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In Botanical Time
How do some plants live for thousands of years? Which adaptations and evolutionary strategies allow them to thrive in some of the harshest places on the planet for so long—and so well? Renowned plantsman, author, and longtime botanical garden designer Christopher Woods takes readers on a popular science exploration of twenty-three of the world’s most amazing species, seeking answers to these questions by explaining their incredible survival mechanisms. Woods emphasizes how human cultures have interacted with plants over time and what we may, critically, be able to learn from them about sustainability in extreme climates. Some species will be familiar to readers, while some are outright surprising—such as the aptly named Welwitschia mirabilis, which lives happily in the Namib Desert for up to two thousand years, although many of those years receive zero precipitation. With over two hundred color images and lively, accessible text, In Botanical Time highlights fascinating facts about each charismatic plant, encouraging conservation for these species and leading us toward larger lessons about the rapidity with which humans have caused—and are causing—species to adapt. "Woods' compassion for these trees, shrubs, and herbaceous wonders shines on every page."—AHS American Gardener Magazine
100 Hikes of a Lifetime U.S.A.
In this sequel to the best-selling 100 Hikes of a Lifetime, discover the best trails, day hikes, and pilgrimage treks across the United States. Complemented by stunning National Geographic photography, each hike includes information on trail length and elevation, skill level, and worthwhile scenic resting spots. Plus, find expert recommendations for where to stay - from camp sites to nearby lodges - wildlife spotting, alternative routes, and planning. This collection of bucket list-worthy trails takes you from coast to coast, including: California's Lost Coast Trail, one of the few truly coastal hikes on the U.S. mainland and an exceptional wilderness experience - The American Discovery Trail, an epic 6,800-mile, coast-to-coast route from Point Reyes National Seashore in California to Cape Henlopen State Park in Delaware - A Grand Canyon rim-to-rim route, a 24-mile, one-way journey through two billion years of geological history - The Guadalupe Peak Trail in Texas's Guadalupe Mountains National Park, a 3,000-foot ascent with sweeping Lone Star views from the summit - The Superior Hiking Trail, which starts in Duluth, Minnesota, and follows the shoreline of Lake Superior to the Canadian border for a grand total of 37,800 feet of elevation gain, almost 10,000 more feet than climbing Mount Everest - Mount Katahdin Loop in Maine, a trek to the summit of 5,269-foot Baxter Peak, the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail. For devout long-distance trekkers and day hikers alike, this book is a must-have to create your next bucket list.
Himegasaki Sakurako Is a Hot Mess Vol. 4
Long ago, when Natsuki was a child, he got matching pendants with…well, it sure wasn’t our loser heroine Sakurako. But who was it? And can our loser heroine still win the day against one of the most powerful romantic tropes of all? It all comes down to the summer festival, where Natsuki will make his choice once and for all! (Unless yet another new girl arrives, but what are the odds of that?!)
Tiny Pep Talks for Teachers
Two comedians offer hilarious encouragement for all the tiny heroic acts that teachers perform every day. Teachers are constantly handing out reassurance, support, and inspiration. But who’s boosting them through their everyday challenges—like waking a sleeping student, paying for supplies out of pocket, or fighting with the copy machine again? Frankly, sometimes an apple isn’t enough!Comedians Paula Skaggs and Josh Linden are here to give teachers their due, with a hilarious compendium of over 75 pep talks for all the mundane struggles of the classroom. Let them cheerlead the beloved teachers in your life through those tough times at work: You don’t get the students’ references and now you feel old!Someone microwaved something gross in the teacher’s lounge!A parent has strong opinions about their kid’s grade!It’s 9 p.m. and you still haven’t planned tomorrow’s lesson!Oops! You looked at your paycheck!And more low-stakes but all-consuming situations inside and outside of school!A teacher’s support lasts for a lifetime. Let them know someone’s rooting for them, too—and give them the belly laugh they probably need.
Dungeon Elf: What's a Dungeon without Treasure Chests? Vol. 1
Where there’s a dungeon, there’s likely to be treasure! But, how do those conveniently placed chests find their way throughout dungeons? In the grassy fields of the Forest of Beginnings, heroes of all kinds prepare to face the dangers and trials that come with adventuring, but there’s one person among them all who remains unnoticed. This is the story of the woman responsible for the bounty of treasure and loot that finds its way on every adventurer’s path.
