The first comprehensive history of Bright Leaf tobacco culture of any state to appear in fifty years, this book explores tobacco's influence in South Carolina from its beginnings in the colonial period to its heyday at the turn of the century, the impact of the Depression, the New Deal, and World War II, and on to present-day controversies about health risks due to smoking.The book examines the tobacco growers' struggle against the monopolistic practices of manufacturers, explains ...

In this volume, a group of distinguished international scholars provides a fresh investigation of the most fundamental issues involved in our dependence on natural resources. In Scarcity and Growth (RFF, 1963) and Scarcity and Growth Reconsidered (RFF, 1979), researchers considered the long-term implications of resource scarcity for economic growth and human well-being. Scarcity and Growth Revisited examines these implications with 25 years of new learning and experience. It finds that con...

Across the U.S. immigrants, laborers, domestic workers, low-income tenants, indigenous communities, and people experiencing homelessness are conducting research to fight for justice. Collaborating for Change: A Participatory Action Research Casebook documents the stories of a dozen community-based research projects. Academics and their partners share authorship about the importance of gathering credible evidence, both for organizing and persuading. The emphasis is on community org...

Deep beneath the earth, something ancient and malevolent stirs. When Lee-Anne and her husband Geoffrey become trapped in an abandoned mine, they uncover horrors beyond imagination-an entity that feeds on lost souls and bends reality to its will. As Lee-Anne fights to save Geoffrey from possession, she unknowingly awakens forces that refuse to stay buried. Years later, just as they begin to rebuild their lives, a chilling phone call shatters their fragile peace. The mine never forgets. And ...

Space Recall is book 2 of the Star Warriors Sci-Fi adventure book series. Mars Magellan is caught up in the Inter Galactic Exploration's decision to recall personnel from all corners of the universe. The closure of space station Maverick does not go according to plan when a new commander arrives to plunge the mission into chaos.Read the full instalment of the novel in these gripping ebooks: Book 1 - Spaceboy Mars, Book 2 - Space Recall, Book 3 - Space Refugees, Book 4 - New World, B...

Star Warriors - Spaceboy Mars is a Sci-Fi adventure book that explores space in 3050AD, a boys rescue from a far away Solar System. Who is the boy and where has he come from?Read the full instalment of the novel in these gripping ebooks:Book 1 - Spaceboy MarsBook 2 - Space RecallBook 3 - Space RefugeesBook 4 - New WorldBook 5 - The Uprising

After decades of war and insurgency, the Israeli/Palestinian conflict puts two good men from opposing sides at odds with each other. They both yearn for the best for their people and eventual peace. Overcoming initial mistrust, resentment, and myopic views, they realize they; like most of their people, just want to live in a peaceful land with respect and dignity. Major David Regev is a decorated Israeli commando who has spent years infiltrating enemy cells and assassinating individuals de...

Master storyteller Robert P. Simpson will regale you with fifty-five tales of family, friendship and love. He will remind you of the miracle of a baby's birth through the eyes of an adoring first-time father and the joy of teaching a child to ride a bicycle for the first time without training wheels. His tributes to his departed mom, dad and friends will bring you to tears as he remembers lessons learned and love shared. But those tears will turn to laughter as he describes phone calls wit...

California's wildfires are worsening. Is this a result of Climate Change or forest and water mismanagement? Or a combination of both? The 2025 Southern California Wildfire claimed 29 lives, displaced over 200,000 people, and destroyed more than 18,000 homes and buildings. The main culprit: A failing water infrastructure.While firefighters needed 12 million gallons to fight the blaze, the system could deliver only 3 million. As the fire spread, 20% of hydrants ran dry.In Why...

In 1951, Robert H. Simpson lifted off in a specially-equipped plane, flying directly into the path of a storm that would send most people running for cover. For more than four hours he observed Typhoon Marge from its eerily calm eye, later describing it in The Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society as “a coliseum of clouds whose walls on one side rose vertically and on the other were banked like the galleries in a great opera house.”For Simpson this was just one o...

In Freedom Cities VS. Hera (A 2008 Law), Robert Simpson continues the examination of the forces reshaping America's most fragile region. In this volume, Simpson delivers a clear, data-driven narrative that connects housing scarcity, water insecurity, federal land policy, seismic vulnerability, and the political machinery of the American West into one coherent argument.Drawing on the failures exposed by the 2025 Los Angeles fires and the deepening structural threats posed by drought...

Are you confused and irritated about the Legal System?Do you feel the Politicians' make too much money from special interest groups? Are you watching our Rights being "subverted into privileges. This book is a true account of what took place from the years 1983 2001 and the "Laws that were violated by State and County Officials" under the "Color of Law" and "Insider Trading" during the Enron Investigation.As Americans we believe it is our duty to "protect our Country from invaders,...