This is a guide for triathletes who want to reduce and manage their weight while living a multidimensional life. Every triathlete wants to be faster and to look faster. The lean physique of successful triathletes invites and inspires everyday athletes to look the part. Looks are an important source [...]
"Betancourt's riveting account...is an unforgettable epic of moral courage and human endurance." -"Los Angeles Times" In the midst of her campaign for the Colombian presidency in 2002, Ingrid Betancourt traveled into a military-controlled region, where she was abducted by the FARC, a brutal terroris[...]
A young African boy watches a shooting star falling for his Mama's new baby. The whole village comes together to provide gifts for mother and child. But when he sees his papa smiling at the baby's tiny hands which are just like Papa's own hands, his heart grows dark, like a night with no moon. At la[...]
The designs of the Nordic nations - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden - are today taken for granted, so familiar are we with the blonde wood, cool, airy spaces and clean design values of the north. However, during the first wave of Scandinavian design in the mid-twentieth century, many of[...]
Ingrid Bergman was one of the biggest and most glamorous stars in Hollywood. She hadstarred in several now-classic films: Casablanca, Spellbound, Notorious, Gaslight; and her co-stars included such icons as Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant and Gregory Peck. Already a movie star in hernative Sweden, Ingri[...]
This book takes a life course perspective, analysing and comparing the biographies of mothers and fathers in seven European countries in context. Based on an innovative, cross-national EU study, it examines the ways in which working parents negotiate the transition to parenthood and attempt to find [...]
When, how and why do clothes become fashion? Fashion is more than mere clothing. It is a moment of invention, a distillation of desire, a reflection of a zeitgeist. It is also a business relying on an intricate network of manufacture, marketing and retail. Fashion is both medium and message but it d[...]
John Lindley is honoured nowadays as the foremost British orchidologist of the 19th century, indeed by some as "the father of orchidology". He is especially remembered for his fundamental achievement in the classification, description and naming of orchids. He established more than 120 genera of Orc[...]
This practical book describes how the principles of ergonomics should be applied by occupational therapists. It clearly demonstrates how to create functional environments to prevent injuries and enabling people with disabilities to engage in everyday occupations. Occupational stress and other psycho[...]
When Beaver gets hurt trying to fix some holes in the roof of his new lodge, his friends Hedgehog and Bear come to the rescue, carrying him off to Bear?s cave to recuperate. While Beaver sleeps, Hedgehog and Bear gather stones, sticks, grasses, and mud, not merely repairing the damaged lodge but als[...]
The third in a landmark series of annual anthologies, "The Best British Short Stories 2013" brings you the best of short fiction, by British writers, first published in 2012. These stories first appeared in magazines from "Stand" to "Granta", in anthologies across various genres from publishers big [...]
When Ingrid Steel was first put into an orphanage at the age of four, she did not even know her real name. Nor would anyone tell her who her parents were, or what had happened to them. After years of bullying, deprivation and gratuitous punishment - even sexual abuse - in a series of homes and orpha[...]
"Looking back, I wonder if I had an inkling that my life was about to go from ordinary to extraordinary."
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When sixteen-year-old Lillie Hart meets the gorgeous and mysterious Tom Windsor-Smith for the first time, it's like fireworks -- for her, anyway. Tom looks as if he would be more inte[...]
Rather than focusing on learning facts without direct experience or observing random objects on a table, Discovering Nature makes science the exploration of materials and phenomena. It then gives children opportunities to learn from that experience[...]
Looking at science in a new way, "Exploring Water with Young Children" focuses children's explorations to help deepen their understanding of water and its properties--including concepts related to water's flow, appearance and effect on objects. The third unit in the "Young Scientist" Series, this fi[...]
Yoga and Breast Cancer is a practical how-to guide to using yoga to manage stress, relieve pain, and gain the strength necessary to make it through this illness. It follows the authors' own research in the subject that has shown a proven correlation between yoga practice and better health and outcom[...]
"Yoga XXL" is a practical how to guide to using yoga to reconnect with exercise, increase flexibility, correct posture and improve the quality-of-life of readers with larger bodies. It follows the authors' own research and experience teaching the asanas to both individuals and groups. More than simp[...]
*Includes pictures *Includes quotes and summaries of the famous Hitchcock movies *Includes bibliographies for further reading *Includes a table of contents Considering that her film career lasted just six years, it would seem as though the reputation of Grace Kelly far outweighs her actual output. I[...]
*Includes pictures. *Includes an introduction for each actress. *Includes quotes by the actresses about their lives and careers. *Includes bibliographies of each actress for further reading. In 1999, the American Film Institute released its list of the 50 greatest Hollywood stars of the 20th century[...]
This is work of creative art and satire (17 U.S. Code 107) Ingrid Bergman was a Swedish actress who starred in a variety of European and American films. She won three Academy Awards, two Emmy Awards, four Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award, and the Tony Award for Best Actress. She is best remember[...]