A Nest of Occasionals

A Nest of Occasionals
Author: Tony Martin
Publisher: Picador Australia
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2009-10-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1741987601

Comedian Tony Martin's genius for unearthing the eccentric in seemingly ordinary people is laid bare in this hilarious new collection of tales from his tumultuous life outside show business. Spanning four decades, two nations, and a number of embarrassing medical procedures and ancient family disputes, Martin's stories are light on the epic, and unsparing in the detail. Be amused and appalled as Tony discovers his parents are censoring bare breasts in the National Geographic, attempts to start a band with no musical skill whatsoever and returns to his hometown to discover his grandfather is not the man he thought he was.

Afriats

Afriats
Author: Richard Bird Baker
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 97
Release: 2010-11-24
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 1450263321

This may be one of the most important books you will ever read. It identifies, defines, describes, analyzes, and suggests actions to take toward a highly pervasive social phenomenon that social scientists should have recognized at least a century ago. Somehow the social scientific community has always overlooked this phenomenon, even though it affects, if not envelops, a large majority of people in modern society. This phenomenon is likely one of the leading causes of frustration, stress, fatigue, disappointment, disillusionment, depression, unhappiness, anger, quarrels, road rage, violence, substance abuse, domestic abuse, neurosis, and perhaps even suicides in modern civilization. This is the phenomenon of "afriations". Don't try to look that term up in any source other than this text. It's a term the author had to coin for this concept which has yet to be academically identified. Yet afriats are probably the most complained about topic of conversation, and for tens of millions of Americans, they cause some of our most dreaded problems. With the simple understanding of afriations, and a basic knowledge of how to interact with afriats, we can avoid much of the stress and grief caused by afriations.

Poker Faces

Poker Faces
Author: David M. Hayano
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 220
Release: 1983
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9780520050679

Quantitative Methods in Criminology

Quantitative Methods in Criminology
Author: David Weisburd
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 638
Release: 2017-07-05
Genre: History
ISBN: 1351552554

This informative reference volume features the key papers in the growing field of quantitative criminology. The papers provide examples of the importation of statistical methods from other fields to criminology, the adaptation of such methods to special criminological problems through introspection, and the development of new innovative statistical approaches. The volume illustrates the growing sophistication and maturation of quantitative methods in this field. Divided into five parts: research design, sampling, issues in measurement, descriptive analysis and causal analysis, it will be of interest to anyone concerned with criminology and criminal justice, as well as those with specialized interests in quantitative methods.

If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat

If It's Not Close, They Can't Cheat
Author: Hugh Hewitt
Publisher: HarperChristian + ORM
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2012-12-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1418515841

This is a book about winning elections in an age when security has trumped almost every other issue and the technology of political effectiveness is evolving with lightning quickness. Hewitt offers real-world tactics for individuals who (1) care about the future of the United States and (2) want to work effectively to help elect candidates who will lead the country-on a national or local level-in the right direction. In this book, Hugh Hewitt does more than rehash conservative grievances, preach to the choir, or even preach to the choir plus the undecideds. He aims to change the behavior of the choir, one reader at a time. Hewitt includes material targeted to people of faith when appropriate and appeals to all readers who consider themselves conservative or center-right. Material has been updated to cover current events in 2006.

The State of the Poor

The State of the Poor
Author: Frederick Morton Eden
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 675
Release: 2011-11-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108036899

Published in 1797, this three-volume work describes poverty in England and the various measures introduced to deal with it.

Queering the Midwest

Queering the Midwest
Author: Clare Forstie
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2022-10-25
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1479801860

"Drag shows that test the capacity of bars persist alongside wishes for stronger community among River City's LGBTQ population. In this examination of LGBTQ community in a small, Midwestern city, Clare Forstie highlights the ambivalence of LGBTQ lives in the rural Midwest. Drawing on in-depth interviews, ethnographic research, and friendship mapping, Forstie reveals the ways that community spaces are disappearing and emerging, LGBTQ people feel safe and unrecognized, and friendships do and don't matter. In this community, non-LGBTQ allies are essential support for their LGBTQ friends and organizations, but, sometimes, their support comes at a cost. Those who find they feel most comfortable and safe also align with community norms, forming with and connecting to families and identities that are the majority in River City. Forstie offers the story of a community that does not fit neatly into a narrative of progress or decline. Rather, it's a little bit of both. Forstie's ambivalent community framework reveals the ways we might think about our communities and relationships more authentically, embracing the contradictions that inform the possibilities for change"--