Past Meets Present

The last decade has witnessed increased interest in establishing partnerships between professional practitioners in public interpretation and educational institutions to excavate and preserve the past. These developments have occurred amidst a realization that community-based partnerships are the most effective mechanism for long-term success. With international contributions, this volume addresses these latest trends and provides case studies of successful partnerships.

Life Series: Volume 4, Sequel #2It's over five years later where "Rewritten Life" ended. Alex has had her share of problems in the past, but she finally broke when the loss was too much too bare. She is trying to overcome her breakdown. As she tries to move forward, secrets from the past and people from the past show up unexpectedly. Is she strong enough to keep her family? Is she strong enough to hold on to her sanity? Especially, when she finds a long lost relative who she thought was dead, living here in Sars Springs.

This volume considers recent theoretical and observational developments in astronomy and astrophysics with contributions on solar system bodies, extrasolar planets, star formation, galaxy evolution and cosmology. A special section is dedicated to the history of astronomy including papers on the history of the Astronomical Observatory of Lisbon, time service and legal time, the 1870 solar eclipse expedition, and a comparison between Monteiro da Rocha and Wilhelm Olbers´ methods for the determination of the orbits of comets.

What stories do we tell about America’s once-great industries at a time when they are fading from the landscape? Pennsylvania in Public Memory attempts to answer that question, exploring the emergence of a heritage culture of industry and its loss through the lens of its most representative industrial state. Based on news coverage, interviews, and more than two hundred heritage sites, this book traces the narrative themes that shape modern public memory of coal, steel, railroading, lumber, oil, and agriculture, and that collectively tell a story about national as well as local identity in a changing social and economic world.

There are not many areas that are more rooted in both the biological and social-cultural aspects of humankind than diet and nutrition. Throughout human history nutrition has been shaped by political, economic, and cultural forces, and in turn, access to food and nutrition has altered the course and direction of human societies. Using a biocultural approach, the contributors to this volume investigate the ways in which food is both an essential resource fundamental to human health and an expression of human culture and society. The chapters deal with aspects of diet and human nutrition through space and time and span prehistoric, historic, and contemporary societies spread over various geographical regions, including Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia to highlight how biology and culture are inextricably linked.

The bomb did more than shatter a stadium: it shook the world. As the smoke settles, Celice heads off to Europe on the bomber's tail, vengeance hot on her mind. She has the tools and the tortured soul to make sure her target suffers. It's a no-holds-barred hunt, one that might carry a price higher than Celice is willing to pay. Back in Chicago, Wexley takes the helm with vicious speed. The revolution's been kick-started, and he means to carry it out, no matter the consequences. How to defeat a world-conquering super-powered team? The answer drifts by outside his office window, and Wexley puts a plan into motion. That plan sends new Paragon Calvin into a fight for his life as he and Kat are targeted from multiple sides. Friends turn enemies as a strange disappearance tugs the Paragon and the tracker in over their heads. Always a loner, Calvin's finding that he might care more for another than himself for the first time ever . . . right when he might lose her. Revolution's Rise continues the sci-fi superhero saga started with Paragon's Fall. Suffused with fast-paced action, fantastic abilities, and fresh characters that'll keep you turning the pages, Revolution's Rise is a globe-spanning adventure worth taking.