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Infectious disease is a moving target: new diseases emerge every year, old diseases evolve into new forms, and ecological and socioeconomic upheavals change the transmission pathways that spread disease. But where does disease come from? How is it transmitted from one person to another? And why are some individuals more susceptible than others? In this Very Short Introduction, Marta Wayne and Benjamin Bolker address these questions through the lenses of ecology and evolution.

Una història de salut mental en primera persona. "El meu diagnòstic és que tinc fòbia social crònica, o sigui por de relacionar-me amb la gent. Jo, que fa vint anys que em dedico a l'entreteniment; jo, que fa vint anys que em poso sobre un "escenari" cada dos per tres, a la tele, a la ràdio, fent presentacions en directe o gravades; jo, a qui veieu extravertit i sociable, tinc fòbia a les relacions socials. O sigui que, bàsicament, tinc por. O l'he tinguda. Bé, ja us aniré explicant com ho vaig descobrir i com ho hem tractat, tot això, perquè la cosa té tela".

Do you love cars? Do you love interesting stories about start-ups? Do you love crazy stories about founders and their ups and downs?

From an oppressive life with constant pressure from his family to fit into a mold that offered no relief, Slade is driven to venture out into an unknown world, where the rules and language are incomprehensible... yet draw him irresistibly closer. Cutting all ties with everyone from his past, he moves seamlessly into the brutal subculture of gambling and hustling.

Ander Rade is a super-soldier, a genetically engineered living weapon, and has been dutifully following orders since he gave himself to Scythe Industries’ Gene-Mod Program several years ago. But when a mission goes sideways, he’s captured, imprisoned, and forced into brutally violent fighting pits for the better part of the next decade…until agents from the Genetic Compliance Department of the United American Provinces appear in the visitors room.

CASE FILE #18–June 2008. Katherine Alford was found dead in her car at a local beauty spot. The devoted mother had received an urgent phone call late in the evening, and asked a neighbor to babysit for ten minutes. She never returned. Gus Freeman and his team uncover failings in the initial police investigation, but every eyewitness they re-interview can’t offer fresh clues, they only add to the mystery. Who did Katherine dash out of the house to meet?

Drafted into working for the Order of Merciful Aid, mercenary Kate Daniels has more paranormal problems than she knows what to do with these days. And in Atlanta, where magic comes and goes like the tide, that’s saying a lot. But when Kate's werewolf friend Derek is discovered nearly dead, she must confront her greatest challenge yet. As her investigation leads her to the Midnight Games—an invitation only, no holds barred, ultimate preternatural fighting tournament—she and Curran, the Lord of the Beasts, uncover a dark plot that may forever alter the face of Atlanta's shapeshifting community.

Today, every business is talking about digital transformation. With the acceleration of new technologies, every organization knows it must adapt to survive. But by their own admission, 70 percent of businesses are failing to transform. How can businesses break through to drive real change? The Digital Transformation Roadmap provides a practical blueprint for organizational change, illustrated with real-world case studies and step-by-step planning tools. Rogers shows every leader how to think beyond the churn of new technologies and rebuild their organization for a world of constant change.

Sarah Carter avoids attachments at all costs. Leaving behind her small-town Alaskan home after the presumed-fatal disappearance of her boyfriend, she keeps people at a distance in fear of reliving the pain. So when her mom needs assistance running the lodge after an injury, she's less than thrilled to return to the Land of the Midnight Sun—even if the hired help catches her eye.

Calder was in command of the new stealth ship The Kharon, specifically made for the mission. Christened after the mythical ferry boat of the underworld, she was to pursue, raid, and pillage enemy merchant ships along the trade route south of Bantam and leave no survivors! However, the unpredictable cloak-and-dagger mission itself could not have foreseen the captain and crew being entangled in mass murder, hoards of treasure, discovery of new lands, and revenge that would span the best part of 20 years.

