S Sloan: 15 books

The Research Experience: Planning, Conducting, and Reporting Research by Ann Sloan Devlin presents a process-oriented approach to research for students in the behavioral sciences. In-depth, practical advice for conducting each step of the research process includes coverage of the most common research...

Revenge of America’s Unemployed captures the shifting mood of the unemployed, underemployed and uncounted. More than 30 million Americans lost their jobs, saw their pay slashed or left the workforce during the Great Recession. Many lost their homes, marriages, savings, self-esteem and self-confidence...

Poisoned water, a dystopian society in 2622, a research chemist from the present and a disgruntled pilot from the future, Water Warriors is a science-fiction tale warring freedom against tyranny, across many centuries, across countermanded cultures. Unbridled greed fortified with unharnessed power...

Jonathan Heally is fed up. He graduates as a technical writer, finds his first job, works hard and is laid off. He takes another and is laid off again. After eight tries, sick of rejection, he opts for suicide. Crash a plane into Long's Peak, he decides. At 13,500 feet, he encounters the bizarre and...

In the 15th century B.C., Tusami, The Great Spirit of the Nephretari Tribe, judges His people fallen but forsakes them not, to offer them deliverance entwined in a legend long held sacred in the land of the Ute Indians high among the Colorado Rockies. Set in 1880 and steeped in gold, dark hearts...

Sam Claiborne’s spirit roams the mountains and retires with the cougars and the grizzly bears. Weary of hunting dwindling buffalo, Sam dreams of leaving the high plains in Colorado Territory in the summer of 1872 and returning to his beloved Rocky Mountains. In search of water, he comes upon the...

The Canary’s Song was written to personalize the multifaceted issues surrounding end-of-life decisions and who has the right to make them. From an ethical standpoint, is society properly positioned and does it have the right to make decisions as a cultural group for an individual that runs contrary...

The Angry Man & The Beautiful Rose is a story about a man who has anger issues that were caused by something that happened to him in his past. He meets a beautiful woman who is a kind and gentle person who shares in his pain and heartache. Her gentle and kind spirit transforms his angry heart and he...

Darkness has risen, and the shadows are calling. Face haunting new worlds filled with paranormal creatures and breathtaking romance. Journey with beautiful beasts, sexy-as-sin vampires, soul-searing demigods, shadowy necromancers, and unlikely heroes as they fall in love and battle for good...

Conflict across the cosmos. New frontiers discovered. What it means to be human reimagined. Dreams of tomorrow become reality in this third collection of bestselling authors and newly emerging writers from Sci-Fi Bridge. From the inner worlds of unforgettable characters to alien planets at...

A cursory reading of the history of US colleges and universities reveals that campus crime has been part of collegiate life since the Colonial Era, yet it was not until the late 1980s that it suddenly became an issue on the public stage. Drawing from numerous mass media and scholarly sources and using...

Sustainability in the Hospitality Industry, Third Edition, is the only book available to introduce students to economic, environmental and socially sustainable issues specifically facing the industry as well as exploring ideas, solutions and strategies of how to manage operations in a sustainable...

Sustainability is one of the single most important global issues facing the world. A clear understanding of the issues surrounding climate change, global warming, air and water pollution, ozone depletion, deforestation, the loss of biodiversity and global poverty is essential for every future manager...

This volume is a critical exposition of the data and analyses from a full decade of rigorous research into how age-related changes at the individual level, along with other factors, contribute to morbidity, disability and mortality risks at the broader population level. After summarizing the state...