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In Farmed Out, Clare R. Brock uses U.S. agricultural policy as a vehicle to explain how the rapidly polarizing political environment has altered the role of interest groups in Washington. Drawing on over two decades of lobbying behavior data in the agricultural sector, Brock argues that polarization has given interest groups greater influence over policy content, particularly among their ideological and partisan allies. Brock makes an importan...

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Reporter Mark Freer learns that the body of an old girlfriend has been found, beaten to death, in the county where he now lives and works south of Atlanta. He left the girl, Amelia, years before due to her drug addiction but feels guilty because he played a part in beginning that addiction. Driven by that guilt, he begins to investigate Amelia's death. He learns from an old junkie associate who also recently showed up in town that Amelia's son...

I want her", he says in a deep voice, causing me to shiver. His hair and eyes are the same color as the sky at night and his lips are curled up in a mischievous smirk. He reaches out his hand and gently touches my cheek and I take a step back, my eyes full of anger and fear. "Ah, feisty one, aren't you?" I hear him say as he leans in closer, trapping me between the cold wall and his tense body.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1874.

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Irgendwo im weiten Ozean, verborgen hinter scharfen Felsen und hohen Wellen, liegt Kanay, die Heimat von Lanayi. Eigentlich bereiten sich Mädchen in Lanayis Alter darauf vor ihr Leben am Herdfeuer eines Mannes zu verbringen und eine Familie zu gründen. Aber heiraten kommt für Lanayi noch nicht in Frage. Denn Lanayi sieht sich selbst als Jägerin. Und die Jäger ihres Stammes brechen auf um sagenumwobene Gestalt Tarbareths zu erlegen um Ruhm für ...

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An exhilarating exercise in suspense. . . Playing out against the majestic peaks and lush valleys of the Adirondack Mountains, [Hurricane Canoe is] a devilish, terrifying game of cat and mouse . . . maintaining the intensity at a fever pitch from its arresting start to a shocking conclusion." -KIRKUS REVIEWS Two men paddle into the wild, each with his own secrets. Gilbert Willards is a socially awkward professional poker player with no int...

Policing and ecological crises ¿ and all the inequalities, discrimination, and violence they entail ¿ are pressing contemporary problems. Ecological degradation, biodiversity loss, and climate change threaten local communities and ecosystems, and, cumulatively, the planet as a whole. Police brutality, wars, paramilitarism, private security operations, and securitization more widely impact people ¿ especially people of colour ¿ and habitats. Th...

Journeys of Faith examines the contributions of the leading figures of the humanistic psychology movement, with particular attention to their spiritual journeys. Rising to prominence in America during the post-World War II years, humanistic psychology is experiencing a resurgence in the present day in response to the need for a psychological approach that addresses meaning and purpose in life. The key players--Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Eric...

Journeys of Faith examines the contributions of the leading figures of the humanistic psychology movement, with particular attention to their spiritual journeys. Rising to prominence in America during the post-World War II years, humanistic psychology is experiencing a resurgence in the present day in response to the need for a psychological approach that addresses meaning and purpose in life. The key players--Abraham Maslow, Carl Rogers, Eric...

In The Way Land Breaks, award-winning poet Rebecca Brock uses time-human and geological-as both anchor and engine. These poems are revelation and love song to a faltering world. The Way Land Breaks travels the Idaho foothills of Brock's childhood, the sky she takes to as a flight attendant, her relationship with her mother and her sons and the distances between. From diabetes to earthquakes, mushrooms to Mars Rovers, Robin Hood to Vera Bradley...

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