The fifth volume in the Harte Research Institute’s landmark scientific series on the Gulf of Mexico provides the first comprehensive study that covers the major core subjects of chemical oceanography in the Gulf. It synthesizes a tremendous amount of established research, together with the most recent information emerging from studies conducted during and after the Macondo Well oil spill that resulted from the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. Situated within the bounda...

A gorgeous selection of sweet summer romances just for you. Small town living has never felt so good!Kiss Me in the Summer by Barbara DunlopNYC lawyer Laila has a secret fear of dogs. When compassionate vet Josh finds out, he’s determined to help her overcome it with the help of big scruffy Butch the dog. Can a lovable dog bring two opposites together?The Summer Wedding Hoax by Jami RogersAva needs a pretend boyfriend to accompany her to at all the summer we...

The essays in this volume rethink Much Ado About Nothing from the standpoint of the New Awareness. Scholars today are by necessity both the products and the producers of this awareness. Moreover, the essays in this collection touch upon problems that are germane to the political climate today and similar to the concerns reflected in this play. Three essays discuss epistemology and determining real information from its simulation. Other essays concern issues that are central to the #MeToo M...

Greater transparency is increasingly seen as the answer to a wide range of social issues by governments, NGOs and businesses around the world. However, evidence of its impact is mixed. Using case studies from around the world including India, Tanzania, the UK and US, Transparency and the open society surveys the adoption of transparency globally, providing an essential framework for assessing its likely performance as a policy and the steps that can be taken to make it more effective. It a...

The sonnets of William Shakespeare are among the most famous love poems in the English language. For sustained dramatic intrigue and sophistication of plot, these works are at least the equal of Shakespeare's greatest plays. Compelling, subtle, and intellectually rigorous—yet taut with intense emotion—each poem invites study, interpretation, and awe, from one generation to the next.This recording presents them in their entirety, allowing a new generation to discover Shakespeare's e...

Feel like an underachiever? Wish you could be more effective? Concerned that too many plans come to nought or nothing more than a few scribbled lines? And that somehow this is inevitable? It's just who you are: an ineffective person destined to fall at the first hurdle?Get Things Done? is not for people that need to go from zero to one hundred. It's for those that feel they start at minus one hundred—with a history of broken dreams and failed promises. It unravels the inse...