Thora Hird Bücher

80 quick, easy and delicious 20-minute meals from vegan Instagram and TikTok star, Calum Harris.

On a rainy Seattle night, beautiful and vivacious local author Mary McKenzie is celebrating her latest triumph of a best-selling book with friends and family at a local bar, when a phone call sends her into the alley to a destiny with a man who brutally changes her life forever. As Mary returns to her life in the public eye, she begins a fast-paced race to discover who is trying to make a mess of her life. Suffering panic attacks that have controlled her since the attack, Mary begins to try to continue her life. Aided by her loving and protective brother and Danish blond goddess Hege, her head of security, Mary is better protected than the President. The cast of characters from her past and present includes the intelligent and sensual FBI Profiler, Michael Gryffin, who causes Mary to take a different kind of fall. From the San Juan Islands to beautiful Pike Place Market, they are pursued by a mystery man who threatens her very life. When Mary finally thinks she is safe, the panic is just beginning.

Social media influencer, speaker, and cofounder of Bethel Music, Jenn Johnson, invites readers to create beautiful spaces to share the spiritual importance of acceptance, gathering, and community with other women.

Through Thomas H. Begay's singular story, this richly illustrated biography for young readers describes aspects of Navajo history and culture and shows how a select group of Navajo soldiers used their native Dine language to invent and operate a secret communications system that was crucial to a US victory in the Pacific during World War II.

Endless grazing board ideas for brunch, dinner hors d'oeuvres, dessert, and more. Impress your guests with all kinds of delicious snacks and charcuterie boards that are as beautiful as they are delicious, easy to make, and perfect for anywhere, any time of day.

A modern guide to sustainable sewing for the home dressmaker

This exposure-based workbook for selective mutism is designed for children and caregivers to work through together. With relatable characters and examples throughout, it guides you step-by-step through different exposure activities and helps you to build an achievable action plan to ease fears around talking in different situations.

How can we influence the attitudes and mindsets of our children to foster health and wellness for generations to come? It is never too early, or too late for that matter, to instill healthy lifestyle habits in children. No one can deny that drinking water is a core principle of wellness. I Drink Water introduces young Ryan, whose reluctant views about water are changed by some special people in the towns community.

Ike Anya's story of training and working as a doctor in tempestuous 1990s Nigeria. Full of compassion and insight, often humorous and always moving, this is a unique doctor's journey.

Your go-to illustrated guide to the practices, history, and philosophy of the popular Yang style of taijiquan Fu Zhongwen's classic guide offers the best documentation available of the Yang style of taijiquan. The superbly detailed form instructions and historic line art drawings are based on Fu’s many years as a disciple of Yang Chengfu, taijiquan’s legendary founder. Also included are concise descriptions of fixed-step, moving-step, and da lu push hands practices. Additional commentary by translator Louis Swaim provides key insight into the text’s philosophical language and imagery, further elucidating the art’s cultural and historical foundations.

Includes an excerpt from Sejal Sinha swims with sea dragons.

Als ein junger Leser Franz Fühmann fragte, ob er seine Werke als Science-Fiction betrachte, wies er dies schnell zurück und distanzierte sich von dem Genre. Dennoch umarmte er beim Verfassen der Geschichten in diesem Band ein hybrides Genre, das er "Saiäns-Fiktschen" nannte. In sieben miteinander verwobenen Erzählungen bietet diese Sammlung eine steampunkartige Kritik an der Logik des Kalten Krieges. Die Handlung spielt in einer Zukunft, in der zwei Nationen um die Vorherrschaft kämpfen: Uniterr, das einen übertriebenen Ostblock mit strengen persönlichen Freiheiten repräsentiert, und Libroterr, das die Exzesse des Westens ins Extreme treibt. Die Erzählungen folgen drei jungen Bürgern von Uniterr: Jirro, einem Neutrinologen, dessen Leben durch ein Jahr in Libroterr verändert wird; Janno, einem Kausologen, der aufgrund eines flüchtigen unreinen Gedankens in der Mittelmäßigkeit gefangen ist; und Pavlo, einem einfallsreichen Trinker, dessen Geist gesellschaftliche Grenzen herausfordert. Durch ihre Erfahrungen enthüllt Fühmann die Eigenheiten ihrer Welt und zeigt eine Meisterklasse im subtilen Weltenbau. Während die Leser die Absurditäten von Libroterrs aggressiven Werbungen und Uniterrs verpflichtenden Gedankenlesungen durchqueren, bleibt Fühmanns dunkle Komödie von alarmierender Relevanz und bietet eine erschreckende Perspektive von der anderen Seite der Berliner Mauer.

