This edited book significantly contributes to the knowledge on how to address gang problems from a broad community perspective, which takes into account criminal justice agencies, social service providers, and community leaders, along with police, who have implemented collaborative anti-gang policies and practices. As community-wide efforts become more common, it is increasingly important to investigate effective strategies to address social problems. Beyond Suppression: Community Strategi...

Winner of the 2017 Rainbow Award for Best Bisexual Paranormal RomanceRunning from the past.Trent Pielmeyer is so done with legend tripping. Hauntings? Nope. Cryptid sightings? Hard pass. Dimensional portals? Not just no but oh, hell no. Because after seven years’ captivity in a whacked-out alternate reality, he’s been there and done that and done that and done that. No more supernatural shenanigans for him. Ever. Full stop.Wres...

Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors—some eminent, some less well known—who grew up tough and talented in working-class America. Their stories, selected from literary memoirs published between 1982 and 2014, cover episodes from childhood to young adulthood within a spectrum of life-changing experiences. Although diverse ethnically, racially, geographically, and in sexual orientation, these writers share a youthful precocity and...

An autobiography of epic scope--the riveting, controversial story of Russell Means, the most revolutionary Indian leader of the Twentieth Century.Where White Men Fear to Tread (written with Marvin J. Wolf) tells the absorbing story of the accountant-turned-Indian activist who burst onto the national scene when he led a seventy-one-day armed takeover of Wounded Knee, South Dakota in 1973.Ever since, Means has done everything possible to dramatize the Indian wish for self-det...

He slaughtered my family. Burned my home to ash. Made my people refugees in their own lands.And now the fates have decided he is mine.Brynja Vael has spent a decade in the frozen wilderness, building a rebellion from nothing — surviving on rage, grief, and an unbreakable oath to destroy King Rhaedolf Vance. She is the last of the Northern royals, the Rebel Heir the crown fears most. And she is this close to tearing his empire apart.Then he fi...

Every four years, the Winter Olympics become a focal point for activism and resistance. But in the modern era, mere bids to host the Games have sparked fierce opposition from groups motivated by local or global concerns. Russell Field edits a collection that charts the evolution of protest around the Winter Games and illuminates the issues at the heart of anti-Olympic activism.The essays collectively explore the shifting dynamics and power relations between the civic coalitions tha...

These fifteen original stories, donated by authors to help keep local theater alive, are fun, quirky, imaginative, and bold - the perfect way to tide over audiences until local stage curtains can once again rise! Each tale turns the spotlight on some unusual snapshot of life or imagination. Sales from this book, along with generous donations from others in the community, will help local theaters survive and eventually thrive despite this most unfortunate "intermission." With new shows - an...

Boisterous Uncle Bill comes to town, bringing trouble with him in the form of a brutal mercenary tracking a diamond smuggler. With their ESP and deduction skills, Mae and Isla find themselves caught up in an international terrorist plot involving their parents’ workplace, risking a nuclear catastrophe that could destroy them all. Can they work out the purpose of a peculiar device they found before it’s too late?Meet the Donaldson girls – primary schoolers and detectives. Mae, cleve...

Essential Reads on Family Offices is your essential resource featuring insights from the world’s foremost experts on the most pressing topics facing family offices and their advisers today. Containing a collection of authoritative materials dedicated to providing family offices and their advisers with the most informative and thought-provoking contributions on key themes, the content focuses on: • Family office profiles: profiles of leading family offices from around the world, highlightin...

In recent years, researchers have considerably expanded our understanding of the experiences of students of color and of students who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning (ie. Queer). They have provided us with rich resources for addressing racism and heterosexism; however, few have examined the unique experiences of students who are both queer and of color, and few have examined the heterosexist or white-centered nature of anti-racist or anti-heterosexist education (...

Ich ahnte schon lange, dass Raven ein dunkles Geheimnis hütete. Nun wurde mein Freund von seiner Vergangenheit eingeholt. Wir mussten fliehen! Ein alter Feind Ravens war zurückgekehrt, und dieser wollte nur eins: Ravens Tod! Doch welche Rolle spielte der Vatikan? Wer war der sagenumwobene Sin-Eater? Und was hatte der "Kopfgeldjäger der Schattenwelt" mit alledem zu tun? Und aus dem Dunkeln näherte sich noch eine andere Gefahr ... eine tödliche Gefahr! Der Kampf um unser Überleben hatte bego...

Language has played a pivotal role in societal transformation in postcolonial Africa towards the creation of globally competitive knowledge societies; however so far, this role has been under-researched and under-estimated. This volume addresses this gap in the literature, by bringing together a team of globally-recognised scholars to explore the effect of language on African postcolonial societies, and how it has contributed to achieving 'mental decolonisation'. A range of languages are e...