What drives someone to commit the unthinkable?Austin 1966. Dunblane 1996. Port Arthur 1996. Utøya 2011.In this deeply insightful account, pre-eminent forensic psychiatrist Paul E. Mullen examines the complex psychology behind lone mass killers. With unflinching clarity, he burrows into the minds of these damaged individuals, drawing on his decades of forensic work assessing mass murderers first-hand.Mullen brings readers into a dark landscape populated with...

Stalking has moved from being a novel area for study to become a core area of concern for mental health professionals, lawyers and other members of the criminal justice system. It has emerged as a significant social problem which not only commands considerable public attention but is now, in many jurisdictions, a specific form of criminal offence. This new edition brings the reader completely up-to-date with the explosion in published research and clinical studies in the field, and covers ...

This is the first in a series of books designed to teach children to read using the phonetic method. The goal of this method is to have children learn basic letter sounds and then “sound out” a word rather than simply memorizing the sound of an entire word. With the phonetic method, early readers will not be limited by the words that they have already seen. They will be able to sound out any new word that they encounter.

This is the second book of the First Reader Series, which is designed to teach children to read using the phonetic method. The goal of the phonetic method is to have children learn basic letter sounds and then “sound out” a word rather than simply memorizing the sound of an entire word. With the phonetic method, early readers will not be limited by the words that they have already seen. They will be able to sound out any new word that they encounter. This book introduces the reader to the ...

Human beings have been raising children for over 30,000 years. For all but a fraction of those years, they did this without resorting to childcare specialists, parenting classes, Dr. Phil or Oprah. How did they do it? The same way that you will. By using common sense.

This is the third book of the First Reader Series, which is designed to teach children to read using the phonetic method. The goal of the phonetic method is to have children learn basic letter sounds and then “sound out” a word rather than simply memorizing the sound of an entire word. With the phonetic method, early readers will not be limited by the words that they have already seen. They will be able to sound out any new word that they encounter. This book introduces the reader to the l...

Get ready to travel beyond the boundaries of the known world!In this new collection, 15 writers venture Out There and return to tell of their encounters with aliens and fairies ancient forest dwellers and interplanetary colonists. As their journeys take us through space and time, their tales find answers for what lives closest to our human hearts – love, loss and memory, and all the uncharted connections they trace.Stories by: Amanda M. Blake, Kit ...

This collection of essays aims to explore fundamental questions about God, human nature, and political life through careful readings of the Greek poets, the Hebrew Bible, and Shakespeare. The volume investigates the abiding tension between the Hebraic and the Hellenic dimensions of the Western soul through an examination of profound literary, philosophic, and theological reflections on topics as various as friendship, marriage, tyranny, sovereignty, sin, forgiveness, comedy, tragedy, and c...

Have You Ever Experienced Writer's Block?This Collection Of 1,000 Writing Prompts Is Just What You Need!"This is a superb, very imaginative book that helps people, writers and non-writers, think of ideas," Israel, 5-star review."A genuine treasure trove. I will never again complain of not knowing what to write!" Joel, 5-star review."If you're stuck on just about any subject that might be your direction, turn to Bryan Cohen, keep this...

Has writer's block crippled your creativity? Beat writer's block forever with five books jam-packed with thousands of inspiring creative writing prompts!The 1,000 Creative Writing Prompts Box Set has over 150 five-star reviews across all books and platforms. This comprehensive collection contains over 800 pages of prompts to get your creative juices flowing for over 90 percent off the cover price!The massive and innovative box set includes the foll...

The definitive firsthand account of the groundbreaking research of Philip Zimbardo—the basis for the award-winning film The Stanford Prison ExperimentRenowned social psychologist and creator of the Stanford Prison Experiment Philip Zimbardo explores the mechanisms that make good people do bad things, how moral people can be seduced into acting immorally, and what this says about the line separating good from evil.The Lucifer Effect explain...

In this wickedly funny guide, professional astrologer Hazel Dixon-Cooper casts off sugar-coated astrology in favor of exploring the maladjusted side of the universe. If you want the inside scoop, the real deal, the lowdown on each sun sign, then look no further.It's time to forget those traditional astrology books where Sagittarians are gregarious, Capricorns are ambitious, and Pisceans are dreamers. Instead, enter a world where Archers are loud-mouthed bores, Goats are pompous soc...