This father-daughter tale reveals how the author’s father taught her how to fight and survive in an unfiltered America.Born in the early 1940s, her father was thrown into a world where he had no choice but to fight in many different arenas, including the boxing ring and the courtroom. He instilled in her his unrelenting drive and will to win. As a result, she went through life with his priceless survival playbook at her side. She became a corporate commerc...

"A revelation of the drive and creative flux of the metropolis over time."--Nature"This is a must-read book for any city dweller with a voracious appetite for understanding the wonders of cities and why we're so attracted to them."--Zahi Hawass, author of Hidden Treasures of Ancient EgyptA sweeping history of cities through the millennia--from Mesopotamia to Manhattan--and how they have propelled Homo sapiens to do...

Jessica is a beautiful Creole nursing student whose life has not been easy. Her mother Anna Marie was murdered when Jessica was very young, and she was bounced between families within the foster care system. Some experiences were pleasant; some were Hell on Earth, especially since Jessica developed early into a highly-desirable teen. Now 18 years old and attending a university, she meets and falls in love with a young man named Justin at a party her roommate and friend Kayla urges her to a...

What made ancient cities successful? What are the similarities between modern cities and ancient ones? The Social Construction of Ancient Cities offers a fresh perspective on ancient cities and the social networks and relations that built and sustained them, marking a dramatic change in the way archaeologists approach them. Examining ancient cities from a “bottom up” perspective, the authors in this volume explore the ways in which cities were actually created by ordinary inhabita...

A forbidden affair that's practically irresistible...Emily Hoyt is often referred to as a "free spirit," but she knows that's just a nice way to say "flake." She doesn't normally let it bother her, but when her perfect big brother unexpectedly announces he's gotten married, Emily once again feels the pressure to be more than the meandering musician she is.Alessandro Giordano is the lying, selfish bastard Emily had pegged as bad news. But when they ...

In The Power of Nature archaeologists address the force and impact of nature relative to human knowledge, action, and volition. Case studies from around the world focusing on different levels of sociopolitical complexity—ranging from early agricultural societies to states and empires—address the ways in which nature retains the upper hand in human agentive environmental discourse, providing an opportunity for an insightful perspective on the current anthropological emphasis on how...

What do we think of when we hear the word family? Perhaps brothers and sisters, mother, father, cousins are brought to mind. In the strictest sense, of course these are all family members. But the bond goes much deeper than that. Families share a common ancestry or beginning which is not limited to people.Man has always had a strong connection with nature. It is the first thing we think of when we want to get away from lifes trials. But, perhaps it is not that we want to get away s...

The advent of urbanism had profound impacts on landscape management, agricultural production, food preservation, and cuisine. This Element examines the 6,000-year history of urbanism through the archaeological perspective of food, using the analysis of cooking and eating vessels, botanical remains, and animal bones along with texts and iconographic evidence to understand the foodways that spurred and accompanied the growth of cities. Human-environmental changes took place as farmers became...

Includes:The Safeguarded HeartReal estate mogul Serafina Evans risks her heart on her handsome Italian client, only to discover her company is being sabotaged and her lover isn't who he appears to be. As she races to save the business she's built, she must decide if her gamble on this unpredictable relationship is worth the potential heartbreak that could leave her closed off to love forever.All of MeAfter l...

You've Got Male, follows a young woman's journey to put two failed marriages behind her and try one more time for love, through the help of online dating via HookUsUp.com. But it's anything other than smooth sailing as one of her exes (bi-sexual Damon) returns, offering wildly inappropriate but tempting sex.Anita is convinced she'll never find love again, until she meets Mitch online. He's kind, handsome, decent – too good to be true? As her hopes surface, Damon forces himself into...

Using case studies from around the globe—including Mesoamerica, North and South America, Africa, China, and the Greco-Roman world—and across multiple time periods, the authors in this volume make the case that abundance provides an essential explanatory perspective on ancient peoples’ choices and activities. Economists frequently focus on scarcity as a driving principle in the development of social and economic hierarchies, yet focusing on plenitude enables the understanding of a range of ...

For the past million years, individuals have engaged in multitasking as they interact with the surrounding environment and with each other for the acquisition of daily necessities such as food and goods. Although culture is often perceived as a collective process, it is individual people who use language, experience illness, expend energy, perceive landscapes, and create memories. These processes were sustained at the individual and household level from the time of the earliest social grou...