Jon Adams

Darryl dresses in men's clothes before hiding aboard the schooner Eleanor Mooreland. Soon after leaving port she is discovered and the captain makes her the ship's boy. This is the beginning of Darryl's life at sea. She sails across the Southern Ocean and she learns how to read a chart and how to use a sextant, and later she learns how to cope with the sea's capacity for loss: for castaways, shipwrecks, and mutinies.

How a landmark experiment in rat behavior changed the way we think about cities. In the decades following WWII, the American metropolis was in peril. Modern high rises hastily erected to replace slums became incubators of criminality, while civic unrest erupted across the nation. Enter John B. Calhoun, an ecologist employed by the National Institute of Mental Health to study the effects of overcrowding. Calhoun decided to focus his study on rats. From 1947 to 1977, Calhoun built a series of sprawling habitats in which a rat's every need was met--except space. As the enclosures became ever more crowded, resident rats began to react to social stress, culminating in the terrifying world of Universe 25: a rodent habitat where escalating social disorder collapsed to violent extinction. Did a similar fate await our own teeming cities? Jon Adams and Edmund Ramsden's Rat City is the first book to tell the story of maverick scientist Calhoun and his now-viral experiments. Following the rats from the baiting pits of Victorian London to the laboratories of NIMH, and Calhoun from rural Tennessee to inner-city Baltimore, Rat City is an enthralling mix of dystopian science and urban history. Social design, housing infrastructure, a burgeoning current of racism in city planning: Calhoun influenced them all, and Rat City connects Calhoun's work to the politics of personal space, the looming threat of global overpopulation, and the eclipsing of environmental psychology by pharmaceutical psychiatry. As the "war on rats" continues to be waged around the world, and our post-pandemic society reevaluates the necessity of urban living, the riveting story of Rat City is more relevant than ever.

Jamie has to retrieve the schooner, Stella Maris. It's a condition in his father's will. He has to sail to the Seychelles in the Indian Ocean to recover the schooner from the Outer Islands and then sail home to San Francisco. It's a voyage around the world.

Otis starts from Manila on a short cruise that turns into weeks and months as his sloop sails further and further into the Pacific Ocean. He is somewhere east of Fiji when he passes through the barrier reef of an island he doesn't know the name of because he doesn't have a chart. He has left a lot behind and now he thinks only of sailing home. But the island he has arrived at won't let him leave, not until he finds out what happened on the Far Atoll.

This timely reflection on isolation brings together the best of a beloved genre, featuring an array of desert cartoons done in the signature single-panel style of a New Yorker cartoon. Whether you're feeling marooned in too-close quarters with a loved one, are frantically dreaming up ways to escape from your own quarantine island, or are simply feeling nostalgic for palm trees and sand, these cartoons are sure to make you smile-and we could all use a laugh right now.Drawn from a diverse collection of contributors, these humorous drawings are an essential addition to any coffee table collection, and bring a much-needed dose of levity to the circumstances we all find ourselves in.

Two of the most beloved attractions in all the Disney Kingdoms provide the settings for a pair of magical adventures - filled with action, adventure, romance, humor and fun Millions of fans have climbed aboard the "wildest ride in the wilderness" - now discover the never-before-told saga of how Barnabas T. Bullion's dangerous gold mine of Big Thunder Mountain Railroad became the haunted legend it is today Then, welcome to the Enchanted Tiki Room, a place of legend...fantasy...and mystery On this isolated island populated by talking (and singing) birds and plants and ancient Tiki gods, almost anything can happen - and it will But when a plane arrives with new visitors, it sets off a chain of events that threatens the very future of the Tiki Room Say it ain't so Big Thunder Mountain Railroad (2015) 1-5, Enchanted Tiki Room (2016) 1-5

Marvel's most demented humor mascot is back: Obnoxio the Clown No hero is safe No comic-book event is sacred Have we gone Crazy? Yes And to prove it, we've unsealed the Crazy Vault and rummaged through the hilarious history of the classic funny mag Thrill to the origins of Obnoxio and the Nebbish, Crazy's malodorous mascots Laugh along with the complete adventures of Chester Weems, the Teen Hulk Prepare to waughh with Howard the Duck And cringe as Obnoxio takes on the X-Men Plus, to top things off, a gallery of adorable Marvel Meow variant covers We're Crazy? You're crazy COLLECTING: CRAZY (2019) 1; OBNOXIO THE CLOWN (1983) 1; MATERIAL FROM CRAZY MAGAZINE (1973)9, 20, 22, 28, 31, 39, 42, 57, 59-60, 62-63, 65-66, 68-72, 75-90, 92-94; MARVEL MEOW VARIANTS

Chris the Crab is bored with eating everyone's leftover food, join him as he meets his friends and tries what they eat. Will Chris find something new and tasty to eat, or will he be stuck with his leftovers?

For Christians looking to experience God in new ways, this book provides the basic tools needed to begin a spiritual journey of exploration and transformation through ancient Christian practices of prayer. With a strong biblical foundation and a joyful conversational style, Present to the Presence of God makes these ancient practices easy to grasp for today's reader while still dealing with the deep spiritual concepts behind them. Included is a brief discussion of biblical prayer, the unique spirit of specifically Christian prayer, and clear step-by-step instructions for 12 ancient practices that will be fresh for most Christians, such as Lectio Divina, meditation, and praying with beads. Written by a Bible scholar with an adventurous spirit, this book will give everyone who reads it the freedom and encouragement they need to learn to be present to the presence of God Great for group studies.

