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Most animal ethics intros are literature overviews, but this is a practical introduction. Empirically informed, it combines philosophy with animal sci, conservation biology, economics, ethology, law. Covers classic topics and rarer (e.g. pest control). An accessible model to doing animal ethics.

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Heritage, Indigenous Doing and Wellbeing presents an Australian Aboriginal relational understanding of the world that offers a counter-narrative to the Western notion of heritage towards new insights into the potential for sustaining the complex systems that support all life.

Thriving in College with ADHD uses cognitive-behavioral and psychoeducational techniques to address ADHD and related impairment in a way that is tailored to the needs of college students.

Designed to help readers develop the practical skills needed to become effective public health practitioners, this concise text gives a highly accessible overview of the theory and practice of public health and health promotion.