As a spy prepared to give away America’s biggest secrets after the 9/11 attacks, an FBI agent raced to catch her.US government officials knew they had a spy. But it never occurred to them it was a woman—and certainly not a superstar Defense Intelligence Agency employee known as “the Queen of Cuba.”Ana Montes had spent seventeen years spying for the Cubans. She had been raised in a patriotic Puerto Rican household: Her father, a psychiatrist, was a former co...

Food makes philosophers of us all. Death does the same . . . but death comes only once . . . and choices about food come many times each day. In The Ethics of Food, Gregory E. Pence brings together a collection of voices who share the view that the ethics of genetically modified food is among the most pressing societal questions of our time. This comprehensive collection addresses a broad range of subjects, including the meaning of food, moral analyses of vegetarianism and starvation, the ...

When we walk, drive a car, or fly an airplane, visual motion is used to control and guide our movement. Optic flow describes the characteristic pattern of visual motion that arises in these situations. This book is the first to take an in-depth look at the neuronal processing strategies that underlie the brain's ability to analyze and use optic flow for the control of self-motion. It does so in a variety of species which use optic flow in different behavioral contexts. The spectrum ranges ...

This unique collection of chapters takes the reader on a tour to explore innovative preservice and inservice teacher education practices from many regions of the United States, Canada and the world. Each of the chapters offers an authentic, documentary account of successful initiatives that break the traditional mold of teacher education.Section I presents unique preservice teacher preparation programs and initiatives. These chapters offer compelling ideas to readers who seek chang...

Bewährte Konzeption Die seit 25 Jahren bewährte Konzeption des Handbuchs berücksichtigt weiterhin alle Herausforderungen, die sich der kriminalistischen Wissenschaft und der Praxis der Kriminalitätsbekämpfung täglich stellen. Neues Autorenteam Das neue Autorenteam hat die 7. Auflage dieses Standardwerks vollständig aktualisiert. Mit Fokus auf die Kriminaltaktik Das Werk vermittelt grundlegende, theoretisch fundierte und in der Praxis erprobte Erkenntnisse und bietet Handlungsanleitungen fü...