The idea for this book came out of the EURESCO Conference on High Performance Fibers: Euroconference on Fiber Fracture in 2000. Many of the books that are currently available look at different aspects of fiber processing, properties, or applications, but none are focussed on the fracture behaviour of fibers. This book presents the mechancisms and models of fiber fracture currently available for both natural and synthetic fibers, and it is expected that increasingly there will be cross fert...

Due to the multi-faceted nature of food – as sustenance, symbol, and commodity – diverse theoretical perspectives have been used to study it in archaeology. One of the more influential and versatile of these approaches is behavioral ecology: the study of behavioral adaptation to local environments. Behavioral ecology provides a powerful body of theory for understanding human decision-making in both the past and present. This Element reviews what behavioral ecology is, how it has been used ...

The ongoing process of bio-evolution has produced materials which are perfectly adapted to fulfil a specific functional role. The natural world provides us with a multitude of examples of materials with durability, strength, mechanisms of programmed self-assembly and biodegradability. The materials industry has sought to observe and appreciate the relationship between structure, properties and function of these biological materials. A multidisciplinary approach, building on recent advances...

Discover the deep cultural roots of Southern cuisine through archaeology.Understanding and explaining societal rules surrounding food and foodways have been the foci of anthropological studies since the early days of the discipline. Baking, Bourbon, and Black Drink: Foodways Archaeology in the American Southeast, however, is the first collection devoted exclusively to southeastern foodways analyzed through archaeological perspectives. These essays...

Evolution Education and the Rise of the Creationist Movement in Brazil examines how larger societal forces such as religion, media, and politics have shaped Brazil’s educational landscape and impacted the teaching and learning of evolution within an increasingly polarized discourse in recent years. To this end, Alandeom W. Oliveira and Kristin Cook have assembled a number of educational scholars and practitioners, many of whom are based in Brazil, to provide up-close and in-depth accounts ...

Rick Elice, author of Jersey Boys, Addams Family, and Peter and the Starcatcher for Broadway, has penned a heartbreaking memoir of his 34 years with the inimitable Roger Rees. Some may recognize Roger as Nicholas Nickleby and others will know him as Kirstie Alley's boyfriend on Cheers. When he died of brain cancer in 2015, Broadway dimmed all the lights in his honor -- a true stage legend. Pulled straight from Rick's enormous and broken heart, Finding Roger will touch everyone who reads it...

Everything has a price; even love and legacy.OscarFollowing in my father’s corrupt footsteps was only going to make him happy and I had every intention of making him miserable.I was a bastard of my parents’ love affair, deemed to be treated like one until I could prove my worth.I had everything: money, power, prestige, but none of it mattered until I found someone to create a legacy with.Once bitten and twice sh...

"Asher and the Spirit's Light" is a heartwarming children's story that follows the journey of Asher, a small and shy fox, as he discovers the comforting presence of the Holy Spirit. When Asher hears his parents' voices raised in argument, he slips outside feeling alone, only to find solace in the Holy Spirit. Through his encounter, Asher learns that Holy Spirit's love is always with him, offering warmth, love, comfort, and the reassurance that he is never truly alone. With enchanting illus...

Absence doesn’t make the heart grow fonder. It only fills it with resentment and regret.Nineteen years ago, I lost the love of my life for four dangerous reasons.Power. Control. Money. Love.These forces don’t just break hearts; they shatter lives, and mine was no exception.Left irreparably scarred, I vowed never to be vulnerable again.I fortified my defective heart against heartbreak while channeling my energy into amassing an a...

Some bonds, once forged, cannot be broken...Full Blurb coming soon.Note: This novella is a prequel to Six Feet Apart, Book 1 in the The Blood Ties series.

He loves her, but I need her more...Full Blurb coming soon.Note: This novella is a prequel to the Sin and Sinuosity series.

Heaven isn’t the dream; it’s my wild heart they set ablaze.DelilahHand-me-downs, runner-up, dubbed the faulty spare by everyone around me I was used to feeling like a burden.The love of my life knew exactly how that felt too and now I was haunted by their ghost.Moving on felt impossible so I wished for my heart condition to reunite me with them.Living in the shadow of my identical twin sister’s perfection, I rej...