Water conflicts plague every river in the West, with the thorniest dilemmas found in the many basins with Indian reservations and reserved water rights—rights usually senior to all others in over-appropriated rivers. Negotiations and litigation over tribal water rights shape the future of both Indian and non-Indian communities throughout the region, and intense competition for limited water supplies has increased pressure to address tribal water claims.Much has bee...

A TIME TRAVEL TALE. A SLOW BURNING LOVE STORY. AN INGENIOUS EXPLORATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE HUMAN.This first thrilling installment of the award-winning Heartless Trilogy will delight lovers of sci-fi, time travel, and romantic adventures. It’s perfect for fans of Becky Chambers, Hugh Howey, Naomi Alderman, and Kaliane Bradley.Earth: 2049. Scientist and BASE jump enthusiast Quinn Buyers would rather be studying clouds than getting ready for her wedding. When a devastating...

SO, YOU FALL IN LOVE WITH A CYBORG: WHAT HAPPENS NEXT?This second exciting installment of the award-winning Heartless Series will delight lovers of romance and sci-fi adventures. Perfect for fans of Kaliane Bradley, Hugh Howey, and Becky Chambers.Earth, 2050. Pregnant, unemployed, and living back home with her father, scientist Quinn Buyers wonders how she got to this point. Her famous scientist mother is still mysteriously missing. The planet is at risk from a massive sola...

This book analyses the politics of the humanitarian disarmament community—a loose coalition of activist and advocacy groups, humanitarian agencies and diplomats—who have successfully achieved international treaties banning landmines, cluster munitions and nuclear weapons, as well as restricting the global arms trade. Two campaigns have won Nobel Peace Prizes. Disarmament has long been a dirty word in the international relations lexicon. But the success of the humanitarian disarmament agend...

The settlement of Indian water rights cases remains one of the thorniest legal issues in this country, particularly in the West. In a previous book, Negotiating Tribal Water Rights, Colby, Thorson, and Britton presented a general overview of the processes involved in settling such cases; this volume provides more in-depth treatment of the many complex issues that arise in negotiating and implementing Indian water rights settlements. Tribal Water Rights brings together pra...

Examining globally invasive alien birds, the first part of this book provides an account of 32 global avian invasive species (as listed by the Invasive Species Specialist Group, ISSG). It acts as a one stop reference volume; it assesses current invasive status for each bird species, including details of physical description, diet, introduction and invasion pathways, breeding behaviour, natural habitat. It also looks at the environmental impact of each species, as well as current and future...

REVENGE IS FAST. LOVE IS ETERNAL. TIME CONSUMES EVERYTHING.The third thrilling installment of the award-winning Heartless Series will delight lovers of sci-fi and romance adventures. Perfect for fans of Kaliane Bradley, Hugh Howey, and Becky Chambers.Earth, 2053. Scientist Quinn Buyers discovers motherhood is not the joy-filled experience she thought it would be. Adding to the sleepless nights, boundless love, and ceaseless worry, Tig, her cyborg husband, is never home. Her...

Architecture studio, fundamental to architecture school, is complex, challenging and exciting. It is multifarious, unique and breath-taking. How do you navigate this?This Book of Tasks helps students and teachers navigate the process with curiosity and optimism through a flexible and instructive approach. Created by a team of experienced architects following a decade of collaborative studio teaching at the University of Liverpool School of Architecture, it provides an illu...

The authors not only investigate the current forms of property rights on reservations but also expose the limitations of each system showing that customary rights are insecure certificates of possession cannot be sold outside the First Nation and leases are temporary. As well analysis of legislation court decisions and economic reports reveals that current land management has led to unnecessary economic losses. The authors propose creation of a First Nations Property Ownership Act that would ...

Phoenix, Arizona is one of America's fastest growing metropolitan regions. It is also its least sustainable one, sprawling over a thousand square miles, with a population of four and a half million, minimal rainfall, scorching heat, and an insatiable appetite for unrestrained growth and unrestricted property rights. In Bird on Fire, eminent social and cultural analyst Andrew Ross focuses on the prospects for sustainability in Phoenix--a city in the bull's eye of global warming--and also th...

A revolutionary new way to understand America's complex cultural and political landscape, with proof that local communities have a major impact on the nation's behavior-in the voting booth and beyond.In a climate of culture wars and tremendous economic uncertainty, the media have often reduced America to a simplistic schism between red states and blue states. In response to that oversimplification, journalist Dante Chinni teamed up with political geographer James G...

From origin stories to contemporary struggles over treaty rights and sovereignty issues, Indian Nations of Wisconsin explores Wisconsin's rich Native tradition. This unique volume—based on the historical perspectives of the state’s Native peoples—includes compact tribal histories of the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Oneida, Menominee, Mohican, Ho-Chunk, and Brothertown Indians. Author Patty Loew focuses on oral tradition—stories, songs, the recorded words of Indian treaty negotiators, and i...