This authoritative survey of the new radical left forming across Europe offers "ammo for the struggles ahead, not to be ignored" (Susan Weissman, award-winning journalist and editor of Victor Serge).In Greece, Ireland, Portugal, and Spain, the debt crisis that began with the 2008 global recession helped trigger severe austerity measures. These policies, intended to address government debts, only worsened economic conditions.In response, something h...

How do we frame decisions to use or abstain from military force? Who should do the killing? Do we need new paradigms to guide the use of force? And what does “victory” mean in contemporary conflict?In many ways, these are timeless questions. But they should be revisited in light of changing circumstances in the twenty-first century. The post–Cold War, post-9/11 world is one of contested and fragmented sovereignty: contested because the norm of territorial integrity has shed some of...

'I'm whispering into your ear - and we couldn't be further apart.' A woman, a phone call, a final conversation. In this extraordinary and prophetic monologue a woman fights for the person she loves. Jean Cocteau's iconic play explores our desperate need for human relationships - and the machine that has changed them forever.

The Magic Notebook is a beautiful and enchanting story for children written by Jean Daniel Anglade. It takes young readers on a magical adventure filled with imagination, wonder, friendship, and discovery. Through the mystery of a glowing notebook, children explore the power of creativity, the importance of kindness, and the value of learning together. With charming characters and a captivating world, this story encourages children to dream, ask questions, develop their imagination, and di...

THE LEDGER - BOOK ONE - TEAM OF EIGHT - BACK OF BOOK DESCRIPTION:In a world where DNA is the ultimate weapon, secrets are deadlier than bullets.Lilliane Gryffon's life revolves around safeguarding the world's most dangerous secrets, encoded within humanity's genetic code. When ruthless ex-compatriate weaponizes groundbreaking genetic research, unleashing a new breed of enhanced soldiers, Lilliane and her elite Team of Eight are huma...

This atlas presents technical information for professionals who process and use temperate or tropical timber. It combines the main technical characteristics of 283 tropical species and 17 species from temperate regions most commonly used in Europe with their primary uses. Each data sheet is accompanied by two photos of sawn wood (flat sawn and quarter sawn, or flat sawn and half quarter sawn), two macro photographs, and for certain species, an illustration of how the wood can be used....

This revised and updated second edition of Best New Horror showcases some of the very best short stories and novellas published in 1990, the year when the horror boom finally went bust. In this vilifying volume you will rediscover terrifying tales by, amongst many others, Poppy Z. Brite, Jonathan Carroll, Harlan Ellison, Elizabeth Hand, Michael Marshall Smith, Peter Straub, F. Paul Wilson, Gahan Wilson and Gene Wolfe, along with an overview of the year in horror by the editors and a nightm...

A revolutionary portrait of Harriet Tubman—told with the voice of history and the authority of family.Harriet Tubman is one of the most iconic figures in American history. Yet much of her true story has remained fragmented, misunderstood, or deliberately incomplete. While countless books recount her courage on the Underground Railroad, none have fully explored the breadth of her strategic brilliance, her documented role as a Union Army scout and spy, or the African...

The Glory of the Empire is the rich and absorbing history of an extraordinary empire, at one point a rival to Rome. Rulers such as Basil the Great of Onessa, who founded the Empire but whose treacherous ways made him a byword for infamy, and the romantic Alexis the bastard, who dallied in the fleshpots of Egypt, studied Taoism and Buddhism, returned to save the Empire from civil war, and then retired “to learn to die,” come alive in The Glory of the Empire, along with gen...

These volumes offer a one-stop resource for researching the lives, customs, and cultures of Africa's nations and peoples.Unparalleled in its coverage of contemporary customs in all of Africa, this multivolume set is perfect for both high school and public library shelves. The three-volume encyclopedia will provide readers with an overview of contemporary customs and life in North Africa and sub-Saharan Africa through discussions of key concepts and topics that touc...

The chapter titles in this book are all active, because bright kids and the adults in their lives—and the relationships between them—are continually developing. Chapters 1, 2, 3, 11, and 12 are about adults’ involvement. Chapters 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 focus primarily on social and emotional dimensions of bright kids’ lives as they actively develop. Chapter 5 is about both kids and adults, because both have reason to be optimistic even while motivation to perform ebbs and flows.

This textbook offers an essential introduction to survey research and quantitative methods with clear instructions on how to conduct statistical tests with R. Building on the premise that we need to teach statistical methods in a holistic and practical format, the book guides students through the four main elements of survey research and quantitative analysis: (1) the importance of survey research, (2) preparing a survey, (3) conducting a survey and (4) analyzing a survey. In detail, stude...