Illicit Markets, Organized Crime, and Global Security

Illicit Markets, Organized Crime, and Global Security
Author: Hanna Samir Kassab
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 203
Release: 2018-06-26
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3319906356

This book explains the existence of illicit markets throughout human history and provides recommendations to governments. Organized criminal networks increased in strength after the enforcement of prohibition, eventually challenging the authority of the state and its institutions through corruption and violence. Criminal networks now organize under cyber-infrastructure, what we call the Deep or Dark Web. The authors analyze how illicit markets come together, issues of destabilization and international security, the effect of legitimate enterprises crowded out of developing countries, and ultimately, illicit markets' cost to human life.

Plus Three

Plus Three
Author: Opal Carew
Publisher: Opal Carew
Total Pages: 89
Release: 2019
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1927444896

She's in love with the perfect man, but can't stop fantasizing about his sexy triplet brothers. Plus Three is the fourth book in Opal Carew’s steamy Three series. If you love stories with edgy sexual scenarios (such as menage with four men and one woman) that are still poignant and inspiring stories of true love, you'll want to grab this book. ~ ~ ~ Praise for Opal's books: 4.5 Stars! "...there are a lot of twists to this roller coaster ride of a story... A scorcher of a read, I was unable to put this one down." Sensual Reads 4.5 Kisses! "another blazing hot romance not to be missed by Opal Carew. Once I started this book, I just couldn't put it down... [her] story-writing talent shines through... one wild ride of a book that just whets my appetite for more by Opal Carew!" Victoria, TwoLips Reviews 4.5 Blue Ribbons! "a blazing hot romp... A fabulously fun and stupendously steamy read for a cold winter's night. This one's so hot, you might need to wear oven mitts while you're reading it!" Romance Junkies 4 Cups! "There is little chance of reading anything more stimulating than a book by Opal Carew." Lototy, Coffee Time Romance & More "Opal Carew is a genius at spinning the most [steamy] stories by tapping into forbidden fantasies and visiting emotions that bring the characters literally to their knees. A steamy-hot read! WOW!" Mandy Burns, Fresh Fiction Be prepared for an all out sensual feast.... sizzling.... Step outside of the ordinary for something adventuresome...." Romance Reviews Today

The Ultimate Terrorists

The Ultimate Terrorists
Author: Jessica Stern
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1999
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780674003941

As bad as they are, why aren't terrorists worse? With biological, chemical and nuclear weapons at hand, they easily could be. Jessica Stern argues that the nuclear threat of the Cold War has been replaced by the more imminent threat of terrorist attacks with weapons of mass destruction.

Mass Spectrometry Handbook

Mass Spectrometry Handbook
Author: Mike S. Lee
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 1362
Release: 2012-05-08
Genre: Science
ISBN: 047053673X

Due to its enormous sensitivity and ease of use, mass spectrometry has grown into the analytical tool of choice in most industries and areas of research. This unique reference provides an extensive library of methods used in mass spectrometry, covering applications of mass spectrometry in fields as diverse as drug discovery, environmental science, forensic science, clinical analysis, polymers, oil composition, doping, cellular research, semiconductor, ceramics, metals and alloys, and homeland security. The book provides the reader with a protocol for the technique described (including sampling methods) and explains why to use a particular method and not others. Essential for MS specialists working in industrial, environmental, and clinical fields.

