Brazil's prison population, estimated at 90,000 in 1990, has exploded to over 650,000, the third highest in the world behind the US and China. Systematically targeting poor, Black communities, Brazil's prisons have become infamous for their overcrowding and mismanagement. And yet, this landscape of punishment is built on top of a set of progressive laws that center reform as the primary aim and concern of incarceration. Every morning, when black, windowless vans carry the newly incarcerate...

Reputation is power.Your reputation defines how people see you and what they will do for you. It determines whether your bank will lend you money to buy a house or car; whether your landlord will accept you as a tenant; which employers will hire you and how much they will pay you. It can even affect your marriage prospects.And in the coming Reputation Economy, it’s getting more powerful than ever. Because today, thanks to rapid advances in digital technolog...

At twenty, JW Dawes inherits more than unimaginable Wealth. He inherits a doctrine.His billionaire father introduces him to the illustrious King David Syndrome, a philosophy of entitlement, indulgence, and consequence-free desire reserved for men who rule kingdoms built of money and power. Women, excess, and illusion become rites of passage rather than moral questions. JW thrives inside the fantasy, mastering the art of living above consequence, mistaking privilege...

Money and Schools explains and demonstrates the relationship between money and equality of educational opportunity in a way that is clear, precise, and engaging. Grounded in research and best practices, this book provides a broad overview of school finance, budgeting, and resource allocation, an understanding of the underlying economic, social, legal, and political principles that drive how schools are funded, as well as a detailed examination of day-to-day funding operations. Ric...

A must-read for anyone involved in school business management, this comprehensive textbook addresses a broad range of topics-from the basics of accounting principles to strategic planning, legal liability, taxation, purchasing, budgeting, and management information systems. Chapters focus on such key issues as total quality management, site-based management, and the future of school business management. Each chapter is designed to serve as a stand-alone teaching unit or as a reference to a...

Reputation is power.Your reputation defines how people see you and what they will do for you. It determines whether your bank will lend you money to buy a house or car; whether your landlord will accept you as a tenant; which employers will hire you and how much they will pay you. It can even affect your marriage prospects.And in the coming Reputation Economy, it’s getting more powerful than ever. Because today, thanks to rapid advances in digital technolog...

David Thompson (1770 – 1857) was a North American fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker, known to some native peoples as "Koo-Koo-Sint" or "the Stargazer." Over his career he mapped over 3.9 million square kilometres of North America and for this has been described as the "greatest land geographer who ever lived."THE account here published of the explorations of David Thompson in the western parts of Canada and the United States was written by Thompson himself when he was about seven...

In the past week, coyote shapeshifter Mercy Thompson has seen her friends kidnapped, killed, and assaulted - and things are about to get worse! A war between werewolves is erupting, and Mercy is caught smack in the middle! Can she unravel the secrets of the dark conspiracy that threatens them all in time to save her friends... and herself? Scores are settled and secrets revealed in the thrilling climax of Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called. Collecting issues #5-8 of the series, a...

Collects Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Moon Called #s 1-4!Mercy Thompson inhabits two worlds without truly belonging to either. To the human inhabitants of the Tri-Cities she's an oddity, a female mechanic operating her own garage. To the town's darker residents, werewolves, vampires, and fae, she's a walker, a last-of-her-kind magical being with the power to become a coyote. Mercy warily straddles the fine line dividing our everyday world from that darker dimension... 'till a boy, maul...

Collects Patricia Briggs' Mercy Thompson: Homecoming #s 1-4!Mercy Thompson is a walker, a magical being with the power to transform into a coyote. She lives on the fine line dividing the everyday world from a darker dimension, observing the supernatural community while standing apart. When Mercy travels to the Tri-Cities of Washington for a job interview, she quickly finds herself smack-dab in the middle of a gang war between rival packs of werewolves. And as if fangs and fur weren't bad e...

David has had to give up the riding school after his partner Pat left for a life in London. David has left the stables. He's found a job as a working pupil at Major Seely’s stables. It's not easy. The stud groom who runs the stables takes an immediate dislike to David. Mr Booth makes David's life so difficult when Major Seely is abroad that he leaves.But just when everything seems darkest, life starts to change.

Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the island nation of the Dominican Republic, the Caribbean country that occupies the eastern two-thirds of the island of Hispaniola.  Our guide will help you to plan your vacation as well as while reading on the beach! Finding Internet access when out and about is often difficult so carry your mobile guidebook in the palm of your hand. We include a fully linked Table of Contents and links between sections to acce...