This volume examines the significance of spiritual kinship—or kinship reckoned in relation to the divine—in creating myriad forms of affiliations among Christians, Jews, and Muslims. Rather than confining the study of spiritual kinship to Christian godparenthood or presuming its disappearance in light of secularism, the authors investigate how religious practitioners create and contest sacred solidarities through ritual, discursive, and ethical practices across social domains, networks, an...

Fundamentals and Properties of Multifunctional Nanomaterials outlines the properties of highly intricate nanosystems, including liquid crystalline nanomaterials, magnetic nanosystems, ferroelectrics, nanomultiferroics, plasmonic nanosystems, carbon-based nanomaterials, 1D and 2D nanomaterials, and bio-nanomaterials. This book reveals the electromagnetic interference shielding properties of nanocomposites. The fundamental attributes of the nanosystems leading to the multifunctional applicat...

Land has long been overlooked in economics. That is now changing. A substantial part of the solution to the climate crisis may lie in growing crops for fuel and using trees for storing carbon. This book investigates the potential of these options to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, estimates the costs to the economy, and analyses the trade-offs with growing food. The first part presents new databases that are necessary to underpin policy-relevant research in the field of climate change whi...

This book explores the unique relationships between professional baseball teams and the unique ways professional baseball leagues are organized in North America with a primary focus on how proximity can and does impact consumer demand. Perhaps more than any other matter that arises in the business of baseball, proximity to other professional baseball teams is a concern that has uniquely shaped professional baseball leagues in North America. It is this particular component in how profession...

Curtis has grown tired of the cyclical nature his mind has become. He feels he's explored the whole landscape down to every nook and cranny. He wants to transcend way beyond the outline of his body and into what is ubiquitous, energy which is everywhere and takes no permanent shape. A god of sorts.

Is the town eccentric an EVIL GENIUS or MODEL CITIZEN?Rumors about his past include adventures overseas, Interpol, money laundering, gun running, international terrorism, witnesses disappearing without a trace, artificial intelligence, publishing empire, private jets, luxury hotels, hot women, sex research, an underground complex hidden behind a mausoleum hand-carved into a limestone cliff, and weaponization of humor.Elmer’s team of investigators includes Fred the infiltrator...

You know that feeling you get when adrenaline floods your veins and the hair on the back of your neck starts to stand up with anticipation? Hanging onto every word that your eyes quickly guide over every word with eagerness to see what unfolds on the next page? This book will not only have you questioning your closest relationships, but it might even drive you to look over your shoulder as you walk or check under your bed like you are five years old again. Oh, something dark is lurking in ...

Do you suffer from chronic and unrelenting pain and are desperate for a cure?Have you heard about acupuncture but are worried that it sounds too bizarre and may not work?Do you have lots of questions before deciding to try the treatment for yourself?Acupuncture is centuries old and has formed part of traditional Chinese medicine for most of that time. It is mainly used to help with pain relief but many practitioners use it to alleviate symptoms of other medical cond...

SOME THINGS WEREN’T MEANT TO BE DISCOVERED...Flynn’s work as an arachnologist is interrupted by a teenager insisting he has stumbled across a new species. Having given in to the teen’s hounding, Flynn realises he might be onto something.So he treks into the mountains, his wife Steph and their faithful German shepherd Solomon in tow for a weekend of spider-hunting and tourism.Instead, what Flynn uncovers rips their world apart.The Isaac Spiders is the first o...

A celebrated young British artist uses her gift to convey the dignity and resilience of women survivors of violence in forgotten corners of the world.This debut art book by British artist and human rights activist Hannah Rose Thomas presents her stunning portrait paintings of Yazidi women who escaped ISIS captivity, Rohingya women who fled violence in Myanmar, and Nigerian women who survived Boko Haram violence, alongside their own words, stories, and self-portrait...

New Australian writing from emerging and established writersThe thirty-one stories and poems in this collection explore our defiant acts, from the small, everyday moments of revolt to life-changing actions in possible futures and imagined pasts. From the unbridled ambition of a scientist to the assassination of a king, and traversing themes including the anthropogenic impact on climate change and the intersectional nature of identity, this scintillating collection ...

With evidence of human habitation dating back to the last ice age, British Columbia boasts a fascinating array of archaeological sites. In this thoroughly up-to-date survey, professional archaeologist Robert Muckle takes readers to some exciting locations to explain what archaeology is (and isn’t), how research is undertaken in BC, and what it contributes to our broader understanding of human history.Once upon This Land introduces readers to some of the most notable archae...