An epic novel set against the backdrop of the 1980s space shuttle program and the extraordinary lengths we go to live and love beyond our limits.

In the summer of 1980, astrophysics professor Joan Goodwin begins training to be an astronaut at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilots Hank Redmond and John Griffin; mission specialist Lydia Danes; warm-hearted Donna Fitzgerald; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer. As the new astronauts prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined and begins to question everything she believes about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, everything changes in an instant.

Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, with complex protagonists, telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love, this time among the stars.

What was it like to fly a MiG or Mirage in combat over Angola? Most books on the Angolan Bush War, especially those in English, present the South African perspective of events. Now a former MiG-23 Squadron Commander of the Cuban Air Force has collaborated with an ex-SAAF pilot to paint a remarkable new picture of the aerial conflict over Angola in the 1980s.

In The MiG Diaries the recollections of Lt-Col Eduardo González Sarría are blended by Lionel Reid with those of air combatants from the Angolan, Cuban and South African air forces. Many are being published for the first time.

Using their own aviation knowledge and experience of the conflict, Sarría and Reid combine the accounts of these diverse combatants – former comrades and foe – to provide original insights into, and a more holistic description of, what happened in the skies over Angola. The results, often quite different to what the opposing sides had believed, reveal a surprising, and more complete, picture of events.

The wonderful sketching pencil of Sean Thackwray, himself a former fighter pilot, helps to bring this unique story to life, along with select images, including many not seen in print in South Africa.

’n Nuwe titel in die gewilde reeks met verskeie skuifblaaie en 'n magdom safari-diere! Maklik om te gebruik kiekieboe skuifblaaie, 'n snaakse rymteks en verrassingsspieel-einde kombineer in hierdie stylvolle en interaktiewe bordboek vir babas en kleuters! Met 'n totaal van 10 gladde meganismes om op elke bladsy vir stoot, trek of draai, is hierdie pragtige boek propvol pret! Om gesigte te herken en kiekieboe te speel is van die eerste speletjies wat babas speel. Dit is hoekom die heel jongste kinders van hierdie oulike safari-tema boek sal hou - en dit weer en weer sal wil lees.

Return to the immersive, lush, and dreamlike world of the instantly bestselling dark academia fantasy A Study in Drowning as the aftermath of their first discovery pulls Effy and Preston on a final adventure and brings their haunting love story to its end in this stunning sequel and final book in the duology. This collector’s edition features stunning foil case design, antique-style endpapers, filigree cover, and gorgeous designed edges.

All stories come to an end.

Effy learned that when she defeated the Fairy King. Even though she may never know exactly what happened at Hiraeth, she is free of her nightmares and is able to pen a thesis with Preston on the beloved national fairytale Angharad. She has finally earned a spot at the literature college, making her the first woman in history to enroll.

But some dreams are dangerous, especially when they come true. The entire university—and soon the entire nation—is waiting for her to fail. With the Fairy King defeated and Myrddin’s legacy exposed, Effy can no longer escape into fantasy. Who is she without her stories?

With Effy under threat, Preston is surprised to discover a rage simmering inside him, ringing in his ears like bells. He begins to dream of a palace under the sea, a world where he is king—visions that start to follow him even in waking.

As the war between Llyr and Argant explodes, Effy and Preston find themselves caught in the crossfire: Effy losing her dreams and Preston losing himself in his.

Are dreams ever truly just dreams?

'n Boek om met 'n oulike klein mensie te deel.

'n Heerlike interaktiewe boek, geskep deur die topverkoperskrywer Camilla Reid, en geillustreeer deur die bekroonde Nila Aye.

Heerlike interaktiewe lig-die-flappie boeke om met oulike babas en peuters tedeel. Beide boeke het sagte flappies en as ’n verrassing aan die einde, ’n spieëlwaarin die kleinding hom- of haarself kan bewonder.

'n Boek om met 'n oulike klein mensie te deel.

'n Heerlike interaktiewe boek, geskep deur die topverkoperskrywer Camilla Reid, en geillustreeer deur die bekroonde Nila Aye.

