This anthology, designed for use in undergraduate courses in environmental ethics, includes new and classic readings by leading writers in the field, full-length case studies, and many short discussion cases. Introductions and discussion questions are provided for all the essays, with each chapter introduced by a summary of the issues and appropriate philosophic, historical and scientific background. Exploring ethical theory, environmental ethics, science and the environmental movement, Ea...

Lately, everybody is talking about medicinal cannabis. Once a forbidden plant, it has become hard to distinguish between good and bad information about medicinal and therapeutic cannabis.This is a reading guide for folks interested in empowering themselves with evidence-based information on the natural benefits of medicinal cannabis for health and wellness. This book will provide you with evidence and comprehensive arguments to build your own perspective on cannabis and potentially,...

NEXT GENERATION HALT AND HASS ROBUST DESIGN OF ELECTRONICS AND SYSTEMSA NEW APPROACH TO DISCOVERING AND CORRECTING SYSTEMS RELIABILITY RISKSNext Generation HALT and HASS presents a major paradigm shift from reliability prediction-based methods to discovery of electronic systems reliability risks. This is achieved by integrating highly accelerated life test (HALT) and highly accelerated stress screen (HASS) into a physics of failure...

Original and fascinating stories about the DC jazz scene throughout its history—now in paperback, with a new prefaceThe familiar history of jazz music in the United States begins with its birth in New Orleans, moves upstream along the Mississippi River to Chicago, then goes by rail to New York, before exploding around the globe. This telling of jazz's history, however, overlooks the pivotal role the nation's capital has played in jazz for a century.DC J...

Women face unique challenges as they move into senior leadership roles at colleges and universities. This guide provides them with the frank, supportive advice they need to advance their careers and lead with excellence.For years, Marjorie Hass, now the president of Rhodes College, was approached by women in higher education looking for advice and support as they took on leadership roles and navigated challenging career paths. Eventually, she began offering online ...

Der Killer in der Vorstadthölle: Der Britcrime-Thriller »Kalter Hass« von Katherine John jetzt als eBook bei dotbooks. Auf den ersten Blick schien sie eine ganz normale Frau aus der Vorstadt zu sein – doch hinter dem Lächeln von Kacy Howell lauerte ein Monster, das sich stets rücksichtslos nahm, was es wollte, und seine Nachbarn die Hölle auf Erden erleben ließ. Nun wurde sie brutal mit einer Axt erschlagen. Was zunächst wie ein Fall von Selbstjustiz mit unzähligen Verdächtigen wirkt, entp...

**A perfect gift for the musicians and artists in your life!The Art of Jazz explores how the expressionism and spontaneity of jazz spilled onto its album art, posters, and promotional photography, and even inspired standalone works of fine art.**Everyone knows jazz is on the cutting edge of music, but how much do you know about its influence in the visual arts? With album covers that took inspiration from the avant-garde, jazz's primarily African American musicians...

Die Seewölfe hatten mit Ihren Wasserfässern die Quelle auf der Hügelkuppe kaum verlassen, da geschah es. Plötzlich baute sich vor ihnen, wie aus dem Boden gewachsen, eine Phalanx von Seminolenkriegern auf. Sie hielten Bogen und Pfeile, Lanzen, Tomahawks und lange Messer in den Händen. Sie brüllten nicht. Sie standen stumm und schweigsam da, eine drohende Mauer von Kriegern, die entschlossen waren, zu kämpfen und zu töten, sobald ihr Häuptling das Zeichen dazu geben würde. Es waren Hunderte...

Planet Stories was an American pulp science fiction magazine, published between 1939 and 1955. It featured interplanetary adventures, both in space and on other planets, and managed to obtain work from well-known names, including Isaac Asimov and Clifford Simak.In 1952 Planet published Philip K. Dick's first sale, and went on to print more of his stories over the next years.This Super Pack features 31 of the very best stories from the magazine, and is guaran...

More than a hundred years after his birth, Pablo Neruda’s poetry is as vital and beloved as ever.This collection presents fifty of the most essential poems by one of history’s greatest poets in dynamic new translations, the result of an unprecedented collaboration among a team of poets, translators, and the world’s leading Neruda scholars.A definitive selection that draws from the entire breadth of Neruda’s various styles, themes, and periods, The Essential Neruda ...

Born in 1793, John Clare lived and worked during the Golden Age of British poetry, the time of Shelley, Byron, Keats, and Coleridge. In the grand tradition of English nature writing, he stands alongside Wordsworth as a poet of extraordinary humanity and great spirit. Clare was 18 years old when the first Luddite riots occurred. He was deeply resistant to the first years of England's Enclosure, and he offers a contemporaneous look at what the world was like for those struggling with the imp...

Our twenty-sixth issue is haunted, alcohol-soaked, possibly delusional, bathed in moonlight, wandering through forests and caverns, and inflamed by all-manner of approaching catastrophes.Featuring new short fiction, poetry, CNF, and translations from Alberto Ortiz De Zarate (translated by Whitni Battle), Darlene Eliot, Nara Vidal (translated by Emyr Humphreys), Luna Sicat-Cleto (translated by Bernard Capinpin), Suzana Stojanović, Siamak Vossoughi, Marshall Moore, Farhad Pirbal (tra...