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Stop the world ... our gerbils are loose!
By Ann Toland Serb. 1979
Two outspoken mothers take an amusing look at family life, child raising, and general coping. They reveal the joys and…
traumas of two husbands, thirteen children, countless pets, and a hamperful of household anticsThe Hunting Ground: The Inside Story of Sexual Assault on American College Campuses
By Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering, Constance Matthiessen. 2015
The debate over sexual violence on campus is reaching fever pitch, from headlines about out-of-control fraternities, to the ”mattress protests”…
by female students at Columbia University and other colleges.The Hunting Ground, the new documentary by award-winning filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, has taken this debate to a new level, becoming a galvanizing catalyst for discussion at the hundreds of campuses where the documentary is being screened each month. The film has sparked calls for legislation by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo of New York and other prominent public figures and sparked a backlash from university administrators, fraternities, and conservative groups. Now, in a new companion volume to the film, all those concerned about the "rape culture” on campus will be offered an inside perspective on the controversy, as well as reactions to the film from a range of leading writers and guidance on how to learn more and get active. As in the film, it’s the gripping personal stories told by female students-and the obstinate refusal of college administrators and law enforcement authorities to recognize the severity of the problem-that will rivet readers.Female and Armed: A Woman?s Guide to Advanced Situational Awareness, Concealed Carry, and Defensive Shooting Techniques
By Lynne Finch, Julianna Crowder. 2015
In Female and Armed Lynne Finch offers an information-packed follow-up to her first book, Taking Your First Shot. Based on…
questions and requests from readers, this book addresses more advanced techniques for personal defense as well as range drills to help readers practice and hone those skills. It’s important to know how to defend yourself, and Finch provides the building blocks necessary to successfully navigate some dangerous, real-life scenarios. Be it a carjacking, robbery, or home invasion, readers will learn how to protect themselves and their family. Female and Armed introduces readers to more advanced situational awareness techniques and builds upon their previous shooting experience by teaching them how to responsibly handle and carry a concealed handgun. Finch covers the advances in female holsters and discusses the various ways to carry, as well as the importance of having a primary carry method. In addition to this, topics include handgun retention, defensive draw stroke and defensive reloading, shooting from an unstable platform, and shooting from within a car. Knowing how to handle yourself can make all the difference in a stressful and dangerous situation. This guide also includes defensive tactics when confronted by an assailant armed with a gun or knife. Brimming with full-color photos, this approachable guide is written in Finch’s distinctive conversational and nonthreatening style. It is great for the novice shooter looking to advance and for the more experienced shooter looking for tips to improve her shooting.Convicting the Innocent: Death Row and the Ineqaulity of Justice
By Stanley Cohen. 2016
“A landmark in the fight against the death penalty. Extensively researched and brilliantly written” (Martin Garbus, criminal defense attorney). This…
investigation into wrongful convictions illustrates the tragic consequences that ensue when the American legal system goes awry. Whether it’s by eyewitness error, jailhouse snitch testimony, corrupt law enforcement, racism, junk science, tainted jury deliberation, prosecutorial misconduct, or incompetent counsel, gross malfeasance is all too possible, and not uncommon. Yet, while many innocent people are put on death row, there’s still an opportunity for justice. Award-winning journalist Stanley Cohen chronicles more than forty cases of men across the country who were arrested, convicted, sentenced, degraded by prison life, dragged through the appeals system, and finally set free because of evidence proving their innocence. These stories end with vindication, but in a country that has performed nearly a thousand executions since 1976, how many more inmates are suffering injustice at the hands of the justice system? The solution to America’s tarnished legal system may be elusive, but the questions raised in this “valuable accounting of a hidden societal plague” cannot be ignored (Kirkus Reviews).Exploring Restorative Justice Practices as a Compelling Response to the Challenges of an Aging Population As our global population ages,…
conflicts and difficult conversations emerge. How will older adults decide who will make end-of-life health and financial decisions for them? When will dad need to move out of his home and into long-term care? We can’t have mom living with us anymore because it’s just too hard. Why are my children fighting over where I will live? Why is my son taking money from me? These are challenging scenarios that ever-increasing numbers of people are facing. Sometimes these difficulties are discussed in catastrophic terms:Untenable health-care costs Exhausted pension funds Crises in home-care and long-term housing And other concerns Certainly, there are some reasons to worry; however, the challenges facing older adults can be an opportunity for positive change. The Little Book of Restorative Justice for Older Adults is about providing safe and respectful processes to assist in resolving conflict and addressing abuse involving older adults, families, caregivers, and communities. Authors Julie Friesen and Wendy Meek explore ideas to help connect and support people, building on the strengths and capacities of older adults and their families, in order to strengthen communities. Restorative justice dialogues help older adults and their families talk constructively and safely to find ways to move forward together.Why We Love Serial Killers: The Curious Appeal of the World's Most Savage Murderers
