Shortly after her 50th birthday in 2003, Crosby was in a bicycle accident that paralyzed her, and here shares her experience of living her new life.

""Recognized leaders in the scientific research and development fields of running should never have been taken seriously. They have all failed to solve the mechanics of what it takes to run. My techniques are not simply better, they are the only way to do it effectively. They will help everyone achieve better health, safety, and performance than they have been able to do by running the old way."" If running is a part of your exercise routine, "Running--Just Undo It" will help you improve your performance. Author Jack Nirenstein's amazing methods will transform how you run by teaching you simply to pay close attention to the mechanics of the human body. While gravity running is not a new concept, the Nirenstein method is the first and only way to make it work. Nirenstein contends that athletes tend to let bad science interfere with their inherent body mechanics. Too many runners don't achieve optimum performance because of inaccurate instructions about "proper form." The standard science of pushing hard for a longer stride sounds logical, but Nirenstein shows you how it actually opposes the body's forward motion. With stretching techniques, step-by-step instructions for all types of running, and many helpful photos and illustrations, you'll be off and running in no time!

Ermanna Montanari: a minute body that grows enormous on stage and a magnetic visage capable of expressing unlimited intensities; a voice that creates stage figures and becomes a musical instrument; an original language that encompasses every type of performance; microscopic precision and the magma of an infancy still vital in the language of dreams and the enigma of her native dialect. Laura Mariani, subtle analyst of theater and memory, portrays Ermanna in the weaving of art and life and in relation to Marco Martinelli, director and playwright and other pole in a complex alchemy. Mariani interrogates the figure of Ermanna through written and visual sources, unpublished notebooks and traces of the process of creation. A narrative journey—biography, portrait of the artist, chronicle of becoming—to examine in detail the raw material of an actress and of theater as it unfolds.

This book provides both an overview of, and an insight into, the rapidly expanding field of creative research methods. The contributors, from four continents, range from doctoral students through to independent and practice-based researchers to senior professors, providing a clear view of the applicability of creative research methods in all types of research work. Chapters offer examples of creative research methods in practice, and advice on how to transfer or adapt those methods for different disciplines and settings. Research ethics and research quality are considered throughout. This is a timely handbook which provides information for novice researchers and inspiration for experienced researchers, and is essential reading for anyone interested in creative research methods.

An oath made is a debt that must be paid. Sweden 880 Astrid is free, widowed after two years in an unwanted marriage. She wants to reclaim her life and become the warrior she always wanted to be, just like her father. Horrified by her best friend’s unwelcome proposal, she flees everything she has ever known for a chance at life across the Baltic Sea, assuming a new identity in a land unknown. Aldeigjuborg, in the land of the Rus’, is far different to her native homeland but, with the support of her new mentor, she is given the opportunity to create a life within the walls of a town she would have previously dreamed of raiding. Being a Viking is more than adventure and travel. Riches can be found in trade, through the learning of new languages and cultures. Soon, Astrid realises everything has a price, and a promise made can have unintended consequences. Fans of adventurous Viking stories will be captivated by Oath Undo Me. Be transported to Gardarike (the land of the Rus') in book one of the Viking Trading Lands series, inspired by archaeological evidence. Editorial Review "The second book of two, partly adventure, partly drama. Enjoyed the first book, Oath Undo Me, but I think the second is better. I loved the time and setting, and the protagonist, Astrid, is fun to root for. She's tough, determined and everything a hero needs to be." Female reader from The Wishing Shelf Awards. From the author Books in the Viking Trading Lands Series 1. Oath Undo Me 2. No One's Viking 3. Serve the Worthy 'A smartly plotted Viking drama' The Wishing Shelf Awards. Formanek's Viking Trading Land Series follows Astrid as she travels from her native Svealand in the 9th-century, for the trading lands of the Rus' Gardarike lands. Though Astrid is met with opportunity in this new land she soon realises everything has a price and war almost always makes men monsters. And, as she navigates the competing powers of the land, the court of Grand Prince Oleg, and the realities of Viking Age trade, she must trust the forces that guide her. Astrid must grapple with duty and her ambition, a struggle that will shape the future of the Rus'. The Viking Trading Lands Series is a powerful saga, rich in historical detail, with complex characters, and a fun-to-root-for heroine.

An ode to the totality of the Divine Feminine. In all Her forms-benevolent and cruel, terrifying and beautiful, from the most fragile of Elvish Fae to the most fierce a battle-ready beanSidhe. A HERstory that traverses and predates all signs of patriarchy-- before a masculine principle even existed, there was the Feminine Triple Darkness of the blackness of Space's Void. In the Bible, the time referred to as "in the Beginning," before there was Light (the Active, Masculine, Fiery Principle, of course), there was The Word, or what I like to refer to as "The Utterance". The Word is conceptualized as a Feminine Principle, being a container that is the Womb; even the suspension of Deep Space itself, to me, is reminiscent of the suspension of a baby in the watery womb, the suspension of Ophelia drowning in ecstatic release from what Bob Marley calls "Our World of Hypocrisy".