The essays in the book analyze cases of cooperation in a wide range of ethnographic, archaeological and evolutionary settings. Cooperation is examined in situations of market exchange, local and long-distance reciprocity, hierarchical relations, common property and commons access, and cooperatives. Not all of these analyses show stable and long-term results of successful cooperation. The increasing cooperation that is so highly characteristic of our species over the long term obviously has...

With the words, "Hi, my name is Matthew, but you might recognize me differently," Perry dives into his past and present. As a child split between two cities and two parents, she carried a youthful ambition and a talent for tennis that went national in Canada. Her journey changed dramatically when, at the age of 24, she landed a lead role in the then-cellular TV series Friends Like Us.Properly said, the actor dispels illusions about his fame and prestige. He boldly reveals the broke...

Murder sparks witchcraft hysteria in this "entertaining" seventeenth-century historical mystery from the New York Times –bestselling author (Stephen King).It's 1699 in the coastal settlement of Fount Royal in the Carolinas when Rachel Howarth is sentenced to be hanged as a witch. She's been accused of murder, deviltry, and blasphemous sexual congress, and the beleaguered, God-fearing colonial village wants her dead. But M...

THE NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL AND SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFrom the Sunday Times No. 1 bestselling author of A Discovery of Witches, now a major Sky TV series.Reasons to read The Black Bird Oracle and the ALL SOULS series:'Haunting in every way. A story thick with family secrets, human heartache, and the kind of deep magic only Harkness can conjure. You will be enchanted'...

The Little White Bird is a British novel by J. M. Barrie, ranging in tone from fantasy and whimsy to social comedy with dark, aggressive undertones. It was published in November 1902, by Hodder & Stoughton in the UK and Scribner's in the US, although the latter had released it serially in the monthly Scribner's Magazine from August to November. The book attained prominence and longevity thanks to several chapters written in a softer tone than the rest of the book, which introduced the char...

The world we encounter through Matthew Welton's poetry is one where kitchen radios, coffee cups and bicycle bells lead us to bramble blossom, rubbly clouds and paving slabs overrun with ivy. Such images are layered with reflections on how the things around us manifest a kind of 'thinginess' – as Welton puts it – and how this creates the context for our thoughts.Small Birds Singing is a book-length poem of fragments, drawn from a year's walking through one city's green spac...

This site guide covers the counties of East Sussex, West Sussex and Surrey, including sites in southwest Greater London.From the heaths of Surrey to the chalky grassland of the North and South Downs, the great forests of the Weald and the headlands, shingle beaches and river valleys of England's south coast, these three counties are a bird-rich part of the country, with perhaps the most diverse range of habitats in the country, and all within easy distance of Londo...

This volume bridges the gap between forensic and cultural anthropology in how both disciplines describe and theorize the dead, highlighting the potential for interdisciplinary scholarship. As applied disciplines dealing with some of the most marginalized people in our society, forensic anthropologists have the potential to shed light on important and persistent social issues that we face today. Forensic anthropologists have successfully pursued research agendas primarily focused on the dev...

This is a collection of personal essays that examine the humor that is available when awkward decisions, missteps, over-confidence, and the logic that only makes sense at the time occur. The personal essays by Matthew West-James offer a self-deprecating look at moments that were embarrassing at the time but insightful in hindsight. From bad ideas and misinterpretations, to tales that will not die quietly into the past, the essays examine the space between the person you think you are and t...

Let’s be clear. We are all equal under the law. However, even in these more modern times that is not an absolute and still remains a distant ambition for many.In the days when Britain ruled the waves and bestrode the world as its policeman and plunderer in chief it also subjugated half of its own people to second class status. Women were chattel and property. There were some exceptions based on wealth and birthright but for the overwhelming majority your lot was to fall in with the...

The Little White Bird by James Matthew Barrie is a unique and imaginative novel that blends fantasy, childhood wonder, emotional reflection, and gentle social observation. First published in 1902, the book is especially notable for introducing the earliest appearance of Peter Pan, whose magical adventures later became world famous. The story is narrated by Captain W., an eccentric and sensitive bachelor who forms a close friendship with a young boy named David. Through this relationship, B...

Featuring insights from influential figures like Pope Francis and Albert Gore alongside contributions from over thirty esteemed authors, Climate Chaos: Killing People, Places and the Planet charts a transformative path from despair to optimism. Grounded in rigorous scientific research, the book unflinchingly exposes the links between industries such as coal, fossil fuels, chemical factories, liquor, tobacco, and others, and their role in accelerating global warming and mass displa...