Bringing together leading academics and practitioners from across the globe, this unique collection explores the emerging field of heritage crime studies. Moving beyond the traditional focus on illicit antiquities, the volume identifies the diversity of crimes that affect heritage and outlines various approaches to prevention.

Across the world public archaeology, the way in which it is understood as well as the way it is practised or delivered, has many facets. In some countries it is not only unknown, but is actively discouraged; in many other places it has been embraced fully and is considered normal practice, whether this appears in the form of so-called "community archaeology", active school and college programmes, (re)thinking the strategies of museums, or as simply encouraging on-site visits and demonstrat...

Cette fois encore, Nouvelles pratiques sociales propose un numéro substantiel, tant par la richesse des analyses menées dans les différents articles que par son nombre de pages ! Il reflète ainsi l’évolution de la revue, qui publie à présent des dossiers contenant régulièrement de huit à dix articles scientifiques – soit environ le double du nombre d’articles inclus dans les dossiers de la première moitié de l’existence de la revue, fondée en 1988. Or, la publication de ces articles repose...

"Mrs. Cass, we were hoping your son could answer a few questions about the girl who disappeared last night . . . "Erika Cass has a perfect family and a perfect life. Until the evening when two detectives show up at her front door.A high school girl has vanished from Erika's quiet suburban neighborhood. The police suspect the worst—murder. And Erika's teenage son, Liam, was the last person to see the girl alive.Erika has always sensed something dark ...

More than half a million people found comfort and the power of Scripture in New York Times bestselling author Beth Moore's Get Out of That Pit. This 40-day devotional journal will help inspire and encourage.No matter how you got stuck, no matter how long you've been down, whether you think you deserve it or not, your Redeemer is waiting to restore you. Life can feel challenging at times, and you need to remember that God hasn't forgotten you....

Examines how settler colonial and sexist infrastructures and narratives order a resource boomOver the past decade, new oil plays have unsettled U.S. energy landscapes and imaginaries. Settling the Boom studies how the disruptive forces of an oil boom in the northern Great Plains are contained through the extension of settler temporalities, reassertions of heteropatriarchy, and the tethering of life to the volatility of oil and its cruel optimisms.T...

In A Prairie Devotional, former child actress Wendi Lou Lee, who played Grace Ingalls on the TV show Little House on the Prairie, shares unique stories and spiritual insights that give a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the hearts and souls of the series' beloved characters.With more than 90 devotionals, A Prairie Devotional offers listeners:A spiritual resource based on rich themes of faith and family

Women of Faith speakers share stories, advice, and laughter in this daily devotional.Daily Gifts of Hope is designed specifically for women. Weekly reflection days contain lyrics to classic hymns and space to write personal thoughts or prayers. Readers will enjoy getting their daily dose of hope each morning or evening as they sit down for some quiet time with God.Contributors include Sheila Walsh, Patsy Clairmont, Lisa Harper, Marilyn Meberg, and ...

“Mom, I have something I need to tell you…”They didn’t talk. Not for ten years. Not about faith anyway. Instead, a mother and daughter tiptoed with pain around the deepest gulf in their lives – the daughter’s choice to leave the church, convert to Islam and become a practicing Muslim. Undivided is a real-time story of healing and understanding with alternating narratives from each as they struggle to learn how to love each other in a whole new way....

This "toothy follow-up to Datlow's first-rate Blood Is Not Enough " offers "admirably inventive variations on vampirism" ( Kirkus Reviews ).Featuring stories by Jonathan Carroll, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and Robert Silverberg, A Whisper of Blood is a "consistently engrossing anthology" from award-winning editor Ellen Datlow ( Publishers Weekly). Continuing to expan...

Sometimes we’re allowed to glimpse the beauty within the brokenness . . .Savannah Barrington has always found solace at her parents’ lake house in the Berkshires, and it’s the place that she runs to when her husband of over twenty years leaves her. Though her world is shaken, and the future uncertain, she finds hope through an old woman’s wisdom, a little girl’s laughter, and a man who’s willing to risk his own heart to prove to Savannah that she is worthy of love....

Critical Heritage Studies is a new and fast-growing interdisciplinary field of study seeking to explore power relations involved in the production and meaning-making of cultural heritage. Politics of Scale offers a global, multi- and interdisciplinary point of view to the scaled nature of heritage, and provides a theoretical discussion on scale as a social construct and a method in Critical Heritage Studies. The international contributors provide examples and debates from a range ...