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Muhammad: A Critical Biography
by Robert SpencerMuhammad: What can we really know about him?We know a great deal about Muhammad—or so it seems. Islamic tradition contains an astonishing wealth of information about the founding figure of the Islamic faith, and most historians take for granted that this material is generally reliable.In his latest book, historian and Islamic scholar Robert Spencer shows that there is no agreement in the earliest Islamic sources about the most fundamental details of this towering figure&’s life. There are conflicting accounts of key details of his life, including the circumstances and contents of the first revelation he claimed to have received from Allah; the year of his birth; the length of his prophetic career; the name of the angel who supposedly appeared to him; and even his own name.Muhammad: A Critical Biography takes a detailed look at the Islamic traditions regarding Muhammad and lays bare their contradictions, inconsistences, and incoherence. Spencer continues the groundbreaking research he began in The Truth About Muhammad and Did Muhammad Exist?, exposing the shocking reality of how shaky Islam&’s foundations really are. He meticulously explains why competing traditions may have been invented and definitively demonstrates that, contrary to the complacency of establishment historians, the Muhammad of Islam is more legend than history, more fable than fact.Muhammad: A Critical Biography does the work that mainstream academics—who are either bought by Saudi Arabia or Qatar, or too afraid to depart from the herd—should have done long ago. Not for the faint-hearted, this book will do nothing less than rock the Islamic world to its very core.
Groove Interrupted: Loss, Renewal, and the Music of New Orleans
by Keith SperaThe recent history of New Orleans is fraught with tragedy and triumph. Both are reflected in the city's vibrant, idiosyncratic music community. In Keith Spera's intimately reported Groove Interrupted, Aaron Neville returns to New Orleans for the first time after Hurricane Katrina to bury his wife. Fats Domino improbably rambles around Manhattan to promote a post-Katrina tribute CD. Alex Chilton lives anonymously in a battered cottage in the Treme neighborhood. Platinum-selling rapper Mystikal rekindles his career after six years in prison. Jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard struggles to translate Katrina into music. The spotlight also shines on Allen Toussaint, Pete Fountain, Gatemouth Brown, the Rebirth Brass Band, Phil Anselmo, Juvenile, Jeremy Davenport and the 2006 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. With heartache, hope, humor and resolve, each of these contemporary narratives stands on its own. Together, they convey that the funky, syncopated spirit of New Orleans music is unbreakable, in spite of Katrina's interruption.
The Scientist Turned Spy: André Michaux, Thomas Jefferson, and the Conspiracy of 1793 (Jeffersonian America)
by Patrick SperoThe incredible story of an explorer caught up in international intrigue at the dawn of US history André Michaux was the most accomplished scientific explorer of North America before Lewis and Clark. His work took him from the Bahamas to Hudson Bay, and it is likely that no contemporary of his had seen as much of the continent. But there is more to his story. During his decade-long American sojourn, Michaux found himself thrust into the middle of a vast international conspiracy. In 1793, the revolutionary French government conscripted him into its service as a secret agent and tasked him with organizing American frontiersmen to attack Spanish-controlled New Orleans, seize control of Louisiana, and establish an independent republic in the American West. New evidence also strongly implicates Thomas Jefferson in this plot. Drawing on sources buried in the vault of the American Philosophical Society, Patrick Spero offers a bona fide page-turner that sheds new light on an incipient American political climate that fostered reckless diplomatic ventures under the guise of scientific exploration, revealing the air of uncertainty and opportunity that pervaded the early republic.
Couple and Family Assessment: Contemporary Measures and Cutting-Edge Strategies
by Len SperryThis fourth edition text features the latest, most common, and important assessment measures and strategies for addressing problematic clinical issues related to working with families, couples, and children.Chapters provides strategies for systematically utilizing these various assessment measures with a wide range of family dynamics that influence couples and families. These include couples conflict, divorce, separation, mediation, premarital decisions, parenting conflicts, child abuse, family violence, custody evaluation, and child and adolescent conditions, i.e., depression, anxiety, conduct disorder, bipolar disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, autism, Asperger’s syndrome, and learning disorders that can significantly influence family dynamics. Filled with extensive clinical case material that illustrates the use of these various assessment measures and strategies in an array of clinical situations, this edition is filled with new assessment devices as well as a new chapter on family trauma and family chronic illness.This book is essential reading for both students in family and couple therapy courses as well as practitioners working with families, couples, and children.
