Biological Economies (Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment)

Recent agri-food studies, including commodity systems, the political economy of agriculture, regional development, and wider examinations of the rural dimension in economic geography and rural sociology have been confronted by three challenges. These can be summarized as: ‘more than human’ approaches to economic life; a ‘post-structural political economy’ of food and agriculture; and calls for more ‘enactive’, performative research approaches.   This volume describes the genealogy of such approaches, drawing on the reflective insights of more than five years of international engagement and research. It demonstrates the kinds of new work being generated under these approaches and provides a means for exploring how they should be all understood as part of the same broader need to review theory and methods in the study of food, agriculture, rural development and economic geography. This radical collective approach is elaborated as the Biological Economies approach. The authors break out from traditional categories of analysis, reconceptualising materialities, and reframing economic assemblages as biological economies, based on the notion of all research being enactive or performative.

Business & Money

Lewis, Nick

Carolan, Michael

Campbell, Hugh

Economics

Routledge

On the planet of Thera, magical use is an everyday occurrence, but few individuals are capable of anything more than simple parlor tricks. It is also a planet whose environmental problems and crime rates are off the charts, and its inhabitants are clamoring for improvements. The megalomaniacal Shikowa (president) of the most powerful country (Dane) looks to the experts and clergy for guidance and help. Enter Journey Irenic. Journey has a plan to appeal to a legendary mage of his Alchemical order for help in righting things. The Shikowa sees it as a potential threat to his plans to rule the world and sets out on a crash course in Necromancy to stand against Journey and his legendary mage. Will Journey be able to save the planet, or will an almighty magical duel leave nothing to rule?

In The Beginning

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Publishamerica Inc

Oakmont is a small peaceful town in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky—until it’s brought to its knees by a heinous crime with a cornucopia of possible suspects. When the lead detective on the case is unexpectedly suspended, Police Chief Brock Evans looks to assign another detective before the case turns cold.\nDetective Carla McBride—a brash Irish detective full of red-headed tempers and passions—is the only logical choice. But with the investigation being continuously riddled with bizarre twists and turns, she can’t help but wonder whether she has what it takes to solve this exceedingly difficult case.\nThrough a chance meeting and a blue golf ball marker embossed with a gold Fedora found at the scene of the crime, Walt Blevins, publisher of The Daily Reporter, explodes on the scene. As he and Carla develop a relationship built on shaky ground, the case soon becomes an out-of-control scramble to deliver justice.\nTogether, can Carla and Walt untangle the never-ending web of indiscretion, deceit, and loyalty on their quest for justice? Or will their abilities and patience be tested until the very end…\nBuy your copy now to continue following The Detective Carla McBride Chronicles—a page-turning mystery series full of can’t-put-it-down twists and turns with surprise endings.

The Gold Fedora: A Detective Series (Detective Carla McBride Chronicles)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Rough Edges Press

The Black Rose: A Detective Series (Detective Carla McBride Chronicles)

Chasing Truth and Redemption: A Detective Series (Detective Carla McBride Chronicles)

Literature & Fiction

United States

Quandary: A Detective Series (Detective Carla McBride Chronicles)

Enigma: A Detective Series (Detective Carla McBride Chronicles)

The Detective Carla McBride Chronicles: The Gold Fedora

Dramas & Plays

Pen It! Publications, LLC

In Nick Lewis’s debut novel, The Gold Fedora, Oakmont, a small peaceful town in the Bluegrass Region of Kentucky, is brought to its knees by a heinous, senseless crime with a cornucopia of possible suspects. After Dean Stephens, lead detective on the case was unexpectedly suspended, Police Chief Brock Evans must quickly assign another detective before the case turns stone cold, but who would he choose? Although he had serious reservations with his choice, he put his faith and career in the hands of a brash and beautiful female detective of Irish ethnicity. Detective Carla McBride with all her red-headed temper and passion comes to life in The Gold Fedora. With her investigation continually being riddled with bizarre twists and turns, one would wonder whether she has what it takes to solve this difficult and intriguing case?
Through a chance meeting, and a blue golf ball marker embossed with a gold Fedora found at the scene of the crime, Walt Blevins, publisher of The Daily Reporter, explodes on the scene in a strange bizarre way. He quickly becomes a person of interest in the case, the question is why? After Walt’s alibis are verified, he and Carla develop a unique love-hate relationship built on shaky ground. Will they be able to put their personalities and fears aside to untangle a web of indiscretion, deceit, and loyalty in their quest for justice? Their ability and patience will be tested till the very end.
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The Black Rose, the second novel in The Detective Carla McBride Chronicles, will test Carla's experience, patience, and emotional psyche until the very end. Risking her life investigating several dangerous situations, her nemesis, John Dickerson, lurks in the background. With a psychotic game of revenge on his mind, who will it involve? Will it be Laura Watson, Chris Abbott, Walt Blevins, Daisy, or Carla he chooses? How and when he strikes depends on which person will satisfy his psychotic thirst? After life-altering events, Carla questions her life. What changes in her life and career will have a profound effect on her destiny?As in The Gold Fedora, will Walt Blevins join Carla in putting the pieces of this ever-changing mystery together? While Carla still struggles with Samantha Lewis' disappearance, will her fate be revealed, or will it remain a mystery? Was the death of Debbie Castle an accident or made to appear that way? While The Black Rose will answer all these questions and more, the many twists and turns will keep you guessing how this one ends.

The Detective Carla McBride Chronicles: The Black Rose: Book Two (2)

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