New Releases by Stephen White

This introductory book considers early childhood issues within the context of society, family, and classroom approaches that influence the care and education of children from birth through age eight to help teachers build their teaching philosophy. Contains detailed cases, teaching checklists, tips for teachers, ad philosophy building activities in every chapter. Provides four chapters on child development. Presents chapters on family development and family-school relations. For Education and School Administrators in Early Childhood Education.

From New York Times bestselling author Stephen White comes the sixth suspense thriller featuring psychologist Dr. Alan Gregory.Summoned to the hospital to learn the motives behind a teenage girl''s suicide attempt, Alan discovers that the girl''s young stepsister lies near death in another hospital with a heart disease. Denied an experimental new treatment that could save her life by her parent''s managed-care provider, the stepsister has become a symbol of a health care system more concerned with costs than with the lives of its patients. And when a wealthy executive of the family''s HMO is found dead, Alan and Denver detective Sam Purdy uncover the truth that links the teenage girl to his death, and the truth behind a family willing to kill in the name of love...and revenge.

Psychologist Alan Gregory attends the funeral of an old colleague whose death soon begins to look sinister. Persuaded to examine his own past, Gregory is forced to revisit painful memories and realises that the apparently innocent deaths of a number of old friends are connected.

After her father is assassinated, beautiful Emma Spire retreats to Colorado in search of privacy, but when someone stalking her is shot by a friend, the situation escalates, and Dr. Alan Gregory takes on the most personal case of his career

Written for the millions of science teachers, students and the public who want evidence of their views. Society must make important choices in health and medicine, the environment, energy sources, the courts and in risk and safety. These issues and many other problems facing us require knowledge of science for their solution. Polls show that nearly half of the US population believes the myths, superstition and paranormal delivered by TV and the press. Despite the great advances of science in the 20th century, pseudo-science and anti-science are still around, even growing in some of the greatest universities and institutions in the land.

A fully-illustrated record of the architectural and environmental concerns of the leading architect Joseph Allen Stein. One of the most influential architects to work in India, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Indian Government.

In this novel of "fascinating psychological suspense" (San Francisco Chronicle), Dr. Alan Gregory follows a trail of harrowing secrets, naked violence, and hidden shame into the haunted heart of a friend he thought he knew. And now, what Alan still doesn''t know might kill him.

Hunting for Easter eggs, Baby Bop sees a lot of things she thinks are eggs, but are not, including Barney''s toes

In this text, experts in Russian party politics provide detailed coverage and discussion of Russian politics and voting behaviour. It includes two chapters on the December 1995 parliamentary elections

In the second "Christmas" book starring Barney and his pals, the gentle purple dinosaur, BJ, and Baby Bop make a visit to the North Pole to see Santa Claus just before the big day. BJ and Baby Bop are each able to ask Santa for one special gift . . . and their choices lead to a heartwarming surprise on Christmas morning! Full color.

Russians are the world''s heaviest drinkers. The consumption of alcohol permeates family life, shapes the economy, and plays an occasional but striking role in the political leadership. It was in Russia in the 1980s that the most sustained attempt of its kind was made to eliminate alcohol abuse, and even drinking itself. Drawing upon a wide range of original sources, including interviews, surveys and the local press, Stephen White provides the first full-length study of this extraordinary campaign. He traces the profound influence of alcohol through Russian history, and charts the campaign from its initiation under Mikhail Gorbachev to its disappointing aftermath in the post-communist 1990s. Attractively written and fully illustrated, Russia Goes Dry, first published in 1995, is an entertaining as well as instructive guide to a changing society and a classic case study of the limitations of politically directed social reform.

Barney sets an example to young readers, who are encouraged to say please and thank you as they read the story. A way to teach young children the importance of politeness and manners.

Barney and friends sail to Imagination Island where they meet a selfish man and teach him the joy of sharing.

The special sounds of winter come alive in the outdoor adventures of Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ.

Dramatic and confusing changes in what used to be the Soviet Union have transformed the world in which we live. Communist rule has given way to multiparty politics; a command economy is being painfully privatised; almost every social and cultural value has been overturned; and perestroika has now been swept away by the reforming policies of Boris Yeltsin. In turn, these policies are now challenged by a variety of conservative and nationalist forces. This fourth edition of Stephen White''s best-selling introductory text has been revised throughout. A new final chapter charts the first turbulent years of Yeltsin''s troubled presidency and the background to his radical policies. Clearly written but detailed and authoritative, After Gorbachev, like its predecessors, will continue to provide an unrivalled guide to the processes of transition, upheaval, and collapse which now characterise Russia and the post-Soviet republics.

This book, written by three of the West''s leading scholars of Soviet and post-Soviet affairs, traces the politics of transition in the late 1980s and early 1990s from its origins to its uncertain post-communist future. Detailed but clearly and accessibly written, The Politics of Transition provides an ideal guide for students and specialists to the changes that have been taking place in the politics of the newly-independent nations that together constitute a sixth of the world''s land surface.

As a nightmare blizzard of evil sweeps a Rocky Mountain winter wonderland, a trail of secret sins leads clinical psychologist Dr. Alan Gregory deeper into the heart and mind of a monstrous murderer. Reissue.

Traditional and new rhymes featuring Barney.

Aims to provide an accurate and up-to-date guide to communist and post-communist political systems. This edition is produced by different authors, has been substantially rewritten and includes a new chapter on the leaderships of various countries.