Social sequence analysis includes a diverse and rapidly growing body of methods that social scientists have developed to help study complex ordered social processes, including chains of transitions, trajectories and other ordered phenomena. Social sequence analysis is not limited by content or time scale and can be used in many different fields, including sociology, communication, information science and psychology. Social Sequence Analysis aims to bring together both foundational and recent theoretical and methodological work on social sequences from the last thirty years. A unique reference book for a new generation of social scientists, this book will aid demographers who study life-course trajectories and family histories, sociologists who study career paths or work/family schedules, communication scholars and micro-sociologists who study conversation, interaction structures and small-group dynamics, as well as social epidemiologists.
Written by a team of internationally renowned sociologists with experience in both the field and the classroom, The Art and Science of Social Research offers authoritative and balanced coverage of the full range of methods used to study the social world. The authors highlight the challenges of investigating the unpredictable topic of human lives while providing insights into what really happens in the field, the laboratory, and the survey call center.
“A knockout” (People) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. “Killing me won’t kill the beast” are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can’t explain how medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell’s fingerprints on another crime scene—after she’d performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and unusual...
All that remains : A serial killer is loose in Richmond, and leaving few clues. Cruel and unusual : The convicted killer has been executed, but the murders continue and the executed man's fingerprints are found at a new crime scene.
A story that unashamedly promotes death with dignity, currently practiced overseas but not widely in Australia. A nursing home in a rural town. Residents are inexplicably dying earlier than expected, much to the concern of Twilight’s Board. Who is behind these mysterious deaths? And why? How will they be held to account? And when will the Australian public be given a voice in this crucial issue of end-of-life choice and empowerment.
In questo nuovo romanzo il capitano Calli Chase è coinvolta in una lotta contro il tempo per sventare un terribile complotto che tiene in bilico il destino dell'umanità. All'indomani del fallimentare lancio di un razzo della NASA, il capitano Calli Chase si ritrova faccia a faccia con la sua gemella scomparsa da tempo, e con l'inquietante interrogativo di chi sia davvero. Adesso che il programma top secret avviato anni prima ha incontrato un ostacolo inaspettato, solo Calli può reindirizzarne il corso e risolvere la situazione. Aiutata da tecnologie all'avanguardia, l'investigatrice scienziata della NASA e pilota della Space Force dovrà a ogni costo scoprire l'anello mancante che lega il sabotaggio del razzo a quello che le sta accadendo. Una ricerca che qualcuno sembra intenzionato a fermare a ogni costo. Dalla NASA alla fattoria della famiglia Chase, dalla Casa Bianca alle lontane orbite spaziali, Calli deve misurarsi con un avversario astuto e spietato. Come in una pericolosa partita a scacchi planetaria, una sola mossa sbagliata rischia di scatenare conseguenze catastrofiche che si estenderanno ben oltre i confini della Terra. Il nuovo emozionante thriller dell'autrice bestseller Patricia Cornwell regala ai lettori una protagonista indimenticabile, degna erede di Kay Scarpetta, che terrà i lettori incollati alla pagina.
Scarpetta en haar nicht Lucy raken in Patricia Cornwells zeventiende Kay Scarpetta-thriller verwikkeld in een dodelijk complot... De Scarpetta factor is het zeventiende boek uit de bloedstollende bestsellerserie rond patholoog-anatoom Kay Scarpetta van auteur Patricia Cornwell. Deze serie betekende Patricia Cornwells doorbraak als grondlegger van de pathologisch-anatomische thriller. Het is de week voor kerst en Kay Scarpetta heeft een pro-bonozaak aangenomen in New York. In geen tijd lijkt haar toegenomen bekendheid een serie van dramatische en verontrustende misdaden te veroorzaken. Omwille van deze groeiende bekendheid wordt Kay uitgenodigd om op televisie te komen praten over de sensationele verdwijning van Hannah Starr. Tijdens de uitzending ontvangt Kay een verontrustende oproep van een voormalig psychiatrisch patiënt. Wanneer Kay die avond thuiskomt, ligt er een mysterieus pakketje in het appartement, waar ze samen met Benton woont, op haar te wachten. Wat zit er in het pakketje? Een bom? Al snel raakt Scarpetta verwikkeld in een dodelijk complot – een complot waarbij een beroemde acteur beschuldigd wordt van seksueel misbruik en een mooie, rijke vrouw verdwijnt. En wat gebeurt er wanneer Lucy, Scarpetta’s nicht, een geheim verleden lijkt te hebben met deze puissante vrouw? Patricia Cornwells werk over de vrouwelijke patholoog-anatoom Scarpetta is de bestverkochte thrillerserie ter wereld. De serie werd bekroond met de Edgar Award en de Gold Dagger.
