Nika Loves Playing Outside. Nika is a six year old girl with a wild imagination. She loves to explore and play with her stuffed animals. Nika's older brother, Geno, helps her and her stuffed animals get into all kinds of adventures. Today, Nika wants to take her stuffed animals outside to play in the autumn backyard. Geno will prepare breakfast for Nika and her toys. ( who don't really eat.) Then they will clean up and race outside to jump into the freshly raked leaves and play catch. Nika Loves books are alive with color and engaging illustrations that capture the heart. Join Nika, Leo the Lion, Alyssa Fox, Genosaurus, Princess Elena Unicorn, Grace Rabbit and, of course Geno and all the fun because Nika Loves Playing Outside.
The Compendium of Magical Beasts is a definitive field guide that explores the anatomy of mythology's most elusive creatures, compiling the findings of controversial early twentieth century cryptozoologist, feminist, and explorer Dr. Veronica Wigberht-Blackwater. Approaching the fantastic with a scientific eye, Dr. Veronica explains the history, habits, and biology of each creature's existence with equal attention to detail. Her research is accompanied by stunning scientific illustrations of each specimen's anatomy, providing a comprehensive view of creatures most often dismissed as pure fantasy.Combining biological fact with folklore, cultural studies, and history, this volume is crucial to science both fringe and mainstream. Locked in a dusty attic for almost a century, Dr. Wigberht-Blackwater's trailblazing work was recently discovered by writer Melissa Brinks, who spent months transcribing the journals she found. Brinks joined forces with artist Lily Seika Jones to digitize the doctor's amazingly detailed anatomical diagrams in order to share these revolutionary findings with the world for the first time.The Bestiary: Mermaid, Unicorn, Wild Man, Gnome, Werewolf, Troll, Fairy, Jackalope, Winged Horse, Centaur, Minotaur, Vampire, Dragon, Sea Monsters/Loch Ness/Kraken, Goblin, Sphinx, Phoenix, Harpy, Cyclops, Banshee, Incubus/Succubus, Nymph, Ghoul, Selkie, Kelpie
A novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho â?? a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dying.
In his latest international bestseller, the celebrated author of The Alchemist addresses the fundamental questions asked by millions: What am I doing here today? and Why do I go on living?Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything she could wish for--youth and beauty, pleny of attractive boyfriends, a fulfilling job, and a loving family. Yet something is lacking in her life. Inside her is a void so deep that nothing could possibly ever fill it. So, on the morning of November 11, 1997, Veronika decides to die. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting never to wake up.Naturally Veronika is stunned when she does wake up--at Villete, a local mental hospital, where the staff informs her that she has, in fact, partially succeeded in achieving her goal. While the overdose didn't kill Veronika immediately, the medication has damaged her heart so severely that she has only days to live.The story follows Veronika through the intense week of self-discovery that ensues. To her surprise, Veronika finds herself drawn to the confinement of Villete and its patients, who, each in his or her individual way, reflect the heart of human experience. In the heightened state of life's final moments, Veronika discovers things she has never really allowed herself to feel before--hatred, fear, curiosity, love, and sexual awakening. She finds that every second of her existence is a choice between living and dying, and at the eleventh hour emerges more open to life than ever before.In Veronika Decides to Die, Paulo Coelho takes reader on a distinctly modern quest to find meaning in a culture overshadowed by angst, soulless routine, and pervasive conformity. Based on events in Coelho's own life, Veronkia Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Poignant and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.
"A highly original, moving, and ultimately life-affirming book." - Sunday Mirror (London)Twenty-four-year-old Veronika seems to have everything - youth and beauty, boyfriends and a loving family, a fulfilling job. But something is missing in her life. So, one cold November morning. She takes a handful of sleeping pills expecting to never wake up. But she does--at a mental hospital where she is told that she has only days to live.Inspired by events in Coelho's own life, Veronika Decides to Die questions the meaning of madness and celebrates individuals who do not fit into patterns society considers to be normal. Bold and illuminating, it is a dazzling portrait of a young woman at the crossroads of despair and liberation, and a poetic, exuberant appreciation of each day as a renewed opportunity.
Have you ever wondered what it's like to work for one of the biggest airlines in the Middle East, visit up to 5 continents a month, and get paid for it? Would you like to know how a Czech girl survives the Dubai heat, how hard it is to get the "job of your dreams" and why to not order pizza in China? Take a look behind the galley curtain and reveal the secrets of a cabin crew life. If you're deciding whether this job is the right one for you, you dream about life in the clouds, you're just interested why the hell there's no more chicken left on your flight, or what can happen if you don't buckle up, this book is just made for you. What does the interview look like? Do I have a chance? How did you move to Dubai? Where do you live? What is the training like? Do cabin crew actually sleep on long flights? How long do you stay in a destination? Do you have jet lag? What is the job REALLY like? These were just some of the questions Veronika was getting. In this book, she takes you through the whole thing, from the beginning. What the interview was like, how she packed herself to leave everything behind and moved her two suitcases to a completely opposite part of the world, to Dubai. What the seven weeks training was like and how they all went through it. She takes you on her flights and shows you what can't be seen. Cause it's all "behind the galley curtain" stuff. So only them, cabin crew, really know. Let her take you on a journey of your life through these 8 chapters Breakpoint My life in two suitcases Abinitio Challenge down under Big Bird to Asia First America Wild Africa Aromatic India. This story is about making one girl's dream come true and how she managed to do it. There's completely everything in it. So if you have a dream, chase it, because even the things that seem completely unreal to you might become real one day if you go after them.This book is not only for people who want to get the job, but also for people who want to know what the life of a cabin crew really looks like, what it is like up in the air with different people and different nationalities, what situations cabin crew have to solve and what funny stories they have to deal with.
