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Firefly Season
by Cynthia Leitich SmithWritten by the award-winning, bestselling author of Jingle Dancer, Cynthia Leitich Smith (Muscogee), and filled with tender illustrations by Kate Gardiner (Nipmuck), this unforgettable, warmhearted picture book is for family and the friends who become family.Piper feels grateful for visits with her relatives, especially for the time spent with her cousins in Cherokee Nation and Muscogee Nation during summer vacations, fishing on misty mornings and playing on firefly-filled evenings. Piper’s family lives a road trip away in Kansas City. So when a neighbor named Sumi moves in next door, Piper is excited to share her stories and seasons with a new friend. The two are inseparable—until Piper’s family moves to another city. Their bond overcomes distance, and with time, Piper dreams up a plan to reunite with the people she loves most of all.
Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery: The Official Authorized Edition (Hercule Poirot Mysteries #17)
by Agatha Christie“A top-notch literary brainteaser.” –New York TimesSoon to be a major motion picture sequel to Murder on the Orient Express with a screenplay by Michael Green, directed by and starring Kenneth Branagh alongside Gal Gadot—coming February 11, 2022!Beloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries.The tranquility of a luxury cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life.Hercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet under the searing heat of the Egyptian sun, nothing is ever quite what it seems.A sweeping mystery of love, jealousy, and betrayal, Death on the Nile is one of Christie’s most legendary and timeless works.“Death on the Nile is perfect.” —The Guardian“One of her best. . . . First rate entertainment.” —Kirkus Reviews
City of Night Birds: A Novel
by Juhea KimREESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK"This story left me thinking about the ways we overcome setbacks and redefine what truly matters." - Reese Witherspoon (Reese’s Book Club December '24 Pick)A once-famous ballerina faces a final choice—to return to the world of Russian dance that nearly broke her, or to walk away forever—in this incandescent novel of redemption and loveOn a White Night in 2019, prima ballerina Natalia Leonova returns to St. Petersburg two years after a devastating accident that stalled her career. Once the most celebrated dancer of her generation, she now turns to pills and alcohol to numb the pain of her past.She is unmoored in her old city as the ghosts of her former life begin to resurface: her loving but difficult mother, her absentee father, and the two gifted dancers who led to her downfall.One of those dancers, Alexander, is the love of her life, who transformed both Natalia and her art. The other is Dmitri, a dark and treacherous genius. When the latter offers her a chance to return to the stage in her signature role, Natalia must decide whether she can again face the people responsible for both her soaring highs and darkest hours.Painting a vivid portrait of the Russian ballet world, where cutthroat ambition, ever-shifting politics, and sublime artistry collide, City of Night Birds unveils the making of a dancer with both profound intimacy and breathtaking scope. Mysterious and alluring, passionate and virtuosic, Juhea Kim’s second novel is an affecting meditation on love, forgiveness, and the making of an artist in a turbulent world.
Clockers: A Novel (Bloomsbury Modern Library)
by Richard PriceEighteen years ago, Richard Price's first novel, The Wanderers, was hailed by Hubert Selby, Jr., in the New York Times Book Review as "an outstanding work of art." Three novels and a dozen years later, Price made an equally stunning debut in Hollywood with his screenplay for The Color of Money, which was nominated for an Academy Award. And in 1989 his script for Sea of Love was widely recognized as a key to that movie's great success. But none of these accomplishments prepares us for the power and the brilliance of his new novel: with Clockers, Richard Price takes a long step forward and joins the first rank of American writers.Rocco Klein, a veteran homicide detective in a city just outside Manhattan, has lost his appetite for the wild drama of the street. When a warm June night brings yet another drug murder, Rocco has no sense that the case is anything special. A black twenty-year-old steps forward to confess, but a little digging reveals that he's never been in any kind of trouble, whereas his brother runs a crew of street-corner cocaine dealers—clockers—in a nearby housing project. Soon Rocco is sure that Victor Dunham is innocent, sure that his brother Strike is the real killer, and suddenly Rocco's hunger for the job is back.But we know this brother, and we know Strike is not the killer. Driven and shrewd, Strike uses violence when he has to, but his primary concern is survival. He has been clocking for almost a year; if he could somehow move up to the ounce business, he might get off the street before it breaks him. But then Rocco Klein begins hounding him, and Strike's life becomes a nightmare.At once an explosive murder mystery and a riveting portrait of two lives on a collision course, Clockers is a spectacular achievement. Richard Price has given voice to the harrowing but vital landscape of the American inner city, and this is quite simply one of the best novels in years.
Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research, volume 393 number 1 (May 2025)
by Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas ResearchThis is volume 393 issue 1 of Bulletin of the American Society of Overseas Research. The Bulletin of ASOR (BASOR) is a leader among peer-reviewed academic journals of the ancient Near East. For nearly a century, since 1919 when William F. Albright originally founded it as the Bulletin of the American School of Oriental Research in Jerusalem, BASOR has served as a highly respected interdisciplinary English-language forum for scholars worldwide in subject areas such as archaeology, art, anthropology, archaeometry, bioarchaeology, archaeozoology, biblical studies, history, literature, philology, geography, and epigraphy.
The Journal of Religion, volume 105 number 2 (April 2025)
by The Journal of ReligionThis is volume 105 issue 2 of The Journal of Religion. The Journal of Religion promotes critical, hermeneutical, historical, and constructive inquiry into religion. The journal publishes articles in theology, religious ethics, and philosophy of religion, as well as articles that approach the role of religion in culture and society from a historical, sociological, psychological, linguistic, or artistic standpoint. It also publishes highly specialized research in limited areas of inquiry that has significance for a wider readership.
Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics, volume 3 number 2 (May 2025)
by Journal of Political Economy MicroeconomicsThis is volume 3 issue 2 of Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics. Journal of Political Economy Microeconomics (JPE Micro) strives to publish high-quality theoretical, empirical, and econometric research papers and replication studies that address issues of relevance to microeconomics. Microeconomics is interpreted in the broadest possible sense and includes issues related to how individuals, households, firms, and governments make choices, and how those choices affect prices, the allocation of resources, and the well-being of people. JPE Micro welcomes submissions in all areas of microeconomics including, but not limited to, industrial organization and labor, behavioral, experimental, environmental, international, public, health care, education, and development economics.
Winter Warmers
by Carole MatthewsCurl up with three festive short stories from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Christmas for BeginnersAll I Want for Christmas is YouChristmas is around the corner but Maria just can't get into the spirit - will she ever find Mr Right? But when a secret admirer starts leaving her poems and notes, it looks as though her luck is about to change . . . Cold TurkeyTara is in love with a man she can't have. She expected to spend Christmas with him but when the big day arrives, she finds herself alone. Sad and upset, Tara just wants to ignore the festive season - and then a chance encounter changes everything.About GardeningI love my husband Sam but our relationship isn't what it used to be. Can I find a way to bring us back together?Treat yourself to this heart-warming collection today.Contains an extract from reader-favourite A Cottage by the Sea.