By Diane Dimond, Scott Bonn. 2014
For decades now, serial killers have taken center stage in the news and entertainment media. The coverage of real-life murderers…
such as Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer has transformed them into ghoulish celebrities. Similarly, the popularity of fictional characters such as Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter or Dexter demonstrates just how eager the public is to be frightened by these human predators.But why is this so? Could it be that some of us have a gruesome fascination with serial killers for the same reasons we might morbidly stare at a catastrophic automobile accident? Or it is something more? In Why We Love Serial Killers, criminology professor Dr. Scott Bonn explores our powerful appetite for the macabre, while also providing new and unique insights into the world of the serial killer, including those he has gained from his correspondence with two of the world's most notorious examples, David Berkowitz ("Son of Sam") and Dennis Rader ("Bind, Torture, Kill"). In addition, Bonn examines the criminal profiling techniques used by law enforcement professionals to identify and apprehend serial predators, he discusses the various behaviors--such as the charisma of the sociopath-- that manifest themselves in serial killers, and he explains how and why these killers often become popular cultural figures.Groundbreaking in its approach, Why We Love Serial Killers is a compelling look at how the media, law enforcement agencies, and public perception itself shapes and feeds the "monsters" in our midst.They must have seen me coming
By Louise Brindley. 1978
When the author's husband leaves her, she picks up the pieces of her life by taking charge of a hotel…
for the elderly in England. She rages at the curfew rules, sorrows for the tragedies of the residents, and brings them respect and useful workOptimism: the biology of hope
By Lionel Tiger. 1979
A speculative, multiply disciplined study of the human characteristic of optimism which the author believes to be a deep-rooted, survival-oriented,…
biological force. The positive aspects of hope emphasize the future and leads us to create religious beliefs, political institutions, and family lifeDemocracy in America: translated, edited, and with an introduction by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop
By Alexis De Tocqueville. 2000
Classic treatise by a French aristocrat comprehensively examines the underpinnings of American democratic institutions--including the rights and powers provided by…
the Constitution, forms of governments, and concepts of freedom and equality. Also analyzes the influence of democratic values on intellectual movements, customs, and political society. 2000 translation by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop. 1835Privacy, how to protect what's left of it
By Robert Ellis Smith. 1979
Discusses four aspects of privacy--informational, technological, physical, and psychological--and shows ways in which personal information is collected and used (and…
sometimes misused) by government and industry. Also provides information to guide the consumer through the law, and skills which can be used to protect individual privacyThe power of the positive woman
By Phyllis Schlafly. 1977
What Every Woman Needs to Know to Bring About Change in the Voting Booth In a presidential election year with…
our currently divided political climate, it is more important than ever for women voters to be educated and informed about issues that affect them deeply. Your Voice, Your Vote 2020–21 Edition is a manifesto for every woman voter and for male voters who care about the women in their lives. Martha Burk empowers the reader to cut through the double talk, irrelevancies, and false promises, and focuses directly on what's at stake for women not only from now through the 2020 election, but also in the years beyond. Written from a nonpartisan viewpoint, Dr. Burk lays out the records of both the Democratic and Republican parties as well as their platforms on topics such as: Health carePay equityReproductive rightsMaternity leave, family leave, and child careSocial security, sick leave, and long-term careViolence against womenLGBTQ rightsEducation and Title IX Taxes and the economyWomen in the MilitaryAffirmative actionThe Equal Rights Amendment Informative and insightful, Your Voice, Your Vote should be carried to every political rally, every press conference, every precinct meeting—and into the voting booth.Courage to Say No: A Pakistani Female Doctor's Battle Against Sexual Exploitation
By Raana Mahmood. 2019
Sexual harassment is in the news almost every day. Countless women have been intimidated into silence or their careers and…
