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Steps on the Pathway to Truth: Queries, Discoveries, Conclusions & Choices
Clayton Drew
2003
Get a fresh understanding of the reasons behind your personal beliefs.
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Political Sabotage: The LAPD Experience: Attitudes Towards Understanding Police Use of Force
Richard Melville Holbrook
2003
Political Sabotage may not be the answer for all in understanding social crime and violence or police use of force to control it, but it does provide a focus and single source toward that goal. Want to know about Ruby Ridge and Randy Weaver, Rodney King, and a truer story about the fiasco at Waco, Texas? Did law enforcement do it right? Maybe, but maybe not.
These questions are also answered: What facts and experiences create the subtleties for "the mystique of police culture?" Is a true unprofessional "code of silence" part of it? Is that culture a closed club for those wearing the badge of the Los Angeles Police Department? Is its "culture" and its use of police force in the attempt to control crime and violence responsible for the LAPD’s downfall? Do diversity and affirmative action exist as co-conspirators in that downfall? Or will it all remain as the unknown result of the influence and impact of the emotional and ideological attitudes found in our American society and its sometimes politicized, attorney-dominated, and unjust justice system?
What part did political sabotage play in orchestrating what academic isolation and a supporting media label "the ineffective administration of a corrupt LAPD?" And what led that leadership through a moderate level of hesitation and silence to a federal consent decree and various "commission investigations," and to every activist and media embellished blame, to forgo the effort to retain the best parts of what had once made the LAPD the most innovative, respected, effective and efficient police organization in America?
These questions have truthful and experienced answers. But the overall question is yet to be answered: Will the American citizen ever truly understand enough to make a difference?
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Can't Shove a Great Life into a Small Dream: 12 Life-Essentials to Grow Your Dreams to Match the Life You Want
Tony Magee
2003
Had Enough of Feeling Stuffed into a Bucket? At one time or another, everyone feels cramped and restricted, unable to move forward, held back from getting the most out of life. A dead-end job, no job, a troubled childhood, a ruined relationship, few prospects, having to start over--your dream of a great life is shrinking day by day. But you can break through the crush. It's time to dream large, time to rise to your full height, time to grow and flourish.
In Can't Shove a Great Life into a Small Dream, Tony Magee helps you give shape to the life of your dreams with everything you need to get where you want to go. Here are 12 Life-Essentials crafted from his own incredible journey, and wrapped in the wisdom of the world's most successful people. So make room in your dream for a new life: informed, inspired, and invincible!
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Roadtrip Nation: Find Your Path in Life
Mike Marriner, Nathan Gebhard, and Joanne Gordon
2003
Mike Marriner and Nathan Gebhard share what they learned about life and the real world while traveling across the country in an RV to meet with people who had successfully defined their own paths in life.
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Culture and Customs of Egypt
Molefi Kete Asante
2002
Modern Egypt blends African history and geography with Arab culture and religion. With its position at the crossroads of Africa, its status as a major Islamic nation, and continuing interest in its ancient monuments, Egypt makes for fascinating study. This volume provides an accessible, up-to-date overview of a society that greatly evolved, yet retains traces of attitudes and behaviors from the days of the Pharaohs. This volume's insights into everyday life, sociopolitical structures, and cultural institutions transcend ordinary guide books. Asante, a noted Africanist, presents the richness of Egypt from the Nile to the Nubian influence, to Cairo congestion and carpet schools. Chapters describe the land, people, history, education, tourism, religion, art and architecture, food, social customs and lifestyles, literature, media, cinema, and performing arts. A chronology, glossary, and numerous photos enhance the text.
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The Firestone Syndrome: A Novel
Stephen P. Beeler
2002
The experience and trials I faced as a young cop in Los Angeles during the 60's and 70's at the notorious Los Angeles County Firestone Sheriff's Station led me to write this book. It is a novel based on an historical era and times, and it is the reader's prerogative to determine if this could happen anywhere at anytime.
This story is a hard, realistic, intense and sometimes sadly humorous look at street cops and the inside politics of the largest sheriff's department in the world. It follows an idealistic young deputy as he struggles with those politics and simultaneously battles what he perceives to be his own inability to use the lethal force that would gain him entrance into the "in" group.
