'It's a good place for gold,' said people in the 1840s, and they came from all over the world. 'It's a good place for a prison,' said the US government in the 1920s, and they put Al Capone there on the island of Alcatraz. 'It's a good place for love,' said the hippies in the 1960s, and they put flowers in their hair and came to Haight Ashbury. And San Francisco is still a good place - to take a hundred photographs, or see the Chinatown parade, or just to sit in a coffee shop and be in this interesting, different city ...
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 304, Publishers: Princeton University Press, Author: Joseph S. Wilson,Olivia Messinge Carril, ISBN-13: 9780691175492, Date of issue: 2021
Hollywood movies are Beth's passion. She hopes her life will always be filled with 'movie moments', where things like serendipity and fate happen every day. Her boyfriend Danny has always been the embodiment of her perfect Hollywood hero - though after seven years together the initial silver-screen romance has settled into something more predictable. And then, one morning at work, Beth receives an anonymous delivery of a take-out coffee cup with a cryptic message suggesting a meeting at Tiffany's. From there, she is given a series of clues directing her to some of NYC's most popular landmarks - a treasure hunt using unique rom-com-related prompts perfect for a movie-lover like Beth to decipher. And Beth is forced to wonder: has Danny realised their relationship needs a boost - or could it be that charming new work colleague Ryan, with his intense gaze, flirtatious smile and almost encyclopaedic movie knowledge, wants to sweep her off her feet? And how would she feel about taking a chance on a new leading man in her life? Autorid: Melissa Hill
Two girls go to a party, only one returns. Toni, the surviving teenager, is found deliriously wandering the muddy fields of the fens. She has been drugged and it's uncertain whether she'll survive. She says she saw her friend Emily being dragged away from the party. But no one knows who Emily is or even if she's still alive . . . Autorid: Joy Ellis
In this series, Richard Stubbings traces the changing, ever-evolving nature of bus scenes around south-west and south-east England. This book, comprising previously unpublished photographs, offers a nostalgic tour of Berkshire and Hampshire, from the early 1970s to the present day. It charts the changes in vehicles, from those of the authors childhood to the current scene even revisiting many of the same locations. Autorid: Richard Stubbings
An introductory textbook on data analysis and statistics written especially for students in the social sciences and allied fields Quantitative analysis is an increasingly essential skill for social science research, yet students in the social sciences and related areas typically receive little training in it--or if they do, they usually end up in statistics classes that offer few insights into their field. This textbook is a practical introduction to data analysis and statistics written especially for undergraduates and beginning graduate students in the social sciences and allied fields, such as economics, sociology, public policy, and data science. Quantitative Social Science engages directly with empirical analysis, showing students how to analyze data using the R programming language and to interpret the results--it encourages hands-on learning, not paper-and-pencil statistics. More than forty data sets taken directly from leading quantitative social science research illustrate how data analysis can be used to answer important questions about society and human behavior. Proven in the classroom, this one-of-a-kind textbook features numerous additional data analysis exercises and interactive R programming exercises, and also comes with supplementary teaching materials for instructors. * Written especially for students in the social sciences and allied fields, including economics, sociology, public policy, and data science* Provides hands-on instruction using R programming, not paper-and-pencil statistics* Includes more than forty data sets from actual research for students to test their skills on* Covers data analysis concepts such as causality, measurement, and prediction, as well as probability and statistical tools* Features a wealth of supplementary exercises, including additional data analysis exercises and interactive programming exercises* Offers a solid foundation for further study* Comes with additional course materials online, including notes, sample code, exercises and problem sets with solutions, and lecture slides Autorid: Kosuke Imai
Sundays in Paris is your comprehensive guide to the best places to eat, drink and explore in Paris, from an insider's perspective. Sundays are famously a dead zone in Paris, with visitors confronted with one 'closed' sign after another. So frustrated was Parisian resident Yasmin Zeinab that she came to the rescue with Sundays in Paris to reveal the best places to eat, drink and explore on le dimanche. (The spots are also pretty good on the other days of the week too.) Sundays in Paris is a beautiful guide that captures the joie de vivre of Paris and gives readers the inside track on the city. It provides beautiful images of and detailed information on a hand-picked selection of cafes, restaurants, bars, museums, galleries, shops and markets all of them open on a Sunday. Perfect for weekend visitors and expats living in Paris, the guide also features walking itineraries and general tips on navigating the City of Light. Autorid: Yasmin Zeinab