Wanneer Scarpetta in deze twintigste thriller uit de Kay Scarpetta-serie van Cornwell niet kan rekenen op de steun van haar dierbaren, gaat ze in haar eentje op zoek naar een wrede moordenaar. Link is het twintigste boek uit de bloedstollende bestsellerserie rond patholoog-anatoom Kay Scarpetta van auteur Patricia Cornwell. Deze serie betekende Patricia Cornwells doorbraak als grondlegger van de pathologisch-anatomische thriller. Scarpetta krijgt een vreemd filmpje in haar inbox. Wat op het eerste gezicht een opname van een onschuldig boottochtje lijkt te zijn, blijkt het enige bewijsmateriaal in een onderzoek naar de verdwijning van een vrouwelijke paleontoloog in Canada. Wanneer Scarpetta zich dieper in de zaak verdiept, ontdekt ze dat de verdwijning van de paleontoloog verband houdt met een serie misdaden veel dichter bij huis. Het spoor leidt naar een gruwelijke moordenaar en een reeks onverklaarbare martelingen. Als blijkt dat ze niet kan rekenen op steun van haar collega Pete Marino, haar echtgenoot Benton en haar nicht Lucy, zet ze haar zoektocht naar de sluwe en wrede moordenaar alleen voort... Patricia Cornwells werk over de vrouwelijke patholoog-anatoom Scarpetta is de bestverkochte thrillerserie ter wereld; alleen in Nederland en Vlaanderen zijn er al 1,5 miljoen exemplaren verkocht. Ook werd de serie bekroond met de Edgar Award en de Gold Dagger.
Neil Cornwell's study, while endeavouring to present an historical survey of absurdist literature and its forbears, does not aspire to being an exhaustive history of absurdism. Rather, it pauses on certain historical moments, artistic movements, literary figures and selected works, before moving on to discuss four key writers: Daniil Kharms, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett and Flann O'Brien. The absurd in literature will be of compelling interest to a considerable range of students of comparative, European (including Russian and Central European) and English literatures (British Isles and American) – as well as those more concerned with theatre studies, the avant-garde and the history of ideas (including humour theory). It should also have a wide appeal to the enthusiastic general reader.
Lisa Cornwell never shied away from standing up to bullies. When she was a freshman in college, she saw a man hit a woman in the face with a closed fist while a paralyzed crowd stood by and watched. Seconds later, she took matters into her own hands—with a 3-iron from her golf bag. This impulse crystallized years later when Cornwell publicly spoke out against the misogynistic culture she and others experienced at the hands of their employer, Golf Channel/NBCUniversal. Throughout her time at the network, she challenged the toxic environment and was quickly branded a "troublemaker"—a label that often accompanies women who refuse to play by an antiquated set of rules. In this authentic and unreserved memoir, which includes a powerful foreword from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Cornwell takes readers inside the boys' club of sports media and reveals the way powerful corporations cover up wrongdoings. For her, what began with retaliation exploded into a public smear campaign and, ultimately, her dismissal. She also shares the unlikely yet formative touchstones of her life: a close friendship with Tiger Woods when both were nationally ranked junior golfers; her cousin, Bill Clinton, being elected President of the United States; and the private demons she battled as a young adult that almost cost her everything. Candid and compulsively readable, Troublemaker serves as a reminder of the ability we possess to stand up to Goliath...and the virtue in finding one's own path.
All that remains : A serial killer is loose in Richmond, and leaving few clues. Cruel and unusual : The convicted killer has been executed, but the murders continue and the executed man's fingerprints are found at a new crime scene.
