Killing the Messiah
Long ago, on a spring morning in Jerusalem, Pontius Pilate passed judgement on a mysterious preacher. Jesus of Nazareth was nailed to a cross shortly after and died in agony. The effects of this verdict have reverberated throughout the world and h...
Syrian Identity in the Greco-Roman World
By engaging with recent developments in the study of empires, this book examines how inhabitants of Roman imperial Syria reinvented expressions and experiences of Greek, Roman and Syrian identification. It demonstrates how the organization of Gree...
Zenobia
Hailing from the Syrian city of Palmyra, a woman named Zenobia (also Bathzabbai) governed territory in the eastern Roman empire from 268 to 272. She thus became the most famous Palmyrene who ever lived. But sources for her life and career are scar...
Zenobia
Zenobia
Climbing a Broken Ladder: Contributors of College Success for Youth in Foster Care
Although foster youth have college aspirations similar to their peers, fewer than one in ten ultimately complete a two-year or four-year college degree. What are the major factors that influence their chances of succeeding?¿Climbing a Broken Ladde...
The Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell
Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful ...
What Happens Online
An unforgettable teen comedy about figuring out who you are online and offline from the award-winning author of King of Nothing
King Of Nothing
From the Yoto Carnegie Medal shortlisted author of Steady For This comes a hilarious and heartwarming new teen comedy!ANTON AND HIS FRIENDS ARE THE KINGS OF YEAR 9. They're used to ruling the school and Anton wears the crown.
Time Travel Is NOT My Superpower
Sara has been practising her new teleport powers and she's getting pretty good! Except when she accidentally transports herself and her best friends (Georgie and Javier) and her nemesis (Jock) back in time... They're warned not to interact with ANYONE, to make sure they don't change anything in the future, but that becomes difficult when they're dragged into a birthday party. They get out as quickly as they can, although not before causing some minor chaos. But how much damage can a squashed cake really do?!? (As it turns out, a LOT.) A laugh-out-loud series about all the different ways of being extraordinary, perfect for fans of PIZAZZ, SAM WU and MARV.
The Day of the Locust
Admired by F. Scott Fitzgerald, Dorothy Parker, and Dashiell Hammett, and hailed as one of the "Best 100 English-language novels" by Time magazine, The Day of the Locust continues to influence American writers, artists, and culture. Bob ...
Dropping Beats
'Funny, bursting with heart, goofy, wise, and did I mention- wildly wonderfully funny.' --Jon Scieszka, First National Ambassador of Young People's Literature and Founder of Guys Read A hilarious and heartfelt young YA comedy about the misadventures of an aspiring young rapper as he navigates school, family, and friendship. Thirteen-year-old Growls (aka Shaun) is an aspiring (awful) rapper who hopes to enter this year's Raptology competition with his best friend, Shanks (aka Zachariah). After all, what better way to land his crush (Tanisha) and get the respect he finally deserves than winning the contest and going viral? But when a livestream practice goes epically wrong, the two friends do go viral- and not in the way they'd hoped. Now the laughingstock of the school, Growls is sure he'll never have another chance to date Tanisha. Even worse, Shanks has gone MIA, leaving him terribly alone. But when Growls meets the new girl on the block (Siobhan), things don't seem so terrible after
Day of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts
In The Day of the Locust a young artist, Tod Hackett, arrives in LA full of dreams. But celebrity and artifice rule and he soon joins the ranks of the disenchanted that drift around the fringes of Hollywood. When he meets Faye Greener, an aspiring...
Solving Crimes Is NOT My Superpower
Controlling the wind, smelling fear, farting colours... The people of Walsham can do it all! The WHOLE TOWN has been granted powers by a mysterious treasure, except for Sara. Shecan't even levitate a squirrel! But the school football trophy (and her best friend's lucky charm) has been stolen, and powers or no powers, it's up to her to find it and catch the criminal. And who knows - maybe Sara will discover her super skills in the process... (She certainly hopes she will!). A laugh-out-loud series about all the different ways of being extraordinary, perfect for fans of PIZAZZ, SAM WU and MARV.
Day of the Locust
'He began to wonder if he himself didn't suffer from the ingrained, morbid apathy he liked to draw in others' Tod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon ...
Gräshopporna
"Det var nästan tid att gå för dagen när Tod Hackett hörde ett förfärligt oväsen på vägen utanför kontoret." Gräshopporna (1939) är en roman om Hollywood, men inte om det glamorösa Hollywood, rampljusets och stjärnornas vär...
Writing With Scripture
Writing With Scripture
Steady For This
FROM THE WATERSTONES PRIZE-WINNING AND CARNEGIE SHADOWERS' CHOICE MEDAL-WINNING AUTHOR OF KING OF NOTHING! SHORTLISTED FOR THE YOTO CARNEGIE MEDAL 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE UKLA BOOK AWARD 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2024 MEET MC GROWLS, ...
Medical Ethics and Moral Psychology
Medical Ethics and Moral Psychology: An Integrative Approach is a pioneering book which provides a comprehensive exploration of the ethical challenges in contemporary healthcare. Seamlessly combining insights from medical ethics and moral psycholo...
Fresh Floral Jewelry
An innovative designer is always looking for new concepts. Fresh Floral Jewelry, an instructional introduction to the world of making jewelry that incorporates fresh flowers, is the first of its kind. For everyone from beginners to experienced jew...
How Taiwan Became Chinese
At the beginning of the 1600s, Taiwan was a sylvan backwater, sparsely inhabited by headhunters and visited mainly by pirates and fishermen. By the end of the century it was home to more than a hundred thousand Chinese colonists, who grew rice and...
Last Embassy
From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing narra...
Last Embassy
From the acclaimed author of The Gunpowder Age, a book that casts new light on the history of China and the West at the turn of the nineteenth century George Macartney's disastrous 1793 mission to China plays a central role in the prevailing ...
Lost Colony
During the seventeenth century, Holland created the world's most dynamic colonial empire, outcompeting the British and capturing Spanish and Portuguese colonies. Yet, in the Sino-Dutch War - Europe's first war with China - the Dutch met their matc...
Things You Think About When You Bite Your Nails
This is a book about fear. About how it works, how it takes hold over us, and how it dogs us from childhood to adulthood. But this is also a book about that monster our fear can warp into when it grows too powerful, a phenomenon we are all too fam...
Gunpowder Age
The Chinese invented gunpowder and began exploring its military uses as early as the 900s, four centuries before the technology passed to the West. But by the early 1800s, China had fallen so far behind the West in gunpowder warfare that it was ea...
Cat Shaming 2026 Day-to-Day Calendar
This tenth edition of the desktop calendar features photos of some new furry felons along with notorious felines from the past who have gotten into some kind of trouble and are being called out on it in writing. But since these purr-petrators rarely seem to feel any remorse for their actions, there's not much pet parents can do besides share their misdeeds publicly. As an added bonus, the back of each page includes Daily Extra content such as puzzles, fun facts, coloring, and trivia. Features include: * No single-use plastic * Page size 5.354' x 4.488' * Recyclable chipboard easel backer for desk or tabletop display * Printed on FSC® certified paper with soy-based ink * Full-color tear-off pages * Back of pages contain Daily Extra content such as puzzles, jokes, coloring fun, and trivia * Day/Date reference on each page * Combined weekend pages * Official major world holidays and observances * Owner-contributed photos and stories of their cats' shame-worthy behavior