Holocaust Survivors in Postwar Britain: Community and Belonging
by Ellis SpicerThis book pays particular attention to the experiences of younger child survivors of the Holocaust, considering how they kept in touch with one another, and how they integrated into larger cohorts of survivors settling in postwar Britain. Digging deeper than ever before into their postwar circumstances exposes the process of rebuilding shattered lives and the evolution of community relations, including both the beneficial and re-traumatising effects engendered by these networks. Newly conducted interviews put the experiences of younger survivors centre stage. These individuals did not receive much attention or status as survivors until the 1990s, and whilst they represent the most active cohort of survivor speakers in the UK, their narratives and community relations have been markedly absent from academic study.
Draw People in 15 Minutes: How To Get Started In Figure Drawing
by Jake SpicerYes, you can draw! And Draw People in 15 Minutes will show you how. By the time you finish this book you'll have all the skills and the confidence you need to sketch people on the move or on the couch.Professional art instructor Jake Spicer takes you through every aspect of drawing from life, from sketching bodies in a busy public space to drawing a model from real life or a photograph. Carefully crafted exercises break down the drawing process into easily digestible parts, while step-by-step tutorials demonstrate how you can create a full-length portrait in just 15 minutes. With advice on everything from materials to use to how to get a person's proportions right, including how to draw hands, feet, and fabric, this is the complete course for anyone who's ever wanted to draw people.
World Geography and Ancient Civilizations I
by Jackson J. Spielvogel Richard G. BoehmNIMAC-sourced textbook
Distorsionen und Luxationen der kleinen Gelenke an Finger und Daumen (essentials)
by Christian K. Spies Frank UnglaubDiese Brochüre thematisiert die diagnostischen und therapeutischen Möglichkeiten der Distorsions- und Luxationsverletzungen an Finger- und Daumengelenken. Es sind häufige Verletzungen, die vor allem während sportlicher Aktivitäten, wie Kontakt-, Ball- oder Risikosportarten, erlitten werden. Aber auch handwerkliche Berufe sind in diesem Zusammenhang mit einem erhöhten Risiko für Verletzungen assoziiert. Diese Faktoren in Verbindung mit einer zunehmend älteren und aktiven Gesellschaft untermauern die steigende Bedeutung dieser Verletzungen im medizinischen Alltag mit nicht unerheblichen sozio-ökonomischen Konsequenzen.
Ultra-Narrowband Multispectral Imaging: Techniques and Applications
by Janis SpigulisThis book provides insight into an unconventional modality of imaging where several spectral images are captured by a single snapshot under multi-laser illumination, ensuring high-speed imaging within extremely narrow spectral bands. This method has three distinct advantages, if compared to common commercial multispectral imaging systems - considerably improved spectral selectivity (or colour sensitivity) of imaging, avoided motion artefacts in the spectral image sets, and simpler/faster image processing as integrals over the spectral bands of imaging are replaced by numbers of the fixed working wavelengths.The basic principles and progress in this field are reviewed, focusing on applications for human skin diagnostics and printed forgery detection. The designs of ten different lab-developed prototypes that implement this method are described, along with results of their laboratory, clinical and/or forensic tests. This research leads to the development of new equipment and protocols for better skin diagnostics and the advanced detection of money, document, and artwork forgeries.Chapter 1 explains the basics of spectral imaging, including the main principles of multispectral and hyperspectral imaging. Chapter 2 introduces the snapshot multi-spectral-line imaging (SMSLI) method, focusing on lasers as multi-wavelength illumination sources. Chapter 3 describes multi-laser illumination designs while Chapter 4 presents main specifications of the lab-assembled prototype devices implementing such designs. Results of the test measurements confirming applicability of the developed solutions for analysis/mapping of colour pigments in clinical diagnostics and forgery detection are discussed in Chapters 5 and 6, respectively.This will be a valuable reference for laser and imaging professionals, photonics researchers and engineers, clinicians (dermatologists, plastic surgeons, oncologists), forensic experts, and students of physics, chemistry, biology, medicine, and engineering.Key Features:· Reviews techniques and applications of narrowband spectral imaging using multi-laser illumination.· Presents ten different prototypes for implementing the multi-spectral-line imaging method.· Discusses applications of spectral line imaging for human skin diagnostics and forgery detection.
My Gun Is Quick (Mike Hammer #2)
by Mickey SpillaneThe second novel in Mickey Spillane's classic detective series starring hard-boiled private eye Mike Hammer. When a red-headed prostitue is killed in a hit-and-run "accident" Mike Hammer hunts down her killers and uncovers a powerful New York prostitution ring.
