The Victorians adored fancy-dress parties: what better way to escape the rigidity of social conventions than to spend a festive evening disguised as Cleopatra, a Swiss milkmaid, or Alice in Wonderland? Well-to-do party-goers of the era consulted Fancy Dresses Described, an elaborate guide to hundreds of glorious costumes. The book was so popular that it was updated several times; this is the sixth

Puzzles, stickers, colouring and more to keep the kids entertained on a trip. The Travel Activity Pack is perfect for entertaining slightly older kids on a trip, including the Travel Sticker Book, Travel Activity Book, Games to Play on a Journey, and Colouring on a

Celiac Disease, Volume 179 in the Methods in Cell Biology series is composed of extensive protocols about novel and widely used techniques for celiac disease research. Topics covered in this volume include Pepsin trypsin digested gliadin treatment of intestinal cells in vitro, Ex vivo Gliadin Stimulation of Intestinal Cells, Measuring intestinal permeability in celiac disease ex vivo using Ussing chambers,

Erotically Queer is a practice guide for clinicians, bringing together experts in their field with pioneering topics within GSRD (gender, sex and relationship diversity). Chapters cover an array of topics rarely discussed in either clinical or popular literature including lesbian sex, queer menopause, bisexuality, working with shame, the sex lives of asexuals, sexuality and transgender people, treating

Exploding from your TV screen! The iconic X-Men: The Animated Series thrilled fans in the 1990s and defined the X-Men for an entire generation. And their small-screen adventures, inspired by the X-Men\'s classic storylines, were adapted into comic book form as well! Cyclops, Jean Grey, Storm, Wolverine, Rogue, Gambit, Beast, Jubilee and Morph are Professor X\'s Uncanny X-Men - ready to battle threats

An Element on the role of violence in the traditional religions of the Pacific Ilands (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) and on violent activity in islander religious life after the opening of Oceania to the modern

\"An addictive, action-packed, scorcher of a read!\" --#1 New York Times bestselling author Alyson Nol Some shadows protect you...others will kill you in this dazzling new fantasy series from award-winning author Abigail Owen. Everything about my life is a lie. As a hidden twin princess, born second, I have only one purpose--to sacrifice my life for my sister if death comes for her. I\'ve been living

St Mary\'s is a vibrant London church on the northern edge of Primrose Hill. It is widely known for its fine liturgy and music in the Anglican tradition, its affirmation of women\'s ministry, and its pioneering youthwork and social

Candice Brathwaite\'s much-anticipated second book about all the things she wishes she\'d been told when she was young and needed guidance. I Am Not Your Baby Mother was a landmark publication in 2020. A thought-provoking, urgent and inspirational guide to life as a Black British mum, it was an important call-to-arms allowing mothers to take control and scrap the parenting rulebook to do it their own

An inspirational and beautifully illustrated book that tells the stories of 80 plants from around the globe. In his follow-up to the bestselling Around the World in 80 Trees, Jonathan Drori takes another trip across the globe, bringing to life the science of plants by revealing how their worlds are intricately entwined with our own history, culture and folklore. From the seemingly familiar tomato and

John \'Cambo\' Cambridge lived with Bowie at Haddon Hall when he had his first hit record \'Space Oddity\' and toured with him in Junior\'s Eyes. He was there when Bowie lost his father, passed his driving test and played his first Glam Rock gig with Hype, even acting as best man when Bowie married Angela Barnett in 1970. And if John had not persuaded his former Rats colleague Mick Ronson to join Bowie

The pigeon is BACK! And he STINKS! No, really, he actually smells very

Anatomy of Exercise is revolutionary for its insights into how different muscles of the body actually work during exercise. The book is organized by body area and shows common sequences in the progression of a typical workout. Lifelike anatomical illustrations demonstrate each exercise and reveal in colorful detail exactly which muscles are engaged, which are being conditioned and how those muscles

Since 1980, the number of people in U.S. prisons has increased more than 450%. Despite a crime rate that has been falling steadily for decades, California has led the way in this explosion, with what a state analyst called \"the biggest prison building project in the history of the world.\" Golden Gulag provides the first detailed explanation for that buildup by looking at how political and economic

A wide-ranging, thought-provoking, and rule-bending selection of non-fiction from Joshua Cohen, \'a major American writer\' (New York Times) - a powerful and fresh work of social criticism, examining the ways we can reclaim the power of attention in an age of constant

By the fifteenth century the Swiss method of warfare, in which disciplined foot soldiers fought in tightly formed units, was being imitated. The Germans and Spanish took notice when in 1479 Archduke Maximilian and his victorious Flemish infantrymen used their long pikes to prevent the mounted French knights from charging. The era of modern warmaking was at hand. In this last volume of his classic history

Despite recent achievements in the South Korean economy and development within welfare institutions, new forms of precarious work continue to prevail. This book introduces the concept of \'melting labour\', which refers the blurring of boundaries between traditional forms of work and workplace and the dissolution of standard employment relationships. Presenting a theoretical framework at the intersection

She\'s a professional hitman. And he...is also a professional hitman. And she\'s his target. Caught in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse, will she fall first...or will

Honouring the scholarship of Mtis matriarchs While surveying the field of Indigenous studies, Laura Forsythe and Jennifer Markides recognized a critical need for not only a Mtis-focused volume, but one focused on the contributions of Mtis women. To address this need, they brought together work by new and established scholars, artists, storytellers, and community leaders that reflects the diversity