Author: Manda Aufochs Gillespie
Publisher: Dundurn.com
ISBN: 1459722973
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
From choosing environmentally friendly diapers to identifying the hidden toxins in children’s food, cribs, car seats, and toys, Green Mama discusses topics that are vitally important to new parents. What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has become increasingly more complicated, so has parenting. We are concerned about pervasive toxins in the environment and anxious to raise our children in ways that will protect them as well as safeguard our already fragile world. Manda Aufochs Gillespie, the Green Mama, shares what today’s science and Grandma’s traditional wisdom tell us about prenatal care for mothers-to-be, breastfeeding, detoxifying the nursery, diapering, caring for baby’s skin, feeding a family, and healthy play — redefining the basics of parenting for today’s world. With an upbeat tone, stories of parents who have been there, real-world advice for when money matters more, and practical steps geared toward immediate success, The Green Mama engages and guides even the busiest, most sleep-deprived parent. The Green Mama helps parents become what they were always meant to be: experts on the care of their own children.
Green Mama
Author: Manda Aufochs Gillespie
Publisher: Dundurn.com
ISBN: 1459722973
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
From choosing environmentally friendly diapers to identifying the hidden toxins in children’s food, cribs, car seats, and toys, Green Mama discusses topics that are vitally important to new parents. What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has become increasingly more complicated, so has parenting. We are concerned about pervasive toxins in the environment and anxious to raise our children in ways that will protect them as well as safeguard our already fragile world. Manda Aufochs Gillespie, the Green Mama, shares what today’s science and Grandma’s traditional wisdom tell us about prenatal care for mothers-to-be, breastfeeding, detoxifying the nursery, diapering, caring for baby’s skin, feeding a family, and healthy play — redefining the basics of parenting for today’s world. With an upbeat tone, stories of parents who have been there, real-world advice for when money matters more, and practical steps geared toward immediate success, The Green Mama engages and guides even the busiest, most sleep-deprived parent. The Green Mama helps parents become what they were always meant to be: experts on the care of their own children.
Publisher: Dundurn.com
ISBN: 1459722973
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
From choosing environmentally friendly diapers to identifying the hidden toxins in children’s food, cribs, car seats, and toys, Green Mama discusses topics that are vitally important to new parents. What are the most pressing problems facing new parents today? As the world has become increasingly more complicated, so has parenting. We are concerned about pervasive toxins in the environment and anxious to raise our children in ways that will protect them as well as safeguard our already fragile world. Manda Aufochs Gillespie, the Green Mama, shares what today’s science and Grandma’s traditional wisdom tell us about prenatal care for mothers-to-be, breastfeeding, detoxifying the nursery, diapering, caring for baby’s skin, feeding a family, and healthy play — redefining the basics of parenting for today’s world. With an upbeat tone, stories of parents who have been there, real-world advice for when money matters more, and practical steps geared toward immediate success, The Green Mama engages and guides even the busiest, most sleep-deprived parent. The Green Mama helps parents become what they were always meant to be: experts on the care of their own children.
Green Mama-to-Be
Author: Manda Aufochs Gillespie
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145973629X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Sweeping away the clutter of iffy parenting advice, the Green Mama speaks to scientists, researchers, and moms to give expecting and current parents the best guide to health issues affecting our children. Filled with humour, good advice, and helpful resources, Green Mama-to-Be is the essential book for today’s expectant parent.
Publisher: Dundurn
ISBN: 145973629X
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
Sweeping away the clutter of iffy parenting advice, the Green Mama speaks to scientists, researchers, and moms to give expecting and current parents the best guide to health issues affecting our children. Filled with humour, good advice, and helpful resources, Green Mama-to-Be is the essential book for today’s expectant parent.
