“Fragility”—the combination of poor governance, limited institutional capability, low social cohesion, and weak legitimacy—leads to erosion of the social contract and diminished resilience, with significant implications for peace, security, and sustainable development. This study reviews how the international community has responded to this challenge and offers new ideas on how that response can be improved. Based on that examination, the author seeks to convey the importance of addressing...

There is a broad and enduring international consensus that good governance and the rule of law are important for the attainment of sustainable development results. But recognizing that good governance is important for development is one thing; carrying out effective international programs to support improved governance is something very different. It seems logical that international cooperation efforts intended to help achieve such results should include programmatic support for these impo...

In September 2015, world leaders adopted a new post-2015 development agenda, centered on 17 Sustainable Development Goals intended to transform the world. This report provides basic information about the new agenda—its content, aspirations, and global partnership approach. It describes the complex challenges to the agenda’s effective implementation, including the multiplicity of participants, the growing diversity of financing, the need for better knowledge, and the persistence of state fr...

George Gamow, the famous cosmologist and nuclear physicist, conjectured that the Universe may be rotating and this may be the cause of galaxy rotation.The author models a complex rotational configuration for the Universe demonstrating that such a spin configuration would have impacted directly on how the Universe developed and behaved.From first principles and using basic concepts in school physics, a young spinning ellipsoidal Universe is modelled to determine possible beh...

'Outstandingly weird and memorable' GUARDIAN'Deliciously creepy' NEW SCIENTIST******Fear never dies…Featuring stories from Susan Barker, J K Chukwu, Bridget Collins, Mariana Enríquez, Michel Faber, Lewis Hancox, Emilia Hart, Ainslie Hogarth, Robert Lautner, Adorah Nworah, Irenosen Okojie, Lucy Rose, Lionel Shriver, James Smythe, Lavie Tidhar, Francine Toon, Evie Wyld and Louisa Young.These stories from eig...

Book 2 of the Redemption Detective AgencyEmily Hildebrandt is not having a good week.First off, she’s tasked with looking for, of all things, a missing dog. And not just any missing dog, but one owned by the aunt of Nick Stewart’s girlfriend, Trisha.Like she wants anything to do with Nick. Ever. She’s dating someone new and ready to take her life back.Except…that missing dog case takes a strange turn when the owner tells her she never had a ...

Twenty-four years ago, five-year-old Tori walked into her newborn brother's room in the middle of the night to see a shadowy figure abducting him.The next morning, her baby brother’s lifeless body was found in the crib.No one believes what she saw that night. Not her father. Not her mentally unstable mother. Not the police. In fact, there’s even some suspicion that Tori is somehow involved.Years later, Tori is stuck in a job she hates, hiding from her past, afraid t...

Book 1 of The Redemption Detective Agency.When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Or maybe a gin and tonic.Emily Hildebrandt has run into a bit of a rough patch. She’s lost her job, her fiance and her apartment. Still, she never expected to be desperate enough to accept an invitation to live with her eccentric Aunt Tilde in Redemption, Wisconsin.But, beggars can’t be choosers. Even if part of the deal is she has to pretend to work at her aunt’s l...

Emily Hildebrandt is learning to settle into some of the very strange cases that come through The Redemption Detective Agency’s door.Like Aunt Tilde’s friend Ruth who claims she’s lost a ghost.How does one lose a ghost? Apparently when the ghost decides to walk out the door.But, to make matters more complicated, it’s not just any ghost but the ghost of Ruth’s dead husband. Who was murdered decades ago under very suspicious circumstances.Emily has no choice b...

Meet Charlie Kingsley. Also known as “Aunt Charlie” from the award-winning Secrets of Redemption series. She's back, making teas and solving cases in this funny, twisty, cozy mystery series set in the 1990s in Redemption, Wisconsin.Enjoy the first three full-length books of The Charlie Kingsley Mysteries:The Murder Before Christmas: A dead husband. A pregnant wife. A poisoned Christmas gift. Can Charlie discover the grinch who stol...

WE ARE OUR FUTUREAlyssa asked Jerrik to marry her when she was eight-years-old. When he finally makes good on his promise to return when she's old enough to wed, nothing could prepare her for what becoming his queen truly means.Jerrik is haunted by a tortured past, and has done everything he can to avoid any ties to his parents' mistakes. Life has other plans, and against his wishes, he agrees to assume the cursed throne that has taken the lives of his loved ones. Now a kin...

A Wedding to Murder For is Book 3 in The Charlie Kingsley Cozy Novella series by USA Today bestselling author Michele PW (Pariza Wacek). Ideal for cozy mystery fans, especially readers who love clean, twisty and funny cozy mysteries that include tea, pets, baking, small towns and quirky side characters.“This novella was a fun, quick read.” Goodreads reviewer“What a wonderful novella that can be part of the series or read alone. It was a quick solve...