Robert Nash: 42 books
The Innovators
16 Portraits of the Famous and the Infamous
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 1982
The Innovators is a rewarding chronicle of flesh-and-blood 20th century world citizens who became leaders in their professions, reputable and otherwise. Nash's probing interviews and profiles give in-depth psychological portraits of Alfred Hitchcock, Saul Bellow, Ben Hecht, Willie "the Actor"...
by Jay Robert Nash
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 1992
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 1992
The twentieth century has witnessed an unprecedented explosion of violent murder that has affected levels of society throughout the world and transformed what was once a distant threat into a constant reality, lurking around the corner, living down the block making everyone vulnerable to the unthinkable....
MeSearch and ReSearch
A Guide for Writing Scholarly Personal Narrative Manuscripts
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2011
From the Foreword: Robert and DeMethra’s book, MeSearching and ReSearch, has caught my fancy in a number of ways. The book title cleverly captures what SPN is all about—it is about self narratives (the “mesearch” part) and about scholarly meaning making (the “research” part). This eyecatching...
Look for the Woman
A Narrative Encyclopedia of Female Prisoners, Kidnappers, Thieves, Extortionists, Terrorists, Swindlers and Spies from Elizabethan Times to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1986
A revealing survey of female criminals through the centuries includes an intriguing progression of female poisoners, kidnappers, extortionists, terrorists, swindlers and spies.
Alcohol and Violence
The Nature of the Relationship and the Promise of Prevention
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2012
This book interrogates new contexts of the alcohol and violence relationship: victimization and injury, Mexican-American youth, elementary school children, advertising, and cross national comparisons. Environmental prevention strategies are deployed towards harm reduction in the alcohol and violence...
GIS and Spatial Analysis for the Social Sciences
Coding, Mapping, and Modeling
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2009
This is the first book to provide sociologists, criminologists, political scientists, and other social scientists with the methodological logic and techniques for doing spatial analysis in their chosen fields of inquiry.
The book contains a wealth of examples as to why these techniques are...
Among the Missing
An Anecdotal History of Missing Persons from 1800 to the Present
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 1978
The endless mystery of Amelia Earhart's last flight. The mysterious disappearance of Judge Joseph Force Crater. The vanishing acts of Agatha Christie, Sherwood Anderson and Aimee Semple McPherson. The lost adventurers - Colonel Percy Fawcett, Richard Halliburton, and George Leigh-Mallory. These famous...
by Jay Robert Nash
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1981
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 1981
The Almanac of World Crime chronicles the exploits of the underworld—murder, robbery, arson, torture, rape, kidnapping, extortion, and blackmail, to name only a few—and takes the reader on an iniquitous tour of the world's gambling halls, dope parlors, cathouses, and clip joints. Everything from...
by Robert Nash, Penny A. Bishop
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2009
For thousands of years, religion has been a key element of human societies. Whenever we, as educators, exclude or minimize religion’s vast role in society, we leave out a large part of our world’s shared history. This is a serious act of educational omission, even neglect, on the part of our nation’s...
by Jay Robert Nash
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 1995
A narrative encyclopedia of American criminals from the pilgrims to the present.
Spies
A Narrative Encyclopedia of Dirty Tricks and Double Dealing from Biblical Times to Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 1997
Cloaks, daggars, and skeletons in the closet! Read the secrets of real secret agents.
Terrorism in the 20th Century
A Narrative Encyclopedia From the Anarchists, through the Weathermen, to the Unabomber
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1998
Throughout the twentieth century, countless criminal groups have earned infamy by their violent acts of terrorism. Political assassinations, kidnappings, bombings, lynchings and hijackings have stunned the world. In recent decades, terrorism has become an increasing threat, especially when it comes...
by Jay Robert Nash
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2014
Several decades ago the boxer “Kid” McCoy was sent to San Quentin for the murder of his girlfriend. A taciturn prisoner, McCoy once blurted to his warden: “You know who I am, don’t you—I’m McCoy, not one of those Hollywood types or the kind you find in made-up stories in the pulps. I’m...
Liberating Scholarly Writing
The Power of Personal Narrative
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2019
This book provides an alternative to the more conventional modes of qualitative and quantitative inquiry currently used in professional training programs, particularly in education. It features a very accessible presentation that combines application, rationale, critique, and inspiration—and is...