When local park fixture (and spy-master) Pops gets squirrel-napped, it's up to Norma, Belly and their friend little B to save him! This time, their adventure takes them out of the park-and into the uncharted territory of . . . the local apple orchard. Where can Pops be? Will this adventure end in tragedy? Or in apple pie? Or both? With these best friends on the case, you never know what's coming next-but you can be sure there will be friends and delicious foods along the way.

Norma and Belly really really REALLY want a donut, but things aren't going their way. With a burned breakfast and a cranky donut seller at the local food truck, they may be stuck with only nuts to eat... But these squirrels won't give up that easily! They're on a mission to get their paws on the biggest, most delicious donut of their tiny lives! Join Norma and Belly on their hilarious adventure., filled with lots of action, crazy obstacles, and funny mistakes. They'll need to use their brains, work together and think outside the box to get that sweet, sweet treat. With lots of laughts and lots of heart, this "donut caper" is sure to be a hit with kids who love fun, excitement and a good belly laugh!

This book is comprised of enhanced, expanded, and updated versions of articles previously published in the the International Journal of Public and Private Perspectives on Healthcare, Culture, and the Environment (IJPPPHCE). The chapters will highlight critical trends focusing on the relationship between the public sphere, private sector, medicine, environmental health and wellbeing, and society. It covers critical topics such as environmental sustainability, ethics and medicine, healthcare and administration, corporate social responsibility, pollution and waste management, and related topics, and how the public sector and private industries contribute to these factors. This book will be interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary in its nature, as it is intended for a broad audience with interests in Healthcare, Culture, or the Environment or specifically professionals, policy makers, researchers, and graduate-level students in the fields of sociology, environmental science, public policy, healthcare administration, and business.

Art and Its Histories, Volume I: Caves to Cathedrals Revisited tells a succinct and absorbing story about the varied, complex roles that images and objects have played in cultures from Prehistory to the Middle Ages. Each chapter in the textbook provides historical, social, religious, and cultural context for the images and objects analyzed, as well as recent research about materiality, gender, and social class to demonstrate connections between art history and contemporary visual culture. In addition to an engaging introduction and conclusion that emphasize connectivity across cultures, thirteen chapters, written by subject experts, explore over 500 individual images and objects within their respective historical contexts. Each chapter is accompanied by suggested activities and assignments that enrich the student reading and learning experience. Art and Its Histories, Volume I demonstrates that across historical periods cultures do not exist in isolation; instead they are in constant dialogue with each other, promoting cross-cultural pictorial languages and styles. It is the first textbook in a two-volume series designed to support courses and programs in art history. All of the contributors and editors are alumni of New York University's Institute of Fine Arts.

Animated series which follows the adventures of the McLaren Formula 1 racing team over the past 50 years. Told through a number of animated vignettes, the show highlights the stories behind some of the team's greatest drivers including Mika Hakkinen, Emerson Fittipaldi and Ayrton Senna.

Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world’s greatest hero, but greatness won’t come easy. Take your art PLUS ULTRA with My Hero Academia: The Official Easy Illustration Guide. Superartist Mika Fujisawa is here to teach you the quickest and most fun way to draw your favourite heroes, whether you’ve never picked up a pencil or you’re already a manga master!

The Adventures of Uncle-man and Wonder-niece is a superhero parody full of pop culture references. Ordinary uncle and niece by day, less than extraordinary superheroes by night, Natallia and Mika-eno fight (mostly run away from) witches, ghosts, zombies, gangsters, and the most insidious foe of them all: political correctness.

Despite the development of environmental initiatives, healthcare, and cultural assimilation in today's global market, significant problems in these areas remain throughout various regions of the world. As countries continue to transition into the modern age, areas across Asia and Africa have begun implementing modern solutions in order to benefit their individual societies and keep pace with the surrounding world. Significant research is needed in order to understand current issues that persist across the globe and what is being done to solve them. Global Issues and Innovative Solutions in Healthcare, Culture, and the Environment is an essential reference source that discusses worldwide conflicts within healthcare and environmental development as well as modern resolutions that are being implemented. Featuring research on topics such as health insurance reform, sanitation development, and cultural freedom, this book is ideally designed for researchers, policymakers, physicians, government officials, sociologists, environmentalists, anthropologists, academicians, practitioners, and students seeking coverage on global societal challenges in the modern age.

Norma and Belly want pizza. Hot, cheesy, tasty pizza. Too bad no one will deliver. Now they must get creative to nab a slice! Even if it means taking on a wild beast. With the help of their friends, old and new, these squirrels are up to the task.

