A Smith: 616 books

Bringing together international academics and professionals who are actively researching and working in the field, this pioneering scholarly volume covers the issues faced by individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder(ASD) in mid and later life. Including a range of personal, academic and clinical...

Being homeless in one’s homeland is a colonial legacy for many Indigenous people in settler societies. The construction of Commonwealth nation-states from colonial settler societies depended on the dispossession of Indigenous peoples from their lands. The legacy of that dispossession and related...

Democracy Reconsidered provides an enlightening study of democracy in America's post-modern context. Elizabeth Kaufer Busch and Peter Augustine Lawler explore some of the foundational principles of democracy as they have been borne out in American society. The essays included in this volume examine...

After living a mundane life Lana is shocked to find out that her family is shifters, her dead mother was a telepath and apparently vampire exists, and are at the top of the food chain. After a party gone bad Lana is kidnapped to fight in the Arena for the vampires entertainment; she must leave all...

Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD) attempts to address climate change from one angle – by paying developing countries to slow or stop deforestation and forest degradation. Trumpeted as a way to both mitigate climate change and assist countries with development, REDD...

'It is not often I can use "accessible" and "phenomenology" in the same sentence, but reading the new book, Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis…certainly provides me the occasion to do so. I can say this because these authors provide an engaging and clear introduction to...

Closing a gap in the scientifi c literature, this first comprehensive introduction to the topic is based on current best practice in one of the largest pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The first chapters trace the development of our understanding of drug metabolite toxicity, covering basic concepts...

What do you do when youve asked for help and received no aid? When youve prayed all that you could pray and there was no sign of change, what do you do? Meet sixteen-year-old Tracy and her thirteen-year-old brother Jeremiah. Two teens facing difficulties and going through hard times as they turn away...

Fear has a way of getting the better of all of us at one time or another. For some people, Fear is a bigger influence than they would like to admit. Gerald and his team have been tracking Fear for the more than a year. During that time they've been in and out of sleepy little towns and big...

The 1970s were turbulent times and the films made then reflected the fact. Vampire movies--always a cinema staple--were no exception. Spurred by the worldwide success of Hammer Film's Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1969), vampire movies filled theaters for the next ten years--from the truly awful...

Patience Wilson, an aspiring illustrator who for now is happy with any honest occupation that will pay the bills. At her aunts recommendation she applies for a job with a local temp agency and lands a position at the esteemed Hotel Fitzwilliam-Henry. She soon meets her new manager who piques her interest...

Kelly was the girl no one noticed in school. But in five short years, things have changed. At her fiveyear reunion, no one knows she is, but heads quickly turn when she walks in the room. She’s gone from little miss nobody to the fox of the party. Relying on her wild imagination to furnish her with...

There are many studies of local communities during their heydays, but the life of a community in decline is rarely studied. The Once and Future Silver Queen of the Rockies delves into the life of Georgetown, Colorado, after the turn of the twentieth century as mining in Clear Creek County steadily...

This book is about my days as a rookie on the Los Angeles Police Department. I worked morning watch, which is really graveyard. I saw and experienced different things. No two nights were exactly alike. I saw how police were when no supervisor was around. I saw how police talk about one another behind...