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Method of Madness
After the explosive capture of serial rapist Edward Carter, it seems the city of Halifax has survived one of the greatest evils it has ever witnessed. However, just less than a year later, frightening things begin to happen to normal people. Expert forensic psychologist Dr. Michael Wenton and Sergeant Michell Wa of the Halifax Regional Police find themselves struggling to put the Carter case behind them.
In Tongues of the Dead
Inspired by a real manuscript in the rare book library at Yale Universityand centering on the insights of an autistic childthis fast-moving mystery brings together the fields of cryptology, church history, and clinical psychology. As the tale begins, Father Ronald McCallum is a Vatican guard secretly placed to watch over a 400-year-old document written in a code that has never been deciphered. He is startled one day when a boy visiting the library appears to read from the manuscripts pages. After some consultation, the Vatican decides to send in an expertFather Benicio Valori, a priest and clinical psychologistto verify the boys surprising skills. These efforts are thwarted, however, when the manuscript is stolen by mysterious agents hoping to prevent its secrets from being exposed. Fearing for the childs life, Father Valori takes young Matthew and flees to Canada to consult his trusted friend, Dr. Jake Tunnel, a fellow psychologist; and soon the two men begin to unveil the biblical origins of the stolen manuscriptand to develop a theory of their own about why this autistic child can decode it so successfully.
Lost Sanity
A startling new voice in psychological suspense has arrived. Criminal psychologist Dr. Brad Kelln's debut novel is a disturbing tale of hidden sins, human frailty and pure evil. Edward Carter is a psychotic serial rapist whose violent crimes leave his victims insane and suicidal. Hot on the case, family man and veteran detective Mitchell Wa catches a lead and captures Carter. But the trouble really starts when the suspect is sent to a maximum security psychiatric facility where the staff soon learn that Carter has the power to make anyone lose their sanity.
Social Structure and Emotion
As a reference that contains original and innovative research on the sociology of emotion, this book will not only appeal to sociologists but also to scholars of psychology, psychiatry, anthropology, history, social work, and business/management. With contributions from experts in the field, this text examines the role and influence of emotion in everyday social circumstances. It poses clear questions and presents the contemporary theoretical developments and empirical research linking social structure and emotion.Comparable books are narrowly focused and less comprehensive, the breadth and depth of this new work is unmatched. - Explores the roles played by emotion in social arrangements (i.e., the power of emotions in psychology, finance, economics, etc...) - Poses clear questions and presents the newest theoretical developments and empirical research linking social structure and emotion - Contributions from experts in the field
Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy
Through a series of essays contributed by clinicians, medicalhistorians, and prominent moral philosophers, CognitiveDisability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy addresses theethical, bio-ethical, epistemological, historical, andmeta-philosophical questions raised by cognitive disability Features essays by a prominent clinicians and medicalhistorians of cognitive disability, and prominent contemporaryphilosophers such as Ian Hacking, Martha Nussbaum, and PeterSinger Represents the first collection that brings togetherphilosophical discussions of Alzheimer's disease,intellectual/developmental disabilities, and autism under therubric of cognitive disability Offers insights into categories like Alzheimer's, mentalretardation, and autism, as well as issues such as care,personhood, justice, agency, and responsibility
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Techniques of Social Influence
Every day we are asked to fulfil others’ requests, and we make regular requests of others too, seeking compliance with our desires, commands and suggestions. This accessible text provides a uniquely in-depth overview of the different social influence techniques people use in order to improve the chances of their requests being fulfilled. It both describes each of the techniques in question and explores the research behind them, considering questions such as: How do we know that they work? Under what conditions are they more or less likely to be effective? How might individuals successfully resist attempts by others to influence them? The book groups social influence techniques according to...
Writer's Guide to Book Editors, Publishers, and Literary Agents, 2003-2004
The Key to Unlocking Your Writing Success This ultimate writer's reference connects you to who's who in the publishing industry. Inside, you'll find the names, addresses, phone numbers, and e-mail and Web addresses for hundreds of top editors and agents, plus essays from industry insiders who reveal the secrets to big-time success. With the most up-to-date information on an industry that's constantly changing, this new edition offers everything you need to get past the slush piles and into the hands of the real players in the publishing field, including how to write attention-grabbing book proposals and thrive off rejection. Now, you hold the keys to getting published.
Jeff Herman's Guide to Book Publishers, Editors & Literary Agents
A guide to the names and specialities of American and Canadian publishers, editors, and literary agents includes information on the acquisition process and on choosing literary agents.
