This is an open access book.This book offers the first overview of the ‘wicked problems’ literature, often seen as complex, open-ended, and intractable, with both the nature of the ‘problem’ and the preferred ‘solution’ being strongly contested. It contextualises the debate using a wide range of relevant policy examples, explaining why these issues attract so much attention.There is an increasing interest in the conceptual and practical aspects of how ‘wicked problems’ are ...

First published in 1987. This study describes and analyses the published writings of the French philosopher Antoine Destutt de Tracy. The author focuses on the three decades from the calling of the Etats-généraux to the early years of the Restoration – the period of Tracy’s entire literary production, and the period of his greatest influence and reputation. This title will be of great interest to students of history, philosophy and politics.

For nation-states, the contexts for developing and implementing policy have become more complex and demanding. Yet policy studies have not fully responded to the challenges and opportunities represented by these developments. Governance literature has drawn attention to a globalising and network-based policy world, but politics and the role of the state have been de-emphasised.This book addresses this imbalance by reconsidering traditional policy-analytic concepts, and re-developin...

"Brian Keene writes like a force of nature." – F. Paul Wilson Twenty years ago, multiple Bram Stoker Award winner and World Horror Grandmaster Brian Keene's The Rising was credited with "revitalizing the horror fiction genre" and "giving zombies an upgrade". In the decades since then, the series has spawned three sequels and earned generations of eager fans from all walks of life– united in the hope that the author would return once again to the franchise. This is that return. The Rising: ...

For a group of middle-aged friends, the trip into the forest was supposed to be simple. All they had to do was find a place to set up their criminal enterprise, and all of their financial problems would be solved. But now, night is falling, and with the darkness comes something else. Something fast. Something ferocious. Something... with teeth. From best-selling, award-winning horror writer Brian Keene comes a vicious new novella WITH TEETH.

'An extraordinary book' The Listener'An extremely urgent criticism of the present' Daily TelegraphThe earth is recovering from the Acid Head War, in which hallucinogenic chemicals were the primary weapon. Many humans are now suffering from delusions and are unable to tell the real from the imaginary.When a man named Colin Charteris tries to make sense of the drugged-out world, he is taken as the new messiah. As he ...

JASON BOURNE: THE LEANER, MEANER JAMES BOND FOR THE 21****ST CENTURYJason Bourne is back... and this time he's the hunted one.Around the world, Treadstone agents are being hunted down and murdered... and Jason Bourne may be next on the list. Someone high up in the U.S. government is erasing all evidence of a shocking mission from Bourne's past, known as Defiance – and that evidence includes Bourne himself.Staying one step ahead of a...

Tor Essentials presents new editions of science fiction and fantasy titles of proven merit and lasting value, each volume introduced by an appropriate literary figure.Far from Earth, two sister planets, Saint Anne and Saint Croix, circle each other in an eternal dance. It is said a race of shapeshifters once lived here, only to perish when men came. But one man believes they can still be found, somewhere in back of the beyond.In The Fifth Head ...

JASON BOURNE: THE LEANER, MEANER JAMES BOND FOR THE 21****ST CENTURYWhen the woman he loves is brutally murdered, Jason Bourne is drawn into a deadly web. The only thing that burns hotter than passion, is revenge.One moment Jason Bourne is on a boat in the Mediterranean moonlight with his lover, Johanna. The next, he finds himself alone, floating on wreckage as fire and smoke choke the sky.With his memory fragmented once more, Bourn...

This book is a FREE offering by the author. Brian Westbrook authored this book as part of his therapy. It is suggested that it will help you with your therapy if you are undergoing cancer treatment.Brian is a cancer survivor. You are holding in your hands a memoir. It takes place from May 2017 to the present. You Don’t Have to Walk Alone: A head and neck cancer survivor is a running commentary. It deals with feelings and emotions with nothing medical on a journey through the diagno...

JASON BOURNE: THE LEANER, MEANER JAMES BOND FOR THE 21****ST CENTURYA lover from Bourne's past seeks his help when assassins threaten her husband, but only treachery burns hotter than true love.Two years ago, and with assassins after his head, Bourne knew he had to let Abbey Laurent walk away from his dangerous world.Now Abbey is back - and she's married to a top government official. But she's convinced someone is t...

He left KoRn to help himself. He went back to help others. And along the way, he nearly lost everything.A life-changing spiritual awakening freed Brian "Head" Welch from a stranglehold of drugs and alcohol and prompted him to leave the highly successful nu-metal band KoRn in 2005. What followed was a decade-long trial by fire, from the perils of fathering a teen lost in depression and self-mutilation to the harsh realities of playing solo and surviving the shatteri...