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A profound exploration of colonialism, from one of the Caribbean's most powerful literary voices 'A novel which adds a new dimension to contemporary fiction ... Natives of My Person is above all the story of a voyage … a voyage which as in The Odyssey and Moby Dick penetrates into the very depths of a civilization' C. L. R. James In the age of empire, the good ship Reconnaissance sets sail under its murderous Commandant. Yet this is no ordinary expedition for gold and plunder. It is a mission to create a new world in the virgin territories of San Cristobal, a fabled island shrouded in myth and promise. As the perilous voyage unfolds, however, it becomes a mirror of the colonial mind: avaricious, brutish, haunted by death and madness. With poetic intensity and philosophical depth, this is a novel that journeys far beyond the seas it charts. Through shifting perspectives and a richly layered narrative, Lamming unearths the deep scars of conquest and the personal and political dimensions of empire - its delusions, its violence, and the haunting legacy it leaves behind.

Edgy. Dangerous. Addictive. From the Sunday Times bestselling author of the Silver Pines series comes a binge-worthy dark motorcycle romance, perfect for fans of Rina Kent and Navessa Allen. Aiden Foxx runs the Disciples of Sin motorcycle club with strict control and zero tolerance for weakness. A former Navy SEAL turned outlaw king, he lives by one rule - trust no one. Then Mia Tyler walks into his bar. Platinum hair, ocean eyes, and a body that tempts him to break every vow he's ever made. Foxx knows Mia is dangerous. He knows she's hiding something. But when suspicion collides with desire, resisting her becomes impossible, even after he discovers she's a rival with her own deadly agenda. When war ignites, Foxx must decide: is she the enemy who could destroy him. . .or the only woman who might save him? Tropes: ?? Rivals to lovers ?? Forbidden love ?? Dark romance ?? Motorcycle club romance ?? Forced proximity ?? Morally grey MMC

Return to the dynamic world of KPop Demon Hunters with this official coloring book! From hunters to demons to the fans they fight for-there's a coloring page for everyone in this official KPop Demon Hunters coloring book! Style HUNTR/X for a savage demonic takedown with Rumi's iconic yellow motorcycle jacket, Zoey's teal top, and Mira's magenta pigtails. Pull out baby blues and pastel pinks for Saja Boys' bubbly debut of "Soda Pop," and your richest reds and blacks for their riveting performance of "Your Idol." Use some golden metallics to finally seal the Honmoon. Or color things your way to bring your own vibrant imagination to the hit animated film! With 40 illustrations on thick paper and all the intricate details coloring fans crave, this coloring book is the perfect opportunity to spend more time with favorite characters and scenes from Netflix's KPop Demon Hunters.

Critical and reflective discussion of the challenges and possibilities of increasingly multilingual higher education. This book investigates the role and place of language in the complex process of internationalising academic knowledge and work, and offers a unique focus on the lived experiences of both teachers and students in multilingual university contexts.The authors explore how multilingual teachers and students navigate issues of identity, authenticity and belonging, centring their voices and underscoring their beliefs, struggles and innovations when navigating multilingual higher education environments.The book bridges policy, teaching practice and student experience in higher education and is grounded in empirical, cross-national research, providing a comparative insight into how multilingualism is experienced in different higher education systems. It provides fresh insights into what it means to teach and learn multilingually and envisions a more inclusive, humanised and equitable approach to multilingual higher education.

A young man searches for his own path to immortality—while grappling with the looming threat of war—in this compelling novel in the A Thousand Li epic progression fantasy series. Includes a bonus short story exclusive to this print edition.Long Wu Ying’s studies at the Verdant Green Waters Sect, an exclusive school of cultivation, are at a turning point. It’s time for him to choose what secondary occupation to pursue—alchemist or blacksmith, physician or martial specialist. Yet Wu Ying struggles to decide which focus will best define and contribute to his dao, his personal path of cultivation. And what happens if he chooses wrong?But beyond the walls of Verdant Green Waters, the drums of war beat as the sect is pulled deeper into the battle for supremacy between states. The Sect Elders thrust Wu Ying and his friends into a desperate gamble to prepare for the upcoming war—a risky assignment that will put to the test everything Wu Ying has learned.As pressure builds from within and without, Wu Ying must find his place in this new martial world, or he may not survive the trials to come.

