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Crime and Family: Selected Essays of Joan McCord

Joan McCord (1930-2004) was one of the most-respected, and best-loved criminologists of her generation. A brilliant pioneer, Dr. McCord was best known for her work on the Cambridge-Somerville Youth Study, the first large-scale, longitudinal experimental study in the field of criminology. The study was among the first to demonstrate unintended harmful effects of a well-meaning prevention program. Dr. McCord’s most important essays from this groundbreaking research pr… More >>

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You Already Have the Fountain of Youth – It’s Inside You Waiting to be Utilized

Can we really stop, slow down, or even reverse the effects of aging? It is a mystery for which so many have searched to find the answers to for years. Now, with advanced modern science making breakthroughs and discoveries every day, the answers have become apparent to the age-old quest for the legendary fountain of youth.

In large part, your everyday lifestyle choices contribute to the way you age and at what rate your body ages. The exercise and dietary regimen you choose affects the way you are going to appear now and ten, twenty, and thirty years down the road.

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Setting the Lawn on Fire: A Novel

Ivan, a young Jewish boy from Milwaukee, embarks on a journey of sexual discovery that leads him from Wisconsin to Alaska, Philadelphia, and Mexico through stints as a fishery worker, artist, and finally a hustler who learns to provide the blank canvas for other people’s dreams. The result is a new kind of coming-of-age story that sees passion from every angle because its protagonist is every kind of lover: the seducer and the seduced, the pornographer and the model… More >>

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