lives have been ruined because they refused to submit to unwanted sexual advances. Yet, sexual harassment coupled with corruption is not singularly an American affliction. It’s an ancient disease, a truly universal tale. Dr. Raana Mahmood's story, Courage to Stay No, is a narrative of standing up against sexual corruption in her home country of Pakistan. It epitomizes the courage, audacity, and determination required to resist becoming a victim in a culture that places little value on divorced women. One that openly allows men to have a second, a third, and a fourth wife, all at a man’s pleasure. After escaping from her husband's physical, verbal, and emotional abuse with her young son in tow, Dr. Mahmood filed for divorce and took up residency as gynecologist at a nearby hospital. After facing years of harassment from her colleagues for being a working woman, and suffering a nervous breakdown because of the vitriol, Dr. Mahmood eventually received a grant of asylum from the United States, where she became an advocate for other women looking to escape domestic violence and an inspiration to those suffering in silence. In the vein of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Infidel, Courage to Say No is a remarkable and empowering story for our times.Citizen Humanitarianism at European Borders (Routledge Humanitarian Studies)
By Maria Gabrielsen Jumbert. 2021
At a time of escalating conflict between states and NGOs engaged in migrant search and rescue operations across the Mediterranean,…
this book explores the emerging trend of citizen-led forms of helping others at the borders of Europe. In recent years, Europe’s borders have become new sites of intervention for traditional humanitarian actors and governmental agencies, but also, increasingly, for volunteer and activist initiatives led by "ordinary" citizens. This book sets out to interrogate the shifting relationship between humanitarianism, the securitization of border and migration regimes, and citizenship. Critically examining the "do it yourself" character of refugee aid practices performed by non-professionals coming together to help in informal and spontaneous manners, the volume considers the extent to which these new humanitarian practices challenge established conceptualisations of membership, belonging, and active citizenship. Drawing on case studies from countries around Europe including Greece, Turkey, Italy, France and Russia, this collection constitutes an innovative and theoretically engaged attempt to bring the field of humanitarian studies into dialogue with studies of grassroots refugee aid and, more explicitly, with political forms of solidarity with migrants and refugees which fall between aid and activism. This book is key reading for advanced students and researchers of humanitarian aid, European migration and refugees, and citizen-led activism.Guilt by Accusation: The Challenge of Proving Innocence in the Age of #MeToo
By Alan Dershowitz. 2019
&“Maybe the question isn&’t what happened to Alan Dershowitz. Maybe it&’s what happened to everyone else.&”—PoliticoNew York Times bestselling author…
Alan Dershowitz, one of America&’s most respected legal scholars, proves—with incontrovertible evidence—that he is entirely innocent of the sexual misconduct accusations against him, while suggesting a roadmap for how such allegations should truly be handled in a just society. Alan Dershowitz has been called &“one of the most prominent and consistent defenders of civil liberties in America&” by Politico and &“the nation&’s most peripatetic civil liberties lawyer and one of its most distinguished defenders of individual rights&” by Newsweek. Yet he has come under intense criticism for applying those same principles, and his famed &“shoe‑on‑the‑other‑foot test,&” to those accused of sexual misconduct. In Guilt by Accusation, Dershowitz provides an in‑depth analysis of the false accusations against him, alongside a full presentation of the exculpatory evidence that proves his account, including emails from his accuser and an admission of his innocence from her lawyer, David Boies. Additionally, he examines current attitudes toward accusations of sexual misconduct, which are today, in the age of #MeToo, accepted as implicit truth without giving the accused a fair chance to defend themselves and their innocence, and suggests possible pathways back to a society and legal system in which due process is respected above public opinion and the whims of social media mobs. This book is Alan Dershowitz&’s plea for fairness for both accuser and accused, his principled stand for due process no matter the allegation, and his compelling assertion of his own innocence. It is essential reading for anyone who wants to know the inside story behind the accusations against him or who cares about the current societal debate over how we should handle accusations of sexual misconduct. The #MeToo movement has generally been a force for good, but as with many good movements, it is being exploited by some bad people for personal profit. Supporters of the #MeToo movement must not allow false accusers to hurt real victims by hiding behind its virtuous shield, turning it into an exploitive sword against innocent people.Alone: emotional, legal, and financial help for the widowed or divorced woman
By Helen Antoniak. 1979
A guide to help women cope during the period following a divorce or death of a husband. Chapters assess the…
emotional stress of the stituation, give advice on choosing an attorney, and discuss money managementEver since Adam and Eve
By Terry Hekker. 1979
Nuestros cuerpos, nuestras vidas: un libro por y para las mujeres
By Boston Women's Health Book Collective. 1979
Practical information on women's health and the health care system. Discusses women's issues such as sense of self, the fight…
against sexist values, anatomy and biology, sexuality, and intimate relationships. Detailed descriptions of sexual behavior are given. Spanish languageLos hombres de la tierra prometida
By Claude Brown. 1969
The autobiography of a young black man raised in Harlem during the 1940s and 1950s. Stresses the hardships of his…
contemporaries and his own escape from a poverty-stricken background. Strong language. Spanish languageAging is not for sissies
By Terry Schuckman. 1975