Post-Materialist Religion discusses the transformations of the individual's worldview in contemporary modern societies, and the role general societal value change plays in these. In doing so, Mika Lassander brings into conversation sociological theories of secularisation and social-psychological theories of interpersonal relations, the development of morality, and the nature of basic human values. The long-term decline of traditional religiosity in Europe and the emerging ethos that can be described as post-secular have brought religion and values back into popular discussion. One important theme in these discussions is about the links between religion and values, with the most common assumption being that religions are the source of individuals' values. This book argues for the opposite view, suggesting that religions, or people's worldviews in general, reflect the individual's priorities. Mika Lassander argues that the transformation of the individual's worldview is a direct consequence of the social and economical changes in European societies since the Second World War. He suggests that the decline of traditional religiosity is not an indication of linear secularisation or of forgetting traditions, but an indication of the loss of relevance of some aspects of the traditional institutional religions. Furthermore, he argues that this is not an indication of the loss of ethical value base, but, rather, a change in the value base and consequently the transformation of the legitimating framework of this value base.

Gordie Howard is a typical Canadian nice guy whose passions in life center on beer and the great game of hockey. Trapped in a job he hates and absolutely witless in love, his greatest joys are found in the bleachers, on the sidelines, or mystified in an armchair. But Gordie's past mistakes are lurking in the shadows-ready to haunt him. Gordie sees himself as a beer-swilling sports fan who actually salivates when the siren goes off for puck and knows his players' stats better than he knows the names of his ex-girlfriends. After his latest love interest leaves him, Gordie becomes swept up in the frenzy of the Cup Run of his favorite team. But when new friends enter his life, Gordie begins to question his choices-and his work life takes a surprising turn. Through puck drops, nights with the boys, boring staff meetings, and awkward family dinners, Gordie struggles to find his own version of happiness. In this vivid tale, Gordie must learn to rely on the help from a band of colorful friends, a few bottles of tequila, and eighty-two regular season games in order to conquer his fears and find his true purpose in life.

The long-standing debate on public vs. private healthcare systems has forced an examination of these organisations, in particular whether these approaches play corresponding or conflicting roles in service to global citizens. Healthcare Management and Economics: Perspectives on Public and Private Administration discusses public and private healthcare organisations by gathering perspectives on the differences in service, management, delivery, and efficiency. Highlighting the impact of citizens and information technology in these healthcare processes, this book is a vital collection of research for practitioners, academics, and scholars in the healthcare management field.

This book is largely about second language learning and identity construction. It is based on a unique hybrid design of case study and autoethnography. In addition, diary study plays an important role in allowing the participants to express themselves in a self-reflective way. The author examines and discusses with the participants of her research, the everyday struggles of Japanese women in Canada who are trying to learn English. Of particular interest to this study was the role of metaphor in language which constructs our conceptual framework in a manner consistent with sociocultural theory and critical theory. Also, Foucault's discourse theory plays a prominent role, particularly with regards to diary, interviews and group meetings, in that it sees identity and discourse as being profoundly interrelated and inseparable. Thus, by examining discourse we can become more aware of changes in identity. With regards to the context of this study with respect to other research, the author believes that there is a significant connection to Bonny Norton's notion of investment rather than motivation with regards to how invested a second language learner feels in his or her studies. Also, Hongyu Wang, who writes extensively in the style of autoethnography, has helped me come to understand my journey that generates feelings of exclusion, repression, and alienation. Bakhtin's notion of multiple voices was also very important to the author as she discussed identity as constantly shifting, layered voices in multiple contexts. In second-language learning research, there is very little attention paid to the perspective of the learner with regards to how they feel, and their identity. Most other research in this area looks at particular linguistic functions such as syntax, morphology, etc. This research is also a documentation of the author's personal journey as she was a participant in her own research. The importance of narratives is also something that the author found was largely ignored in second-language research. For this reason, the author ensured that it was central to her work. When the author first began this research, her aim was to help Japanese women who were studying English understand the changes in identity that they were experiencing. However, as her research progressed, she saw that this research would benefit all students pursuing a second language, all teachers of second languages, as well as researchers in SLA and curriculum theorists. The use of haiku throughout the thesis is a particularly unique reflection of poetic discourse. Autoethnography has also recently grown in popularity in terms of its use in research, and is used extensively throughout this work. The use of the liminal space, doubling space, in-between space, Third Space notion in the exploration of identity and its transformation in this work is also quite interesting. Through this research, the author has uncovered a profound connection between language and identity. For Japanese women, learning English is both liberating and unsettling. This beautifully written work will be an important book for all involved in second-language learning, curriculum theorists, as well as researchers concerned with connections between language and identity, poetic inquiry and discourse, narrative theory, and autoethnography.