Heerlike interaktiewe lig-die-flappie boeke om met oulike babas en peuters tedeel. Beide boeke het sagte flappies en as ’n verrassing aan die einde, ’n spieëlwaarin die kleinding hom- of haarself kan bewonder.

Neem 'n reis na die dieretuin in hierdie nuwe dieretema-titel in die gewilde reeks met verskeie skuifblaaie en 'n spieel! Maklik om te gebruik kiekieboe skuifblaaie, 'n snaakse rymteks en verrassingsspieel-einde kombineer in hierdie stylvolle en interaktiewe bordboek vir babas en kleuters! Met 'n totaal van 10 gladde meganismes om op elke bladsy vir stoot, trek of draai, is hierdie pragtige boek propvol pret! Om gesigte te herken en kiekieboe te speel is van die eerste speletjies wat babas speel. Dit is hoekom die heel jongste kinders van hierdie oulike safari-tema boek sal hou - en dit weer en weer sal wil lees.

Maklik om te gebruik kiekieboe skuifblaaie, oulike gesigte en 'n verrassingsspieel-einde kombineer in hierdie stylvolle en interaktiewe bordboek vir babas en kleuters! Met 'n totaal van 10 gladde meganismes om op elke bladsy vir stoot, trek of draai. Om gesigte te herken en kiekieboe te speel is van die eerste speletjies wat babas speel en dit is hoekom die heel jongste kinders van hierdie oulike boek sal hou - en dit weer en weer sal wil lees!

'n Nuwe hondetema-titel indie gewilde reeks met verskeie skuifblaaie en 'n spieel! Maklik om te gebruik kiekieboe skuifblaaie, oulike gesigte en 'n verrassingsspieel-einde kombineer in hierdie stylvolle en interaktiewe bordboek vir babas en kleuters! Met 'n totaal van 10 gladde meganismes om op elke bladsy vir stoot, trek of draai. Om gesigte te herken en kiekieboe te speel is van die eerste speletjies wat babas speel. Dit is hoekom die heel jongste kinders daarvan sal hou om al die vriendelike honde en oulike hondjies in hierdie boek te vind - en dit weer en weer sal wil lees.

Joan Goodwin has been obsessed with the stars for as long as she can remember. Thoughtful and reserved, Joan is content with her life as a professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University and as aunt to her precocious niece, Frances. That is, until she comes across an advertisement seeking the first women scientists to join NASA’s space shuttle program. Suddenly, Joan burns to be one of the few people to go to space.

Selected from a pool of thousands of applicants in the summer of 1980, Joan begins training at Houston’s Johnson Space Center, alongside an exceptional group of fellow candidates: Top Gun pilot Hank Redmond and scientist John Griffin, who are kind and easygoing even when the stakes are highest; mission specialist Lydia Danes, who has worked too hard to play nice; warmhearted Donna Fitzgerald, who is navigating her own secrets; and Vanessa Ford, the magnetic and mysterious aeronautical engineer, who can fix any engine and fly any plane.

As the new astronauts become unlikely friends and prepare for their first flights, Joan finds a passion and a love she never imagined. In this new light, Joan begins to question everything she thinks she knows about her place in the observable universe.

Then, in December of 1984, on mission STS-LR9, it all changes in an instant.

Fast-paced, thrilling, and emotional, Atmosphere is Taylor Jenkins Reid at her best: transporting readers to iconic times and places, creating complex protagonists, and telling a passionate and soaring story about the transformative power of love—this time among the stars.

The Academy of Parish Clergy 2020 Reference Book of the Year 2020 Association of Catholic Publishers first place award in Scripture 2020 Catholic Press Association third place award for best new religious book series This reading of Mark's Gospel engages this ancient text from the perspective of contemporary feminist concerns to expose and resist all forms of domination that prevent the full flourishing of all humans and all creation. Accordingly, it foregrounds the Gospel's constructions of gender in intersectionality with the visions, structures, practices, and personnel of Roman imperial power. This reading embraces a rich tradition of feminist scholarship on the Gospel, as well as masculinity studies, particularly pervasive hegemonic masculinity. Its politically engaged discussion of Mark's Gospel provides a resource for clergy, students, and laity concerned with contemporary constructions of gender, power, and a world in which all might experience fullness of life.

