently in shame of being caught. A grieving Kate can't accept that her daughter would kill herself: it was just the two of them and Amelia would never leave her alone like this. And so begins an investigation which takes her deep into Amelia's private world, into her journals, her email account and into the mind of a troubled young girl. Then Kate receives an anonymous text saying simply: AMELIA DIDN'T JUMP. Is someone playing with her or has she been right all along?
Download or read book A Hope and A Future written by Katrina L Wampler and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2008-08-22 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Certainly we all have a past...something we are trying to outrun or escape," Officer Nicholas Watson says to a distraught Jessica as they each fight for their own freedom. An entire platoon is violently taken hostage in Iraq and only Nicholas makes it out alive, but not without a price. Jessica has spent her entire life running from a past she can't seem to forget. They come together as a nurse and patient, resulting in a whirlwind romance that will forever alter their lives.
Download or read book The Scariest Dinosaur written by Roy P Awbery and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-08-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introducing "The Scariest Dinosaur" - a delightful and captivating illustrated children's book that will enchant young dinosaur enthusiasts. Join a curious mouse on a quest to discover who the scariest creature truly is, in a surprising twist that challenges preconceived notions. Perfect for children who are fascinated by dinosaurs, this light-hearted and rhyming story provides an engaging lesson in never judging someone based on size alone. Ideal for bedtime reading, this humorous book is tailored for children aged 3-8 years old. With beautifully illustrated images and hidden surprises, young readers will embark on an entertaining journey into the world of dinosaurs. Authored by Roy P. Awbery, an accomplished artist and storyteller, "The Scariest Dinosaur" is a heartwarming debut that merges his passion for art and imaginative storytelling. Don't miss this delightful addition to your child's library.
Download or read book The Aging Mind written by Esther B. Boggs and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Aging Mind By: Esther B. Boggs Cynthia Client was a 93 year old wealthy woman who worked her way up from an uneducated child whose mother didn’t believe in educating girls to the one supporting her entire family. With her determination and hard work, she home schools herself and secures a job at one of the largest companies in Hartford, Connecticut. She saves and invests her hard earned money anxiously waiting to enjoy her retirement at her old age. Shortly after she retired, she is diagnosed with dementia. Annelle Bright, Cynthia’s patient care assistant (PCA) becomes her closest confidant and she tells Annelle her life stories. Together, the two women learn from each other’s ups and down real life experiences. The Aging Mind sheds light on the life we all live here on earth and how it can be interrupted by different circumstances, such as diseases. It details some of the relationship between elderly dementia/Alzheimer’s patients, their families and care givers. I hope you read this book in quietness with an open mind and allow yourself to become each character in the book and consider how you would tackle some of the issues they encounter. My greatest wish is that readers will spread the word to protect our senior citizens all around the world.
Download or read book Kingdom of the Wicked written by Kerri Maniscalco and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A James Patterson Presents Novel From the #1 New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Stalking Jack the Ripper series comes a new blockbuster series... Two sisters.One brutal murder. A quest for vengeance that will unleash Hell itself... And an intoxicating romance. Emilia and her twin sister Vittoria are streghe -- witches who live secretly among humans, avoiding notice and persecution. One night, Vittoria misses dinner service at the family's renowned Sicilian restaurant. Emilia soon finds the body of her beloved twin...desecrated beyond belief. Devastated, Emilia sets out to find her sister's killer and to seek vengeance at any cost-even if it means using dark magic that's been long forbidden. Then Emilia meets Wrath, one of the Wicked-princes of Hell she has been warned against in tales since she was a child. Wrath claims to be on Emilia's side, tasked by his master with solving the series of women's murders on the island. But when it comes to the Wicked, nothing is as it seems...
Download or read book Burnout written by Emily Nagoski, PhD and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2019-03-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “This book is a gift! I’ve been practicing their strategies, and it’s a total game changer.”—Brené Brown, PhD, author of Dare to Lead “A primer on how to stop letting the world dictate how you live and what we think of ourselves, Burnout is essential reading [and] . . . excels in its intersectionality.”—Bustle This groundbreaking book explains why women experience burnout differently than men—and provides a roadmap to minimizing stress, managing emotions, and living more joyfully. Burnout. You, like most American women, have probably experienced it. What’s expected of women and what it’s really like to exist as a woman in today’s world are two different things—and we exhaust ourselves trying to close the gap. Sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, are here to help end the all-too-familiar cycle of feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. They compassionately explain the obstacles and societal pressures we face—and how we can fight back. You’ll learn • what you can do to complete the biological stress cycle • how to manage the “monitor” in your brain that regulates the emotion of frustration • how the Bikini Industrial Complex makes it difficult for women to love their bodies—and how to defend yourself against it • why rest, human connection, and befriending your inner critic are keys to recovering from and preventing burnout With the help of eye-opening science, prescriptive advice, and helpful worksheets and exercises, all women will find something transformative in Burnout—and will be empowered to create positive change. A BOOKRIOT BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR
Download or read book Kingdom of Exiles written by Maxym M. Martineau and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Has all the lush world-building and intoxicating magic of the Harry Potter universe" — Entertainment Weekly "Lush and sweeping swords-and-sorcery romance" — The New York Times Assassin's Creed meets Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them in this gripping, epic fantasy romance trilogy. My heart wasn't part of the deal when I bargained for my life, But assassins so rarely keep their word. Exiled Charmer Leena Edenfrell is running out of time. Empty pockets forced her to sell her beloved magical beasts—an offense punishable by death—and now there's a price on her head. With the realm's most talented murderer-for-hire nipping at her heels, Leena makes Noc an offer he can't refuse: powerful mythical creatures in exchange for her life. Plagued by a curse that kills everyone he loves, Noc agrees to Leena's terms in hopes of finding a cure. Never mind that the dark magic binding the assassin's oath will eventually force him to choose between Leena's continued survival...and his own. The Beast Charmer Series: Kingdom of Exiles The Frozen Prince (coming early 2020) The Shattered Crown (coming late 2020)
