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The True Lives Of The Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem (9781506722214)

Forget everything you already knew about the Fabulous Killjoys! Writers Gerard Way and Shaun Simon, along with Illustrator Leonardo Romero (Hawkeye), colorist Jordie Bellaire (Redlands), and letterer Nate Piekos (The Umbrella Academy) team up to present an all-new modern day Killjoys series as Way and Simon take it all the way back to the original story that inspired My Chemical Romance's concept album Danger Days and its dystopian comic book series in The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem. The Fabulous Killjoys, once a group of teenage exterminators determined to save reality, have lost their way--and their memories. After a period of mental confinement, former Killjoys leader Mike Milligram gets de-programmed and hits the road to bring the gang back together for a final showdown against an evil pharmaceutical corporation, their monstrous hitman, and savage gang rivals. Collects The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys: National Anthem #1-#6 and all covers, with ...

A Life in Parts (9780983080022)

On an ordinary winter day, Loretta Goebel was wrapping Christmas gifts in her basement when the doorbell rang. She rushed to answer the door, and in her haste, she hit her hand on the banister as she ran up the stairs. This seemingly innocuous injury eventually resulted in the amputation of both her legs, her left hand, and most of the fingers on her right hand. Through all her pain and loss, Loretta never gave up her quest to live a full life, and her story of triumph can inspire anyone struggling to adjust to difficult circumstances. Product details Format Paperback | 240 pages Dimensions 152 ...

Crea tu Propia Riqueza : Descubre el mundo de las inversiones y aprende a invertir en la bolsa de valores (0997419903)

Mi gran propósito en escribir este libro es darle las herramientas concretas y muy específicas para una manera simple y práctica comenzar su éxito en la bolsa de valores. Para que usted también entienda la gestión de estas herramientas que sólo una minoría privilegiada usan casi en secreto, para ganar mucho dinero.¿Estás listo? Prepárate, te llevaré de lo básico a lo más complejo para que puedas comenzar tu camino hacia el exito financiero; Que no es fácil, pero vale la pena saber. Una vez que hayas aprendido el camino, te aseguro que diferenciaras del 90% de la gente. Ya no preferirás, como ellos, entregar tu dinero a otros para obtener ganancias promedio sin que te des cuenta de lo que realmente está sucediendo en el mundo financiero.Tu tendrás el control de tus ganancias y la multiplicaras al máximo. Product details Format ...

The Thinking Girl's Guide to the Right Guy : How Knowing Yourself Can Help You Navigate Dating, Hookups, and Love (9781462516957)

Love--like life--is full of choices. But choices can be complicated. Do you want to settle down and get married? Do you want to maintain your independent lifestyle, yet still have a partner? Are you looking for a friend with benefits? According to relationship experts Joanne Davila and Kaycee Lashman, the key to finding the right guy for you is shifting the focus to you. This empowering guide offers evidence-based strategies and practical tools to help you figure out what you need to be happy and fulfilled--and whether he has what it takes. Vivid, realistic stories of women in their 20s illustrate how to approach dating with self-confidence, navigate conflict with communication and understanding, and recognize the red flags of unhealthy relationships. An exciting, caring, and respectful partnership is possible--build the skills to make it happen. Product details Format ...

Praying in Color (9781557255129)

Connect the Spiritual and Color! "Just as Julia Cameron, in The Artist's Way, showed the hardened Harvard businessman he had a creative artist lurking within, MacBeth makes it astonishingly clear that anyone with a box of colors and some paper can have a conversation with God." -Pubishers Weekly Need help communicating with God? Maybe you hunger to know God better. Maybe you love to doodle. Maybe you are a visual or kinesthetic learner, a distractable or impatient soul, or a word-weary pray-er. Perhaps you struggle with a short attention span, a restless body, or a tendency to live in your head. Praying in Color is a guidebook for a new way of approaching prayer, not a coloring book. Draw your own path to God, doodling your prayer requests, moments of gratitude, Scripture study and more. This prayer form can take as little or as much time as you have or want to commit, from 15 minutes to a weekend retreat. "A new prayer form gives God an invitation and a new door to ...

