Due to the multi-faceted nature of food – as sustenance, symbol, and commodity – diverse theoretical perspectives have been used to study it in archaeology. One of the more influential and versatile of these approaches is behavioral ecology: the study of behavioral adaptation to local environments. Behavioral ecology provides a powerful body of theory for understanding human decision-making in both the past and present. This Element reviews what behavioral ecology is, how it has been used ...

This important publication provides, for the first time, a comprehensive review of knowledge of reproductive seasonality in teleosts. It addresses why a particular species should show such seasonality, and how environmental cues act as regulators to ensure that reproductive maturation and breeding occur at the optimum time. The book considers the ultimate factors responsible for the evolution of reproductive seasonality in fish. It reviews salient concepts of reproductive seasonality in ma...

A Guide to SME Finance is a brief guide to designing and implementing an SME finance program within a commercial bank or other financial institution, such as an NGO. This work covers the rationale behind SME finance why it makes sense for a bank to enter this market sector, followed by a step-by-step approach to designing and implementing the program. Munro highlights the need to automate the lending process, and offers a lengthy description of how this can be accomplished. Examples of loa...

Mothers might be exhausted, over-touched and under-appreciated, but they’re problem solvers who know how to get their “self-care” on. In If Mom’s Happy: Stories of Erotic Mothers, we hear from women waiting for their child’s arrival; mothers of infants, toddlers and teenagers; straight, queer, partnered and single mothers. We hear from mothers who like it vanilla and others who want some kink. They lust after their longtime partners and near strangers, in public and in private, al...

Over 130 short, short erotic stories of about 1,500 words each, or over 500 pages of outstanding erotica in bite-sized pieces, exploring the full range of human sensual and sexual experience.Each one of eight sections is devoted to a specific erotic kink, such as spanking, submission, voyeurism, uniforms or bondage, providing an astonishing diversity of erotica between the covers of one book.Despite its length, this short-form erotica from the world's leading writers remain...

In the realm of the senses, everything can be explored. A fabulous collection of new writing from all over the world during 2004-05, selected by bestselling editor Maxim Jakubowski. These tales explore the extraordinary variety of the erotic experience, as men and women play out the eternal rhythms of desire. Here is explicit sexual drama in all its forms from some of the best writers in the field.

Charlotte Hanson loves her new job as secretary to a prominent sex therapist, Dmitri Nichvalodov, who also happens to come from old money. This Russian billionaire isn't hard on the eyes either, and he prefers to live a simple life doing a job he loves. At least, that's what Charlotte thinks, until he proposes she become his sex mistress. Now the contract is on the table, and the money offered would help care for her ailing father. Will she sign the papers and surrender? T...

Rachel’s spent so much time at work that her personal life and her love life have suffered. She decides to take a cruise on a whim for a little fun, sun and sexy adventure. On her first night on the cruise she meets a sexy bartender who promises to make her a drink like no other she’s ever had before. There are three conditions the bartender gives Rachel before she’ll give her the drink: that she’s open minded, will go back to her cabin within an hour of taking the drink and if she’ll give...

In this sizzling new treasury, erotica maestro Alison Tyler has assembled over two dozen titillating tales of couples taking each other to new heights of happily bedded bliss.Imagination and experimentation are the watchwords as sexy spouses live out fantasies both intimate and elaborate: naughty new settings, new toys…even new partners. There are virgin brides, wicked wedding nights, impetuous swingers and some kinky couplings that give "tying the knot" a whole new meaning!Seducti...

Maggie doesn't usually do this sort of thing, the one night stand encounters. However, when she meets Hunter she can't resist his charm, his sexy demeanor, or his relentless approach. She throws caution to the wind and decides to indulge in a heady one night stand.

On their anniversary weekend away, will a spanking paddle help re-kindle Grace and Henry's waning desires, or will this married couple's first kinky time also be their last?GraceFifteen years of marriage can take a toll on your libido. Fifteen years of repressing the needs I've tried to hide for far too long.A weekend away with my husband to rekindle the flame sounds like the perfect remedy. Perfect, except our trust in one another has never...

Friends since childhood, Keeran and Devon experimented sexually in high school, but grew apart during college. When Keeran comes back to her hometown after graduation, she's stunned when Devon is the first person that she runs into. She's even more stunned by how much seeing him rekindles all the old feelings of lust.This ebook also contains the hot short story "Dive Bar" by Marcus Williams in its entirety:Being the only black woman working at a seedy bar, Michelle has grow...