Belize is often described as a “pristine” ecotourism destination with a landscape that is “naturally” valuable. Yet for much of the twentieth century, British Honduras—as the country was known under colonial rule—was seen as lacking value, an unprofitable backwater. Valuing Nature at the Ends of the World explores how Belize’s precarious coastal environment has become a site for a new kind of capitalist value production, in which landscapes and ecosystems derive worth from their v...

For the first time the editors of this volume have brought together text, illustrations and high-definition videos to create an expert video atlas in the field of pediatric airway surgery. The publication which includes the book and free online access to the videos provides a detailed review of the pros and cons and clinical pearls involved in various modes of pediatric airway surgery. Discussed are all the main open airway surgeries including laryngotracheal reconstruction, cricotracheal ...

JOIN THE TEAM. SAVE THE WORLD. Twin geniuses Jacob and Kira are recruited to take part in a high-tech mission to protect the planet ... but will their dreams of adventure come true, or is the threat too great to handle?Jacob and Kira live in the heart of Mbale, Uganda with their conservationist mother and navigate life as unsuspecting geniuses; Kira with hopes to explore outside the hot terrains of Uganda, and conspiracy theorist Jacob, whose fear ...

Two kids, one top-secret agency, and an epic mission to save the world.'A fun, action-packed thriller with a brother-sister duo that I really loved' David Owen, author of the Alex Neptune seriesIn this eco-tech thriller series, set in a world on the brink of catastrophe, twin agents Jacob and Kira must foil an evil billionaire who has ensnared the population in a virtual reality metaverse. Unforgettable and unputdownable.

7 Dogs to the Rescue: Go to Rescue Recruit SchoolBy: Patrick GallagherAfter twenty-eight years in the fire rescue service with the final fourteen years spent in training, Lieutenant Patrick Gallagher moved to educate children about life in the fire rescue industry. His seven dogs are the main characters in this educational story as they enter the fire academy and respond to rescue calls. From Gallagher’s experience, he finds this method of storytelling as a fun and informat...

JOIN THE TEAM. SAVE THE WORLD. Join twin geniuses Jacob and Kira on an out-of-this-world mission to protect the planet in the second book in the Transcendent series.Jacob and Kira have been launched into space by a top-secret agency called Transcendent. Their mission? Finish work on an invention with the power to clean up the Earth and stop climate change for good.But they soon lose all communication with mission control and discover that a mysterious creat...

JOIN THE TEAM. SAVE THE WORLD. Join twin geniuses Jacob and Kira on an out-of-this-world mission to protect the planet in the second book in the Transcendent series.'A fun, action-packed thriller with a brother-sister duo that I really loved' David Owen, author of the Alex Neptune seriesJacob and Kira have been launched into space by a top-secret agency called Transcendent. Their mission? Finish work on an invention with the power to clean ...

"Fans of the Alex Rider series will love this" - Book Trust'A fun, action-packed thriller with a brother-sister duo that I really loved.' - David Owen, author of the Alex Neptune series'Races along at break-neck speed, diving through one plot twist after another.' - Books for Topics**School Reading List Picks of the Best Children's Books Coming Out in Summer**Twin g...

War breeds myths, especially those made up by the vanquished to explain or soften their loss. Occasionally the myths of the defeated center on prisoners of war (POWs) and those missing in action (MIAs) to justify the lost struggle, mute national guilt, and sometimes even reject the reality of defeat itself. Traumatic Defeat takes a close, comparative look at two cases of this kind of mythmaking—in West Germany in the wake of World War II and in the United States after the Vietnam ...

Pulling together police administration and risk management principles, and new processes, Gallagher has developed the Six Layers approach which if implemented will guarantee liability reductions. "Since 1988 Pat Gallagher's expertise had guided our 23 member law enforcement agencies toward a positive culture of policing based upon principles that follow the Constitution and best practices described in his Six Layered Liability Protection System. We successfully avoided many lawsuits becaus...

Screen Boy: Everyone Should Have a ChanceBy: Matthew Patrick GallagherMatthew is a true believer of people, the world, love and dreams. As the father of four children he looks at the world from a child’s eye. Screen Boy is the story of what we are doing wrong. Chance is the Dog that comes to fix it.Screen Boy is a book about a young man that gets caught up in the world of technology and gaming and loses his friends, his athleticism, and his priorities. He realizes o...

When the right-wing social movement known as "I Trust My Boss" collapses, it's up to Columbia University German-lit PhD students, Radhika and Bradley, to prop up a crashed economy and a barely functional U.S. state by inflating a financial bubble in "Memoirist-Backed Securities" (MBS). Radhika takes over the publishing industry's leading agency in securitized literature, PolyAgency, and Bradley uses memories stolen from his friend Pete--who Bradley has shot and killed out of pure resentmen...