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My Husband's Wife showcases the portal of a distorted husband, two loving wives, and three soon-to-be-shattered lives. When Dr. Reynolds said "I do," he meant it both times. He married Katie Morgan--the sassy, unsuccessful, hateful blonde seven days, fourteen hours, six minutes, and thirteen seconds before he wedded Courtney Byrd--the ambitious entrepreneur who has everything including an Ivy League education, thin waist, and a Colgate smile.

Erick Reynolds, who poses as Eric (E-R-I-C) Reynolds and Erik (E-R-I-K) Reynolds, has been medically characterized as a dejected schizophrenic...

American writer, composer, artist, and philosopher John Cage (1912 92) is best known for his experimental composition 4 33, a musical score in which the performer does not play an instrument during the duration of the piece. The purpose, Cage said, was for the audience to listen to the sounds of the environment around them while the piece was performed. Groundbreaking pieces such as 4 33 , as well as Sonatas and Interludes not only established Cage as a leading figure in the postwar avant-garde movement, but also cemented the enduring controversy surrounding his...

Focusing on the application of research in the social sciences to public policymaking in the U.S., this test explores national health policy, inner-city schools, and parent's and children's rights. By constructing a model of policy analysis and using day care centers to demonstrate how it can be applied, the editors raise serious and specific questions about policies affecting the care and education of young children.

This volume discusses teacher training, pay and incentives, equity and diversity among the student population, and the use of indicators to assess educational progress and to inform decision making. Chapters in each section emphasize policies that schools should adopt to address the respective issues.

"Work over Welfare" tells the inside story of the legislation that ended "welfare as we know it." As a key staffer on the House Ways and Means Committee, author Ron Haskins was one of the architects of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996. In this landmark book, he vividly portrays the political battles that produced the most dramatic overhaul of the welfare system since its creation as part of the New Deal.

Haskins starts his story in the early 1990s, as a small group of Republicans lays the groundwork for welfare reform by developing innovative policies to...

The National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) is the first nationally representative study of children who have been reported to authorities as suspected victims of abuse or neglect and the public programs that protect them. Child Protection is the first book that reports the results of NSCAW, interprets the findings, and puts them into a broader policy context.

The authors, all experts in child welfare issues, address a range of issues made apparent by the survey results, including which types of personal and familial problems the programs are meant to address, the...