The Unwanted Bride Loves the Crown Prince With All Her Heart, Volume 3
As peace descends over two warring kingdoms, Princess Tinalia arrives in Baldin to wed Prince Keithfalt!Tina has treasured Keith since their childhood when Keith was imprisoned and Tina -- the illegitimate Lidean princess -- was his attendant and sole companion. But, on their wedding day, he fails to recognise her. Crestfallen yet undeterred in her affection, Tina commits herself to supporting Keith's political endeavours. And despite his efforts to avoid her, Keith can't help but be intrigued by Tina's kindness and radiant smile...
The New Global Universities
Reimagining higher education around the world: lessons from the creation of eight new colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North AmericaHigher education is perpetually in crisis, buffeted by increasing costs and a perceived lack of return on investment, campus culture that is criticized for stifling debate on controversial topics, and a growing sense that the liberal arts are outmoded and irrelevant. Some observers even put higher education on the brink of death. The New Global Universities offers a counterargument, telling the story of educational leaders who have chosen not to give up on higher education but to reimagine it. The book chronicles the development and launch of eight innovative colleges and universities in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and North America, describing the combination of intellectual courage, entrepreneurial audacity, and adaptive leadership needed to invent educational institutions today. The authors, both academic leaders who have been involved in launching ventures similar to the ones described, offer a unique inside perspective on these efforts. Bryan Penprase and Noah Pickus show how the founders of new colleges and universities establish distinctive brands in a sector dominated by centuries-old institutions, secure creative sources of funding, attract stellar faculty and students, and design appealing curriculums and campuses—all while managing tradeoffs and setbacks, balancing local needs and global aspirations, and wrestling with challenges to academic freedom. These new educational institutions include two universities in Asia and the Middle East built by well-established American parent institutions, others in Africa and North America that offer holistic reform from the ground up and leverage new technologies to lower costs, and still others that adapted the American liberal arts model to Asian and African contexts. Their experiences offer lessons for future founders of new universities—and for those who want to renew and rejuvenate existing ones.
The Roman World War
How the ruthless contest among Julius Caesar’s heirs ignited a global war that raged far beyond the borders of RomeThe succession of civil wars that plagued the last years of the Roman Republic has often been portrayed as a settling of scores between Roman factions—Sulla against Marius, Caesar against Pompey, Octavian against Mark Antony—with foreign campaigns serving as a backdrop to the tragic spectacle. The Roman World War recasts the struggle for Rome as a global conflict that engulfed millions of non-Romans across Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa. Shedding new light on the pivotal years spanning Caesar’s assassination in 44 BCE and the suicides of Mark Antony and Cleopatra in 30 BCE, Giusto Traina introduces readers to lesser-known figures such as the Cilician dynast Tarcondimotus, the king of the Moors Bogud, and the Armenian king Artawazd, men who influenced Rome’s politics and who played consequential roles in battles waged far beyond the borders of the Imperium Romanum. Traina demonstrates how the violence unleashed by Caesar’s death was a direct consequence of his expansionist plans. From Spain to Mesopotamia, peoples such as Berbers, Hispanics, Gauls, Greeks, Thracians, and Armenians were drawn into a global war in which the fate of Rome was tied to their own. A global, “connected” history that transforms our understanding of the Republic’s final years, The Roman World War demonstrates how foreign nations and peoples were not merely pawns in the Roman civil wars but active protagonists in a great power struggle that shook the ancient world for fourteen intense years.
Hello, Beautiful
An inspirational love letter from caregiver to a child, Hello, Beautiful is an intimate and uplifting depiction of love and courage. With its warmth and promise for a bold and confident future, it lyrically reminds children that they should take up space, follow their own unique paths, and find humanity in everyone around them and, most importantly, in themselves - because that is beautiful.
House of Blades
House of Blades is the first book in The Traveler's Gate Trilogy by Will Wight, the author of the New York Times bestselling Cradle series. Simon can only watch helpless as his family is killed and his friends captured by enemy Travelers-men and women who can summon mystical powers from otherworldly Territories. To top it off another young man from Simon's village discovers that he's a savior prophesied to destroy evil and save the realm. Prophecy has nothing to say about Simon. He has no special powers no magical weapons and no guarantee that he'll survive. But he sets off anyway alone to gain the power he needs to oppose the Travelers and topple their ruthless Overlord. It may not be his destiny but Simon's determined to rescue his fellow villagers from certain death. Because who cares about prophecy reall? eries DescriptionThe Traveler’s Gate Trilogy is the first work from Will Wight, the author of the New York Times bestselling Cradle series. The trilogy establishes his style of fast-paced, cinematic fantasy action, with an emphasis on colorful magic, humor, and progression. Traveler’s Gate follows a boy who isn't the chosen one but chooses to save the world regardless. He explores mystical realms, saves the innocent, gains new magical powers, and fights monsters with a giant sword. Think anime on the page, or video games without the numbers. For those who would love Cradle but who don't want to commit to a long twelve-book series, there's Traveler's Gate.
