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How to Say No to Drugs
Providing young people with the facts about the dangers of drug use is the best way to help them make good decisions. How to Say No to Drugs explains how drug use affects the body and can lead to addiction, as well as how young people can avoid peer pressure to use drugs. The book also includes the personal stories of teenagers who have gone through treatment to repair the damage their drug use did, not only to them, but also to their relationships with family and friends.
Incident at Owl Creek
This story is about the meeting of an adult man and woman in a remote area of the Southern USA. They meet by chance at a roadside rest area. The woman, Shannon Joyce, middle aged, is traveling to complete legal matters related to her deceased relative. The man, Tyler Winslow, middle aged, is traveling to interview for a position in law enforcement in the town of Crescent Falls. They become traveling companions and arrive in Crescent Falls where they learn that a serial murderer is thought to be in the area. The main property of the Shannon Joyce’s relative, thought to be a ‘drop point’ for some of the murderers victims. The actions following bring them in contact with many locals who are not all friendly.
A Mountain Oasis
A Mountain Oasis is a richly illustrated socio-economic study of village life in Pakistan's Yasin Valley. Undertaken during one year spent living with a local family, Susan York's research documents this agro-pastoral society before this area in Gilgit-Baltistan entered a crucial period of transformation.
A Zhukov Evening
"A Zhukov Evening is a post-Cold War epic. History is resurgent, and ambitions are flaming among contenders for dominance in Northeast Asia in the 21st century. Vital national interests of Russia, China, Japan and the United States are at stake. Military confrontations emerge and the spectre of nuclear war looms."--Amazon.com
The Same Thing Over and Over
Whatever they think of school vouchers or charter schools, teacher merit pay, or bilingual education, most educators and advocates take many other things for granted. The one-teacherûone-classroom model. The professional full-time teacher. Students grouped in age-defined grades. The nine-month calendar. Top-down local district control. All were innovative and excitingùin the nineteenth century. As Hess shows, the system hasn't changed since most Americans lived on farms and in villages, since school taught you to read, write, and do arithmetic, and since only an elite went to high school, let alone college. --
The Right to Know
This book documents the massive deprivation of human rights resulting from governmental censorship, manipulation, and control of reproductive health and sexuality information. The introductory chapter applies a human rights perspective to reproductive health to show that women must have full and impartial information to be able to choose services which further their goals rather than governmental policies. Examples of different types of state manipulation are provided, and demographic, biomedical, and reproductive health paradigms of contraceptive delivery programs are described. Chapter 2 identifies the binding obligations imposed on governments by the international principle that women hav...
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Words: Structure, Meaning, Function
TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.
Royce
Royce Hunter is wealthy, happy, and a confirmed bachelor. He runs his family's multi-billion dollar corporation, lives life in the fast lane, and has a family that mostly irritates him, but he loves very much; including his mom. One day he is stopped from entering his own building by a security guard, Kasey York, who insists that he get badged in. He knew then that somehow his life would never be the same. Kasey doesn’t have the time or the energy to deal with an overbearing man like Royce Hunter, who is clearly out of her league. Her mother is dying, her aunt needs special care, and she needs to move on with her life, but Royce won't leave her alone. A hot and passionate night of unprotected sex brings out the worst in Royce as he implies that she's out to trap him. When she finds out she’s going to have a baby…neither of them are thrilled. Royce and Kasey have a love that extends over time and could make them very happy…if they don’t kill each other first.
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