Julia Thomas: 48 books

Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging...

Love Valentine’s or hate it, we have a story for everyone. **A 272 page ebook short story collection** From heart-wrenching proposals to naughty little Chihuahuas; unexpected secret pregnancies to wicked love-potions; serendipitous brief encounters that change the hands of fate to bitter ghostly...

National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national...

Doing without Free Will: Spinoza and Contemporary Moral Problems introduces Spinoza into the contemporary discussion on free will and on moral problems surrounding this discussion. Traditional Western moral philosophy, for the most part, has been built on the assumption of free will as a special human...

Black Mirror is The Twilight Zone of the twenty-first century. Already a philosophical classic, the series echoes the angst of an era, a civilization and consciousness fully engulfed in the 24/7 media spectacle spanning the planet. With clever plots and existential themes, Black Mirror presents near-futures...

This collection of essays by a team of international scholars addresses the topic of Charity through the lenses of the three Abrahamic religions: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The contributors look for common paradigms in the ways the three faiths address the needs of the poor and the needy in...

Sound, Image, and National Imaginary in the Construction of Latin/o American Identities addresses a gap in the many narratives discussing the cultural histories of Latin American nations, particularly in terms of the birth, configuration, and perpetuation of national identities. It argues that these...

As global societies grapple with an unprecedented refugee and migration crisis, child refugees and migrants—who constitute a particularly vulnerable immigrant category—have been surprisingly overlooked in immigration scholarship. This book addresses this lapse by presenting interdisciplinary perspectives...

Die Außenpolitik des Deutschen Kaiserreiches ist fraglos eines der zentralen und bis heute umstrittensten Themenfelder der Neueren Geschichte. Die europäischen Rivalitäten, das imperiale Ringen um überseeische Besitzungen und die zunehmende Bedeutung der eigenen Öffentlichkeit für das außenpolitische...

Reviews key developments in understanding crop physiology and genetic diversity and how they have informed advances in breeding new varieties Coverage of advances across the value chain for grain legume cultivation, from variety selection to post-harvest storage Discusses the latest trends in disease, insect pest and weed management

Reviews key advances and best practice in cultivation techniques across the value chain of organic farming  Discusses ways of monitoring and improving the environmental impact of organic crop production  Particular focus on ways of supporting organic farming in the developing world

„Eine Frau war aus den Schatten getreten.“ Erik Huyoff, Der Kreis der Sieben Nicht nur eine Frau tritt aus den Schatten: junge Mädchen, erwachsene Frauen und ältere Damen – sie alle leben grundverschiedene Leben, bestreiten Abenteuer, erheben Schwerter, Äxte und ihre lauten Stimmen. Vorbei...

Mysteriöse Orte. Verlassen liegen sie da. Niemand hat sie seit Jahren betreten. Viele dieser alten Gebäude, Freizeitparks oder Bohrinseln sind bereits verfallen oder verrostet. Warum kümmert sich niemand mehr darum? Warum werden mache dieser Orte sogar gemieden? Was ist dort geschehen? Die Wahrheit,...

n dieser Sammlung historischer Horrorgeschichten begegnen die Protagonisten dem Unaussprechlichen, Albträume werden Realität. Mal heiter gruselig, mal blutrünstig, dann wieder düster und entsetzlich. Begleiten Sie die Charaktere dabei, wie sie die Grenze des Fassbaren übertreten und sich offenen...