Drawing on political science as much as legal studies, Constitutional Law for a Changing America: A Short Course helps students realize that Supreme Court cases are more than just legal names and citations. With meticulous revising, Lee Epstein, Kevin T. McGuire, and Thomas G. Walker streamline material while accounting for recent landmark cases and new scholarship. The Tenth Edition is ideal for a one-semester course, offering all the hallmarks o...

Plant medicine is real medicine and it always has been. Chahta imaiyvhohmi (It's the way of the Chahta). This is the first modern exploration of the plant medicine used by contemporary Chahta people (Choctaw in English). It draws on traditional knowledge held and practiced by the authors, as taught to them by their elders and passed down through generations of healers and everyday people who found the medicine they needed in their surroundings. Herbalists Summer Wesley and Dr. Faith G. Har...

When the sun sets, a wisteria gate will lead you into worlds with a darker tint and a sinister disposition. Keep a light on for the road to come, for here, you will find fantasy worlds battling monstrous sea creatures and demons that dance in storms, magical mysteries that melt on your tongue, and speculative horror that will have you checking for eyes in the oddest places.R. D. G. Lover weaves narratives that ensnare the reader and resurrect tales that have been buried-for better ...

Witness one of the most stunning revolutions in rock ’n’ roll history in this authoritative and visually rich history of grunge.In the early 1990s, a new sound from the Pacific Northwest changed everything. Grunge! charts the rise of the movement that redefined rock through its raw power, authenticity, and emotion—and the community that gave it life. Longtime Seattle journalist Gillian G. Gaar, who lived the story firsthand, explores how bands such as grun...

This book is devoted to a systematic and comprehensive study of existence, stability, boundary value problems, oscillatory behavior, and linear systems associated with generalized quantum impulsive differential equations. Generalized β-Impulsive Equations aims to provide both a rigorous theoretical foundation and practical analytical tools for researchers, graduate students, and specialists working in nonlinear analysis, dynamic equations, and applied mathematics.I...

¿Y Yo También? brings together a diverse range of Latina voices to address the under-representation of Latinx voices in the #MeToo movement and discussions of sexual violence. Through scholarly analysis of literature, media, podcasting, film, art, and testimonio alongside memoir, poetry, a short play, and personal essays, the authors address varied Latina experiences of sexual assault and harassment. These authors grapple with these traumas alongside their intersectional contexts,...

Clara Bennet frames the alpha and the pack—and catches something she was never meant to see. Down on a closed Forest Service road, Sheriff Malcolm Quinn hands a sealed county envelope to a leaner man who scans the tree line like he already knows someone is watching. She presses the shutter. His head snaps up. The first shot cracks through the branches; the second finds only snow as she yanks the memory card and drops into the drifts.The whiteout swallows th...

A call says your loved one has been hurt, arrested, kidnapped, or stranded. The voice sounds familiar. The details seem right. The caller insists there is no time to check. What should you do next? When the Phone Says Emergency offers a calm, practical plan for responding to alarming calls, texts, and voice messages without dismissing a genuine emergency or rushing into a scam. Vivian G. Ellery teaches a simple routine: pause, end the incoming interaction, call your loved one at a number y...

The book is meant to give tools to get older and in good health. It discusses the areas of epigenetic, hormones and their role, food, art of living, exercise, sun protection. We look at the health disruptors like stress, climate change, noise, pesticide, pollutants we drink and breath, eternal pollutants and offers ways to deal with it. You can find a few recipes based on the Mediterranean cuisine, some old "grandma's recipes". Finally, we offer some solutions to some common health...

Beyond Merely Seeing: An Eternal Legacy in The Midst of Turmoil and Despair is a faith-centered reflection on how individuals can look beyond the challenges, distractions, and uncertainties of earthly life and rediscover a deeper sense of purpose through God.Drawing upon personal experiences, Catholic faith, Scripture, reflections on leadership, family, prayer, service, and the value of human life, Vicente Dionisio G. Pesayco III explores the diffe...

This book offers a comprehensive account of smart grid solutions across the energy sector as an eco-and-open, optimized innovation infrastructure on metaverse. Mirroring multimodal challenges (i.e. eco-sustainability, scalability, cost efficiency, security, regulations, etc.), the presented “SmartEnergyverse” network discusses the “greener” smart technologies and agents, assets and operations. It explores the eco-smart energy supply chain models and innovations on metaverse, across diverse...

This book is about the β-quantum inequalities. This book covers a range of generalized quantum inequalities in detail. It begins with the basic calculus of the β-quantum operator and then explores various types of inequalities. The content is presented in a straightforward manner and is aimed at senior undergraduate and postgraduate students in engineering and science programs. The book consists of six chapters, and almost all of the material is new and represents the authors' original wor...