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Brilliant' SUNDAY TIMES'Compelling and unnerving' SPECTATORThis first collection of stories by Lawrence Osborne perfectly showcases his talent for tension, atmosphere - and characters out of their depthA naïve young linguist sent to the forests of Irian Jaya is manipulated into betraying her mission by a ruthless and disturbed pastor. A deaf girl hired as a maid by a wealthy New York couple turns the tables on her obliviously abusive employers...

A Cultural History of Objects in Antiquity covers the period 500 BCE to 500 CE, examining ancient objects from machines and buildings to furniture and fashion. Many of our current attitudes to the world of things are shaped by ideas forged in classical antiquity. We now understand that we do not merely do things to objects, they do things to us. Reinterpreting objects in Greece and Rome casts new light on our understanding of ourselves and tur...

2 BOOKS IN 1! Get whisked away in the #1 bestselling chapter book series of all time! This bindup includes the first two adventures with Jack and Annie as they travel in time and all over the world. . .There's a mysterious tree house in the woods. Jack and Annie don't know where it came from, but it's filled with books. . . and magic! Before they know it, the tree house whisks Jack and Annie to the prehistoric past. Then to the time of knights...

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Models in Microeconomic Theory covers basic models in current microeconomic theory. Part I (Chapters 1-7) presents models of an economic agent, discussing abstract models of preferences, choice, and decision making under uncertainty, before turning to models of the consumer, the producer, and monopoly. Part II (Chapters 8-14) introduces the concept of equilibrium, beginning, unconventionally, with the models of the jungle and an economy with i...

Models in Microeconomic Theory covers basic models in current microeconomic theory. Part I (Chapters 1-7) presents models of an economic agent, discussing abstract models of preferences, choice, and decision making under uncertainty, before turning to models of the consumer, the producer, and monopoly. Part II (Chapters 8-14) introduces the concept of equilibrium, beginning, unconventionally, with the models of the jungle and an economy with i...

REJOICER is a stunning debut collection of poems that exist at the intersection of surrealism and reverence. Skyler Osborne's striking language and unforeseen imagery will ask readers to consider what is holy, what is mundane, and what our place in the middle is.

Caroline Bingley has successfully returned her brother and his friends to London - but will she be as successful in finally securing Mr Darcy's heart? Finally realising how wrong she has been, Elizabeth Bennet is desperate to reconcile with the absent Mr Darcy, especially if doing so might also settle Jane's future with Mr Bingley. But London provides diversions of its own, and more misunderstandings lie in store for several scattered couples.

For the Hendrix family, there's a whole world out there... waiting to be explored! If there's one thing that you need to know about the Hendrix family, it's that they love to travel! Harvey and Gigi Hendrix (Oh... and their dog, Reggie!) only need the teeniest-tiniest excuse and BOOM! Off they go on a whirlwind ADVENTURE! Join the hilariously weird Hendrix family as they dive headfirst into the ancient city of ATHENS! But what will they fin...

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Books 9-16 of the New York Times bestselling Magic Tree House series!These eight titles are the perfect gift for a Magic Tree House fan or any child who loves a good adventure. Parents, teachers, and librarians hail the chapter-book series as a tool to promote reading, as even the most reluctant readers want to know where the Magic Tree House will take the brother-and-sister team next. In books 9-12, Morgan le Fay, the magical librarian of Cam...

Elements of Crime Patterns articulates tacit and implicit knowledge about what crime patterns consist of in the first detailed compendium of their specific elements and variables. This book contains a wealth of information illustrating what could be in a crime pattern. It details the offender and victim, location and time, weapons, tools, equipment, travel, communication, and methods used to commit crimes. The behaviors in twenty-seven crime c...

Little Bigfoot always plays alone. When he sees two squirrels playing together, he decides to go look for a friend to play with. There are many animals in the forest, but can he find a friend who's just like him?

At times tenacious, other times genteel-notably sardonic and clever, sobering and keen-Rosanne Osborne's poems explore spiritual terrains via the objects, artifacts, and the natural landscapes of the physical world. Though faithful, Osborne is not a poet to rest in the ease of inherited beliefs, nor is she satisfied by an easy answer, though earthy, she is not a poet easily enticed into rote carnality, nor is she lured into the minutiae of cor...

The Love Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 by Osborne has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copie...