A new theory of prejudice reduction, supported by rigorous evidence, arguing that public institutions and the people within them can improve intergroup relations in conflict-ridden societiesDecades of social science research focuses on reducing prejudice, which is considered an impediment to intergroup cooperation. Reducing prejudice is notoriously challenging, however, because it is durable and because it motivates avoidance of experiences that would improve intergroup relations. In Delivering Tolerance, Chagai Weiss develops a theory of prejudice reduction through public institutions. Weiss argues that instrumental, and often unintended, minority inclusion in public institutions that provide essential services—including schools, hospitals, and police forces—can facilitate various forms of exposure to out-group service providers that reduces prejudice at scale. Overcoming the challenges of both durability and avoidance, such exposure is especially persuasive in shifting attitudes toward minorities.To test his theory, Weiss examines what is perhaps the most extreme, prominent, and intractable example of group conflict—the relationship of Israelis and Palestinian citizens of Israel (PCI). He finds that Israelis’ brief yet meaningful interactions with PCI doctors reduce prejudice, and that information about the rate of PCI inclusion in Israeli healthcare institutions reduces intergroup animosity. He also shows that patterns of prejudice reduction generalize beyond the Israeli case of healthcare institutions, examining other institutional domains and examples of inclusion dynamics in the United States and Germany. Reducing prejudice is discouragingly difficult, but Weiss’s account reveals how institutions and the people within them can improve intergroup relations in conflict-ridden societies.

A human perspective on the nature of friendship in the age of artificial intelligenceIs friendship with a chatbot as good as friendship with an actual person? Is there something about human friendships that eludes simulation? If so, what? And how much will the answers to questions like these change as AI develops and becomes more convincingly like us? Artificially Yours explains what friendship is and why it’s valuable—and why there is no perfect substitute for human friends. Blending insights from philosophy, psychology, and her own entertaining experiences with chatbots, Valerie Tiberius addresses a subject at the heart of our growing reliance on AI companions. She defines the ideal friendship as an enjoyable, close relationship built on shared activities between people who care about each other for their own sake. But few things in life are ever ideal, including friendship. Tiberius demonstrates how different kinds of friendships can be valuable in different ways: they can be pleasurable or useful, they can shape who we are and how we see ourselves, and the best ones are good for their own sakes. Using each of these values as her guide, Tiberius finds that relationships with chatbots do in fact exhibit some of the characteristics of friendship—but cautions that even future relationships with advanced AI are highly unlikely to be good in all the ways human friendships are. A vital contribution to our ongoing conversation about human-AI relationships, Artificially Yours weighs the ethical risks before us as we look to a future with intelligent machines and affirms the value of human connections.

Acclaimed creators tell tales of Venom from across the sinister symbiote’s history — in crisp black and white with buckets of blood!Venom co-creator David Michelinie teams with Jonas Scharf to take us to the jungle, where Venom stalks a vicious paramilitary science outfit bent on weaponizing Eddie Brock’s other! In the aftermath of MAXIMUM CARNAGE, J.M. DeMatteis and Dave Wachter confront Eddie with a painful family matter — and a dark truth! Ryan North and Creees Lee put the “Lethal” in Lethal Protector as Venom helps a kid get revenge! The legendary Erik Larsen reveals an untold skirmish between Spider-Man and Venom from the early days of their rivalry! Karla Pacheco teams up with Pere Pérez to dive back into Eddie’s secret-agent days! Tom Waltz and Brian Level pit fan-favorite former host “Flash” Thompson against the incendiary Jack O’Lantern! And more!COLLECTING: Venom: Black, White & Blood (2025) #1-4Written by David Michelinie, J.M. DeMatteis, Ryan North, Erik Larsen, Karla Pacheco, Tom Waltz & MorePenciled by Jonas Scharf, Dave Wachter, Creees Lee, Erik Larsen, Pere Pérez, Brian Level & More

