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Cave organisms are the ‘monsters’ of the underground world and studying them invariably raises interesting questions about the ways evolution has equipped them to survive in permanent darkness and low-energy environments. Undertaking ecological studies in caves and other subterranean habitats is not only challenging because they are difficult to access, but also because the domain is so different from what we know from the surface, with no pla...

The excitement of learning economics for the first time. The experience of a lifetime of teaching it. The Eighth Edition of Exploring Economics captures the excitement of learning economics for the first time through a lively and encouraging narrative that connects economics to the world in a way that is familiar to students. Author Robert Sexton draws on over 25 years of teaching experience to capture students' attention, focusing on core con...

Disability and Digital Television Cultures offers an important addition to scholarly studies at the intersection of disability and media, examining disability in the context of digital television access, representation and reception.

B¿rice, a solitary young jazz singer from a genteel Parisian suburb, meets a mysterious woman named Polina. Polina visits her at night and whispers in her ear: 'There are people who leave their bodies and their bodies go on living without them. These people are named Natasha.'C¿r, a lonely Mexican actor working in a call centre, receives the opportunity of a lifetime: a role as a serial killer on a French TV series. But as he prepares for the ...

This volume addresses one of the Holy Grails in Psychiatry, namely the evidence for and potential to adopt ‘Biomarkers’ for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment responses in mental health conditions. It meshes together state of the art research from international renowned pre-clinical and clinical scientists to illustrate how the fields of anxiety disorders, depression, psychotic disorders, and autism spectrum disorder have advanced in recent ...

Angela Carter meets David Lynch in an audacious novel by a writer of unique imagination.

A SWEEPING NEW RESOURCE FOR UNDERSTANDING THE U.S. VETERAN HOMELESSNESS EPIDEMICHomelessness Among U.S. Veterans synthesizes the new glut of research on veteran homelessness ¿ geographic trends, root causes, effective and ineffective interventions to mitigate it ¿ in a format that provides a needed reference as this public health fight continues to be fought.Codifying the data and research from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) camp...

Democracy Inside develops a grounded theory of democratic change, citizen agency, and institutions as fields of action. The book investigates contemporary participatory innovations in K-12 education, criminal justice, and city government that share power over tasks and decisions commonly treated as professional matters.

Comprehensive in scope, this book covers the latest progresses of theories, technologies and applications of LEDs based on III-V semiconductor materials, such as basic material physics, key device issues (homoepitaxy and heteroepitaxy of the materials on different substrates, quantum efficiency and novel structures, and more), packaging, and system integration. The authors describe the latest developments of LEDs with spectra coverage from ult...

“In a rapidly changing security environment, Guns and Roses offers fresh and insightful analyses that transcend space and time.”—Prof. Yuko Kasuya, vice-president of International Political Science Association and professor of political science, Keio University“The book provides a very comprehensive and cutting-edge analysis of the important issue of civil-military relations and a recommended reading for those involved in modern-day security.”...

How much does it really cost to flip a house? In this new second edition, get all the updated costs, upgrade details, and associated values when it comes to estimating your next renovation!

Kosovo: The Politics of Identity and Space explores Albanian-Serbian confrontation after Milosevic's rise to power and the policy of repression in Kosovo through the lens of the Kosovo education system.

Join the angel Hael as he will tell you his story of an incredible tragedy - the Johnstown Flood from 1889. More than 2, 209 people died, when a 40-foot wall of water destroyed Johnstown, PA.

Between 1557 and 1623, England saw political, social, cultural, and literary changes. The twenty contributors to this volume examine the relationships among these transformations in innovative and accessible ways. Chapters focus on how specific genres engage with historical change, offering new views of literary forms and early modern contexts.

Award-winning British novelist Margaret Drabble is renowned for her fiction, stories that gave voice to the new woman of the 1960s and continue to illuminate the conflicting roles of women in the twenty-first century. Drabble's long affiliation with the theatrical world also inspired her to experiment with the dramatic form. She wrote two plays--one for television, Laura (1964), and one for the stage, Bird of Paradise (1969). Fernández's penet...

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A radical history of the expansionary project of statehood and its role in constructing the vastly unequal global order we inhabit today. Using meticulously inter-layered case studies, including the canonical 'Abyssinia Crisis', this book will appeal to readers interested in the history and theory of international law and international relations.

This book identifies the main challenges that processes of globalization pose for the study and practice of property law. It offers a clear analysis of legal scenarios implicating cross-border property rights, covering a range of resources, from land, goods, and intangible financial assets, to intellectual property, data, and digital assets.

Are you inspired to leave your 9-to-5 job and start flipping houses? Learn how to find a great investment property, fix it up, and walk away with a profit.

This book provides an overview of auto-inflammatory syndromes, covering the underlying immune mechanisms that lead to their development, specific disease presentations, and clinical treatment guidelines. The book is divided into two sections, adult and pediatric, with chapters focusing on individuals diseases such as systemic arthritis, hyper-IgD, pap syndrome, idiopathic recurrent pericarditis, and familial Mediterranean fever. Chapters incor...