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I'm Dreaming of a Brown Christmas" is a beautiful re-imagining of the classic song "White Christmas", but as seen through the eyes of a young African-American child living in the city. Written and illustrated by cousins Steven T. Gray and Vernon D. Gibbs II, the words and images celebrate many of the wonderful brown things we all enjoy at Christmastime like fresh-baked cookies, warm cups of hot chocolate, and a golden brown turkey hot from the...

Epigenetic Cancer Therapy, Second Edition provides a comprehensive discussion of healthy and aberrant epigenetic biology, along with new discoveries to improve our understanding of cancer epigenetics and therapeutics. The book encompasses large-scale intergovernmental initiatives, as well as recent findings across cancer stem cells, rational drug design, clinical trials, and chemopreventative strategies. As a whole, the work articulates and ra...

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Building off the highly successful The Cyborg Handbook, this new collection of essays, interviews, and creative pieces brings together a set of compelling personal accounts about what it means to live as a cyborg in the twenty-first century.

A collection of short horror stories from across the Worlds of Warhammer.

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This volume brings together, in a central text, chapters written by leading scholars working at the intersection of modeling, the natural and social sciences, and public participation. This book presents the current state of knowledge regarding the theory and practice of engaging stakeholders in environmental modeling for decision-making, and includes basic theoretical considerations, an overview of methods and tools available, and case study ...

Building off the highly successful The Cyborg Handbook, this new collection of essays, interviews, and creative pieces brings together a set of compelling personal accounts about what it means to live as a cyborg in the twenty-first century.

Medical tomography is the technique by which medical images of sections of the anatomy are obtained. X-ray devices are used alongside algorithms based on mathematical formulas for sectional reconstruction of the human body. Computerized axial tomography (CAT) and Positron emission tomography (PET) are two common forms of medical tomography. Most of the topics introduced in this book cover new techniques and the applications of this field. For ...

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This book examines how the expansion of a steam-powered Royal Navy from the second half of the nineteenth century had wider ramifications across the British Empire. In particular, it considers how steam propulsion made vessels utterly dependent on a particular resource - coal - and its distribution around the world. In doing so, it shows that the 'coal question' was central to imperial defence and the protection of trade, requiring the creatio...

Trevor is the most amazing tortoise you could ever hope to meet. In the darkest part of night, he fires up his rocket boots and blasts off on a secret, dangerous mission in to the jungle! Will he be able to complete his task while avoiding the sharp claws of a ferocious lion? Join him on his hairy adventure to find out!

Since 9/11 the US has relied on the use of airpower to strike terrorists in transnational sanctuaries. Remarkably, the recent use of airpower against transnational terrorists has often been controlled/directed by the CIA rather than the military, though both have played a role. Additionally, following the attacks on 9/11, the employment of airpower has focused on single attacks by single aircraft versus the strike packages normally employed by...

This monograph answers the question of whether operational air commanders have the necessary doctrinal tools to plan for effective airpower employment in gradually escalated, coercive warfare. It concludes that current Air Force doctrine does not adequately address coercive warfare. Given the question and answer, several secondary questions flow from them and are addressed in successive chapters. What do the terms gradual escalation and coerci...

Epigenetic Cancer Therapy unites issues central to a translational audience actively seeking to understand the topic. It is ideal for cancer specialists, including oncologists and clinicians, but also provides valuable information for researchers, academics, students, governments, and decision-makers in the healthcare sector. . The text covers the basic background of the epigenome, aberrant epigenetics, and its potential as a target for cancer...

Trevor is back and ready for another mission! Author and illustrator duo, Sarah Gray and Steven Coates are back with a children's story with a difference - prepare to blast off with Trevor the Tortoise! Trevor was an amazing tortoise, with a secret deep inside his shell. His legs were tired, his feet were achy, and often he was not too well. But Trevor is no normal tortoise because at the darkest part of night he blasted off on a secret missio...