A phone call from a neighbor reporting a suspicious character at his home sends Jared Brown to jail and other places on the outskirts of hell.Million Dollar Man is the story of a wrongfully accused family therapist whose dedication, exemplification of Christian principles and loving perseverance have inspired and encouraged prisoners and others whose lives have been shattered. Dr. Brown candidly shares his gripping and often turbulent life. In 1995, he was violently arrested and in...

Jared Brown e Anistatia Miller sempre insieme in un viaggio di spirito sensazionale. La famosa coppia di mixologist ripercorre tutta la storia del bere, attraverso tutti i passaggi dell'evoluzione tecnologica, sociale ed economica. Perfetta opera storiografica tra documenti storici e leggende, il primo volume racconta la storia del bere: dall'antenato del primo distillato fino alla nascita del cocktail.

This updated edition features recipes from the world's greatest mixologists, including 107 classic gin and vodka Martinis, more than 110 Modern Martinis, and a directory of the world's best Martini loungesShaken Not Stirred® celebrates the Martini—the quintessential cocktail, the crowning jewel of civilized decadence. Historians and mixologists Anistatia Miller and Jared Brown revise their lists of classic Martini recipes and update their roster of modern Martinis— from th...

Co-fondatori del progetto Mixellany, Anistatia Miller e Jared Brown sono i primi autori che inaugurano le pubblicazioni del progetto Readrink, con questa dettagliata e attenta guida ai Vermut. Tradotto per la prima volta in Italiano, questo testo ha suggellato il lavoro costante di ricerca, meritatamente coronato nel 2011 con il premio International Wine & Spirits Competitions's Communicator of the Year.

The Golden Girls: Tales from the Lanai is an accessible collection that explores the cultural, industrial, and historical impact of that beloved American sitcom. Edited by Taylor Cole Miller and Alfred L. Martin, Jr., this anthology brings together a diverse range of voices that model different media studies approaches to researching and critically analyzing television texts. The Golden Girls reclaims the production history and development of the show, opens new conversat...

'Heartfelt and laugh out loud, City of Others is urban fantasy as you've never seen it before . . . I smiled my way through this entire book. An absolute breath of fresh air'Eliza Chan, author of FathomfolkRivers of London meets A Master of Djinn in this warm-hearted, action-packed urban fantasy debut full of workplace found family, queer romance and supernatural creatures straight out of Southeast Asian lore.

The essays in Pragmatist and American Philosophical Perspectives on Resilience offer a survey of the ways that “resilience” is becoming a key concept for understanding our world, as well as providing deeper insight about its specific actual and proposed applications. As a concept with multiple theoretical and practical meanings, “resilience” promises considerable explanatory power. At the same time, current uses of the concept can be diverse and at times inconsistent. The American philosop...

The 2020 presidential election in the United States marked, for many, a return to "compassionate politics." Joe Biden had run on a platform of empathy, emphasizing his personal history as a means of connecting with everyone, from American workers who had lost jobs to military families who had lost loved ones. Although perceptions of candidate compassion are broadly understood to influence vote choice, less understood is the question of how candidates convince voters they truly "care about ...

**A fascinating new theory about how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the landmark bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel."Riveting and illuminating." —Yuval Noah Harari**In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals h...

Decades of theory, research, and practice have singled out sense of belonging (in its many derivative forms) as a pivotal component of healthy development: psychologically, socially, culturally, academically. The human need for belonging, and therefore its essential nature, have been well established across multiple arenas. Despite growth in this field, answers to the barriers to belonging among marginalized groups and contexts remain especially elusive. For decades, this work was anchored...

One of the most important topics in soil science is understanding the relationship between soil biodiversity and soil ecosystem function. This relies on techniques able to accurately identify different soil organisms and how they interact in the soil microbiome.Measuring and assessing the biological health of soils provides a comprehensive overview of the range of techniques used to assess microbial/faunal diversity and activity in soils and its impact on key ecological pr...

THE INSTANT NO. 1 BESTSELLING SERIES! OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD.The second heart-racing instalment in this bestselling and sizzling fantasy romance trilogy. Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and The Hunger Games.The kingdom of Ilya is in turmoil…After surviving the Purging Trials, Ordinary-born Paedyn Gray has killed the King, and kickstarted a Resi...