This small softback book is a collection of images and descriptions of some of the most historically important tarot decks ever seen, as well as of the wide variety of themed decks, many illustrated with gorgeous artwork and brilliant colors, currently available in stores today.
Inspirational Warmth and Guidance through Life's Journey is a book about how life produces highs and lows. Alston is becoming weaker because of life's discord, confusion, and endless disappointments. With perseverance and resilience, a propelling force, and a miraculous measure of vitality will produce change. A life-shifting illness will cause an absolute test. Alston's will have to look deeply at the word faith. Sounds familiar? Have you experienced a breaking point, a life-shifting event, day-to-day challenges, loss of a job? What about the death of a parent, child or loved one? How about bullying, debt, bankruptcy, divorce, illness, or countless others? Thus, you too have had your FAITH tested. Countless trials and tribulations throughout half of a lifetime will at least have you at the point where you are guessing, "How will I get through this?" Alston goes back to the introduction of the countless prayer and words of wisdom of a calm voice and spirit, Grandma.
Stories of loners, outsiders, tricksters, addicts, jazzmen, and drifters in the Jim Crow South—a classic of 1950s Black fiction. Raw, fearless, ironic, the stories in Lover Man (1958) promised the birth of a new sensibility in American fiction. Inspired by the bebop he loved, and the philosophy he studied at the Sorbonne, Alston Anderson looked back at the North Carolina of his youth to capture the hidden lives of Black boys and men in the early 1940s. Fascinated by loners and outsiders—tricksters, addicts, jazzmen, drifters, “queers”—and by the spiritual cost exacted by the myths of white supremacy, Anderson assembled an original kind of story collection, whose themes troubled and bewildered many of his early readers. Although later championed by Langston Hughes and Henry Louis Gates. Jr., among others, this—his only collection—has remained out of print since the ’50s. In his afterword to this new edition, the literary historian Kinohi Nishikawa investigates Anderson’s pief but pilliant career, the controversy his work provoked, and the light it sheds on his era.
This comprehensive collection offers a thorough overview of typeface design from 1628 to the mid-20th century. Derived from a distinguished Dutch collection, a series of exquisitely designed catalogues traces the evolution of the printed letter via specimens in roman, italic, bold, semibold, narrow, and broad fonts. Borders, ornaments, initial letters, and decorations are also included, along with lithographic examples, letters by sign writers, inscription carvers, and calligraphers. The first part of the book covers pre-20th-century typefaces, with texts by editor Cees de Jong and collector Jan Tholenaar. The second part deals with the period from 1900 to the mid-20th century, and contains a historical outline by Alston W. Purvis. Featured type designers include: William Caslon, Fritz Helmuth Ehmcke, Peter Behrens, Rudolf Koch, Eric Gill, Jan van Krimpen, Paul Renner, Jan Tschichold, A. M. Cassandre, Aldo Novarese, and Adrian Frutiger.
This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.
In 2067, the world is recovering from a devastating pandemic that killed millions of people and nearly wiped out civilization. The remaining survivors are struggling to rebuild their lives in a world that has been forever changed. Dr. Emma Lee, a virologist, is one of the few people who have immunity to the virus that caused the pandemic. She is recruited by the World Health Organization (WHO) to lead a team to investigate a new outbreak of a deadly virus in a remote research facility in Durango, a small town in the Western United States. As Emma and her team travel to Durango, they realize that the virus is unlike anything they've seen before. It spreads rapidly and kills within days, and it seems to be evolving at an alarming rate. The team struggles to contain the virus and find a cure, while also dealing with the threat of sabotage from a mysterious group that seems to be working against them. As the outbreak spreads beyond the research facility, the team realizes that they are facing a new pandemic that could be even more deadly than the previous one. With the fate of humanity hanging in the balance, Emma must race against time to stop the virus from spreading and find a cure before it's too late. When they uncover more about the virus, they realize that it was deliberately created and released by a group of extremists, called the Bright Dawn Movement, who believe that humanity is a threat to the planet. The extremists are determined to use the virus to wipe out most of humanity and start anew, and Emma and her team must stop them before it's too late.
Sequel to the New York Times bestseller Amari and the Night Brothers! Artemis Fowl meets Men in Black in this magical second book in the New York Times bestselling Supernatural Investigations trilogy, soon to be a major movie starring Marsai Martin. Perfect for 8+ fans of Percy Jackson and Nevermoor. After finding her brother and saving the entire supernatural world, Amari Peters is convinced her first full summer as a Junior Agent will be a breeze. But between the fearsome new Head Minister’s strict anti-magician agenda, fierce Junior Agent rivalries, and her brother Quinton’s curse steadily worsening, Amari’s plate is full. So when the secretive League of Magicians offers her a chance to stand up for magiciankind as its new leader, she declines. She’s got enough to worry about! But her refusal allows someone else to step forward, a magician with dangerous plans for the League. This challenge sparks the start of the Great Game, a competition to decide who will become the Night Brothers’ successor and determine the future of magiciankind. The Great Game is both mysterious and deadly, but among the winner’s magical rewards is Quinton’s last hope . . . so how can Amari refuse?