Serve drinks at home in style and bring the party to your guests from one of 12 beautifully themed and stylishly stocked bar carts. What's a party without a well-stocked (not to mention super-stylish) bar? Drinks trolleys are making a comeback, with an upsurge in those of us taking pride in entertaining at home. Originally the epitome of domestic style and taste in the 50s and 60s, retro TV series like Mad Men have left people aching for the glamour of a bygone era, and something unusual for the home. Gaze upon luxurious marble and smoked glass carts that hark back to the Art Deco era and the golden age of cocktails; edgy tubular metal trolleys that scream 80s utility style; chic Scandinavian wood for pared-back parties; mid-century walnut-veneer and brass straight out of Don Draper's office and even folding 1960s aluminium tea-lady trolleys can make quite the style statement. With shelves to store bottles and glassware and a top the ideal height for mixing drinks, each style of cart or trolley lends itself to a carefully curated display of stock. Choose your craft spirits, glassware, shakers, stirrers and other cocktail kit from the wide range now on offer and create not just a practical serving station but a super-stylish addition to any interior.

Clumsy Mabel Green hates her dance lessons. She''d much rather be playing football! But when she watches Come Dance With Me, something mysterious happens Oxford Reading Tree All Stars is an engaging chapter fiction series which combines age-appropriate content with imaginative stories, perfect for inspiring and stretching able infants. The series develops comprehension skills and provides a wide variety of fiction topics and styles, alongside illustrations that aid understanding.All the books in this series are carefully levelled, so it''s easy to match every child to the right book - one which will develop their reading skills and fuel their love of reading. Help with children''s reading development is also available at www.oxfordowl.co.uk.

What is Liberal Socialism? investigates the radical tradition of liberal socialism and makes a case for its relevance in a Trumpian era.Liberalism and socialism have long been understood as mortal enemies, but both developed out of the Enlightenment and are committed to the importance of reason, freedom, and flourishing for all. In What is Liberal Socialism? Matt McManus, Florian Maiwald and Paul Crider make the case for retrieving a long-forgotten tradition of liberal socialist thought. Looking at seminal thinkers from John Stuart Mill to Chantal Mouffe and John Rawls, the book lays out the strengths and weaknesses of liberal socialism in the context of the tumultuous 21st century, arguing that it may be an overlooked source of hope, one deserving of reconsideration in an era of right wing populism.

From the Eisner-nominated creator Kyle Starks (Those Not Afraid, Lobo) and Piotr Kowalski of the hit meta-horror comedy Where Monsters Lie comes this dark revenge horror comics series that’s The Crow meets John Wick.Something terrible has happened. For forty days she was tortured by five men and left for dead—but she will get her revenge on each and every one of them. And it will be bloody. An event that takes her on a strange and violent supernatural path of payback through bizarre encounters with ex-hitmen, sadistic art enthusiasts, and literal devils.A new dark horror four issue series from the creators of Where Monsters Lie Kyle Starks (Those Not Afraid) and Piotr Kowalski (Let This One Be a Devil) that’s perfect for fans of The Crow, revenge horror, and violent, well-deserved retribution.For mature audiences. Collects Devil on my Shoulder #1–#4.

I woke up in Vegas with hazy memories of the night before and the hottest hockey player alive wrapped around me . . . Some people come to the city of sin for gambling and partying - I did one better and left as Mrs. Travis Bennett. My annoyingly handsome and charming neighbour has been asking me out for weeks. After nearly costing me my gymnastics career, I've tried to stay far away from the hot, cocky hockey player. And now I'm legally bound to him. When the media gets wind of our whirlwind romance, we agree to stay married until my season starts to avoid a PR nightmare. I think it's a mistake. He thinks it's fate. And he's doing everything he can to prove me wrong. In public, I'm wearing his ring and his jersey. At home, he's walking around shirtless, packing my lunches, and trying his best to make my heart race. Unfortunately, he's succeeding. This game of pretend is starting to feel a lot more real. My new husband is keeping score, and he won't stop until he wins my heart . . . A perfectly swoony and spicy ice hockey romance that will steal your heart! Fans of Elle Kennedy, Hannah Grace and Stephanie Archer won't be able to stop racing through the pages. ???? Neighbours to Lovers ???? He falls first ???? Vegas wedding ???? Fake dating???? Golden retriever heroReaders are obsessed with Keeping Score:'I'm honestly just OBSESSED WITH THEM! ????... LOVED... INCREDIBLE!!' Goodreads reviewer, ?'OMG!! I had the bestest time reading this book!!!... I loved each second of it!' Goodreads reviewer, ?'I absolutely loved this book!! The perfect hockey romance... Travis was the definition of perfect book boyfriend!... I absolutely adored him!! Hannah was just everything. LOVE!!' Goodreads reviewer, ?'Hhhhhh so so so good!... Hit me right in the feels... Rebecca stuns as always with this one!' Goodreads reviewer, ?'I am feral for these Moonshot Hockey boys.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'My tummy hurts from all the butterflies oh my GAWD.' Goodreads reviewer, ?'I was hooked on page one chapter one!... I could hardly put the book down... I loved this book so much and will read again!!' Goodreads reviewer, ?'Travis freaking Bennett!!!!... absolutely delicious... buckle up ladies, I'm going to be thinking about this one for a long time... All the stars!' Goodreads reviewer, ?'I'm loving this series so muchhhhh. This book got me giggling and kicking my feet the whole time!' Goodreads reviewer, ?

The newfound and fragile peace between the orcs and the dwarves is tested in this first installment of the Transitions TrilogyThe end of winter is near, and it seems the uneasy peace between the dwarves of Mithral Hall and the orcs of the newly established Kingdom of Many-Arrows will not last long. The orc tribes united under Obould are splintering, with some seeking to establish an alliance with a clan of half ogres-half orcs. Drizzt, too, feels himself torn apart, unsure which of the Companions needs him most: Catti-brie who is recovering from a serious injury or Wulfgar as he mourns the death of his wife. Together, Wulfgar and Catti-brie leave Mithral Hall for Silverymoon, hoping to find a trail that leads to Wulfgar’s lost adopted daughter. Meanwhile, Bruenor begins his own desperate search. Determined to end the war that nearly cost him his life and everything he has built, he will stop at nothing until he finds the ancient dwarven city of Gauntlgrym.But to truly end the war, drastic changes must be made. Powerful individuals on both sides may have to alter the way they see each other—and perhaps even talk to one another—for it will take more than swords and axes to bring a lasting peace to the Spine of the World.The Orc King is the first book in the Transitions series and the twentieth installment in the Legend of Drizzt series.

A former yakuza falls fast and hard for the delicate florist who sets him on the right path in this quirky and heartfelt BL manga! This tender yet humorous boys'' love romance blooms at a sweet, gentle pace over 3 volumes. This easy entrypoint for readers new to BL is also perfect for veterans of the genre who enjoyed Love on the Horizon and The Metalhead Next Door. Kaoru Mitsuya has all but given up on living a meaningful life. Ensnared at a young age by the temptations of organized crime, he has neither a penny to his name nor anything he holds truly dear. It is at this lowest point that he encounters Yuichiro Shirouzu—a delicately beautiful florist with a secret or two hidden beneath his kind demeanor. When Yuichiro offers Kaoru a job at his nighttime flower shop, it marks a turning point for Kaoru, both in how he lives his life, and whom he wishes to spend it with…

From the author of The Mask of Mirrors comes a sweeping adventure set in a world where fae secretly walk amongst those who seek to persecute them. In an alternate Spanish Golden Age, the Council of the Sea Beyond has risen to unrivalled power, exploiting the Otherworld''s most precious resources for their own gain. Estevan seeks to uncover their secrets, but he risks the exposure of his own: that he is a faerie, masquerading as a mortal. The Hungry Girl is the human whose place he took. Lost among the fae and desperate to find some purpose for her existence, she leaps at the chance to help a group of Spanish explorers in the Sea Beyond...only to be horrified at the atrocities they commit. A faerie pact has separated them - but only together can they bring down Spain''s worlds-spanning empire and save the homes they have both come to love.

