A funny, colorful, fascinating tour through the work and life of one of today's most influential graphic designers.Esquire. Ford Motors. Burton Snowboards. The Obama Administration. While all of these brands are vastly different, they share at least one thing in common: a teeny little bit of Aaron James Draplin.Draplin is one of the new school of influential graphic designers who combine the power of design, social media, entrepreneurship, and DIY aesthetic...

A wealthy archaeologist finds the discovery of a lifetime in present day Italy. The importance of what he unearths could rewrite all of history as we know it. While his story begins, another one unfolds that connects the present with the ancient past.It is a period of great darkness for the Roman Empire. The year is circa 180 A.D. and the Empire is in civil unrest. One man rises amidst the chaos and secures the throne. He instills the hope of peace with his rise to power. For many ...

In this major new study, James Aaron Green provides the first account of literary thought experiments published from 1878 to 1918 that speculate on the prospect of radically longer lives.Green argues that these fictions helped negotiate the emergent experiences and meanings of age and aging during years when long-established norms were being eroded and supplanted. By recovering fictions by lesser-known writers and re-evaluating those by more familiar writers like H...

New in the Differential Diagnosis in Surgical Pathology series, this abundantly illustrated title helps you systematically solve tough diagnostic challenges in soft tissue and bone pathology. It uses select images of clinical and pathological findings, together with succinct, expert instructions and diagnostic pearls, to guide you through the decision-making process by distinguishing between commonly confused lesions of soft tissue and bone. By presenting material according to the way path...

This collection offers the first comprehensive and definitive account of Martin Heidegger’s philosophy of technology. It does so through a detailed analysis of canonical texts and recently published primary sources on two crucial concepts in Heidegger’s later thought: Gelassenheit and Gestell. Gelassenheit, translated as ‘releasement’, and Gestell, often translated as ‘enframing’, stand as opposing ideas in Heidegger’s work whereby the meditative thinkin...

Yéiitsoh Omen is the second book in an adventure romance series I call The Adventures of Katie Reynolds, a loose collection of stories revolving around two veterinarians. Rory and Katie fell in love with each other during veterinary school, which wasn't smooth sailing because she is a Navajo Indian and he is a plain old white guy. The first book, K'aalógii, My Butterfly Boy articulates both difficulties and successes as she tries to make her way in a white man's world, and he tries to forg...

Katie Reynolds is a modern Navajo Indian. They call themselves the Diné. Early in her life Katie was bitten with the bug, the bug to help animals. Hard work and intelligence paid off, she became a veterinarian, a first in her Navajo nation, and fell in love with Rory in veterinary school.The two lovers managed to overcome turbulent issues during school, but the relationship begins to crack from their cultural and physical distances. They come together for a time in California, where...

The autobiographical work “Fear of Failure” documents the life and times of James Aarons, Doctor of Veterinary Medicine. It is a bold, uncensored look at the struggles of a young man looking for fulfillment in his profession and love in his life. Dr. Aarons pulls no punches and makes no excuses as he charmingly writes his way through his life’s journey. It is an effort that took great courage to write, and took even greater courage for his wife to permit him to do so. Most of all, ...

Katie Reynolds is a Navajo woman attending veterinary school in California. Her vision to return to her reservation to help her people changes when she meets Rory Evans in veterinary school. He's a white fellow who prefers to stay in California. The two lovers manage to overcome turbulent issues during school, but after graduation, the relationship begins to crack from their cultural and physical distances.The lovers reach an understanding. Rory continues to build a practice in Cali...

Leif Wenar’s 2016 book Blood Oil: Tyrants, Violence, and the Rules that Run the World argues that much of the conflict, suffering, and injustice in the world is driven by an archaic rule in global trade that forces consumers to fund oppression and corruption. This oil curse is a major threat to global peace and stability. Wenar sets out Clean Trade policies to lift the oil curse through national legislation that affirms democratic principles.In Beyond Blood Oil, Wenar summarizes an...

Step-by-step guidance on how to write effective grants that get the funding you need. Complete with examples of fully-completed proposals, you'll also get an easy-to-use companion website containing guide sheets and templates that can be easily downloaded, customized, and printed. The authors provide examples of completed proposals and numerous case studies to demonstrate how the grant-seeking process typically works. Order your copy today!

"We both know how this ends.""One of use dies, the hunter becomes the game."Evan Wilde has her revenge. Born into the persecuted Magi class and made the victim of a botched ritual sacrifice, Evan used the last of her blood and breath to call down the devil Jack to kill as many of the Necro ruling class as she can before Jack claims her life once he’s fulfilled her deal. Yet unbeknownst to her, these killings have freed many devils from their...