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Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

From Protection to Punishment

By: Simon Flacks

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Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

From Protection to Punishment

By: Simon Flacks

Debates about the regulation of drugs are inseparable from talk of children and the young. Yet how has this association come to be so strong, and why does it have so much explanatory, rhetorical and political force? The premise for this book is that the relationship between drugs and childhood merits more exploration beyond simply pointing out that children and drugs are both ‘things we tend to get worried about’. It asks what is at stake when legislators, lobbyists and decision-makers revert to claims about children in order to sustain a given legal or policy position. Beginning with a genealogy of the relationship between the discursive artefacts of ‘drugs’ and ‘childhood’, the book draws on Foucauldian methodologies to explore how childhood functions as a device in the biopolitical management of drug use(rs) and supply. In addition to analysing decriminalisation initiatives and sentencing measures, it (unusually) reaches beyond the criminal context to consider the significance of the ‘politics of childhood’ for law- and policymaking in the fields of family justice and education. It concludes by arguing that the currency of childhood and ‘youth’ is not reducible to rhetoric; it shapes the discursive entities of drugs and addiction and is one of the ways in which particular substances become socially, culturally and politically intelligible. At the same time, ‘drugs’ serve as a technology of child normalisation. The book will be essential reading for policymakers as well as researchers and students working in the areas of Criminal Justice, Law, Psychology and Sociology.

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Routledge

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1000368432

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PR Today

The Authoritative Guide to Public Relations

By: Trevor Morris,Simon Goldsworthy

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PR Today

The Authoritative Guide to Public Relations

By: Trevor Morris,Simon Goldsworthy

This new and fully-updated second edition of this acclaimed textbook offers a guide to public relations, spanning all aspects of PR work, including fashion, event management, crisis communications, politics, celebrity PR and corporate communications, and takes account of the rapid change in the PR industry. It It combines essential practical guidance with a thought-provoking analysis of this exciting but enigmatic industry, its ethical dilemmas and the role it plays in the contemporary world-not least its controversial but crucial relationship with the media. PR Today offers a fresh, lively and realistic perspective on its subject, based on the authors' rare combination of international top-level experience, insider knowledge and years of teaching and writing about PR. It will be invaluable for students taking public relations at undergraduate and postgraduate levels and essential reading for those seeking to start a career in this dynamic, fast-growing profession. New to this Edition: - Content has been fully updated throughout to ensure up-to-date overview of the topics at hand - Interviews with leading figures in PR and beyond - A thoroughly revised and expanded chapter on digital PR

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320

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1137495707

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9781137495709

Peking Duck

By: Roger L. Simon

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Peking Duck

By: Roger L. Simon

“Moses Wine is a force to reckon with and to read with pleasure.” —Dick Lochte, Los Angeles Times Book Review “A fun detective novel you just don’t get enough of anymore...there is a certain style reminiscent of those 1950s Mickey Spillane novels when men were men and private investigators were ‘private dicks’...definitely recommended reading.” —West Coast Review of Books With a new introduction by Roger L. Simon A guided tour of the People’s Republic, Aunt Sonya had said: U.S.-China Friendship Study Tour Number Five, arranged by the China Friendship Society, an organization in which she was involved. Why not get away from it all? Moses Wine figured. At least it would get him away from personal injury cases, murder investigations, and the insistent feeling that boredom and alienation were about to become his constant companions in his middle age. But China has a way of springing surprises, and soon California's hippest ex-radical detective is chasing down the priceless Han Dynasty Peking Duck, falling for a gorgeous dragon lady in a Mao suit—and fighting for his life across a vast, mysterious land he barely knows...

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1876963425

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9781876963422

The Asylum

True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion

By: Simon Doonan

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The Asylum

True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion

By: Simon Doonan

Humorous essays about the fashion industry"--

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290

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Blue Rider Press

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0399173714

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9780399173714

Environment Reporters in the 21st Century

By: James Simon,JoAnn Myer Valenti,David B. Sachsman

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Environment Reporters in the 21st Century

By: James Simon,JoAnn Myer Valenti,David B. Sachsman

Environment Reporters in the 21st Century is the story of a relatively new journalistic beat, environmental reporting. This book explores the development of the environmental beat as a specialty during the last thirty years. It also discusses broader trends within American journalism resulting from technological changes that challenge traditional mediums, especially newspapers and magazines. The book is divided into three parts. The first reviews the literature and explains the methodology. The second describes the results of the authors’ research. The third provides in-depth accounts of environment reporters at work. A final chapter puts the research in historical perspective, viewing it in terms of the economic decline of the newspaper business and of local television news. Journalists mediate a constant struggle among thousands of environmental activists, corporate public relations people, government officials, and scientists to shape environmental reporting. This volume tells the story of environmental reporting imaginatively and innovatively.

