Exploitation and Criminalization at the Margins: The Hidden Toll on Unvalued Lives explores the causes and consequences of discrimination experienced by vulnerable populations in the areas of policing, criminal justice, sex trafficking, intimate partner violence, immigration, (dis)ability, politics, substance abuse, and food insecurity. The contributors—many with firsthand experience—argue that children, women, people of color, immigrants, and numerous “others” are systemically de...

The second volume in this history of Confederate Virginia examines the effects of military occupation, industrial expansion, and the Battle of Antietam.In Virginia at War, 1862, leading Civil War historians demonstrate how no aspect of life in the Commonwealth escaped the war's impact. The collection of essays examines topics as diverse as daily civilian life and the effects of military occupation, the massive influx of tens of thousands of wounded and sic...

The first volume in this comprehensive history of Virginia during the Civil War examines the early phases of secession, struggle and conflict.Several Southern states preceded Virginia in seceding from the Union, but until Virginia joined them in April 1861, the Confederacy lacked cohesion. Richmond was immediately named the capital of the fledgling nation. By the end of spring, Virginia had become the primary political and military theater of the Civil War....

William Gibson is known primarily as a novelist, with his work ranging from his groundbreaking first novel, Neuromancer, to his more recent contemporary bestsellers Pattern Recognition, Spook Country, and Zero History. During those nearly thirty years, though, Gibson has been sought out by widely varying publications for his insights into contemporary culture.Wired magazine sent him to Singapore to report on one of the world’s most buttoned-up st...

本書為作者於二十世紀初深入日本農村，歷經六千哩旅程後所整理的深度調查報告。跳脫當時西方觀點中對於日本過度理想化或獵奇的刻板印象，作者將目光聚焦於與現代化進程保持距離的廣大農村，細緻地記錄了當地居民的土地關係、傳統勞作、家庭結構以及宗教節慶。書中透過大量的第一手觀察與數據分析，層層剖析了日本民族性格中的矛盾與韌性。這是一部結合了遊記體裁與社會學實地調查的著作，不僅呈現了明治末期至大正時期日本社會最真實的基層脈動，更為理解日本現代化背後的社會成本與文化底蘊，提供了最堅實的敘事基礎。適合對日本社會學、比較文化研究以及歷史地理紀錄感興趣的讀者閱讀。

Sinister supernatural forces are at work in this fast-paced tragedy of guilt and retribution, in which the power of human beings to control their own destiny is called into question.The brave warrior Macbeth allows himself to be persuaded by Lady Macbeth, his wife, to slay good King Duncan and seize the throne of Scotland for himself. Macbeth achieves his ambition, but one murder proves not to be enough as he desperately attempts to eliminate all who might threaten his ill-gotten p...

Discover the enthralling synthesis of faith and reason in "Conversations with ChatGPT: Exploring the Theory of Morality and Existence" - 2nd Edition. This groundbreaking philosophical work navigates life's most profound mysteries by artfully weaving together religious, scientific, and philosophical perspectives.Join the author as he recounts his transformative 20-year odyssey to uncover the meaning of existence, ultimately reconciling faith in God with scientific knowledge. The boo...

"Scarlet coat to red-tabsIt is a common aspect of uncommon men that their lives are so exceptional that they cannot be adequately described in a few words. So much the better then that the author of this autobiography left posterity his remarkable life story.William 'Wully' Robertson was born in Lincolnshire in 1860 and became a servant in the household of the Earl of Cardigan. In 1877 he decided upon a military career and enlisted as a trooper in the 16th (The Queen's) Lance...

The final volume in this comprehensive history of Confederate Virginia examines the end of the Civil War in the Old Dominion.By January 1865, most of Virginia's schools were closed, many newspapers had ceased publication, businesses suffered, and food was scarce. Having endured major defeats on their home soil and the loss of much of the state's territory to the Union army, Virginia's Confederate soldiers began to desert at higher rates than at any other time in the...

America is the ultimate start-up venture – and these are the heroes who made it happenThe history of the United States is, to a remarkable degree, the story of its entrepreneurs, those daring movers and shakers who dreamed big and risked everything to build better lives for themselves and their fellow Americans.Drawing on his own family's remarkable journey, Duck Commander CEO and star of the blockbuster Duck Dynasty series Willie ...

From the north of Scotland to the outback of Australia and everywhere in between, wherever contributions to the evolution of the Kelpie breed occurred, Bill and Kerry Robertson followed their ancestral trail gathering information from personal diaries, eye-witness accounts, newspapers and government records. This thorough research yielded new and startling information from the people who lived during the relevant period.During the past 150 years, the early Kelpie history was virtua...

In a thrilling follow-up to Tasting Light, ten best-selling and award-winning masters of the form use the possible—and the premise of hope—to explore how science and technology can reshape our world and defy assumptions.At once a collection of hard science fiction for curious middle-graders and an antidote to despair in the face of dystopian uncertainty, these ten horizon-bending stories may seem unreal, but all follow the rules of physics and biology as w...