Suffering in Silence
The Human Rights Nightmare of the Karen People of Burma

by Claudio O. Delang

Situated in the triangle between South Asia, Southeast Asia, and China, Burma is a country of 50 million people struggling under the oppression of one of the world's most brutal military regimes. ...

The Power and Paradox of Physical ...

by Gordon L. Patzer

The Power and Paradox of Physical Attractiveness is a scholarly look into physical attractiveness. It articulates the great importance placed on this dimension of a persons appearance. ...

The Knowledge-Based Economy
Modeled, Measured, Simulated

by Loet Leydesdorff

How can an economy based on something as volatile as knowledge be sustained? The urgency of improving our understanding of a knowledge-based economy provides the context and necessity of this ...

America's Prisons
The Movement Toward Profit and Privatization

by Curtis R. Blakely

This reader introduces the student to prison management. Particular interest is given the increased role of profit in the application of punishment. Profit and prison privatization are viewed ...

Understanding International Counter Terrorism
A Professionals Guide to the Operational Art

by A. Hunsicker

Understanding International Counter Terrorism is one serious effort to lay out a comprehensive strategy of how to deal with a whole gamut of possible terrorist incidents by using a language ...

Essays in World Languages and Cultures
Stereotypes and the Challenges of Representation

by Yves-Antoine Clemmen, Margit Grieb, and Will Lehman (eds.)

This volume consists of 16 papers selected from the 22nd Southeast Conference on Foreign Languages, Literatures and Films held on February 25-27, 2016 on the campus of Stetson University in ...

The Bipoint in the Settlement of North ...
Trans-Oceanic Migrations and Settlement of Prehistoric ...

by Wm Jack Hranicky

This 378 page archaeological publication covers the development, definition, classification, and world-wide deployment of the lithic bipoint and includes numerous photographs, drawings, and maps. The ...

Nothing New Under the Sun
An Introduction to Islam

by Paul Culp

Islam draws more attention to itself with each passing day, but surprisingly few people know much about it, even in government, the media, education, and the Church. Nothing New Under the Sun ...