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257

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Transaction Publishers

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1412843898

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Wild Turkey

By: Roger L. Simon

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Wild Turkey

By: Roger L. Simon

“Moses Wine is a force to reckon with and to read with pleasure.” —Dick Lochte, Los Angeles Times Book Review “Wine is the latest in an unbroken line of popular private eyes–molded by Dashiell Hammett in the ‘20s, psychoanalyzed by Ross Macdonald in the ‘50s and ‘60s and now dragged kicking and screaming into a new decade’s cultural crunch.” —Los Angeles Times Book Review With an introduction by Roger L. Simon Moses Wine solved his first major case in The Big Fix, and with it has come a certain amount of celebrity: articles about him and interviews with him have appeared in Newsweek. Dr. Gunther Thomas shows up at Moses front door with a challenge to clear best-selling author Jock Hecht of the murder of ABC anchorwoman Deborah Frank. Waist-deep in questions that seem to have no answers, Moses must find a way to solve the unsolvable or being portrayed as a jerk in a national magazine. Ever restless, ROGER L. SIMON has spent his life moving between books and movies, gaining distinction in both. In books, he is best known for the seven Moses Wine detective novels, which have won prizes in the U.S. and Great Britain and been published in over a dozen languages. In film, most prominent among his six produced screenplays—including his adaptation of The Big Fix—is Enemies, A Love Story, for which Simon was nominated for an Academy Award.

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214

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ibooks

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1876963387

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9781876963385

John Simon on Theater

Criticism, 1974-2003

By: John Ivan Simon

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John Simon on Theater

Criticism, 1974-2003

By: John Ivan Simon

(Applause Books). This provocative collection and major publishing event brings together the critical highlights of the well-known New York cultural critic John Simon. Covering a span of more than three decades, it includes previously published work from New York, the Hudson Review, National Review, Opera News, the New Leader, and other notable publications. The theatre volume contains selected reviews that are as eloquent as they are famously provocative-reviews that can enrage but always entertain. Simon covers a wide range of New York productions, from the East Village to Broadway, examining all with the same rigor and high expectations. A SAMPLE: Simon on Vanessa Redgrave in Long Day's Journey into Night: "The highly accomplished Redgrave gets some details right, but the overarching mental unstableness she exudes is so excessive as to make one wonder whether she is playing or being unhinged.

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854

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Hal Leonard Corporation

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1557835055

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Public Relations Ethics

The Real-World Guide

By: Trevor Morris,Simon Goldsworthy

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Public Relations Ethics

The Real-World Guide

By: Trevor Morris,Simon Goldsworthy

This book is a pragmatic, case-rich guide to how current and future public relations practitioners can apply ethical principles and the industry’s codes of ethics to their day-to-day work. Authors Trevor Morris and Simon Goldsworthy draw on their years of industry and academic experience to illustrate key ethical issues and ground them in reality, all within an international frame of reference. Public Relations Ethics incorporates interviews with industry practitioners, offering contrasting perspectives as well as recent examples of real-life complaints and disciplinary issues. Provocative questions and exercises help readers grapple with ethical dilemmas and review the key scenarios and challenges that PR people face. The book is ideal at the undergraduate, postgraduate and continuing education levels as a core text for public relations ethics courses and a supplementary text for general public relations survey courses. Accompanying the text are online resources for both students and instructors, including lecture slides and links to further resources.

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237

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Routledge

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1000327981

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9781000327984

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball

By: Scott Simon

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Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball

By: Scott Simon

The NPR Weekend Edition broadcaster recounts the 1947 integration of major league baseball, capturing the drama of Jackie Robinson's first year in baseball.

