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The Adjunct's Handbook
A practical guide for thriving as an adjunct. Today, more than two-thirds of college courses are taught by part-time or contingent faculty who are navigating a system that too often offers little guidance, support, or stability. Dr. Jan Yager's The Adjunct's Handbook is a clear, practical guide designed to equip adjunct instructors with the knowledge they need to thrive in a challenging and frequently overlooked corner of higher education. Drawing on insights from more than 100 surveys, interviews with more than 60 adjunct and full-time professors, and her own extensive teaching experience, Yager covers the essential information you need to become and excel as an adjunct. This comprehensive book explains how to:• Hone your teaching strategies—including how to structure courses, manage students, and adapt to in-person or online formats • Navigate the system by learning how to apply for teaching positions, negotiate pay, and choose the right institutions for your goals • Know your rights regarding contracts, unions, intellectual property, other employment, and academic freedom • Combat isolation by building professional networks, finding connections, and practicing advocacy Whether you teach in person, online, or in a hybrid environment, as a new adjunct or a seasoned one, Dr. Yager addresses the inequities, questions, isolation, and stigma that too many adjuncts routinely face. She offers concrete strategies for improving working conditions, building community, and advocating for yourself in a field where opportunities and support can be unevenly distributed. Accessible and informative, filled with real-life anecdotes and quotes, The Adjunct's Handbook is essential reading for anyone who is trying to make part-time teaching work.
Lost London
An engaging, beautifully illustrated history of London told through twenty-five lost buildingsLondon has been rebuilt and reshaped perhaps more than any other city over its two-millennia history. From the construction of the Underground to slum clearance and the Blitz, buildings have long been damaged or demolished to pave way for the new. Today, demolition is big business, and around 3500 buildings are destroyed each year, most of which are social housing. Paul Knox traces the history of London from the Great Fire to the present day through twenty-five lost buildings. Knox explores surprising and unusual locations in the city’s history, like the Necropolis Station in Waterloo used by funeral parties traveling to a burial ground in Surrey. We see historic landmarks, like Christ Church Greyfriars and the Crystal Palace, as well as everyday places like the White Horse pub in Poplar and a housing estate in Hackney. This is a fascinating study of London’s restless landscape, showing how conservation has changed over 400 years.
Lightship
Twenty years ago, Bruce Ackerley won Cinnamon Press’s inaugural poetry collection prize with his debut, Sound of Mountain, of which RV Bailey wrote: ‘finely crafted, lyrical and spare… with a musical ear for landscape and relationships. An interesting, individual voice, he writes with power and sensitivity.’In Lightship, Ackerley now brings together his finest writing from two decades, the voice confident and supple with a deepened lyricism and an acute sense of what to say, and what not to say, each poem is a honed gem—poised and resonant. Ranging across the natural and supernatural, the solace and joys of art, film and music, love, grief and sexuality, and the vicissitudes of mental health, Lightship is both an internal record and a reaching out. A moving, distinctive piece de résistance.
How NOT to Summon a Demon Lord (Manga) Vol. 24
The war is over, and peace finally reigns--but an even greater conflict looms on the horizon. Our mighty Demon Lord faces an entirely new kind of trouble after he gives one ring to Rem and another to Shera. The rings are a matching pair...wedding rings, to be precise. Rem and Shera have just been wed to each other without their knowledge! Diablo must now scramble to untangle this mess before the ladies discover the truth!
