The killing of Anwar Al-Awlaki and another U.S. citizen by airstrike in Yemen, although never officially attributed to U.S. military action, has fu...

SYN(Student Youth Network) is a media organisation run by people between the ages of 12 and 26. In this 'coming of age' story, Ellie Rennie follows...

The legislation, No Child Left Behind, mandates that students with intellectual disabilities have access to core curriculum courses. This book inve...

Survivors of spousal abuse inevitably fail to find answers in the realm of reason as they try to make sense of their pain and suffering. Focussing ...

This book is about the limits to globalization. Companies are neither as international nor as open as commonly presented. Scholars of globalization...

This book introduces several programs and guidelines that would help to provide housing, employment, and other services to adults with psychiatric ...

The figure of the Polish plumber or builder has long been a well-established icon of the British national imagination, uncovering the UK's collecti...

This book describes the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, with a focus on funding, program rules and eligibility. LI...

The high current and projected federal budget deficits, and debate over the size and scope of federal spending, have raised interest in how federal...

The Chinese press was the largest foreign-language press in Sydney in the late nineteenth century, and the only foreign-language press to publish c...

For Americans with disabilities, no less than for all other citizens, the opportunity to earn a living and be self-supporting is a universally held...

One Indonesian soldier was particularly nice to me. He gave me pretty clothes and sweets and used to take me for walks and to his office. Then one ...

Health, care and welfare have emerged as key vehicles used to legitimise and position the identities that older people adopt in contemporary modern...

Over the last decade, the United States lost about one-third of its manufacturing jobs, raising concerns about U.S. manufacturing competitiveness. ...

The cannabis sativa plant, more commonly known as marijuana, has been used medicinally for millenia and continues to play a significant role in med...

This book deals with the entertainment industries and their engagement in widespread marketing of violent movies, music, and electronic games to ch...

The five voluntary organisations the authors reviewed are highly diverse in their focus and response structures. They also constitute a major sourc...

For those who think that 2012 is the year for Armageddon, then you might take courage from this book on mass trauma and its companion book on indiv...

In many ways, this book is a response to two best-selling non-fiction books; Edward O. Wilson's Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge, and Deborah Ta...

The federal government devotes roughly one-sixth of its spending to ten major means-tested programs and tax credits, which provide cash payments or...

Methamphetamine abuse is a significant problem in the United States. It is used by nearly 530,000 Americans ages 12 and older, but the effects are ...