Crime, Violence, and Global Warming introduces the many connections between climate change and criminal activity. Conflict over natural resources can escalate to state and non-state actors, resulting in wars, asymmetrical warfare, and terrorism. Crank and Jacoby apply criminological theory to each a[...]
The complete Crank trilogy from #1 New York Times "bestselling author Ellen Hopkins, in a striking, collectible paperback boxed set.In Crank "you ll meet Kristina and Kristina will meet crank. Acting under the guise of her alter ego, Bree, Kristina explores drugs, sex, and her own dark side. A new m[...]
The complete "New York Times" bestselling Crank trilogy is now available with exclusive bonus content.
This boxed set makes a perfect gift and features trade paperback editions of "Crank," "Glass," and "Fallout "with striking new covers and special bonus content, including an essay from author E[...]
Though it incorporates much new material, this new edition preserves the general character of the book in providing a collection of solutions of the equations of diffusion and describing how these solutions may be obtained.[...]
The #1 "New York Times "bestselling tale of addiction now features a refreshed look and trade paperback trim size.
"Life was good "
"before I "
"met "
" the monster."
""
" After, "
" life "
" was great, "
" At "
" least "
" for a little while. "
Kristina Snow [...]
Kristina Snow is the perfect daughter, but she meets a boy who introduces her to drugs and becomes a very different person, struggling to control her life and her mind.[...]
Nicholas Bracewell befriends a young beggar who is trying to eke out a living as a counterfeit crank, pretending to have spectacular epileptic fits in order to get money from gullible bystanders. When the beggar is murdered inside Bridewell, Nicholas has to pose as a beggar himself in order to get i[...]
This is a story about a monster. Not a dragon or a mythological beast, but a very real, very destructive monster--crystal meth--that takes hold of seventeen-year-old Kristina Snow and transforms her into her reckless alter-ego Bree. Based on her own daughter's addiction to crystal meth, Ellen Hopkin[...]
The noble cause - a commitment to 'doing something about bad people' - is a central 'ends-based' police ethic that can be corrupted when officers violate the law on behalf of personally held moral values. This book examines noble cause, how it emerges as a fundamental principle of police ethics and [...]
The #1 "New York Times "bestselling tale of addiction now features a refreshed look and trade paperback trim size.
"Life was good "
"before I "
"met "
" the monster."
""
" After, "
" life "
" was great, "
" At "
" least "
" for a little while. "
Kristina Snow [...]
Wendell Berry proposes, and earnestly hopes, that people will learn once more to care for their local communities, and so begin a restoration that might spread over our entire nation and beyond. The renewed development of local economies would help preserve rural diversity despite the burgeoning glo[...]
Police culture has been widely criticized as a source of resistance to change and reform, and is often misunderstood. This book seeks to capture the heart of police culture-including its tragedies and celebrations-and to understand its powerful themes of morality, solidarity, and common sense, by sy[...]
Understanding Sam Shepard investigates the notoriously complex and confusing dramatic world of Sam Shepard, one of America's most prolific, thoughtful, and challenging contemporary playwrights. During his nearly fifty-year career as a writer, actor, director, and producer, Shepard has consistently f[...]
Crank is a standalone romance in a new small town, blue-collar series from USA Today bestselling author Adriana Locke. Join readers everywhere as they fall in love with the delicious Gibson Boys.This is one mistake Sienna Landry can't buy her way out of. As Walker Gibson looks at her, then at the da[...]