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"This definitive environmental history of medieval fish and fisheries provides a comprehensive examination of European engagement with aquatic systems between c. 500 and 1500 CE. Using textual, zooarchaeological, and natural records, Richard C. Hoffmann's unique study spans marine and freshwater fisheries across western Christendom, discusses effects of human-nature relations and presents a deeper understanding of evolving European aquatic ecosystems. Changing climates, landscapes, and fishing pressures affected local stocks enough to shift values of fish, fishing rights, and dietary expectations. Readers learn what the abbess Waldetrudis in seventh-century Hainault, King Ramiro II (d.1157) of Aragon, and thirteenth-century physician Aldebrandin of Siena shared with English antiquarian William Worcester (d.1482), and the young Martin Luther growing up in Germany soon thereafter. Sturgeon and herring, carp, cod, and tuna played distinctive roles. Hoffmann highlights how encounters between medieval Europeans and fish had consequences for society and the environment - then and now"--

"National Farmers Union was founded in 1902 in Point, Texas, by ten family farmers as the Farmers' Educational and Co-operative Union of America. Farmers Union continues to be committed to growing effective grassroots leadership in rural America and increasing net farm income significantly to improve rural life."

"Human progress is said to have started when civilizations sprang up in China, Egypt, and Mesopotamia over 5,000 years ago. The Renaissance, which began in Europe in the 13th century, accelerated the search for both a deeper understanding of the physical world and better forms of government. But for centuries, that progress benefited only the fortunate few with enough to eat and the leisure to ponder worldly affairs. Life for the masses was little better in the 18th century than it was in the 13th century when the Renaissance began. Thomas Piketty noted in his book Capital in the Twenty-First Century that economic growth was basically at a standstill during this period, averaging only 0.1 percent per year."

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Beginnings -- Chapter 2: The Great Debate -- Chapter 3: War and Post-war -- Chapter 4: Cold War -- Chapter 5: The Travel Club -- Chapter 6: The Rielly Years -- Chapter 7: New World Disorder -- Chapter 8: Millennium -- Chapter 9: All Over Again -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Notes -- Index.

"Dr. Schwartz is the creator of Internal Family Systems (IFS), a paradigm-changing model of consciousness that has been transforming psychology for decades. Here, you'll learn why IFS has been so effective in areas such as trauma recovery, addiction therapy, depression, and more. IFS overturns the idea that we have one "true" identity and recognizes that having multiple parts is not a pathology, but a normal and healthy function of the human mind. Dr. Schwartz shares insights and practices to help you recognize your own "inner family" of parts, understand how each part seeks to help and protect you even when it seems problematic, engage in inner dialogue to restore balance and self-love-and deepen your awareness of the higher Self that holds and encompasses every facet of your diverse consciousness"--

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Information -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Terminology -- Introduction -- Popular Attitudes in Taiwan: A Preliminary Baseline -- Taiwan's Government Budget -- Taiwan's Economy -- Taiwan's Energy Policy -- The Politics of Taiwan's Past -- Beijing's Taiwan Ambition -- Taiwan's Search for Security -- Taiwan's Military Defense -- Taiwan's Political Defense: National Indentity -- Taiwan's Political Defense: The State -- The PRC's Asymmetric Offense -- Taiwan's Democratic System -- United States Policy -- What to Do? -- Notes -- Index -- Back Cover.

How do we bring people together when our society is breaking apart? What will it take to bridge our divides, overcome mistrust, and restore our belief that we can get things done together as Americans? How do we bring out the best in us? In Stepping Forward, Richard C. Harwood gives us a new and inspiring blueprint to rediscover what we share in common and actively build upon it. As a trusted civic voice, he argues that to get the country moving in the right direction, these efforts must start in our local communities

Introduction: Cities, Capital, and Constitutions -- What is the City? -- Decentralization and Development -- Vertical Federalism: Making Weak Cities -- Horizontal Federalism: Encouraging Footloose Capital -- City Redistributes I: Policy -- City Redistributes II: Politics -- Urban Resurgence -- Urban Crisis -- Conclusion: Can Cities Govern?