The Encyclopædia of Sexual Behaviour

The Encyclopædia of Sexual Behaviour
Author: Albert Ellis
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 575
Release: 2013-09-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1483225100

The Encyclopedia of Sexual Behavior, Volume 1 is a comprehensive review of the major aspects of the biology, physiology, and anatomy of sex. This book is divided into 57 chapters that also cover the major facets of the emotional, psychological, sociological, legal, anthropological, geographical, and historical aspects of sexuality, including the related fields of love, marriage, and the family. This book deals first with the advances in sex research, the issues on abortion, abstinence, adolescent, sexuality, and the link between sex and aging. The subsequent chapters consider the demographic, geographical, and anthropological aspects of sex; life; the physiology, anatomy, and history of sex; the attitude toward sex; the concept of autoerotism; and the religious view of sex. Other sex-related topics covered include chastity and virginity, child sexuality, nakedness, coitus, contraception, courtship, culture, social dancing, and sex education. This book further discusses the emotional aspects of sex, such as divorce, marriage, extramarital sex relations, family, and reproduction. The remaining chapters look into the issues of hermaphroditism, homosexuality, illegitimacy, impotence, and jealousy. This book is of value to psychologists, psychiatrists, sociologists, medical practitioners, and researchers and workers in the allied fields.

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie
Author: Bruce Pendergast
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2004
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1412023041

Everyman's Guide to the Mysteries of Agatha Christie is a reference book covering Christie's 238 stories. It provides data never before published about both important and trivial facts. Dedications, time periods, and locations have been laboriously researched, and provided with "time warp" explanations. Even trivial data such as newspapers (100 in all), pubs (95) and automobiles (136) are shown as well as each story in which they are listed. English sayings totalling 259 are shown with the book(s) in which they appear, including a brief explanation of their meaning. Yet Guide is much more than a list of facts. It is an informative reference book about Christie's writings. As well, different perspectives on many of the perplexing mysteries within her mysteries are provided. Finally, Guide is not an alphabetical list of stories or characters. Instead, it lists many entrancing "errors" of sketches and text with comments explaining where possible the reasons for their existence. Most importantly, "Guide" does not betray any book's endings nor the identity of the villain, a rule that genuine Christie devotees always try to uphold.

Counseling Techniques

Counseling Techniques
Author: Zondervan,
Publisher: Zondervan Academic
Total Pages: 737
Release: 2018-10-16
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 031052945X

Counseling Techniques provides a useful resource for any type of counseling practitioner. Presenting a wide variety of the most effective and commonly used techniques associated with various diagnoses, theoretical bases, and client populations, it offers experienced therapists and students alike a single, trustworthy resource for clinical reference and guidance. Each chapter includes a user-friendly, step-by-step explanation of the techniques covered. Sections survey the following: Basic types of techniques (cognitive, behavioral, experiential, and more) Techniques for children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families Techniques for a wide variety of individual and family issues, including emotional dysregulation, shame, loss, sexual abuse, trauma, domestic violence, attachment wounds, and much more Featuring a lineup of top-notch, highly experienced counselors and thoroughly integrated with a Christian worldview, Counseling Techniques will equip therapists and students in various helping disciplines for the frequent clinical issues that arise in all forms of counseling.

Hearings

Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1554
Release: 1973
Genre:
ISBN:

The Medici Conspiracy

The Medici Conspiracy
Author: Peter Watson
Publisher: Public Affairs
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2006-04-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781586484026

The story begins, as stories do in all good thrillers, with a botched robbery and a police chase. Eight Apuleian vases of the fourth century B.C. are discovered in the swimming pool of a German-based art smuggler. More valuable than the recovery of the vases, however, is the discovery of the smuggler's card index detailing his deals and dealers. It reveals the existence of a web of tombaroli—tomb raiders— who steal classical artifacts, and a network of dealers and smugglers who spirit them out of Italy and into the hands of wealthy collectors and museums. Peter Watson, a former investigative journalist for the London Sunday Times and author of two previous exposés of art world scandals, names the key figures in this network that has depleted Europe's classical artifacts. Among the loot are the irreplaceable and highly collectable vases of Euphronius, the equivalent in their field of the sculpture of Bernini or the painting of Michelangelo. The narrative leads to the doors of some major institutions: Sothebys, the Getty Museum in L.A., the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York among them. Filled with great characters and human drama, The Medici Conspiracy authoritatively exposes another shameful round in one of the oldest games in the world: theft, smuggling and duplicitous dealing, all in the name of art.