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Funktionelle Störungen der Nahrungsaufnahme bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Interdisziplinärer Praxisleitfaden
by Margarete Bolten Corinne Légeret Simone OdenheimerDas Buch behandelt Beeinträchtigungen bei der Nahrungsaufnahme im Kindes- und Jugendalter, die nicht allein durch organische Ursachen erklärt werden können: frühkindliche Fütter- und Essstörungen, Sondendependenz, funktionelles Erbrechen, Ruminationsstörungen und funktionelle Dysphagien. Im Sinne einer ganzheitlichen Betrachtung stellt dieser Leitfaden die Entstehungsbedingungen und das interdisziplinäre Vorgehen bei der Diagnostik und Behandlung funktioneller Störungen der Nahrungsaufnahme bei Kindern und Jugendlichen dar. Das Buch richtet sich an Fachpersonen aus der Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, aus der Psychotherapie, Logopädie, Ergotherapie und Physiotherapie.
Neurologische Notfälle: Präklinische und innerklinische Akutversorgung
by Jens LitmatheDas Werk beschreibt die Akutdiagnostik und Akuttherapie der wichtigsten neurologischen Notfallsituationen, wie ischämischer Schlaganfall, intrakranielle Blutungen, Krampfanfälle, Meningitis, Enzephalitis, Bewusstseinsstörungen, Schwindel und Kopfschmerzen. Gegliedert in präklinische und innerklinische Akutversorgung ist es ein idealer Begleiter sowohl für präklinisch tätige Notärztinnen und Notärzte als auch für diejenigen, die innerklinisch neurologische Notfälle versorgen, z.B. in zentralen oder interdisziplinären Notaufnahmen. Auch auf häufig vorkommende neurologische Notfälle bei Kindern geht das Werk ein, ebenso wie auf psychiatrische Notfälle sowie Bildgebung und Interventionen im Notfall. Die 2. Auflage wurde vollständig aktualisiert und erweitert. Die Gliederung orientiert sich zunächst nach den wichtigsten Leitsymptomen und geht dann auf spezifische notfallmedizinisch relevante Krankheitsbilder ein. Zahlreiche Tipps und ein Frage-Quiz zur Selbstkontrolle machendas Buch besonders praxisnah.
Telematics and Computing: 13th International Congress of Telematics and Computing, WITCOM 2024, Mazatlan, Mexico, November 4–8, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (Communications in Computer and Information Science #2249)
by Miguel Félix Mata-Rivera Roberto Zagal-Flores Cristian Barria-HuidobroThis two-volume set constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Telematics and Computing , WITCOM 2024, which took place in Mazatlan, Mexico, during November 4–8, 2024. The 41 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions. The papers focus on the topics of environment monitoring, information systems, IoT, education, artificial intelligence techniques, cybersecurity, data science, and energy, with applications to different case of study.
Carrie
by Stephen KingNow with a stunning new cover look for the 50th Anniversary comes Stephen King's legendary debut. Carrie White is no ordinary girl.Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis.To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie - the firststep towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues.But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as sheis forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her . . .
Eine Rundreise durch die Quantenphysik: Von der Unschärferelation bis zu Schrödingers Katze
by Wolfgang W. OsterhageSind Sie fasziniert von den Fragen der Quantenphysik und wollen Sie Beiträge in den Medien zum Thema besser verstehen können? Wolfgang Osterhage gibt Ihnen in diesem kompakten Buch den Einstieg und Überblick, den Sie dafür brauchen - auch ohne quantenphysikalisches Vorwissen! Dieses Buch lädt Sie ein, mitzudenken, und die großen Probleme der Physik des Kleinsten kennenzulernen.Eine Reise durch die Quantenphysik ist und bleibt spannend: denn obwohl die Theorie fast 85 Jahre alt und eine der erfolgreichsten Theorien der Physik ist - hat sie doch viele ihrer Grundsatzfragen bis heute nicht endgültig beantworten können. Es scheint, als habe Richard Feynmanns Ausspruch „Ich glaube mit Sicherheit behaupten zu können, daß niemand die Quantenmechanik versteht“ noch immer Bestand.Um Ihnen den Einstieg zu erleichtern, beginnt dieses Buch mit der Gedankenwelt der Quantenphysik, die manchmal quer zu den Erfahrungen der Alltagswirklichkeit zu stehen scheint. Über das Phänomen der Strahlung wird anschließend atom- und kernphysikalisches Grundwissen vermittelt, bevor es hineingeht in die fremde Welt der Operatoren, Wahrscheinlichkeiten und des Messproblems. Zuletzt münden alle Puzzelstücke in das Standardmodell der Elementarteilchen und in die Quantenfeldtheorie.In der zweiten Auflage wurde das Buch gründlich aktualisiert und u.a. durch die spannenden Themen Quantencomputer und Quanteninformation ergänzt.Eine kurz und bündige Einführung, die Ihnen den Überblick verschafft, den Sie für Ihr Weiterlesen brauchen - viel Freude bei Ihrem Studium Generale.
