A fantastical field guide to the hidden history of New York\'s magical past Manhattan has a pervasive quality of glamour-a heightened sense of personality generated by a place whose cinematic, literary, and commercial celebrity lends an aura of the fantastic to even its most commonplace locales. Enchanted New York chronicles an alternate history of this magical isle. It offers a tour along Broadway,

Lichens are symbiotic organisms in which fungi and algae and/or cyanobacteria form an intimate biological union. This diverse group is found in almost all terrestrial habitats from the tropics to polar regions. In this second edition, four completely new chapters cover recent developments in the study of these fascinating organisms, including lichen genetics and sexual reproduction, stress physiology

Take to the skies with the scrappy crew of the airship Quin Zaza, as they hunt the fantastical giants that rule their world... DRAGONS! SETTLING TWO OLD SCORES Celebration for the new Quinn Zaza\'s completion is cut short by some troubling news. The slayer crew of the Plana Grava plans on killing the legendary dragon Typhon to secure a contract that will endanger the dragon population with overhunting!

\"Polly Stewart\'s The Good Ones is a fantastic achievement. A classic Southern Gothic tale told through the prism of modern-day sensibilities. Not to be missed.\"--S. A. Cosby, New York Times bestselling author of Razorblade Tears\"A riveting, unflinching exploration of adolescent female friendships, small-town pressures to conform, and the true crime lover\'s tendency to conflate empathy and voyeurism,

This book contains perfume recipes. As well as formulations and accords, there are also adventures in a single note i.e. ISO E Super. The volume is completed with a section on \"Games\" in which the reader is encouraged to play with some oils and aroma chemicals and by varying quantities, achieve different

Good self-control is a crucial factor in the distribution of life outcomes, ranging from success at school and work, to good mental and physical health, and to satisfying romantic relationships. While in the last decades psychologists have learned much about this all-important trait, both social theory and politics have not caught up. Many academics and policymakers still seem to believe that everybody

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding

Dirk Lloyd, the Dark Lord trapped in the body of a weedy schoolboy, returns in another darkly hilarious adventure... Brilliantly funny and subversive, this is the Funny Prize-winning Jamie Thomson at his best. Fear me, o miserable worm I, the Great Dirk, take up my pen once more to record the utter misery that is SCHOOL. My sworn enemy, Hasdruban the White, has infiltrated Whiteshields School and

What is hate and why is there so much of it? How does it originate, and what can we do about it? These are some of the questions addressed in The Nature of Hate. This book opens with a discussion of how hate makes its presence felt in the real world. Then it discusses various definitions and theories of hate. Next it describes a duplex - two-part - theory of hate. According to the first part of the

The amazing predictions of the \"Seer of Provence\" are collected in this startling book. Learn the strange, cryptic secrets of the mysterious, legendary Michel de Nostredame, who foretold world wars, Napoleon, Hitler, rockets, nuclear power, automobiles, television, the assassination of John F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, and the coming of the \"Antichrist,\" and all of this HUNDREDS of years

The spirit of Anne is alive and well in Mariah Marsden\'s crisp adaptation, and it\'s a thrill to watch as the beloved orphan rushes headlong through Brenna Thummler\'s heavenly landscapes. Together Marsden and Thummler conjure all the magic and beauty of Green Gables. Like Anne herself, you won\'t want to leave. -- Brian Selznick, author/illustrator of \"The Invention of Hugo Cabret\" and \"The Marvels\"

Once seen as a prediction of the sinking of the\" Titanic,\" this novella was written 14 years before that ill-fated event of 1912--now, on the centenary anniversary of the \"Titanic\'s\" sinking, the striking similarities can be examined again in this new edition John Rowland, a disgraced former Royal Navy lieutenant, has taken employment as a lowly deck hand aboard the largest ship ever to have sailed,

Howard T. Odum possessed one of the most innovative minds of the twentieth century. He pioneered the fields of ecological engineering, ecological economics, and environmental accounting, working throughout his life to better understand the interrelationships of energy, environment, and society and their importance to the well-being of humanity and the planet. This volume is a major modernization of

Berlin is home to Europe\'s largest Palestinian diaspora community and one of the world\'s largest Israeli diaspora communities. Germany\'s guilt about the Nazi Holocaust has led to a public disavowal of anti-Semitism and strong support for the Israeli state. Meanwhile, Palestinians in Berlin report experiencing increasing levels of racism and Islamophobia. In The Moral Triangle Sa\'ed Atshan and Katharina

Discover the dozens of nautically flavored craft projects you can make with rope You will be surprised by the fancy projects you can make with a square knot, a double-French hitching, or four-strand braids (a dog collar, a tool grip, and a decorated picture frame, respectively) You can also tie the sailor\'s Turk\'s Head knot into a bracelet and morph a monkey\'s fist knot into a doorstop or a fun

The little black dress is classic, timeless and a fashion failsafe: in short, no woman should be without one. But where to find a tailor-made LBD, one that fits you perfectly and complements your body shape? The answer is to make it yourself Even if you have never before sewn a stitch, expert dressmaker Simon Henry will guide you through the process of making the perfect little black dress. The book

A new original graphic novel from the team behind the New York Times bestselling Plants vs. Zombies comics, Paul Tobin and Ron Chan Benson, young teen boy with dreams of venturing into space and becoming a Galactic Ranger, is given the chance to make his hopes a reality when he\'s selected to join an elite academy full of strange characters and unusual alien classmates. But when a combination of culture

Rocket into space with these brilliant space science

An entertaining social and cultural history of cycling in post-war Europe seen through the eyes of a veteran racing