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Symbiosis, the sustained and intimate associations between unrelated life forms, is now recognized as a ubiquitous phenomenon, one that has shaped evolution since the origin of life and that continues to affect all species. This overview of symbiosis starts with a quick history of relevant early discoveries and researchers, and considers why symbiosis was so long neglected as a respectable topic of biological research and why it was a controversial topic. Today, symbiosis is widely appreciated as being everywhere in nature and as a pervasive influence on ecological communities.

Most people think they listen well, but they rarely do - not at this level. Listening this way is a radical act. The power of effective listening is recognised as the essential tool of good management. In this book, Nancy Kline describes how we can achieve this, and presents a step-by-step guide...

A celebration of the life and work of Ursula Norstrom—the groundbreaking editor of classic children’s books like Charlotte’s Web and Where the Wild Things Are—and a powerful defense of a child’s right to read Legendary Harper & Row children’s book editor Ursula Nordstrom was a...

The Mackinac County fair is in full swing, and the air is rich with the scent of funnel cakes and the sound of carnival rides. Allie is focused on the fudge competition—another win would really put her hotel and fudge shop on the map. But she’s willing to take a little break and walk through the haunted house attraction with her friend Jenn.

From the acclaimed author of In the Shadow of the Empress comes the thrilling chronicle of two of the most influential and glamorous women in nineteenth-century Europe—Elisabeth, empress of Austria, and Eugénie, empress of France—and their efforts to rule amid the scandal, intrigue, tragedy...

Through five editions, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs. Featuring useful takeaway messages and informed by recent research into the causes of and the search for therapies to prevent or cure dementia, this edition includes new information.

From the adolescent thrill of getting a driver's license to the dreaded commutes of adulthood, from vintage muscle cars to electric vehicles, this groundbreaking audiobook reveals the outsized impact the car has had—and will continue to have—on the lives of women.

Newbery Medalist Nancy Willard is the author of many award-winning children’s books. In this lyrical story, a man falls in love with a broom and they dance through the sky together—until one night the broom is stolen from its home. Someone else wants the powers of the broom for himself. Will the man be able to find his beloved broom and dance once again?

She appeared out of nowhere in June of 1978. A beautiful five year old little girl dressed in only a pillowcase for a dress and rags for shoes. No one knew where Molly Sue came from and she could not lead them back to her home. Little did she know, that she was walking straight into the heart of...

How it all began. Carrie was once a loving and carefree young woman until unimaginable tragedy violated her life. Emotionally soft from years of being the center of a loving family made her ill equipped to handle this life altering event. She begins her first days at the OSBI in a shadow of pain...

After the personal tragedy that altered Carrie's life forever but before her dynamic transformation in The Redemption Series, Carrie was learning to be a good OSBI agent beside Randy Jeffries. This long novella is a case that stumped them both. Young middle school girls were suddenly going...

Ray Bradbury’s endearing, lyrical tale of boyhood and an idyllic Midwestern summer is presented here as a full-cast audio dramatization by The Colonial Theatre on the Air, complete with sound effects and a brilliant music score. Twelve-year-old Douglas Spaulding knows Green Town, Illinois, is...

Mystery Writers of America grand master Phyllis A. Whitney—author of more than 70 best sellers—presides over a salon of the wittiest writers of mystery in this fifth sparkling entry in the Malice Domestic series.

With Mindful Birthing, Nancy Bardacke, nurse-midwife and mindfulness teacher, lays out her innovative program for pregnancy, childbirth, and beyond. Drawing on groundbreaking research in neuroscience, mindfulness meditation, and mind/body medicine, Bardacke offers practices that will help you...

O mito nazista de Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe e Jean-Luc Nancy contém uma pesquisa sobre a ideologia nazista, cujo núcleo é localizado no racismo. A base dessa ideologia foi a "identificação mítica": "o mito, como a obra de arte que o explora, é um instrumento de identificação. Ele é...

The publication of Lesbian Nuns: Breaking Silence in 1985 had an unprecedented impact on the lesbian community and mainstream culture. Each nun in these stories describes her individual and searing path in, or out of, the convent to discover and face the truth of herself. Still myth-shattering...

April is not only the start of “fudgie” season on picturesque Mackinac Island, but it’s also when Allie’s BFF Jenn Carpenter is due. Jenn wants to have her baby on the island, so she’s lined up a midwife and a doula. But she’s two weeks overdue—and if one more person tells her she looks ready to pop, she’s going to go bananas. If there was a list of what not to expect when you’re expecting, right at the top would be coming upon your doula holding a gun over the body of her fiancé.

Which voices are you listening to? In a world with so many contradictory and insistent messages, it’s hard to know which ones are right, isn’t it? In recent decades, a powerful chorus has called out to women—urging us to choose the pathway of independence and self-reliance. Slick...

Unleashing the Power of Rubber Bands is an engaging and insightful look into the qualities, attributes, and practices that turn ordinary leaders into extraordinary ones. Nancy Ortberg’s unique twist on vision casting; managing tensions; nurturing healthy conflict; motivating those around you...

Lizzie Engel is used to running away. At eighteen, she left her Mennonite hometown, Kingdom, Kansas, with plans never to return. But five years later, the new life she built is falling apart. Lizzie knows she's being followed, and she's certain the same mysterious stranger is behind the...