Marketing Management
Author: Luca M. Visconti
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351358820
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Culture pervades consumption and marketing activity in ways that potentially benefit marketing managers. This book provides a comprehensive account of cultural knowledge and skills useful in strategic marketing management. In making these cultural concepts and frameworks accessible and in discussing how to use them, this edited textbook goes beyond the identification of historical, sociocultural, and political factors impinging upon consumer cultures and their effects on market outcomes. This fully updated and restructured new edition provides two new introductory chapters on culture and marketing practice and improved pedagogy, to give a deeper understanding of how culture pervades consumption and marketing phenomena; the way market meanings are made, circulated, and negotiated; and the environmental, ethical, experiential, social, and symbolic implications of consumption and marketing. The authors highlight the benefits that managers can reap from applying interpretive cultural approaches across the realm of strategic marketing activities including: market segmentation, product and brand positioning, market research, pricing, product development, advertising, and retail distribution. Global contributions are grounded in the authors’ primary research with a range of companies including Cadbury’s Flake, Dior, Dove, General Motors, HOM, Hummer, Kjaer Group, Le Bon Coin, Mama Shelter, Mecca Cola, Prada, SignBank, and the Twilight community. This edited volume, which compiles the work of 58 scholars from 14 countries, delivers a truly innovative, multinationally focused marketing management textbook. Marketing Management: A Cultural Perspective is a timely and relevant learning resource for marketing students, lecturers, and managers across the world.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351358820
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 698
Book Description
Culture pervades consumption and marketing activity in ways that potentially benefit marketing managers. This book provides a comprehensive account of cultural knowledge and skills useful in strategic marketing management. In making these cultural concepts and frameworks accessible and in discussing how to use them, this edited textbook goes beyond the identification of historical, sociocultural, and political factors impinging upon consumer cultures and their effects on market outcomes. This fully updated and restructured new edition provides two new introductory chapters on culture and marketing practice and improved pedagogy, to give a deeper understanding of how culture pervades consumption and marketing phenomena; the way market meanings are made, circulated, and negotiated; and the environmental, ethical, experiential, social, and symbolic implications of consumption and marketing. The authors highlight the benefits that managers can reap from applying interpretive cultural approaches across the realm of strategic marketing activities including: market segmentation, product and brand positioning, market research, pricing, product development, advertising, and retail distribution. Global contributions are grounded in the authors’ primary research with a range of companies including Cadbury’s Flake, Dior, Dove, General Motors, HOM, Hummer, Kjaer Group, Le Bon Coin, Mama Shelter, Mecca Cola, Prada, SignBank, and the Twilight community. This edited volume, which compiles the work of 58 scholars from 14 countries, delivers a truly innovative, multinationally focused marketing management textbook. Marketing Management: A Cultural Perspective is a timely and relevant learning resource for marketing students, lecturers, and managers across the world.
Are We The Same?
Author: Ithia Farah
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
ISBN: 064897488X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Are We the Same? Children’s Activity Book is a fun, entertaining, and educational activity book. Children love to colour the characters and develop their activities. Are We the Same? Ancillary Guidebook is designed for educators, SLSOs, parents, carers, and therapists to organise activities and tasks in-and-out of home, clinical or school environments. Are We The Same? is an Award-Winning Social Skills Program Are We The Same? Children’s Activity Colouring Book received the National Foundation for Educational Development Award (Brazil, 1999) and sold 46,000 copies in two years. Are We The Same? is a project to support the full participation and inclusion of all children within mainstream educational settings, with educational and therapeutic workshops to promote capacity building to teachers and parents on how to best use the activity book with children in mainstream schools or at home. Are We The Same? A future with kindness and solidarity. Are We the Same? is an educational resource with the mission to: *Deliver evidence-based resources for children, families, and facilitators *Foster and facilitate the process of respecting diversity *Learn about emotional literacy *Identify, understand, and respond to emotions in oneself and others in a healthy manner. The purpose is to assist children to build an inclusive society using their choices, empathy, and kindness and learn to be active and socially responsible. Who is Are We The Same? best suited to? The program is designed for all children including children with disabilities from 3 to 12 years of age. Aligning with family goals. Taking on the role of facilitator goes far beyond delivering the Are We the Same? Children's Activity Book! It is achieved through reviewing our biases and opening a safe space for the children to discuss their feelings. Encouraging children to think and talk is a process of capacity building that supports children to learn how to make informed choices and have a proactive attitude towards the world. The program is developed