From ancient Babylon and the Greek goddess Athena to Edward Lear\'s The Owl and the Pussycat; from Harry Potter\'s Hedwig and the grandiloquent, absent-minded Wol from Winnie the Pooh to David Lynch\'s Twin Peaks, owls are woven into the fabric of human culture. Beautiful, silent, pitiless predators of the night, these enigmatic beings dwell throughout the world yet barely make their presence known.

Let Marco Polo\'s Thailand Spiral Guide take you to the heart of Thailand. If you\'re a bit short of time to prepare for your trip, don\'t want to miss anything and like to be inspired by great ideas, look no further. This inspirational, itinerary-based guide comes in a unique, spiral bound format designed to be used on the

More common than was previously believed, body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs) affect as many as 1 in 20 people. Written by the experts who created and developed the ComB Model, it provides a practical and user-friendly manual for therapists on an effective, individualized treatment approach for BFRBs. It features the most up-to-date information on BRFBs and guides clinicians from conceptualization

High Stakes is the new compelling and thought-provoking novel from the world\'s favourite storyteller. A group of accomplished women discover the high price of success at a prestigious New York talent

Vital signs, such as heart rate and respiration rate, are useful to health monitoring because they can provide important physiological insights for medical diagnosis and well-being management. Most traditional methods for measuring vital signs require a person to wear biomedical devices, such as a capnometer, a pulse oximeter, or an electrocardiogram sensor. These contact-based technologies are inconvenient,

This book offers specific, easy-to-implement mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) tools for practitioners to use in schools at an individual, group, or classroom-wide level. With the increased focus on the emotional and behavioral health of children in the schools, there is a dearth of practical books that specifically address the use of ACT techniques in the school setting. Geared

The hit BBC series Sherlock, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, offers a fresh, contemporary take on the original Sir Arthur Conan Doyle stories, and has helped introduce a whole new generation of fans to the legendary detective.In this TV tie-in edition to the classic novel, Sherlock and Dr Watson receive a visit from Mary Morsten, who offers up a particularly cryptic puzzle for them to solve. Her father

For decades scholars have pored over Hitler\'s autobiographical journey/political treatise, debating if Mein Kampf has genocidal overtones and arguably led to the Holocaust. For the first time, Hitler\'s Mein Kampf and the Holocaust sees celebrated international scholars analyse the book from various angles to demonstrate how it laid the groundwork for the Shoah through Hitler\'s venomous attack on

An illustrated publication on the controversially debated topic on the colonial history of collections of art works from indigenous cultures and the loudly voiced claims for their

Now a classic textbook, Practical Theology in Action offers a basic introduction for all those involved in pastoral care and in applying Christian thinking to the service of the Church and society. Using everyday stories and case histories the authors explore pastoral situations and reflect on them theologically. This new edition has been extensively revised to take into account the changes of the

The final installment of The Tales of Fenest. Detective Cora Gorderheim must make a terrible choice: her sister\'s life, or the future of the Union.​ There\'s power in stories.But power can be deadly. Detective Cora Gorderheim is a detective no longer. Stripped of her badge by the corrupt chief inspector, Cora\'s job now is to protect her sister, Ruth, the new Wayward storyteller.Ruth must tell her

It is now more than a century since Einstein\'s theories of Special and General Relativity began to revolutionize our view of the universe. Beginning near the speed of light and proceeding to explorations of space-time and curved spaces, \"Introducing Relativity\" plots a visually accessible course through the thought experiments that have given shape to contemporary physics. Scientists from Newton

Welcome to the first comprehensive encyclopedia of the human energetic anatomy. Here is a reference that no personal or professional health care library should be without--an in-depth, illustrated guide to the invisible energies of spirit, psyche, and consciousness that influence every aspect of our well-being. Whether you are looking for the complementary medicine to enhance your own healing practice,

The perfect holiday gift for readers of the bestselling Outlander novels--and don\'t miss the revised and updated first volume of The Outlandish Companion More than a decade ago, #1 New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon delighted her legions of fans with The Outlandish Companion, an indispensable guide to all the Outlander books at the time. But that edition was just a taste of things to

In their Second Edition of Cases in Intelligence Analysis: Structured Analytic Techniques in Action, accomplished instructors and intelligence practitioners Sarah Miller Beebe and Randolph H. Pherson offer robust, class-tested cases studies of events in foreign intelligence, counterintelligence, terrorism, homeland security, law enforcement, and decision-making support. Designed to give analysts-in-training

Collins brings the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie, to English language

Mitch Rapp confronts a lethally aggressive Kremlin in the new thriller in Vince Flynn\'s #1 New York Times bestselling series, written by Kyle

\"Unlike the standard nature guides that explain how to recognize common animals, Nature stresses the web of interrelationships that link the regional flora and fauna. This affectionate examination of some of North America\'s most spectacular surviving old-growth forests will delight backpackers and armchair naturalists.\" --Los Angeles Times Book Review Everything you ever wanted to know about the