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The third volume in the Health Information set, New Territories in Health focuses on the multifaceted spheres of influence or territories in the field of health. This book includes nine contributions based on the analysis of stakeholder logics that approach the relationships between health and territories. The authors all specialists offer original insights, enhanced by in-depth studies, on the multiple forms that this territorialization takes: political and institutional, professional and organizational, public and media.
Don't miss author Linda Lael Miller's next heartwarming holiday drama, Christmas in Painted Pony Creek, where a single mom and her daughter find their lives magically changed and filled with the love and kindness of a man who would do anything to protect them.
Betrayal is just the beginning. Former Jersey City detective turned PI Marti Wells thinks her new case is simple: confirm a young woman's claim to a tech mogul's fortune. But in the world of power and money, nothing is ever simple. Marti soon finds herself drawn into a labyrinth of lies, peril, and shocking revelations that hit close to home. As Marti digs deeper into the paternity claim and the inner workings of a shadowy corporation, she also confronts ghosts from her own haunted past. With hidden enemies closing in, Marti must risk everything to expose the truth and stop a technology that could destroy far more than one young woman’s inheritance. In a realm where secrets kill and trust is a liability, Marti wages a one-woman war for the truth. But with power-hungry enemies closing in, will she emerge victorious or will she become the next casualty in a world where power is worth any price? Read the first addictive thriller in the Marti Wells series today. Perfect for fans of Laura Lippman, Sue Grafton, Michael Connelly, and John Sandford.
A pathbreaking history of British imperialism in Myanmar from the early nineteenth century to 1942 populated by animals.
College Sports Can Be Murder A university president with delusions of grandeur. A property developer with mob ties. A crooked politician fast-tracking projects for cash. Just another day in South Florida. When Miami Jones is hired by an old college friend to investigate the drug overdose of a star student-athlete, he is thrust into the dark intersection of academia, politics and the Miami drug world, where he finds himself fighting to not just solve the crime, but to save those he loves most. A USA Today Bestselling Series Series praise: "...strong, unstereotyped, and engaging..." Kirkus Reviews "a well-balanced mix of intrigue, dry humor, and wit..." Manhattan Book Review "Robert B. Parker meets Carl Hiaasen." - Bookbub “Stiff Arm Steal is a rollicking good read.” - San Francisco Book Review
The first four novels in the USA Today Bestselling series reviews are calling "A five-star romp by one of the best mystery writers around." This omnibus edition contains the first FOUR books in the Miami Jones series, with over 1200 pages of fun, mystery, and a good dose of Florida sun. Meet MIAMI JONES. New England transplant, private investigator, and lover of palm tree print shirts. Join Miami and his band of friends and associates as their quiet drinks under the palapa at their local Florida bar are interrupted by cases that only the Miami Jones can solve. Stiff Arm Steal The prize possession of former football hero, part-time media personality and full-time blowhard BJ Baker has been st...
This open access book is the biography of one of Britain’s foremost animal welfare campaigners and of the world of activism, science, and politics she inhabited. In 1964, Ruth Harrison’s bestseller Animal Machines triggered a gear change in modern animal protection by popularising the term ‘factory farming’ alongside a new way of thinking about animal welfare. Here, historian Claas Kirchhelle explores Harrison’s avant-garde upbringing, Quakerism, and how animal welfare debates were linked to concerns about the wider ethical and environmental trajectories of post-war Britain. Breaking the myth of Harrison as a one-hit wonder, Kirchhelle reconstructs Harrison’s 46 years of campaign...
Communicating science and technology is a high priority of many research and policy institutions, a concern of many other private and public bodies, and an established subject of training and education. In the past few decades, the field has developed and expanded significantly, both in terms of professional practice, and in terms of research and reflection. At the same time, particularly in recent years, interactions between science and society have become a topic of heated public and political debates, touching issues like quality and credibility of information, trust in science and scientific actors and institutions and the roles of experts in crises and emergencies. This book provides a ...
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A forum for the emerging interdisciplinary field of public understanding of science, this journal encourages open debate of contrasting and even conflicting viewpoints on all aspects of the interrelationships between science and the public.