The Paris Match
'Magnetic and witty' ALI HAZELWOOD'A breathtakingly romantic book' CHRISTINA LAURENDestination wedding in Paris? CheckEx-husband turning up with a new woman? CheckGruff but handsome best man? CheckThe start of something new . . . ? Time will tell A poignant and romantic novel from Kate Clayborn - perfect for fans of Emily Henry, Cara Bastone and Carley Fortune. Can the city of love repair what's been broken? Layla has spent the last year telling herself she's moved on from her divorce. Staying friends with her ex seemed like the mature thing to do - until her former sister-in-law invites her to her destination wedding in Paris - the city where Layla once spent her own romantic honeymoon. Seeing her ex at the wedding, and the family she once called her own, will be a real test of her so-called amicable divorce. When a late-night conversation with the bride leads to cold feet, Layla suddenly finds herself facing down the groom's brooding best man, Griffin, who will do anything to make sure this wedding happens. Forced to work together to get the couple back in each other's arms, Layla and Griff find themselves wandering the streets of Paris, dancing in the gardens of Versailles, and sharing romantic candlelit dinners . . . As the city of love works its magic, they begin to understand the heartaches holding them back. But will the hope of a second chance be enough to help them choose love one more tim? hy readers love Kate Clayborn . . . 'Atmospheric, sexy, and downright unforgettable' TARAH DEWITT'The most tender of love stories . . . you won't be able to put down' CARLEY FORTUNE'Perfect for Emily Henry fans' JULIA QUINN on The TODAY Show'Absolute perfection - this is the book you are looking for' SARAH MACLEAN'Totally original and so romantic' BETH O'LEARY'Kate Clayborn delivers another masterclass in romance' ALICIA THOMPSON'A delight from beginning to end and beyond' JULIA WHELAN'A glorious feat and a must read' TESSA BAILEY
Forest Time
In his twenties, broke, brokenhearted, and fearful about the future, Jeremy Lloyd stumbled into a job that would change his life. More than two decades later, still an educator at Tremont in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Lloyd recounts his journey as a teacher and student of the great outdoors in Forest Time: Footnotes to an Outdoor Education. Blending natural history, daring—and sometimes foolish—adventure, and spiritual balm for a world suffering from widespread disconnection from nature, Forest Time is equal parts personal, educational, and existential. Lloyd's stories about his work as an educator at an overnight nature center are filled with humility and conviction, examining his relationships to the forests, mountains, and rivers he calls home.Wrestling with the intersections between the wild natural landscape, high-volume tourism, and the national park system, Lloyd's explorations are born from his extensive experience and personal relationship with the park. His voice and candor are as refreshing and distinctive as the natural environment he writes about, reminding readers that the mountains are not only national treasures but also a remedy for modernity's errors and a cultural malaise fixated on material gain and ultimate safety and comfort. Vulnerable, hilarious, and widely accessible, Forest Time fits appropriately on shelves beside the works of Edward Abbey, Annie Dillard, and Kevin Fedarko.
Dance in the Vampire Bund: Age of Scarlet Order Vol. 17
Trapped in the rural town of Mayflower, Pennsylvania, Jessica and her daughter Suzy are caught in the midst of a growing nightmare—cell towers are down, the bridge has been destroyed, corpses are vanishing, and neighbors are turning into monsters. Taking refuge in a local church with the town sheriff and the remaining townsfolk, they uncover a terrifying truth: the town has been completely cut off, and a nuclear strike is imminent. With time running out and vampires battering the church doors, their only hope of survival lies in a long-forgotten Prohibition-era tunnel beneath their feet.
Gene Bride Vol. 4
Isahaya Ichi and Masaki Makuhito have infiltrated the University of Shukokan Medical Center to save Ichi’s best friend who disappeared years ago. However, they soon discover that Edo Enami isn’t the only secret Shukokan is hiding. Those known as “Insiders” are actually designer babies created through gene manipulation. Things then take a turn for the worse when campus security suddenly captures Ichi because of an even bigger secret related to the younger Ichi—the girl with the same face. Will the two Ichis be able to escape the fate that Shukokan decided for them even before they were bor? he final volume!
More Than Flower Power
Diane J. Purvis's memoir offers a unique view from the Los Angeles County suburbs as she was coming of age during the era of civil rights activism, the women's movement, and Vietnam anti-war movement. More than Flower Power recalls the youthful energy that surged in the 1960s as political and cultural tensions rose to the surface. Her parents, Midwest transplants to California, sought the postwar American dream and went from pinching pennies to living in upper middle-class suburbs, which were imbued with rigid social and political codes. Purvis rejected this conservative bias while attending racially integrated schools and witnessing the dichotomy between suburban and inner-city students, motivating her to embrace social justice. Purvis and her peers were influenced by images of the Vietnam War and political protests they saw on television and the music they heard on their transistor radios, two emerging technologies that shaped popular perceptions during this tumultuous decade. Purvis was possessed by the desire to make a difference even though inroads to social and political equality looked impossible in the face of America's cultural consensus and conformism of the era. Through the lens of one person's experience, More than Flower Power offers an intimate portrait of a West Coast generation's optimism, idealism, and transformative influence on American culture and society.
Civil War Camps and Soldier Health
An immersive analysis of camp life and soldiers’ well-being during the Civil WarThe Civil War was a watershed in public awareness of the many health-related issues soldiers faced while living in camps. Sanitarians among civilians and regular army officers attempted to meet those challenges by addressing a range of topics associated with preventive healthcare in the volunteer army. The US Sanitary Commission, a nongovernmental agency sanctioned by the Federal government, created a massive campaign to study conditions in semipermanent camps and advise unit commanders how to avoid unnecessary illness and curb soldier deaths by disease. Commission inspectors, mostly civilian physicians, examined camps from 1861 to early 1864 and filed more than 1,400 reports of their findings. Earl J. Hess delves deeply into 280 of those reports, shedding new and startling light on camp conditions. Addressing camp situation, shelter, clothing, personal cleanliness, garbage disposal, latrines, food, cooking, water, alcohol, morale, recruit examination, smallpox vaccination, regimental hospitals, and officer supervision, the camp inspection returns are unique snapshots of what it was like to live in a Union army camp. The reports reveal that sanitation varied widely from unit to unit and across time periods. Volunteer regimental officers and surgeons were often unable to take sanitary principles seriously, and disposing of garbage and human waste was often nonexistent. Overall, the volunteer regiments did well enough to get by, but they did not achieve high marks for military effectiveness when it came to preventive healthcare. Civil War Camps and Soldier Health is a thought-provoking, impeccably researched volume that enriches our understanding of the sanitation challenges facing the Union army camps as well as how these challenges were recorded and examined by early researchers.
