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Todd McGowan forges a new theory of capitalism as a system based on the production of more than what we need: pure excess. He argues that the promise of more wealth, more enjoyment, more opportunity, without requiring any sacrifice is the essence of capitalism. Previous socioeconomic systems set up some form of the social good as their focus. Capitalism, however, represents a revolutionary turn away from the good and the useful toward excessive growth, which now threatens the habitability of the planet.

From disappearing coral reefs and ocean acidification to floating great garbage patches, the Pacific Ocean is an ever-present reminder of the Anthropocene. In Oceanic Becoming, Rob Wilson demonstrates that in the midst of the planetary crises the Pacific now faces, it must be understood as interconnected to the other oceans. Wilson frames this interconnection as “Oceania,” reconceiving the world oceans as tied to sites of urban dwelling and life sustenance—from Boston to Brisbane—that are increasingly threatened by late capitalism.

It's the small things that you do that create habits which can change the course of your life. Ideas in personal development are of limited value unless you act on them. This audiobook is about taking six key personal growth areas and experimenting with them in your life. The experiments are written in such a way to make them actionable, so that you can put them to the test and observe the results yourself. The information contained here is designed to be short and easily digestible.

What is medicine and what is it for? What does it mean to be a good doctor? The Way of Medicine articulates and defends an account of medicine and medical ethics meant to challenge the reigning provider of services model, in which clinicians eschew any claim to know what is good for a patient and instead offer an array of “health care services” for the sake of the patient’s subjective well-being.

Biosocial criminology—and biosocial criminologists—focuses on both the environmental and biological factors that contribute to antisocial behavior. Importantly, these two domains are not separate parts of an equation but pieces of the same puzzle that fit together for a complete picture of the causes of crime/antisocial behavior.

These gruesome stories have peppered the pages of newspapers and history books over the centuries. Some are well-known. Some aren’t. They rest in that murky place between true crime and horror. The tales in this, Book Three of the series, shift away from the gruesome. These are instead tales of the secretive and the covert, the figures across time who affected the events etched in history.

Social scientists have long argued over the links between crime and place. The authors of Communities and Crime provide an intellectual history that traces how varying images of community have evolved over time and influenced criminological thinking and criminal justice policy.

This audiobook, the culmination of 40 years of theorizing about the moral status of animals, explicates and justifies society’s moral obligation to animals in terms of the commonsense metaphysics and ethics of Aristotle’s concept of telos.

In the aftermath of the confrontation with Zordic and the Prophet Bob, Yonuh goes in search of other shifters and Were-creatures to aid him and his friends against not only the P.A.N.E.L. squad, but the ever-growing zealous human followers. Tension boils over as humans turn their hatred on all supernatural beings, spurred on by the promise of the “divine savior” to return the world back to the way it was, before the plague happened. The situation spirals out of control as Zordic makes his move against Yonuh and his friends, forcing a painful ultimatum onto him.

Examining current debates and the questions raised by comics adaptations, including those around authorship, style, and textual fidelity, the contributors consider the topic from an array of approaches that take into account representations of sexuality, gender, and race as well as concepts of world-building and cultural appropriation in comics from Modesty Blaise to Black Panther. The result is a fascinating re-imagination of the texts that continue to push the boundaries of panel, frame, and popular culture.

Soaking is a metaphor for practices like resting in the Spirit, prayer for spiritual gifts, healing, prophecy, impartation, and supports overall charismatic spirituality. Attending "Catch the Fire" conferences, churches, and house meetings in the United States, Canada, Britain, Australia, and New Zealand, Wilkinson and Althouse observed firsthand how people soak, what it means to soak, and why soaking is considered an important practice among charismatics.

Yonuh is being plagued every night by horrible, lucid nightmares as the P.A.N.E.L. squad has been out on the hunt, capturing all the shifters and bringing them before their master. The demon Zordic, growing evermore frustrated by his P.A.N.E.L. squad’s failures, has decided to take matter into his demonic, clawed hands by summoning an otherworldly bounty hunter that has a nasty reputation for killing first and converting its victims into shadow people in order for it to feed and stay here on Earth.

Henry Rockwell has stepped through the Demon’s Gate. With less than a year remaining to gather the seven Cisterns of Sin, Henry and his new friends from Artenia must explore the mysterious new world before them: The Cross-Roads. While Henry is off to new worlds, Alana remains in the magical land of Artenia, where she seeks to find a way to reunite with Henry, master her water magic, and beat her evil ex-boyfriend. With the clock ticking until the return of the great demon Eshteroth, Henry and Alana must do everything possible to prepare for the battle ahead.

The Battle of Saratoga in 1777 ended with British general John Burgoyne’s troops surrendering to the American rebel army commanded by General Horatio Gates. Historians have long seen Burgoyne’s defeat as a turning point in the American Revolution because it convinced France to join the war on the side of the colonies, thus ensuring American victory. But that traditional view of Saratoga overlooks the complexity of the situation on the ground.

Within the Pacific Northwest, in a plague ridden world, tensions are brewing between humans and supernatural beings. A rundown jail center on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon, a Native American shape-shifter name Yonuh, along with several other supernatural beings bust out and leave a wake of death and chaos behind them and now have become enemy number one for Zordic and his elite P.A.N.E.L. squad. Can this strange group survive together or will they end up killing each other before Zordic and his nefarious death squad can find them?

Duncan Morgan and Rose Macready are spending their days surviving in the comfort of their makeshift town until a deadly plot unveils itself, and they both get cast in the midst of Sorath’s sinister plans to rule the Earth. Will they get out of this alive, or will they become fodder for Sorath’s ghoulish fallen warriors?

When Jillian Dawson moved to Manhattan for work, she was excited about the possibilities a new life on the East coast would bring for her. Little did she know, her boss would be the handsome Gregory Weller, a powerful CEO with a secret life as a WereDragon. Jillian would soon find out that Gregory always got what he wanted, and right now he wanted her, in every way possible. It was only a matter of time before Jillian's resistance would be broken, and she would give in to the dragon's desires. However, what happened next was something that nobody could have ever seen coming.

Originally published in France and long sought in English translation, Jean-Paul Gabilliet's Of Comics and Men: A Cultural History of American Comic Books documents the rise and development of the American comic book industry from the 1930s to the present. The book intertwines aesthetic issues and critical biographies with the concerns of production, distribution, and audience reception, making it one of the few interdisciplinary studies of the art form.

The great demon Eshteroth plagued the land of Artenia for hundreds of years until a group of powerful wizards banded together, combining their magic to banish the demon to another world: Earth.

Iggy follows his kite through a rip in the sky. Behind the sky, he makes new friends and joins them on a quest to find a stolen musical instrument that plays the weather.