Friendship makes life worth living, and worth ending too. Eufrasia Vela is a caregiver—it’s not just her job. But when she begins working with Dona Carmen, a bedridden elderly woman who spends her days staring out the window at her now-obstructed view of the sea, she confronts the limits to her ability to help. That is, until Dona Carmen makes a big, last request: to transform her caretaking from helping her stay alive to helping her die. A good death has much in common with a good life, after all, and incapacity, loneliness, and isolation are devastations that a compassionate friend can help ease. Dignity, community, respect, and generosity—they’re what Eufrasia offers her clients, and what their friendship offers her. One Hundred Guinea Pigs is the lifegiving, warmhearted novel about euthanasia you didn’t know you needed.

Éldekorált kiadás Blaire Monroe az egyetlen nő, akit valaha szerettem. Az egyetlen, akinek hagytam, hogy összetörje a szívem. Tíz év telt el azóta, hogy elhagyta ezt a várost egy olyan élet reményében, amelyben nem kapott szerepet a szomszéd cowboy – a fiú, akinél elmosódtak a határvonalak, akiről már azt sem tudhatta, a legjobb barátja, vagy annál sokkal több. Blair visszatért. Egy friss szakítással a háta mögött a nagyanyja csőd szélén álló eperfarmján talált menedéket, és úgy viselkedik, mintha a múlt meg sem történt volna. Blaire azonban nem az a lány, akit csak úgy el lehet felejteni. Ő olyan, mint a bozóttűz: zabolátlan, vakmerő, és mindenki megperzselődik, aki közel kerül hozzá. Túl nagy forróság. Túl sok közös élmény. Túl csekély távolság… Hamarosan visszajutunk oda, ahová – erre megesküdtünk – többé sosem kerülünk: a falhoz feszülő háttal, ajkam az övén, ahogy arra egy évtizeden át vágytam. Azzal áltatom magam, hogy képes vagyok kezelni, de egy magamfajta cowboy nem arra született, hogy alkalmi kapcsolat legyen. Vele? Nem. Még egyszer, ugyanaz? Soha.