This book contains fifteen essays, each first presented as the annual Tanner Lecture at the conference of the Mormon History Association by a leading scholar. Renowned in their own specialties but relatively new to the study of Mormon history at the time of their lectures, these scholars approach Mormon history from a wide variety of perspectives, including such concerns as gender, identity creation, and globalization. Several of these essays place Mormon history within the currents of American religious history-for example, by placing Joseph Smith and other Latter-day Saints in conversation with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nat Turner, fellow millenarians, and freethinkers. Other essays explore the creation of Mormon identities, demonstrating how Mormons created a unique sense of themselves as a distinct people. Historians of the American West examine Mormon connections with American imperialism, the Civil War, and the wider cultural landscape. Finally the essayists look at continuing Latter-day Saint growth around the world, within the context of the study of global religions. Examining Mormon history from an outsider's perspective, the essays presented in this volume ask intriguing questions, share fresh insights and perspectives, analyze familiar sources in unexpected ways, and situate research on the Mormon past within broader scholarly debates.

Help students gain the knowledge and practical skills required for success both in CSEC (R) exams and in the real world of office work. - Increase students' use and understanding of related vocabulary with key terms highlighted throughout and a comprehensive glossary. - Support teachers and students with clear outlines of syllabus statements explaining the new skills and knowledge students will acquire to help focus learning, while an expanded SBA guide helps teachers and students through this integral part of the assessment. - Test knowledge and prepare for the exam with in-text practice questions, case study analysis and end-of-chapter exercises. Go Digital! The accompanying CD-Rom and website present invaluable additional materials for further practice and revision. Log on now! www.officeadministration.exintra.net/

2021 Catholic Media Association Award second place award in academic studies In this close reading of Psalms 90-150, Nancy L. deClaisse-Walford discovers meanings in the Psalms that were "there all along" but hidden beneath layers of interpretation built up over the centuries. Approaching the canonical storyline of the Psalter with feminist-critical lenses, she reads against the dominant mind-set, refuses to accept the givens, and seeks to uncover a hidden/alternate/parallel set of societal norms. DeClaisse-Walford attends to how context affects the way hearers appropriate the Psalter's words: women, for the most part, hear differently than men; women of privilege differently than women living in poverty. Her interchanges with students and scholars in post-apartheid South Africa bring the biblical text alive in new ways for today's believers.

Presented in a concise and readable format, Pediatric Radiology provides a comprehensive review of 120 pathologies commonly encountered by practicing radiologists and residents. As part of the Rotations in Radiology series, this volume offers a guided approach to imaging diagnosis with a constant depth of coverage, a structured template, and incorporation of applied physics, distinguishing it from other texts in the field. A definition is given for each pathology in this volume, followed by: demographics, clinical presentation, imaging modalities and features, imaging algorithm, applied physics, differential diagnoses and pitfalls, and a bulleted summary of key points. Designed for point-of-care use while training on a specific rotation, as well as for exam review and ongoing reference, Pediatric Radiology is the perfect tool to impart to residents, as well as to refresh for practitioners, the essential facts of common pathologies and the various modalities used to interpret them.

An updated edition of Colette Baron-Reid's best-selling book on the power of metaphor for personal transformation and partnering with Spirit to manifest your destiny.

Intuitive counselor Colette Baron-Reid is renowned for helping people create the purposeful and authentic lives they desire. In this fascinating book, Colette hands you the “magic wand” of your own awareness so that you can begin to perceive your life as a wonderful adventure, and see yourself as a powerful mapmaker.

Enter a profound journey as you travel through and explore your inner landscapes. Meet the imaginary beings that hold the keys to the wisdom hidden in your subconscious: the Wizard of Awareness, the Gentle Gardener, the Bone Collector, and the Spirits of the psychological terrain you traverse, who know where to find the treasure in each experience. Discover how to tame the mischievous trickster Goblin, who locks you into old habits. Each of these aspects of your psyche has lessons for you, and each responds to your directions, for you are in charge of your own map.

