Many developing countries are recognising that the traditional 'take–make–dispose' model of growth is no longer sustainable. This element explores that turning point and examines how the circular economy can offer a better path. A circular economy focuses on using resources for longer, reducing waste, and reusing or recycling materials. It offers a way to grow that can generate income, protect nature, and include more people in development. The element traces how circular economy ideas hav...

Sam built his magic from nothing. Now it may cost him everything.At Superb Prep East, a prestigious school where gifted students cultivate personal magic, Sam is determined to win the Superb Battle League championship and launch his career as an arena legend.But as the competition builds, he's haunted by his brother's disappearance, tangled up in messy queer romances and heated rivalries, and pressured to keep his evolving identity frozen in time.To claim the title,...

Do you want to learn how to draw manga characters from scratch? Then look no further! Aimed specifically at beginners, this book includes examples from the main genres of manga characters and will teach you how to draw different characters in distinct poses. Starting with simple exercises and gradually getting more complicated, there are sections covering Kodomo (child), Shonen (teenage boy), Shojo (teenage girl) and Seinen (youth) characters to practise.To help you along the way, ...

This book contains papers from the First International Workshop on Oral and Dental Image Analysis, ODIN 2025, the ToothFairy3: Fast Multi-class Segmentation in CBCT Volumes Challenge, and the Semi-supervised Teeth Segmentation and Registration, STSR 2025 Challenge, which took place in conjunction with MICCAI 2025 in Daejeon, South Korea, during September 2025.ODIN 2025 received 13 submissions, out of which 9 papers were accepted for publication; ToothFairy3 had 18 final submissions,...

A rebellious and provocative take on what it means to be different, offering a way forward for anyone who wants to blaze their own path, from psychologist Sergi Rufi.Do you feel like an outsider? Like a weirdo who doesn’t fit in with what society considers “normal”? Have people ever told you you’re too sensitive or too clever? If so, this book is for you. Psychologist Sergi Rufi provides you with tools to start living your life authentically, without blaming or sha...

IF OFFERED A CHANCE TO ESCAPE YOUR PAST, WOULD YOU TAKE IT?When Ethan Finch finds himself running from the law, a stranger from another planet offers him a chance to begin anew.Abandoning his cruel father and taking with him only a dream, Ethan journeys to Embra, a secret and ancient world of technology and mystery.Having always wanted a purpose, Ethan is thrust into an academy for planetary exploration. Finally, he has friends, studies aliens, joins...

Sergi Belbel's acclaimed Catalan drama presents a disturbing picture of contemporary Western society set against a background of urban alienation and violence.Inspired by Arthur Schnitzler's play La Ronde, each of the ten scenes presents a pair of characters in a confused and contradictory relationship.Sergi Belbel's play Caresses was first performed in this English translation by John London at the Royal Court Theatre, London, in 1997. It was filmed in 1...

The ecosystem services (ES) framework opens the door to common ground between ecology science and economics in facing the challenge of planetary sustainability. Application of the available methodologies and instruments reveals both the high potential and the controversies related to this new socio-ecological management approach. Feeding on the research, reviews and testimonies presented at the XV International Summer School on Environment (ISSE) of the University of Girona (2015), this pr...

The COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit and the US-China trade dispute have heightened interest in the geopolitics and security of modern ports.Ports are where contemporary societal dilemmas converge: the (de)regulation of international flows; the (in)visible impact of globalization; the perennial tension between trade and security; and the thin line between legitimate, illicit and illegal. Applying a multidisciplinary lens to the political economy of port security, this book presents a uniq...

The ‘ndrangheta – the Calabrian region of Italy’s mafia – is one of wealthiest and most powerful criminal organizations today. It is considered Italy’s most powerful mafia; it’s not only the main object of concern for anti-mafia units in Italy, but also for joint investigative teams in Europe and beyond.Combining autobiography, travel ethnography, memoir, academic rigour and investigative journalism, this book provides a global outlook on the ‘ndrangheta, taking the reader to small...

The summer before college Luca Piccone returns to Copper Cove, the idyllic campsite he and his closest friends have visited every year since they were kids. To Luca, Copper Cove is like the setting of the fantasy movies he loves, a sanctuary, protected from the dangers of the outside world, where nothing goes wrong and everything stays the same.But this year things are changing.Desperate to make this summer the best one yet, Luca tries to ignore the freshly torn rifts withi...

This book is the first to consider the intersection between mafia power and deviant masonic lodges within the political sphere of the contemporary Italian state. At its core, it offers an analysis of the shifting interactions across powerful actors and the ways in which they balance reciprocal obedience, and a unique insight into the political processes where mafia actors and deviant lodges play a significant role in the allocation of resources.Mafia, Deviant Masons and Corruption ...