A day with Starling may raise Miles' spirits, but there's always another shoe about to drop - like symbiote dragons attacking Brooklyn! And that's not the worst thing unleashed by the King in Black; Knull has taken over one of Miles' friends and is using them to go after the young Spider-Man! If Miles can come out of this ordeal unscathed, he'll face an even greater one when the Assessor's machinations are revealed at last - and Miles' Clone Saga will mess up his life even worse than Peter Parker's did! Collecting MILES MORALES (2018) #22-30 AND MILES MORALES: SPIDER-MAN ANNUAL (2021) #1 Autorid: Saladin Ahmed, Natacha Bustos, Carmen Carnero
A masterpiece of Victorian literature, George Eliot's Middlemarch is a sprawling and epic novel that explores the lives and ambitions of a diverse cast of characters living in a small English town. With richly drawn characters and a deep dive into the social, economic, and political forces that move them, Middlemarch is an essential read for anyone seeking to immerse themselves in the world of 19th century England.This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Readers have fallen in love with this gripping, heart-breaking and emotional romance:'Worth every tear, every gasp, every lost hour of sleep . . . this story is one NOT to be missed"Emotional, heart-warming, sexy, raw, heart-breaking . . . This book has everything!"I just don't have the words to describe it other than to say it was heart-breaking perfection'-----------------------------------------One final letter. His last wish. Go and be with her...Beckett,If you're reading this, well, you know the last-letter drill. You made it. I didn't. Get off the guilt train, because I know if there was any chance you could have saved me, you would have.I need one thing from you: get out of the army and get to Telluride. My little sister Ella's raising the twins alone. She's too independent and won't accept help easily, but she has lost our grandmother, our parents, and now me. It's too much for anyone to endure. It's not fair.So if I'm gone, that means I can't be there for Ella. I can't help them through this. But you can. So I'm begging you, as my best friend, go take care of my sister, my family. Please don't make her go through it alone.RyanRebecca Yarros, Sunday Times bestseller, August 2024
This book explains and illustrates criminal justice research topics, including ethics in research, research design, causation, operationalization of variables, sampling, methods of data collection (including surveys), reliance on existing data, validity, and reliability. For each approach, the book addresses the procedures and issues involved, the methods strengths and drawbacks, and examples of actual research using that method. Every section begins with a brief summary of the research method. Introductory essays set the stage for students regarding the who, what, when, where, and why of each research example, and relevant discussion questions and exercises direct students to focus on the important concepts.Research Methods for Criminal Justice and Criminology: A Text and Reader features interesting and relevant articles from leading journals, which have been expertly edited (second edition) to highlight research design issues. The text offers instructors a well-rounded and convenient collection that eliminates the need to sift through journals to find articles that illustrate important precepts. The author has included new material on ethical issues, researcher safety during field work, and tips on how to communicate what works in criminal justice to the public. Articles in the second edition address issues relevant to the field today, such as crime and policing during the COVID-19 pandemic, online extremism, sextortion, mass murder, problem-solving courts, the death penalty, saturation enforcement, drug use, victimization among the LGBT community, perceptions of immigration and crime, correctional interventions, measuring theft, perceptions of safety, bullying and hate crimes, correctional staff training and attitudes, social media exposure and opinions about law enforcement, and crisis intervention team training. Ensuring a rich array, additional articles are downloadable at the Support Material tab.The book encourages classroom discussion and critical thinking and is an essential tool for undergraduate and graduate research methods courses in criminal justice, criminology, and related fields. This book explains and illustrates criminal justice research topics, including ethics in research, research design, causation, operationalization of variables, sampling, methods of data collection (including surveys), reliance on existing data, validity, and reliability. Autorid: Christine Tartaro
