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What Love Looks Like is a delightful book that was inspired by Gary Chapman's 5 Love Languages. This book explores the many different ways that people give and receive loveand can help you identify what makes you feel loved the most as well as help you recognise when others are speaking love to you in their own special way.
How many times have you seen the Statue of Liberty? Is it in tourist books sold in New York City? Or on TV during a sporting event being played in the New York and cameras pan the city skyline including shots of New York Harbor and Liberty Island where Lady Liberty stands proud and majestic?Or have you had the opportunity of taking the brief ferry ride on the Hudson River across from Battery Park, stepped off the boat, and have been met with one of the most daunting and colossal sights of a statue that has stood on her pedestal for over 100 plus years? If you have, you’ve been very fortunate in experiencing the majesty of the Statue of Liberty, one of the most iconic monuments in the world.
Self-employed gardener Sara Martin has known from childhood that gardens are enchanted places. But she never expected the magic to be literal.Miraculously swept away to a landscape dying in the grip of an ecological disaster, Sara discovers that the enchantment is as real as the danger. And when a forbidden healing power manifests in her, she is forced to question everything she has built her life on.Uncertain how far she can trust her outlaw companions, pursued by an enemy intent on her destruction, Sara must decide how much she is willing to risk for a place and a people that are not her own.And she will be forced to face the question: what is the price for choosing a safe, little life?Greenhaelan is Book One of the Chronicles of Algarth.
The Lifestyle Changes You Can Make to Prevent CancerAs much as 40 percent of cancers occur because of the way we live our lives. By making what might be small changes to our lifestyles, we can significantly reduce the chances of getting, and dying from, many common cancers. Simple things like drinking coffee, taking care with exposure to sunlight, eating the correct foods, and much more, can make a big difference.This book provides all the information you need to set about minimizing your chances of getting cancer. It is informative, easy to read, and based on sound medical research.It covers a wide range, including these topics.AlcoholDietOrganic foodsMedications to prevent cancerSmokingExcess body fat and bariatric surgeryPhysical activityUltraviolet (UV) exposure from sunlightVaccinationsVitamins and mineralsStressCancer-preventing surgeryRadiation exposure, including X-rays and scansCell phone usePesticide and herbicide exposureAll the common cancers are discussed separately in detail.Don’t get cancer! It can forever change your life, and you might possibly die from it. There are many changes to your way of living that you can do that might prevent this from happening!
Corrupted diarch of Caemeris, Baachelaus, with his gaoler Voloc,breach the world of Arglethium. They are pursued by Assumpta,co-ruler of Caemeris, who has been doomed to an eternal quest toset Baachelaus free.A prism forged in the last days of Caemeris from the tears ofAssumpta is hidden on Arglethium by the custodian Norbu.Lusting to seize control of the power within the prism, Volocpossesses the despot Ranik and sets the Kingdoms of the Middlinglands to war to seek out the sacred tears.Assumpta calls the ancestors of the fi rst tribes of Arglethium, AngeTsaed desert dweller, Gildas Gol exiled warrior, Kado heir to theDrax Empire and Sa-Tuc assassin, to fulfi l a covenant made in thebeginning days with Norbu to protect the prism.Suspicious of the gods, but with no choice as their world spiralstoward annihilation, Ange, Gildas, Sa-Tuc and Kado are drawninto the mysteries of the prism, and an ancient war raging since thedawn of the fi rst stars.
In Sri Lanka A Victor’s Peace, Ana Pararajasingham, provides a perspective on events as they unfolded following the end of Sri Lanka’s civil war in May 2009.This book is a collection of articles by the author published between September 2009 and August 2019 in various journals covering events in Asia and the Pacific.Ana Pararajasingham was Director Programmes with the Switzerland based, Centre for Just Peace and Democracy (CJPD) between 2007 and 2009. He is the editor of Sri Lanka: 60 Years of “Independence” and Beyond published in 2009 and author of Sri Lanka’s Endangered Peace Process and the Way Forward published in 2007.Events in post-war Sri Lanka have been underpinned by three distinct themes: Colombo’s pursuit of a ‘victor’s peace’; Beijing’s determination to strengthen the Beijing-Colombo axis and New Delhi’s and Washington’s attempts to re-assert their influence over Colombo.Ana Pararajasingham has scrupulously followed the oft-quoted dictum “Comment is free, but facts are sacred” . Damien Kingsbury, Professor of International Politics at Deakin University, Australia has provided a powerful foreword to the book. identifying identifying the raison d'être for these articles written over a ten year period.According to Professor Kingsbury ,"“The author has documented these events and issues in his articles, retaining a clear eye for fact where so many have been persuaded by a regrettable, often confrontational, emotion. For anyone wanting to understand post-LTTE war Sri Lanka, these articles offer invaluable insight. For anyone wanting to understand Sri Lanka’s place in the wider geo-strategic field, and to get a glimpse of how global politics can play out in a corner of the world, these articles are enlightening.”According to Associate Professor Jake Lynch of the University of Sydney, this astute and informative collection of articles by Ana Pararajasingham help explain how the Sri Lankan government and military were able avoid meaningful accountability for their copiously documented war crimes in the early months of 2009 through “Duplicity, delay and defiance” in its political positioning, together with exploting rival geostrategic designs by global powers.
Hermia Barrington isn't content with keeping house or hosting endless tea parties. She wants adventure. It's 1894 - the height of industrialism, an era of unprecedented scientific discovery. Hemmy is determined to join her husband's expedition in search of the legendary creature, the Waterhorse. Nothing will stop her; not a secret society bent on stealing the Waterhorse for profit. Not even her own beloved husband. It's time for Hemlock Soames, Hemmy's childhood alter ego, to return! But is Society ready for Hemlock Soames?
Keijiro Suga’s Transit Blues ponders wide horizons including man’s relationship with and impact on nature, with the passing of time, and what it is as humans to live in the presence of inevitable decline and death. A deeply thoughtful and percipient voice engages the reader, surreal and dreamlike imagery offering fresh and lucent perspectives. Essentially elegiac, seeking unity, clarity and connection Keijiro Suga’s poetry brings together refined philosophical thought and the wisdom of the heart. The dignified, ever sustaining and watchful presence of nature resonates throughout this elegantly paced and fine collection.
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