and delivered step-by-step, supporting children and families with their social, emotional, and behavioural goals, as well as: *Improved Learning *Improved Relationships *Increased Social and Community Participation *Improved Daily Living Skills Are We The Same? builds capacity in the following areas: *Perspective-taking skills *Problem-solving skills *Self-awareness and empathy *Creating a collaborative learning environment *Theory of Mind (Kloo et al., 2010) *Learn skills for life, such as working collaboratively with peers, developing empathy and critical thinking, *Improving communication *Building self-care *Learn self-regulation skills, resilience, and self-competence (‘I can handle this’). These skills help children learn and are key to their success in school and beyond. What does the Are We The Same? program delivery look like? Are We The Same? project offers multiple options and sensory experiences for children to explore during the activities. Typically, the group program happens once a week, up to a period of 10 months, depending on the children’s development and delivery format. How to organise the groups: Who? Between 10 and 15 children in each group generally works well, depending on the needs of each child and the number of SLSOs for each class. When? Once a week. Choose a day and time and make it happen! Consistency is key — children rely on our consistency and, after a while, they will come to expect the Are We The Same? playgroup to take place at a certain time. How long? 40-60 minutes, depending on the age of the group and settings where it will be developed. Where? In a space with tables and chairs (removable or foldable), plenty of art and craft materials, a whiteboard, music, yoga mats, cushions, sensory toys, and a mini sensory space such as a tent, for any situation where children need a moment to self-regulate or calm down. What? Activities with Are We The Same? Children's Activity Book.
Publisher: DoctorZed Publishing
ISBN: 064897488X
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 76
Book Description
Are We the Same? Children’s Activity Book is a fun, entertaining, and educational activity book. Children love to colour the characters and develop their activities. Are We the Same? Ancillary Guidebook is designed for educators, SLSOs, parents, carers, and therapists to organise activities and tasks in-and-out of home, clinical or school environments. Are We The Same? is an Award-Winning Social Skills Program Are We The Same? Children’s Activity Colouring Book received the National Foundation for Educational Development Award (Brazil, 1999) and sold 46,000 copies in two years. Are We The Same? is a project to support the full participation and inclusion of all children within mainstream educational settings, with educational and therapeutic workshops to promote capacity building to teachers and parents on how to best use the activity book with children in mainstream schools or at home. Are We The Same? A future with kindness and solidarity. Are We the Same? is an educational resource with the mission to: *Deliver evidence-based resources for children, families, and facilitators *Foster and facilitate the process of respecting diversity *Learn about emotional literacy *Identify, understand, and respond to emotions in oneself and others in a healthy manner. The purpose is to assist children to build an inclusive society using their choices, empathy, and kindness and learn to be active and socially responsible. Who is Are We The Same? best suited to? The program is designed for all children including children with disabilities from 3 to 12 years of age. Aligning with family goals. Taking on the role of facilitator goes far beyond delivering the Are We the Same? Children's Activity Book! It is achieved through reviewing our biases and opening a safe space for the children to discuss their feelings. Encouraging children to think and talk is a process of capacity building that supports children to learn how to make informed choices and have a proactive attitude towards the world. The program is developed and delivered step-by-step, supporting children and families with their social, emotional, and behavioural goals, as well as: *Improved Learning *Improved Relationships *Increased Social and Community Participation *Improved Daily Living Skills Are We The Same? builds capacity in the following areas: *Perspective-taking skills *Problem-solving skills *Self-awareness and empathy *Creating a collaborative learning environment *Theory of Mind (Kloo et al., 2010) *Learn skills for life, such as working collaboratively with peers, developing empathy and critical thinking, *Improving communication *Building self-care *Learn self-regulation skills, resilience, and self-competence (‘I can handle this’). These skills help children learn and are key to their success in school and beyond. What does the Are We The Same? program delivery look like? Are We The Same? project offers multiple options and sensory experiences for children to explore during the activities. Typically, the group program happens once a week, up to a period of 10 months, depending on the children’s development and delivery format. How to organise the groups: Who? Between 10 and 15 children in each group generally works well, depending on the needs of each child and the number of SLSOs for each class. When? Once a week. Choose a day and time and make it happen! Consistency is key — children rely on our consistency and, after a while, they will come to expect the Are We The Same? playgroup to take place at a certain time. How long? 40-60 minutes, depending on the age of the group and settings where it will be developed. Where? In a space with tables and chairs (removable or foldable), plenty of art and craft materials, a whiteboard, music, yoga mats, cushions, sensory toys, and a mini sensory space such as a tent, for any situation where children need a moment to self-regulate or calm down. What? Activities with Are We The Same? Children's Activity Book.
