Diane Vaughan reconstructs the Ohio Revco case, an example of Medicaid provider fraud in which a large drugstore chain initiated a computer-generated double billing scheme that cost the state and federal government half a million dollars in Medicaid funds, funds that the company believed were rightfully theirs. Her analysis of this incident why the crime was committed, how it was detected, and how the case was built provides a fascinating inside look at computer crime. Vaughan concludes that organizational misconduct could be decreased by "less" regulation and more sensitive bureaucratic...

A brilliant sociological look at the dynamics of separation and an invaluable guide for anyone who wants to understand--or prevent--the collapse of a relationship.

How do relationships end? Why does one partner suddenly become discontented with the other--and why is the onset of that discontentment not so sudden after all? What signals do partners send each other to indicate their doubts? Why do those signals so often go unnoticed? And how do people who saw themselves as part of a couple come to terms not just with absence and abandonment, but with a new, single identity?...

Summarises the German reformer's (a young monk from a small town in Germany) life and topically treats his world view, enabling readers to delve into the man. Life magazine, in 2000, ranked his contribution to the betterment of the world, as the third most significant of all time.

A look at our cultural preferences today of showing as much skin as possible transposed against the choice to be modest and the values of the choice.

A look at our cultural preferences today of showing as much skin as possible transposed against the choice to be modest and the values of the choice.