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What is the relationship between criminality and biology? Nineteenth-century phrenologists insisted that criminality was innate, a trait inherent in the offender's brain matter. While they were eventually repudiated as pseudo-scientists and self-deluded charlatans, today the pendulum has swung back.[...]

Cesare Lombroso is widely considered the founder of the field of criminology. His theory of the 'born' criminal dominated discussions of criminology in Europe and the Americas from the 1880s into the early twentieth century. His book, "La donna delinquente", originally published in Italian in 1893, [...]

This second of the three books that document Gausseron's conversations with Christ reads like the transcript of a conversations between dear friends, "Walk With Me" shows that Jesus lives now and seeks a personal relationship with those who believe in him.[...]

Events Management: An International Approach provides students with the knowledge and skills needed to pursue a career in Events Management and to pass an Events Management course with flying colours. Covering key issues such as fundraising, sponsorship and globalization, this text addresses the cha[...]

The European Union is not a state, but a collection of states. From the outset, this European project has struggled to turn its many histories into one unifying narrative. United more by what they rejected than by their aspirations, Europe today is dedicated - in principle if not in practice - to th[...]

Intellectual arguments alone will not sway the dominant paradigm; to be motivated to create change, people must be moved. Art has the power to inform, influence, and inspire. The creative impulse can, quite literally, change the world. Better explores the intersection of sustainability and art, sho[...]

"Rachel Shihor is the opposite of a misty-eyed writer," writes Mona Reiserer in the Quarterly Conversation. "Her writing penetrates to the truth of the aches and anxieties all people share, though they must generally suffer them alone." "There is no question that she is a great writer," Nicole Kraus[...]

..".didn't you ever want to know what's on the other side of the mountain?" Lost Horizon Open Dreaming Bhutan and find yourself transported into a magical Buddhist kingdom untouched by time. Accompanied by her guide, a friend and former Aide de Camp to the Royal Family, award-winning author Nicole [...]

The influential Detroit "anti-rock" group Destroy All Monsters made raucous music, irreverent art and legendary zines, performing and disseminating their activities through an elaborate self-mythology. Two of its members--Mike Kelley and Jim Shaw--went on to become renowned artists. The Destroy All [...]