Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria
A lost treasury of voices returns: Ikom Folk Stories From Southern Nigeria revives the laughter, wisdom, and wonder of a people whose tales shaped generations. Collected by Elphinstone Dayrell and lovingly restored by Alpha Editions, this folklore collection Nigeria brings together traditional African stories, African myths and legends, and indigenous Nigerian stories from the Ikom region. These Nigerian folk tales rich in tricksters, ancestral spirits, moral riddles, and landscape-born myth offer a window into Ikom storytelling and the broader cultural heritage Nigeria. Each tale pulses with local color, ritual cadence, and the communal values that sustained West African folktales for centuries. Historically significant and beautifully narrated, this edition rescues material that was out of print for decades and reintroduces it to modern readers and scholars alike. More than a reprint, Alpha Editions has carefully restored original texts for clarity and authenticity, pairing preservation with accessibility. The result is both a collector s item and a cultural treasure: essential for casual readers seeking enchanting Southern Nigeria stories and indispensable for collectors of Nigerian cultural narratives and folklore collection Nigeria. Perfect for lovers of African folklore, students of traditional African stories, and anyone drawn to the living myths of West Africa, this volume preserves a vital chapter of Nigeria s oral heritage for today s readers and for future generations.
The Instinct Of Workmanship, And The State Of Industrial Arts
A provocative rescue of a forgotten classic: Thorstein Veblen s sharp, humane inquiry into the instincts that drive production and the fate of industrial arts. In The Instinct Of Workmanship, And The State Of Industrial Arts, Veblen traces the evolution of craftsmanship and the work ethic philosophy from pre-industrial ateliers to mass production, offering a sustained craftsmanship analysis that still cuts to the heart of modern labor and production insights. Combining economic sociology and cultural critique, he explores how the industrial revolution impact reshaped historical industrial practices, pitting workmanship against mechanized efficiency and exposing the tensions of craftsmanship vs industrialization. Readable and richly argued, Veblen s economic theories illuminate why societies value certain kinds of work, how habits of industry form, and what is lost when production becomes divorced from skill and pride. This edition out of print for decades and now lovingly republished by Alpha Editions has been carefully restored for today s and future generations. More than a reprint, it s a collector s item and a cultural treasure: annotated, cleanly set, and designed for both casual readers curious about early 20th-century industry and classic literature collectors seeking a definitive copy. If you prize incisive thought on labor, production, and the social roots of industry, this essential work revives Veblen s voice for a new age of industrial arts debate.
Imported Americans; The Story Of The Experiences Of A Disguised American And His Wife Studying The Immigration Question
A revealing undercover journey into the heart of America s immigrant neighborhoods Imported Americans invites readers to walk, work, and live alongside the men and women remaking the nation. In this gripping narrative, Broughton Brandenburg and his wife disguise themselves as new arrivals to document firsthand the immigrant challenges, assimilation pressures, and survival strategies of the early 20th century. Part investigative immigration study, part intimate immigration narrative, the book captures daily immigrant life in America, immigrant challenges in factories and tenements, and the human stories behind evolving immigration policy history. Through vivid episodes and clear-eyed reportage, Brandenburg illuminates the American immigration story with compassion and urgency. Historically significant and literarily compelling, Imported Americans offers rare historical immigration insights into a formative era of policy debates and cultural change. Casual readers will be moved by the personal tales and moral stakes; classic literature collectors will value the book s authentic voice and contextual richness. This Broughton Brandenburg book stands as much more than reportage it is a social portrait and a primary source for anyone studying immigration and assimilation in American history. Rediscovered after decades out of print, this edition from Alpha Editions has been carefully restored for today s and future generations. More than a reprint, this release is a collector s item and a cultural treasure, essential for understanding the roots of America s continuing immigration experiences and the ongoing conversation about who belongs.
The Inequality Of Human Races
A provocative, indispensable window into the ideas that reshaped nineteenth-century thought republished and restored for today s readers. Arthur de Gobineau s The Inequality of Human Races is a landmark (and controversial) work of 19th century anthropology that shaped debates in racial theory, racial hierarchy, and the emergence of race science. This edition presents Gobineau s original arguments about human races and their place in history, carefully preserved to reflect the primary text that influenced generations of thinkers and the development of social Darwinism. Read as a historical document, it illuminates how ideas of racial inequality entered political and cultural discourse and helps readers understand the roots of modern racial discourse. This Alpha Editions release brings a text out of print for decades back into circulation fully restored for today s and future generations. More than a reprint, this volume is edited and designed as a collector s item and cultural treasure: a faithful reproduction for historians, students of anthropology classics, and anyone exploring the history of race and society. Whether you re a casual reader curious about historical racial studies or a collector of influential intellectual works, this edition offers rare insight into Gobineau philosophy and the contested legacy of racial theory. Keywords: racial theory, racial inequality, human races, 19th century anthropology, racial hierarchy, Gobineau philosophy, race and society, historical racial studies, race science, social Darwinism, racial discourse, anthropology classics.
Essays In Medical Sociology, Volume 1
A forgotten voice returns: Essays In Medical Sociology, Volume 1 reawakens a landmark conversation about medicine, society, and the human cost of care. This compelling collection gathers sharp, humane essays that trace the roots of modern medical sociology exploring social determinants of health, the ethics of care, and healthcare systems analysis with clarity and moral urgency. Readers will encounter thoughtful historical medical essays and public health perspectives that illuminate how social forces shape health outcomes, how medical institutions evolve, and why medicine and society must be studied together. Each essay offers medicine and sociology enthusiasts concise medical sociology insights, rigorous sociological healthcare studies, and meditations on medical ethics essays that remain startlingly relevant. Historically significant and intellectually rich, this Volume 1 medical essays collection sheds light on early debates that helped form contemporary healthcare discourse. Its historical importance makes it essential reading for students of the sociology of health, historians of medicine, and anyone curious about the lineage of public health ideas linked to figures like Elizabeth Blackwell. Out of print for decades, this work has been lovingly restored and republished by Alpha Editions. This edition is not just a reprint it s a collector s item and a cultural treasure, prepared for today s readers and future generations. Whether you re a casual reader seeking profound public health perspectives or a classic literature collector hunting rare sociological healthcare studies, this revived classic belongs on your shelf.