Adéntrate en la fascinante época de los césares y los gladiadores, uno de los tiempos más apasionantes de la historia. Pero ¡cuidado! Los peligros acechan en la Antigua Roma. Guerreros sanguinarios, traiciones políticas, volcanes en erupción... El viaje no va a ser un relajante paseo por las termas. Pero no temas, El Fisgón Histórico viene a rescatarte. ¿Cómo? Con este magnífico libro, donde aprenderás todo lo que necesitas saber para sobrevivir a la Antigua Roma y volver a casa. Colección de libros de divulgación histórica para los más peques.

Isn’t it crazy how so many people find really gross stuff so fascinating? It doesn’t matter if you’re a kid, a teenager, or an adult. There’s an “ewww” factor about gross things that tickles something inside us. If you’re a parent, you can relax. Because we’re just going to share some fun and amazing gross facts and trivia, nothing inappropriate for young people eight years of age or older. Kids will be riveted for over three hours with mind-blowing facts, little-known secrets, and a world-class quiz to prove they actually are smart kids!

Un clásico inolvidable y más actual que nunca. Cuando su padre la obliga a asistir a una escuela de esquí, Alice sufre un grave accidente que la marcará para siempre. A su vez, Mattia, un niño reservado, carga con las fatales consecuencias de un acto que cometió poco tiempo atrás. La infancia ha causado en Alice y en Mattia esa clase de heridas que difícilmente cicatrizan, y que los abocan a una soledad devastadora durante su adolescencia.

Artistic expression is both Carter Anderson’s safe space and his livelihood, but his fading inspiration has him worried about his place in life. His encounters with Emma spark a passion to create that he hasn’t felt in years and he isn’t ready to let go of his new muse even if she’s threatening the sanctity of his art world with her digital technologies. As each tries to gain an advantage from the other, Emma and Carter discover they actually might be more compatible than they thought.

With the help of her friends Quince, Cam, and Maggie, Evelyn “Eevee” Acker was finally ready to meet her birth parents, who, she’s recently discovered, are fae. That should be the end of the story. But Eevee doesn't find what she’s looking for. Instead, she has a choice to make: save her birth parents, who she’s never met, and put herself and her loved ones in danger? Or leave her birth parents to their fate, accepting she'll never have the answers she’s been searching for her whole life? There are some in Elfaeme who may force her to choose.

Russia, 1946, the Nazis recently defeated. Stalin gathers half a dozen of the top Soviet science fiction authors in a dacha in the countryside somewhere. Convinced that the defeat of America is only a few years away, and equally convinced that the Soviet Union needs a massive external threat to hold it together, to give it purpose and direction, he tells the writers: 'I want you to concoct a story about aliens poised to invade earth... I want it to be massively detailed, and completely believable. If you need props and evidence to back it up, then we can create them."

Only three short years after the end of the Japanese occupation, war came again to Malaya. The Chinese-backed guerrillas called it the War of the Running Dogs - their contemptuous term for those in Malaya who remained loyal to the British. The British Government referred to this bloody and costly struggle as the 'Malayan Emergency'. Yet it was a war that lasted twelve years and cost thousands of lives. By the time it was over Malaya had obtained its independence - but on British, not on Chinese or Communist terms.

Growing up in a low-income suburb of Baltimore, Maryland, Glenn Stearns attributes optimism, hope, hard work, and unforgettable mentors as the indelible influences that helped him break free from hardship, overcome numerous challenges, and dare to live his wildest dreams. Stearns believes that it does not matter where you grew up, how little money you have, or even how many mistakes you have made—everyone has the potential to turn their life around and make their dreams come true. That’s the core belief and incredible life of Glenn Stearns and what InteGRITy is all about.

Dr. Roger Kuhn, a Poarch Creek Two-Spirit Indigequeer activist, artist, sex therapist, and somacultural theorist, believes that Two-Spirit people hold a unique perspective—and that viewing our bodies through a somacultural lens can help us better understand how dominant culture informs and, all too often, misinforms our relationship to it.

As founder and editor of the highly successful magazine Latitudes & Attitudes, he surveys and comments on the good and the bad, the funny and the sad, the practical and the theoretical of the sailing scene. This collection of his editorials and other writings is full of useful advice, keen observations and, yes, some outrageous comments, the way only Bob can put them on paper.