Pretending : The brilliant new adult novel from Holly Bourne. Why be yourself when you can be perfect? (9781473668171)

WHY BE YOURSELF WHEN YOU CAN BE PERFECT? **As featured on The High Low podcast** 'MAGNIFICENT. Brutally honest and righteously angry but still HUGELY enjoyable and engaging. I bow down!' Marian Keyes 'A thoughtful, intelligent, urgent novel women need to read.' Dolly Alderton The highly-anticipated new novel from Holly Bourne, bestselling author of HOW DO YOU LIKE ME NOW? _____________ He said he was looking for a 'partner in crime' which everyone knows is shorthand for 'a woman who isn't real'. April is kind, pretty, and relatively normal - yet she can't seem to get past date five. Every time she thinks she's found someone to trust, they reveal themselves to be awful, leaving her heartbroken. And angry. If only April could be more like Gretel. Gretel is exactly what men want - she's a Regular Everyday Manic Pixie Dream Girl Next Door With No Problems. The problem is, Gretel isn't real. And April is now claiming to be her...

Republic (9780872201361)

The revised edition of Grube's classic translation follows and furthers Grube's noted success in combining fidelity to Plato's text with natural readability, while reflecting the fruits of new scholarship and insights into Plato's thought since publication of the first edition in 1974. A new introduction, index, and bibliography by Professor Reeve are included in this new rendering. Product details Format Paperback | 392 pages Dimensions 140 x 216 x 25mm ...

行政伦理学手册(第2版)/公共行政与公共管理经典译丛 (9787300278681)

《行政伦理学手册》一书由美国著名行政伦理学家特里·L.库珀教授主编,由数十位行政伦理学及相关领域的知名学者联合撰著,是行政伦理学领域的鸿篇巨制和必读著作。全书从行政伦理学的学科发展、哲学视角、学科背景、外部控制、内部控制、美国社会的行政伦理、其他文化中的行政伦理等角度展开论述,百科全书式地呈现了行政伦理学的主要内容与当前行政伦理学的研究和理论发展所取得的成绩。本书认为,行政伦理学作为公共行政学的一个分支研究领域,兴起于20世纪70年代,其研究主题可以归纳为七个方面:公民身份和民主理论、美德伦理学、建国思想和日宪政传统、伦理学教育、组织背景、哲学的理论与视角、认知性道德发展。本书在行政伦理学的学科性质、研究视野与方法,以及行政伦理学与社会环境之间的关系等方面的相关阐述极具开创性,值得所有行政伦理学研习者参考和借鉴。 Product details Format Paperback | 609 pages Publication date 01 Jul 2020 Publisher ...

The Other Side (9780515148671)

Featuring a Lieutenant Eve Dallas novella, this collection of paranormal romance stories from five New York Times bestselling authors will take you to a realm where suspense, desire, and love have no bounds... In J. D. Robb's "Possession in Death," Lieutenant Eve Dallas has always sought justice for the dead, but now, a victim will seek her own vengeance-through Eve. In Mary Blayney's "The Other Side of the Coin," an earl and his countess struggle to understand one another, until they spend a day in each other's shoes-and bodies. In Patricia Gaffney's "The Dancing Ghost," a woman hires a spirit investigator to prove her ancestral home is haunted, but they end up debunking the mystery of love. In Ruth Ryan Langan's "Almost Heaven," a couple who dies in a car accident struggler to stay in their daughter's life to save her from the wrong man. And in Mary Kay McComas's "Never Too Late to Love," a practical ...

Practicing Happiness Workbook : How Mindfulness Can Free You from the Four Psychological Traps That Keep You Stressed, Anxious, and Depressed (9781608829033)

Are you looking for a better life-one filled with true contentment and joy? Everyone wants to be happy, but somewhere along the way, we fall into "traps" that prevent us from reaching our potential, our goals, and the lives we want. Sure to be a classic in the self-help genre, Practicing Happiness utilizes a cutting-edge transdiagnostic approach at the forefront of contemporary behavioral therapy to help you break free from these psychological traps, once and for all. In this important and groundbreaking workbook, internationally-recognized mindfulness expert Ruth Baer discusses the four most common psychological traps that people get stuck in: rumination, avoidance, emotion-driven behavior, and self-criticism. To help you get past these traps, Baer provides powerful, proven-effective mindfulness strategies, exercises, and worksheets to guide you, step-by-step, to the life that you deserve. Chapter by chapter, you will learn how to apply these mindfulness skills in everyday s...

Linear Algebra and Learning from Data (9780692196380)

Linear algebra and the foundations of deep learning, together at last! From Professor Gilbert Strang, acclaimed author of Introduction to Linear Algebra, comes Linear Algebra and Learning from Data, the first textbook that teaches linear algebra together with deep learning and neural nets. This readable yet rigorous textbook contains a complete course in the linear algebra and related mathematics that students need to know to get to grips with learning from data. Included are: the four fundamental subspaces, singular value decompositions, special marices, large matrix computation techniques, compressed sensing, probability and statistics, optimization, the architecture of neural nets, stochastic gradient descent and backpropagation. Product details Format Hardback | 446 pages...

