Bella Santini in the Land of Everlasting Change


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An ordinary teen girl stumbles into a fairy ceremony; is arrested and brought to the fairy kingdom, the Land of Everlasting Change, a land caught in the struggle between good and evil, where Queen Tatiana fights to keep the balance of power from tipping. Queen Tatiana spreads the message of the truth of fairyland, that fairies are emissaries of love. This gripping tale in a magical land crosses time and dimensions, bringing readers on a journey of self-discovery. This book series seeks to plant seeds of wellness into every child's hearts and minds who reads or has the books read to them. The seeds planted are unconditional love, inner peace, and emotional self-mastery. Many parents are aware of the upward trend in teen suicide. The Substance Abuse Mental Health Agency (SAMHSA) states, the causes of suicide are complex and determined by multiple combinations of factors, such as mental illness, substance abuse, painful losses, exposure to violence, and social isolation. Social isolation has significantly increased under Covid-19 lockdown. Underneath all of these issues are emotions with which the teens are unable to cope. The Bella Santini Chronicles, a fairytale series aimed at ages 8-12, teaches children the importance of processing their emotions and gives them tools to process their feelings. The book series delves into complex topics, such as child abandonment, bullying, sibling rivalry, and good vs. evil. Readers build emotional muscle and set a path of wellbeing that can help them navigate the difficult teen years without seeing suicide as a solution to their problems.




Ignite Your Adventurous Spirit


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In the pages of this book, you will meet 35 individuals whose unique adventures went further than the token tourist trap or destinations highlighted on a map. These are the Adventurous Spirits that took venturing to a whole new level. Their quests come in all shapes and sizes. Some of them climbed to the top of a mountain while others swam with the sharks, yet all of them took a detour from the charted path to discover and uncover something more. They wanted a deeper meaning, more clarity and find a part of themselves that felt lost. Journeying outward became a portal inward to a magical, personal land. Just like Aladdin discovering the Cave of Wonders, home to the most extraordinary treasures, they unearthed the priceless gifts of peace, realizations and the greatest of all -- finding one's Self. The richest experience is exploring and discovering who you are. Adventure catapults your thinking, awakens your spirit, tantalizes your senses and frees your soul. Every word in this book was crafted with that idea...IGNITING you to discover exactly who you want to be.




The Poetics of Power in Augustan Rome


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Explores the dynamic interactions among Latin poets, artists, and audiences in constructing and critiquing imperial power in Augustan Rome.




Transformations of Ovid in Late Antiquity


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This book highlights Ovid's influence on important later Latin authors writing from the fourth to the sixth centuries in Europe and Africa.




Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi


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"The book combines theory and practice, discussing the theoretical aspects and practical realization of the arrangement of tonal space in terms of their contemporary reception. Brover-Lubovsky's approach is therefore directed toward a study of the musical repertory mapped onto the canvas of contemporary musical thought, including theory, pedagogy, reception, and aesthetics. Tonal Space in the Music of Antonio Vivaldi is a substantial contribution to a better understanding of Vivaldi's individual style, while illuminating wider processes of stylistic development and of the diffusion of artistic ideas in the eighteenth century."--BOOK JACKET.




Alvar Aalto


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Alvar Aalto was remarkably inventive in architecture and industrial design. Moreover, his command of technology was integrated with a humanistic style of building, and like Saarinen and Frank Lloyd Wright he sought an organic synthesis of his structures with their surroundings. Aalto's success in approaching these ideals may account for the extraordinary spread of his influence on an international scale. In this broad study of Aalto's work, Malcolm Quantrill assesses its development in terms of two powerful sources-the Finnish National Romantic movement and the Modern movement in architecture. His critique of Aalto's most significant buildings and furniture designs is complemented by photographs of many stages of their creation, from the spontaneity of initial sketches to the completed detail. Professor Quantrill first met Alvar and Elissa Aalto at Muuratsalo in June 1953, and he has been studying and photographing Aalto's buildings ever since. His book provides striking insights into the work of one of the greatest architects of the century.




Hip-Hop Revolution in the Flesh


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This is a critical, cultural study of radical sexual politics in a contemporary Hip-Hop lyricism -- what the author refers to as Hip-Hop’s "QUEEN B@#$H’ lyricism.”




Aratus and the Astronomical Tradition


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"This book examines the innovations of the ancient philosopher Aratus in the field of astronomy"--Provided by publisher.







Making the Fascist State


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