The Perfect Circle
In the round house on Via Saterna in Milan, its Palladian square exterior nothing but a trompe-l'oeil, the sun pierces through the central skylight. Its rays pass three floors unobstructed, before reaching the circle below at the heart of the house: four fingers of water filling a little silver basin. It is here that young Lidia dies, setting an end to her clandestine love affair with the ambitious architect. It is this house that real-estate agent Irene is asked to sell, decades later, as the climate catastrophe escalates, cloaking the divided city in a permanent orange haze. As she faces this new Milan, Irene throws herself into the impossible sale, getting to know Via Saterna intimately-this space that is as unsettling as it is hostile, with the slowly emerging traces of Lidia's interrupted life. In every room of the house, the burden of a mysterious, unresolved past can be felt, remnants of a selfish and manipulative love. The Perfect Circle is a subtly disturbing page-turner, every new page adding a new layer and twist.
The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains
''Unforgettable and utterly addictive''Lyra Selene, author of A Feather so BlackDiscover a world of enchanted contracts, faerie intrigue and French toast, in this delightful debut packed full of wit, charm, adventure and heart, with a dash of magical bureaucracy and a sprinkling of romance.When Poppy Hill was a child, she was stolen from her family''s Montana homestead and taken ''Otherside'' to the land of the fae, where she spent more than a century as a cook in the Wild King''s castle. Now back in the human world, she works for a company that brokers faerie bargains, checking for loopholes in their contracts.But when a bargain that Poppy is negotiating goes disastrously wrong, she must return to the world she grew up in to try to rectify her mistake, facing danger, intrigue and a pesky ex-boyfriend along the way.''As irresistible as a faerie bargain, this book is riveting, magical and wonderful! I absolutely adored it!'' Sarah Beth Durst, New York Times bestselling author of The Spellshop''The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains snatches you away into a world of enchanted contracts, faerie intrigue and French toast that you''ll never want to come back from''Molly O''Neill, author of Greenteeth''A charming and warm-hearted tale of family and friendship with a plot as twisty as a faerie bargain''M. Stevenson, author of Behooved''The Tricky Business of Faerie Bargains is a brilliant, tongue-in-cheek weaving of folklore and the hell of modern bureaucracy, combined with a twisty adventure and a dash of romance . . . A book that I was reluctant to close at the end. McCarty is a talent!''Brigitte Knightley, author of The Irresistible Urge to Fall for Your Enemy
Choose Your Age
In this groundbreaking manual for longevity, leading longevity expert Jean-Marc Lemaitre reveals how the latest science can help you measure, slow, and even reverse biological aging at a cellular level. For generations, we've accepted aging as an inevitable decline, measuring our years by birthdays while ignoring the more crucial metric—our biological age. Traditional medicine continues to treat the symptoms of age-related diseases rather than addressing their root cause: cellular aging itself. Too often, healthcare systems intervene only after disease has taken hold, managing decline rather than preventing it. In Choose Your Age, Jean-Marc Lemaitre—a renowned biogerontologist (a scientist of biological aging and age-related diseases)—presents a revolutionary alternative: a personalized, proactive approach to longevity that targets the fundamental mechanisms of aging before disease begins. This is not speculation or trendy "biohacking"—it's cutting-edge science: a comprehensive, evidence-based strategy for extending not just lifespan but healthspan, the years you spend free from disease and decline. Lemaitre's approach isn't prescriptive but educational, empowering you to understand the science of aging so you can make informed decisions about your health journey. In Choose Your Age, readers will discover:Why your chronological age is often misleading, and how new biological clocks can measure your true physiological age—revealing whether you're aging faster or slower than your peers. How telomeres, the protective caps on your chromosomes, influence aging, and what practical steps can help maintain their length and integrity. The revolutionary science of epigenetic reprogramming that could transform medicine's approach to aging by actually reversing cellular age. Why the Mediterranean diet and specific fasting protocols can dramatically impact longevity, and how to adapt these approaches to your unique biochemistry. How the lifestyles of centenarians in the world's "Blue Zones" offer practical insights for extending your own healthspan. The emerging potential of senolytic therapies, metformin, and rapamycin in targeting senescent "zombie cells" that accelerate aging. Why social connections, optimism, and time in nature are as crucial to longevity as any medical intervention—and how to incorporate them into your life. Choose Your Age provides a new paradigm for thinking about aging, transforming it from an inevitable decline into a manageable process that you can influence at every stage of life. With this roadmap in hand, you can chart a different course for your future—one where each decade brings not just more years, but better ones.