The Indians Of The Painted Desert Region
A vivid journey into a vanishing world step into the Painted Desert region where the voices, ceremonies, and landscapes of Southwestern tribes come alive. In The Indians of the Painted Desert Region, George Wharton James offers an intimate portrait of Native American tribes across Arizona: the Hopi culture with its cliff dwellings and sacred kachina rites, Navajo traditions of weaving and hogan life, Wallapai history along river canyons, and the resilient Havasupai people of the waterfalls and plateaus. Blending travel narrative, cultural anthropology, and eyewitness observation, James captures daily life, myth, and ceremony with compassion and detail that enlightens curious readers and scholars alike. This edition, republished by Alpha Editions, restores a work long out of print for decades and prepares it for today s and future generations. Meticulously restored and annotated, this is not merely a reprint it s a collector s item and cultural treasure that preserves key material on indigenous peoples of Arizona, desert tribes of America, and the broader Native American history of the Southwestern United States. Perfect for readers drawn to Native American tribes, students of cultural anthropology, and classic literature collectors, this book is both a compelling narrative and an important historical record. Own a piece of reclaimed history an essential volume for anyone fascinated by Hopi culture, Navajo traditions, Wallapai history, and the Havasupai people.
The Excavations At Babylon
A lost city speaks again step into the dust and glory of Babylon. The Excavations at Babylon chronicles Robert Koldewey s landmark archaeological campaign that unearthed the monumental Babylonian ruins and reshaped our understanding of ancient Mesopotamia. Written by the field s foremost excavator, this vivid account blends meticulous historical research with on-the-ground drama: the discovery of massive walls and foundations, the reconstruction of palaces and temples, and the techniques that made early twentieth-century historical excavations both painstaking and revelatory. Readers will follow the excavation techniques, daily triumphs and setbacks, and the broader implications for Mesopotamian history and ancient civilizations. This volume s literary and historical significance is profound a primary record from one of archaeology s classic field projects that influenced generations of scholars and inspired modern exploration of the ancient world. It illuminates Babylonian culture, catalogues archaeological discoveries, and explains how systematic excavation transformed our view of Mesopotamian history. Long out of print, Alpha Editions proudly restores this essential work for today s and future generations. This edition is more than a reprint: it s a collector s item and a cultural treasure, carefully restored and annotated for modern readers. Perfect for casual readers fascinated by ancient world exploration and for classic literature collectors and historians seeking an authoritative account of Babylon archaeology by Robert Koldewey.
Indians Of The Enchanted Desert
A vivid journey into a vanished world Indians of the Enchanted Desert invites readers to walk sun-scorched mesas, enter shadowed kivas, and listen to stories carried on desert winds. Leo Crane s evocative account blends travel narrative, early 20th-century anthropology, and affectionate observation to illuminate Native American culture across the American Southwest. Through detailed historical accounts of Native Americans, firsthand descriptions of Hopi and Navajo traditions, and sensitive reportage on Southwest tribes, the book paints desert landscapes as living stages for tribal customs and rituals. Readers encounter the spiritual rhythms of Hopi ceremonies, the resilient lifeways of Navajo communities, and broader portraits of Indigenous peoples of Arizona that enrich our understanding of cultural heritage and Enchanted Desert history. This edition is important both literarily and historically: Crane s work preserves anthropological insight from a formative era of American Southwest exploration, offering scholars and curious readers an authentic window into past perceptions and practices. Long out of print, Indians of the Enchanted Desert has now been lovingly restored and republished by Alpha Editions not a mere reprint but a collector s item and cultural treasure, renewed for today s and future generations. Ideal for casual readers, history buffs, and classic literature collectors, this volume belongs on the shelf of anyone drawn to the mysteries and enduring legacy of Indigenous cultures in the Southwest.
The Great Speeches And Orations Of Daniel Webster; With An Essay On Daniel Webster As A Master Of English Style
A thunderbolt of eloquence rediscover the voice that shaped a nation. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster brings together the commanding rhetoric of one of America s most influential American figures, presented in a restored edition by Alpha Editions. This volume collects Webster s most celebrated historical speeches and political speeches collection from courtroom masterpieces to stirring Senate orations showcasing why he is remembered as a master of English style and a model of 19th-century rhetoric. Readers will find the clarity, cadence, and persuasive power that made Webster s orations pivotal in shaping debates on union, law, and liberty. Interwoven is an illuminating essay on Daniel Webster as a master of English style, unpacking techniques every lover of eloquence in public speaking will study and admire. Unique literary and historical significance: out of print for decades, this edition has been carefully restored for today s and future generations. Meticulous editing and scholarly attention make this more than a reprint it is a collector s item and a cultural treasure for lovers of classic American literature and scholars of American history speeches. Whether you re a casual reader drawn to the drama of American oratory or a collector seeking a definitive Daniel Webster biography companion, this book offers an indispensable window into Webster s rhetoric and the political life of 19th-century America. Rediscover Webster s orations where language becomes law, and speech shapes history.
Wars That Changed the World
What if war wasn t just a story of destruction but a powerful force for transformation? This riveting exploration of war psychology and post-conflict transformation reveals how humanity s darkest hours can ignite its most profound insights. From the trenches of moral injury to the frontlines of innovation under fire, this book uncovers the unexpected ways warfare reshapes minds, societies, and entire civilizations. Blending deep historical analysis with cultural insight and psychological depth, it moves far beyond the battlefield to examine how trauma and innovation in conflict shape ethical leadership in crisis, spark societal reinvention, and challenge our assumptions about identity, power, and empathy. Through real stories, thought-provoking reflections, and strategic lessons, it shows how war as devastating as it is can act as an unflinching teacher, illuminating the psychological effects of warfare and the long arc of recovery and reinvention. Ideal for readers of history, psychology, leadership, and cultural studies, this book is essential for anyone seeking to understand the invisible forces that shape our world. Whether you re a strategist, scholar, leader, or curious thinker, you ll come away with a radically new lens on war and on what it means to rebuild with wisdom, resilience, and purpose.
