The next generation of containers is here. Learn Podman directly from its creator, discover its exceptional security features, and start managing rootless containers that integrate easily into your systems.In Podman in Action you will learn how to:Build and run containers in rootless modeDevelop and manage podsUse SystemD to oversee a container’s lifecycleWork with the Podman service via PythonKeep your containers confin...

Based on his own experience building significant wealth at a young age, author Daniel Walsh shares a unique wealth blueprint anyone can follow to retire younger and richer. In this book readers will discover six principles that will help them achieve their wealth-creation goals and dreams. Covering everything the author learned on his own journey, along with multiple real-life case studies from people - young and old - who have vastly improved their financial lives, this book will help you...

Ivy lands a job at a fast-growing makeup company, ready to start fresh—until she meets her gruff, maddeningly frustrating boss. Everything changes on one wild night when Ivy runs into him at a bar. Their flirtatious banter takes an unexpected turn, and a moment of heated passion leaves them both reeling. Suddenly, Ivy is torn between maintaining professionalism and indulging in a growing desire that could complicate her career—and her heart.In this extended version of *The Makeup G...

The alpine treeline ecotone (ATE) is an area of transition high on mountains where closed canopy forests from lower elevations give way to the open alpine tundra and rocky expanses above. Alpine tundra is an island biome and its ecotone with forest is subject to change, and like oceanic islands, alpine tundra is subject to invasion – or the upward advance of treeline. The invasion of tundra by trees will have consequences for the tundra biome as invasion does for other island flora and fau...

Wattles (Acacia) are among the most vibrant plants in the southern Australian bush, with their iconic yellow blooms particularly visible in late winter and spring. As the largest genus of flowering plant in Australia, they are one of the most resilient, recognisable and culturally significant native plants. However, they can be difficult to identify at a species level.This comprehensive guide to all 121 species and subspecies of wattles found in Victoria and Tasmania inclu...

A falsifiable bet on the next thirty months.The claim is simple and uncomfortable: we are living inside a near-perfect century-long repeat of the 1920s - not as metaphor, but as structure.Reliving the 1920s rests on nine parallels, any one of which would be a curiosity on its own. It is their simultaneity, layered atop a matching fingerprint in volatility and Sharpe ratios, that turns coincidence into thesis. Salvani and Walsh anchor 1921 to 2020, then trace electrification...

High Risk Children in Schools offers a way for psychologists and educators to see and talk about the growing population of "at-risk" children--those likely to fail at formal schooling--while helping to redefine the relationship between schools and families.Using systems theory and developmental psychology, the authors present a new framework for the study and education of children who are at-risk. This framework--the Contextual Systems Model--creates a dia...

This important book offers strategies, models, and concrete ideas for better serving newcomer immigrant and refugee youth in U.S. schools, with a focus on grades 6–12. The authors present 20 strategies grouped under three categories: (1) classroom and instructional design, (2) school design, and (3) extracurricular, community, and alumni partnerships. Each chapter provides research-based information, classroom examples, tips for implementing each strategy, and additional resources. Readers...

What if the biggest driver of aging, chronic disease, and declining health has been hiding inside your cells all along?Most people have never heard of SOD-2, yet this remarkable gene plays a critical role in protecting the body from oxidative stress-the cellular damage linked to aging, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, neurodegenerative disorders, metabolic dysfunction, and many forms of cancer.In The Secrets of SOD-2, The God Gene, Joseph M. S...

Nine viruses. One shared weakness.In May 2026, the World Health Organization confirmed person-to-person transmission of Andes hantavirus aboard the cruise ship MV Hondius. No drug. No vaccine. Near fifty percent fatality once the lungs fill. The medical system's answer was the one it always gives: supportive care, and wait.Salvani and Walsh argue we have been aiming at the wrong target. Every major virus - hantavirus, SARS-CoV-2, influenza, HIV, hepatitis, dengue, Ebola, RS...

What if many of today's most common chronic diseases share a single underlying cause?The Secrets of SOD-2 Primer introduces readers to the emerging science of oxidative stress, mitochondrial health, and the body's natural antioxidant defense systems. Written as a companion to The Secrets of SOD-2: The God Gene, this concise guide breaks down complex health and longevity concepts into clear, understandable language.Inside, you'll discover h...

One Health, the concept of combined veterinary and human health, has now expanded beyond emerging infectious diseases and zoonoses to incorporate a wider suite of health issues. Retaining its interdisciplinary focus which combines theory with practice, this new edition illustrates the contribution of One Health collaborations to real-world issues such as sanitation, economics, food security and vaccination programmes. It includes more non-infectious disease issues and climate change discus...