Multisensory Design of Retail Environments: Vision, Sound, and Scent (Science meets Practice)
by Marko Sarstedt Monika Imschloss Susanne AdlerOnline retailers have gained massive popularity in recent years, plunging large parts of brick-and-mortar retail into an existential crisis. In order to survive in times of growing online retail, brick-and-mortar retailers must become aware of their unique potential to address non-digitizable consumer needs and transform retail environments into places of experience and discovery. A key building block for achieving this aim lies in the creation of sensory experiences that motivate consumers to enter and linger in stationary retail environments. But how? To answer this question, this volume provides insights into the latest research results from sensory marketing on vision, sound, and scent. The authors describe the sometimes surprising effects of sensory cues on consumer behavior and provide clear recommendations for marketing practice. The second edition comes with an advanced coverage of various topics such as technology use in retail environments and includes new case studies.
Change-Projekte beraten: Story-Book für erfolgreiche Veränderungsarbeit
by Frank KühnIn diesem Fachbuch beschreibt Frank Kühn basierend auf seiner langjährigen Erfahrung als Berater verschiedene Change-Situationen in fiktiven Unternehmen. Informativ und kurzweilig tauscht er sich zu diesen mit seinen – ebenfalls fiktiven – Beraterkollegen aus und stellt so die Beratungssituationen unter verschiedenen Gesichtspunkten und mit unterschiedlichen Ansätzen dar. Frank Kühn plädiert für eine verantwortungsvolle Beratung, welche die praktischen Bedürfnisse, realen Möglichkeiten und vor allem die erfolgsrelevanten Situationen in Unternehmen und Veränderungsprozessen berücksichtigt. Dabei ist ihm der Austausch auf Augenhöhe sowohl zwischen Management und Beratern als auch zwischen Managern und Mitarbeitenden wichtig. Die gewählte Beratersicht ist auch für Verantwortliche in Unternehmen schnell nachvollziehbar und in konkreten Situationen im eigenen Unternehmen leicht anwendbar. Der Autor schildert keine aufwändigen Konzepte, sondern setzt auf gemeinsame kreative Entwicklung und schnelles Beginnen. So ist das Buch sowohl für interne und externe Berater als auch für die Verantwortlichen auf den verschiedenen Ebenen der Unternehmen ein hilfreiches Lese- und Arbeitsbuch.
Manual for the Standard for Clinicians’ Interview in Psychiatry: A New Assessment Tool for Measurement-Based Care (MBC) and Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry (PMP) (Advances in Mental Health and Addiction)
by Ahmed Sayed AborayaThe SCIP manual will introduce a new assessment tool designed to be compatible with 21st century advances in measurement-base care (MBC) and personalized medicine in psychiatry (PMP). The SCIP includes 18 clinician-administered and 15 self-administered reliable and validated scales covering most adult symptom domains: anxiety, obsessions, compulsions, posttraumatic stress, depression, mania, delusions, hallucinations, disorganized thoughts, aggression, negative symptoms, alcohol use, drug use, attention deficit/hyperactivity, and eating disorders. Mental health professionals (psychiatrists, psychiatry residents, psychologists, therapists, clinical social workers, counselors, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, professors, students, and mental health researchers) are the primary audience of the manual. These professionals will be able to implement SCIP scales in their practice and use the SCIP psychopathology glossary as part of the emerging science of personalized medicine psychiatry (PMP).Existing books on measures and rating scales, such as the two books above, describe different scales developed by different authors at different periods. Each scale has its own rating guidelines and training requirements, which must be followed by clinicians in order to use the scales. This demands a considerable amount of time for clinicians and can be a barrier to using the scales in practice. Even within the same psychopathology domain, many published measurement scales exist. For instance, the book published by Waters and Stephane includes 120 scales for psychosis. Among the 120 scales for psychosis, which scale(s) should the clinician choose? Our proposed manual will remove these barriers by creating simple and universal principles which allow readers to use the 33 reliable and validated SCIP scales with most adult psychiatric disorders. There will be 15 videotaped interviews available online for readers who buy the book. Readers are expected to watch the interviews in conjunction with reading the manual.