Strangers of Light
What if the stories of ancient sky beings weren t myths or metaphors but encrypted memories of something deeper: a forgotten inheritance encoded across cultures, hidden in plain sight? Across millennia and continents, civilizations have told of watchers, star ancestors, and celestial archetypes beings who descended from the heavens, bringing forbidden insight, luminous knowledge, and sometimes, catastrophe. From the Book of Enoch's Watchers and the Anunnaki symbolism in Sumerian texts, to the Hopi star ancestors and flying cities of the Indian Puranas, this book uncovers a stunning global pattern that defies coincidence. Blending comparative mythology, depth psychology, and spiritual archeology, this groundbreaking exploration reveals how these beings were not just sky gods or aliens, but representations of a mythic consciousness a way of seeing the cosmos that modern minds have forgotten. Through vivid storytelling, symbolic decoding, and real-world examples, readers are invited into an unforgettable journey that is part historical revelation, part personal awakening. Whether you re a seeker of forbidden knowledge myths, a student of Jungian archetypes, or someone captivated by the mystery of ancient sky beings, this book offers a perspective shift that is as intellectually rigorous as it is spiritually moving. You ll walk away not only understanding the myth but seeing your own life reflected in its sacred mirror. Perfect for lovers of mythology, mysticism, ancient history, and those curious about our hidden origins, this book will change how you look at the stars and yourself.
Liberating Abortion
"A gift to future generations."--Cecile Richards, author of Make Trouble"Our storytellers meet the moment with powerful insight and testimonials."--Congresswoman Ayanna PressleyA galvanizing history of abortion recentering people of color to put forth a timely argument that we must liberate abortion for all.People of color have been having abortions since the dawn of time, yet our access is continuously under attack. In Liberating Abortion, award-winning abortion activist Renee Bracey Sherman and journalist Regina Mahone illustrate the long racist history that brought us to this moment, uncover the hidden figures who set the foundation that activists and storytellers are building on today, and explain how abortion has been and remains essential to the health of our communities.Liberating Abortion will take you back to the basics of sex education, detailing the traditions of abortion over centuries while examining how society makes us feel about our experiences. You'll find rigorous research, never-before-heard stories, and eye-opening interviews with more than fifty people of color who've had abortions, including activists, actresses, television writers, politicians, and two Black members of Jane, the Chicago feminist service that provided abortions before Roe.With poignant storytelling and precise analysis, Liberating Abortion will change how you think about abortion forever.
A Various Language
Author: 竅+ Bob Lonsberry Description: Talk-show host Bob Lonsberry, a long-time reporter and newspaper columnist, has collected his best columns and compiled them into a book in which he hopes to promote freedom, encourage endurance in the face of difficulty, foster faith, and bolster family. This is a book about bedrock American ideals that have the power to make our country and our lives better. Written as if talking friend-to-friend, this book will be a companion to those who are willing to stand up for what they believe in. Product Details: Format: Paperback Print: Black & White Size: 6x9 Page Count: 259 ISBN: 9781599550077 Imprint: Bonneville Books Office Use: 1M541
Springtime for Sophie
"The year was 1909, the setting a decaying New England mill town. A saloonkeeper was left for dead, shot a dozen times, his throat slashed for good measure, yet still babbling that a winsome music teacher and her young beau, the victim's rival in love, had done the deed. The two murder trials that followed drew curious hordes and the attention of a nation. With meticulous archival work and rare narrative gifts, Professor Richard Underwood unearths this lost tale of death, duplicity, and personal ruin. In retelling a grisly true-life crime story, Underwood delivers a rich ethnography of Naugatuck, Connecticut, and a law school seminar on evidence, criminal procedure, trial strategy, and lawyers' ethics. It is a lesson too in the gnawing uncertainty of true-life crime stories, where some witnesses lie and others honestly forget, and crafty lawyers win fame by torturing the truth into submission to their designs."
Cruising the Downtown
The city of Edmonton, a large and growing Canadian metropolis, has a robust and thriving 2SLGBTQ+ community, with a too often unknown history. Extending the work of The Edmonton Queer History Project, Cruising the Downtown is a collaborative history and celebrates the people, places, and moments that have shaped and continue to shape the history of our city by moving through civic landmarks, sites of queer resistance, nightlife, celebration, and activist spaces.Recalling collections such as Any Other Way: How Toronto Got Queer, Out North: An Archive of Queer Activism and Kinship in Canada, and similar projects, Cruising the Downtown and The Edmonton Queer History Project continue the important work of recognition, space-making, and community building as we move together into a less certain future than any of us could have hoped for.
The Monsters We Make
Criminal profiling--the delicate art of collecting and deciphering the psychological "fingerprints" of the monsters among us--holds an almost mythological status in pop culture. But what exactly is it, does it work, and why is the American public so entranced by it? What do we gain, and endanger, from studying why people commit murder? In The Monsters We Make, author Rachel Corbett explores how criminal profiling became one of society's most seductive and quixotic undertakings through five significant moments in its history.Corbett follows Arthur Conan Doyle through the London alleyways where Jack the Ripper butchered his victims, depicts the tailgate outside of Ted Bundy's execution, and visits the remote Montana cabin where Ted Kaczynski assembled his antiestablishment bombs. Along the way emerge the people who studied and unraveled these cases. We meet self-taught psychologist Henry Murray, who profiled Adolf Hitler at the request of the U.S. government and later profiled his own students--including the future Unabomber--by subjecting them to cruel humiliation experiments. We also meet the prominent Yale psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis, who ended up testifying that Bundy was too sick to stand trial. Finally, Corbett takes the story into our own time, explaining the rise of modern "predictive policing" policies through a study of one Florida family that the analytics targeted--to devastating effects.With narrative intrigue and deft research, Corbett delves deep into the mythology and reality of criminal profilers, revealing how thin the line can be separating those who do harm and those who claim to stop it.