The Running Grave: Cormoran Strike Book 7 (Strike #7)
by Robert Galbraith'The work of a master storyteller'Daily Telegraph'One of crime's most engaging duos'GuardianTHE SUNDAY TIMES CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2023________Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside.The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organisation that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths.In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner Robin Ellacott decides to infiltrate the cult and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito amongst them. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her . . .Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike and Robin's story forward in the epic, unforgettable seventh instalment of the series.________PRAISE FOR THE STRIKE NOVELS 'A blistering piece of crime writing'Sunday Times 'Unputdownable'Daily Express'A page-turner that will keep you up all night'Observer 'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'Sunday Mirror 'Strike and Robin are just as magnetic as ever'New York Times 'Outrageously entertaining'Financial Times
Troubled Blood: Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021 (Strike #5)
by Robert Galbraith***The 7th novel in the Strike series, THE RUNNING GRAVE, is coming in September 2023. Pre-order now and be the first to read it*** Winner of the Crime and Thriller British Book of the Year Award 2021 'One of crime's most engaging duos' Guardian'Magnificent' Sunday Times'Finely honed, superbly constructed' Daily Mail'Terrific' Daily ExpressPrivate Detective Cormoran Strike is visiting his family in Cornwall when he is approached by a woman asking for help finding her mother, Margot Bamborough - who went missing in mysterious circumstances in 1974.Strike has never tackled a cold case before, let alone one forty years old. But despite the slim chance of success, he is intrigued and takes it on; adding to the long list of cases that he and his partner in the agency, Robin Ellacott, are currently working on. Plus the pair are still battling their feelings for one another, while Robin is also juggling a messy divorce and unwanted male attention.As Strike and Robin investigate Margot's disappearance, they come up against a fiendishly complex case with leads that include tarot cards, a psychopathic serial killer and witnesses who cannot all be trusted. And they learn that even cases decades old can prove to be deadly . . .A breathtaking, labyrinthine epic, Troubled Blood is the fifth Strike and Robin novel and the most gripping and satisfying yet.Praise for the Strike series:'A blistering piece of crime writing'Sunday Times'The work of a master storyteller' Daily Telegraph'Unputdownable'Daily Express'Highly inventive storytelling'Guardian'Superb . . . an ingenious whodunnit'Sunday Mirror'Come for the twists and turns and stay for the beautifully drawn central relationship' Independent'Outrageously entertaining'Financial Times
Dust: Number 21 In Series (Kay Scarpetta #21)
by Patricia CornwellThe twenty-first book in the Kay Scarpetta series, from No. 1 bestselling author Patricia Cornwell.'America's most chilling writer of crime fiction' The Times After working on one of the worst mass killings in US history, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta returns home to recover, but an unsettling call drives her straight back to work. The body of a young woman has been discovered inside the sheltered gates of MIT, draped in an unusual cloth and posed in a way that is too deliberate to be the killer's first strike. A preliminary examination reveals that the body is covered in a fine dust that under ultra-violet light fluoresces blood-red, emerald-green and sapphire-blue, and physical evidence links this to another series of disturbing homicides in Washington, DC. As she pieces together the fragments of evidence, Scarpetta discovers that the cases connect, yet also seem to conflict, drawing herself and her team deeper into the dark world of designer drugs, drone technology, organised crime, and shocking corruption at the highest level. The next book in the Scarpetta series is Flesh and Blood. And the brand-new instalment, Identity Unknown, is available now!DISCOVER THE SERIES THAT SHAPED THE WORLD OF CRIME FICTION'One of the best crime writers writing today' Guardian 'Devilishly clever' Sunday Times 'The top gun in this field' Daily Telegraph 'Forget the pretenders. Cornwell reigns' Mirror 'The Agatha Christie of the DNA age' ExpressTRACE was a No.1 Sunday Times bestseller in paperback in April 2005
The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul: The heart-warming and uplifting international bestseller
by Deborah RodriguezTHE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING NOVEL. A TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. HALF A MILLION COPIES SOLD IN THE UK.'If you love The Kite Runner you'll love The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul' Look magazineIn a little coffee shop in one of the most dangerous places on earth, five very different women come together . . .SUNNY, the proud proprietor, who needs an ingenious plan - and fast - to keep her café and customers safe.YAZMINA, a young pregnant woman stolen from her remote village and now abandoned on Kabul's violent streets.CANDACE, a wealthy American who has finally left her husband for her Afghan lover, the enigmatic Wakil.ISABEL, a determined journalist with a secret that might keep her from the biggest story of her life.And HALAJAN, the sixty-year-old den mother, whose long-hidden love affair breaks all the rules.As these five women discover there is more to each other than meets the eye, they form a unique bond that will change their lives forever. Because even in a place rife with conflict, love, friendship and hope will always survive . . .The Little Coffee Shop of Kabul is the heart-warming and life-affirming fiction sensation that captured the hearts of readers across the globe. The final chapter in Sunny and friends' heart-wrenching and uplifting story is available now. Order Farewell to the Little Coffee Shop of Kabul to find out what happens next...
