This book tells the story of both the ancient humans who made handaxes and the thoughts and ideas of scholars who have spent their lives trying to understand them.Beginning with the earliest known finds, this volume provides a linear and thematic account of the history of the Old Stone Age, or Palaeolithic period, covering major discoveries, interpretations and debates worldwide; a story that takes us from the embers of the Great Fire of London to the beginning of the Covid-19 pand...

For many years historians of the Cuban missile crisis have concentrated on those thirteen days in October 1962 when the world teetered on the brink of nuclear war. Mark White's study adds an equally intense scrutiny of the causes and consequences of the crisis. Missiles in Cuba is based on up-to-date scholarship as well as Mr. White's own findings in National Security Archive materials, Kennedy Library tapes of ExComm meetings, and correspondence between Soviet officials in Washin...

Winner, 2018 CASETA Publication Award, sponsored by the Center for Advancement and Study of Early Texas ArtRichard Stout’s legacy as an artist is broad, deep, and firmly moored to his Texas Gulf Coast origins. Born in Beaumont in 1934, he has been painting, sculpting, and teaching in Houston since 1957, in the process creating both an influential body of work and a committed national and international following among artists and collectors.Stout’s expressionist oeuvre, poss...

Seven psalms became known as the Penitential Psalms around the time of Augustine of Hippo. These psalms--Psalms 6, 32, 38, 51, 102, 130 and 143--took on great prominence in the medieval period in culture, literature, doctrine, liturgy, and personal piety. After the Reformation they slowly receded from centuries-long ubiquity, having been all but eclipsed by other texts and concerns. As this rise and fall is explored, well-known figures from the past, including Saint Augustine, Dame Eleanor...

In Time and Death Carol White articulates a vision of Martin Heidegger's work which grows out of a new understanding of what he was trying to address in his discussion of death. Acknowledging that the discussion of this issue in Heidegger's major work Being and Time is often far from clear, White presents a new interpretation of Heidegger which short-circuits many of the traditional criticisms. White claims that we are all in a better position to understand Heidegger's insights after fifty...

With growing concerns surrounding the impact of climate change on both native and invasive pest invasions, coupled with the rising threat of global food insecurity, more research is required to understand the major insect pests of cereals, including how best to control and monitor them.Advances in understanding insect pests affecting wheat and other cereals provides a comprehensive review of the wealth of research that addresses this challenge. This collec...

Retells how the wolf's plan to get into the sheep pen backfires when the farmer butchers him for a lamb dinner.

Curiosity – Xane Volume 12She was built to think faster. See deeper. But some truths can still hide from her.Xane isn’t like everyone else—and only two people in the world know it. River and Tara, the closest things she has to family, have protected her secret: that she’s not human. She’s a Synth—an artificial mind in a living body, designed to blend in. And she does. Most days.But now something’s wrong. Tara’s acting strange. The...

FEAR: Xane Volume 1Narrated by Maria McCannFace your fears... or let them control you.River is just an ordinary high school freshman—until he meets Xane. She’s beautiful, mysterious, and way too perfect to be real. That’s because she isn’t.Xane is a Synthetic Human, built to learn and experience human emotions firsthand. Her mission? Study fear—through River. But what begins as a secret experiment...

This book presents an evidence-based approach to landscape planning and design for urban blue spaces that maximises the benefits to human health and well-being while minimising the risks. Based on applied research and evidence from primary and secondary data sources stemming from the EU-funded BlueHealth project, the book presents nature-based solutions to promote sustainable and resilient cities.Numerous cities around the world are located alongside bodies of water in the form of ...

The book of Job is one of the most celebrated works of the Old Testament. The spiritual nature of Job is embedded in the fact that Job is not the only one being tested. Contrary to popular belief, the book of Job is bigger than the main character, for at the core of this book lies the conflict between Job's integrity and God's. The life lessons that you will learn in this book would widen your understanding of God, and expose Satan's deceptive methods. This book is a must-read for every be...

A mouse begs a lion for mercy and, after he is set free, promises that he will help the lion some day in return.