Asperger Syndrome and Alcohol exposes the unexplored problem of people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) using alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with everyday life. Alcohol can relieve the anxiety of social situations and make those with ASDs feel as though they can fit in. Ultimately, however, reliance on alcohol can lead the user down a path of self-destruction and exacerbate existing problems.

We are experiencing an anthropological revolution. We see it in the #MeToo movement, in the denunciation of femicide and in an increasingly vociferous critique of patriarchal domination. Why this sudden rise of an antagonistic conception of the relationship between men and women, at the very moment when progress is accelerating and when the goals of first- and second-wave feminism seem on the verge

An exploration of humanity\'s relationship with ice since the dawn of civilization, Of Ice and Men reminds us that only by understanding this unique substance can we save the ice on our planet--and perhaps ourselves. Ice tells a story. It writes it in rock. It lays it down, snowfall by snowfall at the ends of the earth where we may read it like the rings on a tree. It tells our planet\'s geological

This inspirational book from Kew Gardens\' cacti and succulents expert is the perfect guide to growing and maintaining a wide variety of these fascinating plants. Indoors or outside, in the smallest spaces or as features in large gardens, succulents and cacti are popular in homes and gardens all across the world, regardless of climate. They\'re resilient, beautiful and easy to care for as long as

Told in dynamic verse and prose, The Bones of Me is a thrilling debut novel about friends and family amid the world of amateur boxing. For fans of The Crossover and The Hate You Give. The combination of verse and prose keeps the pace moving, and colloquialisms add to the sense of place. A textured coming-of-age story deeply rooted in a working-class community. --Kirkus ReviewsAn uncompromising and

A brilliant new translation of a perennial favorite of Russian literature The first major Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time was both lauded and reviled upon publication. Its dissipated hero, twenty-five-year-old Pechorin, is a beautiful and magnetic but nihilistic young army officer, bored by life and indifferent to his many sexual conquests. Chronicling his unforgettable adventures in the Caucasus

Biography of a civil rights activist who worked tirelessly at the heart of two social and political revolutions A native Alabamian, Reverend Robert E. Hughes worked full-time in the civil rights movement as executive director of the Alabama Council of Human Relations, where he developed a close relationship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. After facing backlash from the Ku Klux Klan, spending four

Get to grips with various performance improvement techniques such as concurrency, lock-free programming, atomic operations, parallelism, and memory managementKey Features: Understand the limitations of modern CPUs and their performance impactFind out how you can avoid writing inefficient code and get the best optimizations from the compilerLearn the tradeoffs and costs of writing high-performance programsBook

Why are the best leaders the ones who are most adept at following? What should we expect of those who have the privilege of leading? And what may leaders expect of those who follow them? Drawing upon a military career spanning more than four decades, General Martin Dempsey, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, examines the limits of loyalty, the necessity of sensible skepticism, and the value

The challenge of the tangram, the original Chinese puzzle, lies in your ability to arrange seven geometrical pieces -- a square, a rhomboid, and five triangles -- into a variety of different shapes. Collected by Sam Loyd, America\'s great puzzle expert, these 700 endlessly absorbing tangrams offer hours of mind-expanding amusement.Sam Loyd\'s The Book of Tangrams is also a tribute to this tricky and

The whole of Britain\'s coastline was involved in the struggle against the Nazis. In the early days invasion was the main threat and the Channel counties and cities such as Plymouth, Portsmouth and Brighton suffered grievously from aerial attack. Dover and the \'Hell Fire Corner\' in the South East were shelled by German coastal batteries. In the North, Greenock, Gourock and the Scapa Flow saw training

\"...an engaging and enlightening account from which we all can benefit.\"--The Wall Street Journal A better way to combat knee-jerk biases and make smarter decisions, from Julia Galef, the acclaimed expert on rational decision-making. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a \"soldier\" mindset. From tribalism and wishful

The Apple Cart, Too True to Be Good, On the Rocks, and The Millionairess is a collection of four of George Bernard Shaw\'s most interesting plays. They stretch from 1929 to 1935 and coincide with the Great

28 circular, graded walks all tried and tested by seasoned walkers. The routes range from extended strolls to exhilarating hikes, so there is something for

For Blood and Money tells the little-known story of how an upstart biotechnology company created a one-in-a-million cancer drug, and how the core team--denied their share of the profits--went and did it again. In this epic saga of money and science, veteran financial journalist Nathan Vardi explains how the invention of two of the biggest cancer drugs in history became (for their backers) two of the

Showing you how to buy economically and efficiently, get the most out of your ingredients, this book helps you to make better choices. It saves your time and prevent food

Simple, natural, and effective: Discover how you can help yourself and others with the miraculous tool for healing you hold in your hands right now. With detailed instructions and profusely illustrated. What is the Vital Force within us that causes us to live and breathe, which underlies all the functions of our bodies? And how can we increase this bio-magnetic force within us and we apply it for our