You've heard "All For One!"; now get ready for "One For All!" Duck Prints Press is thrilled to bring a whole new meaning to the Musketeers' famous slogan in one inclusive book with a little bit of something for everyone: Aim For The Heart: Queer Fanworks Inspired by Alexandre Dumas's "The Three Musketeers." For this collection, we recruited 20 authors and 16 artists who love Athos, Porthos, Aramis, d'Artagnan, Milady, Madame Bonacieux, and the whole gang from Dumas's wonderful historical m...

This collection features five peer-reviewed reviews on rust diseases of cereals.The first chapter provides an overview of the wheat rust pathogen lifecycle and discusses recent integration of basic biological knowledge and genomic-led tools within an epidemiological framework.The second chapter introduces stripe rust and provides an overview of its decimation of crop yields worldwide. The chapter summarises recent advances in identifying stripe rust resista...

Expanding American Anthropology, 1945–1980: A Generation Reflects takes an inside look at American anthropology’s participation in the enormous expansion of the social sciences after World War II. During this time the discipline of anthropology itself came of age, expanding into diverse subfields, frequently on the initiative of individual practitioners. The Association of Senior Anthropologists of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) called upon a number of its leaders ...

Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases together with ways of controlling them such as disease-resistant varieties, integrated pest and weed management

Winner of an Abraham Lincoln Institute Book AwardThough not blind to Abraham Lincoln's imperfections, Black Americans long ago laid a heartfelt claim to his legacy. At the same time, they have consciously reshaped the sixteenth president's image for their own social and political ends. Frederick Hord and Matthew D. Norman's anthology explores the complex nature of views on Lincoln through the writings and thought of Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Mary Mc...

The Collection of Protestant Polemic and Reformation Critique: 4 Classic Exposé Texts is an enlightening exploration of theological rift and reformative zeal, capturing the fervent spirit that marked the Protestant Reformation. Within this compilation lie a spectrum of literary forms, from impassioned treatises to incisive critiques of ecclesiastical authority, underscoring the dynamic tensions between emergent Protestant thought and Roman Catholic orthodoxy. Each text encapsulates the raw...

LEAD WITH PURPOSE. INSPIRE WITH INTEGRITY. CREATE A LEGACY THAT LASTS.There is a dangerous illusion in the modern business world: the belief that a corner office, a senior title, and rigid corporate processes are enough to build a successful organization. But when a crisis hits, market dynamics shift, or your best talent threatens to leave, management "hacks" and bureaucratic rules will not save you.In The Art of Principled Leadership: A Practical F...

Darren is a young warehouse worker with a level-head, good heart, and an intense competitor's spirit. Struggling with the death of his father figure and his own indecisiveness, he searches for new purpose. He finds himself in a precarious position having not experienced grief in his lifetime. The prospects of a colorful competition loom as Darren decides whether to take the highest risk of his life or forge a more conventional path. As the stakes rise, he faces demanding choices that breed...

This book explores the complex physical, historical, and social factors that have allowed a small kettle lake in northeastern Michigan to remain ecologically and environmentally sound, a gem lake. The book investigates these within the context of local/regional, state, and national history. It also tells a story of how and why a community of residents has been formed in the forest and has functioned as an effective steward of its natural resources.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.From Scotland to Tokyo, Beacon is the story of a love across the stars and an adventure into identity, reality, and multidimensionality.A reclusive student.A quantum therapist.A secret that bridges worlds.Haunted by guilt and unexplained deaths, Mei turns to Dr Lumi Zang, whose experiments in past-life regression and consciousness exploration

Just how did Leila's mother die? Suicide or worse? There's something in her childhood Leila can't or won't remember and it may be her downfall.

A King. An Heir. And the unwilling pawn with the power to win or crush a Royal coup.Beckett Maxwell reigns over Rivermont Academy with his loyal court: the Royals, their courtiers, their harem. He doesn't have time for a nobody like me: a scholarship student and daughter of faculty to boot. I'm the lowest of the low in a school full of highs.One year everything's going fine. Enough. The next, I'm some pawn in a Royal power struggle. Well, I won't have it. T...