National parks are lauded as "America's best idea" and celebrated for their cultural history and unparalleled scenery. Yet their illustrious scientific history remains largely untold. How many people know that DNA testing owes its origins to a heat-loving bacterium swimming in Yellowstone's springs? Or how sleep science began when a pair of researchers slumbered for a month in Mammoth Cave? Our Natural Lab weaves together stories from physics, chemistry, climate science, ecology, ...

Established as an essential revision resource for the Fellowship of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine (FRCEM) examination, this fully-revised second edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect the current FRCEM format.Crammed with essential information, key tips and advice delivered in an accessible style, this is a vital resource for candidates aiming to excel in the critical appraisal elements of the exam. Readers will learn how to read a paper, judge its quality, the im...

A sweeping celebration of one of the most original and fearless voices in modern political thought.Best known for his landmark work Crisis and Leviathan: Critical Episodes in the Growth of American Government, Robert Higgs has repeatedly reshaped how scholars and citizens understand the relationship among government expansion, economic crises, and individual liberty. This carefully curated volume brings together his most influential writings, offering read...

**Pulitzer Prize finalist Ed Park presents a new tale of contemporary cosmic horror, along with his inspiration from Robert W. Chambers’s horror classic The King in Yellow.Designed and illustrated by Jeff Wong, the award-winning artist of Weird Tales magazine, this ebook features interior art.**Sid Feelings, a successful children’s entertainer, is trapped in a modern nightmare. She’s canceled when a man with whom she shares a name commits a heinous crime. ...

Bringing Fire argues that today’s cultural struggles are unfortunate but inevitable setbacks in a long journey towards becoming better people.Recent events such as the storming of the U.S. Capitol, Brexit, and Donald Trump's election signal what looks like a radical rejection of progressive ideals. Bringing Fire makes the case, however, that this is a temporary setback in a long journey toward our becoming better people in a better world. Insights from the author’s...

It has become a near-universal assumption that Jesus was a courageous champion of Pacifism and non-violent resistance. But for many years, a few maverick scholars have made the case for Jesus having been an armed insurrectionist. This version of Jesus is the "black sheep" of gospel studies, unthinkable equally to conservative and liberal Christian scholars, who want the historical Jesus to have been a peace-loving precursor to Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin...

Discover the Miracles Happening All Around YouAre the days of miracles over--or does God still invade our world with His supernatural power? Can you ask God for a miracle today? In Divine Invasions, Dr. Robert Jeffress makes a compelling biblical case that God is still in the miracle-working business and challenges believers to invite His supernatural power into every area of their lives. This companion study guide is designed to help you go deeper into th...

Reading Thoreau as a scientist for modern timesHenry David Thoreau’s Walden stands as the foundational text for the environmental movement and as a model for the practice of nature writing. In The Walden Experiments, Robert Thorson tells the story of how, after several discarded drafts of social critique, Thoreau resuscitated Walden with a sharp swerve toward science. Thorson invites us to read—or reread—Walden to discover the ob...

"You'll be astounded, encouraged, and inspired by this thorough and very personal book from one of America's leading pastors." --Lee Strobel, New York Times bestselling authorDiscover the Miracles Happening All Around YouDoes God still perform miracles today? Dr. Robert Jeffress is convinced He does--and in Divine Invasions: Experience God's Miracles in Your Life Today, he makes a biblically grounded, deeply personal case ...

Somewhere recently, a friend or a wealthy relative mentioned they're "an LP" in a venture fund. You nodded. You didn't ask what that meant, what they actually own, or when they get their money back.Venture capital has built some of the largest fortunes in modern finance. It hasn't built an instruction manual for the people funding it. Founders get accelerators and pitch coaches. Fund managers get conferences and trade press. The limited partners, the family offices, the angel inves...

No matter how smart we are, we end up grappling with ideas that resist understanding. In this book, Byzantium is identified as the archetypical civilization that nurtured its innermost doubts. It shows how religious dogma was riddled with inscrutable quandaries, where the highest imaginable entity—God—is considered incomprehensible. Byzantine writers develop a doctrine of divine knowledge as a holy hiatus; and many of the features of Byzantine culture that look odd or irregular to modern e...

**ROBERT HARRIS RETURNS TO ANCIENT ROME IN AGRIPPA -- OUT NOW**'Masterful' SUNDAY TIMES'Gripping and accomplished' GUARDIAN'Truly gifted, razor-sharp' DAILY TELEGRAPHAncient Rome teems with ambitious and ruthless men. None is more brilliant than Marcus Cicero. A rising young lawyer, backed by a shrewd wife, he decides to gamble everything on one of the most ...