Many readers are convinced that the Psalms are hopelessly "masculine," especially given that seventy-three of the 150 psalms begin with headings linking them to King David. In this volume, Denise Dombkowski Hopkins sets stories about women in the Hebrew Bible alongside Psalms 42-89 as "intertexts" for interpretation. The stories of women such as Hannah, Rahab, Tamar, Bathsheba, Susanna, Judith, Shiphrah, Puah, and the Levite's concubine can generate a different set of associations for psalm metaphors than have traditionally been put forward. These different associations can give the reader different views of the dynamics of power, gender, politics, religion, family, and economics in ancient Israel and in our lives today that might help to name and transform the brokenness of our world. From the Wisdom Commentary series Feminist biblical interpretation has reached a level of maturity that now makes possible a commentary series on every book of the Bible. It is our hope that Wisdom Commentary, by making the best of current feminist biblical scholarship available in an accessible format to ministers, preachers, teachers, scholars, and students, will aid all readers in their advancement toward God's vision of dignity, equality, and justice for all. The aim of this commentary is to provide feminist interpretation of Scripture in serious, scholarly engagement with the whole text, not only those texts that explicitly mention women. A central concern is the world in front of the text, that is, how the text is heard and appropriated by women. At the same time, this commentary aims to be faithful to the ancient text, to explicate the world behind the text, where appropriate, and not impose contemporary questions onto the ancient texts. The commentary addresses not only issues of gender (which are primary in this project) but also those of power, authority, ethnicity, racism, and classism, which all intersect. Each volume incorporates diverse voices and differing interpretations from different parts of the world, showing the importance of social location in the process of interpretation and that there is no single definitive feminist interpretation of a text.

Rapid Writing is designed to help struggling learners to catch up and close the attainment gap in writing. Created by expert authors, you can be reassured that the progression is spot on and will help children succeed across the whole curriculum. Ideal for use with small groups or for one-to-one support, and perfect for home learning. Fun contexts and fantastic design ensure children enjoy writing. Familiar characters from Rapid reading books support the link between reading and writing. Focus on Spelling and Grammar. To be used together with the Rapid Writing Stage 1 Teaching Guide, children will use this writing log workbook to write down what they have learned.

Help students gain the knowledge and practical skills required for success both in CSEC (R) exams and in the real world of office work. Developed specifically for the Jamaican syllabus. - Increase students' use and understanding of related vocabulary with key terms highlighted throughout and a comprehensive glossary. - Support teachers and students with clear outlines of syllabus statements explaining the new skills and knowledge students will acquire to help focus learning, while an expanded SBA guide helps teachers and students through this integral part of the assessment. - Test knowledge and prepare for the exam with in-text practice questions, case study analysis and end-of-chapter exercises. Go Digital! The accompanying CD-Rom and website present invaluable additional materials for further practice and revision. Log on now! www.officeadministration.exintra.net/

Empower children to stand up for what is right with this picture book inspired by the real-life events around the statue of a slave trader, its toppling and heroic replacement.   They call him ‘HERO’, but he’s no HERO – not to me.   A Hero Like Me is inspired by the events of 7 June 2020, when a statue of seventeenth-century slave trader Edward Colston was pulled down and thrown into Bristol Harbour during an anti-racism protest. Co-author Jen Reid was one of the protesters that day, and despite being afraid of heights, she spontaneously climbed onto the empty plinth and raised her fist high above her head – a moment that was captured on camera and shared around the world.   On the morning of 15 July, a statue of Jen by Marc Quinn was added to the empty plinth. It was called A Surge of Power and it gained national attention for the 24 hours it was in place, and beyond.    This inspiring picture book tells the story of these events through the eyes of a little girl who, every day, on her way to school, sees a towering statue. A statue of a man who sold freedom for cotton and tea. The world around her says this man is a hero. But she knows he’s not a hero – not a real one.   Heroes are hard to find. She looks for them around corners, under rocks, and on TV, but there are none that she can see. And so, the little girl marches and shouts for them instead. And that statue – he doesn’t belong. He doesn’t stand for Kindness. He doesn’t stand for Peace.   Maybe he shouldn’t stand at all.   A Hero Like Me empowers children to have courage to stand up for what is right and be their own hero. It shows every child that they have a voice in their community and a say in who is on their streets. That they too have power, just like Jen.