Across the globe, violence prevention initiatives focused on men and boys are proliferating rapidly. Engaging Men and Boys in Violence Prevention highlights effective and innovative strategies for the primary prevention of domestic violence, sexual violence, and other forms of harassment and abuse. It combines research on gender, masculinities, and violence with case studies from a wide variety of countries and settings. Through the cross-disciplinary examination of these varied e...

This Palgrave Pivot offers insight into the factors that influence, motivate and inform young men’s online experiences. In Australia and globally recent media and public discourse has expressed strong concerns about the gender-based harms arising from young men’s online behaviours – these concerns have prompted renewed scrutiny on boys and masculinity and produced a sense of urgency around addressing these online harms. They have provided a strong warrant for research that seeks to better ...

This book explores men's attraction to violent extremist movements and terrorism.Drawing on multi-method, interdisciplinary research, this book explores the centrality of masculinity to violent extremist recruitment narratives across the religious and political spectrum. Chapters examine the intersection of masculinity and violent extremism across a spectrum of movements including: the far right, Islamist organizations, male supremacist groups, and the far left. The book identifies...

What is it like to experience a flood? The answers that Michael Brown comes up with are surprising.His house was underwater for several weeks during the inundation of the Somerset Levels.He decided to stay on through it, and he was amazed at the ensuing chain of events as he, along with his local community, first fought the water, pumping and sweeping and panicking – then came acceptance of the inevitable defeat, and finally there came an unexpected wealth of emotions as the ...

This collection breaks down the stereotypes often expected of Korean popular culture, specifically examining issues of gender, sexuality, and stereotype in a variety of cultural products including K-pop, K-drama, and cover dancing through the lens of how “Koreanness” can be defined. A diverse range of of contributors showcase how Hallyu, or the Korean Wave, began as a wave rolling across Asia and morphed into a tsunami that has impacted every continent, making Korean popular culture an ind...

Is the earth's oil supply starting to run out, or is there far more oil than some experts believe? This book points out flaws in the research used to warn of an oil shortfall and predicts that large new reserves of oil are soon to be tapped.In the last decade, oil experts, geologists, and policy makers alike have warned that a peak in oil production around the world was about to be reached and that global economic distress would result when this occurred. But it di...

The Mississippi River is the central artery of American commerce, but it is also a sleeping monster. For decades, the Army Corps of Engineers attempted to cage the river with a "levees-only" policy, arrogantly assuming that building taller dirt walls would force the water into submission. In the spring of 1927, the river violently proved them wrong. The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the most destructive river flood in the history of the United States. Spanning 27,000 square miles acr...

Disaster can strike at any time and most people are not prepared for it. Disaster preparedness is essential, but most find it unexciting. However, anyone who has watched a zombie movie has a plan in mind for how they would survive it, and those imaginary plans translate well to real-world disaster scenarios.Using the backdrop of some of the most well-known zombie properties (Night of the Living Dead, 28 Days Later, and The Walking Dead), this book is a guide for p...

Two hundred years ago, geologists determined that there was never a worldwide flood.But the early geologists’ conclusion—which continues to be believed today—is indisputably erroneous, according to Michael Jaye, Ph.D.Told in easily understood language, Jaye explains how geologists got it so wrong, and more importantly, he challenges their modern-day peers to examine foundational beliefs, especially in the presence of new map data. Along the way, he identifies and rectifies ...

Terwijl het vuur door de straten van de stad stroomt, verstopt Eleanor zich in de opvangtank, met een besmette boven zich hangend.De Stalen Dame kan hem elk moment laten vallen.Als ze dat doet, zal Eleanor niet de enige zijn die verandert. De infectie kan zich door de tank verspreiden, en daarna verder, tot de rest van de stad van binnenuit wordt verteerd.Matthew zit ook vast, opgesloten in de controlesilo van de Stalen Dame nadat hij meer dan wie d...

Joshua McBride and his side-kick Captain Luther Chambers, his old mentor, head for Tucson, a little town in the Territory of New Mexico, newly acquired by the United States. Many call this additional landmass "the bowels of hell" due to the parched land, murderous Apache Indians and the harsh living conditions bereft of Anglo civilization. Each has his motives for taking a considerable risk. Joshua seeks his fortune; Chambers wishes to relive his past. A new land, new multicultural relatio...

The worldwide Flood is one of the most discounted records in the Scriptures. Yet it is supported around the world by historical accounts. Take a look at feasibility studies on the safety and the stocking of the Ark.The Geologic Column ought to prove that fossils reveal the age of the earth. They show progression from simple to complex organisms over millions of years. But do they? Take a look at "living fossils." Meet the extinct creature found only in the "oldest" layers but more ...