The Pentagon currently spends around $1.4 billion per year on recruiting and hundreds of millions annually on other marketing initiatives intended to convince the public to enlist—costly efforts to ensure a steady stream of new soldiers. The most important part of this effort is the Pentagon’s decades-long drive to win over the teenage mind by establishing a beachhead in American high schools and colleges.Breaking the War Habit provides an original consideration of the mil...

Despite the torments of time, their love endured. The receding tides could no longer hide the scars of loss and despair. For this, there was no remedy. Time is as unforgiving as the waves that tried to destroy their past. The portrait of truth was obvious as they stood together for now and for all times; soulmates lost in the sea of each other's love. Based on the conversations between a hospice nurse and a survivor of the USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor, the story of life and love can endure ...

A transformative model for community social work rooted in basic social and economic rights is the basis of this timely Brief. With specific chapters spotlighting the rights to health care, nutritious food, and adequate and affordable housing, the book describes in depth the role of community practice in securing rights for underserved and vulnerable groups and models key aspects of rights-based work such as empowerment, participation, and collaboration. Case examples relate local struggle...

Reverse chronic burnout and restore your steady energy with this calming guide to nervous system regulation. When you feel wired, exhausted, and overwhelmed by daily stress, it is easy to believe your brain fog is a personal failure. Instead of judgment, you will find gentle validation for those frustrating symptoms that others often dismiss as normal.Step off the relentless treadmill of stress dysregulation and discover simple, same-day tools for holistic healing. Whether you are ...

Master workplace communication and eliminate office friction to turn daily stress into reliable team performance. Perfect for your morning commute, this actionable guide shifts the focus away from harsh blame and paralyzing perfectionism. Instead, you will discover how to build a calmer, more transparent environment where expectations are always clear and professional agreements are honored.Whether you are navigating the isolated complexities of hybrid remote work or trying to conf...

Facing economic upheaval and growing inequality, people in local communities are fighting for economic justice. Coalitions from labor, grassroots community organizations, the faith community, immigrant communities and other progressive forces are emerging across the U.S. and Canada and winning better jobs, benefits from local development and better working conditions. A multi-disciplinary group of scholars and activists provide background and analysis of these struggles and offer insights ...

**The final book by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in which we find we an acute analysis of American race relations and the state of the movement after a decade of civil rights efforts."In this book—his last grand expression of his vision—he put forward his most prophetic challenge to powers that be and his most progressive program for the wretched of the earth."—Cornel West**In 1967, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., isolated himself, rented a house in Jamaica with no telephone,, ...

In the 21st century, political debates appear to center on fundamental conflicts between “the people” and “elites.” Most of these discussions emphasize strategies to protect and empower the oppressed masses against a predatory ruling class. Much of classical political thought, however, was written from an aristocratic point of view: that is, it ascribed paramount importance to the question of elite formation. Assuming inequality as a permanent feature of human associations, what virtues wo...

In the contemporary world, war rivals infectious disease as a global cause of morbidity and mortality. Since the end of World War II, there have been at least 160 wars around the world with as many as 25 million (and probably many more) people killed, most of them civilians. Directly or indirectly, war touches the lives of most people on the planet, often with lasting and costly impact. Framed by the holistic and ethnographically grounded theoretical perspective of critical medical anthrop...

Bloomsbury presents Into the Firestorm by Scott McGaugh, read by Jeff HardingFrom the hellish skies over Europe to the unforgiving terrain of the Himalayas, this is the first complete history of the C-47 aircrew who helped turn the tide of war.One of the most perilous combat roles of World War II was that of the Allied aircrews who flew unarmed transport planes into enemy territory, often just hundreds of feet above the battlefield. Tasked with del...

Recent years have seen a growing emphasis upon the need for universities to contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the regions in which they are situated, and for closer links between the university and the region. This book brings together a cross-disciplinary and cross-national team of experts to consider the reasons for, and the implications of, the new relationship between universities and territorial development. Examining the complex interactions between t...

In 2018 it was estimated that there were over 750 million spiders in the United Kingdom. By contrast, the overall number today is less than ten percent of that - but now the spiders live all around us. Today, the spiders are our neighbours. They live alongside us, coexist with us.As us...An intriguing, imaginative, and often unsettling short story set in a world where spiders and humans live together, Eight Over Four examines the problems which arise should two contrasting species be force...