Property and Political Order in Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, property relationships around land and access to natural resources vary across localities, districts and farming regions. These differences produce patterned variations in relationships between individuals, communities and t...
Property and Political Order in Africa
In sub-Saharan Africa, property relationships around land and access to natural resources vary across localities, districts and farming regions. These differences produce patterned variations in relationships between individuals, communities and t...
Political Topographies of the African State
This 2003 study brings Africa into the mainstream of studies of state-formation in agrarian societies. Territorial integration is the challenge: institutional linkages and political deals that bind center and periphery are the solutions. In Africa...
Youth of Darkest England
This book examines the representation of English working-class children - the youthful inhabitants of the poor urban neighborhoods that a number of writers dubbed "darkest England" - in Victorian and Edwardian imperialist literature. In ...
Ethics 101
Explore the mysteries of morality and the concept of right and wrong with this accessible, engaging guide featuring basic facts along with an overview of modern-day issues ranging from business ethics and bioethics to political and social ethics. ...
Unofficial Joke Book for Fortniters: Sidesplitting Jokes and Shenanigans from Salty Springs
What do a door and a new Fortnite player have in common? They both get "knocked" a lot. What happens after you drink too much Slurp Juice? You burp juice! Jump out of the Battle Bus and jump into more than eight hundred side-splitting jo...
For the Gospel's Sake
For the Gospel's Sake
Homoerotics of Orientalism
One of the largely untold stories of Orientalism is the degree to which the Middle East has been associated with "deviant" male homosexuality by scores of Western travelers, historians, writers, and artists for well over four hundred yea...
Le Corbusier on Camera
The book is based on amateur films, shot by the architect Ernest Weissmann ( 9 3- 985) with a Pathé Motocamera in the years 929- 933 at, among other places, the Atelier Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret. These films capture moments from Le Corbusi...
Zero Day
'Why are humans afraid of spiders? With a multi-stranded narrative that traps you as effectively as a silken web, Skitter makes the answer all too clear' DAILY MAIL In the thrilling, nerve-wracking finale of Ezekiel Boone's terrifying Hatching ser...
Skitter
Tens of millions of people around the world are dead. Half of China is a nuclear wasteland. Mysterious flesh-eating spiders are marching through Los Angeles, Oslo, Delhi, Rio de Janeiro, and countless other cities. According to scientist Melanie G...
The Hatching
A terrifyingly enjoyable thriller of our world overrun by a flesh-eating ancient menace... The spiders are coming...
Zero Day
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Homoerotics of Orientalism
One of the largely untold stories of Orientalism is the degree to which the Middle East has been associated with "deviant" male homosexuality by scores of Western travelers, historians, writers, and artists for well over four hundred yea...
Food Photos & Styling
Foodie and food photographer Eveline Boone shows you how to style a dish and make it look tasty, how you can take the most beautiful food photos with your camera or smartphone and the different composition techniques you can apply. With this book ...
Understanding Rock
Scholars have become increasingly interested in rock music, but few of the many works published on rock music attempt to subject the music itself to close and sophisticated scrutiny. Understanding Rock brings together essays by several of musicolo...
Kinship with All Life
Is there a universal language of love, a "kinship with all life" that can open new horizons of experience? Example after example in this unique classic -- from "Strongheart" the actor-dog to "Freddie" the fly -- resou...
Buff Facings and Gilt Buttons
This book offers a detailed look into the complex inner workings of Confederate army staff operations.Buff Facings and Gilt Buttons approaches topics familiar to Civil War readers from a unique perspective - that of the staff. J. Boone Bartholomee...
Is Your Voice Telling on You?
Is Your Voice Telling on You? How to Find and Use Your Natural Voice, Third Edition is designed to help the reader find and use his or her natural voice and appreciate the effect of emotions on voice. It is also a useful tool for both vocal coache...
Cycles of Time and Meaning in the Mexican Books of Fate
In communities throughout precontact Mesoamerica, calendar priests and diviners relied on pictographic almanacs to predict the fate of newborns, to guide people in choosing marriage partners and auspicious wedding dates, to know when to plant and ...
I'll Be Gone for Christmas
USA TODAY BESTSELLER! For fans of¿The Holiday¿comes a heartwarming Christmas house-swap rom-com debut in which finding yourself and finding love come hand in hand. Bee Tyler needs a break. In the bustling San Francisco tech community, no one ever ...
Assessment of Feigned Cognitive Impairment, Second Edition
The go-to resource for clinical and forensic practice has now been significantly revised with 85% new material, reflecting the tremendous growth of the field. Leading authorities synthesize the state of the science on symptom feigning in cognitive testing and present evidence-based recommendations for distinguishing between credible and noncredible performance. A wide range of performance validity tests (PVTs) and symptom validity tests (SVTs) are critically reviewed and guidelines provided for applying them across differing cognitive domains and medical, neurological, and psychiatric conditions. The book also covers validity testing in forensic settings and with particular populations, such as ethnic and linguistic minority group members. New to This Edition *Numerous new authors, a greatly expanded range of topics, and the latest data throughout. *'Clinical primer' chapter on how to select and interpret appropriate PVTs. *Chapters on methods for validity testing in visual–spatial,
Mindfulness and Acceptance in Social Work
In the last twenty years, mindfulness and acceptance-based therapies have gained immense popularity as treatment options for various health and mental health concerns. This book brings together the top voices in social work and mindfulness-based t...
CDA TM book
The CDA book provides clear and easy to use guidance to implement the standard, with numerous examples covering many of the nuances of the standard.¿Readers can learn not only how to implement healthcare IT using the CDA standard, but to "spe...
Neuroeconomics of Prosocial Behavior
This summary of recent research in neuroeconomics aims to explain how and why a person can sometimes be generous, helpful, and cooperative, yet other times behave in a self-interested and/or exploitative manner. The book explains a dual p...
Urbanization and Sustainability
Case studies explore the Million Trees initiative in Los Angeles; the relationship of cap-and-trade policy, public health, greenhouse gas emissions and environmental justice in Southern California; Urbanization, vulnerability and environmental jus...
Music Theory 101
Learn the basics of music theory in this comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide. From classical to hard rock, and jazz to hip hop, music is constantly evolving, but many of the basics have stayed the same. Understanding these basics is key to ...