The Technology of Property Rights combines the understanding of institutions and institutional change with a discussion of the latest technologies and their influence on the measurement and monitoring of property rights. The contributors analyze specific applications for fisheries, whales, water quality, various pollutants, as well as other pressing environmental issues. No other work brings together an economic understanding of environmental issues with technological expertise in...

Where they rest for eternal life is where a favor is asked.The stone with the head is where you will be led.Be certain of the favor you ask; no second is offered.The debt will be collected when the favor is complete.A favor asked is a debt owed.My mom's marriage to Thomas Valerian was supposed to be our fresh start, but it was the opposite of that.So far, I've been treated like my stepbrother's new toy, taunted by his friends...

For twenty-seven years, Llewellyn’s Herbal Almanac has been a trusted source of inspiration for growing, using, and benefiting from nature’s most exciting plants.Enthusiasts of all skill levels appreciate the variety of information packed into this book with intriguing articles on gardening, cooking, crafts, health, beauty, history, and lore. Teresa Peterson explores gardening as a form of medicine, Monica Crosson guides you through preserving with honey, ...

Enjoy More Magic Every Day with Tips from Today's Top WritersPacked with spells, rituals, and new ideas for enhancing your magical practice, this almanac has been a favorite resource for over three decades. You'll find two dozen articles, grouped by element, on a wide variety of topics, including Welsh narrative charms, playing card divination, standing stones, and Mexican sweat houses.This almanac features an energetic forecast, which analyzes major astrol...

Discourse Perspectives in Organizational Communication brings together researchers from the social sciences and humanities to look at discourse and how it shapes organizations and their social actors. Unlike others in the field, this book assumes that language creates and constitutes reality, rather than simply mirroring or describing it. This collection illustrates the variety of organizational phenomena that might be studied and the range of epistemological and methodological approaches ...

Valuable Insights for All Your Verdant VenturesCherished by gardeners, cooks, crafters, and other plant enthusiasts for more than 25 years, this enduring treasure blooms again with new ideas for growing and utilizing nature’s bounty. Nurture your herbal passion with this edition’s bouquet of innovative concepts ranging from downy mildew–resistant basil to scented fire starters.Llewellyn’s Herbal Almanac sprouts fresh insights on pond gardens, indig...

For centuries the tribes of the Nadir have suffered under the despotic tyranny of their Gothir overlords. Disunited and distrustful of one another the tribes await the coming of a Messianic warlord, who will unite them against the oppressors.Into this swirling, chaotic landscape come three men who will change the fate of the continent: Talisman, the mysterious, enigmatic Nadir warrior, haunted by his past and filled with dreams of finding the Uniter; Sieben the Poet, searching for ...

In "The Hindu-Yogi Science of Breath," William Walker Atkinson presents an illuminating exploration of the ancient practices of breath control, aligning them with contemporary notions of mental and physical well-being. Adopting a clear and systematic literary style, Atkinson combines philosophical insights from Hinduism and yoga with practical exercises designed to enhance the reader's understanding and application of breathwork. The text situates itself within the growing interest in East...

For over three decades, this almanac has provided spells, rituals, and ideas that inspire practitioners of all levels to deepen their magical practice. You'll enjoy two dozen articles, grouped by element, that improve your connection to natural energies and enrich your life throughout the year. Well-known contributors offer their insights on many topics, including:Egg Magic • Uncrossing Spells • Ozark Protection Magic • Yoga for Sleep • Magical Infusions • Herbal Allies for Astrolo...

CamdenI’ve been in love with my best friend since high school.My biggest regret? Walking away without telling her.I planned to. But then catastrophe struck, making us part ways without a word.She left for Boston with her fiancé, while I left for L.A. with my band—Raging Chaos.For the next five years, I lived and breathed music, trying to forget the beautiful girl who shattered my heart without even knowing it.Until I see her again….I ...

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize“A masterwork . . . the novel astonishes with its inventiveness . . . it is nothing less than a grand comic fugue.”—The New York Times Book ReviewA green hunting cap squeezed the top of the fleshy balloon of a head. The green earflaps, full of large ears and uncut hair and the fine bristles that grew in the ears themselves, stuck out on either side like turn signals indicating two directions at once

In this travelogue of self-discovery, Jane Christmas brings her wickedly irreverent style to a new mother-daughter experience. Since the beginning of time, mothers and daughters have had notoriously fraught relationships. "Show me a mother who says she has a good or great relationship with her daughter," Jane Christmas writes, "and I'll show you a daughter who is in therapy trying to understand how it all went so horribly wrong." To smooth over five decades of constant clashing, Christmas ...