Computer Vision – ECCV 2024: 18th European Conference, Milan, Italy, September 29–October 4, 2024, Proceedings, Part LXXXV (Lecture Notes in Computer Science #15143)
by Aleš Leonardis Elisa Ricci Stefan Roth Olga Russakovsky Torsten Sattler Gül VarolThe multi-volume set of LNCS books with volume numbers 15059 up to 15147 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Computer Vision, ECCV 2024, held in Milan, Italy, during September 29–October 4, 2024. The 2387 papers presented in these proceedings were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 8585 submissions. They deal with topics such as computer vision; machine learning; deep neural networks; reinforcement learning; object recognition; image classification; image processing; object detection; semantic segmentation; human pose estimation; 3d reconstruction; stereo vision; computational photography; neural networks; image coding; image reconstruction; motion estimation.
The Tauchnitz Edition and Related Paperback Series: English Literature in Your Pocket (New Directions in Book History)
by Melanie Mienert Stefan Welz Dietmar BöhnkeThe Tauchnitz Edition and Related Paperback Series: English Literature in Your Pocket unites a broad variety of interests and different perspectives concerning the legacy of the Tauchnitz Edition in particular and English language paperback series in general. It provides an international and interdisciplinary approach to the 'paperback revolution' as part of media culture throughout the 19th and 20th centuries. The Bernhard Tauchnitz' Collection of British and American Authors, initiated in 1841, was not only a successful entrepreneurial endeavor but a milestone in the history of print culture as well. The Leipzig-based Tauchnitz publishers, renowned all over the world for their series of affordable pocket books in English, produced more than 5000 volumes within the course of over 100 years. Cultural and literary repercussions of this unique achievement have been far-reaching since the late 19th century. It pioneered a new way of mass-market publishing, innovative copyright arrangements and a close cooperation with many important English-language novelists of the day. Still in present times, the Tauchnitz Edition and its successors are stimulating both academic research in various fields and the enthusiasm of collectors and readers.
Einsatz und Wirkung von Außenwerbung zur Mitgliedergewinnung stationärer Fitnessstudios aus Sicht der Studiobetreiber
by Karsten HappelIn diesem Buch wird die Effektivität von Außenwerbung bei der Gewinnung neuer Mitglieder für stationäre Fitnessstudios untersucht. Der Autor beleuchtet den aktuellen Fitness- und Außenwerbemarkt, analysiert die Auswirkungen der Coronavirus-Pandemie auf die Branche und bewertet die verschiedenen Formen der Außenwerbung hinsichtlich ihrer Reichweite und Wirksamkeit. Durch qualitative Interviews und quantitative Umfragen wird der Einsatz von Plakaten, digitalen Werbetafeln und anderen OOH-Medien bewertet. Die Arbeit liefert detaillierte Handlungsempfehlungen für Studiobetreiber, um ihre Werbekampagnen zielgerichteter und erfolgreicher zu gestalten.
Autism Research between Psychology and Neuroscience: From Leo Kanner to New Frontiers
by Michele Di SalvoThis book offers an overview of the history, definitions, and treatments for autism spectrum disorders from 1943 to the present day. Bridging the gap between psychology and neuroscience through a rigorous reconstruction of eighty years of research, the author retraces the emergence of the definition of autism and the description of its characteristics, the history of the diagnosis and standardized classification of ASD in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and the development of etiological research and therapeutic interventions in medical, psychoeducational, and alternative therapies. The content spans neurology, genetics, psychiatry, and medicine, integrating discoveries from different fields to shed light on relevant factors of the pathology and dynamics of ASD. A useful resource for students and researchers in psychology, psychiatry, special education, and healthcare, this book unveils the latest advances in the field of ASD and discusses the research agenda for the years to come, showcasing multidirectional approaches to improve the quality of life of autistic people.
