For many people the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters, have become the symbol of all that is Indian colorful figures endowed with great fortitude and powerful vision. They were the heroes of the Great Plains, and they were the villains, too.Royal B. Hassrick here attempts to describe the ways of the people, the patterns of their behavior, and the concepts of their imagination. Uniquely, he has approached the subject from the Sioux's own point of view, giving their own inter...

Parallel CFD 2000, the Twelfth in an International series of meetings featuring computational fluid dynamics research on parallel computers, was held May 22-25, 2000 in Trondheim, Norway.Following the trend of the past conferences, areas such as numerical schemes and algorithms, tools and environments, load balancing, as well as interdisciplinary topics and various kinds of industrial applications were all well represented in the work presented. In addition, for the first time in the Paral...

In 1997, Eve Foster’s daughter, Kelsey, runs away to New Mexico and vanishes without a trace. Eve is convinced that she’s the victim of a serial killer who’s been hunting women in the region, but Kelsey’s body is never found. Years later, Eve dies, leaving everything to her adopted twin daughters. The majority of the wealthy estate in Vermont goes to Lisa, the “good daughter,” while Connie inherits only a small stipend and a property in New Mexico. Connie, often the target of Eve's cruelty...

In addition to winning the 2009 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for her path-breaking research on “economic governance, especially the commons,” Elinor (Lin) Ostrom also made important contributions to other fields of political economy and public policy. This four-volume compendium of papers written by Lin (often with coauthors, most notably her husband, Vincent), along with papers by others expanding on her work, brings together the strands of her entire empirical, analytical, theoretica...

This is a book about leaving addiction behind to improve your health,this book will help you quit smoking and quiting tobacco

The United States' ignominious exit from Afghanistan in 2021 topped two decades of failure and devastation wrought by the war on terror. A long-running "fight against migration" has stoked chaos and rights abuses while pushing migrants onto more dangerous routes. For its part, the war on drugs has failed to dampen narcotics demand while fueling atrocities from Mexico to the Philippines. Why do such "failing" policies persist for so long? And why do politicians keep feeding the very crises ...

The Sin of Father Anthony: When a new priest arrives in town, one lapsed Catholic decides it's time to start attending Mass again - but he has more than absolution on his mind as he uses his girlfriend to get closer to the true object of his desire...

Do you ever feel that you are drowning in a never-ending to-do list?Do you get a feeling of hopelessness when each task you tick off your list seems to be replaced by two new ones?You are not alone.I have engaged with countless leaders across the globe who feel exactly like you do. They feel trapped by the status quo with no time, energy or ability to take active steps towards a different reality.The good news is, there is another way.This book is about t...

**Body positivity activist Malin Andersson shares how she unlocked her inner strength to overcome trauma and find healing - and how you can too.**As a TV personality and mental health activist, Malin has inspired thousands with her honesty, resilience and sassy sense of humour. Never shying away from the troubles of her past, she speaks openly about her experiences with her mental health, body image, domestic abuse, baby loss and grief. In this audiobook, she shares how she overcame past t...

"Unbounded Organizing in Community" is a guidebook to Organization Workshops, inspired by Clodomir Santos de Morais. The theory of Organization Workshops and Unbounded Organizing is presented in condensed form. Emphasis is on practical examples and guidelines for organizers and participants. Others say about this book: "Packed into this small book are truly big things, big ideas, examples of big practices which speak clearly and intelligently into the challenge of living and building a wor...

Acts of Passion: Daniel Barnes is a rising star with a secret - he can't resist older men. But a chance encounter at a post show party will lead to a trail of destructive desire in a journey that includes a simmering sexual encounter on the banks of the Tiber, casual pickups in Hyde Park abd a decadent threesome where aonything goes. The First Time: A young man recalls a series of sexual firsts - everything from the first stirrings of gay desire with a boarding school roommate and a saucy ...