Subject(s): Farmers -- Fiction -- Pennsylvania | Shale gas industry -- Fiction | Pennsylvania -- Fiction Summary: Bestselling author Jennifer Haigh returns to the Pennsylvania town and the conflicting forces at its heart - hope and desperation, greed and power, big business and small-town families. Forty years ago, Bakerton coal fueled the coun

Subject(s): Mental retardation | Developmental disabilities | Intelligence tests | Educational tests and measurements Summary: "A concise, up-to-date overview of intellectual disability evaluation and assessment Essentials of Intellectual Disability Assessment and Identification offers a practical, concise overview of the nature of intellec

Subject(s): Psychology, Pathological Summary: "A modern take on adult disorders, incorporating context, research, and more Psychopathology provides unique, state-of-the-art coverage of adult psychopathology as categorical, evidence-based, and continuously evolving. Comprehensive coverage features a detailed examination of DSM disorders, in

Subject(s): Capital market | Finance Summary: "The Capital Markets: evolution of the financial ecosystem is the new standard providing practical text book style coverage of this dynamic market and its products. Written by the former President of BNY Mellon Capital Markets, LLC for both financial professionals and novices, The Capital Marke

Subject(s): Chinese -- Southeast Asia | Chinese -- Foreign countries | Chinese diaspora Summary: "The rise of the economic power of the ethnic Chinese, known also as overseas Chinese, Chinese overseas or Chinese diaspora, was a late 20th century phenomenon. It was partly the result of the rise of the Four Little Asian Dragons in the 1970s,

Subject(s): Entomophagy | Edible insects | Beneficial insects | Insects -- Ecology | Insects -- Effect of human beings on Summary: Will eating insects change the world for the better'' Meet the beetles: there are millions and millions of them and many fewer of the rest of us-mammals, birds, and reptiles. Since before recorded history, h

Subject(s): Mohammed Saulih, Mirza -- Diaries | Iranians -- Travel History -- 19th century -- England | Muslims -- Travel History -- 19th century -- England | Students, Foreign -- History -- 19th century -- England | Friendship -- England History -- 19th century | East and West | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century | England

Subject(s): Love | Sex | Interpersonal attraction | Dating (Social customs) | Marriage Summary: "Great myths of intimate relationships provides a captivating, pithy introduction to the subject that challenges and demystifies the many fabrications and stereotypes surrounding relationships, attraction, sex, love, internet dating, and heartbre

Subject(s): Dictatorship -- Africa | Regime change -- Africa | Democratization | Democratization -- Africa | Regime change | Dictatorship | Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- Summary: "Despite billions of dollars of aid and the best efforts of the international community to improve economies and bolster democracy across Africa, viol

Subject(s): International business enterprises -- Political aspects | Corporate power Summary: "The current financial and economic crisis has negatively underlined the vital role of multinational companies (MNCs) in our daily lives. The breakdown and crisis of flagship MNCs, such as Enron, WorldCom, Lehman Brothers, Toyota and General Moto