Big Data Collecting and New Media Content Analysis
A Methodology for the Data-Driven Age: Navigating the New Frontier of Content AnalysisIn an era where information streams are relentless, fragmented, and colossal, the traditional tools of media research have proven inadequate. "Big Data Collecting and New Media Content Analysis (Research Method)" emerges not merely as a textbook, but as a crucial methodology for any researcher, student, or practitioner attempting to derive actionable intelligence from the digital deluge.Authored by Dr. Samar Gaber, a prominent researcher in Mass Communication, this work solidifies the bridge between classical analytical rigor and the cutting-edge capabilities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML). Dr. Gaber, whose background includes extensive work on news coverage, security threats, and the impact of digital platforms on public discourse, brings a uniquely grounded perspective to this complex field. Her expertise allows the book to move beyond abstract theory, providing a robust, practical framework for managing the sheer volume, velocity, and variety of data that characterizes new media.The book is structured to guide the reader through the entire methodological journey, beginning with the fundamental characteristics of Big Data, exploring quantitative, qualitative, and mixed research approaches, and culminating in the essential role of AI, Natural Language Processing (NLP), and emerging social media algorithms. It directly addresses the challenges inherent in analyzing platforms like Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok, framing the analysis not just as a technical exercise but as a guide to future-proofing data-driven decision-making.For too long, media analysis has been hampered by limitations in sample size and susceptibility to self-report bias. Dr. Gaber's research methodology champions the use of large-scale, behavioral datasets to increase the validity and generalizability of findings, offering a comprehensive and less-skewed understanding of media consumption and production. This is an indispensable guide for those who recognize that mastering the methodology of Big Data is the key to unlocking competitive advantage, optimizing content strategies, and understanding the complex, ever-evolving social phenomena driven by digital communication.
Every Killer Leaves A Trace
They blended in. They raised families, held steady jobs, and hid in plain sight. But behind the mask of normalcy, they were monsters-responsible for decades of terror, pain, and death.Every Killer Leaves A Trace is a chilling narrative nonfiction thriller that exposes moments that led to the shocking unmasking and ultimate capture of twenty-six of America's most elusive killers. From accidental slips to cutting-edge forensic breakthroughs, each chapter reveals how justice caught up with murderers who thought they'd never be found.Meticulously researched and drawn from court records, autopsy reports, FBI case files, and firsthand interviews with investigators and victims' families, this book is a haunting journey through deception, violence, and the relentless pursuit of truth.These are not just stories of murder. They are blueprints of how justice, though often delayed, is never truly denied.
The Masonic Book Club, Vol. 4
How fortunate are the members of The Masonic Book Club, in that there are so many Masons willing to share their treasures with their Brother Masons. When Brother Walter M. Callaway, Jr., editor of The Masonic Messenger of Georgia, offered to lend us the keystone of his collection of Masonic books, a very rare second edition of Preston, for the purpose of preparing the facsimile plates, and in addition offered to write the Preface, you may readily imagine our unbridled enthusiasm, and our joy at being able to present this volume to our members. So here it is, ranking just behind Anderson's Constitutions as probably the second most important Masonic book ever published. Its influence on our ritual structure cannot be overestimated. Brother Callaway speaks of its use in Georgia. Speaking of Illinois ritual, Preston is followed in literally hundreds of phrases. Preston conceived of Masonry as a great educational force. He collected, refined and polished its language and imagery, and left us a Masonic heritage to last throughout the centuries. Louis L. Williams Alphonse Cerza
Chao
The story you thought you knew was the biggest lie ever told.In 2008, the world watched the epic takedown of DarkMarket, the billion-dollar cyber-underground empire. Renowned journalists Kevin Poulsen (Kingpin) and Misha Glenny (DarkMarket) named the titans of this dark world: American hacking genius Max "Iceman" Butler and the mysterious Turkish administrator, ChaO.The official story claimed FBI agent Keith Mularski (alias "Master Splyntr") infiltrated DarkMarket in a two-year operation and brought it down. But what if that's only the version the FBI wanted you to hear?ChaO: Code, Conspiracy, and Penance reveals the shocking truth: this wasn't an infiltration-it was a challenge initiated by ChaO himself. By daring the FBI agent to catch him, ordering him state-of-the-art computers, and saying "Come and get me," ChaO turned one of the nation's most skilled agents into an unwitting pawn on his own chessboard.The world learned from WIRED headlines that ChaO had "kidnapped and tortured" informant Mert Orta癟 (codenamed "Kier") and plastered his photograph across the entire underworld. As RSA security analyst Uri Rivner said, this caused "cyber-fraudsters to be genuinely afraid for the first time in years." But what was the real reason? This book reveals it was a brilliant counter-espionage operation to expose FBI and Secret Service networks embedded within the forum.After DarkMarket, Misha Glenny wrote of "The Hunt for Lord Cyric." The whole world was after this ghost, but no one could find him. Why? Because only one person knew the ghost's true identity and remained silent: ChaO.While ChaO played chess with the FBI, he was fighting for survival against betrayal in his own country. The untouchable "Simons," known as the "true owners of the state," wanted to position him as the "financial mastermind" of the Ergenekon case, the biggest political setup in Turkish history.At the end of this invisible war, he flatly rejected the witness protection program and the promise of a new life in America. ChaO would never be anyone's pawn.His unbreakable will was forged throughout his evolution: from a kid who broke systems by reverse-engineering Assembly code and challenging telecom giants with a BlueBox, to the architect who created the "ATM Monster" that neutralized the most advanced banking defense systems.He entered prison an innocent man; the "kid" at the keyboard died, and a "Boss" who ruled an underworld republic was born. A total of 23 years in 23 of Turkey's most horrific high-security prisons. Two successful escapes.The man who brought systems to their knees had one vulnerability: people. The betrayal of his most trusted right-hand man, Hakkan, and his love for G羹lce became his greatest weakness.After a devastating phone call, ChaO no longer had a reason to fight. Headlines claimed he was captured by the FBI. The truth: he took a "Vow of Silence" of his own free will, facing the ultimate pain. This wasn't surrender; it was penance for a devastating loss.Written as a letter in prison, censored in 2021 as "objectionable" and "threatening," this book was reborn into freedom on March 2, 2025.www.chaostruth.com
Chao