Selling & Sales Management: Developing Skills for Success
by Lisa SpillerPacked with engaging examples and case studies from companies including Amazon, IBM, and Pepsi, as well as unique insights from sales professionals across the globe, this comprehensive textbook balances research, theory, and practice to guide students through the art and science of selling in a fast-changing and digital age. The text highlights the emerging role of storytelling, sales analytics and automation in a highly competitive and technological world, and includes exercises and role plays for students to practice as they learn about each stage of the selling process. As well as its focus on selling, the text also provides students with essential sales management skills such as onboarding, coaching, mentoring, and leading salespeople, as well as managing sales pipelines, territories, budgets, systems, and teams when not in the field. Online resources are included to help instructors teaching with the textbook, including PowerPoint slides and a testbank. Chapter overviews and teaching notes for the roleplays included in the text and suggested course projects and worksheets are also provided for instructors. Suitable for courses on selling and sales management at all college and university levels.
Selling & Sales Management: Developing Skills for Success
by Lisa SpillerPacked with engaging examples and case studies from companies including Amazon, IBM, and Pepsi, as well as unique insights from sales professionals across the globe, this comprehensive textbook balances research, theory, and practice to guide students through the art and science of selling in a fast-changing and digital age. The text highlights the emerging role of storytelling, sales analytics and automation in a highly competitive and technological world, and includes exercises and role plays for students to practice as they learn about each stage of the selling process. As well as its focus on selling, the text also provides students with essential sales management skills such as onboarding, coaching, mentoring, and leading salespeople, as well as managing sales pipelines, territories, budgets, systems, and teams when not in the field. Online resources are included to help instructors teaching with the textbook, including PowerPoint slides and a testbank. Chapter overviews and teaching notes for the roleplays included in the text and suggested course projects and worksheets are also provided for instructors. Suitable for courses on selling and sales management at all college and university levels.
We Are the Medicine (Surviving the City)
by Tasha SpillettMiikwan and Dez are in their final year of high school. Poised at the edge of the rest of their lives, they have a lot to decide on. Miikwan and her boyfriend, Riel, are preparing for university, but Dez isn&’t sure if that&’s what they want for their future. Grief and anger take precedence over their plans after the remains of 215 children are found at a former residential school in British Columbia. The teens struggle with feelings of helplessness in the face of injustice. Can they find the strength to channel their frustration into action towards a more hopeful future? We Are the Medicine is the moving final volume of the best-selling Surviving the City series.
How to Explain Robotics to a Grown-Up
by Ruth SpiroThe best-selling author of the Baby Loves Science series levels up with this playful STEM picture book introducing kids–and grown-ups–to the robotics world.Do you want to know a secret? Sometimes grown-ups need YOU to explain things to THEM. Like robotics!In this tongue-in-cheek guide, an in-the-know narrator instructs kid readers in the fine art of explaining robotics to a grown-up. Both children and their adults learn:what makes a robot a robot, who designs and builds robots, and how robots work on their own to get a job done. Fun and fact-filled, the How to Explain Science series will empower kid experts to explore complex scientific concepts with any grown-up who will listen.
Disrupt With Impact: Achieve Business Success in an Unpredictable World
by Roger SpitzDisruption's far-reaching effects are inevitable, bringing both unprecedented challenges and opportunities to creatively shape our futures.Disrupt With Impact is the ultimate guide to thriving in today's complex business landscapes. It offers strategies that will allow you to navigate uncertainty and change through strategic decision-making.Covering major challenges such as sustainability, AI, geopolitics and cybersecurity, this book is your compass for exploring the uncharted waters of the future. These paradigm shifts will redistribute trillions of dollars, presenting opportunities for immense value creation, while those clinging to business as usual face growing risks of value destruction. Through fascinating research and original frameworks, Disrupt With Impact offers the knowledge and confidence you need to lead your business through disruption.
Didaktiken der beruflichen und akademischen Aus- und Weiterbildung: Rückblick, Bestandsaufnahme und Perspektiven
by Georg Spöttl Michael TärreAufgrund der Vielfalt der Adressatengruppen, der Zugänge, der Lernorte sowie der curricularen Orientierungspunkte stellen Didaktiken der beruflichen und akademischen Aus- und Weiterbildung einen ausgesprochen heterogenen Gegenstandsbereich dar. Insofern ist festzustellen, dass es eine Didaktik der Aus- und Weiterbildung nicht gibt bzw. nicht geben kann. Dennoch stehen Bildungseinrichtungen sowie Lernende und Lehrende vor immensen und ähnlichen Herausforderungen. Dieses Werk präsentiert aktuelle Ansätze von beruflichen Didaktiken mit dem Ziel, den kritisch-konstruktiven Diskurs anzuregen.
