This book provides a varied, thorough and informative analysis of how newspapers covered the 2014 Scottish independence referendum in its critical final months.Providing a wealth of new empirical findings, the book engages with the key themes and issues presented by a variety of newspaper outlets. These main observations include: a major focus on the economic aspects of the debate; persistent concerns regarding an independent Scotland’s prospects on the world stage, both militarily...

When Interpol sends forensic linguist Lena Vale to an abandoned embassy in Istanbul, she expects dust and bureaucracy. Instead, in a basement behind a false wall, she finds a metal box. Inside are thirty-seven letters. The letters detail a conspiracy three decades old, a plan to collapse the global economy, a plot the writers called the Istanbul Protocol.The letters name seven of the world’s most powerful financiers, and one of them ordered the murder of h...

In a peaceful village, a young hero's life is upended by an ominous threat. Reluctantly accepting their destiny, they gather allies and embark on a perilous journey. Facing trials, betrayals, and loss, they uncover secrets of the past and gain vital knowledge. As the antagonist's power grows, the hero must navigate emotional conflicts and epic battles, culminating in a final showdown. With themes of sacrifice, unity, and the triumph of courage, the hero's journey concludes in peace, settin...

1960 — an American town, a 12-year-old boy from the wrong side of the tracks, an escaped killer found lifeless in the woods.Champ Garrett doesn't fit in at school, doesn't fit in at home. He lives on an old farm on the outskirts of the sleek new housing development that defines the prosperous times; his widower father is on the road selling, his sister inhabits a world of the "slower" child who'll never catch up, and his guardian uncle spends most of his time drinking at the local ...

The Haitian Revolution of 1789–1803 transformed the Caribbean's wealthiest colony into the first independent state in Latin America, encompassed the largest slave uprising in the Americas, and inflicted a humiliating defeat on three colonial powers. In Haitian Revolutionary Studies, David Patrick Geggus sheds new light on this tremendous upheaval by marshaling an unprecedented range of evidence drawn from archival research in six countries. Geggus's fine-grained essays explore central issu...

American foreign policy often looks like a trail of man-made debris and disaster. Of course, the explanations for many poorly-made decisions are rather complex. In this brief and cogent analysis, Houghton shows us that understanding American foreign policy often comes down to recognizing the cognitive limitations of the decision-makers, which affects the foreign policy process. Then there is the nature of the decisions themselves. Quite a few decisions in American foreign policy involve ‘t...

What shapes political behavior more: the situations in which individuals find themselves, or the internal psychological makeup—beliefs, values, and so on—of those individuals? This is perhaps the leading division within the psychological study of politics today. Political Psychology: Situations, Individuals, and Cases, 3rd edition, provides a concise, readable, and conceptually organized introduction to the topic of political psychology by examining this very question. Using this ...

Easter Beans is fun to read and will help parents and grandparents explain the true meaning of Easter to those they love so much. Children will learn more about colors and numbers, as well as the gospel story, as you read about a selected group of jelly beans.As a child growing up, Dr. Dave was a visual learner. One of his favorite memories from early childhood was a teacher who used to close his Sunday school class with a story from a Wordless Book shaped like a heart. The color o...

What if everything you thought you knew about morality was a lie? What if right and wrong were nothing more than illusions, shaped by those in power to maintain control? In a world obsessed with virtue, justice, and absolute truth, Black Book - Is This Morality or Insanity? dares to question the very foundation of human ethics. This book takes you on a raw, unfiltered journey through the most controversial and hidden aspects of human nature—challenging the narratives of love, sex, power, r...

"Business is a battlefield, and only those who master strategy, resilience, and execution thrive." Bulls By The Balls is not just another business book—it is a raw, unfiltered guide to the realities of entrepreneurship, leadership, and financial success. Built on 65 powerful lessons drawn from real-world experience, this book will challenge the way you think about business, money, and personal growth. Each chapter begins with a thought-provoking quote that has shaped the most successful en...

On March 11, 2020 the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic and life as we knew it paused indefinitely. Confusion, doubts and uncertainty became daily companions as the world watched the pandemic consume country after country.At the University of British Columbia, Canada, a class of aspiring epidemiologists partnered with the professionals working at the frontline of COVID-19 healthcare and research, to examine key questions which would capture a snapshot of the historic...

You weren’t born to merely survive. You were born to live—fully, fiercely, and unapologetically. Fetch Your Life is a raw, unfiltered invitation to stop sleepwalking through your own existence. It’s a mirror for the parts of you that have been silenced, a megaphone for your truth, and a spark to reignite your forgotten fire. This book is for the weary soul ready to drop the mask. For the one tired of timelines, drained by performance, and aching to come home to themselves. Inside these pag...