AN AMERICAN EPIDEMIC: The Invention of the Way of Killing The groundbreaking investigative book explaining why America leads the world in gun violence — and how we can still stop it.Why does the United States suffer gun violence deaths at a rate found only in the world's poorest, most unstable nations? An American Epidemic is the urgent, meticulously researched answer — a sweeping work of investigative journalism and narrative nonfiction that traces America's gun violence crisis ba...

Warning! May Contain Nuts!For Maude Appleby, award-winning cupcake maker and bakery owner, the tragic deaths of a sugar-crazed juvenile delinquent and his victim spells the end of her livelihood. The British government steps in to restrict the sale of sugar, closing the oven door on her baking business. In retaliation, Maude forms the Granny Cartel, an underground criminal enterprise that smuggles illegal confectionery to the masses. With the notorious Baker’s Dozen as her muscle, ...

A Warhammer 40,000 AnthologyThe Imperium is at war with xenos, the servants of Chaos, and worse. Warriors, both human and post-human, fight on far-flung battlefields with no end in sight, selling their lives dearly for the sprawling domain of Humanity to hold on for just a moment longer. This collection of short stories and a novella tells just a fraction of their tales.READ IT BECAUSEThis anthology features stories from some of Bla...

'Look, you don't have to join the movement or whatever. You don't have to march or rally or call or write letters or even get fucking angry. I don't care about that. I don't. What I do care about is YOU.'Jesse, an introspective Black playwright, finds his choices challenged when his boyfriend, Neil, a white Black Lives Matter activist, calls him out for his political apathy.As passions and priorities collide, the two of them are forced to reckon with divisions of r...

Imagine living in a box at the bottom of the sea for a month at a time. Locked away in a saturation chamber, plumbed to depths of more than 500 feet, this has been David Beckett's love, life, and work for all his adult life. He brushed with death on more than one occasion—such as when called in to assist when the MS Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea in 1994 and claimed 852 lives. Among the depths of despair, there are lighter moments, including treasure hunting in the Philippines, al...

Few institutions have as profound an impact on the American theatrical landscape as the Tony Award-winning Williamstown Theatre Festival, located in Williamstown, Massachusetts.New Plays from Williamstown Theatre Festival 2015-2021 provides a sample of the dozens of plays that have been created and/or premiered at the Festival during the Artistic Directorship of Mandy Greenfield. In addition to stories that shine a light into new or underexplored corners of the human condi...

The Mental ToolboxYour mind isn't broken—it's just overloaded. Stress, anxiety, brain fog, and overthinking? They're signs your brain has been pushed too hard for too long. The Mental Toolbox is your practical stress management guide for getting back in control and building real mental resilience—without having to overhaul your entire life.Look, we're all dealing with too much these days. This book gives you actual solutions that work in the real world. It's written by some...

Workshop Machining is a comprehensive textbook that explains the fundamental principles of manually operating machinery to form shapes in a variety of materials. It bridges the gap between people who have traditional toolmaking skills and those who have been trained in programming and operation of CNC machines in a focused production environment, rather than general machine shop.Using a subject-based approach, David Harrison intuitively guides readers and supplies practica...

This book explores the role of expectations within the modern capitalist system. Through looking at how they are formed and develop, the impact of events that lead to a collapse in expectations, such as a major financial crisis, is examined to highlight the precarious and unstable nature of the economic system. With a particular focus on the UK and USA, it is also considered how public policy and institutions can shift the balance away from speculation and back towards enterprise.T...

It is commonly agreed by linguists and anthropologists that the majority of languages spoken now around the globe will likely disappear within our lifetime. The phenomenon known as language death has started to accelerate as the world has grown smaller. This extinction of languages, and the knowledge therein, has no parallel in human history. K. David Harrison's book is the first to focus on the essential question, what is lost when a language dies? What forms of knowledge are embedded in ...

Pacific Island Countries have been shown to be especially vulnerable to such external influences as natural disasters, political unrest and downturns in the global economy and their tourism industries have been notably affected. In particular, they typically have a narrow resource base and a fragile and often vulnerable natural environment. While there is some research on islands and small states, there is a dearth of information on the South Pacific and very little research is being under...

This book reviews all aspects of the phenomenon of mass tourism. It covers theoretical perspectives (including political economy, ethics, sustainability and environmentalism), the historical context, and the current challenges to domestic, intra-regional and international mass tourism. As tourism and tourist numbers continue to grow around the world, it becomes increasingly important that this subject is studied in depth and best practice applied in real-life situations. This book: - Is th...