America's most popular Western novelists continue their bold new series featuring Breckenridge Wallace, a big, strong, fierce kid fighting for a home in the towering Rocky Mountains...Breck Wallace was turning into a true mountain man on the American frontier. As a teenager in Tennessee he killed in self-defense, then left behind a woman he loved. With a gun and trap lines he is learning how to survive in the Rockies, braving the punishing elements, ruthless outlaws, and forging an...

This volume of commentaries on racial and ethnic relations is a sociological assessment of a changing society and a personal statement about many of the most pressing racial issues since the 1954 Brown-Supreme court decision. From the perspective of humanistic sociology, Peter Rose shows that sociology need not be a cold, artless science and argues that sociological enterprise should treat future as well as past and present issues.

Published for the first time in 1971, Forty Lost Years tells the story of Laura Vidal, a woman who becomes a high-fashion dressmaker to the rich women of Barcelona during Franco's dictatorship. NBDLD Published for the first time in 1971, Forty Lost Years tells the story of Laura Vidal, a woman who becomes a high-fashion dressmaker to the rich women of Barcelona during Franco's dictatorship. Rosa Maria Arquimbau's masterpiece relives forty years of Catalan history from the proclamation of t...

This book is the second of a two-volume set exploring the controversies about the experiences of Americans from Africa. It contains essays on the roots of protest, including the original "Confessions of Nat Turner;" the background and character of the Civil Rights Movement; the origins and impact of Black Power; and, finally, in "Negroes Nevermore," varied views on the meaning of Black Pride.Included here are selections written by black and white social scientists, psychiatrists, h...

The best friends are upset when they discover that the library will be closing but with the help of others learn to adapt to change.

"Young children will enjoy listening and reading along to this picture book's lively watercolor illustrations of Gilbert and his critter classmates. The narration is excellent in pacing and tone"- AudioFile Magazine

"...Jason Harris and Peter Pamela Rose perfectly capture the voices of Lola and the school kids... An entertaining additions to readalong collections for young children." -School Library Journal

Set in Cold-War-era 1988, Big Miracle is the real story behind the remarkable, bizarre and often times uproarious event that mesmerized the world for weeks. On October 7, an Inuit hunter found three California Gray Whales imprisoned in the Arctic ice. In the past, as was nature's way, trapped whales always died. Not this time. Rose compellingly describes how oil company executives, Greenpeace activists, Eskimos, businessmen, and military officers heroically worked together to save the whal...

During their education, medical students must learn and develop the fundamental history-taking and physical examination skills to prepare them for their medical careers. In an effort to standardize the clinical evaluations of these skills, North American medical schools use Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs). Medical students and residents perform clinical tasks with a simulated patient and the student is evaluated on the questions that are asked of the "patient and how the...

In Man Is by Nature a Political Animal, Peter K. Hatemi and Rose McDermott bring together a diverse group of contributors to examine the ways in which evolutionary theory and biological research are increasingly informing analyses of political behavior. Focusing on the theoretical, methodological, and empirical frameworks of a variety of biological approaches to political attitudes and preferences, the authors consider a wide range of topics, including the comparative basis of pol...

There's a theory about twins that says one is always good, and the other evil.And from the outside looking in, I'm sure it looks that way when it comes to my brother and me.After all, he's a priest, and I'm a hitman, our career paths both a product of our childhood in one way or another.But my twin is every bit as fucked up as I am, and I'm more determined than ever to prove that to the world now she's in his life.Waverly is a bright light.

Brought to you by Penguin.The essential Judge Dredd graphic novel series - the ultimate introduction to the Lawman of the Future!The crime is life! The Judgement is death! When Judge Death enters Mega-City One from a parallel dimension, his plan is simple: to find every single living cit and sentence them - to death!The critically acclaimed Essential Dredd Collection is a perfect jumping on point for new readers and this volume introduces Judge Deat...