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  Indefinite - Doing Time in Jail

  Michael L. Walker

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  Jails are the principal people-processing machines of the criminal justice system. Mostly they hold persons awaiting trial who cannot afford or have been denied bail. Although jail sentences max out at a year, some spend years awaiting trial in jail—especially in counties where courts are jammed with cases. City and county jails, detention centers, police lockups, and other temporary holding facilities are regularly overcrowded, poorly funded, and the buildings are often in disrepair. American jails admit over ten million people every year, but very little is known about what happens to 
  them while they're locked away. 
   
   
   
  Indefinite is an ethnographic study of a California county jail that reflects on what it means to do jail time and what it does to men. Michael L. Walker spent several extended spells in jail, having been arrested while trying to pay parking tickets in graduate school. This book is an intimate account of his experience and in it he shares the routines, rhythms, and subtle meanings that come with being incarcerated. Walker shows how punishment in jail is much more than the deprivation of liberties. It is, he argues, purposefully degrading. Jail creates a racial politics that organizes daily life, moves men from clock time to event time, normalizes trauma, and imbues residents with substantial measures of vulnerability.

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  Time Management For Teens And...

  Kara Ross

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  Are you a high school student, soon to be graduated and heading off to college or to work full time? Are you in college and not sure how to manage the time you do have while going to college? Are you a parent looking for a good introduction to time management for your son or daughter?If you want to learn how you can better manage your time as a young adult, then keep reading! 
  Time management is a challenge for everyone, but it is particularly daunting for teens and college students. Effective time-management skills are essential to succeed in today's fast-paced culture at home, school, and life.My goal in writing this book is to provide support and guidance to develop and implement time management skills. And in doing so, I’ve included a lot of information. So, before you dive in, I wanted to remind you of a few things: The book is meant as a guide, one to pick up again and again whether to learn a new set of skills or just for a refresher course. To get the most out of the book, you need to go through it at your own pace, on your own time, and in your own way. 
  It mау ѕееm daunting аt fіrѕt, but learning these skills are absolutely achievable. In this book, уоu’ll learn thе fоllоwіng:How to achieve your study and life goals;How to get the results you want;How to manage your time effectively;How to optimize your productivity;How to prioritize your coursework;Effective ways to avoid procrastination;How to achieve a good study/life balance;Time management tools to help you manage your time ;AND SO MUCH MORE! 
  If you've been struggling to get it all done, keep reading to learn more about time management and how to make the most of your day. Then you'll be able to live a more balanced life, with time for your family, friends, and your health as well.

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  The Heart of It - The Illiad and...

  Elizabeth McNamer

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  The Illiad & The Odyssey are two epic poems by Greek author Homer, works that have been entertaining— and perhaps exasperating— readers for centuries. In a series of lectures, literary scholar Elizabeth McNamer provides engaging insights into these two iconic works. McNamer first discusses how The Iliad portrays love, jealousy, pride, and the courage men and women display in war. McNamer then focuses on and The Odyssey in which the hero Odysseus endures strange adventures en route home to his faithful wife. While these lectures are grounded in scholarly research, they are also accessible for contemporary audiences, helping them appreciate more fully these two great works.

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  How to Be Queer - An Ancient...

  Sarah Nooter

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  The idea of sexual fluidity may seem new, but it is at least as old as the ancient Greeks, who wrote about queer experiences with remarkable frankness, wit, and insight. How to Be Queer is an infatuating collection of these writings about desire, love, and lust between men, between women, and between humans and gods, in lucid and lively new translations. 
   
   
   
  How to Be Queer starts with Homer's Iliad and moves through lyric poetry, tragedy, comedy, philosophy, and biography, drawing on a wide range of authors, including Sappho, Plato, Anacreon, Pindar, Theognis, Aristophanes, and Xenophon. It features both beautiful poetry and thought-provoking prose, emotional outpourings and humorous anecdotes. From Homer's story of the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus, one of the most intense between men in world literature, to Sappho's lyrics on the pleasures and pains of loving women, these writings show the many meanings of what the Greeks called eros. 
   
   
   
  Complete with brief introductions to the selections, How to Be Queer reveals what the Greeks knew long ago—that the erotic and queer are a source of life and a cause for celebration.

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  101 Amazing Facts About Spain

  Jack Goldstein

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  In this amazing Audiobook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Spain. Separated into sections such as its geography, its landmarks, famous Spanish figures from history and many more you will find some fascinating information inside!  
   
  Whether you are planning on visiting Spain, working on a geography project or just want to know more about this beautiful country, this is an excellent addition to your audio catalogue. Find the information you need, fast!

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  Helping the Suicidal Person -...

  PhD Stacey Freedenthal

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  Helping the Suicidal Person provides a highly practical toolbox for mental health professionals. The book first covers the need for professionals to examine their own personal experiences and fears around suicide, moves into essential areas of risk assessment, safety planning, and treatment planning, and then provides a rich assortment of tips for reducing the person's suicidal danger and rebuilding the wish to live. The techniques described in the book can be interspersed into any type of therapy, no matter what the professional's theoretical orientation is and no matter whether it's the client's first, tenth, or one-hundredth session.

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