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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 What If the Whole World Isn't Watching? -- 2 Campaign Events as Catalysts -- 3 Streets as Stage -- 4 "Apparently They Don't Like Succinct and Articulate" -- 5 Wait, Isn't That a Bird in Your Hand? -- 6 What About Us? -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

Steve Wilkens exposes the complex ethical systems lurking behind the most common slogans of our culture, offering a Christian evaluation of each. In this revised and expanded edition, the author has updated his introductory remarks about each ethical system and has included new chapters on evolutionary ethics and narrative ethics.

Intro -- Title Page -- Dedication -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE -- The Legendary Chase -- Mystery Man -- PART TWO -- A New Approach to Solving an Old Mystery -- The Exhumation Begins -- The Mad Trapper Resurfaces -- PART THREE -- Forensics in the Field -- Building a Profile -- Looking for a Match -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- Select Bibliography -- Acknowledgements -- About the Author -- Copyright

"A comprehensive textbook, from an established and high profile author team, which offers full coverage of PR theory and strategies, but also gives very practical guidance for anyone in a PR role. The broad coverage tackles the tough issues in the industry, and international case studies are used to demonstrate real-world scenarios"--

Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- About the Author -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Alone in America? The Issue at Stake -- 2. Studying Personal Networks -- 3. Counting People: Family -- 4. Counting People: Friends and Others -- 5. Counting on People -- 6. Feeling Connected -- 7. Conclusions and Speculations -- Appendix: Data Sources -- Notes -- References -- Index

The astonishing account of the decades-long cocaine use of Sigmund Freud and William Halsted. The author discusses the physical and emotional damage caused by the constant use of the then-heralded wonder drug, and of how each man ultimately changed the world in spite of it--or because of it

Book Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1: Third-Party Tradition... -- 2: Populist Critique... -- 3: Campaign of Education -- 4: Third-Party Action -- 5: America's Destiny -- 6: Battle of the Standards -- 7: Demise of the People's Party -- 8: Role of Cartoons... -- Works Cited -- About the Author -- Index -- Back Cover.

This unique book addresses the shortfall in knowledge regarding older people's attachment to deprived neighbourhoods and offers a re-conceptualisation of environmental gerontology. The author examines new cross-national research and challenges the common view that ageing 'in place' is optimal, particularly within areas that present multiple risks to the individual

Offers an innovative, interdisciplinary approach which opens up new ways of understanding urban culture and space. The author approaches the city as essentially a 'material' place where people live, work, and participate in social practices within historical limits set not by sensory experience or cultural meanings but material social conditions.

Business is the language of numbers, but not everyone in businesses understands how to read the myriad of financial statements that are necessary. Author Norb Schwarz provides readers with accessible information to understanding financial statements such as annual reports, cash flow statements, income statements, balance sheets and so much more.

"[The author] leads readers ... through the landscape, history, literature and politics of the North, from the wrongheaded theories of the ancients to diplomatic intrigues on the Arctic's borderlands, the brutality of the Soviet gulag archipelago, and the region's emergence as a strategically important source of energy."--Jacket p. [2]

In this book, the author critically explores the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly, which seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices. Simmons considers the implications of his views for distributive justice and personal morality

Computing Our Way to Paradise? challenges key assumptions concerning the role of Internet and communication technologies in globalization processes. The author argues that while globalization is predicated upon a strong, extensive, and interconnected network of products, processes, and services, the real environmental and health benefits remain far from certain

In God's Battalions, distinguished scholar Rodney Stark puts forth a controversial argument that the Crusades were a justified war waged against Muslim terror and aggression. Stark, the author of The Rise of Christianity, reviews the history of the seven major crusades from 1095-1291 in this fascinating work of religious revisionist history.

Preface: What Happens Next; 1. In the Fifteenth Dream; 2. Nothing Is Real; 3. The Haunted Statue; 4. The Bear Enchantments; 5. Slowly Unraveling; 6. The Enchanted Coop; 7. In the Ninth Dream; 8. In the Land of Rangers and Bears and Hispanics; 9. In the Tenth Dream; Index; About the Author.