A Good Morning for Giddo
When Somaya and her beloved Giddo (Arabic word for grandfather) make their weekly trip to the market, Somaya is impatient to get to the tentmaker’s stall; she needs help to complete a birthday surprise for Giddo, but Giddo prefers to take his time to visit his many friends. At first Somaya is frustrated by the delay, but soon she sees the importance of checking in on friends. Like Hajj Mohammed who sells shimmery pots of ink and is sad since his son moved to a faraway land. “Good morning with roses and jasmine,” Hajj Mohammed greets them before inviting Somaya to choose a pen; Somaya bleeds a special birthday message onto paper for Giddo while he and Hajj Mohammed answer the call to prayer. Next, they visit the jeweller. All around sparkling abalone fill baskets like treasure boxes. “Good morning of sweet cream, dearest Somaya,” Mariam says as she strings together a beautiful necklace. Giddo decides to stay for tea with Mariam’s father. Somaya loves listening to their chatter as the minty tea dazzles her tongue. At last, they reach the tentmaker’s stall. Sunlight splashes through the covered roof onto the rainbow of fabrics lining both sides of the narrow alleyway. As Giddo oohs and ahhs over Ammu Safwat’s new designs, Somaya heads straight for his apprentice to get help with the final flourish of her gift to Giddo. Finally, they are on their way home where Somaya and her parents surprise Giddo with a cake and Somaya’s special gift showing Giddo, the best tentmaker of them all, that she’s now a tentmaker too!
Důvěřuj mi
Jmenuju se Reed Madden. Na pódiu jsem hvězda a v zákulisí rozbitý člověk. Hudba mě vytáhla z temnoty, ale nikdy mě z ní úplně nevysvobodila. Jedu na plný plyn – nekonečné turné, miliony fanoušků, tlak a minulost, před kterou nemůžu utéct… A pak se objeví ona… Žena, která by neměla patřit do mého světa, a přesto v něm zapálila světlo, o kterém jsem ani nevěděl, že ho postrádám. Já jsem chaos, ona je klid. Její dotek mě uzemňuje, její úsměv mě nutí věřit, že i já si zasloužím víc než jen přechodné chvíle. Ale každý den se znovu probouzím s vědomím, že svět, ve kterém žiju, nakonec pohltí i ji. A láska? Ta nemusí stačit. Jak mám někomu slíbit budoucnost, když sám sebe sotva držím pohromadě?
V zajetí Pradávných
Občas si připadám jako černá kočka, s drápky připravenými vždy k útoku. City? Ty jsem dávno zamkla kdesi v hlubinách svého srdce, protože v mém světě se taková slabost neodpouští. Přála jsem si být nezávislá, jenže teď mě svazuje síla pouta… a já nenávidím, že bolí tak sladce.***Chtěl jsem jen klid, ticho a čas na zhojení starých jizev. Místo toho mi Bohyně předhodila dívku, která by mě nejraději zabila pouhým pohledem – nebo svou vůní. Nebezpečně se mi dostává pod kůži. Ve dne si lezeme na nervy, v noci se vzájemně spalujeme. A někde mezi tou nevraživostí roste něco, co si ani jeden z nás nechce přiznat.
Klíč ke svobodě
Byla jsem uvězněná v manželství, které mělo zlaté mříže a přísná pravidla. Jediné, co mi paradoxně dávalo pocit volnosti, byla má práce zdravotní sestry ve vězení. A právě tam, mezi zdmi plnými zoufalství a utrpení, jsem po setkání s nebezpečným mužem odsouzeným na doživotí pochopila, že i na tom nejtemnějším místě může vzplanout touha po svobodě, po lásce… i po zakázaném doteku.
Hybridy a kyborgové mezi přírodou a kulturou
Vratislav Moudr se ve své knize věnuje vztahu přírody a kultury, přičemž vychází z evoluční ontologie Josefa Šmajse, která zdůrazňuje jejich nesourodou povahu. Tuto perspektivu autor textu rozvíjí zavedením konceptu hybridity, jenž umožňuje lépe porozumět strukturám vznikajícím na pomezí těchto dvou řádů. Moudr se zaměřuje nejen na genetické, psychické a ekosystémové hybridy, ale také na roli člověka jako jedinečného hybridu. Člověk pro něj není jen hybridem. Díky transformaci lidské psychiky kulturou, která proniká celou její šíří i hloubkou, ho v textu pojímá jako kyborga. Osobnost člověka je tu chápána jako sociokulturní produkt, kterým kultura člověka disciplinuje a řídí jeho činnost v souladu se svými systémovými zájmy udržovat se v čase a růst.
Kniha představuje nejen pečlivý návrh revize evoluční ontologie, ale zároveň také odpověď na některé výzvy spojené se sociálním konstrukcionalismem. Její autor ukazuje, že zatímco konstrukcionalismus mnohdy rozpouští hranice mezi přírodou a kulturou, přístup evoluční ontologie naopak zdůrazňuje jejich nesourodost a umožňuje uchopit hybridní entity včetně kyborga jako reálné produkty interakce těchto dvou řádů. V souladu s apelem evoluční ontologie kniha volá po zásadní změně směřující k biofilní kultuře, která by respektovala jak konfliktní vztah kultury s přírodou, tak také mimořádné postavení hybridů a člověka v tomto vztahu. Přispívá tak k debatě o udržitelnosti a odpovědnosti za příští generace lidí.
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga
The #1 global bestselling Captain Underpants series returns!
Based on the first sensational chapter book, it's a reimagined adventure perfectly paired with all-new manga artwork. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Manga is written and adapted by Dav Pilkey, illustrated by manga artist Motojiro, and totally reinvented for a new generation of readers.
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Transience
In Transience, Nick Jones moves across the themes that touch on our fragility and mortality. What do we really believe? How do we live as creatures in time, juggling fate and history? How do we navigate the best and worst of human impact on the earth and one anothe? ransience touches everything and none of us escape without loss. And yet at the heart of it all, love remains, conjured here with poignant elegance and with thanks for all that has been. An expansive, tender collection.
Did Your Mother Ever Tell You?
From New York Times bestselling author Babs Costello, the internet’s favorite grandma, comes a picture book filled with the motherly wisdom we all need! Did Your Mother Ever Tell You? offers readers new insights on familiar phrases, with emotional support, encouragement, and unconditional love infused on every page. We’ve all heard old sayings like “Don’t cry over spilled milk” and “You catch more flies with honey than vinegar.” But did your mother ever tell you that it’s okay to cry over little things? And who wants to catch flies anywa? n her first-ever picture book, Barbara Costello—also known as Brunch with Babs—brings a fresh perspective to these tired clichés, giving adults and kids alike some shared laughter and modern wisdom. With twinkling warmth and her signature question, Babs reminds readers what is truly timeless: a mother’s love for her child. Did Your Mother Ever Tell Yo? eatures familiar phrases and fun rhyming verse for an engaging read-aloudis the perfect gift for Mother’s Day, Valentine’s Day, birthdays, or anytimecomes from New York Times bestselling author and internet sensation Babs Costello, aka @BrunchwithBabs
My Mom Has Superpowers!
Perfect for Mother’s Day, baby showers, birthdays—or any day you want to celebrate Mom!My Mom Has Superpowers! is a joyful, interactive lift-the-flap board book that celebrates the everyday magic of moms through the eyes of an adorable Baby Panda. Designed for babies and toddlers, this sturdy board book is full of surprises, giggles, and heartwarming moments. With super-strong arms to help Baby reach up high, a magical picnic, and healing hugs, Mom Panda is always ready. Each page invites little ones to guess what Mom’s next “superpower” might be—then lift the flap to reveal the answer!Whether you're snuggling up for bedtime or enjoying a quiet moment during the day, My Mom Has Superpowers! is a delightful way to remind little ones just how special their mom truly is. Celebrate Mom’s Everyday Magic – This heartwarming board book honors all the little things that make moms feel like superheroes, from healing hugs to magical meals. Interactive Lift-the-Flap Fun – Sturdy flaps on every page invite toddlers to guess and reveal Mom’s next “superpower,” keeping little hands engaged and curious. Perfect Mother’s Day Gift – A sweet and meaningful gift for Mother’s Day, baby showers, birthdays, or any day you want to show Mom some love. Built for Babies and Toddlers – Designed for ages 1–3, this durable board book is made to withstand enthusiastic reading and play. Encourages Bonding and Imagination – A joyful read-aloud that sparks laughter, love, and connection between moms and their little ones. Part of The Panda Family series – a delightful collection celebrating everyday moments with love and laughter. Collect the set and share the joy!For more than 75 years, Albatros Media has been crafting original and innovative children's books that are both playful and educational, fostering curiosity and a thirst for knowledge in young minds. We deliver the highest quality children’s books from novelty, picture, pop-up, and how-to books to nonfiction and fairy tales.
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