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From Courtroom to Clinic
Tells the human story of the litigants involved in landmark legal cases that changed how mental health treatment is practiced.
The Child Catcher
The Child Catcher is the true story of the fight to rescue the children confined to a violent and secretive institution in the rural South. Andrew Bridge’s bestselling memoir, Hope’s Boy, told the story of his survival after he was taken from his mother, who struggled with schizophrenia, and was left to foster care. Bridge was first confined at one of our country’s most notorious children’s institutions, MacLaren Hall. Now, in The Child Catcher, he chronicles his role in the longest-running, most bitterly fought mental health lawsuit in American history. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Bridge joined the small team of civil rights lawyers representing the children of the Euf...
Sticks and Stones
The collection starts with a new student arriving at the high school in Lemoyne and it ends with another student transferring out. Between those times a set of students go through daily life. The social dynamics make for interesting events, whether or not the students get along. (Sticks and Stones Stories 1-9)
Understanding Mental Retardation
Understanding Mental Retardation draws on our knowledge of normal development to inform their discussion of various aspects of retardation.
Something Within
One of the first book-length studies in decades solely devoted to religion and African-American political activism, Something Within explores how Afro-Christianity encourages political activism among African-Americans. Combining ethnography, history, contextual analysis, and survey research, this book illustrates the participatory effects of Afro-Christianity by examining its institutional, psychological, and cultural influences. Moving beyond the current debates on the subject, Fredrick C. Harris advances a new theory of religion as a political resource for a "civic culture in opposition."
The Ghostly Tales of Alabama
Ghost stories from America's 'Heart of Dixie' have never been so creepy, fun, and full of mystery! Welcome to the spooky state of Alabama! Stay alert! Ghosts lurk around every corner. Even the most unexpected places might be haunted by wandering phantoms. Did you know that every February, a sunken ship rises again on the Tombigbee River' Or that the man peeking out of the Pickens County Courthouse window was wrongfully imprisoned there'150 years ago' Can you believe the sounds of a Civil War horse still echo on the porch of an old house in Suggsville' Pulled right from history, these ghostly tales will change the way you see Alabama and have you sleeping with the light on!
