A man’s epic voyage through sickness, treatment, and a global health crisisAn odyssey is not just a journey; it is a quest through perilous roadblocks and an attempt to reach an improbable desired destination. One of the human experiences that most closely embodies this type of journey is the battle with cancer and other sickness. It is full of uncomfortable uncertainties and unforeseen challenges, all for the hope of a potential cure or remission. Dr. David Snow’s...

Born near Guntersville, Alabama, Catherine (Cassie) Fennell was nineteen when the Civil War began. Starting with her time at a female academy in Washington, DC, the diaries continue through the war’s end and discuss civilian experiences in Alabama and the Tennessee Valley. Fennell believed that by keeping a diary she made a small contribution to the war effort and history itself.Fennell was fairly well off and highly educated, moving easily in very elite social circles. Most of her...

In 1952, Jacob "Jay" Gurley explored a Marshall County, Alabama, curiosity known as Bat Cave. Amazed by its stalagmites and sheer enormity, he purchased the site and began transforming it into Cathedral Caverns, a spectacular tourist attraction that eventually became a national natural landmark in 1973 and a state park in 2000. Had it not been for Gurley's hard work and dedication, this cave, a geological treasure of international renown, might have remained a little-known hole in the grou...

Jane expected six months undercover to be hard; she expected it to be lonely and bleak. She didn't expect to find love.Jane Butler, a CIA operative, is assigned the task of infiltrating the Xanthians and determining if they're a threat to humanity. Going undercover as a Xanthian mate, she boards the transport ship and meets Usnavi—her new mate. After spending six days traveling through space, Jane is ecstatic to explore the Xanthian station and soon sets out to complete her mission...

Presents an essential guide to understanding the dynamics of today's global social movementsContemporary Social Movements: Descriptive & Historical Accounts responds to the urgent need for comprehensive, accessible overviews of the most consequential social movements shaping our world. Edited by renowned scholars in the field of social movements, this timely volume offers rich, empirically grounded, and historically situated portraits of 33 major contempor...

A plant engineer is responsible for a wide range of industrial activities, and may work in any industry. The Plant Engineer's Reference Book 2nd Edition is a reference work designed to provide a primary source of information for the plant engineer. Subjects include the selection of a suitable site for a factory and provision of basic facilities, including boilers, electrical systems, water, HVAC systems, pumping systems and floors and finishes. Detailed chapters deal with basic issues such...

The most up-to-date and thorough compendium of scholarship on social movementsThis second edition of The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Social Movements features forty original essays from the field. With contributions from both established and ascendant scholars, the Companion seeks to present current research on social movements in all its diversity. It is the most up-to-date, comprehensive volume of social science research on social movements ava...

We all want to succeed. There are many teachers on the subject of success, and all of them agree on the philosophy. Now with the On-Target Success Plan, the reader will not only better understand those philosophies but will also have a simple tool to apply them in their daily life to help them achieve the greatest success possible in the shortest amount of time. All the teachings on the subject, up to now, have hit all around the target; but with this tool, the reader will hit the bull’s-e...

The rapid advances made in the study of the synthesis, structure and function of biological macromole cules in the last fifteen years have enabled scientists concerned with antimicrobial agents to achieve a considerable measure of understanding of how these substances inhibit cell growth and division. The use of antimicrobial agents as highly specific inhibitors has in turn substantially assisted the investigation of complex biochemical processes. The literature in this field is so extensi...

Frames of Protest brings together important empirical research and theoretical essays by leading sociologists, political scientists, and media specialists that focus on social movement frames and framing practices. Frames are new ways of understanding political and social relations that emphasize injustice and the need for change. As such, they are crucial for the development of social movements and protest. Frames of Protest is the only book to focus exclusively on this ...

Social movements in the United States are important political actors because of their scale and duration, their generation of new ideas and understandings of existing problems, their ability to mobilize those who were previously passive citizens, and the impetus they provide for restructuring and broadening the agenda of American politics. This volume combines chapters by a distinguished group of social movement scholars, from both sociology and political science, who use perspectives rang...

As the new millenium approaches there is a concern of what will happen.A young girl is awakened to the fact that she belongs to a family of vampires.She is to be taught to survive in the modern world, ‘without leaving dead bodies around the city’, by a woman who was made a vampire years earlier.Through trials and mistakes she slowly learns how to live in her new life.She faces animosity and love as she had never expected before.As she learns more about herself, plots unfold as many people ...