On a summer's day in 1922 Cora Carlisle boards a train from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City, leaving behind a marriage that's not as perfect as it seems and a past that she buried long ago. She is charged with the care of a stunning young girl with a jet-black fringe and eyes wild and wise beyond [...]

"The New York Times" bestseller and the "USA Today" #1 Hot Fiction Pick for the summer, "The Chaperone "is a captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922 and the summer that would change them both. Only a few years before becoming a famous sil[...]

Bare noen få år før hun blir en berømt stumfilmstjerne og et ikon for en hel generasjon, forlater den femten år gamle Louise Brooks Kansas for å studere ved den prestisjefylte Denishawn School of Dancing i New York. Til sin store ergrelse får hun følge av en trettiseks år gammel ledsagerske[...]

"Controversies in Victimology" features original works of noted scholars and practitioners, aiming to shed light on the debates over, the media attention on, and the psychology behind victimization. This book discusses the controversies from all sides of the debate, and attempts to reconcile the iss[...]