This book investigates the cross-border trade in illicit drug crops in the global south. It exposes an important paradox: despite all the dangers and negative consequences of these criminal networks, in many cases, they also provide marginalised and excluded communities with important private sources of protection, investment, and employment.This book reconstructs and compares socioeconomic contexts, criminal careers, and changes in farmgate prices of illicit coca and opium poppy c...

What would cause a small, 140-year-old, Episcopal Church in the heart of the South Bronx to begin offering hip-hop services? How would the church, both locally and nationally, react?Utilizing scores of interviews and months of research, Disciples of the Street is the story of one church's engagement with hip-hop religion, the conflicts that ensued, and the resulting birth of something much larger. Following that small hip-hop religious movement from its inception in the su...

This book contains Parts 1-4 in one contained package, which saves you time and clicking.Even to him, it looked more like a suicide. Not a single sign of foul play.The City of Paloma is a small city where everyone knows everyone. An innocent town where tourists overlook in favor for the big, bustling major cities down the same highway.A few days after the Chinese New Year, a man hangs outside of the cold air in the dead of night destroying the small town peace almos...

Papaya (Carica papaya) is an important and widely-cultivated tropical fruit, grown in more than 60 countries of the world. Global papaya production has grown significantly over the last few years, mainly as a result of increased production in India. Papaya has become an important agricultural export for developing countries where export revenues of the fruit provide a livelihood for thousands of people, especially in Asia and Latin America. This book includes coverage of recent research de...

The Kill Spot Games is a year-long competition of brawn, brutality, and cunning for assassins of all kinds. Whether you're an up-close and personal killer or one who likes to lurk in the shadows. This game measures your skills in a ranking-type competition. The catch is the higher your ranking, the more you're worth as a bounty for other assassins.This is Mark Chavez's first day as a competitor after killing his job target to enter The Kill Spot, he accidentally takes out a competi...

This book is your ultimate Ibuprofen resource. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, facts, quotes and much more.In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Ibuprofen's whole picture right away. Get countless Ibuprofen facts right at your fingertips with this essential resource.The Ibuprofen Handbook is the single and largest Ibuprofen reference book. This compendium of information is the authorit...

Deacon Maynard may be young, but he is hardly idealistic. A Tech Repairman, he spends his days surrounded by tools and broken phones, watching the news unfold on the television while carefully trying to avoid the reality that seems inevitable.There is a war out there… and it is creeping closer and closer to his home.Elvander, a high-tech country miles away, is locked in a colossal battle with the deadly terrorist organization, Shadow Cannon… and it’s a war Deacon wants noth...

They work along the law, if the law was the end of their weapon. Rebels with a cause and nothing will stop them from fighting the evils of the world, one drop of blood at a time!Table of Contents"Auberon: Jessica Keller Chronicles #1" by Blaze Ward"A Reluctance of Blood" by Rebecca M. Senese"The Exile" by Eric Gutierrez Jr."Witch" by Leslie Claire Walker"Road Rage" by Robert Jeschonek"The Prize" by Rita Schulz

"Nah, keep it. When this song is out, I'm gonna get it back and then some."Declan is having the time of his life being the sound engineer for Tony Hookz, a rapper who loves to shove him and litter him with showers of dollar notes. Not. He endures long hours in a cramped studio with Hookz and his jackal goons who stink of beer and rolled herb. His ego is bigger than the door – and it is slowly pushing Declan to the edge of his patience.Nothing tells you abou...

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future...

When the going gets tough, heroes emerge.They aren't above the food chain to catch criminals. They are just doing what they can in the name of what's right. They don't wear masks, they aren't loved by all, but that's not going to stop them from completing their missions.One is a young man who reluctantly takes the mantle of a savior for not only his city, but for the world.The other is a detective who must rise from his family's reputation to solve a murder that can...

A man-made creature escapes its place of origin to the city of Union Beach, where it reigns with destruction and chaos. No one is safe in its wake and the military seems hopeless.Kyle Garces is a survivor who's trying to find any way to escape the terror, but a new addition to his baggage has changed his plans and extends his stay inside the city where monsters aren't just giant and inhuman.