The third book in the epic middle grade supernatural adventure series, soon to be a major movie starring Marsai Martin. Perfect for readers aged 8+ and fans of Skandar, Percy Jackson, Nevermoor and Men in Black.
The highly anticipated fourth book in the Sunday Times and #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning Supernatural Investigations series that began with Amari and the Night Brothers! Perfect for readers aged 8+ and fans of Skandar, Percy Jackson and Nevermoor The fourth epic adventure for Amari and her friends at the Bureau of Supernatural Investigations. Readers LOVE Amari! PRAISE FOR AMARI AND THE DESPICABLE WONDERS ?????????? ‘This is an amazing trilogy!' ?????????? 'The Amari series is one of the most popular at the school where I work and this next instalment does not disappoint.' ?????????? 'Amari and the Despicable Wonders is a fantastic book that my daughter absolutely loves! She was hooked from the very first chapter.' ??????????’Granddaughter loved it. Read the entire series' ??????????'Such an amazing world that we've been immersed in for three amazing books. So much love for these characters and the lessons learned on the way. My boys and I have enjoyed this series so very much.' BB Alston's book 'Amari and the Night Brothers' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 23-08-2021
The highly anticipated fourth book in the Sunday Times and #1 New York Times bestselling and award-winning Supernatural Investigations series that began with Amari and the Night Brothers! Perfect for readers aged 8+ and fans of Skandar, Percy Jackson and Nevermoor The fourth epic adventure for Amari and her friends at the Bureau of Supernatural Investigations. Readers LOVE Amari! PRAISE FOR AMARI AND THE DESPICABLE WONDERS 'This is an amazing trilogy!' 'The Amari series is one of the most popular at the school where I work and this next instalment does not disappoint.' 'Amari and the Despicable Wonders is a fantastic book that my daughter absolutely loves! She was hooked from the very first chapter.' 'Granddaughter loved it. Read the entire series' 'Such an amazing world that we've been immersed in for three amazing books. So much love for these characters and the lessons learned on the way. My boys and I have enjoyed this series so very much.' BB Alston's book 'Amari and the Night Brothers' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 23-08-2021
Social Work: Field of Practice Third edition introduces students to a variety of fields of social work practice which includes Cultural Diversity, Indigenous Australians, Child Protection and Mental Health. It examines emerging fields in order to acknowledge the rich diversity and possibilities of the profession. The text embraces the principles of social justice and human rights, and covers the issues of relevance to social workers and their clients while discussing how policies influence social work practice. With its focus on people and communities, every chapter is written to engage the student audience and to prepare them for the realities of working within a profession which is both challenging and rewarding.
Novelized, televised, and endlessly scrutinized by scholars, the fall of the Roman Republic marks one of history's great turning points. Historians have studied the descent of the Republic into civil war as a great political tragedy, a warning from the past about the unsustainability of empires; political scientists have labeled it a parable about militarism, populism, moral decay, or the inevitable corruption of political systems. Yet the familiar story of the Roman Republic's downfall continues to be the story of its elites. What if we started thinking about Roman politics not from the perspectives of Caesar and Cicero, but from the point of view of the soldier, the peasant, or the pauper? In an original account of what he calls Rome's revolution, Richard Alston reinscribes these humble protagonists into their tumultuous era. They, like the ruthless aristocrats they swore allegiance to, were political agents, negotiating their positions in the context of a "failed state." Rome's Revolution blends riveting historical narrative with socio-economic analysis, restoring a rich context to the cataclysmic violence of the period. In addition to chronicling the drama of aristocratic rivalries, the book digs beneath the high politics of Cicero, Caesar, Antony and Octavian to examine the problems of making a living in first-century BC Italy. Portraying the revolution as the crisis of a violent society--both among the citizenry and among a ruling class whose legitimacy was dwindling--Rome's Revolution provides new insight into the motivations that drove men to march on their capital city and slaughter their compatriots.
