From the cruel irony of \'A member of the Family\' to the fateful echoes of \'The Go-Away Bird\' and the unexpectedly sinister \'The Girl I Left Behind Me\', in settings that range from South Africa to the Portobello Road, Muriel Spark coolly probes the idiosyncrasies that lurk beneath the veneer of human respectability, displaying the acerbic wit and wisdom that are the hallmarks of her unique talent.

One thing we know for certain is that sex is personal: perhaps the most intimate thing of all. But sex is also shaped by a complicated web of cultural, social and political forces outside of ourselves. Fear-mongering, moral panic and outdated attitudes prevail, but if #MeToo has taught us anything, it\'s how dangerous it is to keep conversations about sex hidden from view. Behind Closed Doors invests

\'I get asked these questions all the time . . . so I decided to make a book crammed full of my best advice to help you Draw Some Awesome.\' International award-winning illustrator Donovan Bixley takes you from simple line drawings and inspiring ideas, to draw character design, drawing exercises, composition and more! How can you get started drawing? International award-winning illustrator Donovan

A leading journalist\'s personal, intense and riveting investigation into the worlds of

Daniels\' Orchestral Music is the gold standard for all orchestral professionals--from conductors, librarians, programmers, students, administrators, and publishers, to even instructors--seeking to research and plan an orchestral program, whether for a single concert or a full season. This sixth edition, celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the original edition, has the largest increase in entries

Focusing on the essential information you need to know for the most commonly encountered problems in outpatient internal medicine, this practical volume in the Washington Manual(R) series provides concise, high-yield content that reflects today\'s advances in patient evaluation and management. In one convenient, portable resource, you\'ll find complete coverage of everything from hypertension and diabetes

Carotenoids: Biological Functions of Carotenoids and Apocarotenoids in Natural and Artificial Systems, Volume 674 in the Methods in Enzymology series, highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on topics such as Ultrafast laser spectroscopic studies on carotenoids in solution and on those bound to photosynthetic pigment-protein complexes, Assessing photoprotective

London is packed with little-known treasures: remarkably preserved historical houses, fascinating museums and galleries, unusual commercial and industrial buildings and sumptuous interiors that are glimpsed only on special occasions. A follow-up to the hugely successful Unseen London and London Uncovered, London Explored is a unique London guidebook that opens the doors to more than sixty of the capital\'s

Let God Open Your Church to Its God-sized PotentialSet your church free to follow the Spirit of God and become more life-giving through a deeper experience of the living presence of Christ. Taking cues from the extraordinary life cycle of the monarch butterfly, the practices in this easy-to-implement book are for all who are seeking new ways for opening God-sized potential of faith, leadership, and

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Throughout the years that she has lived and worked in East Hampton, Ina Garten has catered and attended countless parties and dinners. She will be the first to tell you, though, that nothing beats a cozy dinner, surrounded by the people you love most, in the comfort that only your own home can provide. In Barefoot Contessa at Home, Ina shares her life in East Hampton, the

In a tour of the fascinating and colourful city, Richard Walter describes the transformation of Dublin Buses with previously unpublished

Lua is spreading more and more throughout different areas of software, from embedded systems and mobile devices to the Web and the Internet of Things. Besides, it has a major role in the game industry, where knowledge of Lua has become an indisputable asset. Lua is the language of choice for anyone who needs a scripting language that is simple, efficient, extensible, portable, and free. Programming

At the age of forty-six General Simon Bolivar, who drove the Spanish from his lands and became the Liberator of South America, takes himself into exile. He makes a final journey down the Magdalene River, revisiting the cities along its shores, reliving the triumphs, passions and betrayals of his

This book will explore several critical connections between Black African objects and white Western aesthetics and artwork in the United States from the late 1800s until 1939. Drawing from primary source materials and various scholarship in the field (philosophy, history, sociology, anthropology, museum studied, art history, cultural studies), it provides an analysis of the threads of white supremacy

The Chela and the Path contains personal instruction from the master El Morya for all spiritual seekers and chelas (students of a spiritual teacher). As El Morya Khan at the conclusion of the nineteenth century, he is known for his efforts in founding the Theosophical Society with the adept Koot Hoomi and for his far-reaching work in bringing together the ancient spiritual truths of the East with the

The first comprehensive book from the acclaimed artist, featuring a decade\'s worth of astonishing and intimate watercolors as well as essays by Audrey Wollen, L.D. Deutsch, and Mark Iosifescu.Over the past decade, artist Emma Kohlmann has harnessed the expressive possibilities of watercolor to develop an astonishing and intimate practice. In the resounding fluidity of her paintings, Kohlmann maps

How do cultural complexes affect the collective psyche? Based on Jung\'s theory of complexes, this book offers a new perspective on the psychological nature of conflicts between groups and cultures by introducing the concept of the cultural complex. This modern version of Jung\'s idea offers an original view of the forces that prevent human attempts to bring a peaceful, collaborative spirit to conflict

If you haven\'t modernized your data cleaning and reporting processes in Microsoft Excel, you\'re missing out on big productivity gains. And if you\'re looking to conduct rigorous data analysis, more can be done in Excel than you think. This practical book serves as an introduction to the modern Excel suite of features along with other powerful tools for analytics. George Mount of Stringfest Analytics

Essentially, the goal of this book is to provide the fundamentals of the cutting-edge smart technology-driven production maneuver known as Industry 4.0, primarily to determine and validate its potential as a practice that promotes green manufacturing to ultimately revolutionize the competitiveness of businesses and

In contemporary global capitalism, the most powerful corporations are innovation or intellectual monopolies. The book\'s unique perspective focuses on how private ownership and control of knowledge and data have become a major source of rent and power. The author explains how at the one pole, these corporations concentrate income, property and power in the United States, China, and in a handful of