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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference

Little, Brown and Company, 2000

The Tipping Point is that magical moment when an idea, trend, or social behaviour crosses a threshhold, tips, and spreads like wildfire. Just as a sick individual in a crowded store can start can epidemic of the flu, so too can a small but precisely targeted push cause a fashion trend or the popularity of a new restaurant to take off overnightor...

Encyclopedia of Capitol Punishment in the United States

McFarland, 2008

The second edition of this encyclopedia builds upon the first by, among other things, including material that reflects alterations in capital punishment laws. Since the first edition appeared in 2001, the United States Supreme Court has issued more than forty opinions addressing capital punishment issues and, when necessary, state and federal...

Holocaust

DK Children, 2007

"...a panoramic volume truly beautiful despite the devastation that inspired it." -- Dallas Morning News, Sept 29, 2007

"...the images and stories will twist your soul." -- The Winston-Salem Journal

"...the photographs and quotes bring a real immediacy to the history...each entry...

Psychiatric Genetics: Applications in Clinical Practice

American Psychiatric Publishing, 2008

Psychiatric Genetics is the first book to focus on clinical applications of genetics in psychiatry. It covers issues involved in genetic counseling, the interpretation of familial and genetic information for clinical use, information regarding risks associated with specific psychiatric disorders, and the uses of genetic testing. Written...

As We Forgive: Stories of Reconciliation from Rwanda

Zondervan, 2009

Inspired by the award-winning film of the same name.

If you were told that a murderer was to be released into your neighborhood, how would you feel? But what if it weren’t only one, but thousands?

Could there be a common roadmap to reconciliation? Could there be a shared future after unthinkable evil? If forgiveness...

Horror (Routledge Film Guidebooks)

Routledge, 2009

Horror cinema is a hugely successful, but at the same time culturally illicit genre that spans the history of cinema. It continues to flourish with recent cycles of supernatural horror and torture porn that span the full range of horror styles and aesthetics. It is enjoyed by audiences everywhere, but also seen as a malign influence by others....

The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People: What Scientists Have Learned and How You Can Use It

Harper Perennial, 2002

What are the keys to success? Scientists have studied the traits, beliefs, and practices of successful people in all walks of life. But the answers they find wind up in stuffy academic journals aimed at other scientists.

The 100 Simple Secrets of Successful People takes the best and most important research results from over a thousand...

Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization: A Systems Approach: The Systems Approach

McGraw-Hill, 2009

Implement successful solid waste analysis and minimization strategies

Provide sustainable solutions to solid waste issues with help from this hands-on guide. Solid Waste Analysis and Minimization: A Systems Approach offers up-to-date technical details on current and potential solid waste minimization practices....

Raising Freethinkers: A Practical Guide for Parenting Beyond Belief

AMACOM, 2009

“I raised my own freethinking sons not that long ago, and I had little choice but to do it without much practical support. This book is the best, most comprehensive compendium of secular parenting strategies and tips I can imagine. It shows how, without the aid of any supernatural overseer, you can raise kids who...

Do Good Design: How Designers Can Change the World

Peachpit Press, 2008

How did design help choose a president?

Why are people buying houses they cannot afford?

Why do U.S. car makers now struggle to compete? Why do we really have an environmental crisis?

Design matters. Like never before.

Disarming the weapons of mass deception....

Protecting Privacy in Video Surveillance

Springer, 2009

Protecting Privacy in Video Surveillance offers the state of the art from leading researchers and experts in the field. This broad ranging volume discusses the topic from various technical points of view and also examines surveillance from a societal perspective.

A comprehensive introduction carefully guides the reader through the...

The Future of Telecommunications Industries

Springer, 2006

Communication is a crucial basis for the development of each individual's social identity as well as for intellectual and commercial exchange and economic development. Therefore, the question is not whether telecommunications industries have a future but what kind of future old and new players will have, given the dynamic changes in technologies...

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