With video game sales in the billions and anxious concerns about their long-term effects growing louder, Glued to Games: How Video Games Draw Us In and Hold Us Spellbound brings something new to the
Marketing methods intended to increase customer retention that drives clients to competitors. Efforts to prevent riots that cause them to happen. Countries that acquire weapons to increase their secu
This insightful, research-driven book offers practical advice to older adults seeking new intimate relationships, lasting friendships, and better relationships with family members and children.
A practicing music thanatologist provides an insider's history of this remarkable profession, which combines music, medicine, and spirituality to help the terminally ill and their families face the e
A description of the current global food system, this book challenges our ethical responsibility to the global poor and implicates us all for failing to curb global hunger and malnutrition.
Islam in the Middle Ages addresses the intellectual and religious achievements of medieval Muslims against the backdrop of an evolving political and social history that shaped the ways in which Musli
This account of the evolution of outer space law examines key issues that fuel the debates over sovereignty and property rights designed to govern the future colonization and use of heavenly bodies o
This volume spotlights the unique problems that often accompany a high-income lifestyle and offers guidelines that can help individuals avoid the pitfalls wealth may bring.
Is it sport or is it entertainment? As presented by World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc., the most well-known promoter of professional wrestling, it is hard for the uninitiated to tell. A refuge for t
Dobbert (criminal forensic studies, Florida Gulf Coast U.) uses his 39 years of experience as a forensic behavioral analysis to examine the early sexual motivations, psychopathy and sexual disorders t
A thorough overview of violence and crime in America's schools explores which solutions work and which don't, providing a framework for prevention at every level.
Christopher Buck looks at the religious significance of America by examining those religions that have attached some kind of spiritual meaning to America. The author explores how American Protestanti
While some may argue that religion has & continues to influence U.S. foreign policy, others would argue that foreign policy has significantly influenced an "American National Religion" after 1947. He
This work details the physical and psychological descent into methamphetamine addiction, using interviews with addicts to illustrate, and describes paths to recovery.
This work explains an increasingly popular view dubbed the Consistent Life Ethic, which holds that all life deserves reverence, so all social support for actions that destroy life should be withdrawn
This unique book merges the latest scientific findings from the burgeoning field of human-animal studies with everyday, unusual and always insightful profiles and vignettes of people and their compan
This collection of moving, deeply insightful and sometimes shocking cautionary tales created from actual court cases shed light on the modern day horrors of child custody disputes.
Reveals everything you want to know about women in golf, including not just the players but also the business of the sport and the controversies that continue to crop up.
Meet Sam, the man troopers brought in because he was standing at the center of the turnpike, directing traffic, claiming to be "God's police chief on earth." And Mary, a middle-aged women so obsessed
In a novel look at rock 'n' roll lyrics, psychologist Barry Farber highlights those that rise above the rest because they are not only clever, but also wise in their psychological themes and conclusi
This book is about people whose beliefs and affiliations have opposed powerful interests in the present-day United States. This eclectic group of people and controversial issues, from climate-change
Despite the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990, many forms of discrimination against people with disabilities are still practiced, denying opportunity for employees, as well as th
This book on high school reform addresses why the U.S. dropout rate is still too high despite many reform efforts, why far too many graduates are not prepared for college, and why our high school stu
This text analyzes the political, cultural, and organizational dynamics that influence sexual and reproductive health advocacy and programs in Latin America. Parallels to similar efforts in other con
Due in large part to the authors' unique connections to the region, this collection of essays provides a valuable look inside the party politics of the post-Soviet states.
The first comprehensive account of U.S. development aid policies and implementation operations in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, this work is a unique contribution to world history and to the exten
This bibliography presents studies of nonmedical factors (patient, clinician, and practice variables) that influence medical decision-making. Those factors include age, gender, and presentational sty
Working from the premise that the Puritan construction of America as a return to Eden endures into American literature of the 20th century, Medoro focuses on the rhetoric of cyclical regeneration, bl
The author examines past and present traditional healthcare practices among African Americans from a research-based perspective. A cultural-historical review of the traditional African American alter
Exceptional communities possessing a definitive sense of place, the cities and towns presented in this book have created or re-created a style, ambience, or character that transcends the ordinary and
