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In Cool Food, celebrated actor and philanthropist Robert Downey Jr. and New York Times bestselling author Thomas Kostigen team up to discover how we can erase our carbon footprints--one bite at a time.What we eat matters--to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This engaging and persuasive book will show you how to make simple choices, starting today--in the su...

In Cool Food, celebrated actor and philanthropist Robert Downey Jr. and New York Times bestselling author Thomas Kostigen team up to discover how we can erase our carbon footprints--one bite at a time.What we eat matters--to us, and to the planet. Cool food is a game-changing new food category and way of thinking that can help fix the climate. This engaging and persuasive book will show you how to make simple choices, starting today--in the su...

This book covers a number of engineered nanotheranostics platforms and nanomedicines applications of FDA-approved medicines for early-stage diagnosis and treatment of cancer. The book focuses on (i) the basic design and bioengineering of safe medicines, (ii) physicochemical understanding of surface engineered medicines and their characteristics, (iii) various examples for site-specific bioimaging and multimode therapies, (iv) stimuli-responsiv...

The first biography of the legendary burglar of the thirties, Flannelfoot.

Full assessment of the events that led to the Second World War.

Over 100 of the weirdest deaths in recorded history.

In contrast to non-financial firms, banks have undergone significant turbulence in the past decade, enduring severe financial crises and unprecedented regulatory reforms. New regulations, including heightened capital and liquidity requirements, measures to address regulatory migration, resolution authority, stress testing, and capital planning, have spurred the development of new tools to manage institutional failure. The primary goal has been...

The banking industry plays a critical role in ensuring global economic and financial stability. Effective governance is essential for mitigating bank risk-taking and limiting managerial opportunism in this industry, which is constantly under regulatory and market scrutiny. However, the complexity and diversity of banking financial instruments and transactions gives rise to substantial information asymmetries and ongoing debates regarding conte...

After sabotaging her only chance to evacuate before the Japanese army invades Batavia in 1942, eleven-year-old Emmy is confined in the Tjideng prisoner-of-war camp, where she must overcome a tragedy from her past to find her voice and truly be free.

Frank Carlucci is living proof to all of us and to the world that 'only in America' is more than just an easy cliché it's a great ringing truth." --President Ronald Reagan Once called "Washington's ultimate survivor" by The Washington Post, Frank C. Carlucci III served six presidents, traveled the world on behalf of his country, and ultimately rose to prominence as Secretary of Defense. Through every chapter of his extraordinary and varied car...

In this fascinating book, Carla Hustak connects experiments with marriage, free love, and birth control to theories of evolution and eugenics as advocated by sex reformers at the turn of the twentieth century. We are still grappling with the consequences of this 'politics of love.'"—Sarah Amato, author of Beastly Possessions: Animals in Victorian Consumer Culture "This is a provocative, informative, and compelling book that positions nonhuman ...

In this fascinating book, Carla Hustak connects experiments with marriage, free love, and birth control to theories of evolution and eugenics as advocated by sex reformers at the turn of the twentieth century. We are still grappling with the consequences of this 'politics of love.'"—Sarah Amato, author of Beastly Possessions: Animals in Victorian Consumer Culture "This is a provocative, informative, and compelling book that positions nonhuman ...

Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Catherine Tan investigates two autism-focused movements, shedding new light on how members contest expert authority.

Drawing on more than three years of ethnographic fieldwork and interviews with participants, Catherine Tan investigates two autism-focused movements, shedding new light on how members contest expert authority.

A fabulous debut of folk tales and fantasies by an award winning author and illustrator. Small fires start in the hearts of Kathleen Jennings’s characters and irresistibly spread to those around them. Journeys are taken, debts repaid, disguises put on, and lessons offered — although not often learned — in these fantastic tales. Jennings's confident voice lulls readers into stepping off the known paths to find "Undine Love, ” “The Heart of Owl ...

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Transnational solidarity movements often play an important role in reshaping structures of global power. Jessica Stites Mor looks at four in-depth case studies in the Global South, which act as a much-needed road map to navigate our current political climate and show us how solidarity movements might approach future struggles.

New delivery technologies, green chemistry, computational intelligence, simulation know-how and Internet of Things have risen substantially within the healthcare domain over the past two decades. This reference text offers a comprehensive overview of cutting-edge technologies such as green synthesis schemes, medical electronics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and simulation modelling, all aimed at fostering sustainable healthcare ad...

This book is a selection of forty beautiful Hadith from Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi. The Hadith are accompanied by an easy-to-follow explanation accessible to readership of all levels and all age ranges. This book aims to give the reader a flavour of Hadith literature within Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi.  The themes of the Hadith will reflect the unique Hadith collection in Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi. The idea is to present a selection of Hadith showing various aspects of ...