Revised and updated fourth edition The world today rests on increasingly unstable fault lines. From the conflict in Ukraine or fresh upheavals in the Middle East to the threats posed to humanity by a global pandemic, climate change and natural disasters, the world's danger zones once again draw their battle lines across our hyperconnected, yet fragmented, globe. Join veteran Economist journalist John Andrews as he analyses the old enmities and looming collisions that underlie conflict in the twenty-first century. Region by region, discover the causes, contexts, participants and likely outcomes of every globally significant struggle now underway. From drug cartels to cyber war, this is the indispensable guide for anyone who wants to understand our perilous world.

If you are struggling, and feeling alone in your confusion… If you are looking for stuff that comes from the heart, out of experience of joy and pain… If you are confused; if you haven’t ‘worked God out’; if you are troubled by your own thoughts/feelings/behaviour; if you sometimes (often) feel a hypocrite... If you are caught up in the world, but longing for God’s Kingdom...you will find reassurance here. Casting Bread Upon the Waters is a collection of poems, prayers and reflections on the Christian life, with its joys, struggles, questions, dilemmas and challenges. Many of the entries are personal, arising out of Nigel’s own experiences in his walk with God. This is a book to provoke reflection, encourage honesty, comfort the distressed and inspire faith, hope and praise. It asserts that following Christ is seldom easy and never comfortable if we are serious and sincere, and that God, and His ways, are often shrouded in mystery. If you want a resource that will help you (and others) in your private devotions, and/or your ministry in the church; a resource that will challenge or comfort or inspire… If you are struggling to align what you have been told about God with your real experience… For those tired of well-worn platitudes, of people and church trotting out stock phrases that don’t quite ring true, of easy answers and of double standards, Casting Bread Upon the Waters is a must-read. If you are wondering whether anyone else thinks or feels as you do… If your faith is real and strong, and you are determined to persevere, and want some encouragement… If you are in awe of the beauty, light, truth, love and compassion in the world, but deeply disturbed by the darkness…

This second edition textbook offers an expanded conceptual synthesis of microbial ecology with plant and animal ecology. Drawing on examples from the biology of microorganisms and macroorganisms, this textbook provides a much-needed interdisciplinary approach to ecology. The focus is the individual organism and comparisons are made along six axes: genetic variation, nutritional mode, size, growth, life cycle, and influence of the environment. When it was published in 1991, the first edition of Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms was unique in its attempt to clearly compare fundamental ecology across the gamut of size. The explosion of molecular biology and the application of its techniques to microbiology and organismal biology have particularly demonstrated the need for interdisciplinary understanding. This updated and expanded edition remains unique. It treats the same topics at greater depth and includes an exhaustive compilation of both the most recent relevant literature in microbial ecology and plant/animal ecology, as well as the early research papers that shaped the concepts and theories discussed. Among the completely updated topics in the book are phylogenetic systematics, search algorithms and optimal foraging theory, comparative metabolism, the origins of life and evolution of multicellularity, and the evolution of life cycles. From Reviews of the First Edition: "John Andrews has succeeded admirably in building a bridge that is accessible to all ecologists." -Ecology "I recommend this book to all ecologists. It is a thoughtful attempt to integrate ideas from, and develop common themes for, two fields of ecology that should not have become fragmented." -American Scientist "Such a synthesis is long past due, and it is shameful that ecologists (both big and little) have been so parochial." -The Quarterly Review of Biology

The only book to successfully integrate social, economic and environmental considerations with an accessible, quantitative approach to energy science.

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