This book is the first resource to review the influence of climate change on urban and public pests such as mosquitoes, flies, ticks, and wood pests, with respect to population, distribution, disease, damage and control. It systematically addresses how the impact of climate change on pests in urban areas differs from natural areas, focusing on the increased temperatures of urban locations, the effect of natural disasters, the manner of land use and the consequences of human habitation. Cli...

Que signifie être disciple de Jésus ?À quoi ressemble une vie centrée sur l’Évangile ? Et comment rester connecté à Jésus dans la vie de tous les jours ?Ce livre est un manuel de la vie de disciple. En douze chapitres, l’auteur nous aide à comprendre ce que signifie réellement « suivre Jésus ». Ce chemin n’est pas toujours facile, mais nous verrons comment Jésus lui-même nous aide à persévérer malgré les difficultés de notre quotidien.Il est venu pour nous donner sa ...

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

In The Dark Thread, scholars examine a set of important and perennial narrative motifs centered on violence within the family as they have appeared in French, English, Spanish, and American literatures. Over fourteen essays, contributors highlight the connections between works from early modernity and subsequent texts from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries, in which incidents such as murder, cannibalism, poisoning, the burial of the living, the failed burial of the de...

Today, over 3,000 protected areas around the world contribute to the protection of biodiversity, peaceful relations between neighbouring countries, and the well-being of people living in and around the protected environs. Historical and geo-political constraints are disappearing in a new spirit of collaboration to address common issues confronting ecosystems, species, and communities. Managing across boundaries is seen as the only way to ensure the long-term viability of ecological systems...

Volume 51 contains a total of 60 lectures covering 12 topics: History Poetry Natural Science Philosophy Biography Prose Fiction Criticism and the Essay Education Political Science Drama Voyages and Travels Religion

Twenty-Two Classic Science Fiction Adventures from the Golden Age of ImaginationStep back into the remarkable world of 1950s science fiction with a collection packed with suspense, wonder, danger, and unforgettable ideas. 1950s Science Fiction 14 brings together twenty-two classic short stories from some of the most celebrated authors of the era, transporting you to distant planets, crowded colonies, mysterious alien worlds, and futures shaped by technolog...