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"Gore Vidal was a good friend for over sixty years. If you want to know who Gore really was, read In Bed with Gore Vidal, which uncovers, and evokes, his complicated private life and how that influenced and shaped his wider life, politics, and work. Lost...

In pre-contemporary China, folk epics performed at village level helped to construct a sense of regional as opposed to national identity. This is the first book-length study in the West on the folk epics of the Han Chinese people, who are the majority...

A close study of the visual record left by political visits following disastersPresidents Herbert Clark Hoover and George Walker Bush were challenged many times during their political careers. On Floods and Photo Ops: How Herbert Hoover and George W...

In an age when computer crime is growing at a exponential rate and on a global scale, industry and government leaders are increasingly reliant upon answers from the academic and IT Security fields in order to keep cyber crime in check, and be ahead of...

The rise of Sasquatch within the North American cultural landscape was neither recent nor simple. The mythical monster immediately captured the attention of the American public as newspapers explored the stories permeating the Pacific Northwest,...

It has been 21 years since the original publication back in 1995 of In Search of Prehistoric Survivors, considered by many to be Dr Karl Shuker's finest cryptozoological volume. Not surprisingly, then, in subsequent years there has been a growing,...

This is a facsimile reprint of Sir James George Frazer's "Ancient Stories of a Great Flood," the Huxley Memorial Lecture for 1916, and published in the Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute.

Pretreatment Across Multiple Fields of Practice: Trauma Informed Approach to Homelessness and BeyondJay and Louise Levy and their co-authors have distilled years of diverse experience serving people with complex psychological and physical needs into a...

In the day and age of information overload with the world of data, facts, and stats at your fingertips, what is the right answer, the correct combination of attitudes and actions that will enable you to live the life you have always wanted, without...

Continued growth of the global market necessitates research that establishes norms and practices and ensures the appropriate level of ethical concern for those who contribute to the process of globalization and are being affected by globalization...

There can be little doubt that the rapid technological developments that have characterized the decades since the middle of the 19th century have given great scope for improving the quality of life of disabled people. Disabled Students in Education:...

<p><b>Love lingers far after the end.....</b></p> <p>After the death of a beloved 102 year old aunt, Corinne Martin discovered that “the love room” - the unique connection made up of the joys and struggles of two...

It might often seem that the facts of life are hard, that we must stay ever alert for threats and pitfalls. The modern world seems to require strict rationality and pitiless focus, holding no place for magic, enchantment, or elusive ideas such as...

Sometimes you have to risk baring it all.Christine Amoroso did everything right to achieve the perfect life. Falling for a sandy-haired surfer and landing pregnant at seventeen, she knew the "right" thing to do. She could have it all, even if in the...

Relief supply chains are the most agile and dynamic supply chains, yet research in this area of supply chain management (SCM) is limited. Relief Supply Chain Management for Disasters: Humanitarian, Aid and Emergency Logistics furthers the scholarly...

Despite continued public interest in issues relating to gender and computing, there exists a relative scarcity of texts on this topic. Gender and Social Computing: Interactions, Differences and Relationships provides an overview of the major questions...

Technology has been used to perpetrate crimes against humans, animals, and the environment, which include racism, cyber-bulling, illegal pornography, torture, illegal trade of exotic species, irresponsible waste disposal, and other harmful aberrations of...

The information age has enabled unprecedented levels of data to be collected and stored. At the same time, society and organizations have become increasingly complex. Consequently, decisions in many facets have become increasingly complex but have the...

The concept of virtual worlds is strongly related to the current innovations of new media communication. As such, it is increasingly imperative to understand the criteria for creating virtual worlds as well as the evolution in system architecture,...

The value of intangible assets has become increasingly prominent in recent years, in spite of the difficulties involved in the identification, measurement and financial valuation of intangibles. Identifying, Measuring, and Valuing Knowledge-Based...

Online education has the potential to utilize cutting-edge technologies in order to bring together learners, e-facilitators, and e-contents. The Handbook of Research on Transformative Online Education and Liberation: Models for Social Equality discusses...