Contemporary Business
Author: Louis E. Boone
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470531290
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1543
Book Description
Contemporary Business 14th Edition gives students the business language they need to feel confident in taking the first steps toward becoming successful business majors and successful business people. With new integrated E-Business context throughout the text, it provides a new approach. Another addition is the "Green Business" boxes in every chapter to provide student's with more Green Business information. All of the information provided is put together in a format easy for all students to understand, allowing for a better grasp of the information.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470531290
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 1543
Book Description
Contemporary Business 14th Edition gives students the business language they need to feel confident in taking the first steps toward becoming successful business majors and successful business people. With new integrated E-Business context throughout the text, it provides a new approach. Another addition is the "Green Business" boxes in every chapter to provide student's with more Green Business information. All of the information provided is put together in a format easy for all students to understand, allowing for a better grasp of the information.
Sun Seekers
Author: Rachel McRady
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 1639104984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel McRady comes a vital, illuminating debut novel of a broken family uniting in the face of terrifying crisis, for fans of This is Us and Parenthood. Six-year-old Gracie Lynn is perpetually curious and big-hearted. Convinced she knows how to save her beloved grandfather John from the “worm” that is eating his brain—a metaphor her mother once used to explain John’s dementia and sundown syndrome—she helps him break out of his nursing home, and the two disappear together on a quest to chase the sun. But what’s an adventure for Gracie is a nightmare scenario for her estranged parents, LeeAnn and Dan. There’s no way to predict where John might have taken their young daughter, or if he’s capable of keeping her safe. Jaded beyond her years, and struggling with her own mental health, LeeAnn has no delusions about what might happen if they don’t locate Gracie soon. Dan is no less frantic, but communicating with LeeAnn isn’t easy, even under the circumstances—too much stands between the hopeful young couple they once were and the people they’ve become. An emotionally resonant novel for fans of Fredrik Backman and Mark Haddon, Sun Seekers artfully explores the truths of parenthood, the ways in which we sometimes hurt those we love most, and the universal experience of deep loss—even when the person is still here.
Publisher: Crooked Lane Books
ISBN: 1639104984
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
From Emmy Award-winning writer Rachel McRady comes a vital, illuminating debut novel of a broken family uniting in the face of terrifying crisis, for fans of This is Us and Parenthood. Six-year-old Gracie Lynn is perpetually curious and big-hearted. Convinced she knows how to save her beloved grandfather John from the “worm” that is eating his brain—a metaphor her mother once used to explain John’s dementia and sundown syndrome—she helps him break out of his nursing home, and the two disappear together on a quest to chase the sun. But what’s an adventure for Gracie is a nightmare scenario for her estranged parents, LeeAnn and Dan. There’s no way to predict where John might have taken their young daughter, or if he’s capable of keeping her safe. Jaded beyond her years, and struggling with her own mental health, LeeAnn has no delusions about what might happen if they don’t locate Gracie soon. Dan is no less frantic, but communicating with LeeAnn isn’t easy, even under the circumstances—too much stands between the hopeful young couple they once were and the people they’ve become. An emotionally resonant novel for fans of Fredrik Backman and Mark Haddon, Sun Seekers artfully explores the truths of parenthood, the ways in which we sometimes hurt those we love most, and the universal experience of deep loss—even when the person is still here.