The Name Game
A fresh start is waiting for Charlie Jones.
But another Charlie Jones wants it too...
The Isle of Ormer: population 500, soon to be 501.
Charlie Jones has landed on the island to embark on her brand new life. As the manager at Ormer's only farm shop, this job will be her perfect next chapter. Good riddance to the mainland, this is it - fresh air, and a clean slate.
Except there is one small issue ...
Charlie Jones has also just arrived on the Isle of Ormer, to embark on his brand new life. His job at the farm shop feels like fate, and could not have come at a better moment. On Ormer, Charlie has promised himself he'll escape old friends, bad habits and heartbreak.
This second chance is the best thing that could have happened to Charlie . . . and Charlie.
That is, until they are introduced . . .
The Name Game is the brand new love story from the multi-million copy bestselling author of The Flatshare and Swept Away, about second chances becoming new beginnings and about love finding us in the most secluded of places.
The Visitors
A lonely twelve-year-old boy spends his days “stuck” at the deserted Hollow Pines Plantation in Georgetown, South Carolina with no recollection of his name, how long he’s been there, and no idea how to leave. Things never change much for the lost souls at Hollow Pines and time is strange when you’re dead. But when visitors from the living world arrive for the first time in a long while, the boy feels a spark of hope. These visitors are around his age, and they seem to understand more than others that the plantation is not just spooky or eerie - it’s a sad place where the unspeakable happened again and again. And if these kids could understand the truth about Hollow Pines, maybe they can help him uncover the dark secrets of his past and help him find a way to finally move on. But Hollow Pines doesn’t like visitors. And with a malevolent spirit lurking in the shadows and painful memories buried deep, and for good reason, the boy wonders if he’ll ever find his way home or be stuck at Hollow Pines forever.
Life with an Ordinary Guy Who Reincarnated into a Total Fantasy Knockout Vol. 9
32-year old nerdy office worker Tachibana Hinata has once again blundered at a singles mixer, no thanks to his hunky best friend who is always by his side. While he’s grumbling nonstop about it on the way home, a naked goddess appears out of nowhere and sends the two friends to another world!Furthermore, the goddess plays a prank and turns Tachibana into a blond woman with a peerless body?! To return him to his manly form, the two set off on a journey to defeat the demon king, but thanks to his beauty they’ll find trouble everywhere they go! Can they save the world before their lifelong bromance becomes a…romance?
Kinryo Rock - Code Amrita Vol. 1
Vampires and drugs?! What is the mysterious "Amrita"?Five years ago, the world recognized the existence of vampires. Now out of the shadows, vampires are free to live among us and share the world... at least within the six sanctioned districts.If a new society is to be born, it must first break a world. And for this transition to be orderly, there are humans and vampires ready to take care of any "irregularities"... with the power of rock & roll!
I Spark Like Lightning
A Realistic and Accessible Portrayal of a Child Living with EpilepsyIn I Spark Like Lightning, Jen explains what it’s like to live with epilepsy. Most of the time, her brain is full of electricity that sends signals to tell her body what to do. But sometimes, the signals get mixed up, like a lightning storm, and she has seizures. They can happen any time—at home, during ballet class, even at the beach. It’s hard sometimes, but there are a lot of people who love her and help keep her safe. With the help of her family, friends, and her service dog, Hamilton, Jen manages her epilepsy and appreciates the lightning as part of who she is. Offers an honest portrayal of life with epilepsy, what it’s like to experience seizures, and how kids manage itCelebrates disability joy and offers an empowering self-representation for disabled kidsHelps children develop empathy and understanding with first-person storytelling from a child’s perspectiveCenters disabled voices by drawing on the author’s experience with epilepsyThe Disability Books for Kids series explores visible and invisible disability in the first person, as seen through the eyes of children and written from lived experience. The series builds allyship, challenges ableism, and celebrates difference, empowering and educating all readers. Each book includes an author’s note to the reader.
The Daily Life of a Middle-Aged Online Shopper In Another World Volume 5
Middle-aged Kenichi Hamada is transported to another world, where he gains the ultimate cheat: an online shop that delivers anything he wants instantly! Kenichi is enjoying the peaceful life he's built for himself on the outskirts of Astrantia, but everything changes when the Viscountess turns to him for aid! Before he knows it, Kenichi is doing a construction job on her estate in exchange for a mysterious grimoire. However, something seems amiss with the Viscountess' finances... and what dangerous beasts are lurking in the forest?
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