A great historian can make clear the connections between the first Homo sapiens and today s version of the species, and a great storyteller can make those connections come alive. David Christian is both, and This Fleeting World: A Short History of Humanity, makes the journey from the earliest foraging era to the agrarian era to our own modern era a fascinating one. Ready to help your students give up their preconceptions that anything old is probably boring? Enter This Fleeting World. A compact, easy-to-read overview of world history, ideal for curriculum development, classroom preparation, and student review.

Love is the only thing she can’t escape…

Forbidden Passions, Book 3

Ecstatic that she’s found a place to hide—and a job—at Refuge Resort, Cleo Nemean toasts her escape a few too many times and ends up having a one-night stand with a seriously hot leopard shifter. The catch? It’s Adrian Leonidas, her new boss…and they accidentally mark each other as mates.

Nothing could be worse than losing her hard-won freedom. Until her werebear ex, Trevor, tracks her down. His obsession has already cost one life. Determined to never again be the cause of another death—especially Adrian’s—she flees the safety of the refuge. And her new mate’s protection.

Only Cleo has ever caused Adrian to lose his formidable control. Accidental or not, the lovely lion shifter is now his woman. He’s not about to let anything harm her before they’ve explored the undeniable heat between them. There’s only one way to eliminate the threat to her life: use her as bait to lure Trevor into a trap.

When the trap is sprung too soon, however, there’s no time to wonder if whoever tipped Trevor off is tied to his father’s disappearance. Not when there’s a gun pointed at Cleo’s head…

This book has been previously published and has been revised from its original release.

Warning: Accidental matings, a little sexy biting, a lot of dirty sex. Her on top, him on top, bent over a table, on the floor, on the couch, and even in the bed! Sometimes one-night stands go really, really right…

Love is the only thing she can’t escape…

Forbidden Passions, Book 3

Ecstatic that she’s found a place to hide—and a job—at Refuge Resort, Cleo Nemean toasts her escape a few too many times and ends up having a one-night stand with a seriously hot leopard shifter. The catch? It’s Adrian Leonidas, her new boss…and they accidentally mark each other as mates.

Nothing could be worse than losing her hard-won freedom. Until her werebear ex, Trevor, tracks her down. His obsession has already cost one life. Determined to never again be the cause of another death—especially Adrian’s—she flees the safety of the refuge. And her new mate’s protection.

Only Cleo has ever caused Adrian to lose his formidable control. Accidental or not, the lovely lion shifter is now his woman. He’s not about to let anything harm her before they’ve explored the undeniable heat between them. There’s only one way to eliminate the threat to her life: use her as bait to lure Trevor into a trap.

When the trap is sprung too soon, however, there’s no time to wonder if whoever tipped Trevor off is tied to his father’s disappearance. Not when there’s a gun pointed at Cleo’s head…

This book has been previously published and has been revised from its original release.

Warning: Accidental matings, a little sexy biting, a lot of dirty sex. Her on top, him on top, bent over a table, on the floor, on the couch, and even in the bed! Sometimes one-night stands go really, really right…

While ten year old Sasha Haugen sleeps safely at home, a delivery truck runs a rain soaked intersection and kills his father, leaving Sasha alone in his grief as his mother struggles with the enormity of single parenthood and depression. This touching narrative, told through his own eyes, follows Sasha through the year after his father’s death as he helplessly watches his bereaved mother’s retreat into loneliness, isolation, and alcoholism. Sasha tries to continue the lighthearted childhood he knew before losing his dad by masking the dark truths of his home life from friends, classmates, and neighbors. But despite his efforts, the normality of his world dwindles more and more each day. Fleeting Illumination reveals the funny and often cruel and callow nature of boyhood, foiled against a child's heartbreaking despair. It is the story of a boy forced by circumstance to grow up too soon, and the lonely journey he must take before reaching the comforting embrace of his father's memory and ultimately the reconnection of his broken family.

While ten year old Sasha Haugen sleeps safely at home, a delivery truck runs a rain soaked intersection and kills his father, leaving Sasha alone in his grief as his mother struggles with the enormity of single parenthood and depression. This touching narrative, told through his own eyes, follows Sasha through the year after his father’s death as he helplessly watches his bereaved mother’s retreat into loneliness, isolation, and alcoholism. Sasha tries to continue the lighthearted childhood he knew before losing his dad by masking the dark truths of his home life from friends, classmates, and neighbors. But despite his efforts, the normality of his world dwindles more and more each day. Fleeting Illumination reveals the funny and often cruel and callow nature of boyhood, foiled against a child's heartbreaking despair. It is the story of a boy forced by circumstance to grow up too soon, and the lonely journey he must take before reaching the comforting embrace of his father's memory and ultimately the reconnection of his broken family.