For all its achievements in integrating Europe, the EU lacks a human rights policy which is coherent, balanced and professionally administered. Whether in relation to access to Community justice, sex equality, race and disability discrimination, or policing, or in its external policies from Kosovo to China, the Union needs new principles, procedures and institutions to design and implement an effective set of human rights policies. The introduction of a single currency, the problems of racism and xenophobia, the need for a humane refugee policy, the growing powers of the EU in many fields, and the Unions imminent eastward expansion, all make it urgent to adopt such policies. In this volume the leading experts in the field, including individuals from every EU country, provide an insightful critique of current policies and detailed recommendations for the future. The volume includes comprehensive analyses of: the competencies of the EU in human rights, access to justice, the Third Pillar,
For all its achievements in integrating Europe, the EU lacks a human rights policy which is coherent, balanced and professionally administered. Whether in relation to access to Community justice, sex equality, race and disability discrimination, or policing, or in its external policies from Kosovo to China, the Union needs new principles, procedures and institutions to design and implement an effective set of human rights policies. The introduction of a single currency, the problems of racism and xenophobia, the need for a humane refugee policy, the growing powers of the EU in many fields, and the Unions imminent eastward expansion, all make it urgent to adopt such policies. In this volume the leading experts in the field, including individuals from every EU country, provide an insightful critique of current policies and detailed recommendations for the future. The volume includes comprehensive analyses of: the competencies of the EU in human rights, access to justice, the Third Pillar,
International Human Rights is the definitive work on the subject area providing its reader with a comprehensive analysis of this wide and diverse subject area. A successor to the widely acclaimed International Human Rights in Context, this book is written by Philip Alston and Ryan Goodman who are both world-leading human rights scholars. They have chosen a wide selection of materials from primary and secondary materials to demonstrate and illuminate key themes and carefully guide the reader through each extract with thoughtful and lucid commentary.
Novelized, televised, and endlessly scrutinized by scholars, the fall of the Roman Republic marks one of history's great turning points. Historians have studied the descent of the Republic into civil war as a great political tragedy, a warning from the past about the unsustainability of empires; political scientists have labeled it a parable about militarism, populism, moral decay, or the inevitable corruption of political systems. Yet the familiar story of the Roman Republic's downfall continues to be the story of its elites. What if we started thinking about Roman politics not from the perspectives of Caesar and Cicero, but from the point of view of the soldier, the peasant, or the pauper? In an original account of what he calls Rome's revolution, Richard Alston reinscribes these humble protagonists into their tumultuous era. They, like the ruthless aristocrats they swore allegiance to, were political agents, negotiating their positions in the context of a "failed state." Rome's Revolution blends riveting historical narrative with socio-economic analysis, restoring a rich context to the cataclysmic violence of the period. In addition to chronicling the drama of aristocratic rivalries, the book digs beneath the high politics of Cicero, Caesar, Antony and Octavian to examine the problems of making a living in first-century BC Italy. Portraying the revolution as the crisis of a violent society--both among the citizenry and among a ruling class whose legitimacy was dwindling--Rome's Revolution provides new insight into the motivations that drove men to march on their capital city and slaughter their compatriots.
Roald Dahl is one of the world's best-loved authors. More than twenty years after his death, his books are still highly popular with children and have inspired numerous feature films – yet he remains a controversial figure.This volume, the first collection of academic essays ever to be devoted to Dahl's work, brings together a team of well-known scholars of children's literature to explore the man, his books for children, and his complex attitudes towards various key subjects. Including essays on education, crime, Dahl's humour, his long-term collaboration with the artist Quentin Blake, and film adaptations, this fascinating collection offers a unique insight into the writer and his world.
Roald Dahl is one of the world's best-loved authors. More than twenty years after his death, his books are still highly popular with children and have inspired numerous feature films – yet he remains a controversial figure.This volume, the first collection of academic essays ever to be devoted to Dahl's work, brings together a team of well-known scholars of children's literature to explore the man, his books for children, and his complex attitudes towards various key subjects. Including essays on education, crime, Dahl's humour, his long-term collaboration with the artist Quentin Blake, and film adaptations, this fascinating collection offers a unique insight into the writer and his world.
Are you feeling down, stuck between a rock and a hard place with nowhere to turn to and no one to ask for help? Then this book is for you In The Gift of Grace, Corinthus Alston shows you what Grace really means, and not as the world would define it, but as God's powerful love for you to bring you closer to him. With relevant metaphors and stories from his personal life Corinthus clearly demonstrates how the power of God's grace can completely change your life for better...forever.While many books of this nature tend to focus on the spiritual and mental aspects of going through difficult periods in life, The Gift of Grace is a guide that offers practical, actionable advice that is divinely inspired and backed by God's immutable words.Here are some of the things you'll discover in this life-changing guide: How to get into an intimate relationship with God filled with Grace.Four powerful messages of hope from God's word that will refresh your spirit, regardless of what is going on in your life.Why Grace is an empowerment against sin, not a license for it.How Grace changes you for the better.The three pillars of a Grace-filled life.And more Deeply insightful and divinely inspired, The Gift of Grace will help you let go of your past and get you started on your journey to spiritual healing and escape the chains of sin healing while bringing you closer to God.
