From tea guru Sebastian Beckwith and New York Times bestsellers Caroline Paul and Wendy MacNaughton comes the essential guide to exploring and enjoying the vast world of tea. Tea, the most popular beverage in the world after water, has brought nations to war, defined cultures, bankrupted coffers, and toppled kings. And yet in many ways this fragrantly comforting and storied brew remains elusive, even to its devotees. As down-to-earth yet stylishly refined as the drink itself, A Little Tea Book submerges readers into tea, exploring its varieties, subtleties, and pleasures right down to the process of selecting and brewing the perfect cup. From orange pekoe to pu-erh, tea expert Sebastian Beckwith provides surprising tips, fun facts, and flavorful recipes to launch dabblers and connoisseurs alike on a journey of taste and appreciation. Along with writer and fellow tea-enthusiast Caroline Paul, Beckwith walks us through the cultural and political history of the elixir that has touched every corner of the world. Featuring featuring charming, colorful charts, graphs, and illustrations by bestselling illustrator Wendy MacNaughton and Beckwith's sumptuous photographs, A Little Tea Book is a friendly, handsome, and illuminating primer with a dash of sass and sophistication. Cheers!

Caroline Paul was recovering from a bad accident and thought things couldn't get worse. But then her beloved cat Tibia disappeared. She and her partner, illustrator Wendy MacNaughton, mourned his loss. Yet weeks later, Tibia waltzed back into their lives. His owners were overjoyed. But they were also...jealous? Betrayed? Where had their sweet anxious cat disappeared to? Had he become a swashbuckling cat adventurer? Did he love someone else more? His owners were determined to find out.Using GPS technology, cat cameras, psychics, the web, and animal communicators, the authors of "Lost Cat" embarked on a quest to discover what their cat did when they weren't around. Told through writer Caroline Paul's rich and warmly poignant narrative and illustrator Wendy MacNaughton's stunning and hilarious 4-color illustrations, "Lost Cat" is a book for animal lovers, pet owners, and anyone who has ever done anything desperate for love.

Zur Exploration der Resilienz als Grundlage fur moegliche Massnahmen der Pravention- und Gesundheitsfoerderung bei Fernstudierenden in Assoziation mit studienbezogenen sowie intrapersonellen Aspekten der Mehrbelastung soll diese Publikation einen Beitrag leisten. Zur Generierung der Daten wurde ein retrospektives Querschnittsdesign, unter der Verwendung der Resilienzskala (RS-13), der Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), der Satisfaction with Life Scale (SWLS) und einem Teil des Stress- und Coping-Inventars (SCI) als standarisierte Messverfahren gewahlt. Als zentrales Ergebnis der Untersuchung ist zu berichten, dass die Teilnahme an einem Fernstudium einen direkten Zusammenhang zwischen Stress und Resilienz intendiert. Auf dieser Basis, sowie weiterer bestatigter Hypothesen, erweitert diese Publikation den Forschungsstand hinsichtlich der Beschreibung des Gesundheitszustandes im Zusammenhang mit einem stressevozierten Belastungspotenzials durch ein Fernstudium.

December 1941. The inhabitants of Niihau lead a simple life. Mostly Hawaiian natives, they work the ranch of Niihau's eccentric "haole" owner, who keeps his island totally isolated from the outside world, devoid of cars, phones, and electricity. But then a plane crash-lands there, and although the villagers rescue the pilot, they have no idea that he has just attacked Pearl Harbor. War has now come to Eden, slowly undoing its tranquillity, widening the cracks in the already troubled marriage of Irene and Yoshio Harada, the island's only Japanese-American couple. It will test everyone's loyalties and all they believe in . . . as Paradise, once within reach, slowly falls victim to its own isolated innocence.

Based on a little-known true event, "East Wind, Rain" is a provocative and compelling novel of irrevocable consequences for people thrust unwittingly into a devastating war of nations and American identity.