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Reprint of the original, first published in 1873.

A Pandemic of Love, explores the myriad shades of the most complex human emotion, love and its unfurling in the pandemic. Set against the backdrop of Covid-19, this volume of curated short stories is an eclectic mix of airport love, youthful love, old love, friendship love, passionate love, lost love, and much more. In a nutshell, this beautiful collection has a story for every kind of love enthusiast. is anthology for the rst time brings together the acclaimed award-winning novelist Ika Natassa, the renowned writer Almira Bastari and other talented authors based in Indonesia to weave stories which belong to a new world that normalizes unaccustomed ways to connect and love. Contributing authors: Adilla Anggraeni, Almira Bastari, Arusha Sanjeeva Rao, Astrid Tika, Christine Gneuss, Franklin G. Talaue, Ika Natassa , Kshipra Rao, Munmun Gupta, Naima Salman Baray, Noah Bohnen, Noopur Srivastava, Poppy Choudhury. Follow us on Instagram @a_pandemic_of_love

This book, made up of letters from each author to World Leaders, has reached the point of being real. We, WWPO and ICP, and our members are saying something here. Now, approaching the flight of this book, we are ready to get our message effectively read by the world's top leaders... We hope that you, the reader, will help us get this book into the hands of our world leaders, as Pope Francis, and other religious leaders in each country and in each cultural group, such as the President of the United States of America or at least the congressmen of that country: also the Kings of the different countries where there is a monarchy, prime ministers, etc. We could add legislators, ambassadors from each country and each person of power in communes, cities, provinces, states and countries. The list is endless. We are now determined to get the book into your hands and will get to work as soon as it is published. At this moment I imagine many people with more or less authority or level of leadership, at an international level, reading this book and perhaps changing their opinion regarding violence. I dream of making the book stop a missile, stopping the hand that was supposed to press the red button that controls it. I dream that this book will become an anti-missile shield that, even if it does not stop a bombing of a building somewhere on the globe, will serve to raise awareness about peace. Now it's your turn: Please, reader - Join me in this dream. and help me stop the war by spreading this message all over the world. Reader: If every inhabitant of the Global Village does the same and embraces us. Time flies and the world needs us united, but also active and coordinated. Sowing peace simply consists of focusing on the roundness of the world and its breadth, and thus embrace it in a huge hug without limiting ourselves to our reference group. María Cristina Azcona

This inaugural issue of Sol’s Sci-fi Thirdly contains original stories from Jo Ling Ko (I Will If I Can), Cella Evanston Reed (We Are All Afraid Of Fire), Art Brindle (Do Robots Bury Their Dead?), Jose Cunnan (Like the advert said ‘it’s all for free’), Anna Bryson (Drop All Bad Habits, Pseudo-earthwoman. Your People Need You), Victoria Tomencosa (Finding Eleanor) and Robson Finsin (Ouish). In ‘I Will If I Can’ a woman discovers she’s married to a man she suspects to be an alien and decides to find out what happened to her real husband. In ‘We Are All Afraid Of Fire’ an exiled alien goes back home after learning that his persecutor has died. In ‘Do Robots Bury Their Dead?’ two mobots find themselves lost and enslaved by humans. In ‘Like The Advert Said, ‘It’s All For Free,’ a married woman decides to have her consciousness transferred into a mechanical body with interesting results. In ‘Drop All Bad Habits, Pseudo-earthwoman. Your People Need You,’ two homicide detectives learn to work together despite one not trusting the other and their having different skills. In ‘Finding Eleanor’ two elderly parents decide to search for their missing daughter with the aid of their sworn enemy and lastly in ‘Ouish’ an alien decides to start a worldwide revolution on his homeplanet.

A collection of fourteen short stories exploring the moment when a couple meets for the first time--from an African-American girl in upstate New York who simultaneously finds a prom dress and a date to a transgender girl who confronts the student blocking her right to use the school restroom.

The influence of the past, and of the future on current-time tradeoffs in the forest arena are particularly relevant given the long-term successions in forest landscapes and the hundred years’ rotations in forestry. Historically established path dependencies and conflicts determine our present situation and delimit what is possible to achieve. Similarly, future trends and desires have a large influence on decision making. Nevertheless, decisions about forest governance and management are always made in the present – in the present-time appraisal of the developed situation, future alternatives and in negotiation between different perspectives, interests, and actors. This book explores historic and future outlooks as well as current tradeoffs and methods in forest governance and management. It emphasizes the generality and complexity with empirical data from Sweden and internationally. It first investigates, from a historical perspective, how previous forest policies and discourses have influenced current forest governance and management. Second, it considers methods to explore alternative forest futures and how the results from such investigations may influence the present. Third, it examines current methods of balancing tradeoffs in decision-making among ecosystem services. Based on the findings the authors develop an integrated approach – Reflexive Forestry – to support exchange of knowledge and understandings to enable capacity building and the establishment of common ground. Such societal agreements, or what the authors elaborate as forest social contracts, are sets of relational commitment between involved actors that may generate mutual action and a common directionality to meet contemporary challenges.

Sir Isaac Newton''s Principia is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1871. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Ecstasy - A Study of Happiness is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1897. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Authority and Archaeology, Sacred and Profane - Essays on the Relation of Monuments to Biblical and classical Literature is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1899. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Christianity and Agnosticism - A Controversy is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1889. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

Gunshot Wounds and Other Injuries of Nerves is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1864. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

The Works of William Blake - Poetic, Symbolic and Critical is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1893. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them.

