Australian Rainforest Woods describes 141 of the most significant Australian rainforest trees and their wood. The introductory sections draw the reader into an understanding of the botanical, evolutionary, environmental, historical and international significance of this beautiful but finite Australian resource. The main section examines the species and their wood with photographs, botanical descriptions and a summary of the characteristics of the wood. A section on wood identification include...

Few among the thousands of vacationers who recreate on and around Lake Almanor each summer realize that beneath its waters lie the remains of a vanished way of life. This tiny Atlantis, Big Meadows, was a microcosm of the cultural forces and conflicts that racked the West in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Rich in natural resources, the Meadows sustained the lives of the native Maidu and the hundreds of encroaching whites who followed on the heels of the Lassen Trail immigrant parties. ...

A must-have book for any health professional who treats patients with headache disorders, Refractory Migraine is written by international experts from the world's top headache centers. It describes how they approach the treatment of migraine patients who continue to suffer despite appropriate medical treatment. First, it highlights current ideas about the definition and characterization of refractory migraine, and reviews underlying causes and contributing factors. Then, individua...

About the BookThese stories are fictional, of course, but along the way are events, or incidents that happen to each of us on a daily basis. Books can take us to the moon and stars. Drawing inspiration from his real-life experiences in the military, as a truck driver, and many other careers, Ken Morris captures the wild stories that permeated through his head throughout his travels across the United States.About the AuthorAuthor Ken Morris tends to bend the gist of eac...

Following the success of their Locus Award–winning anthology The New Space Opera, editors Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan up the ante with The New Space Opera 2, in which more of the most beloved names in science fiction spin stunning tales of interstellar adventure and wonder. Authors include:Neal AsherJohn BarnesCory DoctorowJohn KesselJay LakeJohn MeaneyElizabeth MoonGarth NixMike ResnickJustina RobsonKristine Kathryn RuschJohn ScalziBruce SterlingPeter Wat...

Hope is real, and we need it.This decade is proving to be anything but easy. From early 2020 on, together we've faced a global pandemic, horrific acts on Black lives, an assault on the US Capitol, a Russian war on Ukraine, school shootings, inflation, a tumultuous job market, climate change, toxic religion, social isolation, and burnout. Whew.We're all feeling it. So how will you find hope?In Hope in the 2020s: Encouragement for Our T...

Australian Forest Woods describes about 130 of the most significant Australian forest trees and their wood. The introductory sections introduce the reader to the uniqueness and usefulness of forest trees. The book examines the forest tree species and their wood with photographs, botanical descriptions and a summary of the characteristics of the wood. A section on wood identification includes fundamental information on tree growth and wood structure. With over 900 images, this is the most c...

A psychologically rich exploration of faith loss and spiritual reconstruction in an age of religious disaffiliation.In Lost Faith and Wandering Souls, religion scholar David Morris offers a psychologically informed investigation of the widespread religious disillusionment shaping contemporary spiritual life. Drawing from psychoanalytic theory, developmental psychology, and sociological research, Morris argues that faith loss should be understood not as mer...

In a culture saturated with certainty, Freud teaches us how to ask harder questions.Nearly one hundred years after its original publication, The Future of an Illusion remains one of the most penetrating and provocative critiques of religion ever written. Clearly fascinated with religion, Sigmund Freud argues that belief is shaped less by reason or evidence than by deep human longings--for protection, order, meaning, and consolation in the face of suffering...