Beginning with Thoreau, nature writers not only have influenced our appreciation of the natural world but also have helped to preserve the American wilderness, from the Maine Woods to Yosemite and the Sierra. Writer and activist Paul Brooks presents narrative portraits of great literary naturalists, offering a 200-year history of the country's movement toward conservation. Profiles of leaders in the fight to protect the environment and safeguard our natural heritage include John Burroughs,...

The writers behind New Scientist explore the baffling concept of nothingness from the fringes of the universe to our minds' inner workings.It turns out that nothing is as curious or as enlightening as nothingness itself. What is nothing? Where can it be found? The writers of the world's top-selling science magazine investigate—from the big bang, dark energy, and the void, to superconductors, vestigial organs, hypnosis, and the placebo effect. And they disco...

Jackson Davenport, the charismatic, strait-laced heir to the Davenport fortune, has a secret. One he’s been hiding since he graduated from South Haven all-boys academy—and that secret’s name is Lucas. When a work trip takes Jackson back to his old stomping grounds, memories of the year he shared with Lucas come crashing to the surface. With growing pressure from his father to settle down and take over the family business, Jackson knows he’s on borrowed time and sets out to find the free-sp...

Death Defied, Life Defined is the true story of Paul E. Perkins, a heart and kidney organ recipient who died at least two medically confirmed times, yet lived to tell his fascinating tale.What does it feel like to die?Paul Perkins expected the final breaths of his life to feel different. Prior to a long-term illness that led to his double organ transplant, Paul didn’t want to waste his life obsessing over his death.However, there were some after-life things he wonde...

Practical Tips and Real-World Solutions for Administering Microsoft Intune.Key Features● Acquire hands-on expertise in device enrollment and management.● Develop robust security and compliance strategies with Intune.● Gain insights into application deployment, monitoring, and reporting.Book DescriptionUltimate Microsoft Intune for Administrators is the resource for mastering Microsoft Intune and its full suite of features. No matter what devi...

IN THE MIDST OF BI-POLAR DISORDER YOU'LL FIND A PRAISE The National Institute of Mental health estimates that 16.2 million U.S adults had at least one major depressive episode in 2015. This represents 6.7 percent of the U.S adult population. Depression is most common un ages 18-25 and in individuals belonging to two or more races. Women are twice as likely as men to have had a depressive episode. This is a day in time where it’s also effecting teenagers from the age of 12-16. There’s a num...

International Review of Cytology presents current advances and comprehensive reviews in cell biology-both plant and animal. Articles address structure and control of gene expression, nucleocytoplasmic interactions, control of cell development and differentiation, and cell transformation and growth. Authored by some of the foremost scientists in the field, each volume provides up-to-date information and directions for future research.This volume provides an overview of major cytoplasmic pro...

Practical Tips and Real-World Solutions for Administering Microsoft Intune.Key Features● Acquire hands-on expertise in device enrollment and management.● Develop robust security and compliance strategies with Intune.● Gain insights into application deployment, monitoring, and reporting.Book DescriptionUltimate Microsoft Intune for Administrators is the resource for mastering Microsoft Intune and its full suite of features. No matter what device platform you manage, whether configuring secu...

Drawing on detailed qualitative research, this timely study explores the experiences of fathers who take on equal or primary care responsibilities for young children.The authors examine what prompts these arrangements, how fathers adjust to their caregiving roles over time, and what challenges they face along the way.The book asks what would encourage more fathers to become primary or equal caregivers, and how we can make things easier for those who do. Offering new academi...

Practical Tips and Real-World Solutions for Administering Microsoft Intune.Key Features● Acquire hands-on expertise in device enrollment and management.● Develop robust security and compliance strategies with Intune.● Gain insights into application deployment, monitoring, and reporting.Book DescriptionUltimate Microsoft Intune for Administrators is the resource for mastering ...

Shaw Jennings, the seductive, enigmatic owner of Body Electric Tattoo works hard and plays even harder. He’s built a life he’s proud of, and although that doesn’t include a significant other, he’s got plenty of sexy men to keep his bed warm at night. None of them have ever made Shaw sit up and take notice for long though. But that all changes when a famous rock star walks through his door. Trent Knox had the world in the palm of his hand as the lead singer of TBD, one of the biggest rock b...

The King of the Silver River has charged young Penderrin Ohmsford with the daunting task of rescuing his aunt, Grianne, Ard Rhys of the Druid order, from her forced exile in the terrifying dimension of all things damned: the Forbidding. With the noble dwarf Tagwen and the prodigal elven princess Khyber Elessedil by his side–and with the outcome of the bloody war between the Federation and the Free-born at stake–Pen has accepted his mission without question. But not without risk…or sacrific...