My objective was to depict how power, control and money play an important part in major law enforcement departments, regardless of the idealistic virtues taught in academy courses. I wanted also to show how all-powerful "information" is used and misused to gain rank, wield power and sometimes destroy lives.
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ABC's of the Sea
Shannon Casey Celia and Carla Marlenee Bates
2002
From anchor to zebrafish, children can practice their ABC's while exploring the wonders of the sea.
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Bodacious: An AOL Insider Cracks the Code to Outrageous Success for Women
Mary E. Foley and Martha I. Finney
2002
Provides women with advice and strategies for succeeding in today's economy through stories of the start-up days of AOL, pointing out the qualities that made AOL such a huge success.
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Dar's Story: Memoirs of a Secret Service Agent
Darwin Horn
2002
Dar's Story is a firsthand narrative encapsulating the fascinating life of a U.S. Secret Service Agent. Darwin takes the reader on a journey through his educational years, from elementary schools in St. Louis, Missouri, and Venice, California, to junior high and high school in Inglewood, California. After high school, Dar enlisted in the U.S. Navy, ultimately being assigned to the USS Serene during World War II. He not only served his country with honor but also made lifelong friends with many of his shipmates. After the war, Dar takes the reader through his adventures first at Los Angeles City College; then at George Pepperdine College in Los Angeles, California where he met and fell in love with Shirley Ann, now his wife of fifty-one years. At Pepperdine, he excelled athletically as the star fullback for Pepperdine's championship football team. His academic career came to a conclusion at the University of Southern California, where he earned his master's degree. Fresh out of Pepperdine, Dar entered the Los Angeles Police Department, where he served for two years as a police officer - a job that gave him the experience and knowledge he needed for his ultimate career choice: the U.S. Secret Service. He began his work in the U.S. Secret Service in 1951, a wonderful and fulfilling career that spanned over thirty years. His journal-like entries come alive through vivid stories of the sometimes dangerous, and always exciting, protection assignments of nine presidents from Eisenhower to Reagan, as well as many kings, queens, prime ministers, and other foreign political VIPs. He recounts his extensive travels that took him through every state in the nation and to 75 foreign countries. As Darwin journeys through the life of a secret serviceman, the reader discovers what Darwin himself discovers on the road of life: that the agents of the U.S. Secret Service are some of the finest law enforcement personnel in the world.
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NetLingo: The Internet Dictionary
Vincent James and Erin Jansen
2002
NetLingo has thousands of definitions that explain the online world of business, technology, and communication, including text and chat acronyms and smileys. This reference book helps everyone from students, teachers, parents, and seniors, to gamers, designers, and techies, to bloggers, journalists, and industry professionals worldwide. NetLingo has been the leading Internet dictionary since 1994 helping millions of people each month understand this new jargon.
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The Diamond Conspiracy: A Novel
Nicolas M. Kublicki
2002
Justice Department attorney Patrick Carlton uncovers a conspiracy revolving around an Arkansas diamond mine, which leads him to investigate a top White House official and a corrupt South African diamond conglomerate.
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Why Didn't I Think of That?: Think the Unthinkable and Achieve Creative Greatness
Charles W. McCoy
2002
Accompanied by self-tests, interactive exercises, tips, and techniques, an innovative guide to unleashing creativity and adopting new standards of thinking provides practical step-by-step instructions for making decisions that require observation, accuracy, and analysis to determine the best possible outcome and to improve performance IQ.
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Realizing the California Dream: The Story of Black Churches of Christ in Los Angeles
Calvin H. Bowers
2001
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Destination Korea
Dana Abbott Curtis and Jennifer R Willand Dillard
2001
Destination Korea is an eyewitness account of the daily life of servicemen in the Korean War. It consists of letters written by a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army to his wife while he was stationed in Okinawa and Korea during the Korean War. Through a collaborative effort between the author of the letters, Dana Abbot Curtis, and his granddaughter, Jennifer R. Willand Dillard, they give an accurate account of the life of an infantryman and combat engineer ordered to fight in Korea.
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Remember the Ladies: A Story about Abigail Adams
Jeri Ferris and Ellen Beier
2001
Abigail Adams lived through the Revolutionary War and became the First Lady of the second president of the United States. Though women of her time could not vote, govern, or own property, Abigail believed that women should not be ruled by laws they did not make. Although she did not see these rights come to women, she never gave up talking, writing, and perhaps most important, believing that women were equal to men. Her courage and strength enabled her to help her husband create a new country. She never fired a gun, but her pen was a weapon that helped win freedom for her country--and herself.
