In Disruption**, Michael De Groot argues that the global economic upheaval of the 1970s was decisive in ending the Cold War**. Both the West and the Soviet bloc struggled with the slowdown of economic growth; chaos in the international monetary system; inflation; shocks in the commodities markets; and the emergence of offshore financial markets. The superpowers had previously disseminated resources to their allies to enhance their own national sec...

With a foreword by Dr. William Li, New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Beat DiseaseFrom the founders of the popular superfood brand, Your Super, comes a beautiful cookbook designed to supercharge health and healing with a customizable plant-based diet and 100+ delicious recipes.After his surprise cancer diagnosis at twenty-four, Michael Kuech radically shifted his diet. Realizing the powerful connection between foo...

The Sirex woodwasp, Sirex noctilio, is the most important invasive alien insect pest of Pinus plantations in the Southern Hemisphere. It now also threatens pines in North America. This book brings together the worldwide knowledge of researchers from Universities and Government institutions, as well as forest industry practitioners that have worked on the pest. Importantly, it is the first comprehensive treatment of the subject since S. noctilio was discovered outside its native range aroun...