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Countries of Origin
In this stunning debut, Javier Fuentes chronicles a tumultuous, passionate love affair between two young men from vastly different worlds during one, extraordinary summer in Spain, in what is ultimately a meditation on identity, class, belonging and desire. It is 2007, in New York where Demetrio, 24, is a celebrated pastry chef at the French restaurant, Le Bourrelet. It will be his seventh year as their pâtissier and the chef-owner, stern, but paternal feels he should move on. When Demetrio is offered a position as Head of Pastries at a Michelin-starred restaurant, he wants nothing more than to accept it. Undocumented, he is missing one crucial thing: papers. Terrified he will be found out,...
The Cold War in Asia
The Cold War stayed cold in Europe but it was hot in Asia. Its legacy lives on in the region. In none of the three dominant historiographical paradigms: orthodox, revisionist and post-revisionist, does Asia, or the rest of the Third World, figure with much significance. What happens to these narratives if we put them to the test in Asia? This volume argues that attention to what has been conventionally considered the periphery is essential to a full understanding of the global Cold War. Foregrounding Asia necessarily leads to a re-assessment of the dominant narratives. This volume also argues for a shift in focus from diplomacy and high politics alone towards research into the culture of the Cold War era and its public diplomacy. "As a whole, the essays contribute to enriching our understanding of what was really happening in an era that is too often understood in the catch-all framework of the Cold War." - Akira Iriye, Harvard University
Mojave Sun
They came searching for paradise. They found Hell. Chance Wills is an unlikely savior…but he’s the only one they have. Modern-day rancher, descended from the Spanish conquistadors, Javier Fuentes is rebuilding the family’s ranching empire in the Nevada desert. The problem is beef prices are down, and costs are up. Tormented by the ghost of his dominating father, haunting his thoughts, he must prove that he is strong enough to carry the Fuentes name forward. The new empire will be founded on a business that is not subject to the whims of the marketplace. He has it all calculated and weighed, profit against loss. It is the perfect business. The only drawback is that the scheme will leave...
Inside Private Prisons
When the tough-on-crime politics of the 1980s overcrowded state prisons, private companies saw potential profit in building and operating correctional facilities. Today more than a hundred thousand of the 1.5 million incarcerated Americans are held in private prisons in twenty-nine states and federal corrections. Private prisons are criticized for making money off mass incarceration—to the tune of $5 billion in annual revenue. Based on Lauren-Brooke Eisen’s work as a prosecutor, journalist, and attorney at policy think tanks, Inside Private Prisons blends investigative reportage and quantitative and historical research to analyze privatized corrections in America. From divestment campaig...
Combined Production of Heat and Power
Proceedings of a European seminar organized by the CEC, Directorate-General for Energy and the Instituto para la Diversificacion y Ahorro de la Energia Eua (IDEA) with the cooperation of Gomez Pardo Foundation's Energy Commission, Madrid, Spain, 10-11 October 1989.
The Bane of Cinco de Mayo
The Bane of Cinco de Mayo follows the ill-fated career of a Mexican immigrant who enters the U. S. illegally, becomes naturalized, and joins the Central Intelligence Agency. He distinguishes himself on black missions that involve international intrigue and assassinations. He becomes disillusioned with the political environment and turns into a renegade (wet rogue agent – WRA). The plot thickens when he attempts to murder a governor who is campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination. Like the two earlier books in the trilogy, this one deals with a potpourri of unlikely characters who are drawn together by ironies and individual agendas.
Trends in Inflammation Research
The process of inflammation, which causes the swelling and redness around a wound, is a vital part of the body's system for fighting off infections. When the body is hurt, the immune system produces chemical signals telling cells to multiply without dying, allowing skin to close over a gash, for example. Other chemicals spur the growth of new blood vessels to feed the recovering tissue. Scientists have linked inflammation to cancer and recently to heart disease in several ways. Doctors suspect that long-term inflammation or infection is involved in up to 20 per cent of cancers, including those of the oesophagus, colon, skin, stomach, liver, bladder, breast and some kinds of lymphoma. C-reactive protein (CRP) is one of the acute phase proteins that increase during systemic inflammation. It's been suggested that testing CRP levels in the blood may be a new way to assess cardiovascular disease risk. A high sensitivity assay for CRP test (hs-CRP) is now widely available. This book presents recent leading-edge research from around the world.
