Caribbean dive guide Gage Hoase woos and wins a beautiful dive guest, then sends her packing. All is good until Gabi returns, with happily-ever-after in mind. Now Gage has to figure a way to let her down gently before she offs him in his sleep.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson

What can prosperity possibly mean in a world of environmental and social limits?The publication of Prosperity without Growth was a landmark in the sustainability debate. Tim Jackson’s piercing challenge to conventional economics openly questioned the most highly prized goal of politicians and economists alike: the continued pursuit of exponential economic growth. Its findings provoked controversy, inspired debate and led to a new wave of research building ...

Care is the foundation of organic life. But its fate in the economy is precarious and uncertain. The labour of care is arduous and underpaid. Yet without it health and vitality are impossible. Care itself ends up leading a curious dual life. In our hearts it’s honoured as an irreducible good. But in the market it’s treated as a second class citizen – barely recognised in the relentless rush for productivity and wealth.How did we arrive in this dysfunctional place? And what can we d...

Inadvertent embezzler Blake Calloway high-tails it to the Caribbean, a step ahead of the Feds and desperate to restart life as an anonymous divemaster in a tropical paradise. On Blacktip Island, though, Blake quickly discovers "tropics" doesn't mean "paradise," and rookie boat hands stick out like a reef at low tide.The locals are quirky: a landlord who swears he's Fletcher Christian reincarnated, a boss who likes fish better than people, a sloshed resort manager with a sex-crazed ...

Jack and Joey are best buds . . . until they both fall for Chrissy. Then betrayal assumes a friend's smile on a tropical island where friendship is fleeting and the truth depends on who's telling the story.Also included is the short-short story The Gulf: Who are you when the thing you've prepped for hits and you react in a way you never dreamed? A way you despise?Two Tales From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson.

Winner of the 2022 Eric Zencey Prize in Ecological EconomicsCapitalism is broken. The relentless pursuit of more has delivered climate catastrophe, social inequality and financial instability – and left us ill-prepared for life in a global pandemic. Tim Jackson’s passionate and provocative book dares us to imagine a world beyond capitalism – a place where relationship and meaning take precedence over profits and power. Post Growth is both a manifesto for s...

Cal's a hapless watchmaker. Marina's a beautiful scuba instructor. They were friends as kids. Now, not so much. Together they'll solve the secret of Rosalita Flats. If the sharks don't get them first.The Secret of Rosalita Flats is the story of a man trying to unload the football-shaped house he inherited, while dodging the backwater Blacktip Island's quirky collection of con artists, smugglers and other ne'er-do-wells: an ornery housekeeper who refuses to be fired, a rum-soaked at...

Quit your job. Escape to the Caribbean. Build a dream life in paradise. If paradise will let you.Wally Breight's a miserable-in-his-job P.R. executive who dreams of escaping to happily-ever-after in the Caribbean. When he stumbles across a run-down scuba diving operation for sale on Blacktip Island, he snaps it up and settles into paradise. But paradise has other ideas. His dive boat's a lemon. His business partner proves the age of piracy isn't dead. Scuba guests are scarce. And a...

Clean Production Strategies is a cross-disciplinary book that presents a comprehensive examination of a new ethic emphasizing the appropriate design of products, processes, and economic activities to reduce the generation of waste into the environment. The book explores concepts and principles, technological issues, economic implications, the development of policy, and broad social questions associated with implementing clean production strategies. Written by a team of international expert...

Cyrus fled to Blacktip Island after betraying everyone he loved. Alone on his hilltop he found peace. Until his past came looking for him. Now he's fighting off investigators and a flood of memories, trying to buy enough time to finish his boat and sail away.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson.

Cody and Diane grew up best friends on Haulover Key. It was only natural they'd fall in love. Then Diane found her dream job on the opposite side of the globe. After two years of waiting, Cody's packed to move to the Caribbean when Diane returns, Hurricane Sophie on her heels. Will love prevail, or will Cody and Diane chase separate dreams?A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson

Angela sees nothing to live for after the love of her life high-tails it to Cuba with her life's savings. Then, on a solo scuba dive she doesn't plan on coming back from, a chance encounter changes her mind.A Tale From Blacktip Island by award-nominated novelist Tim W. Jackson