Intimate Partner Violence in India: A Quantitative Analysis of the Causes and Outcomes (Sustainable Development Goals Series)
by Richa Kothari Zakir Husain Mousumi DuttaThis volume comprehensively analyzes the determinants and consequences of intimate partner violence in India. It examines the contested relationship between empowerment and intimate partner violence—at individual and community levels. It highlights the short and long-term effects of intimate partner violence on the children of victims. The book employs up-to-date quantitative methods and is based on a recently released nationally representative database. The focus is on India, a fast-growing South Asian country with poor gender indicators. It extends the understanding of intimate partner violence to developing countries lacking poor victim support bases. It also addresses SDG5, “eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls in the public and private spheres, including trafficking and sexual and other types of exploitation.” The book is essential for anyone interested in the data-based analysis of intimate partner violence and activists and policymakers seeking to reduce such violence in India.
Quick Guide Erfolgreich verhandeln im Einkauf: Wie Sie Ihr Unternehmen auf das nächste Level bringen: die wichtigsten Tools und Expertenwissen für den Einkauf (Quick Guide)
by Sven BogatzkiDer Druck für Unternehmen durch schleppende Wirtschaftsentwicklung, sinkende Kaufkraft und absoluter Preistransparenz wird immer größer. Mehr denn je liegt im Einkauf der entscheidende Hebel, um sich in diesem schwierigen Marktumfeld zu behaupten. Sven Bogatzki ist Einkaufsexperte und führt seit über 25 Jahren Teams, Abteilungen und Unternehmen von einem Erfolg zum nächsten. In "Boost! Bringe deinen Einkauf auf ein neues Level" greift er auf diese Erfahrungen zurück und zeigt entscheidende Ansätze und Methoden, um den Einkauf in Unternehmen zu optimieren – mit enormem Fachwissen, praxisnah, authentisch und ganz persönlich.
The Perfect Husband: An FBI Profiler Novel (FBI Profiler #1)
by Lisa Gardner#1 New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner&’s riveting suspense debut asks: What would you do if the man of your dreams hides the soul of a killer?&“Lisa Gardner&’s books come with a built-in set of hands. They reach up out of the pages, grab you by the lapels, and hold you until you&’ve read to the final, suspense-filled sentence.&”—Linwood BarclayJim Beckett was everything she&’d ever dreamed of. . . . But two years after Tess married the decorated cop and bore his child, she helped put him behind bars for savagely murdering ten women. Even locked up in a maximum security prison, he vowed he would come after her and make her pay. Now the cunning killer has escaped—and the most dangerous game of all begins. After a lifetime of fear, Tess will do something she&’s never done before. She&’s going to learn to protect her daughter and fight back, with the help of a burned-out ex-marine. As the largest manhunt four states have ever seen mobilizes to catch Beckett, the clock winds down to the terrifying reunion between husband and wife. And Tess knows that this time, her only choices are to kill—or be killed.
The Observer: A Novel
by Marina EndicottA spare and powerful new novel from the award-winning author of Good to a Fault and The Little Shadows.When Julia arrives in Medway, accompanying her beloved Hardy on his first posting as an RCMP constable, she tries to explain her new life to old friends from the city, but can find no shared vocabulary to convey this rural reality, let alone police life. As Hardy disappears into long days at work, Julia takes a job as editor of the local newspaper, the Observer. Interviewing people to compose a view of the town each week, she gathers knowledge of the community&’s surface joys and sorrows; meanwhile, Hardy is immersed in violence and loss, and Julia can only witness his increasing exhaustion. At first this new life together is an adventure, but as in all the best stories, time darkens and deepens it. Grounded in Marina Endicott&’s own experience in Mayerthorpe, Alberta, The Observer is an essential story from one of our most beloved storytellers. Endicott writes with the sure pacing and insight of a master novelist, piecing haunting details into a quietly devastating revelation of the fragility of life and law in a tightknit community.