Printmaking Second Edition: A Complete Guide to Materials & Process
by Bill Fick Beth GrabowskiPrintmaking is a practical and comprehensive guide to printmaking techniques. This fully updated edition includes expanded chapters on digital and mixed media processes, and a brand new 'Print & Make' chapter, which explores the opportunities for creative expression within the many processes available to print makers. The more traditional techniques of relief, intaglio, collograph, lithography, screen printing and monoprint have also been refreshed with the addition of new images showing a broader range of subject matter, including more contemporary prints and international artists. Each technique is explored from the development of the printing or digital matrix, through the different stages of creation to image output. Guidance on how to set up a print studio, sections on troubleshooting techniques and the inclusion of up-to-date lists of suppliers, workshops and galleries make this an essential volume for beginner and experienced printmakers alike.
Verity: The thriller that will capture your heart and blow your mind, from the author of IT ENDS WITH US
by Colleen HooverColleen Hoover brought you the beautiful, unforgettable It Ends With Us - now a major film starring Blake Lively. Now, discover her thriller with a twist that will leave you reeling . . . Verity is a global word-of-mouth hit, with over a million five star reviews from readers.Lowen Ashleigh is a struggling writer on the brink of financial ruin when she accepts the job offer of a lifetime. Jeremy Crawford, husband of bestselling author Verity Crawford, has hired Lowen to complete the remaining books in a successful series his injured wife is unable to finish. Lowen arrives at the Crawford home, ready to sort through years of Verity's notes and outlines, hoping to find enough material to get her started. What Lowen doesn't expect to uncover in the chaotic office is an unfinished autobiography Verity never intended for anyone to read. Page after page of bone-chilling admissions, including Verity's recollection of the night their family was forever altered. Lowen decides to keep the manuscript hidden from Jeremy, knowing its contents would devastate the already-grieving father. But as Lowen's feelings for Jeremy begin to intensify, she recognizes all the ways she could benefit if he were to read his wife's words. After all, no matter how devoted Jeremy is to his injured wife, a truth this horrifying would make it impossible for him to continue loving her . . .Before you start reading, ask yourself: are you ready to stay up all night? And if you love Verity, don't miss Colleen Hoover's thrilling new suspense - Too Late is out now. 1 MILLION READERS HAVE ALREADY GIVEN VERITY FIVE STARS'One of the best thrillers I have ever read' *****'Powerful, mind-blowing and emotional' *****'The plot twists and that ending came out of nowhere' *****'There are no words. Bravo' *****'Dark, creepy, and one hundred per cent original' *****'I NEEDED to know how this was going to end' *****'Left me completely speechless' *****VERITY was a No.1 Kindle bestseller on 18.03.22Winner of The British Book Awards' Pageturner of the Year Award 15.05.23
Disabled Ecologies: Lessons from a Wounded Desert
by Sunaura Taylor"With breath-catching insight and enveloping compassion, Sunaura Taylor shares a secret of epochal urgency: people living with injury and impairment have much to teach about how to survive, and perhaps even thrive, on an injured and impaired planet."—Naomi Klein, author of Doppelganger A powerful analysis and call to action that reveals disability as one of the defining features of environmental devastation and resistance. Deep below the ground in Tucson, Arizona, lies an aquifer forever altered by the detritus of a postwar Superfund site. Disabled Ecologies tells the story of this contamination and its ripple effects through the largely Mexican American community living above. Drawing on her own complex relationship to this long-ago injured landscape, Sunaura Taylor takes us with her to follow the site's disabled ecology—the networks of disability, both human and wild, that are created when ecosystems are corrupted and profoundly altered. What Taylor finds is a story of entanglements that reach far beyond the Sonoran Desert. These stories tell of debilitating and sometimes life-ending injuries, but they also map out alternative modes of connection, solidarity, and resistance—an environmentalism of the injured. An original and deeply personal reflection on what disability means in an era of increasing multispecies disablement, Disabled Ecologies is a powerful call to reflect on the kinds of care, treatment, and assistance this age of disability requires.
Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Advances in Computing Research (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems #1346)
by Kevin Daimi Abeer Al SadoonThis book concentrates on advances in research in the areas of computational intelligence, cybersecurity engineering, data analytics engineering, network and communications, cloud and mobile computing, software engineering, and robotics and automation. The Third International Conference on Advances in Computing Research (ACR&’25), July 7–9, 2025, Nice, France, brings together a diverse group of researchers from all over the world with the intent of fostering collaboration and dissemination of the advances in computing technologies. The conference is aptly segmented into six tracks to promote a birds-of-the-same-feather congregation and maximize participation. It introduces the concepts, techniques, methods, approaches, and trends needed by researchers, graduate students, specialists, and educators for keeping current and enhancing their research and knowledge in these areas.
Soil Fertility Degradation, and Soil Health Restoration and Management
by Ram C. Dalal Somasundaram JayaramanThis monograph provides a comprehensive collection of information on soil fertility degradation across various climatic zones and soil orders. It focuses on physical, chemical, and biological degradation of soil, offering insights into sustainable soil management practices for restoring degraded soils. The book details the processes and causes of soil degradation, including structural degradation, erosion, nutrient depletion, nutrient mining, decline of soil organic matter, and biological degradation, while highlighting strategies to mitigate and remediate these issues in different climatic zones. Unsustainable farming practices have accelerated soil degradation globally, leading to soil erosion, nutrient loss, and structural damage. Nutrient depletion and the loss of soil organic carbon are among the most critical concerns, but these trends can be reversed with sustainable management practices and appropriate technologies. This book addresses the challenges of fertility-degraded soils and offers wide range of management and restoration strategies to ensure food and nutritional security, maintain ecosystem services, and attain Sustainable Development Goals under various agro-climatic conditions worldwide. This book is a valuable reference material for researchers, scientists, students, farmers, and land managers seeking efficient and sustainable natural resource management. It also serves as essential reading material for undergraduate and postgraduate students in agriculture, soil science, agronomy, agrophysics, agrobiology, and environmental and climate sciences.
Reform und Politik: Zum Scheitern von Reformen in Ministerien (Organisationssoziologie)
by Pauline BoosDiese qualitative Fallstudie nimmt den Diskurs zur Verwaltungsmodernisierung und insbesondere die Forderung einer agilen Verwaltung zum Anlass, postbürokratische Reformen in der Ministerialverwaltung in den Blick zu nehmen. Als postbürokratische Reformen werden hier intendierte Organisationsveränderungen verstanden, die das Ziel haben, Interaktionen und Dezentralisierung in der Entscheidungsfindung zu stärken und gleichzeitig Formalisierung abzubauen. Die Autorin widmet sich der Frage, wie es zum Scheitern solcher Reformen in Ministerien kommen kann. Im Zentrum der Untersuchung stehen zwei Einheiten, die in einem Ministerium mit dem Ziel seiner Modernisierung gegründet wurden. Es wird untersucht, wie sich diese Einheiten strukturell zum Rest der Organisation verhalten, inwiefern sie sich unterscheiden und welche Auswirkungen diese Unterschiede auf den Verlauf der Reorganisation haben. Die Autorin fasst die Reform als mikropolitisches Spiel und arbeitet so drei Mechanismen heraus, die zu ihrem Scheitern geführt haben. Dabei diskutiert sie das Verhältnis von Politik, Verwaltung und Reorganisation und entwickelt auf Basis dessen Handlungsempfehlungen für die Praxis.
