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Crime Prevention

Author(s): Matthew B. Robinson

CRIME PREVENTION presents a concise introduction to crime prevention methods at the individual, group, community, and societal level.  Drawing upon research from leading scholars in the field, the text includes discussion of crime in current news media, and explores crime prevention through policing...

Ethnobotany: A Modern Perspective

Author(s): Rani Vajravelu

Ethnobotany: A Modern Perspective focuses on the indigenous plants and their impact on modern society. It discusses more than 260 plants that originated in different parts of the world and how they relate to human lives every day. This comprehensive text is built on the indigenous plants used around...

Organization Development: An Action Research Approach, Second Edition

Author(s): Laura L. Bierema

Organization Development: An Action Research Approach, Second Edition, introduces organization development (OD) theories and strategies proven to help organizations plan change and respond to unplanned change at individual, group, and system levels. This edition includes the latest research, updated...

The Myth Keepers

Author(s): Serina Sirui Fan, Jinlin Liu, Ningao Kang

In 3570, scientists discover that more creatures are sharing the galaxy with humans: namely the Awentys and the Jaspiters. The Awentys have three eyes and flaming red skin; the Jaspiters have blue and green skin and a tail made of thorns. A few years later, scientists discover evidence that mytholog...

Introducing the Beatles: Background and Resources

Author(s): Kenneth Womack, Joseph Rapolla

Since the mid-1960s, the life and work of the Beatles have been the subject of numerous books about the group. Their distinctive achievements as musicians and songwriters for the ages clearly merit this level of attention. Introducing the Beatles: Backgrounds and Resources is expressly designed for ...

Walking My Dog, Jane Duquesne

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"""I took my dog for a walk last spring,"" says Ned Rozell, and we didn't come home until fall. In Walking My Dog, Jane, readers travel along with Ned and Jane, his chocolate Labrador, as they walk 800 miles across Alaska along the trans-Alaska pipeline, beginning in the south at Valdez and ending a...

Bounce: From Surviving to Thriving Through Loss

Author(s): Melissa Mork

Grief is not a passive process. It is hard work.In Bounce, you will learn how to work through your grief with good humor to find peace and purpose. You will discover the different types of grief, models of grief, and the tasks of effective grief work. In the process, you will also learn ways to cope...