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178

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John Wiley & Sons

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047126153X

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9780471261537

Private Troubles and Public Issues

Social Problems in the Postmodern Era

By: David R. Simon,Joel H. Henderson

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Private Troubles and Public Issues

Social Problems in the Postmodern Era

By: David R. Simon,Joel H. Henderson

This book employs the paradigm advocated by C. Wright Mills in THE SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION. The theme centers on how social problems directly impact the personal lives of students and other citizens in society. The SOCIOLOGICAL IMAGINATION paradigm used throughout the text provides an integrated view of social problems.

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Cengage Learning

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0155013688

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9780155013681

Home and Away

Memior of a Fan

By: Scott Simon

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Home and Away

Memior of a Fan

By: Scott Simon

The #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller from the host of NPR's Weekend Edition -- "absolutely spectacular-wise and intimate, often funny, always touching" (Scott Turow) -- now in paperback. In a beautifully written narrative that runs from childhood to adulthood through times of war and peace, Scott Simon movingly tracing his life as a fan -- of sports, theater, politics, and the people and things he holds dear. Sports Illustrated columnist Ron Fimrite says of Home and Away, "Rarely do you find in books of this genre a clearer look into mysteries and confusions of childhood . . . moving and often amusing portraits . . . insights into the complex and often corrupt world of Chicago politics, the city being this book's true protagonist. There are compelling scenes from Simon's years as a war correspondent, roving reporter, and political operative . . . There is also an emotional account of Michael Jordan's last championship season with the Bulls that is a book within a book . . . "The writing is uniformly superb. This is, in fact, a memoir of such breadth and reach it compares favorably with another book that is allegedly about the nature of sports allegiance, Frederick Exley's A Fan's Notes. And that, believe me, is saying something.

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Hyperion

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0786886528

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Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

From Protection to Punishment

By: Simon Flacks

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Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

From Protection to Punishment

By: Simon Flacks

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Routledge

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1000368394

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Wacky Chicks

Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women

By: Simon Doonan

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Wacky Chicks

Life Lessons from Fearlessly Inappropriate and Fabulously Eccentric Women

By: Simon Doonan

In his bestselling Wacky Chicks, irreverent social commentator and humor writer Simon Doonan introduces readers to a bracing cross section of exuberantly unconventional women. In the pages of Wacky Chicks readers will find life lessons from a group of fearlessly inappropriate and fabulously eccentric women, including comedienne Amy Sedaris; fashion designer turned park ranger Spider Fawke; Warhol muse Brigid Berlin; Suzanne Bartsch, the woman who showed Madonna how to vogue; and many more. Distinguished primarily by their wild originality and rule-breaking chutzpah, these women defy rules, shape the cultural landscape, and enrich the world. They are about as diverse a flock as you can imagine, but all of them are Belligerent, Resilient, Uninhibited, Naughty, Creative, and Hilarious (B.R.U.N.C.H. for short). In a word, they are Wacky, and they are ready to enlighten you. A book that pays tribute to the wild and unstoppable female in each of us, Wacky Chicks is the ultimate guide to embracing your inner rebel.

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Simon and Schuster

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0743254597

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9780743254595

Thresholds

75 Stories of How Changing Your Perspective Can Change Your Life

By: Robin Von Schwarz,Simon Crowe

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Thresholds

75 Stories of How Changing Your Perspective Can Change Your Life

By: Robin Von Schwarz,Simon Crowe

Life happens. We can’t always predict how it will happen or what obstacles we will encounter along the way, but we can choose how we respond to it. We can choose our perspective. Thresholds is comprised of seventy-five inspirational stories, representing the experiences of people from over sixteen countries around the world—people who have chosen to live life powerfully and intentionally, facing life’s challenges and their fears head-on.

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Xlibris Corporation

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1543437672

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9781543437676

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Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

PR Today

PR Today

Peking Duck

Peking Duck

The Asylum

The Asylum

Environment Reporters in the 21st Century

Environment Reporters in the 21st Century

Wild Turkey

Wild Turkey

John Simon on Theater

John Simon on Theater

Public Relations Ethics

Public Relations Ethics

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball

Jackie Robinson and the Integration of Baseball

Private Troubles and Public Issues

Private Troubles and Public Issues

Home and Away

Home and Away

Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

Law, Drugs and the Politics of Childhood

Wacky Chicks

Wacky Chicks

Thresholds

Thresholds

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