Patricia Frank: 13 books
The Dose Makes the Poison
A Plain-Language Guide to Toxicology
Language: English
Release Date: March 29, 2011
This new edition of a widely-read and highly-acclaimed book broadens the scope of its predecessors from a heavy focus on industrial chemicals as toxicants to include drugs, food additives, cosmetics and other types of compounds that people are exposed to daily. Also new to the 3rd edition are newer...
Funtastik
Funtastische Kurzgeschichten
Language: German
Release Date: June 20, 2016
Ist eine unwahrscheinliche Wahrscheinlichkeit schlimmer als eine wahrscheinliche Unwahrscheinlichkeit? Was passiert, wenn sich das Motiv eines Gemäldes selbstständig macht? Kann man den Kampf gegen einen Drachen delegiert? Kann eine gesetzestreue Invasion eines Planeten gelingen? Was passiert nach...
by Rick Ollerman, Barry Lancet, Patricia Abbott
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
This third issue of Down & Out: The Magazine features a new Jim Brodie story by Barry Lancet, whose novel Japantown has been optioned by J.J. Abrams and Warner Brothers for the Hollywood treatment. Here we have Brodie on a trip to his home in Japan and a quest to find out what’s going on with...
Therapeutic Residential Care for Children and Youth
Developing Evidence-Based International Practice
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2014
Therapeutic Residential Care For Children and Youth takes a fresh look at therapeutic residential care as a powerful intervention in working with the most troubled children who need intensive support.
Featuring contributions from distinguished international contributors, it critically examines...
Taking Chances
The Coast after Hurricane Sandy
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Humanity is deeply committed to living along the world’s shores, but a catastrophic storm like Sandy—which took hundreds of lives and caused many billions of dollars in damages—shines a bright light at how costly and vulnerable life on a shoreline can be. Taking Chances offers a wide-ranging...
Social Class and Stratification
Classic Statements and Theoretical Debates
Language: English
Release Date: April 27, 2006
The second edition of this strong collection brings together classical statements on social stratification with current and original scholarship, providing a foundation for theoretical debate on the nature of race, class, and gender inequality. Designed for students in courses on social stratification,...
by Joan Frank, Ted Kehoe, Alexandra Marshall
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2016
Nine long stories and essays, originally published in the acclaimed Ploughshares Solos digital series, create this fourth annual print collection.
Visit a small island off the coast of Maine where the reappearance of an old friend might just push a painter suffering from artist’s block over...
World-Systems Theory in Practice
Leadership, Production, and Exchange
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 1998
In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in a variety of disciplines have adopted the approach to explain intersocietal interaction on a grand scale. These essays bring to light archaeological data and analysis to show that many historic and prehistoric...
The Electrified Mind
Development, Psychopathology, and Treatment in the Era of Cell Phones and the Internet
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2012
The Electrified Mind helps therapists understand and empathize with patients who rely heavily upon cell phones and the internet for the purposes of self-expression as well as for defensive avoidance of actual interpersonal contact. The chapters by distinguished mental health professionals delineate...
Pathways, Potholes, and the Persistence of Women in Science
Reconsidering the Pipeline
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Training for and pursuing a career in science can be treacherous for women; many more begin than ultimately complete at every stage. Characterizing this as a pipeline problem, however, leads to a focus on individual women instead of structural conditions. The goal of the book is to offer an alternative...
by Leonie Baumann, Sabine Baumert, Amelie Ebinger
Language: German
Release Date: October 28, 2018
Language: German
Release Date: October 28, 2018
Endlich gibt es von den Backnang Stories eine Ausgabe mit reinen Kinder- und Jugendgeschichten. Wieder einmal werden wichtige Fragen beantwortet, die schon immer diesen Ort beschäftigt haben: Kennst Du schon das Pullermännchen von Backnang? Was haben Linsen mit Außerirdischen zu tun? Wie kann eine...
Giftmorde 3
weitere tödliche Anleitungen
Language: German
Release Date: September 27, 2016
Im 3. Band der tödlichen Anleitungen werden wieder die Tücken des Alltags mithilfe von Pflanzengift gelöst. Ein Ehemann, der sich zu intensiv der Mittelalterszene verschrieben hat, ein missgünstiger Kritiker, der das Geschäft zerstört, ein Psychopath, der die Liebe zur Nachbarsfamilie für sich...
by Andreas M. Sturm, Frank Kreisler, Patricia Holland Moritz
Language: German
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Language: German
Release Date: July 14, 2016
Kerzenschein, weihnachtlich dekorierte Häuser, Lebkuchenduft, die Vorfreude auf Geschenke sowie wunderbare Stunden im Kreis der Familie - alles könnte so schön sein, gäbe es nicht Konsumstress, Einsamkeit, Neid, Gier und Eifersucht. All diese Dinge haben die kriminelle Fantasie von Krimiautorinnen...