Set between the last years of the "Chinese Windrush" in 1966 and Hong Kong's Handover to China in 1997, a mysterious inheritance sees a young woman from London uncovering buried secrets in her late mother's homeland in this captivating, wry debut about family, identity, and the price of belonging.Hong Kong, 1966. Sook-Yin is exiled from Kowloon to London with orders to restore honor to her family. But as she trains to become a nurse in cold and wet England, Sook-Yin realizes that, like so many transplants, she must carve out a destiny of her own to survive.Thirty years later in London, having lost her mother as a small child, biracial misfit Lily can only remember what Maya, her preternaturally perfect older sister, has told her about Sook-Yin. Unexpectedly named in the will of a powerful Chinese stranger, Lily embarks on a secret pilgrimage across the world to discover the lost side of her identity and claim the reward. But just as change is coming to Hong Kong, so Lily learns Maya's secrecy about their past has deep roots, and that good fortune comes at a price.Heartfelt, wry and achingly real, Ghost Girl, Banana marks the stunning debut of a writer-to-watch.

In the last days of World War II, the Japanese unleashed a new breed of warrior. They were the kamikaze-idealistic young men believing there could be no greater glory than to sacrifice their lives in suicide attacks to defend their homeland. But what of those men who took the sacred oath to die in battle-and lived? Soon after the 9/11 attacks, ethnographer M.G. Sheftall was given unprecedentedly intimate access to the cloistered community of Japan's last remaining kamikaze corps survivors. The result is a poignant and unforgettable glimpse into the lives and mindsets of former kamikaze pilots who never completed their final missions.

'Gorgeous . . . contains fascinating insights about working with your hands, the nature of talent, and how to create a meaningful life' A. J. Jacobs, bestselling author of The Puzzler 'Exquisite, purposeful, absorbing . . . a book with much to teach us all' Ayad Akhtar, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Homeland Elegies 'People think I'm a genius because I remember my high school math' When Mark Ellison left high school, no one thought he would go anywhere. A self-proclaimed 'serial dropout', Mark spent his young adult years taking work where he found it. Who would have thought that forty years later he would be regarded as a great carpenter, making a living out of building homes for the rich and famous? Full of warmth, wisdom and irreverent humour, this is the story of what carpentry can teach us about the satisfaction and joy that comes from doing something well for a long time. From staircases that would be deadly if built as designed to algae-eating snails boiled to escargot in a penthouse pond, Mark exposes the messy wiring behind the pristine walls - and the mindset that any of us can develop to build our own impossible things. Written with refreshing candour, this is an essential book about building life on your own terms, and the possibilities that await when we forge our own path.