“A companion to Mechanica, this work continues the fractured Cinderella, steampunk, and faerie mash-up” from the New York Times bestselling author (School Library Journal). The young inventor Nicolette Lampton is living her own fairy-tale happy ending. She’s free of her horrible stepfamily, running a successful business, and is uninterested in marrying the handsome prince, Fin. Instead, she, Fin, and their friend Caro venture to the lush land of Faerie, where they seek to put an end to the bloody war their kingdom is waging. Mechanical armies and dark magic await them as they uncover devastating secrets about the past and fight for a real, lasting happily-ever-after for two troubled countries—and for themselves. Smart and unconventional, this novel will appeal to readers of romance and adventure alike. “As clever as the heroine’s invented boot polishers and sewing machines, as appealing as the dresses designed by her coal-powered automaton horse.”—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Fans of the first book will enjoy the more deeply developed characters in this book, and new readers can begin here easily as there is sufficient backstory provided. Steampunk fans will find much to love here, particularly the regal metal flying horse named Jules that gives the book it’s most heartbreakingly reflective moment.”—VOYA
“A knockout” (People) of a thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell featuring medical examiner Kay Scarpetta. “Killing me won’t kill the beast” are the last words of rapist-murderer Ronnie Joe Waddell, written four days before his execution. But they can’t explain how medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta finds Waddell’s fingerprints on another crime scene—after she’d performed his autopsy. If this is some sort of game, Scarpetta seems to be the target. And if the next victim is someone she knows, the punishment will be cruel and unusual...
Medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta struggles to find leads to the identity of a serial killer who has murdered five couples in Richmond, Virginia, meticulously leaving no clues behind.
From America’s #1 bestselling crime writers comes an extraordinary #1 New York Times bestselling Kay Scarpetta novel. Leaving behind her private forensic pathology practice in Charleston, South Carolina, Kay Scarpetta accepts an assignment in New York City, where the NYPD has asked her to examine an injured man on Bellevue Hospital’s psychiatric prison ward. The handcuffed and chained patient, Oscar Bane, has specifically asked for her, and when she literally has her gloved hands on him, he begins to talk—and the story he has to tell turns out to be one of the most bizarre she has ever heard. The injuries, he says, were sustained in the course of a murder . . . that he did not commit. Is Bane a criminally insane stalker who has fixed on Scarpetta? Or is his paranoid tale true, and it is he who is being spied on, followed and stalked by the actual killer? The one thing Scarpetta knows for certain is that a woman has been tortured and murdered—and more violent deaths will follow. Gradually, an inexplicable and horrifying truth emerges: Whoever is committing the crimes knows where his prey is at all times. Is it a person, a government? And what is the connection between the victims? In the days that follow, Scarpetta; her forensic psychologist husband, Benton Wesley; and her niece, Lucy, who has recently formed her own forensic computer investigation firm in New York, will undertake a harrowing chase through cyberspace and the all-too-real streets of the city—an odyssey that will take them at once to places they never knew, and much, much too close to home. Throughout, Cornwell delivers shocking twists and turns, and the kind of cutting-edge technology that only she can provide. Once again, she proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.
When the fifth couple falls prey to a serial killer with a penchant for murdering young lovers parked in their cars, Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta attempts to examine the evidence.
Law school classroom lectures can leave you with a lot of questions. Glannon Guides can help you better understand your classroom lecture with straightforward explanations of tough concepts with hypos that help you understand their application. The Glannon Guide is your proven partner throughout the semester when you need a supplement to (or substitute for) classroom lecture. Here’s why you need to use Glannon Guides to help you better understand what is being taught in the classroom: It mirrors the classroom experience by teaching through explanation, interspersed with hypotheticals to illustrate application. Both correct and incorrect answers are explained; you learn why a solution does or does not work. Glannon Guides provide straightforward explanations of complex legal concepts, often in a humorous style that makes material stick.
Leaving behind her Charleston forensic pathology practice to accept an assignment in New York City, Kay Scarpetta learns the story of an injured psychiatric patient who claims he was attacked by a stalker who was killing someone else at the time. 1,500,000 first printing. BOMC, Lit Guild, Doubleday, & Mystery Guild Main.
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