In 2004, the author, Glen Aaron, was sentenced to two years in federal prison arising out of his attorney representation of a wealthy Wall Street Journal heiress and her husband. The Prison People; The Prison Experience takes you on an interesting to unique inmates met and what it is like to be incarcerated in America. It is not an "oh poor me" book. Fascinating characters and a look at America's criminal justice system brings both humor and serious introspection about how we go about legislating crime and the retribution we require as a society.
When Hugh Bancroft, Jr., family owner of The Wall Street Journal, died, he left his wife, Jackie Bancroft, one of the wealthiest women in America. After she built the Spencer Theater in Ruidoso, New Mexico, and paid twenty-three million in cash for it, she married her gay interior decorator, Ron Morgan, for the last fling of her life. Glen Aaron, author, was the lawyer for for Morgan and had been so for many years through multiple legal problems. As Aaron came to know Jackie, they became fast friends and she often used him as consigliore and to double check what her vast array of trust lawyers were telling her. On an extended world cruise, Jackie became suspiciously and seriously ill. It became Aaron's duty to retrieve her from the cruise trip in the middle of the southern Atlantic and get her to health care in the U.S., where she ultimately died. Her death precipitated numerous lawsuits from her heirs and Morgan, himself, who had manipulated a position of heirship. This five year intrigue ultimately led the author, Glen Aaron, to federal prison on a technicality, a path he would never have anticipated. That path evolved into The Prison Trilogy, and The Ronnie Lee and Jackie Bancroft Spencer Morgan Story is the beginning.
Do you know how fortunate you are to have the First Amendment to the Bill of Rights in our constitution? Do you know what's in it? Do you know how we got it? Did you know it is under constant attack from motivated interests?Knowledge, knowing the real facts through source checking and critical thinking, is both power and comfort.Is it propaganda that America was founded on christian principles, a televangelist's misinterpretation of history; or, is it true, and that's why we only see in America the Christian interpretation of everything.Who actually founded America and what were their motives and religious philosophies. Your Church, My State not only goes to the sources for answers to share with you, it delves into the motivations for undermining the First Amendment and who benefits and who gains power from that attempt.The First Amendment to the Constitution was the first freethought experiment by any government in history. It gave freedom of expression to all citizens and made sure that government stay out of citizen's religion. It is their personal business. It is their right of conscience.
Disgruntled CIA operative, Brad Hackman, fights for his career and battles domestic terrorists, as he teams with a Persian to extricate a mutual friend from an al Qaeda sleeper cell.
Published on the occasion of the exhibition I don't want you to worry about me, I have met some beautiful people: Glen Hayward, City Gallery Wellington, 27 April - 9 June 2013 and Christchurch Art Gallery, 7 September - 3 November, 2013. The publication contains an essay and an artist response towards Glen Hayward's 2013 sculptural remake of the office cubicle from the film The Matrix.
Nomad mercenaries, effete politicians, and ordinary folk caught in extraordinary circumstances occupy the dark, foreboding fantasy world created by the author of the popular Black Company series.--"Library Journal." Reissue.
One in a series of twenty Old Testament verse-by-verse commentary books edited by Max Anders. Includes discussion starters, teaching plan, and more. Great for lay teachers and pastors alike.
Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy provides mainstream academics and practitioners with easy access to cutting-edge thinking in social constructionist psychology and therapy. This unique book is geared to readers who may not be familiar with narrative, social constructionist, or critical psychology and therapy, presenting contemporary theory and practice with a minimum of jargon. The field's leading practitioners and theorists demonstrate, through a collaborative and relational focus, how to work with people, rather than on them in a mutual, co-constructive exchange. Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy bridges the gap between modern and postmodern theory, providing a well-rounded view that enables readers to see how contemporary theory can be applied in various subdisciplines. Each user-friendly chapter is virtually free of technical terms, beginning with a readable thumbnail summary of the practical, accessible material that follows. The book includes case studies and examples, illustrations, tables, a brief glossary of the few terms that do need explaining, and suggestions for additional readings. Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy includes easy-to-apply ideas on: theory therapeutic practice teaching/supervision research and much more! Collaborative Practice in Psychology and Therapy is a practical, accessible resource for psychology and therapy students and practitioners, academics working in psychotherapy training and supervision, critical psychology, and psychological research. The book provides vital information for theorists and professionals interested in relational and collaborative practice on psychology and therapy, including clinical psychologists, individual, couple, and family therapists, school counselors, and social workers.
On a sweltering August night in 1876, Methodist minister William England, his wife, Selena, and two of her children were brutally slaughtered in their North Texas home. Acting on Selena’s deathbed testimony, a neighbor, his brother-in-law, and a friend were arrested and tried for the murders. Murder in Montague tells the story of this gruesome crime and its murky aftermath. In this engrossing blend of true crime reporting, social drama, and legal history, author Glen Sample Ely presents a vivid snapshot of frontier justice and retribution in Texas following the Civil War. The sheer brutality of the Montague murders terrified settlers already traumatized by decades of chaos, violence, and fear—from the deadly raids of Comanche and Kiowa Indians to the terrors of vigilantes, lynchings, and Reconstruction lawlessness. But the crime's aftermath—involving five Texas governors, five trials at Montague and Gainesville, five appeals to the Texas Court of Appeals, and three life sentences at hard labor in the state's abominable and inhumane prison system—offered little in the way of reassurance or resolution. Viewed from any perspective, the 1876 England family murders were both a human tragedy and a miscarriage of justice. Combining the long view of history and the intimate detail of true crime reporting, Murder in Montague deftly captures this moment of reckoning in the story of Texas, as vigilante justice grudgingly gave way to an established system of law and order.
Bayley 4 Clinical Use and Interpretation provides clinicians with a guide for use, administration, scoring and interpretation of the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Fourth Edition. The book begins with why and how the Bayley 4 was revised. Separate chapters discuss the clinical use and interpretation of the cognitive, language, motor, social-emotional and adaptive scales, each with illustrative clinical cases. Recommendations are provided to aid clinicians in the efficiency of test administration, as well as how to interpret and integrate results within a diagnostic assessment format and in planning intervention. The clinical validity of the Bayley 4 is demonstrated for eight clinical groups. There is an overview of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with the Bayley 4 ASD Checklist, accommodations, and red flags indicative of abnormality. Additional chapters discuss digital administration and how to present feedback to caregivers. Summarizes what is new and different in the Bayley 4 Guides clinicians in use, administration, scoring, and interpretation Identifies the clinical validity of Bayley 4 for eight clinical groups Suggests how to integrate results into assessment and intervention Includes use for autism assessment and an ASD checklist Provides case studies on typical and atypical development
Although posed as a hunter, Glen Catt has found that the adventure is what has driven his passion for pursuing big game animals throughout North America and Africa. Coming within thirty inches eye to eye with a 180-pound mountain lion, being pulled almost three hundred miles in a sled behind his Eskimo guide in the Arctic, being charged in a blind by a huge leopard with an attitude, chasing Rocky Mountain elk with archery, or stalking a wounded Cape buffalo that was suspected to be waiting somewhere to ambush its pursueraEUR"these are just some of the experiences that have convinced Glen that the experience totally bypasses the release of the arrow or bullet.
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