Globalization and the ever decreasing need for human workers have impacted, perhaps especially the Western world, like a slow moving earthquake. So much now seems uncertain and the future approaches as a fearsome threat. So many are aware, only of their lack of power and ability to effect any change in a seemingly inevitable time of deep uncertainty. This has led many to seek stability in a search for their past, a quest to discover those from whom they descended, and a sense that they are not alone. This is not a pointless quest. Who am I, where do I come from, and how should I understand the ancestors who shaped me, are questions human beings have asked from time immemorial. In "So Let Me Just Say" I have attempted to find answers to some of these questions and ask (usually myself) why the people I have interacted with acted the way they did. I have done this, mainly for my family, but hopefully it is interesting for others as well. It is also true that others have memories that can complete our own inner jigsaw puzzle. At times I have simply sought to reclaim the world as it was, or at least as I understood it, so that that world would not be lost and probably misunderstood. What I have experienced cannot be understood without an awareness of the place God has had in my life. In this regard the essay at the beginning of the book is really a questioning of what makes us who we are, and what God's thoughts may be on how we view others. In the face of a rapidly changing world, stability, peace and understanding can still be found and community discovered in a knowing of God, and a deeper understanding of ourselves.

Alfie Dalfie is a book of stories about the travels of Alfie the monkey and his two friends, Rattie the water rat, and Raccie the raccoon. Alfie and his friends sail on the boat Good Name from island to island where they have adventures, such as in the story of "Raccie and the Magic Pillow." Alfie and his friends meet many animals that have problems. Alfie's friends try to solve the problems, but in the end, Alfie finds a solution based on friendship and fairness, such as in the story of "The Giggle Beast of Snake Island."

With new methods of treatment standardisation resulting in various benefits for patient outcomes, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice have emerged as defining features of western healthcare provision in recent years. Most health professions are now adopting some form of 'evidence-based' framework for clinical training and practice. However, the rise of evidence-based healthcare has drawn sustained criticism regarding the limits of trial based evidence, the reductive character of epidemiological study designs, and the potential for an erosion of the importance of lay perspectives and clinical judgement. Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context introduces readers to the social, cultural and historical underpinnings of 'evidence' in healthcare, critically examining questions about what constitutes ’evidence’ and ’effectiveness’ from perspectives outside medicine, including those of patients, complementary medicine and midwifery. It focuses on the application of contemporary theoretical debates around the nature of medical and health knowledge, providing readers with a series of critical analyses of the production, application and translation of 'evidence' in a range of healthcare contexts. Featuring cutting edge work from leading social scientists in the UK, US, Canada, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, this volume draws on the latest empirical research to provide a thorough critical overview of this important field of health research.

This authoritative collection is the first wide-ranging overview dedicated to traditional, complementary and integrative medicine (TCIM) and its scientific study. Compiled by an expert editorial team, it is an essential guide to the vast and ever-growing international literature on TCIM.Contributions come from practitioners and academics drawn from a diverse range of disciplines and professions across the globe. From perspectives on the significance of TCIM within public health policy to discourses on its influence in fields such as psychiatry and sociology, discrete chapters come together to provide an international map of the contemporary research, key debates and core issues which shape the field.Carefully structured to ensure easy navigation, the reader is divided into three parts:- Part A focuses on the consumption of TCIM, including chapters on its use through the life-cycle and within the context of disease and health management- Part B covers considerations for practitioners across the world, taking in issues over ethics, communication and education- Part C features chapters on the role of evidence, research and knowledge production in TCIM and looks at what lies ahead for the fieldWith its thought-provoking insights and suggestions for further reading, this comprehensive resource provides guidance and inspiration for anyone embarking on study, practice or research within health, nursing or medicine.

With new methods of treatment standardisation resulting in various benefits for patient outcomes, evidence-based medicine and evidence-based practice have emerged as defining features of western healthcare provision in recent years. Most health professions are now adopting some form of 'evidence-based' framework for clinical training and practice. However, the rise of evidence-based healthcare has drawn sustained criticism regarding the limits of trial based evidence, the reductive character of epidemiological study designs, and the potential for an erosion of the importance of lay perspectives and clinical judgement. Evidence-Based Healthcare in Context introduces readers to the social, cultural and historical underpinnings of 'evidence' in healthcare, critically examining questions about what constitutes ’evidence’ and ’effectiveness’ from perspectives outside medicine, including those of patients, complementary medicine and midwifery. It focuses on the application of contemporary theoretical debates around the nature of medical and health knowledge, providing readers with a series of critical analyses of the production, application and translation of 'evidence' in a range of healthcare contexts. Featuring cutting edge work from leading social scientists in the UK, US, Canada, Norway, Australia and New Zealand, this volume draws on the latest empirical research to provide a thorough critical overview of this important field of health research.

Across the academy, disciplines flock for scientific status, keen to demonstrate that their approach to their subject matter is "scientific." How might literary criticism achieve anything like this sort of methodological consonance? Looking at the history of twentieth-century attempts, from Northrop Frye's macrostructural systematizing and Roman Jakobson's microstructural analysis, through to the collapse of the structuralist project and the recent strategic embrace of evolutionary psychology and cognitive science, this book looks at what hopes remain for a "science" of literary criticism and draws on the work of such thinkers as Richard Dawkins, Hilary Putnam, Richard Rorty, and Kurt Vonnegut to investigate the consequences of adopting a scientific perspective toward literary study. With an increasing number of departments teaching "literature and science" courses, the question of what literary study stands to gain (and what it might risk) from cleaving to the sciences is especially pressing.