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When Children Grieve: For Adults to Help Children Deal with Death, Divorce, Pet Loss, Moving, and Other Losses
John W. James, Russell Friedman, and Leslie Landon Matthews
2001
The first—and definitive—guide to helping children really deal with loss from the authors of The Grief Recovery Handbook Following deaths, divorces, pet loss, or the confusion of major relocation, many adults tell their children “don’t feel bad.” In fact, say the authors of the bestselling The Grief Recovery Handbook, feeling bad or sad is precisely the appropriate emotion attached to sad events. Encouraging a child to bypass grief without completion can cause unseen long-term damage. When Children Grieve helps parents break through the misinformation that surrounds the topic of grief. It pinpoints the six major myths that hamper children in adapting to life’s inevitable losses. Practical and compassionate, it guides parents in creating emotional safety and spells out specific actions to help children move forward successfully.
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The Art of Profound Meditation
Lawrence M. McCafferty
2001
The Art of Profound Meditation is a trip through the art of meditation for everyone from the beginner to the experienced intermediate practitioner. In a very easy writing style that walks the reader through the philosophy as well as the techniques.
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Never Sell Yourself Short
Stephanie Riggs and Bill Youmans
2001
Stephanie Riggs, an award-winning television journalist tells the story of a young man who is short in height but "stands tall," and traces the many roles a person with dwarfism can play in life. Fourteen-year-old Josh was born with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. In this photo-essay, Josh talks about his life, describing the challenges he faces along with his plans for the future.
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You're Not Going to Tell That, Are You, Mom?
Nan Ray Alexander
2000
Anecdotes from the life of Nan Ray Alexander, a graduate of Pepperdine's first class (1939) and wife of a Church of Christ preacher.
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The Egyptian Philosophers: Ancient African Voices from Imhotep to Akhenaten
Molefi Kete Asante
2000
Traditional Eurocentric thought assumes that Greece was the origin of civilization. This book dispels this and other myths by showing that there is a body of knowledge that preceded Greek philosophy. The author documents how the great pyramids were built in 2800 B.C., 2,100 years before Greek civilization. The popular myth of Hippocrates being the father of medicine is dispelled by the fact that Hippocrates studied the works of Imhotep, the true father of medicine, and mentioned his name in his Hippocratic oath. Eleven famous African scholars who preceded Greek philosophers are profiled: Ptahhotep, Kagemni, Duauf, Amenhotep, Amenemope, Imhotep, Amenemhat, Merikare, Sehotepibre, Khunanup, and Akhenaten. These scholars’ ideas on a variety of topics are discussed, including the emergence of science and reason, the moral order, books and education, and the clash of classes.
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Fishers of Men
Gerald N. Lund
2000
In an ancient land in a time foretold by prophets, a babe was born beneath a shining star. Thirty years later, Jesus of Nazareth began teaching a message of hope, peace, and love. He claimed to be the Son of God, and his words - and his life - would change the world. In Fishers of Men, the first volume in the new series The Kingdom and the Crown, best-selling author Gerald N. Lund transports us to the days of Christ's mortal ministry and invites us to experience the emotions and events of those extraordinary times. Fishers of Men is a sweeping epic filled with memorable characters who bring to life an extraordinary time in the history of the world. It is a story about the importance of family, the power of faith, the miracle of forgiveness, and the strength needed to follow your heart.
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Child Maltreatment: An Introduction
Cindy L. Miller-Perrin and Robin D. Perrin
1999
The text is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to child maltreatment by disseminating current knowledge about the various types of violence against children. By helping students understand more fully the etiology, prevalence, treatment, policy issues, and prevention of child maltreatment, the authors hope to further our understanding of how to treat child maltreatment victims and how to prevent future child maltreatment.
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My Secret Mother, Lorna Moon
Richard De Mille
1998
The adopted son of Cecil B. de Mille traces the life of his biological mother, a screenwriter during the silent film era, and the privileged but uneasy youth he enjoyed in Hollywood while being kept in the dark about his origins.
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