This edited volume explores the various and unique motivations driving the rapidly-growing esports industry, which attracts attention and financial investment from major sponsors, athletic organizations, and entertainment values. Contributors draw on a variety of perspectives and theoretical vantage points to examine the multitude of traditions, cultures, expectations, and rituals that different stakeholders factor into their motivation to play and watch esports. Scholars of media studies,...

What if war wasn't just a story of destruction-but a powerful force for transformation? This riveting exploration of war psychology and post-conflict transformation reveals how humanity's darkest hours can ignite its most profound insights. From the trenches of moral injury to the frontlines of innovation under fire, this book uncovers the unexpected ways warfare reshapes minds, societies, and entire civilizations.Blending deep historical analysis with cultural insight and psycholo...

This book frames several historical incidents of violent movement-countermovement conflicts within the concept of ‘cumulative extremism’— the mutually reinforcing dynamic of radicalisation that can develop between two or more antagonistic groups.Drawing on several in-depth case studies, including the contests between British fascist and anti-fascist groups in the interwar period and from 1967 to 1979 and 1980 to 2000; the Troubles in Northern Ireland from the late 1960s to mid-1970...

Awsome Baby Animal names is a book in English, Spanish and French, that portrays your not everyday names of baby animals.Children know the baby names of everyday or common place animals. The may not however know, nor parents, of a few of these Awesome baby names? Did you know that most baby animal names in Australia are Joey or that a baby goat is called a kid? These are a few examples illustrated in the book. Every page of Awesome Baby Animal Names invites learning, interaction an...

Andrew Brewster Crawford, A.K.A: “A.B.C.”, a playwright obsessed with the glamour, glory, and gloom of the Kennedy era, has written a play about the last day of J.F.K.’s life in order to cast himself as the martyred president, win the love of a beautiful “Jackie Kennedy type” and live happily ever after in a Camelot of his own creation.He’s got the great man down. The wind-swept haircut. The sailing-ready nautical digs. The Boston-by-way-of-Harvard accent. The easy witticisms to de...

In "Steady Sails," embark on an enlightening voyage through the tumultuous seas of financial markets with the guidance of Ray Dalio's legendary All-Weather Portfolio approach.Narrated with clarity and insight, this audiobook delves deep into the core concepts of Dalio's investment philosophy, distilling complex strategies into accessible knowledge for both seasoned investors and newcomers alike. Drawing from decades of experience and success, Dalio's methodology emphasizes resilien...

Annice Carter (1902-1988) was born on a farm in Indiana, yet her life came to encompass the breadth of the United States as well as service in Palestine and Africa. She was a direct witness to conflict in the Middle East, dodged German U-boats during World War II, and encountered the anti-colonial movement in Kenya. Although spiritually rooted in Christian revivalism of the early 1900s, she grew to have an expansive, non-doctrinal understanding of her faith. Born in horse and buggy days, s...

In the annals of radical history, Alexander Berkman's "Prison Memoirs of an Anarchist" stands as a searing indictment of the American penal system and a testament to the indomitable spirit of resistance. Berkman, a prominent anarchist and labor activist, was imprisoned for 14 years for his role in an assassination attempt on industrialist Henry Clay Frick. Within the grim confines of Western Penitentiary, he endured unimaginable hardships, including solitary confinement, brutal beatings, a...

Introduces an innovative, community-based model for producing knowledge and assessing scholarly impact****in and beyond the field of politics.Black Women Talk Politics models and makes a case for new ways of generating knowledge and measuring impact in political science and academia writ large. Based on thirty-two oral histories conducted between established and emerging scholars during the historic first conference of the Association for the Study of Blac...