Humans are a striking anomaly in the natural world. While we are similar to other mammals in many ways, our behavior sets us apart. Our unparalleled ability to adapt has allowed us to occupy virtually every habitat on earth using an incredible variety of tools and subsistence techniques. Our societies are larger, more complex, and more cooperative than any other mammal\'s. In this stunning exploration

A blistering crime novel of the opioid epidemic--and its cops, villains, and victims--written by a twenty-five-year veteran of the DEA. Angel, Kentucky: Just another one of America\'s forgotten places, where opportunities vanished long ago, and the opioid crisis has reached a fever pitch. When this small town is rocked by the vicious killing of an entire infamous local crime family, the bloody aftermath

From Tiktok phenomenon Whitney Hanson, a revised edition of her bestselling Home, now with a new cover, introduction and a dozen new

Complementary and Alternative Medicine is a sociological investigation of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in contemporary society, and an exploration of the forces throughout the globe, across different institutions, and within different therapeutic spaces, that constrain or foster alternative medicine. Drawing on 30 years of research, the book identifies the trends in the use of CAM and

Via panoramic maps, intricate exploded diagrams, and detailed illustrations, Videogame Atlas presents a journey through ten well-known videogame worlds. Influenced by the speculative architecture of the 1960s, this volume offers a playful new way of seeing these beloved virtual worlds using the practices and academic rigor that underpin real-world architectural theory.In the vein of the high-end architectural

On Shedding an Obsolete Past provides a much-needed and comprehensive critique of recent U.S. national security policies in both the Trump and Biden administrations. These policy decsions have produced a series of costly disappointments and outright failures that have destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands around the world and cost US taxpayers astonomical sums of money. Bacevich provides urgent

Presents the most recent advances in the production and application of various functional nanomaterials As new synthetic methods, characterization technologies, and nanomaterials (NMs) with novel physical and chemical properties are developed, researchers and scientists across disciplines need to keep pace with advancements in the dynamic field. Functional Nanomaterials: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

Weaving U.S. history into the larger fabric of world history, the contributors to Crossing Empires de-exceptionalize the American empire, placing it in a global transimperial context. They draw attention to the breadth of U.S. entanglements with other empires to illuminate the scope and nature of American global power as it reached from the Bering Sea to Australia and East Africa to the Caribbean.

Social (In)Justice and Mental Health introduces readers to the concept of social justice and the outsized, but often ignored, role that social injustice plays in the identification, diagnosis, and management of mental illnesses and substance use disorders. The contributors are first-rate, representing diverse perspectives and expertise, and the result is a powerful, multidisciplinary text that mental

Offers an account of the British contribution to gastroenterology over the years. This title covers the common diseases of the oesophagus and stomach, followed by coeliac disease, inflammatory bowel disease and functional gastrointestinal disease. Each disease is followed from its earliest description and is based on journal

A new series of beautiful hardcover nonfiction classics, with covers designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith World-changing ideas meet eye-catching design: the best titles of the extraordinarily successful Great Ideas series are now packaged in Coralie Bickford-Smith\'s distinctive, award-winning covers. Whether on a well-curated shelf or in your back pocket, these timeless works of philosophical, political,

Meet the young activists who are using their voices and minds to fight climate change. Did you know that the past five years have been the hottest ever recorded? Or that over seven million people participated in the global Climate Strike? We\'re facing a very real problem, but there\'s hope. Everyone is affected by climate change. Reading Climate Action: What Happened and What We Can Do is the perfect

EVEN WELL-INTENDED PEOPLE CAN CAUSE HARM Have you ever heard yourself or someone else say: \"\"Some of my best friends are... (Black, White, Asian, etc.)\"\"? \"\"I don\'t think of you as... (Gay, Disabled, Jewish, etc.)\"\"? \"\"I don\'t see color, I\'m colorblind\"\"? These statements and dozens like them can build a divide between us and the people we interact with. Though well-intended, they often

An illustrated military biography by Blucher\'s Quarter-Master General Blcher was born in Rostock on the northern Baltic coast of Germany in 1742. By 1758 he was a young hussar in the service of Sweden which had occupied the region. After being taken prisoner by the Prussians in 1760, he joined the Prussian Army, but was forced to resign for insubordination. A farmer until 1786, he returned to the

This open access book is the first English translation of Herbert Witzenmann\'s seminal work, Strukturphnomenologie, which departs from the traditional phenomenological methods of Husserl, Sartre, and Merleau-Ponty to introduce a fresh approach to the nexus of consciousness and reality. In Structure Phenomenology, Witzenmann argues for the active mental participation of humans in the emergence of

The financial wealth you leave behind could be the best thing that ever happened to your loved ones--or the worst. By approaching these important topics with clarity, conviction, and a little bit of humor, financial advisor Ron Blue explains why it is important to make these decisions now, instead of forcing your heirs to do it later. Even if your nest egg is small, it can have a huge impact on the

Blue Sky Body: Thresholds for Embodied Research is the follow-up to Ben Spatz\'s 2015 book What a Body Can Do, charting a course through more than twenty years of embodied, artistic, and scholarly research.Emerging from the confluence of theory and practice, this book combines full-length critical essays with a kaleidoscopic selection of fragments from journal entries, performance texts, and other