New media and technology are firmly embedded in our contemporary society and culture. The application of the internet and mobile communications, including online gaming, has made a huge impact on political participation, business, education, and social...

Let's face it, in this life, each and every one of us, you included, will suffer hardships. However, hardships do not define you. It's how you deal with them when you are going through them, how you recover, and how you can move past them and help others...

You are probably asking yourself, "why should I read this book?" The answer is simple: If you want a shortcut to success in any area, you ask experts who have devoted their lives to being successful in that one area and were kind enough to write it all...

Has science identified a cause for homosexuality? Why are most Christian denominations and other major religions opposed to the practice of homosexuality?Can homosexuals change?These are just some of the questions persons are asking as the debate on...

This book will more than fill in the gaps of any church volunteer training session and will provide the detail for leading a vibrant youth discussion group. "Being in a small group was a very valuable experience for me growing up. I had the affirmation...

"A Woman's Fear" is a book that explores the truth regarding female abuse. It includes, Emotional, physical, sexual, and verbal abuse. There is also a discussion on child abuse and sex trafficking. Every story in this book is true. A Woman's Fear is a...

“As you begin to read this beautiful volume, be prepared to experience the exquisite pain of discovery, for you may find your assumptions about others will be challenged. The rawness will stay with you and touch your heart and your thinking. The...

What Was Jesus Doing In Hell?First, He went to bear our judgment; second, to put the devil in his place. The irony is that this story has lain in plain view for two thousand years, yet the devil has succeeded in blinding men from seeing it. For it...

Forget everything you think you know about psychedelics. They're not punchlines. They're not party favors for aging hippies. Instead, as Alex Abraham discovered, they are an innovative approach that can help heal trauma and chronic pain.Trauma and...

There is one form of discrimination-one "ism"-that every single one us will face some day: ageism. And it is especially prevalent in the workplace.Regardless of gender, sexual preference, race, religion, or any other marker, thesimple truth is that we...

Race is not real-yet it is being propagandized to divide the American people.In an era of racialized theories and anti-racist activism, race essentialism is foisted upon Americans, even when increasing numbers of people report belonging to more than one...

How many Greek gods, goddesses and heroes do you know of? Which of their stories do you like best? This book is a collection of Greece's mythology, which is said to be their living stories. Myths are interesting tales because they are reflective of the...

The world has not been fair to the Native Americans, to the extent that they were treated with violence. But the blood in their past only fueled the passion to show the world that they could be so much more. This book is a tribute to Native Americans who...

Women, in general, have been through a lot. They were once thought of as weak and limited to household chores. But, history has told of countless stories of female struggles and successes. In this book, you will read about the lives and times, as well as...

Earth is called the living planet because it is never the same. Processes change its surface bit by bit, every second of every day. This book discusses the processes that reshape the Earth's surface. Such knowledge is essential in improving a child's...

Adventures with Alzheimer's is a glimpse into the life of a daughter caring for her mother with Alzheimer's disease. You will laugh, cry, and even shake your head at times throughout their journey. If you are, or know someone, in a similar situation,...

This is a book that women can relate to. This story, as told by the author, is about herself as a professional woman, wife, and mother struggling in male-dominant environment where she is constantly reminded that a true leader plays by the good ol' boy...

Onkere: An African Boy's Story of Struggle, Resilience, and Determination discusses how a young French-speaking African boy from a low-income family named Onkere came to fall in love with the English language and American culture as a whole and how...

<p><strong>Journey through the different phases of Rome's development, from its early days as a Kingdom, through its dynamic period as a Republic, and finally into its expansive era as an Empire in this fascinating history of Ancient Rome...

Veronica-Latin 'Vero Icon', meaning 'True Image' When Lee Ann Thompson found an old letter she wrote to her grandpa at eight years old asking him to think of her as a son, it intrigued her. Why would a girl who grew up in a family that loved her...

Are you LGBTQ+?Have you ever thought of writing and publishing a book about your life? Or an incredible episode or even one astonishing moment from it?What exactly does that involve and where do you start?For LGBTQ+ people, sharing our life experiences...