The story you thought you knew was the biggest lie ever told.In 2008, the world watched the epic takedown of DarkMarket, the billion-dollar cyber-underground empire. Renowned journalists Kevin Poulsen (Kingpin) and Misha Glenny (DarkMarket) named the titans of this dark world: American hacking genius Max "Iceman" Butler and the mysterious Turkish administrator, ChaO.The official story claimed FBI agent Keith Mularski (alias "Master Splyntr") infiltrated DarkMarket in a two-year operation and brought it down. But what if that's only the version the FBI wanted you to hear?ChaO: Code, Conspiracy, and Penance reveals the shocking truth: this wasn't an infiltration-it was a challenge initiated by ChaO himself. By daring the FBI agent to catch him, ordering him state-of-the-art computers, and saying "Come and get me," ChaO turned one of the nation's most skilled agents into an unwitting pawn on his own chessboard.The world learned from WIRED headlines that ChaO had "kidnapped and tortured" informant Mert Orta癟 (codenamed "Kier") and plastered his photograph across the entire underworld. As RSA security analyst Uri Rivner said, this caused "cyber-fraudsters to be genuinely afraid for the first time in years." But what was the real reason? This book reveals it was a brilliant counter-espionage operation to expose FBI and Secret Service networks embedded within the forum.After DarkMarket, Misha Glenny wrote of "The Hunt for Lord Cyric." The whole world was after this ghost, but no one could find him. Why? Because only one person knew the ghost's true identity and remained silent: ChaO.While ChaO played chess with the FBI, he was fighting for survival against betrayal in his own country. The untouchable "Simons," known as the "true owners of the state," wanted to position him as the "financial mastermind" of the Ergenekon case, the biggest political setup in Turkish history.At the end of this invisible war, he flatly rejected the witness protection program and the promise of a new life in America. ChaO would never be anyone's pawn.His unbreakable will was forged throughout his evolution: from a kid who broke systems by reverse-engineering Assembly code and challenging telecom giants with a BlueBox, to the architect who created the "ATM Monster" that neutralized the most advanced banking defense systems.He entered prison an innocent man; the "kid" at the keyboard died, and a "Boss" who ruled an underworld republic was born. A total of 23 years in 23 of Turkey's most horrific high-security prisons. Two successful escapes.The man who brought systems to their knees had one vulnerability: people. The betrayal of his most trusted right-hand man, Hakkan, and his love for G羹lce became his greatest weakness.After a devastating phone call, ChaO no longer had a reason to fight. Headlines claimed he was captured by the FBI. The truth: he took a "Vow of Silence" of his own free will, facing the ultimate pain. This wasn't surrender; it was penance for a devastating loss.Written as a letter in prison, censored in 2021 as "objectionable" and "threatening," this book was reborn into freedom on March 2, 2025.www.chaostruth.com
Secrets of the Gnomes
Enter the magical realm of gnomes with this captivating book that unveils their hidden secrets. This companion volume to the runaway international bestselling Gnomes takes you on a journey through lush forests, mystical gardens, and cozy underground homes, revealing the fascinating lives of these elusive creatures. The 200 hand-illustrated pages overflow with the authors' on-the-scene sketches and firsthand observations. Inside this book, you'll find: Detailed Illustrations: Beautifully crafted images that bring the gnomes' world to life. Intriguing Stories: Tales of gnome adventures, wisdom, and folklore. Gnome Lore: Insights into gnome culture, habits, and their unique way of life. In Secrets of the Gnomes, authors Poortvliet and Huygen are invited as more than mere observers. After a meal of mushrooms and cream (which tastes as if it were made of "everything that light, air, sun, moon, and earth could produce"), they find that they have been turned into gnomes themselves.... The authors learn of the tender emotional life of a gnome; they see and diagram the mechanics of ingenious gnome technology; they observe how gnomes administer justice in the wild; they are told how fairy tales first began (Little Red Riding Hood was actually a gnome!); and, best of all, they are allowed to see parts of the gnomes' fabled Secret Book. Whether you're a seasoned gnome enthusiast or new to their enchanting world, The Secrets of the Gnomes offers a delightful escape into a land of wonder and imagination. Perfect for readers who love fantasy, nature, and whimsical tales.
Every Killer Leaves A Trace
They blended in. They raised families, held steady jobs, and hid in plain sight. But behind the mask of normalcy, they were monsters-responsible for decades of terror, pain, and death.Every Killer Leaves A Trace is a chilling narrative nonfiction thriller that exposes moments that led to the shocking unmasking and ultimate capture of twenty-six of America's most elusive killers. From accidental slips to cutting-edge forensic breakthroughs, each chapter reveals how justice caught up with murderers who thought they'd never be found.Meticulously researched and drawn from court records, autopsy reports, FBI case files, and firsthand interviews with investigators and victims' families, this book is a haunting journey through deception, violence, and the relentless pursuit of truth.These are not just stories of murder. They are blueprints of how justice, though often delayed, is never truly denied.
S瓊i癟p獺l簾
This book describes the efforts of the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes to save and restore s瓊i癟p獺l簾 or whitebark pine, which is now threatened with extinction from accelerating and intensifying effects of the climate crisis and disease. Often there is too little communication and exchange between Indigenous communities working on issues of cultural survival and restoration and scientists focused on their own research methodologies and approaches. On the Flathead Reservation, however, these disparate worlds are being brought together in a visionary biocultural restoration effort to save whitebark pine.
The House of Beauty
So begins Arabelle Sicardi's blazingly original collection of essays. A former beauty editor, Arabelle has devoted their entire adult life to the subject of beauty--they have analyzed it, criticized it, praised it, benefited from it, loathed it. Now, in The House of Beauty, they get to the contradictions at the heart of it: beauty and horror, two sides of the same coin.With their signature blend of intellectual rigor and poetic sensibility, Arabelle explores how beauty myths are crafted, sold, and weaponized, from corporate boardrooms to your local nail salon. Follow alongside Arabelle as they trace the global trail of the shimmering mica in your beauty products, choose-your-own-adventure-style, or journey into the past to unearth the sinister connection between fragrance and fascism. Bear witness as they visit a tech convention focused on the next horrifying frontier of body modification, or as they ask what's at stake in the braids we weave in our hair. Sharp yet tender in their observations, Arabelle challenges readers to reconsider beauty as more than a product of consumption, inviting a vision of beauty rooted in community and self-care, one that transcends industry-driven ideals.Equal parts expos矇 and cultural reckoning, The House of Beauty cracks open an industry that sells dreams and wields power. Once you have encountered Arabelle's words, there is no looking back.
