From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms in Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their perspectives into adult romantic relationships. The Psychology of Marriage: An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View is a distillation of these findings, which have appeared in dozens of book chapters, journal articles, ...

This volume explores the conflict between two forces: party polarization and party factionalism. The major change in America’s two political parties over the past half-century has been increased polarization, which has led to a new era of heightened inter-party competition resulting in stronger and more cohesive parties. At the same time, elections, particularly primaries, often reveal deep internal factional divisions within both the parties, and the 2020 election was no different. The De...

Discusses advances in research on vegetable physiology and geneticsComprehensive review of research on best practice in cultivation, including soil health, pest management as well as organic and protected vegetable cultivationWide-ranging coverage of key vegetables such as carrot, lettuce and cabbage

This 3-book box set is a collection of three anthologies of Dark Stories:Hides the Dark TowerIn a Cat's EyeDark Luminous WingsHides the Dark TowerMysterious and looming, towers and tower-like structures pierce the skies and shadow the lands. Hides the Dark Tower includes over two dozen tales of adventure, danger, magic, and trickery from an international roster of authors. Readers of science fiction, fantasy, horror,...

Focuses on advances in understanding forest ecophysiology which underpin good management, including mechanisms of root and canopy development.Explores the key challenges in ensuring forest management is consistent with forest ecosystem services, particularly managing the transition from monocultures to complex standsHighlights ways of diversifying forest products, including novel uses of timber, biomass, non-timber products and recreational services.

Although many developments surrounding the Internet campaign are now considered to be standard fare, there were a number of newer developments in 2020. Drawing on original research conducted by leading experts, The Internet and the 2020 Campaign attempts to cover these developments in a comprehensive fashion. How are campaigns making use of the Internet to organize and mobilize their ground game? To communicate their message? How are citizens making use of online sources to become informed...

Clumsy and not the brightest of teens, Lucas Flake helps out on the farm at home but lives in poverty. Once he graduates from high school, he starts feeling pressure to move out of his parents’ home; yet, he struggles in his endeavor to find employment that will propel him to independence.Thinking he has no realistic chance of overcoming his fate, he seeks a way to move forward. Toward no longer living in despair.What’s in store for him? Buy this book to find out.

Brings together some of the world’s leading experts on the breeding and cultivation of particular fruitsComprehensive coverage of key stone, pome and berry fruitsReviews key advances across the value chain for particular crops that collectively optimise sustainable production

The Metamorphoses or Golden Ass of Apuleius (ca. 170 CE) is a Latin novel written by a native of Madauros in Roman North Africa, roughly equal to modern Tunisia together with parts of Libya and Algeria. Apuleius’ novel is based on the model of a lost Greek novel; it narrates the adventures of a Greek character with a Roman name who spends the bulk of the novel transformed into an animal, traveling from Greece to Rome only to end his adventures in the capital city of the e...