An inspiring survey of work by architects, artists and designers distinguished by a playful, unconventional
use of space.
The design community s preoccupation with space and building beyond the limits
of classical architecture is more fascinating than ever before. Like its successful
predecessor, Spacecraft 2 presents projects that meet the changing
spatial needs of our modern lifestyles and that are simultaneously expanding our
current understanding of architecture.
This book showcases international projects by architects, artists and designers
all distinguished by the unconventional use and creation of space. The dynamic
range of work presented in this sumptuous volume stretches the existing concepts
of temporary architecture, thus unhinging conventional definitions of spatial
design.
Spacecraft 2 features modular ephemeral structures that exist only for a limited
time, such as pavilions, art projects and exhibition spaces. They exemplify
innovative interventions often found in public spaces and urban environments. It
also presents projects that deal with the transient use of space such as studios,
mobile habitats and pop-up stores that either adapt to their surrounding environments
or are strikingly conspicuous.
This unprecedented compendium brings together an extraordinary collection
of projects by young and little-yet-known talents and mirrors the exchange,
communication and development that are engaging contemporary building practices
today.

How and where we work and spend our leisure time has changed dramatically in recent years. The increased mobility and global networking that pervade all aspects of our lives have had a considerable impact on the spaces in which we live, meet, and work.

SpaceCraft presents projects that meet the changing spatial needs of our modern lifestyles and that are simultaneously expanding our current understanding of architecture. On the one hand, the book features flexible, fleeting structures that only exist for a limited time; these include pavilions, art projects or exhibition spaces. On the other hand, SpaceCraft focuses on spaces that are used temporarily such as studios, offices or vacation homes. These structures, which are often used as hideouts from our hectic lives, can either blend in harmoniously with their surroundings or seem as exotic as a spaceship that has just landed.

The book documents original work by architects, artists and others that is distinguished by a playful, unconventional use of space. Many of the projects are experimental interventions within urban environments that are strongly influenced by a street art context. As SpaceCraft proves, it is this contemporary influence in particular that is currently redefining the boundaries of architecture.

SpaceCraft presents work that expresses our current modes of work and play. The book is thus inspiring both for architects and interior designers, and also for all creatives who work with space.

Only a renaissance man could have described this glorious city in its heyday. And only Carlo Levi, writer, painter, politician and one of the last century's most celebrated talents, could depict Rome at the height of its optimism and vitality after World War II. In Fleeting Rome, the era of post war 'La Dolce Vita' is brought magnificently to life in the daily bustle of Rome's street traders, housewives and students at work and play, the colourful festivities of Ferragosto and San Giovanni, the little theatre of Pulcinella al Pincio; all vibrant sights and sounds of this ancient, yet vital city.

Described by reviewers as "a crystal ball for the future of health and wellness, with the solid research and analysis to back it up," the instantly useful, uniquely comprehensive Health and Wellness Insider's Guide to Durable Trends, Fleeting Fads & Innovative Ideas separates important durable trends from fleeting fads in every sector, from fitness and nutrition to healthcare and more. This roadmap to the most promising opportunities and most serious challenges facing health and wellness businesses and investors includes special immediately helpful features for time-pressed readers: the Trend Checklist, Buzzword List and exclusive diagrams that shed new light on industry convergence and integration.

The answer lies with Keats... With these cryptic last words, the man sprawled out on the floor of the rustic cabin expires - murdered.  What could he have meant?  Why Keats?  Which answer?  (For that matter, what was the question?)

All this and more passes through the mind of the young householder who discovers the body.  If only he knew the guy's name.  Or anybody's name.  Including his own...

From here, our hero is hurtled along a path of self-discovery. With the help of Enescu Fleet, retired private detective and (according to some) the world's most fascinating man, he will delve into an exciting new game show called Deadly Allusions, where trivia and murder compete for top billing. Along the way, he will attempt to figure out the dead man's clue - and quite possibly nab a murderer who is too smart for his own good.

Spanning the globe from Paris and London to New York and the exotic island of Eleuthera, this is a dazzling novel of four beautiful women torn between passion and power at the glamorous heights of success in the fashion world. Original.