The Escape Artist
If you read his IMDB profile, you see a successful actor-a guy whose face you've seen in TV shows, mostly the bad guy. So what?The backstory of Ian Jarvis.A nice Jewish boy from New Jersey quits Georgetown University in his junior year and crosses the country in a Chevy truck. He does some plum work as a drug dealer, escapes half a dozen FBI agents at an airport, and spends the next eight years on the run, a federal fugitive in Paris, London, Ibiza, Corsica, and Morocco.His adventures in this fascinating memoir are breathtaking, dangerous, and inspiring. He hangs out with Carl Bernstein, Robert F. Kennedy, Walter Chrysler, Chet Baker, and Amanda Rothschild, lives in Paris for 3 years with two call girls and works for the King of Morocco. Closing in on thirty, however, he decides to return to the US, face the mess he left behind, and find a way back to the rails of the American dream.Two years later, Ian is selling Playboy shoes (really!) in Michigan when his nine-year-old daughter, two grades behind in her schooling, comes to live with him. To create the stability she's never known, Ian leverages a fake resume and fluent French to talk his way into his first serious job: an entry-level salesperson at Saint-Gobain in New York. He's named Vice President of the American division a mere eighteen months later and goes on to a highly successful career in the cosmetics industry. After selling his own company and seeing his daughter off to college, Ian reinvents himself as a high-level executive consultant, writer, actor, and radio host. That's another story!
Needy Media
What makes our portable, networked personal media devices - smartphones, tablets, smartwatches - so irresistible? Reacting to our touch, voice, or gaze, seizing and keeping our attention with sounds, vibrations, and screen prompts, these objects construct an animated intimacy that builds trust and emotional dependence. Needy Media explores how features such as face recognition, awareness sensors, and touchscreens have developed and intersected, tying them to key concepts of psychology, language, and the body. Surveying products and practices across a half century, Stephen Monteiro argues that the appeal is as much about how media devices behave as it is about the information they convey. Monteiro traces a symbiotic overreliance - a neediness - between users and devices, fostered by personalized aspects of digital materiality. The physical and emotional bonds that emerge, he argues, not only cast our devices as loyal companions adaptable to our needs and idiosyncrasies; they also facilitate the corporate harvesting of massive amounts of personal data in the name of making technology more friendly, intuitive, and individualized. Raising important questions about privacy and power, Needy Media seeks answers in the complex and sensitive relationship between interface and body, a coupling that makes the networked object both an essential psychological presence and a lingering concern for our sense of self.
Living Roots
Just four annual crops (corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans) account for 75% of the calories consumed by people. We are missing out on a tremendous bounty of perennial foods--foods that can not only enrich our diets but help heal the land and combat climate change. By investing energy in robust root systems rather than just annual growth, perennial food plants endure year after year, pointing the way to a more resilient future. In Living Roots, a passionate group of experts from wide-ranging backgrounds and lived experience come together to explore the promise of perennial foods. In this book, you'll hear from Indigenous scientists and community leaders who are working to restore buffalo prairies and traditions of berry gathering. You'll also hear from urban visionaries planting food forests. Farmers planting fruit and nut trees between their crops and hedgerows at the edges of their fields. Ranchers learning to graze their livestock in patterns that mimic the behavior of native herbivores, to steward healthier grasslands. And you'll hear from scientists and farmers who are developing perennial grains, from sorghum to silphium. These efforts are wildly diverse, much like a healthy forest or prairie. We will need each of them, and the power of perennials, to protect the planet we all share. Living Roots is a vital introduction to this burgeoning movement and an invaluable resource for sustainable farming advocates, including anyone who cares about the future of food.
Fan Mail
Jason Guriel's Fan Mail: A Guide to What We Love, Loathe, and Mourn is a book about fandom in all its obsessive, contradictory, and deeply personal forms. But more than that, it's an inquiry into how love for art-- books, music, movies, poetry, comics-- shapes not just our tastes but our lives. Guriel, an acclaimed poet and critic, assembles a series of essays that trace his own experiences as a fan, while simultaneously constructing a larger meditation on what it means to be enthralled by culture. The book moves through the phases of Guriel's devotion with a kind of graceful intensity. He revels in obscure corners of the canon and forgotten pop-culture moments. Guriel also plays the anti-booster, taking on what he sees as overhyped or misguided phenomena, from Bob Dylan's Nobel Prize to the self-indulgent quirks of contemporary literary criticism. And he mourns the loss of both singular artists and a pre-internet world, where obsessions flourished in private rather than in algorithm-driven feeds. But Fan Mail is also about the act of writing itself: Guriel's deep engagement with poetry and criticism reveals a mind fascinated by language, metaphor, and form. His prose is crisp, aphoristic, at times acerbic, but always engaged, arguing that fandom-- whether ecstatic or skeptical-- is an essential part of artistic life. More than a collection of essays, Fan Mail is a love letter to the passions that shape us, for better or worse.
Mute
Silence is always a powerful statement, but even more so in this third poetry collection by Raymond Luczak, now expanded with an introduction and thirteen new poems that include elegies for his Deaf gay friends. First published in 2010, Mute explored what it was like to navigate the warring languages of confusion and clarity. As a Deaf gay man in the hearing world, Luczak lends an unforgettable voice to his reality of ache and loss beyond the inadequate translation of sound.I'll be honest: The opening poem of Mute entitled "How to Fall for a Deaf Man" is so achingly beautiful that it actually made me cry. That's no easy feat, yet Luczak's lines are so tender and insightful that they cut to the heart of the matter and invite you to read and re-read them, over and over.-Scott-Patrick Mitchell, Out in PerthLuczak is a powerful poet whose work is as important as it is beautiful.-Jerry Wheeler, Out in PrintBeautiful and elegant, Luczak's poetry hits the reader with a slap across the face.-Amos Lassen, who listed Mute as the third best book of 2010Unlike poets whose major purpose in writing is to "express themselves," Luczak has constituency for whom he is speaking. Thus, his work is not mute at all. This is not to say that Luczak is a mouthpiece for either the Deaf or gay communities. His life and poetry is much too idiosyncratic for that. He does, however, give readers a pictures of a slice of society, the Deaf gay culture, that they are not likely to encounter in many other volumes of poetry. As this body of literature grows, Mute is likely to have an important place in it.-Michael Northen, Wordgathering
Residential Care of Children and Young People
This reprint comprises a collection of 10 articles previously published in 2023 and 2024 to form a Special Issue of the journal Youth on "Residential Care for Children and Young people". The Special Issue was conceived to explore both conceptual and practice issues in relation to care experience and alternative group care for children and youth.
