With a new Preface by Amy Catania, Executive Director of Historic Saranac LakePortrait of Healing chronicles the life and work of visionary physician Edward L. Trudeau, who founded the Adirondack Cottage Sanitarium, later renamed the Trudeau Sanitorium, in Saranac Lake, New York. The Sanitarium was the first of its kind in America and became the model for the treatment and cure of of tuberculosis throughout the United States. Trudeau - who also suffered fr...

Awaken Your Dragon: Transforming Your Life With Inner IntelligenceBook One in the Awaken Your Dragon SeriesHave you ever felt there’s something greater within you—an untapped potential waiting to be awakened? Awaken Your Dragon is your invitation to step into that power, reconnect with your inner wisdom, and transform your life from the inside out.In this deeply personal and enlightening book, you’ll journey through the author’s li...

Between late 1863 and mid-1864, an armed band of Confederate deserters battled Confederate cavalry in the Piney Woods region of Jones County, Mississippi. Calling themselves the Knight Company after their captain, Newton Knight, they set up headquarters in the swamps of the Leaf River, where they declared their loyalty to the U.S. government.The story of the Jones County rebellion is well known among Mississippians, and debate over whether the county actually seceded from the state...

Who do you turn to when you're faced with challenges? Where do you go when the emotional roller coaster that life sometimes is takes you on a ride? For writer Victoria Henderson Poole, the answer to those questions was God. Through all the ups and down of life, Victoria discovered that God was still with her and still speaking...in the conversation of a child, a sermon, a word someone spoke that sparked deep thought, through accidents that turned out to be more than mere stumbling blocks. ...

This authoritative Handbook explores new developments in scholarship on state criminality, highlighting how private capital, corporations, and states’ interests intersect. Expert contributors demonstrate that state criminality is not a deviation from governance but one of its central logics, embedded in capitalism and neoliberal logics, patriarchalism, empire, and global governance.Reflecting recent global events and concerns, the Handbook examines digital governance, fina...

We have entered a recent zeitgeist, the era of the "new space age", driven by billionaires, technological advancements, and a few dominating state powers. While the race to space may be said to offer "new" opportunities for "humanity", we ask, is it predicated on the same logics and historical patterns of the past? This question guides our approach and critical assessment of human expansionism into space. Space Expansionism and Criminology: The Emerging Terrain of Crime, Harm,...

This book provides a critically informed and interdisciplinary global examination of the instrumental role of women as resistance actors, both historically and today. Attention is given to the long and global histories that reveal systemic and structural oppression suffered by women, while highlighting that they have been, and continue to be, an important force for organizing for social change. Whether through the employment of formal or informal strategies of resistance, such as acts of d...

This study chronicles four large manufacturers during a period of crisis and restructuring when they needed vast sums of money just to survive -- let alone adapt to remain competitive. By focusing on how these firms found financing, Victoria Marklew shows that the way national financial systems channel money to industry is the key issue in industrial competitiveness. The author challenges the traditional approach in comparative political economy by starting her analysis of government-indus...

The Big Dream - The Crow's Tales Series (Book 2)"Holy Ravioli! The police are forming a special unit to investigate thieving birds in my hometown, and even though I'm only twelve years old, I can't shake the vision of myself behind bars in an orange jumpsuit! We've got to stop Ralph before it's too late!"The small city of Riverside is buzzing with excitement as the spectacular remote-controlled car race approaches. For Brandon, this is the chance to make hi...

Sixteen-year-old Lauren Harts summer is shaping up to be a first-rate disaster. Even after she asks God to make things the way they used to be, Laurens reality is still as harsh as ever. Her parents are separated, and now she has to help care for her terminally ill grandma. Just as Lauren wonders what else could go wrong, it does.Lauren and her horse, Dawn Treader, are ranked number one in the Junior Hunter Division and are headed to the national finalsthat is until Dawn leaps out ...

An in-depth study of non-elite white families in Alabama—from the state’s creation through the end of the Civil WarThe Failure of Our Fathers: Family, Gender, and Power in Confederate Alabama examines the evolving position of non-elite white families in Alabama during one of the most pivotal epochs in the state’s history. Drawing on a wide range of personal and public documents reflecting the state’s varied regions and economies, Victoria E. Ott u...

In recent years there has been a huge rise in interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research in animal sciences which has accelerated improvements in animal welfare. Down to earth and practical, this book gives guidance on how cross-disciplinary research can advance animal welfare. With numerous examples and case studies, the text explains: · the different concepts regarding cross-disciplinary research · how to set up cross-disciplinary research projects · how to work in cross functional...