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Après dix années passées à Richmond, Will Seems revient dans la petite ville où il a grandi pour prendre un poste d'adjoint au shérif. Il y retrouve cette terre du sud de la Virginie hantée par l'histoire, celle des riches plantations de tabac et de l'esclavage, que le progrès semble avoir oublié. Will devra affronter ceux de son propre passé lorsqu'un de ses amis d'enfance est assassiné. Alors qu'un vieil homme est suspecté, la communauté noire de la région engage une détective privée, Bennico Watts, pour l'innocenter.

From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the T'ang Dynasty, from the birth of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled.

In this sweeping new historical series by Virginia Wise, a young woman finds a new life in America's first Amish settlement - and discovers that love requires a special sort of courage...Pennsylvania, 1737. Greta Scholtz braved a perilous journey - and the loss of her beloved father - to find religious freedom in America. With two orphan children she's taken under her wing, she's trying hard to survive this rugged new world. So she won't let settlement elders pressure her into marrying reserved widower Jacob Miller.

Over five lectures, Gavin Flood, professor of Hindu Studies and Comparative Religion in the Theology and Religion Faculty at Campion Hall at Oxford University, gives an overview of the history, theory, and practice of Tantra. He explores aspects from the Śaiva Siddhānta tradition to the Non-Saiddhāntika, to Buddhist Tantra. He gives an overview of the many developments in thought, cosmologies, and the varied and fascinating practices that have emerged over the centuries.

Far too often, public discussion of science is carried out by journalists, voters, and politicians who have received their science secondhand. The Story of Western Science shows us the joy and importance of reading groundbreaking science writing for ourselves and guides us back to the masterpieces that have changed the way we think about our world, our cosmos, and ourselves.

This is the first volume in a bold new series that tells the stories of all peoples, connecting historical events from Europe to the Middle East to the far coast of China, while still giving weight to the characteristics of each country. Susan Wise Bauer provides both sweeping scope and vivid attention to the individual lives that give flesh to abstract assertions about human history. This narrative history employs the methods of "history from beneath" - literature, epic traditions, private letters, and accounts - to connect kings and leaders with the lives of those they ruled.

What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi's tomb? Did nomads like lizard stew? What happened to Anansi the Spider in the Village of the Plantains? And how did a six-year-old become the last emperor of Rome? Told in a straightforward, engaging style that has become Susan Wise Bauer's trademark, The Story of the World series covers the sweep of human history from ancient times until the present. Africa, China, Europe, the Americas—find out what happened all around the world in long-ago times.

Now more than ever, our children need to learn about the people who live all around the world. This engaging guide to other lands weaves world history into a storybook format. Designed as a project for parents and children to share (or for older listeners to enjoy alone), this book covers the major historical events in the years 1600-1850 on each continent, with tales from each culture.

After a decade of exile precipitated by the tragic death of his mother, Will Seems returns home from Richmond to rural Southside Virginia, taking a job as deputy sheriff in a landscape given way to crime and defeat. Impoverished and abandoned, this remote land of tobacco plantations, razed forests, and boarded up homes seems stuck in the past in a state that is trying to forget its complex history and move on.

Rien de tel pour bien commencer cette année 2024 que de faire le point sur l'année écoulée, et quoi de mieux que de (re)découvrir les nouvelles que les lectrices et lecteurs ont préférées en 2023 ? Cette collection de 10 nouvelles saura vous combler par sa diversité. Dans cette ode au plaisir décomplexé, au partage et à la découverte de soi, rien n'arrête les personnages pour concrétiser leurs envies comme ils le veulent et quand ils le veulent, qu'ils se trouvent dans la nature, en voiture ou chez des voisins. Tous les moyens sont bons pour y parvenir et personne n'est jamais de trop.

"Allows readers to practically experience firsthand how humans have adapted to and dealt with disease throughout history...necessary and timely...engaging and entertaining. Highly recommended." ―Library Journal, starred "[A] splendid examination...Deeply insightful if unsettling." ―Kirkus...

Enemies become lovers, rivalry turns to romance, and convenient marriages create true love in these 12 addictive tales. Featuring Olivie Blake, Kelley Armstrong, Katherine Arden, Hannah Nicole Maehrer, Tasha Suri, Melissa Marr and more. A gorgeous collection of 12 original fantasy romance...

Beginning in the heady days just after the First Crusade, this volume - the third in the series that began with The History of the Ancient World and The History of the Medieval World - chronicles the contradictions of a world in transition. Impressively researched and brilliantly told, The History of the Renaissance World offers not just the names, dates, and facts but the memorable characters who illuminate the years between 1100 and 1453 - years that marked a sea change in mankind's perception of the world.

« C’est si mal, se dit-elle en laissant ses doigts explorer sa peau. Si mal mais si bon. L’espace d’un instant, elle oublie que des centaines de regards sont posés sur elle. Il n’y a plus que le bruit de sa respiration et la sensation de ses doigts glissant vers sa culotte. »

For 25 years, The Story of the World has helped millions of children fall in love with history. Now, the Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition brings the sweep and drama of the human story to a new generation of listeners. Susan Wise Bauer has updated and expanded this history, while retaining the engaging and accessible style that made the original so beloved. From the pyramids of Egypt to the palaces of China, from the rise of the first cities to the fall of the Roman Empire, The Story of the World will captivate your child.

I tell the truth sideways.I am a licensed counselor, a visual artist, and the author of Pieces of the Mind: Posting Secrets — an illustrated memoir that traces what religion and trauma leave behind in a body, and what it takes to reclaim it.For years I practiced those two identities separately...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. This is an audio adaptation of the ⁠OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e textbook⁠. This audiobook is produced by ⁠Audileo⁠. Anatomy and Physiology 2e is developed to meet the scope and sequence for a two-semester human anatomy and physiology...

Stary trend z lat 70. powrócił do domów na przedmieściach Montrealu — mężowie i żony uprawiali dobrowolny seks z innymi małżeństwami w ramach niezbyt tajnego klubu seksualnego. Valerie Matthews dołączyła do Swap Clubu pełna entuzjazmu, a teraz, po dwóch latach realizowania najdzikszych pragnień, jej życie seksualne rozkwitło, ale jej związki ucierpiały. Jej małżeństwo jest zagrożone, a przyjaźnie napięte.

A lush and elegant collection of tales—many having appeared in various “Best Of” anthologies—teeming with frightful and tragic events, yet profoundly and intimately human. These chilling tales will engross and enthrall. For listeners of Kelly Link, Carmen Maria Machado, and Angela Carter, this is a must have collection of ghostly tales set to deliver a frisson of terror and glee.

As an autistic person or neurodivergent individual with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), you may sometimes feel as if you're living in a world that wasn't designed for you. You may have sensory sensitivities, social difficulties, struggles with executive functioning, sleep issues, depression, anxiety, burnout and meltdowns, and trauma from a lifetime of marginalization and microaggressions.