Suicide in Asia and the Pacific
Suicide is the second leading cause of death in 15-29-year-olds and, in many countries, the leading cause of death among young males and one of the leading causes among females. The burden of disease that is attributable to suicide is substantial. The impact of years of life lost on national economies is immense, and the impact of suicide on families and communities is profound and long-lasting. Almost 80% of suicides occur in low- and middle-income countries with limited resources for suicide prevention. Reducing the suicide rate is the only quantitative mental health-related target in the Sustainable Development Agenda. The papers that have been included in this Reprint were published in the IJERPH Special Issue on Suicide in Asia and the Pacific. They include diverse types of articles and methodologies exploring a variety of topics, including cultural, historical, and gendered contexts of suicide; determinants, risk, and protective factors; help-seeking behaviours; suicide prevention policies and strategies; and interventions, programs, and services.
Falat籀rio/Chatter
Falat籀rio/Chatter delves into the life and work of Stella do Patroc穩nio (1941-1992), who was confined in Rio de Janeiro's Col繫nia Juliano Moreira psychiatric asylum from the age of twenty-one until her death. The unique form of relentless speech that Do Patroc穩nio produced while institutionalized was dismissed by doctors as mere 'logorrhoea'. Yet her falat籀rio is far more: a defiant and poetic act that resists erasure by psychiatry, racism, and patriarchy. Drawing on a wide range of archival material, this book presents transcriptions of Do Patroc穩nio's chatter in Portuguese and English, amplifying her voice as a testament to survival, power, and resistance.
Linguaphile
Winner of the W.O. Mitchell City of Calgary Book Prize A celebration of the beauty and mystery of language and how it shapes our lives, our loves, and our world. If there is one feature that defines the human condition, it is language: written, spoken, signed, understood, and misunderstood, in all its infinite glory. In this ingenious, lyrical exploration, Julie Sedivy draws on years of experience in the lab and a lifetime of linguistic love to bring the discoveries of linguistics home, to the place language itself lives: within the yearnings of the human heart and amid the complex social bonds that it makes possible. Linguaphile: A Life of Language Love follows the path that language takes through a human life--from an infant's first attempts at sense-making to the vulnerabilities and losses that accompany aging. As Sedivy shows, however, language and life are inextricable, and here she offers them together: a childish misunderstanding of her mother's meaning reveals the difficulty of relating to other minds; frustration with "professional" communication styles exposes the labyrinth of standards that define success; the first signs of hearing loss lead to a meditation on society's discomfort with physical and mental limitations. Part memoir, part scientific exploration, and part cultural commentary, this book epitomizes the thrills of a life steeped in the aesthetic delights of language and the joys of its scientific scrutiny.
100 Words for Water
An essential resource for architects, activists, policymakers and anyone passionate about eco-social transformationDrawing on the United Nations' assertion that "the climate crisis is mainly a water crisis," this thought-provoking book compiles over 100 key terms defined by contemporary thinkers in science, philosophy, politics, activism and architecture. These terms--such as Water Rights, Hydrocatharsis, Decommodification of Water and Liquid Modernity--form a vital lexicon to guide transformative action and foster a more symbiotic relationship with water. Structured as a collaborative exploration, the book combines scientific insight, philosophical depth and architectural vision to redefine how we engage with water socially, politically and ecologically. Illustrated with cartographic case studies, the volume offers vivid and hopeful scenarios for reshaping human-water interdependence. Through its diverse contributors and an interdisciplinary approach, 100 Words for Water challenges readers to rethink water management and design as the foundation of a resilient, multispecies future.
The Creolisation of London Kinship
In the last 50 years, the United Kingdom has witnessed a growing proportion of mixed African-Caribbean and white British families. With rich new primary evidence of 'mixed-race' in the capital city, The Creolisation of London Kinship thoughtfully explores this population. Making an indelible contribution to both kinship research and wider social debates, the book emphasises a long-term evolution of family relationships across generations. Individuals are followed through changing social and historical contexts, seeking to understand in how far many of these transformations may be interpreted as creolisation. Examined, too, are strategies and innovations in relationship construction, the social constraints put upon them, the special significance of women and children in kinship work and the importance of non-biological as well as biological notions of family relatedness.
Feeling Threatened
Muslim-Christian relations were an important element of the social and political dynamics of Indonesia and an ever-sensitive subject of government policy during the New Order period (1966-1998). Tense relations and mutual suspicions between Indonesia's Muslim majority and its significant Christian minority were reflected in Christian fear of Muslim efforts to turn the country into an Islamic state and Muslim anxieties about domestic Christian missionary activities. At first the regime made heavyhanded efforts to contain inter-religious conflict, but its attitude towards vocal Muslim groups shifted from suppression to accommodation. State and private institutions organized talks between the two communities, but they proved ineffective at improving Muslim-Christian relations. These socio-political developments in turn contributed to violence coloured by Islamic and Christian sentiments after the fall of the regime.
Regionalism After Regionalisation
Throughout Europe regionalist movements claim more autonomy for their region, pointing at cultural and historical distinctiveness and the demands of their populations. In some places violence is used to put pressure on the state, and in many states in Europe and elsewhere the issue of regional minorities figures prominently on political agendas. Over the last few decades many states have introduced regional governments and parliaments, often as an answer to regionalist demands with a view of making regionalist movements redundant and satisfying most of their supporters. Others have warned that this was a step towards fragmentation and even the break-up of nation states.Regionalism after Regionalisation presents a response to this debate. Concentrating on three countries, Spain, France and the United Kingdom, and three regional case studies of Galicia, Brittany and Wales, this book offers an analysis of the development of political regionalism after regionalisation. It examines the ways in which regionalisation influences the institutionalisation of a region and the establishment of regional identities. It explains how the introduction of regional governments and elections alters the conditions in which claims for a regionalist project are put forward and in which ways it effects public demands for regional autonomy. This study analyses whether regionalisation is accepted as a sufficient answer to those demanding political and cultural autonomy, and how political actors from regionalist and mainstream political parties deal with new regional political institutions as opportunities to mobilise support.
