The Midwest has produced a robust literary heritage. Its authors have won half of the nation's Nobel Prizes for Literature plus a significant number of Pulitzer Prizes. This volume explores the rich racial, ethnic, and cultural diversity of the region. It also contains entries on 35 pivotal Midwestern literary works, literary genres, literary, cultural, historical, and social movements, state and city literatures, literary journals and magazines, as well as entries on science fiction, film...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Numerous bacteria, viruses, and fungi call your gut their home. This bustling microbial city impacts your mind and body in more ways than you can imagine!Recent studies have shown that the trillions of bacteria living in your digestive system, known as the gut microbiome, play a crucial role in regulating mood, behavior, and even brain function.Scientists have dubbed the gut the second brain because of i...

Numerous bacteria, viruses, and fungi call your gut their home. This bustling microbial city impacts your mind and body in more ways than you can imagine!Recent studies have shown that the trillions of bacteria living in your digestive system, known as the gut microbiome, play a crucial role in regulating mood, behavior, and even brain function.Scientists have dubbed the gut the second brain because of its complex communication network with the central nerv...

Numerous bacteria, viruses, and fungi call your gut their home. This bustling microbial city impacts your mind and body in more ways than you can imagine!Recent studies have shown that the trillions of bacteria living in your digestive system, known as the gut microbiome, play a crucial role in regulating mood, behavior, and even brain function.Scientists have dubbed the gut the second brain because of its complex communication network with the central nerv...

This book is an accessible, evidence-based, succinct and practical reference for those providing hands-on care to patients with acute pancreatitis. It represents the most updated results of clinical science and offers the frameworks that underpin the disease and its management. The first part of the book presents the latest clinical science and illustrates a clear indication of what is known, and what are the gaps in our understanding of the disease. The second part provides practical clin...

This book introduces concepts about how Collective Leadership Influence can help in navigating your organization on its journey. We assume that unlike Yogi Berra's statement: "If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else." know where your organization is going. But it may be less clear that everyone is on board with the direction. Do you know where and how your team can assist on that journey, and how the culture of your organization can aid in your success? Our goal...

Measurement and Evaluation in Physical Activity Applications: Exercise Science, Physical Education, Coaching, Athletic Training, and Health offers an accessible, student-friendly introduction to the principles and practice of measurement and evaluation. Spanning applications in exercise science, sports performance, physical education, coaching, athletic training, health, and physical/occupational therapy, the book includes chapters on the key principles underlying good mea...

Universities have historically been integral to democracy. What can they do to reclaim this critical role?Universities play an indispensable role within modern democracies. But this role is often overlooked or too narrowly conceived, even by universities themselves. In What Universities Owe Democracy, Ronald J. Daniels, the president of Johns Hopkins University, argues that—at a moment when liberal democracy is endangered and more countries are heading tow...

One of the most explosive and hidden secrets in U.S. history – one that has never been previously told, Remember the Liberty explores how a sitting U.S. president collaborated with Israeli leaders in the fomentation of a war between them and their Arab neighbors. A war that would ensure a victory for Israel, and include the acquisition of additional land. This book will finally identify the real cause of the vicious attack on a U.S. Naval ship. After the botched plan was executed,...

Theories of Democracy builds on Robert Dahl's observation that there is no single theory of democracy; only theories. Beyond the broad commitment to rule by the majority, democracy involves a set of contentious debates concerning the proper function and scope of power, equality, freedom, justice, and interests. In this anthology, Ronald J. Terchek and Thomas C. Conte have brilliantly assembled the works of classical, modern, and contemporary commentators to illustrate the deep and diverse ...

Using a unique and ground-breaking approach that combines religion with American history, these four authors masterfully present a thoroughly researched and captivating account of fifty-two inspirational stories of America's exceptionalism intricately woven with God's truths. Each story connects the life-giving honesty of the American people with a life-shaping application from the gospel. Individuals interested in the history of the United States or Christianity and looking for an overarc...

In the spirit of Ben Macintyre’s greatest spy nonfiction, the truly unbelievable and untold story of Frederick Rutland—a debonair British WWI hero, flying ace, fixture of Los Angeles society, and friend of Golden Age Hollywood stars—who flipped to become a spy for Japan in the lead-up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.Frederick Rutland was an accomplished aviator, British WWI war hero, and real-life James Bond. He was the first pilot to take off and land a plane on a s...