Drones have become the controversial new weapon of choice for the US military abroad. Unmanned details the causes and deadly consequences of this terrifying new development in warfare, and explores the implications for international law and global peace.Ann Rogers and John Hill argue that drones represent the first truly globalised technology of war. The book shows how unmanned systems are changing not simply how wars are fought, but the meaning of conflict itself.Providing...

The third edition of the ASMBS Textbook provides a comprehensive update on the field of metabolic and bariatric surery. The updated table of contents is aligned with the American Board of Surgery’s Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Focused Practice Designation (FPD) blueprint and will serve as the definitive study guide for this certification.The third edition boasts 74 chapters covering the breadth of this field and includes sections on the disease of obesity, the physiolog...

Illuminating the First Nations struggles against the Canadian state, It’s All about the Land exposes how racism underpins and shapes Indigenous-settler relationships. Renowned Kahnawà:ke Mohawk activist and scholar Taiaiake Alfred explains how the Canadian government’s reconciliation agenda is a new form of colonization that is guaranteed to fail.Bringing together Alfred’s speeches and interviews from over the past two decades, the book shows that Indigenous peopl...

Drones have become the controversial new weapon of choice for the US military abroad. Unmanned details the causes and deadly consequences of this terrifying new development in warfare, and explores the implications for international law and global peace.Ann Rogers and John Hill argue that drones represent the first truly globalized technology of war. The book shows how unmanned systems are changing not simply how wars are fought, but the meaning of conflict itself....

Deception, Destruction, and Devastation In this collection of dark tales, women rely on luck and fate as they rush into predictable collisions with reality.                 Behind every face, these flawed yet authentic characters are driven by their own sense of skewed logic: a man fends off accusations by the woman he loves, a lonely woman is in pursuit of the perfect strang...

Deception, Destruction, and DevastationIn this collection of dark tales, women rely on luck and fate as they rush into predictable collisions with reality.Behind every face, these flawed yet authentic characters are driven by their own sense of skewed logic: a man fends off accusations by the woman he loves, a lonely woman is in pursuit of the perfect stranger, a naïve woman believes she has found her dream man, a desperate woman escapes from a risky relationship, a convales...

PRETTY IS AS PRETTY DOESTate Marsdon, MD, a successful Scottsdale plastic surgeon, shows up for dinner at the home of close friends Henry and Imogen Vine to find his host stabbed to death and his hostess in a state of psychosis.Arrested and jailed, Imogen undergoes treatment for traumatic memory loss, but her attorney, Erin Fitzgerald, Tate's current romantic interest, starts to question her client's guilt. Erin and Imogen's closest friends work to uncover the truth behind ...

TREACHERY, DUPLICITY, DEATH Elizabeth Kearn thinks her biggest problem is having a run of bad luck with men. That is, until someone spray paints her garage door with the word, WHORE, and leaves her unconscious with a deep gash in her head. Then two exes come back into her life, neither particularly welcome. A recent ex, Walt, asks for her help when he's suspected of doing away with his current girlfriend Patti. Edgar, now married, comes into town on a mission to reignite their decade-old r...

PILAR SAGASTA steps into a world of cunning deception when she travels to Arizona to connect with her late grandfather's sister, Virginia. Eager for details of their Mexican history before the family fled the political turbulence in 1916, Pilar realizes quickly that she made a mistake. Far from the loving relatives she envisioned, she finds a group of odious characters who doubt her motives and want nothing more than to drive her away.When Virginia dies suddenly, Pilar takes that a...

Collection of stories of the encounters of the contributing authors as they share their experiences in the foster care system. They faced many obstacles from their own family, foster parents and as they worked in the system. There are stories of abuse, neglect, self-doubt as well as stories of triumph as they overcame the situations life had dealth them.The foster care system as these authors have experienced is in need of improvement. The goal of these authors is to bring awarenes...

Good solid advice and great strategies in preparing for and passing the Certified SonicWALL Trainer (CST) exam, getting interviews and landing the Certified SonicWALL Trainer (CST) job. If you have prepared for the Certified SonicWALL Trainer (CST) exam - now is the moment to get this book and prepare for passing the exam and how to find and land a Certified SonicWALL Trainer (CST) job, There is absolutely nothing that isn't thoroughly covered in the book. It is straightforward, and does a...

In 1920 Flagstaff, Josefina Paralelos is confronted with a dangerous intruder who learns too late the error of mistaking a woman's frailty for helplessness! This prequel to the novel Here Lies Buried offers a peek through the window of history and into the minds of a dynamic family.