From Behind the Curtain
In the aftermath of 9/11 Islamic seminaries or madrasas received much media attention in India, mostly owing to the alleged link between madrasa education and forms of violence. Yet, while ample information on madrasas for boys is available, similar institutions of Islamic learning for girls have for the greater part escaped public attention so far. This study investigates how madrasas for girls emerged in India, how they differ from madrasas for boys, and how female students come to interpret Islam through the teachings they receive in these schools. Observations suggest that, next to the official curriculum, the 'informal' curriculum plays an equally important role. It serves the madrasa's broader aim of bringing about a complete reform of the students' morality and to determine their actions accordingly.
Narratives of Place, Culture and Identity
Christou explores the phenomenon of 'return migration' in Greece through the settlement and identification processes of second-generation Greek-American returning migrants. She examines the meanings attached to the experience of return migration. The concepts of 'home' and 'belonging' figure prominently in the return migratory project which entails relocation and displacement as well as adjustment and alienation of bodies and selves.Furthermore, Christou considers the multiple interactions (social, cultural, political) between the place of origin and the place of destination; network ties; historical and global forces in the shaping of return migrant behaviour; and expressions of identity. The human geography of return migration extends beyond geographic movement into a diasporic journey involving (re)constructions of homeness and belongingness in the ancestral homeland.
Born Entrepreneurs?
Are immigrants more enterprising than natives in Spain? How successful are migrant entrepreneurs compared to those who start businesses in their country of birth? With the growth of migration worldwide, questions such as these are garnering the attention of economists, policymakers and scholars. Born Entrepreneurs? asks how foreignness affects an immigrant's ability to launch and to grow a successful business. It also explores the economic and social benefits that immigrants might derive from self-employment and the unique factors at play in so-called ethnic and immigrant entrepreneurship.
Getting by in Europe's Urban Labour Markets
This book examines two major social changes experienced by European cities in the last two decades: post-industrial economic restructuring and new immigration flows. The link between both has been extensively discussed throughout a variety of theoretical approaches and in numerous descriptive contributions. Adding to those studies, this research focuses on three elements of migratory experience that have been relatively neglected thus far: a dynamic view of changes over time, the influence of national welfare and legislation frameworks, and the importance of support mechanisms outside the labour market. The material underpinning the arguments is the qualitative life-course analysis of 81 in-depth interviews with Senegambian migrants living in Antwerp and Barcelona.
Globalisation, Migration and Socio-Economic Change in Contemporary Greece
This empirical study examines issues surrounding the integration of immigrants in Greece, in particular in Thessaloniki, as well as looking at migrants in neighbouring countries, Albania and Bulgaria. The book suggests that immigrants' integration should be understood in relation to broader processes of social change, which are increasingly connected to global forces. The transformation of Greece into a multicultural society has taken place during a period of transition and of increasing exposure to the international environment. Within this context, Thessaloniki has become a new home for immigrants from the Balkans in search of new identities Integration is seen as a multifaceted and dynamic process. The concept of incorporation is critically introduced, in order to analyse both the ways by which migrants organise their lives in the host society and their structural, institutional and cultural conditions. The analytical framework is built upon an interdisciplinary approach that takes into account different incorporation contexts: socio-political responses, the labour market, housing and social space. A number of additional factors are also considered, e.g. the composition of migrant populations, migratory patterns and dynamics, the role of social networks, immigrants' strategies.The book provides an empirical account of the immigrants' characteristics, explaining the patterns and typologies of immigrants' integration in Greece. "Immigrants" become a social category "constructed" by exclusionary mechanisms: restrictive immigration policy, labour market exploitation, xenophobia. However, they do make a living in Thessaloniki; their integration is subject to time. gradually, immigrants become organic elements of the host society, which shapes, but is also being shaped by migration.
Something for Everyone?
The urban population is becoming increasingly diverse and growing (ethnic) diversity is having a singular effect on nightlife in Dutch cities. By studying the motivation behind and nightlife choices of the young people who participate in ethno-party scenes, Boogaarts-de Bruin investigates how the changing urban population affects the supply side of the nightlife market using an analytical model she has developed and which she calls the model of structured choice. This approach is sensitive to the flexible use of the processes of agency and structure due to the systematic distinction that it makes between societal and personal factors. Accordingly, it is revealed that in order to analyze and adequately explain the nightlife experiences of and choices made by ethnic youngsters, an integrated model is required which centralizes the interaction between the structural strategies of the producers on the one hand and the personal preferences and agency of the consumers on the other. What is more, this book demonstrates that nightlife has changed because of the increasing ethnic diversity of the Dutch population. Finally, in the epilogue, the fieldwork results are discussed in light of the currently heated debate regarding the integration processes of ethnic minority young people (in nightlife).
Tribes
Tribes: Challenging the Image, Shifting the Paradigm reconsiders the concept of "tribe" in political, cultural, and academic discourse, offering a dynamic alternative to outdated and damaging stereotypes.This book critiques the popular portrayal of tribes as static, violent, or regressive, arguing instead for an understanding of tribal life as adaptive, egalitarian, and resilient. Drawing on examples from colonial history, contemporary war zones, and indigenous sovereignty movements, it explores how tribes disperse power, resist conquest, and regenerate through ritual and cultural practice. The volume challenges the misuse of "tribalism" in modern politics and repositions tribes as vital actors in global conversations about identity, governance, and resource rights. Through comparative analysis, it proposes a new paradigm that recognizes tribes as shape-shifters rather than fixed structures.Tribes: Challenging the Image, Shifting the Paradigm is ideal for students and researchers interested in anthropology, human rights, international relations, and political rhetoric.
Queer Representations in Chinese-Language Film and the Cultural Landscape
Queer Representations in Chinese-language Film and the Cultural Landscape provides a cultural history of queer representations in Chinese-language film and media, negotiated by locally produced knowledge, local cultural agency, and lived histories. Incorporating a wide range of materials in both English and Chinese, this interdisciplinary project investigates the processes through which Chinese tongzhi/queer imaginaries are articulated, focusing on four main themes: the Chinese familial system, Chinese opera, camp aesthetic, and documentary impulse. Chao's discursive analysis is rooted in and advances genealogical inquiries: a non-essentialist intervention into the Chinese idea of filial piety, a transcultural perspective on the contested genre of film melodrama, a historical investigation of the local articulations of mass camp and gay camp, and a transnational inquiry into the different formats of documentary. This book is a must for anyone exploring the cultural history of Chinese tongzhi/queer through the lens of transcultural media.
