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In this, the first book in the "Jack's Justice" series, retired Chicago Homicide Detective Jack Handler leads the charge to rescue Angel, a teenage friend of the family. She had been kidnapped by a psychopathic serial killer named William Holmes-Cumberbatch. Jack is joined in the hunt by his daughter Kate (a New York City homicide detective), his two teenage foster boys (Red and Robby), Angel's mother, and Buddy (the boys' golden retriever). During the course of his search Jack uncovers the kidnappers' fiendish secret--a homemade, but very effective, WMD (weapon of mass destruction).

This book was written for sociologists concerned with education, but should be read by anyone interested in learning disability as a concept, either from a practical or theoretical standpoint. It is especially recommended for special educators and other professionals concerned with children who experience difficulties in school learning, as well as for the parents of such children. . . . Carrier has written an intelligent, well-documented, and important book that should provoke a great deal of controversy for some time to come. Contemporary Sociology

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The philosophical treatment of space and time has had a long history. This continuing interest stems not least from the fact that space and time form the basis of movement. Space-time philosophy encompasses a wide range of subjects, many of which, on first inspection, do not seem to have anything to do with space and time. Space-time philosophy is a matter of causality and probability, the Big Bang and Heat Death. It is a matter of the origins of each term's meaning and the inability to experience space-time theory first hand. It is a matter of Achilles and the turtle, as well as,...

Is writing a world art history possible? Does the history of art as such even exist outside the Western tradition? Is it possible to consider the history of art in a way that is not fundamentally Eurocentric? In this highly readable and provocative book, David Carrier, a philosopher and art historian, does not attempt to write a world art history himself. Rather, he asks the question of how an art history of all cultures could be written--or whether it is even possible to do so. He also engages the political and moral issues raised by the idea of a multicultural art history. Focusing on a...