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Most people believe that humanity's survival is threatened by catastrophic overpopulation. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, the greatest threat to modern society-in North America, Japan, and Europe-is a global decline in birth rates combined with a massive tidal wave of retirees that will overwhelm our economies and social welfare systems. If nothing is done to stem this "gray tsunami, " it could end civilization as we k...

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In recent years there has been an increasing demand for research evaluation within universities and other research-based organisations. In parallel, there has been an increasing recognition that traditional citation-based indicators are not able to reflect the societal impacts of research and are slow to appear. This has led to the creation of new indicators for different types of research impact as well as timelier indicators, mainly derived ...

University Physics Volume 2 by OpenStax (Print Version, Paperback, B&W, ) This is the grayscale (black and white) paperback edition, with a donation made to OpenStax from every new copy sold. Its list price is lower from the use of the latest in printing technology. University Physics is a three-volume collection that meets the scope and sequence requirements for two- and three-semester calculus-based physics courses. Volume 2 covers thermod...

A heartbreaking, wryly funny story of love, longing, music and one very special comet.

Copenhagen, 1930. There is a ring at the door of Ole Jastrau's fifth floor apartment that will ignite a spark of restlessness within his soul, leading him into darkened velvet portiere-entranced bars and brightly glittering night clubs, from the mundane grind of literary criticism to the nocturnal otherworld of alcoholism and prostitution.

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How long, O Lord, how long "The reality of life is that we're all waiting on something.Marriage. Babies. Jobs. Healing. Family restoration.The list could go on and on...Seasons of waiting on the Lord can be hard, discouraging and exhausting.Perhaps it's only been weeks or months. But for some, the wait has lasted years.Or maybe you've faced an unimaginable trial, such as the loss of a loved one. The journey through grief, sorrow and pain can b...

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Gemma ditches her high-flying job and returns to Oxford to follow her dream: opening a traditional English tearoom serving warm buttery scones with jam and clotted cream, and fragrant tea in pretty bone china... Only problem is-murder is the first thing on the menu and Gemma is the key suspect! And the only people Gemma can turn to for help are four nosy old ladies from her local Cotswolds village - not to mention a cheeky little tabby cat nam...

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Partendo dalle analisi di Faucoult, questo libro cerca di tracciare una genealogia delle forme e degli atti del dire-il-vero intesi come momenti costitutivi e fondativi del soggetto, sia etico sia politico, cioè di colui il quale si assume la responsabilità di governare sia se stesso sia gli altri. Ponendo la questione del governo di sé e degli altri, l'autore ha cercato di vedere come il dire-il-vero - cioè l'obbligo e la possibilità di dire ...

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He had the heart of a Viking - and the spirit of an Arapaho warrior... A man of great melancholy who is prone to bury his woes in a shot glass, Ansen Grost drifts from job to job, taking on details for which no one else is suited. So when a movie producer approaches him in a dingy bar in Zimbabwe with a job offer as head of security for a film to be shot in a remote location, broke, down-on-his-luck Ansen figures he has nothing to lose. Plus, ...

The main purpose of this set of mission focused Commentaries is to fill a large gap. At least to my limited knowledge, a set of Bible Commentaries that has this same mission focus does not exist. It may be that I am uninformed since I served the Church as a foreign missionary in Nigeria my entire career from 1964-1997, and I had very little contact with developments in the field of Biblical studies during that period of time. Yet, this gap sur...

Take control of anger and irritability and improve your quality of lifeIrritability and even occasional instances of bad temper can cause difficulties in relationships with friends, family or colleagues and leave us feeling unhappy and exhausted. If you have found this to your cost, then this book can really help.It explains what makes us angry and what we can do to prevent it. Modern psychological techniques offer a positive approach with lon...

A beautiful book about the beautiful game for young footie fanatics.

Land-Music - Black Mountains is a tete-beche poetry collection bringing together an important body of themed work with exciting new poetry by Ruth Bidgood.