The countries of China, Taiwan, Singapore, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Indonesia, and Thailand are brought together for the first time in an integrated and systematic work outlining each country's cultural themes, cultural practices, and preferred conflict resolution mechanisms. The new "ADR" processes and centuries-old mediation and conciliation systems used in these countries are compared with the evolving mediation and ADR systems, including facilitation in North America and th...

Conflict Resolution in Asia: Mediation and Other Cultural Models is an exploration of human interaction, conflict, and conflict resolution in the incredibly diverse region that consists of South, East, and Southeast Asia. It examines how traditional, indigenous, and culturally based conflict resolution processes interact with more formal legal systems to build infrastructures that address conflicts at the interpersonal to international levels in ways that maintain social harmony. This book...

Following the success of their Locus Award–winning anthology The New Space Opera, editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan up the ante with The New Space Opera 2, in which more of the most beloved names in science fiction spin stunning tales of interstellar adventure and wonder. Authors include:Neal AsherJohn BarnesCory DoctorowJohn KesselJay LakeJohn MeaneyElizabeth MoonGarth NixMike ResnickJustina RobsonKristine Kathryn RuschJohn ScalziBruce SterlingPeter Wat...

Ten harrowing firsthand tales of survival from the creators of the New York Times bestselling audio collection MeatEater's Campfire Stories: Close Calls.In Campfire Stories: Narrow Escapes & More Close Calls, storytellers take us from Florida to the Northern Rockies to the Arctic Ocean with wild and true stories, a reminder that the natural world is rugged and unpredictable. Including stories from MeatEater's Steven Rinella and Clay Newco...

A sexy contract killer in a high-stakes capture fantasy? Yes, please!Astrid believes she'll never be free of her abusive husband - until she walks in on his murder. His killer is unable to take her life but refuses to set her free. Will she come to enjoy her new cage and the man with the keys to it?This is a standalone dark romance novella.

Night lasts a thousand hours. Forty sleeps - an endless desert of time when no one cares what happens to you until daytime.Helene has given up. Only concern for her sister's grave medical condition tethers her to the world she dreams of escaping through death. If only she could bring herself to end it.Caught out at night getting medicine for her sister, Helene is captured and taken as a slave for Gabriel, the mysterious ruler of the city.“Helene, I will take your st...

The Future Is OurselvesThe world is rapidly changing. We surf future-shock every day, as the progress of technology races ever on. Increasingly we are asking: how do we change to live in the world to come?Whether it’s climate change, inundated coastlines and drowned cities; the cramped confines of a tin can hurtling through space to the outer reaches of our Solar System; or the rush of being uploaded into cyberspace, our minds and bodies are going to have t...

Als ein charmanter französischer Gentleman in Rosings Park eintrifft, empfindet Elizabeth Bennet sogleich, dass etwas nicht mit rechten Dingen zugeht. Seine Umgangsformen sind makellos, doch seine Fragen geben Anlass zur Besorgnis. Während verborgene Geheimnisse an die Oberfläche treten und die Gefahr unaufhaltsam näher rückt, sieht sich Elizabeth dem gezielten Interesse eines Mannes ausgesetzt, der nicht der ist, für den er sich ausgibt. Zu einer unerquicklich-unsicheren ...

Forest fragmentation will inevitably continue over the coming years, especially in developing economies. This book provides a cutting edge review of the multi-disciplinary sciences related to studies of global forest fragmentation. It specifically addresses cross-cutting themes from both an ecological and a social sciences perspective. The ultimate goal of Global Forest Fragmentation is to provide a detailed scientific base to support future forest landscape management and planning to meet...

The profession of peacemaking has been practiced by indigenous communities around the world for many centuries; however, the ethnocentric world view of the West, which dominated the world of ideas for the last five centuries, dismissed indigenous forms of peacemaking as irrelevant and backward tribal rituals. Neither did indigenous forms of peacemaking fit the conception of modernization and development of the new ruling elites who inherited the postcolonial state. The new profession of Al...

When a charming French gentleman arrives at Rosings Park, Elizabeth Bennet senses something amiss.His manners are flawless—but his questions are not.As secrets surface and danger closes in, Elizabeth finds herself targeted by a man who is not what he claims to be. Forced into an uneasy alliance, she and the ever-watchful Mr. Darcy must navigate espionage, pursuit, and growing desire where trust is as perilous as silence.Can wit and ...

If "laughter is the best medicine," then this collection of humorous stories is just what the doctor orders for your funny bone! Also, the index provides over 1,400 applications of these 221 funny stories. This is a resource prepared to put humorous stories right at your fingertips. And they're all "squeaky clean"!