Beyond the Numbers presents a thought-provoking series of essays by leading authorities on issues of population and consumption. The essays both define the poles of debate and explore common ground beyond the polarized rhetoric.Specific chapters consider each of the broad topics addressed at the International Conference on Population and Development held in September 1994 in Cairo, Egypt. The essays are supplemented by sidebars and short articles featuring more-impassioned...

Amerigo Vespucci: Why America Was Named After Him Instead of Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus sailed first — so why doesn't the continent bear his name? This compelling historical account unravels one of history's most fascinating ironies: how a Florentine merchant and navigator named Amerigo Vespucci came to lend his name to two entire continents, while Christopher Columbus — the man who made first contact with the New World in 1492 — was left off the map entirely. Vespucci was t...

It’s the dirty little secret of our American civil justice system: Getting real justice in everyday lawsuits costs too much. Legal fees and hidden costs dwarf financial stakes, forcing a choice between frustrating settlement or a long slog through litigation’s due process—either path feeling like legalized extortion. This huge and growing gap in our civil justice system occupies a no-man’s-land of prevailing injustice between small claims and high stakes disputes, defying all efforts to co...

How to transcend land grab economies, even by means of art? The reader REALTY moves from the safety of critique to the vulgarity of suggestions. The pandemic's effect on mobility presents a historic opportunity. Rarely has criticism of our extractive artworld logic of one-place-after-another been louder. REALTY is a long-term curatorial program by Tirdad Zolghadr (*1973), initially commissioned by the KW Institute for Contemporary Art. With the help of numerous artists an...

Sacred and Seen: An LGBTQ+ Christian’s Guide to the BibleBy Christopher Crisante Stach & EliasWhat if the Bible never condemned you? What if it has been waiting—patiently, powerfully—for you to see yourself in its pages?Sacred and Seen is a groundbreaking spiritual guide for LGBTQ+ Christians and seekers who refuse to choose between their faith and their identity. With bold theology, rich poetry, and unapologetic tenderness, this book uncovers the sacred truths hidd...

Thomas Pynchon's longest novel to date, Against the Day (2006), excited diverse and energetic opinions when it appeared on bookstore shelves nine years after the critically acclaimed Mason & Dixon. Its wide-ranging plot covers nearly three decades—from the 1893 World's Fair to the years just after World War I—and follows hundreds of characters within its 1085 pages. The book’s eleven essays by established luminaries and emerging voices in the field of Pynchon criticism, address a significa...

"Psicanálise e vida covidiana" oferece aos leitores uma oportunidade de refletir sobre as transformações suscitadas pela pandemia da Covid-19 na prática analítica. O impacto traumático provocado pelo distanciamento social e pelas mudanças impostas ao enquadre (sessões on-line), e a subversão da nossa negação habitual da morte são alguns dos temas explorados neste livro. Como entender e tratar os sofrimentos individuais e coletivos que estamos atravessando? Dos freudianos aos lacanianos, do...

J. Edgar Hoover, Joseph McCarthy, and Roy Cohn were titanic figures in midcentury America, wielding national power in government and the legal system through intimidation and insinuation. Hoover’s FBI thrived on secrecy, threats, and illegal surveillance, while McCarthy and Cohn will forever be associated with the infamous anticommunist smear campaign of the early 1950s, which culminated in McCarthy’s public disgrace during televised Senate hearings. In Gossip Men, Christopher M. ...

An exciting audio adaptation of the classic DC comic book series, All-Star Superman by writer Grant Morrison and artist Frank Quitely, featuring a full cast, sound effects, and music.All-Star Superman is a spectacular reimagining of the Superman mythos, from the Man of Steel's origin to his greatest foes and beyond and is considered one of the most iconic storylines in the character’s history. In the audiobook, The Man of Steel goes toe-to-toe wit...

Radcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname "Father of Curses"—and in Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere. But before long Amelia, Emerson, and their precocious son, Ramses, find themselves entangled in The Mummy CaseIn Cairo, before setting out to the site, Amelia visits an antiquities deale...

There are physical and chemical methods of synthesis of nanomaterials. But due to the damage caused by these methods to the environment there is a pressing need of green nanotechnology, which is a clean and eco-friendly technology for the development of nanomaterials. The present book includes green synthesis of nanoparticles by algae, diatoms and plants. The mechanism behind the synthesis of nanoparticles will also be discussed. The book would be a valuable resource for students, research...

Since the 1948 war which drove them from their heartland, the Palestinian people have consistently been denied the most basic democratic rights. Blaming the Victims shows how the historical fate of the Palestinians has been justified by spurious academic attempts to dismiss their claim to a home within the boundaries of historical Palestine and even to deny their very existence.Beginning with a thorough expos� of the fraudulent assertions of Joan Peters concerning the indig...