Rise of the Spider (The Web of the Spider #1)
by Michael P. SpradlinWitness the chilling rise of Hitler&’s Germany through the eyes of a twelve-year-old boy in this first book in the action-packed middle grade series Web of the Spider for fans of I Survived and A Night Divided.1929, Heroldsberg, Germany. Rolf might only be twelve years old, but he&’s old enough to know that things have not been good in his country since the end of the Great War. Half of Germany is out of work, and a new political movement is taking hold that scares him. Every night, Rolf&’s father and older brother, Romer, have increasingly heated arguments about politics at the dinner table. And when two members of the new Nazi Party, Hans and Nils, move to town as part of the Hitler Youth, Rolf is uneasy to see how enamored Romer is by their promises of bringing Germany to glory. Rolf doesn&’t trust Hans and Nils for a moment. For all their talk of greatness, they act more like bullies, antagonizing shop owners who are Rolf&’s friends and neighbors. Yet Romer becomes increasingly obsessed with their message of division, and Rolf watches in horror as his family fractures even further. When there is an act of vandalism against a Jewish-owned business in town, Rolf fears Romer might have had something to do with it. Can Rolf find a way to intervene before things get any worse?
I Cowboy del suo Cuore (Cowboys Online 4 #4)
by Jan SpringerDopo aver trascorso dieci anni in un carcere di massima sicurezza, JJ ottiene un inaspettato permesso per buona condotta e un posto di lavoro in un ranch canadese. I suoi datori di lavoro sono tre dei cowboy più sexy che lei abbia mai incontrato e per loro prepara deliziosi manicaretti e dopocena piccantissimi. Jennifer Jane "JJ" Watson non potrebbe essere più felice. Sta per avere un bambino! Per fortuna il loro ranch lontano da tutto, con il grande lavoro che c’è sempre da fare, è una bella distrazione per i suoi tre cowboy sexy quando lei è via con il suo aereo. Ma quando JJ è a casa, i suoi tre maschi dominanti soddisfano le sue piccanti voglie di donna incinta coinvolgendola in molti frizzanti ménages. A Rafe, Brady e Dan non piace che la loro donna se ne vada in giro per i cieli del Canada in balia dell’imprevedibile tempo dell’Ontario del Nord. Preferirebbero che riscaldasse i loro letti ventiquattro ore al giorno, ma lei sa come ottenere ciò che vuole e adesso ha bisogno della sua ritrovata libertà. Gli incubi peggiori dei tre uomini, però, prendono vita proprio quando l’aereo, con a bordo JJ e la sua amica, all’improvviso non fa rientro a casa. Un racconto della serie Cowboys Online ~ 1. Tre Cowboy per Natale (Moose Ranch #1), 2. Tre Cowboy Tutti Per Lei (Moose Ranch #2), 3. Innamorata Dei Suoi Cowboy (Moose Ranch #3) 4. I Cowboy del suo Cuore (Moose Ranch #4) 5.Per sempre i suoi cowboy (Moose Ranch #5) 6. Tre cowboy suoi per sempre (Snowy Creek Ranch #1)
Per sempre i suoi cowboy: Cowboys Online 5 (Cowboys Online 5 #5)
by Jan SpringerJennifer Jane (JJ) Watson ha trascorso gli ultimi dieci anni in una prigione di massima sicurezza. L’ultima cosa che si aspetta è di ottenere la libertà sulla parola e un lavoro come collaboratrice domestica di tre dei cowboy più sexy che abbia mai incontrato! Rafe, Brady e Dan pensavano che l’agenzia mandasse qualche ex detenuto a dar loro una mano con il ranch, e rimangono decisamente sorpresi nel veder arrivare una donna, per giunta molto attraente. Nelle terre selvagge e innevate del Nord Ontario, la compagnia femminile è cosa rara, ed è una vera fortuna che ai tre padroni di casa piaccia condividere la stessa donna... Il Natale sta arrivando ancora una volta al Moose Ranch e con l'avvicinarsi del parto, JJ si sta distraendo dagli attacchi di ansia di cui soffre tenendosi impegnata a prepararsi per l'arrivo del suo bambino e a organizzare la prima festa di Natale lì al ranch! Con un piccolo in arrivo, c'è molto stress per Brady, Rafe e Dan. Soprattutto a causa della decisione di JJ di assumere un’ostetrica che l’aiuti a partorire in casa e di avere tutti e tre i suoi uomini presenti al parto! Ma la preoccupazione e lo stress non impediscono loro di mostrare a JJ quanto la amano ... dentro e fuori dal letto! Nel vortice di continue bufere di neve, un aeroplano inutilizzato a terra, un party natalizio e un bambino in arrivo, i proprietari del Moose Ranch sanno che questo sarà un Natale che non dimenticheranno tanto presto... Un racconto della serie Cowboys Online ~ 1. Tre Cowboy per Natale (Moose Ranch #1), 2. Tre Cowboy Tutti Per Lei (Moose Ranch #2), 3. Innamorata Dei Suoi Cowboy (Moose Ranch #3) 4. I Cowboy del suo Cuore (Moose Ranch #4) 5.Per sempre i suoi cowboy (Moose Ranch #5) 6. Tre cowboy suoi per sempre (Snowy Creek Ranch #1)