Devil of Dublin
Author: BB Easton
Publisher: BB Easton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix Original series Sex/Life) comes a dark mafia romance steeped in Irish folklore. I can’t remember anymore if my grandfather’s eyes were blue or green, but I’ll never forget the way they wrinkled at the corners when he laughed at one of his own jokes. Or the way they sparkled with mischief when he told me tales about the magical creatures that dwelled in the forest behind his humble Irish sheep farm—shy fairies who liked to eat tea biscuits, cruel witches who liked to eat children, a moody lake spirit with a taste for expensive gifts. As a child, I believed every fantastical word. But when he warned me about the mute boy who also lurked in those woods, the one the priest had declared to be the spawn of Satan himself, I refused to listen. Kellen wasn’t evil. He was kind, and beautiful, and special, and hurting. He was my friend. And with every summer I spent stolen away with him in those enchanted woods, he grew to become so much more. But when I return to Glenshire as an adult, grieving and engaged to someone else, all those legends quickly morph into nightmares. My grandfather had been right about everything, especially the boy. If only I had listened. WARNING: If you are a sensitive reader or find certain topics to be emotionally triggering, please exercise self-care and select a different book. Devil of Dublin is intended for mature audiences who enjoy dark subject matter, tortured anti-heroes, explicit adult content, graphic violence, heart-pounding suspense, fairy-tale worthy love, and gorgeous Irish scenery. If that sounds like you, then welcome to Glenshire!
Publisher: BB Easton
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 214
Book Description
From the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of 44 Chapters About 4 Men (inspiration for the Netflix Original series Sex/Life) comes a dark mafia romance steeped in Irish folklore. I can’t remember anymore if my grandfather’s eyes were blue or green, but I’ll never forget the way they wrinkled at the corners when he laughed at one of his own jokes. Or the way they sparkled with mischief when he told me tales about the magical creatures that dwelled in the forest behind his humble Irish sheep farm—shy fairies who liked to eat tea biscuits, cruel witches who liked to eat children, a moody lake spirit with a taste for expensive gifts. As a child, I believed every fantastical word. But when he warned me about the mute boy who also lurked in those woods, the one the priest had declared to be the spawn of Satan himself, I refused to listen. Kellen wasn’t evil. He was kind, and beautiful, and special, and hurting. He was my friend. And with every summer I spent stolen away with him in those enchanted woods, he grew to become so much more. But when I return to Glenshire as an adult, grieving and engaged to someone else, all those legends quickly morph into nightmares. My grandfather had been right about everything, especially the boy. If only I had listened. WARNING: If you are a sensitive reader or find certain topics to be emotionally triggering, please exercise self-care and select a different book. Devil of Dublin is intended for mature audiences who enjoy dark subject matter, tortured anti-heroes, explicit adult content, graphic violence, heart-pounding suspense, fairy-tale worthy love, and gorgeous Irish scenery. If that sounds like you, then welcome to Glenshire!
Luxuriantly Literate
Author: Jean Long
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595290485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A girl in China in the 1920's, Margaret is not worth educating, and certainly not worth the price of a steamship ticket to America. Begging her father not to abandon her, Margaret hopes to immigrate from China to the USA with the rest of her family. Descended from families that broke away from tradition in extreme ways, Margaret faces a life none of her ancestors could possibly have imagined. Her mother, with unbound feet, constantly defies tradition. Margaret's journey takes her from riding in jinrickshas to being a foreign student at the University of California. She contends with a series of Asian American issues in rapidly changing times and increasingly lives in two worlds. She is confronted with issues that her very Chinese parents face, as well as her own identity as a Chinese national in an American setting rife with anti-Asian sentiment.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595290485
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 273
Book Description
A girl in China in the 1920's, Margaret is not worth educating, and certainly not worth the price of a steamship ticket to America. Begging her father not to abandon her, Margaret hopes to immigrate from China to the USA with the rest of her family. Descended from families that broke away from tradition in extreme ways, Margaret faces a life none of her ancestors could possibly have imagined. Her mother, with unbound feet, constantly defies tradition. Margaret's journey takes her from riding in jinrickshas to being a foreign student at the University of California. She contends with a series of Asian American issues in rapidly changing times and increasingly lives in two worlds. She is confronted with issues that her very Chinese parents face, as well as her own identity as a Chinese national in an American setting rife with anti-Asian sentiment.
