The conventional wisdom says that the devolution of Classic Maya civilization occurred because its population grew too large and dense to be supported by primitive neotropical farming methods, resulting in debilitating famines and internecine struggles. Using research on contemporary Maya farming techniques and important new archaeological research, Ford and Nigh refute this Malthusian explanation of events in ancient Central America and posit a radical alternative theory. The authors-show...

Leaving a Narcissist can be painful, confusing, and scary. They do not like being left, by anyone. It’s a major fracture to their ego. If you have dated or loved a Narc, you know what comes next. This book is a collection of experiences, written by brave women who loved, and eventually left their Narcs. For years, they lived through dizzying cycles of gaslighting, ghosting, triangulation, love bombing, devaluing, and in some instances, discarding. Like many of us, they tricked themselves i...