The combative metaphor of Oscience warsO has taken on a predominant position within the collective conscious, from being featured on the programs of scientific meetings to being splashed across the pages of leading national magazines and newspapers. Some in the scientific community perceive their profession to be under siege by members of the academic left, radical environmentalists, religious fundamentalists, eco-feminists, and others. This book, based on in-depth interviews with sixty me...

Competition for Army acquisition funding in the betrween wars depression years was fierce. The opposing camps of Fighter Supremacy versus Strategic Bombing played out at the Air Corps Tactical School (ACTS), at GHQ, before Congress and in the media. Military exercises pitted the Navy and the Air Corps in operations with real cloak and dagger background gambits, each trying to gain the upper hand. When leaders such as Benjamin Foulois, Billy Mitchell, and Frank Andrews eventually were able ...

What is the metaphysics of gender about? Metaphysics is the study of what there is and what it is like. On this conception, questions in the metaphysics of gender would be about the existence and nature of gender. That is, the metaphysics of gender would be about whether alleged gender categories such as being a man, a woman or an agender person are real features or kinds, and if so, what their nature is. In recent years, the metaphysics of gender has received a lot of attention and has sh...

“Daughter of Laharna” provides a glimpse of family life in Laharna Hotel, Larne, which was Patricia’s home for 24 years, and also details its history from 1833 - becoming the largest tour hotel in Ireland. Her father George A. Beattie was Resident Manager of Laharna Hotel, Larne from 1935 and in the Second World War, as part of essential services, looked after troop feeding at Larne Harbour and later the American Officer’s Club in the former Midland Hotel, Belfast. These were formerly rail...

A groundbreaking history of the Black Joke, the most famous member of the British Royal Navy’s anti-slavery squadron, and the long fight to end the transatlantic slave trade.The most feared ship in Britain’s West Africa Squadron, His Majesty’s brig Black Joke was one of a handful of ships tasked with patrolling the western coast of Africa in an effort to end hundreds of years of global slave trading. Sailing after the spectacular fall of Napoleon ...

This text addresses many of the questions which occur when medical professionals of various disciplines interact and have different plans and interventions, each with its own valid scientific and/or experience-based rationale: Questions involving tourniquet placement, ideal fluids and volumes for resuscitation, VTE prophylaxis and many other management considerations. Straightforward decisions in the patient with a single diagnosis often conflict when applied to the neurologically injured ...

Using material from his books, articles, and speeches, this book demonstrates how Fr. Hesburgh was an influential figure in areas ranging from science and technology to civil and human rights, to economic development.

Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a foundational work of scientific romance, blending maritime adventure, speculative technology, and philosophical inquiry. Through Professor Aronnax's account of his voyage aboard Captain Nemo's submarine, the Nautilus, the novel transforms the ocean into a vast theatre of wonder, danger, and discovery. Its precise descriptive prose, encyclopedic curiosity, and illustrated presentation situate it within nineteenth-century traditions of explorat...

What's your name?Asian Americans know the pain of being called names that deny our humanity. We may toggle back and forth between different names as a survival strategy. But it's a challenge to discern what names reflect our true identities as Asian Americans and as Christians. In an era when Asians face ongoing discrimination and marginalization, it can be hard to live into God's calling for our lives.Asian American Christians need to hear and own our dive...

First used to describe the weariness the public felt toward media portrayals of societal crises, the term compassion fatigue has been taken up by health professionals to name—along with burnout, vicarious traumatization, compassion stress, and secondary traumatic stress—the condition of caregivers who become “too tired to care.” Compassion, long seen as the foundation of ethical caring, is increasingly understood as a threat to the well-being of...

Jules Verne's 'Jules Verne For Children: 16 Incredible Tales of Mystery, Courage & Adventure (Illustrated Edition)' is a captivating collection of stories that cater to a younger audience while maintaining the essence of Verne's signature style of adventure and exploration. The book features 16 tales filled with thrilling adventures, mysterious journeys, and displays of courage that will both entertain and educate young readers. With vivid illustrations accompanying each story, this editio...

The Art of Deception: 10 Masterful Spy Novels surveys espionage as a literary crucible for secrecy, divided loyalty, surveillance, romance, and political intrigue. Ranging from adventure romance and imperial thriller to psychological maritime narrative and detective-inflected mystery, the volume reveals how deception shapes both public conflict and private identity. Its standout tensions arise in coded messages, disguises, clandestine crossings, and the persistent uncertainty of whom—and w...