Prečo sa vám v niektorých obdobiach života darí takmer vo všetkom a v iných máte pocit, že napriek rovnakej snahe sa všetko deje proti vám? Ak ste si túto otázku niekedy položili, nie ste sami. Keď sa dnes obzriete na váš život späť, pravdepodobne uvidíte, že neplynul po priamke. Boli obdobia, keď veci prirodzene zapadali do seba, prichádzali vám nové príležitosti a rozhodnutia prinášali aj výsledky. A potom prišli do vášho života obdobia plné zmien, nečakaných zvratov, pochybností alebo pocitu, že napriek rovnakej snahe sa výsledky jednoducho nedostavili. Alebo nie také, aké by ste chceli. Väčšina ľudí sa snaží pochopiť jednotlivé udalosti svojho života. Kniha CYKLY vám však môže pomôcť pochopiť súvislosti a načasovanie medzi nimi. Ukazuje, že mnohé udalosti, či už svetové alebo tie, ktoré prežívame, nemusia byť náhodné. Môžu byť súčasťou väčších zákonitostí a prirodzených cyklov, ktoré ovplyvňujú nielen prírodu, ale aj ekonomiku, podnikanie, investovanie, vzťahy, spoločnosť a život každého človeka. Autor v knihe prepája poznatky z histórie, psychológie, ekonomiky, prírodných zákonitostí, dlhoročného pozorovania ľudských príbehov, či dokonca numerológie do jedného zrozumiteľného konceptu, ktorý vám môže pomôcť lepšie porozumieť obdobiu, ktoré práve teraz možno prežívate aj vy. Ukazuje, že mnohé udalosti v našom živote dávajú väčší zmysel, keď ich prestaneme vnímať oddelene a začneme ich vidieť ako súčasť väčšieho celku. Niektoré knihy vám prinášajú nové informácie. Kniha CYKLY vám však môže pomôcť pochopiť, prečo sa vám niektoré veci v živote opakujú. A ako to, že sa určité príležitosti objavujú zrovna v určitých obdobiach. Takisto vám dá nový pohľad aj na to: • Prečo niektoré vaše rozhodnutia prinášajú výsledky a iné nie, hoci ste sa snažili ešte viac. • Kvôli čomu sa niektoré životné témy vracajú do vášho života znova a znova. • Či a ako nás ovplyvňuje prostredie, odvetvie a osoby v našom okolí. • A ako to, že udalosti, ktoré vám dnes nedávajú zmysel, často začnú dávať zmysel až pri pohľade späť. Pri čítaní knihy možno zistíte, že obdobie, ktoré ste doteraz považovali za zlyhanie, bolo v skutočnosti prirodzenou súčasťou vášho vývojového cyklu. Vďaka tomu možno lepšie pochopíte niektoré svoje rozhodnutia, vzťahy alebo životné zmeny. Objavíte medzi všetkým súvislosti, ktoré ste si doteraz nevšimli a dokonca sa budete vedieť pripraviť na budúce cyklické situácie s predstihom. V knihe sa dozviete: • prečo sa život neodohráva po priamke, ale v opakujúcich sa cykloch, • kvôli čomu sa niektoré životné témy vracajú dovtedy, kým ich skutočne nepochopíme, • ako viete rozpoznať obdobie, v ktorom sa práve nachádzate, • ako fungujú osobné 9-ročné životné cykly, • ako nás ovplyvňujú svetové, ekonomické, realitné či generačné cykly, • ako sa cykly prejavujú v podnikaní, investovaní, kariére, vzťahoch aj osobnom rozvoji, • prečo rovnaké rozhodnutie môže v rôznych obdobiach priniesť odlišné výsledky, • akú úlohu zohráva správne načasovanie pri úspechu jednotlivcov, firiem aj spoločnosti. Kniha je určená pre: • ľudí, ktorí chcú lepšie porozumieť vlastnému životu a svojim rozhodnutiam, • podnikateľov, manažérov a investorov hľadajúcich širšie súvislosti, • každého, kto sa nachádza na životnej križovatke alebo v období zmien, • čitateľov zaujímajúcich sa o psychológiu, osobný rozvoj, históriu, spiritualitu a zákonitosti života, • ľudí, ktorí majú pocit, že za zdanlivým chaosom existuje určitý poriadok. CYKLY nie sú knihou o predpovedaní budúcnosti. Sú knihou, ktorá vám môže pomôcť lepšie pochopiť vlastný život. Uvidieť súvislosti medzi udalosťami, ktoré ste doteraz vnímali oddelene a pochopiť, prečo niektoré obdobia prišli práve vtedy, keď prišli. Možno si po prvýkrát uvedomíte, že nie všetko, čo ste považovali za náhodu, bolo náhodou. A možno zistíte, že mnohé obdobia, ktoré ste považovali za chybu, osobné zlyhanie alebo krok vedľa, boli v skutočnosti prirodzenou súčasťou vášho životného cyklu a že sa dajú dokonca predvídať do budúcnosti. Pretože keď pochopíte, v akej fáze svojho cyklu sa práve nachádzate, mnohé veci vo vašom živote začnú konečne dávať väčší zmysel. A zároveň možno zistíte, že správne načasovanie býva pri dôležitých rozhodnutiach rovnako dôležité ako samotná snaha.