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Mecke (emerita, psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Stanford U.; emerita, educational psychology, California State U., Hayward) explores troubling cases in which suicide was provoked by a family member, or instigator.

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Aside from iconic American brands and types of shoes, this volume will also look at how feet are treated and viewed around the globe: removing shoes upon entering a house, washing feet for religious purposes, giving feet the spa treatment, and covering feet up for social customs.

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This unprecedented look at female sexual predators explains why and how they prey on our children and youths and what adults-and children and youths themselves-should understand to prevent victimization.

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Looking at female fascist activism and the influence of feminist ideology on the British Fascist agenda, this text examines the significance of the impact of feminist thought in this area.

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This title chronicles -- from colonial times to the present day -- the stories of women who ventured into a male-dominated world to invent such products as windshield wipers, the cotton gin, the cow milker, Liquid Paper, and many more.

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Fiction and the Reading Public provoked controversy when published in 1932. In her study, Q D Leavis investigates what has happened to the public taste in the last three centuries and what effect this has had on both the life of the nation and the equality of living for the individual.

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Invaluable analysis of teenage behavior and uncommonly wise advice for apprehensive parents

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The antidote to the idea that being a woman is all about submitting to desire. There are many more shades than that and here are fifty women to explore them.

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From the creator of the iconic 'Cathy' comic strip comes her first collection of funny, wise, poignant, and incredibly honest essays.

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While "The Texas Observer" has ventured beyond Texas in its editorial coverage, Miller has chosen a half-century of essays that specifically speak to the state's politics, people, environment, culture, and locales.

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The literature on Australian Aborigines is vast, but much of it is strangely silent about the experiences and activities of women. This collection of stories of the eventful lives and strong characters of a number of Aboriginal women offers a more intimate and personal view.

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The vicious urban battle for the insurgent-controlled city of Fallujah in November 2004 was a turning point in the ongoing counterinsurgency campaign in Iraq.

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How does one effectively fight suicide bombers What threat do they hold for Western society How do people who love peace reconcile the need for war Written by a noted genocide expert, this book addresses these questions, while giving an opinionated description of suicide bombings and terror as the opening salvos of a Third World War.

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Fighting the Mafia is his dramatic tale of witness and survival, of his effort to expose Mafia infiltration of the highest levels of Italy's national politics, and of the movement he helped build-in the schools and churches, and at the ballot box-to recapture Sicilian culture and inspire a renaissance of democracy.

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This examination of the film editor's craft ranges from the beginning of cinema to the 21st century. Film editing, at its best when it goes unnoticed, is the least understood of the cinematic crafts. This book explains not only the "how" but also the "why" of this pivotal film making activity.

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This practical guide addresses the needs of aspiring, beginning and veteran independent producers, as well as film students. The author covers such topics as sources of money, ways to structure financing, subsidiary rights sales, negotiating contracts, grants, and how to cut costs.

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Here, readers find a new, creative perspective on aging and a fresh spiritual outlook.

This book will be of interest not only to general readers, especially those at midlife and beyond, but also to their families, friends, and students or professionals in the helping professions.