This book consists of six tales of lechery, five of them related to Tiffany Boots by successful men from different walks of life, and one told by Mr. Boots himself, during a “cruise around the world back in 1901.” As the six men sat absorbed in their cognacs in the smoking salon aboard their ocean-liner, their thoughts naturally turned to that most fascinating of all topics—Women. Lulled by their drinks and secure in the knowledge that their ocean liner was bound for strange lands, the men...

Scratch the surface of North Texas and the stereotypes of wide-open Western spaces with lots of football disappear, replaced by an endless series of contrasting images. Gleaming glass towers rise over stockyards redolent with the smell of livestock. Suburbs full of families sit just a few blocks from neon-lit nightlife districts. In any given neighborhood, you might hear conjunto music competing with country and western tunes. There are grimy bars and gleaming churches, funky stores and ne...

This book consists of six tales of lechery, five of them related to Tiffany Boots by successful men from different walks of life, and one told by Mr. Boots himself, during a "cruise around the world back in 1901." As the six men sat absorbed in their cognacs in the smoking salon aboard their ocean-liner, their thoughts naturally turned to that most fascinating of all topics-Women.

Why do policymakers sometimes adopt policies that are not supported by evidence? How can scholars and practitioners encourage policymakers to listen to research? This book explores these questions, presenting a fascinating case study of a policy that did not work, yet spread rapidly to almost every state in the United States: the policy of correctional boot camps. Examining the claims on which the implementation of the policy were based, including the assertions that such boot camps would ...