Design of Quantum Teleportation Schemes
by Ri-Gui Zhou Xiao-Xue Zhang Lin-Tao DuThis book offers a design-centered approach to quantum teleportation as well as in-depth analysis of various quantum teleportation schemes. Quantum teleportation, a vital component of practical quantum communication technologies, serves as a secure and reliable way to transmit confidential information. Quantum teleportation relies on the unique physical property of quantum superposition, accomplishing the remote transmission of information through unitary transformations and measurements on entangled states, combined with classical communication. Therefore, as one of the safe and reliable means of quantum state transmission between communicating parties, quantum teleportation is bound to play a vital role in future quantum communication. This book begins with the basics of quantum teleportation before going on to consider various refinements such as controlled, bidirectional, cyclic, symmetric, and asymmetric scenarios. It goes further, investigating a multitude of quantum teleportation schemes in bidirectional, controlled bidirectional, cyclic bidirectional, asymmetric cyclic controlled, and noisy environments, and conducts detailed performance analyses of these schemes. This book is an essential resource for students, researchers, and professionals in the field of quantum communications.
Anal and Perianal Conditions in Children
by Ahmed H. Al-SalemPediatric Surgery is rapidly growing, and there is a need for specialized books that cover specific topics in greater detail. This book is based on Dr Al-Salem’s extensive experience in pediatric surgery, with an emphasis on etiology, clinical features, diagnosis, and management. It is written in a straightforward, easy to read, and well-illustrated manner. The book focuses on anal and perianal conditions in children and serves as a useful and quick reference for pediatric surgeons, pediatricians, general surgeons, family physicians, emergency room physicians, fellows, residents, nurses, and students. Anal and perianal diseases are not rare in children and can cause significant discomfort, pain, disability, and disruption to the daily routine of both the child and their family. These conditions include both congenital and acquired diseases, such as anal fissures, rectal prolapse, hemorrhoids, perianal abscesses, and fistulas. Other disorders include sacrococcygeal teratoma, anorectal malformations, and anterior ectopic anus. Additionally, perianal dermatitis, which can be allergic, bacterial, fungal, diaper-related, or contact-induced, is a common inflammatory condition affecting infants and children. While anal and perianal diseases in children are usually benign, it is crucial to diagnose and treat them early to exclude more serious conditions, including inflammatory bowel diseases. Diagnosis relies on a thorough medical history, careful physical examination, and, rarely, endoscopy and radiology. Management includes both medical and surgical options, and with early diagnosis and treatment, the prognosis is excellent.
Maschinenelemente kompakt: Auswahl, Gestaltung und Dimensionierung in Theorie und Praxis
by Frank EngelmannDieses Buch erläutert kurz und verständlich die wichtigsten Maschinenelemente und deren Dimensionierung. Bauteile, die in der Praxis wichtig sind, werden anhand von Auswahlkriterien und Berechnungen vorgestellt. Dabei werden außer EN und ISO auch US-Normen ANSI berücksichtigt. Außerdem werden Maschinenelemente für Fluide berücksichtigt und es gibt Verweise auf die entstehenden Kosten. In der zweiten Auflage wurden Normen aktualisiert, Berechnungen optimiert, Anwendungen und der Praxisbezug erweitert.
Innovating Education with AI: Selected Proceedings of 2024 4th Asia Education Technology Symposium (Lecture Notes in Educational Technology)
by Eric C. K. ChengThis book delves into the intersection of technology and education, providing a comprehensive exploration of three key areas: technological issues in education, computer-supported collaborative work, and educational software and serious games. It goes beyond traditional discussions by focusing on the incorporation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) generative tools and their pedagogical implications, institutional policies, and ethical considerations. By addressing areas such as blended learning, social media integration, gamified learning experiences, and the incorporation of AI generative tools, this book provides educators, researchers, and practitioners with valuable insights into harnessing the power of technology, specifically AI, to enhance teaching and learning outcomes.
