Here is the story of Sante Kimes, a cold-blooded, calculating killer who lived according to her own mad rules, conned her way into millions with logic, cunning, and subterfuge and left a cross-country trail of bodies. Dragging her brain-washed and beloved son into her devious and passionate acquisition of houses, furs, and cars, she indoctrinated ...
We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, efficiency is important--it must always be part of the conversation when resources are scarce and citizens and governments have important choices to make ...
Linked to an unbelievable cross-country crime spree that may have included as many as four brutal murders, master criminals, Sante Kimes and Kenneth Kimes were eventually caught by the police and sentenced to life in prison. This is the story which goes behind the scenes.
In 1998, America learned about the creepy mother-son crime team of Kenneth and Sante Kimes, who cut a murderous swath across half the globe before being arrested in New York for the murder of their rich landlord. But few know that Sante has another son, Kent Walker, who makes an honest living in Las Vegas. In this memoir, Kent tells the bizarre ...
In a follow-up to his successful "A Private View", one of today's hottest fashion and portrait photographers presents his most thrilling images of supermodels in a large-format book printed on fine Italian paper. 25 color, 150 duotone photos.
An experimental memoir, in which the author relates the facts of his childhood and ancestry in various voices and styles, changing the course of events as it suits him, and contradicting the evidence that he supplies himself. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998.
A fundamental issue facing the global community is meeting the challenges of population aging and achieving healthy aging to maintain an active older population and reduce the number of disabled people. The focus of this book is on theoretical issues and empirical findings related to trends and determinants of healthy aging, including factors ...
In this lavishly illustrated volume, renowned fashion photographer Sante d'Orazio shares over 600 color and black-and-white photographs of supermodels, movie stars, and musicians. His famous subjects include as Kate Moss, Christy Turlington, and Robert De Niro.
Communicating the nature and consequences of environmental and health risks is still one of the most problematic areas of public policy in Western democracies. "Mad Cows and Mother's Milk" outlines the crucial role of risk management in dealing with public controversies and analyses risk communication practice to provide a set of lessons for risk ...
Is health care like the BC Ferry Service or Ontario Hydro? Lawrie McFarlane and Carlos Prado argue that health care is being treated as though it were just another public utility and that the present crisis in medicare has developed precisely because of this approach. In The Best-Laid Plans they contend that what health care needs is less ...
Introduction by Dr C David Naylor, and photographs by Peter Paterson. At the age of 37, Bill Harshaw was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease. The news changed his life forever, bringing forth a saga that will give hope to not only Parkinsonians, but to people with chronic disease everywhere. My Second Life is not a detailed road map or a set of ...
As North America's ethnic populations increase, health care and social service workers are recognizing the need to be more aware of the particular needs of their ethnic patients in order to provide culturally sensitive and effective treatment programs. This newly revised edition of "Cross-Cultural Caring: A Handbook for Health Professionals" ...
Local authors Bill and Cheryl Jamison are eminent travel and food writers, whose discriminating judgment pinpoints the best in restaurants, lodgings, music, festivals, museums, and galleries. The guide offers more historical and cultural depth than other guides to the area and features a handy new format and twice as many maps as previous editions.
When an 82-year-old Manhattan heiress disappeared, an investigation led to the arrest of Sante and Kenneth Kimes, a mother and son team who had lived in a world of riches and privilege. As they face trial, accused of a shocking array of crimes, including murder, an award-winning police reporter provides this gripping account of a case that ...
"Building Health Promotion Capacity" explores the professional practice of health promotion, and the means through which individuals and organizations become more effective in supporting and undertaking such practice. The concepts of "capacity" and "capacity-building" are used to structure this exploration. Simply put, capacity refers to those ...
After Peggy Edwards, Miroslava Lhotsky, and Judy Turner published their highly successful first book, The Healthy Boomer: A No-Nonsense Guide to Midlife Health for Women and Men, they embarked on a series of workshops with health professionals and men and women in midlife. Like them, the participants often found it almost impossible to juggle ...
The creator of a highly successful men's weight-loss program offers comprehensive, real-world guidance to help men shed pounds, improve their sex lives, and regain workplace confidence. Brooker's meal plan relies on ordinary supermarket foods, with no gimmicks, supplements, or impossible lifestyle changes.
In recent years, healthcare professionals have recognized the distinctly different healthcare needs and concerns of men and women. Women's health, in particular, has come into its own in the last two decades. In Canada, however, there has been little available in the way of a general text on women's health. This volume works toward filling that ...
This book provides an accessible introduction to psychological research and theory, relating these to healthcare experiences and practice. It explains how psychological theories can be used to interpret, explain and actively influence a student's own experience of and practice in, everyday contexts. It is written by an experienced author and ...
Writing from a personal experience with honesty, warmth and compassion, Meredith Seafield Grant explores eating disorders, the development, the depths of despair but most importantly the hope and reality of recovery. With over twenty years of personal journal entries as a resource, Meredith has compiled the wisdom and insight she gained on the ...
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