New Releases by Paul Kennedy

Chrissie and Anthony Foster were like any other young family, raising their three daughters in suburban Melbourne with what they hoped were the right values. Chrissie could not have known that the stranger-danger she feared actually lurked in the presbytery attached to the girls'' Catholic primary school. Father Kevin O''Donnell, a long-term paedophile, lived and worked there. Two of their young daughters became victims of O''Donnell. And once the truth was revealed, the Fosters began a battle to find out how this could have happened. The Church offered silence, lies, denials and threats. Meanwhile, their daughters tried to piece together their fractured lives. This is the chilling true story that made national and international headlines. Chrissie Foster''s heartbreaking account of her family''s suffering, and their determination to stand up for themselves against the might of the Catholic Church, is testament to the strength of a mother''s love, and the resilience of the human spirit.

The King is back! Collectors and fans will love this handy new reference of everything Elvis, with 300 classic photographs, a complete guide to Elvis collectibles including every record he ever made, and an array of other fascinating information. Designed in a convenient carry-along format, this full-color guide offers collectors up-to-date pricing information for records and other collectibles, as well as information on Elvis'' personal history. No other guide to Elvis collectibles offers this much information in such a convenient size and affordable price!

Chrissie and Anthony Foster were like any other young family, raising their three daughters in suburban Melbourne with what they hoped were the right values. Chrissie could not have known that the stranger-danger she feared actually lurked in the presbytery attached to the girls'' Catholic primary school. Father Kevin O''Donnell, a long-term paedophile, lived and worked there. Two of their young daughters became victims of O''Donnell. And once the truth was revealed, the Fosters began a battle to find out how this could have happened. The Church offered silence, lies, denials and threats. Meanwhile, their daughters tried to piece together their fractured lives. This is the chilling true story that made national and international headlines. Chrissie Foster''s heartbreaking account of her family''s suffering, and their determination to stand up for themselves against the might of the Catholic Church, is testament to the strength of a mother''s love, and the resilience of the human spirit.

These "troublesome tales" take place in territories where the familiar and the expected quickly evolve into quirky, humorous, and sometimes dark variations. From a John Doe who discovers a scrap of extraterrestrial clothing to a Godfrey Daniel doomed to inhabit an assortment of hells, the characters and landscapes of this "unfortunate collection" will challenge and charm the adventurous reader....

A gas-station attendant waits wistfully for a mysterious young woman in a Mustang; astronauts find a promising, but curiously empty, planet; a modern corporation enjoys an eye-opening transformation; and an Irish lass gains enduring fame in post-colonial Pennsylvania: These and other "preposterous accounts" await readers who appreciate a wry angle and a wicked wit in this eclectic collection of stories....

"Like all Treatments-That-Work programs, this treatment is evidence-based. In the author''s clinical studies, CET has proven to successfully reduce levels of depression and anxiety in individuals with spinal cord injury, and also resulted in changes in negative self-perception and improved self-efficiacy. The intervention consists of seven, 60-75 minute sessions run two a week in small groups of six to nine people. By working in small groups, participants are able to share experience and build a community, reducing the sense of isolation that often results from sever injury. A corresponding workbook provides monitoring forms, homework exercises, and other user-friendly techniques to continue the work outside of therapy."--BOOK JACKET.

The Parliament of Man is the first definitive history of the United Nations, from one of America''s greatest living historians.Distinguished scholar Paul Kennedy, author of the bestselling The Rise and Fall of Great Powers, gives us a thorough and timely account that explains the UN''s roots and functions while also casting an objective eye on its effectiveness and its prospects for success in meeting the challenges that lie ahead. Kennedy shows the UN for what it is: fallible, human-based, often dependent on the whims of powerful national governments or the foibles of individual administrators—yet also utterly indispensable. With his insightful grasp of six decades of global history, Kennedy convincingly argues that "it is difficult to imagine how much more riven and ruinous our world of six billion people would be if there had been no UN."

An updated edition that explores how global issues at the heart of sociological discussion The second edition of this pioneering text, Global Sociology, offers an innovative approach to sociology that takes the global dimensions of the contemporary world as its overarching framework. Fully revised and updated with a new Introduction and three new chapters, Global Sociology is written in a fresh and relevant style for undergraduate readers whether they have studied sociology before or are approaching the subject for the first time. Carefully balancing contemporary sociological theory and concepts with arguments and concrete examples drawn from around the globe, Global Sociology highlights the scope and the importance of sociology for understanding the complex and ever-changing world around us. This new edition reflects current world events and debates in the discipline, importantly covering the aftermath of September 11, the new terrorist threat, and the impact of globalization.

What is stirring in the Ring? What foul thing infiltrated the magic circle and maligned their powers that fateful night? Why did one of them hang himself from a tree rather than tell the others what he knew? From there their powers begin to fail. Their attempt to raise him from the dead goes horribly wrong and their lives and loves collapse around them. Friendships break and each turns against the other as an ancient evil stirs. Set against the backdrop of the New Forest and the South England Coast, the landscape becomes a frightening and unfamiliar place as chaos walks the land. Gather Storm! In the growing madness everything familiar collapses around them and the ancient Beast walks amongst man.

Ce livre a fait l''effet d''une bombe lors de sa parution. Best-seller instantané aux Etats-Unis puis au Japon, décortiqué dans les chancelleries du monde entier, Naissance et déclin des grandes puissances prend, en ce début de XXIe siècle, des allures de prophétie : et si l''Amérique, superpuissance incontestée, se trouvait aujourd''hui à la veille de sa chute ?

A fundamental look at the basic reasons why most individual fitness programs fail or lose their effectiveness over time. Dr Paul Kennedy reveals the basic reasons for lack of success in typical, well-intentioned programs and the simple adjustments that can correct those problems. In many cases, these adjustments, while uncomplicated and easily implemented, are often overlooked or not perceived as the ''critical little things'' that are the difference between long-term fitness goal achievement and the nagging frustration of a programme doomed to failure. With dozens of photographs, charts, illustrations, several easy-to-use personal training logs and diaries, plus a questionnaire to assist in establishing individual fitness readiness, this easy-to-read and entertaining book has everything you need to make your fitness program REALLY work in the REAL world.

Here is the astonishing true story of an 18-year-old veteran of one of the world''s fiercest counterterrorist forces, the SAS. Crawl inside the mind of this legendary British rogue warrior, and live the kind of adventures most can only dream about. 8-page insert.

Une analyse de la situation mondiale et des relations internationales; énumération des grands défis auxquels le monde et les Etats auront à faire face en entrant dans le 21e siècle. [SDM].

Witches, goblins, black cats and pumpkins abound in this delightful collection of 3 Halloween activity books: "Little Halloween Stained Glass Coloring Book, Little Halloween Stickers," and "Fun with Halloween Stencils." 3-vol. set.

Presents a new and unified, view of carbocationic polymers, demonstrating the prodigious promise and unexploited possibilities in the field. Clarifies the tremendous advances made in the past decade in the elucidation of cationic polymerization, and the exploitation of new mechanistic information in terms of new products and processes in the laboratory.

Soldier I, so named to preserve his anonymity at the coroner''s inquiry into the Iranian Embassy siege, spent a remarkable 18 years in the SAS, becoming a legend within that legendary force. This book tells the full story of those years, including accounts of operations with which he was involved.