From Conquest to Conservation is a visionary new work from three of the nation’s most knowledgeable experts on public lands. As chief of the Forest Service, Mike Dombeck became a lightning rod for public debate over issues such as the management of old-growth forests and protecting roadless areas. Dombeck also directed the Bureau of Land Management from 1994 to 1997 and is the only person ever to have led the two largest land management agencies in the United States. Chris Wood an...

North American deserts—lands of little water—have long been home to a surprising diversity of aquatic life, from fish to insects and mollusks. With European settlement, however, water extraction, resource exploitation, and invasive species set many of these native aquatic species on downward spirals. In this book, conservationists dedicated to these creatures document the history of their work, the techniques and philosophies that inform it, and the challenges and opportunities of the futu...

50 Vintage Sci-Fi Short Stories 4: More Than 29 Hours of Classic Science Fiction is another extraordinary collection celebrating the imagination and innovation of the greatest science fiction writers of all time. Spanning more than 29 hours, these fifty timeless stories take listeners on unforgettable journeys through strange worlds, distant futures, impossible inventions, and mysteries that continue to inspire generations of science fiction fans.Featuring legendar...

Halloween Mysteries is a compelling anthology that encapsulates a mesmerizing blend of tales, each echoing the chilling whispers and shadowy corners of the Halloween spirit. Encompassing an expansive range of literary styles from gothic to detective and beyond, the collection delves into the eerie, the unexplained, and the spectral. It not only celebrates the conventional hallmarks of horror and mystery but also reinterprets them, weaving through historical narratives and psychological lan...

Clinical Mycology offers a comprehensive review of this discipline. Organized by types of fungi, this volume covers microbiologic, epidemiologic and demographic aspects of fungal infections as well as diagnostic, clinical, therapeutic, and preventive approaches. Special patient populations are also detailed.

Juvenile Delinquency: A Sociological Approach, Twelfth Edition, discusses delinquency as it relates to and emerges from youths’ families, neighborhoods, schools, peer groups, social classes, and overall cultural and social environments. With a student-friendly approach, the authors explore the different causes of juvenile delinquency, examine its behaviors and consequences in social contexts, explain the role of the police and court system, and propose strategies for treatment and...

In the quaint English village of Tilling, a peculiar discovery sends shockwaves through the community. The long-extinct dodo bird has seemingly returned, its egg found in the garden of the eccentric Miss Mapp. As the villagers speculate and gossip, a young woman named Dodo emerges, claiming to be the bird's daughter. With her enigmatic past and uncanny connection to the dodo, Dodo becomes the center of a whirlwind of intrigue and suspicion. As the truth unravels, the boundaries between rea...

Supernatural Mysteries: 60+ Horror Tales, Ghost Stories & Murder Mysteries' is an extraordinary anthology that delves into the eerie and the unexplained through an array of literary styles, from the gothic to the modernist. Gathering works from the pens of over fifty historic authors, this collection showcases a rich tapestry of narrative forms—from nerve-racking suspense to psychologically deep horror—within the broader context of 19th and early 20th-century literature. This anthology not...

50 Timeless Masterpieces (Volume 1) gathers an extraordinary sweep of world literature, from epic poetry, philosophical dialogue, and military strategy to the novel, drama, detective fiction, modernist experiment, and political allegory. Its range evokes the long evolution of narrative and thought: heroic voyages, moral trials, social satire, psychological inquiry, dystopian warning, and spiritual crisis appear side by side. Landmark works associated with classical antiquity, the Renaissan...

The Good, The Bad and The Ugly gathers more than 175 Western novels and short stories into a capacious archive of frontier writing. Spanning adventure romance, outlaw tale, mining-camp sketch, cattle-drive narrative, historical fiction, and psychologically charged wilderness drama, the volume charts the genre's movement from nineteenth-century local-color storytelling to the popular Western's modern forms. Classic frontier legends, tales of gunfighters and scouts, and narratives of settlem...

The Ultimate Western Collection surveys the imaginative territories of the American West and its borderlands through adventure tale, historical romance, frontier realism, detective fiction, humor, and the hard-edged Western yarn. Its capacious selection moves from mythic landscapes and encounters at the edge of settlement to cattle drives, mining camps, military outposts, and contested communities. Canonical frontier narratives sit beside popular serial fiction and lesser-known regional vi...

THE CALL OF THE WILD WEST - Ultimate Western Collection: 175+ Novels & Short Stories in One Volume is a monumental anthology that captures the essence and allure of the American frontier. Encompassing a vast range of literary styles from adventurous narratives to poignant tales of survival, this collection offers an expansive look at the mythos of the Wild West. The stories traverse themes of rugged individualism, the conflict between civilization and nature, and the indomitable human spir...