America may be one of the wealthiest countries in the world, yet its citizens have lower life expectancy, more infant mortalities, and higher adolescent death rates than those in most other advanced industrial nations--and even some developing countries. In Healthy, Wealthy, and Fair a distinguished group of health policy experts pointedly examines this troubling paradox, as they chart the stark disparities in health and wealth in the United States. Rich in insight and extensive i...

Brother against Brother: 140 Civil War Memoirs assembles a vast documentary chorus from the American Civil War, illuminating combat, command, captivity, nursing, naval service, campaigning, and the unsettled moral terrain of national rupture. Ranging from terse battlefield recollection and military analysis to reflective autobiography and eyewitness narrative, the volume preserves the varied registers through which participants made meaning of war. Accounts of major operations stand beside...

From the early days of the Revolution, James Wilkinson was an important figure in American history. As a general in the Army of the United States, he was a friend of Presidents, a companion of conspirators, a master of intrigue, and a confederate of alien and domestic plotters. Few men had more intimate knowledge of the inhabited stretches of the American continent. He knew the slating streets of Montreal and was familiar with the tangled wilderness that covered the Champlain valley. In th...

Stateville penitentiary in Illinois has housed some of Chicago's most infamous criminals and was proclaimed to be "the world's toughest prison" by Joseph Ragen, Stateville's powerful warden from 1936 to 1961. It shares with Attica, San Quentin, and Jackson the notoriety of being one of the maximum security prisons that has shaped the public's conception of imprisonment. In Stateville James B. Jacobs, a sociologist and legal scholar, presents the first historical examination of a t...

As the mechanic for Blackbridge Security, when I make a mistake things don’t work properly.Correcting that mistake is the only way to get things operational.I meet issues in my personal life with the same mindset.How was I to know the woman I’ve been flirting with at the gym is the same woman I called a noise complaint on?I got her kicked out of her condo.My first response: Move in with me.When she confessed to having three kids, it ...

A lyrical, spellbinding picture book exploring the world of dreams from James Mercer, founder of the Grammy-nominated band The Shins, with stunning art by longtime collaborator Jacob Escobedo.You might dream about dragons or tigers or ghosts.And the next night, you're sailing to a faraway coast!You might zoom past the planets until the earth looks so small . . .or create your own universe and fly through it all.Inspired by conversation...

This revolutionary new look at vision will broaden your understanding of how you see and how you can see without your glasses or contact lenses.Take Off Your Glasses and See shows you how to free yourself from the crutch of prescription lenses, to build your self-confidence and awareness, and to open up your inner and outer vision in order to see more clearly.Jacob Liberman, an internationally recognized authority on holistic vision care, explains ...

Thirteen Victorian and Edwardian ghost stories that send chills up the spine and create an atmosphere sure to make the reader turn on an extra light and push up the back of their armchair against the wall.Set amidst crumbling, ill-maintained churches and imposing cathedrals, on desolate coastland, moors and marshes, even along unlit roads extending into the new suburbs of London, the stories have been chosen for their quality of writing, imaginative range and diversity of character...

20 Must-Read Memoirs of Civil War assembles a capacious documentary literature of the American Civil War, juxtaposing battlefield recollection, military analysis, political observation, domestic testimony, and accounts of irregular warfare. Its range extends from commanders' strategic narratives to nurses' and civilians' intimate records, rendering the conflict as both a national crisis and a sequence of intensely local, embodied experiences. Particularly compelling are the contrasts betwe...

The definitive guide to petroleum hydrocarbon fuel spill and leak causes, prevention, response, and cost recoveryOil Spills and Gas Leaks highlights the complex nature of petroleum hydrocarbon fuel extraction methods, the unintended consequences when disasters occur, spill behavior, and environmental impact mitigation. This practical resource discusses engineering techniques; long-term biological and environmental effects; dealing with insurance claims, litigation, and l...

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2018 was a tumultuous year in global politics. Starting with the rise of the Lega Nord in Italy and ending with the election of Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, it has never been such a pertinent time to study the radical right. This yearbook pulls together the best commentary and analysis from an international consortium of expert scholars examining the ebb and flow of radical right movements from around the world. Starting with a concise analysis of key definitions of the radical right and hist...