Presa da Lui (Un racconto erotico della serie mutaforma tentacolati 1 #1)
by Jan SpringerLa tatuatrice Catalina Brown perde la testa per lo sconosciuto che le chiede un tatuaggio sulla sua… parte anatomica più sensibile. Di solito, mescolare il lavoro con il piacere non è da lei, ma lui è una calamita sensuale da cui lei è subito attratta, specialmente dopo avere sperimentato un’eccitante e perversa trance artistica tatuando ogni succulento suo centimetro. Il mutaforma tentacolato Calder Croft percepisce l’odore di femmina quando lei attraversa la marina californiana di lui, e lui non può ignorare il modo in cui questo gli infiamma il sangue. Dopo averla incontrata, è sorpreso nello scoprire che Cat non sa di essere una mutaforma che sta per entrare nel Cambiamento. Gli serve tutto il suo autocontrollo per trattenersi dal prendere quella donna sexy lì e subito. Calder deve dire a Cat la verità sul suo retaggio. Lei accetterà il suo diritto di nascita quale mutaforma oppure cederà alla pazzia, perdendo per sempre la loro possibilità di amarsi? Libro due ~ Nuda per lui (Jan Springer) ~ Un racconto erotico della serie mutaforma tentacolati Prenotane uno ~ Presa da lui (Jan Springer) ~ Un racconto erotico della serie mutaforma tentacolati
Tre cowboy suoi per sempre: Snowy Creek Ranch (Cowboys Online 6 #6)
by Jan SpringerDopo aver trascorso diversi anni in prigione, Milena Allen viene inaspettatamente rilasciata in libertà condizionata, e le viene offerto un lavoro in un isolato ranch del selvaggio Nord canadese, dove è immediatamente attratta dai suoi tre sexy capi cowboy! Cowboys Online ha mandato una bella ex detenuta per aiutarli nel loro nuovo ranch nella natura selvaggia, ma per Mitch, Daegen e Paul la vita è terribilmente solitaria senza la compagnia femminile. Nonostante siano rimasti senza donne per così tanto tempo, si ripromettono di considerare Milena off-limits, e che la tratteranno come uno dei ragazzi. Quando la violenza minaccia i suoi cowboy, le competenze infermieristiche di Milena vengono messe alla prova e lei si rende conto che si sta innamorando dei suoi capi sexy. Presto scopre che anche tutti e tre gli uomini sono interessati a lei! Ma perché continuano a trattarla come uno dei ragazzi? Ha sempre sognato qualcuno che la amasse e un posto da poter chiamare casa. Riuscirà a realizzare i suoi sogni con Mitch, Daegen e Paul? Oppure un terribile errore rovinerà tutto? Non è necessario aver letto anche gli altri libri della serie. Questo romanzo è indipendente. Un racconto della serie Cowboys Online ~ 1. Tre Cowboy per Natale (Moose Ranch #1), 2. Tre Cowboy Tutti Per Lei (Moose Ranch #2), 3. Innamorata Dei Suoi Cowboy (Moose Ranch #3) 4. I Cowboy del suo Cuore (Moose Ranch #4) 5.Per sempre i suoi cowboy (Moose Ranch #5) 6. Tre cowboy suoi per sempre (Snowy Creek Ranch #1)
Enola Holmes and the Mark of the Mongoose (Enola Holmes #9)
by Nancy SpringerNancy Springer's nationally bestselling series and breakout Netflix sensation beguiles readers young and old with Enola Holmes's latest adventure. In May of 1890, Enola Holmes is finally fully on her own and, no longer hiding from her older brothers Sherlock and Mycroft, attending classes and occasionally pursuing her chosen profession as a scientific perditorian, a finder of lost things and people.Wolcott Balestier, the representative of an American book publisher, arrived in London on a singular mission—to contract with English authors for their latest works. When Balestier disappears on the streets of London one day, his great friend—Rudyard Kipling—bursts into Enola's office looking for help in finding him. Brash and unwilling to hire a young woman, instead he turns to Sherlock Holmes. Convinced that evil has befallen Balestier, at the hands of rival American publishers who pirate the works of English authors, he sets the elder Holmes on the trail. But Enola is not one to accept defeat, especially not to her brother, and sets off on her own—determined to learn the truth behind the disappearance of the young American. Can book publishing truly be so ruthless and deadly or can the missing man be rescued from his apparent fate and returned to his friends and loved ones?The redoubtable Enola is determined to do just that, even if it means working with her brother Sherlock!