Poet of Revolution : The Making of John Milton (9780691154695)

A groundbreaking biography of Milton's formative years that provides a new account of the poet's political radicalization John Milton (1608-1674) has a unique claim on literary and intellectual history as the author of both Paradise Lost, the greatest narrative poem in English, and prose defences of the execution of Charles I that influenced the French and American revolutions. Tracing Milton's literary, intellectual, and political development with unprecedented depth and understanding, Poet of Revolution is an unmatched biographical account of the formation of the mind that would go on to create Paradise Lost-but would first justify the killing of a king. Biographers of Milton have always struggled to explain how the young poet became a notorious defender of regicide and other radical ideas such as freedom of the press, religious toleration, and republicanism. In this groundbreaking intellectual biography of Milton's formative years, Nicholas McDowell draws on recen...

Trick or Tea (9781989465219)

Will tea bags come between Claire and Richard? It's 1987 and Claire's Tea Shop is losing business to herbal teas that promise health benefits, the doughnut shop that serves smokers, and Claire's ultimate nemesis: tea bags that offer convenience. So intently focused on saving her business, Claire's romantic feelings for Richard, her husband of almost 20 years, have all but evaporated. Seeing his wife struggle leaves Richard's heart steeped in sadness. She refuses his every offer of help but it's almost Halloween and Claire must turn things around by Christmas or risk closing her store forever. Richard takes one last courageous stand: He suggests Claire sell tea bags. Trick or Tea is the second short story prequel to Lori Wolf-Heffner's Tea Shop for Two, the first book in her sweet romance series, Love on Belmont. If you love books and tea, soak up the flavours of this fun romance while you enjoy your favourite cuppa. ...

Colour and Light : A Guide for the Realist Painter (9780740797712)

A researched study on two of art's most fundamental themes, Colour and Light bridges the gap between abstract theory and practical knowledge. Beginning with a survey of under appreciated masters who perfected the use of colour and light, the book examines how light reveals form, the properties of colour and pigments, and the wide variety of atmospheric effects. Gurney cuts through the confusing and contradictory dogma about colour, testing it in the light of science and observation. A glossary, pigment index, and bibliography complete what will ultimately become an indispensable tool for any artist. This book is the second in a series based on his blog, gurneyjourney.com. His first in the series, Imaginative Realism, was widely acclaimed in the fantastical art world, and was ranked no.1 bestseller on the Amazon list for art insturction. Product details Format ...

Natural Soap Book (9780882668888)

Making your own soap is fun, easy, and rewarding. In this introductory guide, Susan Miller Cavitch shows you how to craft your own all-natural, wonderfully smelling soaps. Illustrated directions take you through the whole process, from buying supplies to cutting the final bars. With easy-to-follow recipes that range from classics like oatmeal and honey soap to more adventurous combinations using goat milk and borage, you'll be inspired to make uniquely personal soaps that are gentle on your skin and a pleasure for your nose. Product details Format Paperback | 192 pages Dimensions 152 ...

Dear Reader : The Comfort and Joy of Books (9781509891528)

'I loved this book . . . I'm so desperate for you all to share in its wonder' - Elizabeth Day, author of How To Fail. Dear Reader is a moving, funny and joyous exploration of how books can change the course of your life, packed with recommendations from one reader to another. For as long as she can remember, Cathy Rentzenbrink has lost and found herself in stories. Growing up she was rarely seen without her nose in a book and read in secret long after lights out. When tragedy struck, books kept her afloat. Eventually they lit the way to a new path, first as a bookseller and then as a writer. No matter what the future holds, reading will always help. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Last Act of Love. 'A love letter to stories and reading . . . a book to cherish' - Nina Stibbe, author of Love, Nina Product details Format ...

Home Spa Aromatherapy Pack (9781841728414)

Aromatherapy is a holistic treatment that promotes overall wellbeing rather than treating an illness in isolation. This Home Spa pack contains 40 laminated cards covering different aspects of the ancient art, each beautifully illustrated. Ten cards give information on the practice of aromatherapy, including how to blend essential oils and what precautions to take; ten profile commonly used aromatherapy oils, from eucalyptus to lavender; ten describe techniques for using aromatherapy; and ten provide remedies for everything from respiratory ailments to insomnia. Product details Format Diary | 40 pages Dimensions ...