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Chicago has long had a reputation as being a rough-and-tumble metropolis full of shady characters and run by politicians of dubious moral character. This hard-hitting true-crime expose indicates that the city was already earning its notoriety in the late nineteenth century. Author L. O. Curon spins a page-turning account of Chicago's gritty, crime-ridden streets

Poisons have long been the weapon of choice of nefarious ne'er-do-wells seeking to inflict harm on others. In this gripping true-crime compendium, author C.J.S. Thompson offers a concise history of poison as an instrument of murder and serves up a number of detailed case studies of instances in which poisons were put to use in the service of evil

Front Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface/Controversy -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction/Context -- Fred Shuttlesworth -- Ira Sims -- Floretta Scruggs Tyson -- Gloria Washington Lewis-Randall -- Carol Jackson Walton -- Myrna Carter Jackson -- Carolyn Walker Williams -- Clifton Casey -- Annie Cunningham Sewell -- Gerald Wren -- Raymond Goolsby -- Terry Collins -- Charles Avery -- Rose Marie Cook -- Leroy Stover -- Epilogue -- About the Author.

In this important work, the author analyses the contributions that Minsters for Education made to the Irish education system between the years 1919 and 1999. Covering the social, economic and political realities of the time, and taking in the involvement of the OECD, what emerges is a picture of how Irish education has been shaped over the twentieth century.

Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Il Sogno Americano (The American Dream) -- 2. The Influence of Nativism -- 3. A Catalyst to Violence -- 4. The Likely Suspects (Who Benefited from Hennessy's Death?) -- 5. Italy Threatens War -- 6. Italians Caught in the Middle -- 7. Italians as Victims and Perpetrators -- 8. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- About the Author.

Half Title Page -- Praise For 4:09:43 -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Map -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- Chapter 10 -- Chapter 11 -- Chapter 12 -- Chapter 13 -- Chapter 14 -- Chapter 15 -- The Participants -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- The One Fund.

Decentralization and its discontents : an essayon class, political agency and national perspective in Indonesian politics -- Contents -- Editorial Note -- Preface -- About the Author -- Introduction -- Chapter I: The Enigmatic Emergence of Decentralization -- Chapter II: The Political Economy of Desentralisasi -- Chapter III: Decentralization: Its Discontents -- Chapter IV: National Agency and a "Co-ordinative State": The Future of Decentralization -- Conclusion -- Endnotes -- References.

This book draws on an array of philosophers to offer a refreshingly novel approach to privacy matters. Theorizing privacy as an affective principle of interaction between human and non-human agents, the author makes unique arguments on transparency, the publicness of subjectivity, our contemporary techno-social condition, and the nature of empathic media in an age of intentional machines. -- Publisher description

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: Before There Were States -- Chapter 1: From Settlements to Cities -- Chapter 2: Public and Private Spaces -- Chapter 3: Family Life in the City -- Chapter 4: Colonists at Work -- Chapter 5: Children in the City -- Chapter 6: Pastimes -- Chapter 7: Hard Knocks and Reform -- Glossary -- Further Reading -- Quotation Sources -- Index -- Author Biography -- Back Cover

The author examines the two most advanced eco-city projects: the Sino-Singapore Tianjin Eco-City in China, and Masdar City in Abu Dhabi. These are the most notable attempts at building new eco-cities to both face up to the 'crises' of the modern world and to use the city as an engine for transition to a low-carbon economy.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Editor's note -- Foreword -- Introduction. "Master . . . eated me when i was meat" -- 1. Cannibalism in transatlantic context -- 2. Sex, honor, and human consumption -- 3. A tale of hunger retold: ravishment and hunger in f. Douglass's life and writing -- 4. Domestic rituals of consumption -- 5. Eating nat turner -- 6. The hungry nigger -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the author -- About the editors

"This book offers a penetrating analysis of the behavior and values that shape the Korean business personality, making them such formidable competitors. The author provides practical tips and guidelines on how to interact with South Koreans in a truly positive and effective manner, and how to avoid the many pitfalls that so often doom foreign business efforts in Korea." -- Back cover

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Logic and Constraint -- Chapter 3. Diagnosis, Labeling, and Social Control -- Chapter 4. Empowerment Practice, Practical Empowerment -- Chapter 5. The Realities of Community Integration -- Chapter 6. The Right Person for the Job: Fragmentation in Staffing and Worker-Client Interaction -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- Index -- About the Author

For the first time in the German language, this book presents Nicholas Rescher's comprehensive philosophical system. It examines Rescher's contributions to a range of theoretical and practical philosophical disciplines, and discusses critical arguments. The author also explores Rescher's reflections on the systematicity of philosophy, and his links to philosophical tradition, especially Kant, Hegel, and Peirce. Wulf Kellerwessel, RWTH Aachen, Germany.

John C. Médaille is the author of The Vocation of Business: Social Justice in the Marketplace and an instructor at the University of Dallas. He writes and lectures frequently on economics. Médaille has more than thirty years' experience in management at large corporations and as a small businessman, and he served five terms as a city councilman in his hometown of Irving, Texas.