Microorganisms Resilience to Climate Change (Microorganisms for Sustainability #56)
by Dinesh K. Maheshwari Piyush Pandey Shrivardhan DheemanThis book covers a wide range of topics such as role of microorganisms in the global carbon cycle, the impact of climate change on microbial communities, and the feedback mechanism between them. Microorganisms produce and consume greenhouse gases to transform essential elements, such as carbon and nitrogen, to form their cellular components. Microorganisms are also involved in nitrogen and phosphorus cycling, which are essential for plant growth and productivity. Thus, the role of microbial communities in agroecosystems with biogeochemical cycles is imperative for addressing the current global warming situation. Microorganisms are highly sensitive to changes in environmental conditions such as temperature, moisture, and nutrient availability. As the climate continues to change, shifts in microbial community structure and function may have significant consequences for ecosystem services such as nutrient cycling, water purification, and carbon sequestration. In this book experts from a range of fields, such as microbiology, ecology, biogeochemistry, and climate science come together to provide a holistic perspective on the role of microorganisms in climate change. This book is of reference to policymakers, educators, researchers and students working in the field of microbiology and climate sciences.
Regionale Vielfalt?: Neue Trends subnationaler Parteiensysteme in Deutschland
by Uwe Jun Torsten Oppelland Anna-Sophie HeinzeDie Länderebene gehört in der deutschen Parteienforschung nach wie vor zu den wenig beachteten Beschäftigungsfeldern. Wenngleich sie für die Parteiorganisationen, Wahlen, Parteiensysteme und nicht zuletzt die Pandemiebekämpfung von zentraler Bedeutung ist, liegt der Fokus wissenschaftlicher und öffentlicher Debatten meist auf den nationalen Parteien. Dem wirkt der Sammelband entgegen und gibt einen systematischen Überblick über die Entstehung, Struktur und neuesten Entwicklungen der Parteien und Parteiensysteme der 16 Bundesländer. Welche spezifischen Konfliktlinien und Themen prägen den Parteienwettbewerb in den einzelnen Ländern? Wo haben sich welche Parteihochburgen verfestigt und wo sind bundespolitisch etablierte Parteien besonders schwach? Wo haben sich regionale, von dem der Bundesebene unterscheidende Parteiensysteme entwickelt? Welche neuen Koalitionsmodelle erwiesen sich als erfolgreich? Neben den Einzelfallstudien befassen sich vergleichende Analysen mit bundesländerübergreifenden Fragestellungen, etwa den Wechselwirkungen zwischen Landes- und Bundesebene, neuen Trends im Parteienwettbewerb, der innerparteilichen Willensbildung und politischen Kommunikation, in der Koalitionsbildung etc. Ziel ist es, die zentralen Herausforderungen der deutschen Parteien im Mehrebenensystem in der Tiefe zu verstehen und zukünftige Perspektiven für Forschung und Praxis aufzuzeigen.
The New Thought Movement in Healthcare: History, Uses, and Abuses
by Gabriel AndradeThis book delves into the evolution of the New Thought Movement and its pervasive influence on modern healthcare. The book begins by tracing the roots of the New Thought Movement, originating in the 19th century, emphasizing the power of the mind in healing and personal development. Over time, this philosophy morphed into the contemporary positive thinking industry, becoming a significant component of Western self-help culture. The book explores how these ideas have become a contentious point in today's culture wars, polarized between supporters who credit it for personal empowerment and critics who highlight its limitations and potential harm. Central to the discussion is an in-depth analysis of the New Thought philosophy's impact on the healthcare industry. While acknowledging the potential benefits, such as motivating patients to adopt healthier lifestyles and fostering a sense of personal agency, the book critically examines how this philosophy's emphasis on mental positivity can lead to victim-blaming. It argues that oversimplifying health issues by attributing them solely to personal mindset obscures the multifaceted reality of health, particularly the significant role of social determinants of health and systemic inequities. This critique underscores how attributing illness to insufficient positive thinking can perpetuate stigma and neglect the socio-economic and environmental factors critical for understanding and addressing health challenges. By offering a nuanced perspective, the book aims to catalyze discussions on integrating mindful optimism with a holistic acknowledgment of the complexities inherent in healthcare, striving for a more balanced and equitable approach