ARE WE ALONE IN THE UNIVERSE? Daniel Lavelle sets out on a wild road trip through the UFO heartlands to find out.**'So interesting and beautifully written' JON RONSON'A hugely entertaining, gonzo-style examination of UFOs, ufology and ufologists' NICK POPE'Echoes the documentaries with which Louis Theroux made his name' DAILY TELEGRAPH**'Lavelle mixes sardonic wit with genuine curiosity . . . he hears about secrets that shou...

***Winner of the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness******Winner of an RSL Giles St Aubyn Award for Non-Fiction***'Part memoir, part howl of fury' GUARDIAN'Enrich[es] our impoverished sociological imagination' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT'Raw and compelling' FINANCIAL TIMES**'Shows the human cost of a genuinely Kafka-esque bur...

**Brought to you by Penguin.From Orwell Prize-winning Daniel Lavelle comes a wild road trip chasing aliens through the UFO heartlands**The US government has been investigating unidentified aerial phenomena in a secret division of the Department of Defence. A former intelligence official urged the US to disclose evidence of UFOs after saying the government possesses ‘intact and partially intact’ alien vehicles. And what about those sightings of Tic Tac, Gimbal, Go Fast and t...

'When I zipped up my tent on that first night sleeping rough, I felt no despair... I was just another care leaver who had lost control of his life.'As a care-leaver who has experienced homelessness, award-winning investigative journalist Daniel Lavelle has spent his life navigating social services that are not fit for purpose and leave many vulnerable people slipping through the cracks. For though the right to adequate housing is enshrined in the Universal Declarat...

Once deemed an unworthy research endeavor, the study of sports fandom has garnered the attention of seasoned scholars from a variety of academic disciplines. Identity and socialization among sports fans are particular burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of specialists in the social sciences. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, captures an eclectic collection of new studies from accomplished scholars in t...

Both realism and justice demand that efforts to conserve biological diversity address human needs as well. The most promising hope of accomplishing such a goal lies in locally based conservation efforts -- an approach that seeks ways to make local communities the beneficiaries and custodians of conservation efforts.Natural Connections focuses on rural societies and the conservation of biodiversity in rural areas. It represents the first systematic analysis of locally based...

This edited collection examines how fantasy sports play has established a prominent and promising foothold in the larger sports ecology. Often considered an isolated activity for the hardcore sports fan, fantasy sports play have since been incorporated into sports broadcasting and editorial coverage, sports marketing and promotions, and even into the very sports themselves with athletes and teams using the activities to draw fans further into the sports experience. This edited collection i...

À la périphérie des institutions publiques et privées se développent aujourd’hui des formes nouvelles de communs. L’idée centrale de ce livre est que le Commun fait système avec l’État et le Marché et qu’il existe une pluralité d’options et de pistes possibles d’aménagement de cette combinatoire. Il ne s’agit pas ici de promouvoir les communs per se, mais d’observer les conditions et les voies de déploiement de différentes formes de communs à la lisière des systèmes institués (comme l’État...

Puts soil health in the broader context of ecosystem services, conservation and climate changeSummarises current research on soil structure and compositionReviews latest developments in understanding nutrient and other cycles in soil

This Twelfth edition of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of Four sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories—each from a different featured master of speculative fiction.Jason LaVelle invites us on a journey to Utopia.Chris Pourteau takes us to the final battle confrontation with The Last Ship.In his tale Repulse, Will Swardstrom shows us that the past is always near.And Daniel Arthur Smith shares the second episode of The Off World Kick Mu...

This fifteenth issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of four sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories—each from a different featured master of speculative fiction.Jason Lavelle dares to mix dreams and ink.P.K. Tyler invites us into the lab,Jessica West shares a spectral story-not for the week hearted .And Daniel Arthur Smith takes you on a tag-a-long with the city's Organ Preservation Unit.Tales from the Canyons of the Damned...

This seventeenth issue of Tales from the Canyons of the Damned consists of five sharp, suspenseful, thought provoking short stories—each from a different featured master of speculative fiction.D.K. Cassidy counts down 103 DaysJason LaVelle invites us to Keep RollingJon Frater ponders the MoonPaul K. Swardstrom shares a comedic B-Movie NoveletteAnd Daniel Arthur Smith shares another clip from the Lost Tapes seriesTales from the Canyons of the Damn...