The World Hunt focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and world economy. A comprehensive digest of the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, this book explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in th[...]

This book is about making the world a better place for you, your children, and others- and what you can do to help promote peace, freedom, and prosperity in your community and on our planet through the fostering of personal accountability- a trait that each of us shares in common. This book makes th[...]

In this revised edition of R. McNeill Alexander's widely acclaimed 'Optima for Animals, ' we see how extraordinarily diverse branches of biology are illuminated by the powerful methods of optimization theory.[...]

French Film in the Digital Era. Introduces new ways of thinking about film and memory.

The third edition of this book is an updated and expanded presentation of the widely used Integrative Developmental Model of Supervision. In contrast to other volumes on clinical supervision, Stoltenberg and McNeill present a comprehensive, time-tested, and empirically investigated model of supervi[...]

This is a brief introduction to the foundational concepts in folklore studies for beginning students. Designed to give essential background on the current study of folklore and some of the basic concepts and questions used when analysing folklore, this short, coherent, and approachable handbook is d[...]

Human language is not the same as human speech. We use gestures and signs to communicate alongside, or instead of, speaking. Yet gestures and speech are processed in the same areas of the human brain, and the study of how both have evolved is central to research on the origins of human communication[...]

Discusses the changing hospitality sales profession, including the three emerging selling roles and when to use them. Transactional selling, consultative selling and alliance selling are unique approaches that salespeople use depending on situational factors.[...]

The novel STARCRAFT fans have been waiting for and a prelude to the new STARCRAFT II video game, revealing the secret past of Arcturus Mengsk, Emperor of the Terran Dominion. I, MENGSK takes readers deep into the psyche of one of the STARCRAFT universe's most complex and compelling characters, man w[...]

"The Companion to Global Environmental History" offers multiple points of entry into the history and historiography of this dynamic and fast-growing field, to provide an essential road map to past developments, current controversies, and future developments for specialists and newcomers alike.Combin[...]

Don't look, or you'll be next--a crime debut that will make you think twice before you look a stranger in the eyeFrom the outside, Robert Naysmith is a successful businessman, handsome and charming. But for years he's been playing a deadly game. He doesn't choose his victims. Each is selected at ran[...]