Mama's Shoes
Author: Rebecca D. Elswick
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458200655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
By the time Sylvia Richardson is eighteen, she has buried her parents; given birth to a daughter; and become a widow. It is 1942, and World War II has destroyed Sylvias dream of dancing in red heels through life to the melody of a Hank Snow record. Instead, she is raising her daughter, Sassy, alone in the coal mining town she vowed to leave behind. By 1955, thirteen-year-old Sassy has been brought up on a stiff dose of Mamas lessons on how to be a ladyeven though Mama drinks, smokes, and dates a myriad of men. But everything changes the day a woman accuses Sylvia of trying to steal her husband, forcing Sassy to come to terms with her Mamas harsh teen years. For Sylvia, only the support of kith and kin can rescue her from her mistakes. Spanning twenty years, Mamas Shoes is a haunting saga of love, despair, and forgiveness as a cadence of female voices weaves a spell of mountain lore and secrets, defines family as more than blood kin, and proves second chances can bring happiness. An absolutely wonderful novel, its setting a beautifully realized small Appalachian coal town, its characters so vivid theyre practically jumping off the page. Lee Smith, author of Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger and The Last Girls
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458200655
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
By the time Sylvia Richardson is eighteen, she has buried her parents; given birth to a daughter; and become a widow. It is 1942, and World War II has destroyed Sylvias dream of dancing in red heels through life to the melody of a Hank Snow record. Instead, she is raising her daughter, Sassy, alone in the coal mining town she vowed to leave behind. By 1955, thirteen-year-old Sassy has been brought up on a stiff dose of Mamas lessons on how to be a ladyeven though Mama drinks, smokes, and dates a myriad of men. But everything changes the day a woman accuses Sylvia of trying to steal her husband, forcing Sassy to come to terms with her Mamas harsh teen years. For Sylvia, only the support of kith and kin can rescue her from her mistakes. Spanning twenty years, Mamas Shoes is a haunting saga of love, despair, and forgiveness as a cadence of female voices weaves a spell of mountain lore and secrets, defines family as more than blood kin, and proves second chances can bring happiness. An absolutely wonderful novel, its setting a beautifully realized small Appalachian coal town, its characters so vivid theyre practically jumping off the page. Lee Smith, author of Mrs. Darcy and the Blue-Eyed Stranger and The Last Girls
The Penalty
Author: J. Michael Shea
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595178170
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This gripping legal thriller illustrates the ambiguity of justice, where an innocent man dangles fourteen years on death row before gaining his hard-won freedom. Based on the true story of Joe Brown and his young, court-appointed defense attorney, this book examines the illusion of a neutral or impartial jury, particularly in a capital murder trial of a young black man in the South. The attorney’s insight into the lengthy appeals process causes one to question the ultimate sentence of society—the death penalty—and the fight for life that ensues once it has been mandated. In broad strokes, this legal thriller paints a picture of the U.S. criminal justice system. Upon closer inspection, individual brush strokes reveal the underlying themes of racial and socio-economic prejudice, the concept of a “neutral” jury in capital murder trials, and the “good old boy” brand of justice so prevalent, still, in law enforcement agencies, courtrooms and judges’ chambers, not just in Florida, where this story takes place, but throughout the United States. Although this is a work of fiction, and some of the names and places have been changed, the details of this story closely reflect the original case history and trial circumstances.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595178170
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This gripping legal thriller illustrates the ambiguity of justice, where an innocent man dangles fourteen years on death row before gaining his hard-won freedom. Based on the true story of Joe Brown and his young, court-appointed defense attorney, this book examines the illusion of a neutral or impartial jury, particularly in a capital murder trial of a young black man in the South. The attorney’s insight into the lengthy appeals process causes one to question the ultimate sentence of society—the death penalty—and the fight for life that ensues once it has been mandated. In broad strokes, this legal thriller paints a picture of the U.S. criminal justice system. Upon closer inspection, individual brush strokes reveal the underlying themes of racial and socio-economic prejudice, the concept of a “neutral” jury in capital murder trials, and the “good old boy” brand of justice so prevalent, still, in law enforcement agencies, courtrooms and judges’ chambers, not just in Florida, where this story takes place, but throughout the United States. Although this is a work of fiction, and some of the names and places have been changed, the details of this story closely reflect the original case history and trial circumstances.