JavaScript für Dummies (Für Dummies)
by Sebastian SpringerSchritt für Schritt zu JavaScript Wenn Sie mit JavaScript programmieren lernen möchten, dann greifen Sie zu! Sebastian Springer vermittelt Ihnen in diesem Einstieg das Grundwissen zur Programmierung mit dieser mächtigen Programmiersprache. Sie lernen neben Grundlagen wie Schleifen, Verzweigungen und Co. alle wichtigen Tools, Arbeitsweisen und Besonderheiten der Browser kennen. Doch damit nicht genug: Fortgeschrittene Technologien, wie die asynchrone Programmierung, werden erklärt; außerdem, wie Sie zwischen Frontend und Backend kommunizieren oder mit Nutzern interagieren. Alles garniert mit übungen und Beispiel-Programmen. Sie erfahren Was es mit Node.js auf sich hat Wie das Zusammenspiel von JavaScript und HTML und CSS funktioniert Was Sie über Datentypen, Variable und Konstante wissen sollten Wie Sie Fehler aufspüren und beheben
Restorative Justice and Lived Religion: Transforming Mass Incarceration in Chicago (Religion and Social Transformation)
by Jason A. SpringsFrames restorative justice as a form of moral and spiritual practice with the capacity to transform injusticeIn the United States “restorative justice” typically refers to small-scale measures that divert alleged wrongdoers from a standard path through the criminal justice system by funneling them into alternative justice programs. These aim not to punish the offender, but to constructively address the harm that wrongdoing may have caused to individuals or to the community, engaging with the wrongdoer to come to a response that might heal and repair the harm.Yet restorative justice initiatives generally fail to challenge and transform the racist system of mass incarceration. This book argues that these initiatives have the potential to do so, but that we need to better understand what restorative justice is, and how it should be implemented. It claims that restorative justice can achieve its desired effect only insofar as it provides a mode of association between people that is, at its core, moral and spiritual. The book explores the ways in which restorative justice ethics and practices exhibit moral and spiritual dynamics, and what difference such “lived religious” dynamics can make for purposes of transforming structural violence.Looking to Chicago’s restorative justice network as a model for developing these transformational and sustainable social changes, the volume showcases real-life examples of the kinds of practices and initiatives needed to shift the entrenched dynamics that fuel the prison-industrial complex across the United States.
Where There's a Will (Peaches Dann #6)
by Elizabeth Daniels SquireA slightly forgetful, totally unforgettable, and ntirely lovable amateur sleuth, Peaches Dann is back in a salty new mystery from acclaimed author Elizabeth Daniels Squire Peaches's friend Marietta and seven of her relatives have come into an inheritance that's made them all millionaires—several times over. But even money has its price, and their eccentric uncle Hiram's will includes very specific requirements for the inheritance of any heir who dies within the year. A strange provision for a young and healthy bunch—or is it? When two are dead within months, Marietta calls on Peaches's sleuthing skills. Soon Peaches is accompanying the clan on a luxury cruise aboard England's Ocean Queen. But will there be a burial at sea? As Peaches gets busy charting clues to mischief, some suspicious "accidents" befall the group—and Peaches herself. This is one trip she's bound to remember...