"A veteran Washington journalist recounts his long friendship with Charlie White, the centenarian next door who, sharing his good and meaningful life, mastered survival strategies that reflect thousands of years of human wisdom as his sense of adventure guided him through a century of upheaval."--

"Samuel Weil Franklin shows that in postwar America, the newfangled term "creativity" was the product of campaigns to harness the power of the individual to the demands of capitalist production and global hegemony. Franklin reveals that the champions of creativity were psychologists, educators, and management consultants who benefited from postwar technological progress yet worried that the resulting society might promote conformity and stifle ingenuity. Against increasingly reified institutions and systems, the "creative individual" took on a wealth of romantic, generative, and democratic associations. Creativity was the motive force behind the postwar individual, the literal spark-and cannon fodder-of progress"-- Provided by publisher

A sexy yuri tale about a girl who wants to fit in at an all-monster, all-girls high school! Adjusting to a new school is always rough, and that goes double for Sakura, a shy human who is transferred to an academy that's monster girls only! Sakura's new classmates include a kiss-curious harpy, a sarcastic lamia, a cyclops who has her eye on Sakura, and a plain-spoken centaur who treads cautiously down hallways full of lusty demons. Eager to blend in, and with a body that convinces, Sakura lies and declares herself a succubus. But can she keep up the ruse, and keep her new friends' hands, claws, and scaled coils off her? It's going to be one long, hot school year!

"In this debut romantic comedy, a modern retelling of Jane Austen's Emma, a beautiful, clever, and rich Upper East Sider with a passion for matchmaking quickly discovers that the best match of all might just be the one she never saw coming"--

"At seventeen, Ezra Green doesn't have a lot going for him: he's shorter than average, snaggle-toothed, internet-addicted, and halfway to being legally blind. He's also on his way to Last Chance Camp, the final stop before juvie. But Ezra's summer at Last Chance turns life-changing when he meets Orson, brilliant and Adonis-like with a mind for hustling. Together, the two embark upon what promises to be a fruitful career of scam artistry. But when they try to pull off their biggest scam yet--Nulife, a corporation that promises its consumers a lifetime of bliss--things start to spin wildly out of control."--Publisher marketing.

Explore the enchanting world of Polynesian folklore in this beautifully illustrated collection of traditional stories.

Princess Mononoke meets Jack London in this gritty, ecofeminist adventure.

From Emanuel Raphael Belilio's arrival in Hong Kong in 1862 to the present day, FORTUNE'S BAZAAR examines how the region rose to a cosmopolitan port city and an incomparable global centre of business, culture and cuisine. The book goes behind the scenes erected by past histories, in which Hong Kong is portrayed as either a marvel of British administration or a symbol of China's humiliation by the West, to shine a light on the varied peoples who helped make Hong Kong; the people who built the tower blocks, ran the brothels, founded the banks and transformed this one-time fishing village into what it is today.

The Mumonkan, translated as The Gateless Gate, is a collection of 48 Zen koans compiled in the early 13th century by the Chinese Zen master Mumon Ekai (1183-1260). Along with the Blue Cliff Record, The Gateless Gate is a central work of the Rinzai School of Zen Buddhism. The common theme of the koans of Mumon Ekai, nature of dualistic conceptualization. Each koan epitomizes one or more of the polarities of consciousness that act like an obstacle or wall to the insight. The student is challenged to transcend the polarity that the koan represents and demonstrate or show that transcendence to the Zen teacher.

This book brings a fresh approach and conversation to the practice of professional supervision for human services by specifically articulating its often performed, but unnamed and under-explored therapeutic function.

Many people don't understand how and why they make financial decisions. Most people believe the financial decisions they make today are separate from the spiritual results tomorrow. There is no spiritual savings account, checking account, or payment plan. Financial decision making often reflects the condition of the heart, mind, and soul. Most people believe in financial shortcuts. They believe they can 'hit the jackpot, ' 'strike oil, ' 'hit the mother lode, ' and that 'our ship has come in.' All those expressions represent an immediate expectation of wealth and prosperity. Many people believe that once wealth and prosperity are received, then satisfaction, happiness, and peace soon follow. Our daily decision-making can impact our spiritual savings. We should consider: What are our resources? Where does the Lord fit into our financial planning? How do I measure success? In Treasure in Heaven: Live, Love, and Prosper, the author explores how people make decisions. This book encourages people to engage in vertical communication with the Lord to improve the financial results in their lives. It encourages self-examination and the creation of a new definition of success and wealth.