Watership Down: The Graphic Novel
by Richard AdamsEISNER AWARD WINNER • OHIO BOOK AWARD WINNER • A beautiful and faithful graphic novel adaptation of Richard Adams&’s beloved story of a group of rabbits on an epic journey in search of home.NOMINATED FOR THE RINGO AWARD AND THE HARVEY AWARD&“Every rabbit that stays behind is in great danger. We will welcome any rabbit who joins us.&” Watership Down is a classic tale of survival, hope, courage, and friendship that has delighted and inspired readers around the world for more than fifty years. Masterfully adapted by award-winning author James Sturm and gorgeously illustrated by bestselling artist Joe Sutphin, this spectacular graphic novel will delight old fans and inspire new ones, bringing the joy of Watership Down to a new generation of readers.
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
by Stephen GroszThe everyday world bedevils us. To make sense of it, we tell ourselves stories. Here, in short, vivid, dramatic tales, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws from his twenty-year practice to track the collaborative journey of therapist and patient as they uncover the hidden feelings behind ordinary behavior. A woman finds herself daydreaming as she returns home from a business trip; a young man loses his wallet. We learn, too, from more extreme examples: the patient who points an unloaded gun at a police officer, the compulsive liar who convinces his wife he's dying of cancer. These beautifully rendered tales illuminate the fundamental pathways of life from birth to death. They invite compassionate understanding, suggesting answers to the questions that compel and disturb us most about love and loss, parents and children, work and change. The resulting journey will spark new ideas about who we are and why we do what we do.
Clarissa, or the History of A Young Lady
by Samuel RichardsonPressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome and increasingly brutal sexual advances. And yet, Clarissa finds his charm alluring, her scrupulous sense of virtue tinged with unconfessed desire. Told through a complex series of interweaving letters, Clarissa is a richly ambiguous study of a fatally attracted couple and a work of astonishing power and immediacy. A huge success when it first appeared in 1747, and translated into French and German, it remains one of the greatest of all European novels.
The Heart's Invisible Furies: A Novel
by John BoyneNamed Book of the Month Club's Book of the Year, 2017Selected one of New York Times Readers&’ Favorite Books of 2017Winner of the 2018 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war IrelandCyril Avery is not a real Avery -- or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he?Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from - and over his many years, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country, and much more.In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.
Better Than Before: What I Learned About Making and Breaking Habits--to Sleep More, Quit Sugar, Procrastinate Less, and Generally Build a Happier Life
by Gretchen RubinNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Happiness Project and &“a force for real change&” (Brené Brown) examines how changing our habits can change our lives. &“If anyone can help us stop procrastinating, start exercising, or get organized, it&’s Gretchen Rubin. The happiness guru takes a sledgehammer to old-fashioned notions about change.&”—Parade Most of us have a habit we&’d like to change, and there&’s no shortage of expert advice. But as we all know from tough experience, no magic, one-size-fits-all solution exists. It takes work to make a habit, but once that habit is set, we can harness the energy of habits to build happier, stronger, more productive lives. In Better Than Before, acclaimed writer Gretchen Rubin identifies every approach that actually works. She presents a practical, concrete framework to allow readers to understand their habits—and to change them for good. Infused with Rubin&’s compelling voice, rigorous research, and easy humor, and packed with vivid stories of lives transformed, Better Than Before explains the (sometimes counterintuitive) core principles of habit formation and answers the most perplexing questions about habits: • Why do we find it tough to create a habit for something we love to do? • How can we keep our healthy habits when we&’re surrounded by temptations? • How can we help someone else change a habit? Rubin reveals the true secret to habit change: first, we must know ourselves. When we shape our habits to suit ourselves, we can find success—even if we&’ve failed before. Whether you want to eat more healthfully, stop checking devices, or finish a project, the invaluable ideas in Better Than Before will start you working on your own habits—even before you&’ve finished the book.
