A misty rain, typical of Seattle in the spring, fell across the lush green campus of the University of Washington that afternoon. It was 1947. I don’t recall the exact date because that whole period of my life remains fixed in my mind as a steady, uninterrupted blur of work and study. I do remember that as I drove through the narrow streets setting apart the ivy-smothered Tudor-Gothic buildings, I proceeded with caution. My car was a veteran of many campaigns in Seattle weather and traffic...

It's spring in Toronto and the Hollywood movie crews are back. This is where art meets commerce full force. Instant communities are created, like summer camps for adults, with the cast and crews working long hours and always under pressure. Over the six weeks of production the cast and crew lives, loves, hates, wins and loses together on and off the film set. Inspired by the authors' own experiences, Below the Line goes behind the scenes and tells the the stories of on-set romances, ambiti...

The Substances of War explores how drugs, alcohol, and other substances were perceived, used, and fought over during the Civil War era. Because the Civil War unfolded in a culture already saturated in drugs, the essays in this collection take substance use and abuse as the center of its study, charting the consumption of many substances—from water, coffee, tobacco, and alcohol to quinine and opiates—from the beginning of the Civil War to its contested and indeterminate endings.In ...

Few topics in psychiatry over the past few years have generated as much curiosity and excitement among clinicians and laypeople as the use of psychedelics. For mental health professionals, psychedelics offer an opportunity to expand existing treatment options and to explore new ones that have the potential to change neuroplasticity and neuroconnectivity. For patients, they offer the hope of relief from illnesses that have not responded adequately to traditional treatments.When appr...

The role of literacy instruction extends far beyond traditional English language arts classrooms. Cultivating Literate Citizenry Through Interdisciplinary Instruction delves into the necessary concepts within the realm of literacy across and within various academic disciplines. From the foundational core courses of English language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies to enriching extracurricular pursuits like agriculture, theater arts, visual arts, and kinesiology, this book enc...

Always Another Dawn: The Story of a Rocket Test Pilot is the detailed account of NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics) and Albert Scott Crossfield's work in the post-war years and beyond pioneering the use of rocket-powered planes. Crossfield and his team paved the path for space exploration making this, his autobiography, essential reading for historians and aviation buffs.

This book examines how states in eight countries across Asia and the Pacific address internal displacement in the context of disasters and climate change.The Asia and the Pacific region accounts for the majority of global disaster-related displacement, but the experience of the millions of individuals displaced differs according to gender, age, ethnicity, (dis)ability, caste, and so forth and is dependent on the legal, administrative, social, and economic structures and processes i...

Covering both the science behind transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) and its uses for monitoring and diagnosis, Perrino and Reeves’ Practical Approach to Transesophageal Echocardiography, Fifth Edition, provides the information you need for all levels of transesophageal echocardiography usage and testing. Expertly edited by Drs. Albert C. Perrino, Jr, Scott T. Reeves, Joshua M. Zimmerman and Chirojit Mukherjee, this concisely written manual features numerous figures and review questions...

The list of young innocent victims grows as the rampaging psychotic predator continues molesting and killing which triggers an intense and bloody battle between GOOD and EVIL to begin. In a small quiet suburb of Seattle, Richard Ernest Rosser, an abused and neglected young boy living with his broken family is transforming into a pedophile homicidal predator while everyone around him are completely unaware of the horrific monster festering among them. Christopher Dempsey is just a normal av...

Europa is a world of endless cold, crimson shadows, and silence so deep it seems to press against the mind. When a crippled spacecraft crashes on Jupiter’s frozen moon, Hugh Betancourt and Jim Brannigan find themselves trapped with failing supplies and little hope of repair. Every day becomes a battle against hunger, exhaustion, and the growing certainty that rescue will never come.Then they discover they are not alone.What begins as a chance encounter with a strange native...

For centuries humanity believed the stars were forever out of reach. Every ship that attempted the long journey beyond the solar system slowly weakened as electrons leaked from its structure into the faint magnetic field of the galaxy. The dream of crossing the parsecs seemed finished.Then three celebrated scientists announce a discovery that changes everything. Deep in space they have identified rare nodes where fresh matter pours into the universe—wellsprings of electrons and hyd...

A study of "economic imperialism" based on a theoretical inquiry into the most important research frontier in the scholarly field: the analysis of constitutions. The book evaluates constitutional arrangements by the degree to which they economize on the scarcity of resources available in any society, demonstrating a preference for constitutions that make governments efficient.