Bachman: 70 books

Does success in school protect teenagers from drug use? Does drug use impair scholastic success? This book tackles a key issue in adolescent development and health - the education-drug use connection. The authors examine the links and likely causal connections between educational experiences, delinquent behavior, and adolescent use of tobacco, alco

National service and volunteerism enjoy a rich history in the United States and an emergent future in other parts of the world. However, there remains relatively scant evidence of overall impact of national service programs and volunteer effectiveness. This condition continues to threaten national...

Why do some young adults substantially change their patterns of smoking, drinking, or illicit drug use after graduating from high school? In this book, the authors show that leaving high school and leaving home create new freedoms that are linked to increases in the use of cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana,...

Excellent treatment of the subject geared toward students with background in linear algebra, advanced calculus, physics and engineering. Text covers introduction to inner-product spaces, normed and metric spaces, and topological spaces; complete orthonormal sets, the Hahn-Banach theorem and its consequences,...

Do you know someone who is suicidal or people who have lost a loved one to suicide? They need this book! Pastors, counselors, and even lay people can find the real causes and deterrents of suicide and how to help the bereaved find healing. Suicidal people need the program of long-term transformation...

Fundamentals of Perinatal Social Work: A Guide for Clinical Practice provides perinatal social work students and beginning practitioners with an overview of the basics of perinatal social work theory and practice, allowing you to identify and promote a healthy social and emotional environment for...

John Chang, a police officer haunted by his past, has meticulously planned his own demise; his ex-partner has something better for him in mind. Brooke Bridges, a young woman facing a mournful anniversary, is pestered by her best friend to break out of her reclusive lifestyle. Through fate and friends,...

She wrote him letters he would never see, He starved himself and she could tell.

What is the cost of conscious aware citizens? At what age can we confirm this? As Helmut charges forward into life, he begins to realize some the landmarks of change in his life are like planned disasters. Mostly, he is led by success, despite its controls. Technology is changing the world undeniably,...

Written by a local and true insider, Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Outer Backs is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Each guide is packed with useful tips on places to stay, restaurants, events, attractions, fun things to do with the kids, nightlife, recreation,...

This publication will teach you the basics of how to start a Nitrous Oxide Business. With step by step guides and instructions, you will not only have a better understanding, but gain valuable knowledge of how to start a Nitrous Oxide Business

Insiders' Guide to North Carolina's Outer Banks is the essential source for in-depth travel and relocation information. Written by a local (and true insider), it offers a personal and practical perspective of this beautiful coastal land and its surrounding environs. Published annually, this guide is fully revised and updated and features a new interior layout and a new cover treatment.

Amy Eisner has fallen in love with Jesus’ vision that his followers become one – with one another and with his Father. Inspired by this ideal, she leaves family and friends in Nova Scotia and travels across Canada by Greyhound to become a teacher at Hope Farm, a Christian community in Northern...

La teología feminista cristiana surge de la percepción del feminismo contemporáneo como un desafío fundamental para el cristianismo, referido sobre todo a la dignidad de las mujeres y la plena humanidad de todos los seres humanos. Se trata, en cierto sentido, de la búsqueda de cómo hablar de...