Life in Five Senses: How Exploring the Senses Got Me Out of My Head and Into the World
by Gretchen RubinNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The author of The Happiness Project discovers a surprising path to a life of more energy, creativity, luck, and love: by tuning in to the five senses. &“Life in Five Senses invites us into the seismic shift toward a life grounded in sensation, vitality, and innate intelligence.&”—GLENNON DOYLE, author of Untamed &“An inspiring and practical guide to living in the moment.&”—SUSAN CAIN, author of Bittersweet and QuietFor more than a decade, Gretchen Rubin had been studying happiness and human nature. Then, one day, a visit to her eye doctor made her realize that she&’d been overlooking a key element of happiness: her five senses. She&’d spent so much time stuck in her head that she&’d allowed the vital sensations of life to slip away, unnoticed. This epiphany lifted her from a state of foggy preoccupation into a world invigorated by seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching.In this journey of self-experimentation, Rubin explores the mysteries and joys of the five senses as a path to a happier, more mindful life. Drawing on cutting-edge science, philosophy, literature, and her own efforts to practice what she learns, she investigates the profound power of tuning in to the physical world.From the simple pleasures of appreciating the magic of ketchup and adding favorite songs to a playlist, to more adventurous efforts like creating a daily ritual of visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art and attending a flavor university, Rubin shows us how to experience each day with depth, delight, and connection. In the rush of daily life, she finds, our five senses offer us immediate, sustainable ways to cheer up, calm down, and engage the world around us—as well as ways to glimpse the soul and touch the transcendent.Life in Five Senses is an absorbing, layered story of discovery filled with profound insights and practical suggestions about how to heighten our senses and use our powers of perception to live fuller, richer lives—and, ultimately, how to move through the world with more vitality and love.
High Fidelity (Popular Penguins Ser.)
by Nick HornbyFrom the bestselling author of About a Boy, A Long Way Down and Dickens and Prince, a wise and hilarious novel about love, heartbreak, and rock and roll.&“I've always loved Nick Hornby, and the way he writes characters and the way he thinks. It's funny and heartbreaking all at the same time.&”—Zoë KravitzRob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films; top five Elvis Costello songs; top five episodes of Cheers. Rob tries dating a singer, but maybe it&’s just that he&’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.
Cold Cold Heart
by Tami HoagA thrilling novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Tami Hoag, &“one of the most intense suspense writers around&” (Chicago Tribune).Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed since she survived her ordeal, but the physical, emotional, and psychological scars run deep. Struggling with the torment of post-traumatic stress syndrome, plagued by flashbacks and nightmares, Dana returns to her hometown in an attempt to begin to put her life back together. But home doesn&’t provide the comfort she expects.Dana&’s harrowing story and her return to small-town life have rekindled police and media interest in the unsolved case of her childhood best friend, Casey Grant, who disappeared without a trace the summer after their graduation from high school. Terrified of truths long buried, Dana reluctantly begins to look back at her past. Viewed through the dark filter of PTSD, old friends and loved ones become suspects and enemies. Questioning everything she knows, refusing to be defined by the traumas of her past, Dana seeks out a truth that may prove too terrible to be believed...
The Hidden Globe: How Wealth Hacks the World
by Atossa Araxia AbrahamianONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TOP 10 BEST BOOKS OF 2024A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR &“Vivid, revelatory, and politically unpredictable…What bothers Abrahamian, in the end, isn&’t the anarchic but the unfair; if capital is free, people deserve the same respect.&” — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker"A season of unrest looms ahead, and The Hidden Globe lays out the unvarnished truth in a luminous feat of reportage.&”—Hamilton Cain, Minneapolis Star TribuneBorders draw one map of the world; money draws another. A journalist&’s riveting account exposes a parallel universe that has become a haven for the rich and powerful. A globe shows the world we think we know: neatly delineated sovereign nations that grant or restrict their citizens&’ rights. Beneath, above, and tucked inside their borders, however, another universe has been engineered into existence. It consists of thousands of extraterritorial zones that operate largely autonomously, and increasingly for the benefit of the wealthiest individuals and corporations. Atossa Abrahamian traces the rise of this hidden globe to thirteenth-century Switzerland, where poor cantons marketed their only commodity: bodies, in the form of mercenary fighters. Over time, economists, theorists, statesmen, and consultants evolved ever more sophisticated ways of exporting and exploiting statelessness, in the form of free trade zones, flags of convenience, offshore detention centers, charter cities controlled by foreign corporations, and even into outer space. By mapping this countergeography, which decides who wins and who loses in the new global order—and helping us to see how it might be otherwise—The Hidden Globe fascinates, enrages, and inspires.