In fact, it’s her job. A favor for a friend in college who was afraid she’d been catfished soon turned into a full-blown business. Now, as the owner of The Ex Files, a matchmaking service based Ocean View, she dates men nearly every day of the week in order to vet them, assuring the matches she makes are perfectly informed and free of heartache. With her job comes pitfalls, though: every…
Documenting Maritime Heritage at Risk addresses the risks posed to coastal piers and quays due to climate change, the urgent need for documentation and attendant questions regarding long-term conservation, and the role communities could have in this endeavour. Case studies from communities, researchers, and national agencies offer insights into the documentation and analysis of coastal heritage…
It is hard to believe that it has been 14 years since the first edition of Step-Up to Medicine was published. Now in its fifth edition, the success of this book has always been linked to its in-depth, yet concise coverage of every medical topic that a student will encounter during the clinical years of medical school and corresponding NBME shelf examinations. This fifth edition of Step-Up to Me…
Growing up in Western Australia, in the southwestern corner of that huge and sparsely populated state, it was difficult to be unaware of the bizarre splendour, diversity and colour of the local vegetation. This, the South West Botanical Province, is now recognised as one of 25 biodiversity hotspots in the world. Its abundance of flowering plants, possibly over 9,000 species, is greater than alm…
Until the enf of the eighteenth century, two races of the wild horse Equus ferus, existed in Europe and the Russian steppes, and the Mongolian wild horse, or Przewalski's horse, in Mongolia wild horse, or Przewalksi's horse in Mongolia. These two races were the relics of vast populations of wild equines that inhabited virtually the whole of Europe, Asia, and North America at the close of the la…
Kesuksesan dalam mengelola uang tidak selalu tentang apa yang anda ketahui. Ini tentang bagaimana anda berperilaku. Dan perilaku sulit untuk diajarkan, bahkan kepada orang yang sangat pintar sekalipun. Seorang genius yang kehilangan kendali atas emosinya bisa mengalami bencana keuangan. Sebaliknya, orang biasa tanpa pendidikan finansial bisa kaya jika mereka punya sejumlah keahlian terkait peri…
Seven new scholarly essays present original research that includes rare historical and photographic materials highlighting the significance of Islamic civilization and its vexed legacy in a variety of contemporary European countries and challenging the perception of European identity as exclusively Christian. This volume unearths a rich, complex history of relationships between Muslims and Chri…
People in the Nordic states – Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark, and Iceland – rank as among the most proficient speakers of English in the world. In this unique volume, international experts explore how this came to be, what English usage and integration looks like in different spheres of society and the economy in these countries, and the implications of this linguistic phenomenon for lang…
As a result, a unique amalgam was formed. On the one hand, the Alpha-betical Odyssey is a guide showing the breadth of the creative field of children’s literature that blends the ancient and the modern for readers of all ages, thereby making it possible for them to travel beyond time, to learn about new things, but also to rediscover what may already seem familiar. Short chapters on clas-sica…
Bagaimana rasanya punya enam orang kakak laki-laki? Merasa dilindungi? Selalu dijaili? Setidaknya itu yang dirasakan Putri Shiori, putri bungsu Kaisar Kiata. Sayangnya, hari-harinya yang riuh bersama keenam kakak lelakinya tak bisa berlangsung lama. Karena sebuah tragedi tak terduga, Raikama, sang ibu tiri menyihir keenam kakak Shiori menjadi bangau. Shiori pun dikutuk nyaris bisu. Jika satu ka…