Native American Roots: Relationality and Indigenous Regeneration Under Empire, 1770*–*1859 explores the development of modern Indigenous identities within the settler colonial context of the early United States.With an aggressively expanding United States that sought to displace Native peoples, the very foundations of Indigeneity were endangered by the disruption of Native connections to the land. This volume describes how Natives embedded conceptualizations integ...

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, the social, economic, and political landscape of Peru was transformed profoundly. Within a decade of the country’s disastrous defeat by Chile during the War of the Pacific, the export economy was recovering on the strength of a variety of agricultural and mineral products. The sugar industry played a pivotal role in this process and produced wealthy and socially ambitious families who became prominent political leaders on the nation...

A Book for the Lonely is more than just a book. It is a weapon against loneliness. It removes blindness of the mind and destroys loneliness-producing thoughts and beliefs. Many times, a person who feels alone does not know how to break free from it. The chapters in this book serve as a guide to the One Who is able to free anyone from loneliness.27

A tale of solidarity in the Colorado coal fields.A Spirit of Revolt examines the lives and histories of mine workers who were at the center of an understudied statewide strike led by the Industrial Workers of the World in Colorado from 1927 to 1928. The book explores the biographies and genealogies of union activists from southern Colorado, roughly half of whom were Spanish speakers. These miners' stories are contextualized within broader histories of colo...

Research on vitamin C and its effects on cancer is growing in popularity around the world as positive research continues to accumulate building a stronger case for its effectiveness. This concise SpringerBrief on Vitamin C and Cancer presents the latest findings on how vitamin C induces apoptosis. A high concentration of vitamin C allows for ascorbate to generate hydrogen peroxide in tissue that can selectively kill cancer cells. Research has confirmed that high-dose vitamin C is cytotoxic...

Sharpen your mind and get in shape at the same time, with an innovative new workout stimulating multiple areas of the brain as it strengthens and tones the entire body. Acclaimed sports trainer Michael Gonzalez-Wallace ( O magazine's "go-to guy" for anything about the body) shows readers a daily ten-minute workout that optimizes muscle power while boosting brain activity—training the brain by training the body.

This light volume is a snapshot of more than a century of Philippine boxing. It is a compilation of lucid and readable biographies of outstanding Philippine-born and Filipino American boxers, from Francisco "Pancho Villa" Guilledo to Manny "People's Champ" Pacquiao. Each story describes the rough roads these Filipino and Filipina boxers took to achieve fame and glory globally. Photos and personal interviews combine to make the narratives real and captivating.

The Word Combination Card is a powerful visual tool that helps English learners write with greater fluency, precision, and academic control. Designed for intermediate to advanced students, this full-color reference card presents the key sentence patterns and grammatical structures used in academic and professional writing. Clear visual sections guide students through constructing cause-and-effect sentences, comparisons and contrasts, examples, reports, topic sentences, and thesis ...

Take a trip through the imaginations of 18 visionary writers as they explore the future of trucking in this new science fiction anthology! There's something for every genre fiction fan in this follow-up to the hit "18 wheels of Horror - a Trailer Full of Trucking Terrors."From the back cover: An alien fuel additive shows just how fast a big rig can go... A disembodied driver wages war on self-driving trucks... A haul through time takes an unexpected turn... Reality shatters for a t...

In the year 2035, newlyweds Mark and Helen embark on an extraordinary honeymoon: a journey to the International Space Station. As they float weightlessly among the stars, they encounter a cast of eccentric astronauts, witness breathtaking views of Earth, and confront the challenges of living in such an extreme environment. But when a sudden crisis threatens their mission, Mark and Helen must draw on their love and resilience to survive.

New Authors and collections. Stories of the end of civilized life have always fascinated us, from the mythological world endings, Armageddon to Ragnorok, to the flood stories of across the Ancient world. They make us wonder what we would do if all around us came to an end: no transport, no fuel, no communications: a retreat into the desperation, the onslaught of disease, how would we survive? This is the source of zombie literature and provides the inspiration for this fabulous mix of horr...

Discover the lost supernatural stories behind some of the most famous people and events in history.These Fantastic Tales explore the secret history that has been hidden in the shadows of the world, and even alternative histories from other worlds. Tales such as a young man seeking the secret of immortality from none other than Bela Lugosi. The tragic story of how the Titanic really sank. The horrifying lengths the people of New York city would go to raise above the...