Climate change is big business. Much of the money so-called green policies cost us goes straight into the pockets of a bewildering range of special interests. Around the world companies are making billions out of the schemes governments have put in place saying they will curb global warming and protect us from the threat of climate change. There is little evidence that those policies are an efficient way to cut emissions. They simply do not represent good value, and the public are right to...

This is the FOURTH book of the FROST SECURITY series, containing over 80,000 words of paranormal romantic suspense. For the best reading experience, it is recommended to start at the beginning with the first book: RICHARD.Matthew Jones was Pararescue in the Air Force, an elite soldier who dropped in behind enemy lines to save the lives of the men and women who were shot down. Now, as an arson investigator and volunteer firefighter...

In the noise of the debate about the EU, it is rare for fundamental questions to be asked. For example, for what purposes should we have international institutions at all? Does the EU meet those purposes and, if not, is reform possible? This book considers these questions. An international team of renowned authors looks at each area of economic policy in which the EU has an interest, as well as at the governing structures of the EU, and asks what, if anything, the EU should be doing. In mo...

This is the fifth book of Stone Security Volume Two and contains over 50,000 words of romantic suspense.Matthew Pearce was a member of the Guardians, the militant religious group responsible for the death of Harry Cravits. He hadn't been able to save Harry, but he did what he could to help Jack Stone put his killer in jail. But that guilt never went away and wouldn't until he could stop the Guardians from the darkness they were spewing on ...

☆ 一本富有远见的书;一个大胆的未来愿景;一套迭代的社会体系;一份实用的抗衰指南 细胞与身体为什么会衰老？做对哪几件事就可以轻松延长寿命？ 当退休年龄不是60岁;而是65岁甚至更高时;每个人该如何从现在开始规划职业路径？ 李嘉诚、巴菲特都在入场的“大健康板块”;普通人如何抓住投资风口？ 教育所带来的收益期限拉长;子女储蓄和教育投资结构应该怎样配置？ 世界人口结构、劳动力结构、产业结构和消费结构等将发生怎样的巨大改变？这些又为何与我们每个人息息相关？ 全面揭示长寿时代的经济、投资、健康、教育、技术新生态。 你现在做的也许都是错的！这本书将从根本上颠覆你的认知;改变你的思考方式;重塑你的行为轨迹。全书从三个角度——“老化是万病之源”、“老年医疗的尴尬现状”、“我们将如何治愈老化”出发;引述辛克莱教授鞭辟入里、振聋发聩的观点;结合现实中印证了这些天才观点的新知识新探索;解释为什么“老化是种病;而且是可治愈的疾病”。 本书适合政策制定部门、科研机构、保险公司、医...

Os centenários são ainda uma raridade, mas em breve deixará de ser assim e todos conheceremos os nossos bisnetos.Para David A. Sinclair, professor de Genética em Harvard, a velhice não é um processo inevitável, mas sim uma doença. E, como tal, pode ser curada. Em Esperança de Vida, o cientista argumenta que envelhecemos devido a um sistema de sobrevivência herdado dos antepassados – um “truque genético” destinado a regenerar o nosso genoma ao longo de gerações; por outras palavras,...

¿Y si envejecer fuera una enfermedad y fuese tratable como tal?El libro escrito por un aclamado científico de la facultad de Medicina de Harvard y una de las personas más influyentes de según Time, que cambiará paradigmas sobre el envejecimiento.Que envejecer es inevitable es una verdad aparentemente innegable. pero, ¿qué pasaría si todo lo que se nos ha dicho hasta ahora sobre el envejecimiento resultase incierto?, ¿qué sucedería si pudiér...

Continue your journey through the greatest works ever written. 50 Masterpieces You Have to Read Before You Die – Volume 2 expands your literary adventure with another carefully selected collection of timeless classics that have shaped cultures, inspired thinkers, and captivated readers across generations. This volume brings together unforgettable stories from diverse genres and literary traditions, offering readers a rich and rewarding experience filled with depth, emotion, and intellectua...

A practical introduction to Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for the general reader.From one of the co-authors of the Little CBT Workbook,***The Little ACT Workbook***is a simple, hands-on, practical guide introducing essential ACT techniques you can use to live a full and meaningful life and change your life for the better.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an empirically-supported mindfulness-based behavioural thera...

Audio Bonus! Includes exclusive conversations with the authors!A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER“Brilliant and enthralling.” —The Wall Street JournalA paradigm-shifting book from an acclaimed Harvard Medical School scientist and one of Time’s most influential people.It’s a seemingly undeniable truth that aging is inevitable. But what if everything we’ve been taught to bel...

This book traces the policymaking processes of the Review of Funding for Schooling (2011), which fundamentally changed school funding policy in Australia.School funding is a key element of any equitable school system. This is because the distribution of government funding for schooling leads to significant differences in the educational opportunities available for individual students, schools, and communities. The book shows that although education policy is often ...

Drought remains the biggest single threat from climate change to the production of key cereal crops, such as wheat and barley. Cereals also respond in complex ways to drought stress, making improved drought tolerance a challenging trait to achieve. With many cereals recognised as staple food crops due to their nutritional value, more research is required into improving drought tolerance as a means of ensuring the future food security of millions.Developing drou...