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Author : J.A. Jance
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 38,65 MB
Release : 2020-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1982131098

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Ali Reynolds and her team at High Noon Enterprises must race against the clock to save an archbishop who faces mysterious death threats in this “masterly study of the effects of grief, rage, and the power of forgiveness” (Publishers Weekly) by New York Times bestselling author J.A. Jance. Years after her son’s fatal overdose, grieving mother Rachel Higgins learns that his addiction may have grown out of damage suffered at the hands of a pedophile priest while he was in high school. Looking for vengeance, she targets the Catholic Church’s most visible local figure, Archbishop Francis Gillespie. When the archbishop begins receiving anonymous threats, local police dismiss them, saying they’re not credible. So he turns to his friends, Ali Reynolds and her husband, B. Simpson. With B. out of the country on a cybersecurity emergency, it’s up to Ali to track down the source of the threats. When a shooter assassinates the archbishop’s driver and leaves the priest himself severely injured, Ali forms an uneasy alliance with a Phoenix homicide cop in hopes of preventing another attack. But Ali doesn’t realize that the killer has become not only more unhinged but also more determined to take out his or her target. Credible Threat is another “terrific entry in a series distinguished by its consistent quality, [and] sensitive treatment of a difficult subject makes this an extraordinary literary experience” (The Providence Journal).

Author : Michael Inzlicht
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 28,7 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0199732442

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The 21st century has brought with it unparalleled levels of diversity in the classroom and the workforce. It is now common to see in elementary school, high school, and university classrooms, not to mention boardrooms and factory floors, a mixture of ethnicities, races, genders, and religious affiliations. But these changes in academic and economic opportunities have not directly translated into an elimination of group disparities in academic performance, career opportunities, and levels of advancement. Standard explanations for these disparities, which are vehemently debated in the scientific community and popular press, range from the view that women and minorities are genetically endowed with inferior abilities to the view that members of these demographic groups are products of environments that frustrate the development of the skills needed for success. Although these explanations differ along a continuum of nature vs. nurture, they share in common a presumption that a large chunk of our population lacks the potential to achieve academic and career success.In contrast to intractable factors like biology or upbringing, the research summarized in this book suggests that factors in one's immediate situation play a critical yet underappreciated role in temporarily suppressing the intellectual performance of women and minorities, creating an illusion of group differences in ability. Research conducted over the course of the last fifteen years suggests the mere existence of cultural stereotypes that assert the intellectual inferiority of these groups creates a threatening intellectual environment for stigmatized individuals - a climate where anything they say or do is interpreted through the lens of low expectations. This stereotype threat can ultimately interfere with intellectual functioning and academic engagement, setting the stage for later differences in educational attainment, career choice, and job advancement.

Author : Yasemin Cassino
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 36,84 MB
Release : 2021-11-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1503629902

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Against all evidence to the contrary, American men have come to believe that the world is tilted – economically, socially, politically – against them. A majority of men across the political spectrum feel that they face some amount of discrimination because of their sex. The authors of Gender Threat look at what reasoning lies behind their belief and how they respond to it. Many feel that there is a limited set of socially accepted ways for men to express their gender identity, and when circumstances make it difficult or impossible for them to do so, they search for another outlet to compensate. Sometimes these behaviors are socially positive, such as placing a greater emphasis on fatherhood, but other times they can be maladaptive, as in the case of increased sexual harassment at work. These trends have emerged, notably, since the Great Recession of 2008-09. Drawing on multiple data sources, the authors find that the specter of threats to their gender identity has important implications for men's behavior. Importantly, younger men are more likely to turn to nontraditional compensatory behaviors, such as increased involvement in cooking, parenting, and community leadership, suggesting that the conception of masculinity is likely to change in the decades to come.

Author : Philip Hamburger
Publisher : Encounter Books
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 46,18 MB
Release : 2017-05-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 159403950X

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Government agencies regulate Americans in the full range of their lives, including their political participation, their economic endeavors, and their personal conduct. Administrative power has thus become pervasively intrusive. But is this power constitutional? A similar sort of power was once used by English kings, and this book shows that the similarity is not a coincidence. In fact, administrative power revives absolutism. On this foundation, the book explains how administrative power denies Americans their basic constitutional freedoms, such as jury rights and due process. No other feature of American government violates as many constitutional provisions or is more profoundly threatening. As a result, administrative power is the key civil liberties issue of our era.

Author : Byron Acohido
Publisher : Union Square Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781402756955

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Author : A. J. Tata
Publisher : Variance LLC
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 29,88 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1935142097

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When a fleet of unmanned aerial drones disappears, the U.S. vice president turns to Matt Garrett, still nursing the wounds he suffered in the Phillipines. The situation worsens when an enemy combatant commandeers Garrett's jet, and a former Iraqi general with a startling link to Garrett's brother emerges from hiding. Matt discovers that terrorists have kidnapped the world's expert on nanotechnology - and that coupled with the missing Predators, the enemy may have created the ultimate capability to locate, track, target and kill. Meanwhile, the enemy has launched a flurry of attacks throughout America's heartland. The country is on the edge as citizens wonder whether the terrorists have the capacity to deal a devestating blow with weapons of mass destruction. But Garrett is beginning to suspect that the true enemy may be all to close to home.

Author : Anthony J. Tata
Publisher : Variance LLC
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 42,87 MB
Release : 2009-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1935142089

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"CIA paramilitary operative Matt Garrett is mysteriously pulled from Pakistan as he closes in for the kill of Al Qaeda senior leadership and is reassigned to a low-profile mission in the Philippines. But as he sifts through the wreckage of a downed C-130 in the tangled jungle, he finds a dead U.S. Special Forces paratrooper who is not supposed to be there and is thrown into a contest of wits and resiliency in the uncharted rainforests of Mindanao ..."--Page 4 of cover

Author : Robert L. Hirsch
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 35,97 MB
Release : 2020-07-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1532096569

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Dr. Alan Mazer graduated from Harvard Medical School at the age of twenty and started curing rare diseases by age twenty-five. He grew into one of America’s most brilliant scientists, so no one could have foreseen his true intentions. Now a radicalized Muslim, Mazer uses his genius to isolate viruses that attack the nervous system. One “vaccine” kills instead of protecting, stealing the lives of children. In particular, Mazer targets Israelis and Americans in an effort to bring down Western society. Now, skilled Mossad agents, the Joint Terrorist Task Force, and an immunologist from a biotechnology company work together to fight against jihad. They rush to stop Mazer and his team of terrorists, even as unlimited funds roll in from across the globe supporting Mazer’s cause. This team must find this man and stop him before the virus and others spread indiscriminately.

Author : Nick Catrantzos
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 12,13 MB
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1466566566

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An adversary who attacks an organization from within can prove fatal to the organization and is generally impervious to conventional defenses. Drawn from the findings of an award-winning thesis, Managing the Insider Threat: No Dark Corners is the first comprehensive resource to use social science research to explain why traditional methods fail aga