Collects ten bedtime stories that can each be read aloud in five minutes or less.

A lively collection of free-wheeling fun, this jam-packed treasury features ten stories about bikes, cars, trains, and machines that can each be read aloud in five minutes flat. Whether they prefer semi trucks, tanker trucks, pickup trucks, or tow trucks, when on-the-go kids need a break from the hustle and bustle this story time collection is there to give them a lift! Features a padded cover with plenty of shine. Includes ten tales that are ready to roll: Curious George Takes a Train by Margret and H. A. Rey Pug in a Truck by Nancy Coffelt All Aboard the Dinotrain by Deb Lund, illustrated by Howard Fine Farmer Dale''s Red Pickup Truck by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Ivan Bates Monster Trucks! By Mark Todd Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margot Apple Rush Hour by Christine Loomis, illustrated by Mari Takabayashi Here Comes Darrell by Leda Schubert, illustrated by Mary Azarian Monsters on Machines by Deb Lund, illustrated by Robert Neubecker Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton PLUS jokes from Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle, illustrated by Jill McElmurry

Celebrated title piece plus such favorites as Rubinstein''s Melodie in F, Rachmaninoff''s Prelude in C-sharp Minor, Op. 3, No. 2; Tchaikovsky''s Chant sans paroles; and many more. Authoritative editions.

Accompanying CD includes nine Christmas carols.

Family, friends, your favorite characters…bring them all together at story time! Share the book that is sure to entertain, delight, and make the whole gang laugh. The Family Storybook Treasury is a collection of your most well-loved picture books and poetry, now available in one beautiful keepsake volume with bonus audio CD! Includes eight complete picture books: Curious George and the Firefighters by Margret and H. A. Rey Martha Speaks by Susan Meddaugh Lyle Walks the Dogs by Bernard Waber, illustrated by Paulis Waber Sheep in a Jeep by Nancy Shaw, illustrated by Margo Apple Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester, illustrated by Lynn Munsinger Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed by Eileen Christelow The Great Doughnut Parade by Rebecca Bond Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton

Function point analysis is established internationally as a method for determining the scope and functional size of software from an assessment of the user requirements. The IFPUG “Function Point Counting Practices Manual” and the Nesma FPA counting practices manual “Definitions and Counting Guidelines for the Application of Function Point Analysis” both follow the “Albrecht” method and describe how to apply the method to implemented systems, software development and software enhancement. Application of the method to software enhancement is not well developed; other priorities have prevented a more considered treatment of this aspect of its application in the past. Function point analysis has been applied extensively to the development of new software. Its use in this respect is well established and is supported by a wealth of research and practical experience. It is now appropriate to explore in greater depth the application of FPA to software enhancement and maintenance. Users of software metrics need to know whether FPA can be successfully applied to software enhancement and, if so, in what way and within what constraints. Consideration of these issues led NESMA to form the working group on “FPA for Enhancement and Maintenance”. These guidelines apply FPA for enhancement projects, adjusting the regular weight of a function impacted by the enhancement project by an impact factor. The impact factor depends on the degree in which the function is enhanced by the project. The guidelines are universally applicable, so also using the IFPUG CPM 4.3 FPA guidelines as your basic FPA measure. Objectives The Guide is intended for anyone with an interest in the management of enhancements to an information system. The Guide describes an objective and replicable method for assessing the scope and size of an enhancement project. The method is objective in that the results obtained are independent of the person applying the method; the result obtained is bona fide in that two different people using the same guidelines obtain the same result. The method is replicable in that a particular outcome can be determined a priori, and the same outcome can be produced on the second and subsequent applications of the method. Intended Audience The Guide is intended for anyone who performs function point analysis and wants to measure the size of enhancement projects more precisely. It is assumed that the reader is familiar with the standard FPA method. Scope of the Research NESMA considered the application of FPA to software enhancement from the perspective of the standard function point analysis method. The result of this work, embodied in these guidelines, is a method applicable to software enhancement and testing that is strongly related to the standard FPA method. The term Enhancement Function Point Analysis (EFPA) is used to differentiate the method from the standard function point analysis method. Disclaimer The method has been tried in practice. However, NESMA does not claim that the method in its current form has been validated scientifically. Additional research and practical use is necessary to demonstrate the validity of the method. By offering this guide to the international functional software measurement community, NESMA wants to advance the application of function point analysis to enhancement projects and to broaden the understanding of measurement applied to software enhancement. NESMA is not responsible for any use of this method or for the results obtained from its application. Comments and suggestions for further improvement of this method may be sent to [email protected].

A casual collection of articles about, and by, various family members, this book includes poetry, memoir, and stories for children. Hopefully, it will encourage readers to listen to their own family stories, then collect and save them.

Contents include: The Box Tunnel by Charles Reade, Minions Of The Moon by F. W. Robinson, The Four-fifteen Express by Amelia B. Edwards, The Wrong Black Bag by Angelo Lewis, The Three Strangers by Thomas Hardy, Mr. Lismore And The Widow by Wilkie Collins, and The Philosopher In The Apple Orchard by Anthony Hope.

Alison Siewert and her team of writers offer ideas for every aspect of drama ministry—from why it?s biblical to how to direct a performance, from warm-ups for actors to how to write your own sketches. Includes 14 sketches you can reproduce in your ministry.