Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his shower, and strikes a match. Suffering horrific burns, Brent faces a long,...
Case studies
- Author:Runyon, BrentSummary:
- Author:Szereto, MitziSummary:
Serial killers can be anywhere and anyone. These accounts of serial killers--from contemporary to the historic--come from award-winning crime writers, journalists, and experts in the field of dark crimes.
- Author:Baer, Richard K.Summary:
A psychiatrist describes his work with Karen Overhill, a patient complaining of acute depression who turned out to have been a victim of horrific childhood sexual abuse and had developed seventeen distinct and separate personalities....
- Author:Francis, GeorgeSummary:
"As the quickening pace of ecological change around the globe increases our anxiety about the long-term sustainability of the Earth's ecosystems, internationally renowned sustainability studies authority George Francis provides a timely...
- Author:Taylor, ZackSummary:
Rising income inequality and concentrated poverty threaten the social sustainability of North American cities. Suburban growth endangers sensitive ecosystems, water supplies, and food security. Existing urban infrastructure is crumbling...
- Author:Mills, Albert J.Summary:
This book provides an historical account of how discriminatory practices develop and change. The author presents a historical account of the discriminatory practices of airline companies British Airways, Air Canada and Pan American...
- Author:Katz, JonSummary:
Relates the author's relationship with a quiet, sensitive artist named Maria Wulf and his campaign to win over Maria's fiercely protective dog, Frieda, a Rottweiler-shepherd mix who resisted all efforts to tame her.
- Author:DeFronzo, JamesSummary:
The rise of Islamic Fundamentalist revolutionary movements, the conflict in Iraq, the surge of leftist political movements in Latin America led by Venezuela's example, and updates of the chapters on Russia, China, Vietnam, Cuba,...
- Author:Stahnisch, FrankSummary:
From 1928 to 1972, the Alberta Sexual Sterilization Act, Canada's lengthiest eugenic policy, shaped social discourses and medical practice in the province. Sterilization programs--particularly involuntary sterilization programs--were...
- Author:Slater, LaurenSummary:
In 1988, at age 26, Lauren Slater lived alone in a basement apartment in Cambridge, depressed, suicidal, unemployed. Ten years later, she is a psychologist running her own clinic, an award-winning writer, and happily married. The...
- Author:Ward, Stephen V.Summary:
- Author:Schwab, JimSummary:
- Author:Deutsch, KevinSummary:
A veteran crime reporter goes undercover to investigate how two honor-roll high school students became the tech-entrepreneurs of the opiate trade during the 2015 Baltimore riots.
- Author:Adut, AriSummary:
Scandal is the quintessential public event. Here is the first general and comprehensive analysis of this ubiquitous moral phenomenon. Taking up wide-ranging cases in society, politics, and art, Ari Adut shows when wrongdoings generate...
- Author:Titone, NoraSummary:
Titone's first book is an eyeopening new look at the man who assassinated Abraham Lincoln. By asking why John Wilkes Booth did what he did, Titone explores fresh ground--and in so doing reveals a sibling rivalry of shocking consequence...
- Author:Stake, Robert E.Summary:
This engaging text shows readers how to design, analyze, and report studies that balance common issues across the group of cases with the unique features and context of each case. Three actual case reports from a transnational early...
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How can educators implement an inclusive and effective curriculum for ESL students?
Sandra Schecter and Jim Cummins provide some answers from school-based practitioners and university-based researchers who worked on a...
- Author:Burby, Raymond J.Summary:
- Author:Northouse, Peter Guy.Summary:
Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities worldwide, this market-leading text owes its successes to the unique way in which it combines an academically robust account of the major theories and models of leadership with an...
- Author:Steedman, CarolynSummary: