The staggering toll of gun violence—which claims 31,000 U.S. lives each year—is an urgent public health issue that demands an effective evidence-based policy response.

The Johns Hopkins University convened more than 20 of the world’s leading experts on gun violence and policy to summarize relevant research and recommend policies that are both constitutional and have broad public support. Collected for the first time in one volume, this reliable, empirical research and legal analysis will help lawmakers, opinion leaders, and concerned citizens identify policy changes to address mass shootings, along with the less-publicized gun violence that takes an average of 80 lives every day.

Selected recommendations include:

• Background checks: Establish a universal background check system for all persons purchasing a firearm from any seller. • High-risk individuals: Expand the set of conditions that disqualify an individual from legally purchasing a firearm. • Mental health: Focus federal restrictions on gun purchases by persons with serious mental illness on the dangerousness of the individual.• Trafficking and dealer licensing: Appoint a permanent director to ATF and provide the agency with the authority to develop a range of sanctions for gun dealers who violate gun sales or other laws. • Personalized guns: Provide financial incentives to states to mandate childproof or personalized guns. • Assault weapons and high-capacity magazines: Ban the future sale of assault weapons and the future sale and possession of large-capacity ammunition magazines.• Research funds: Provide adequate federal funds to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institutes of Health, and National Institute of Justice for research into the causes and solutions of gun violence.

The book includes an analysis of the constitutionality of many recommended policies and data from a national public opinion poll that reflects support among the majority of Americans—including gun owners—for stronger gun policies.

Daniels, who owns a branding and communications design firm, offers graphic designers a guide that focuses on the business aspects of building, managing, and growing a small design consultancy. He discusses partnering, business plans, building a brand voice, business structure, bookkeeping, self-discipline, location, vendors, markups, firm management tools and templates, designing a firm image, communicating credibility, business writing, crafting proposals, time management, marketing, growing the firm, and overcoming obstacles. Annotation ©2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Under Montana's big sky, two lovers will find their way back to one another...if an unsolved murder doesn't pull them apart forever....

In Big Timber, Montana, land and family is everything. So when Destry Grant's brother is accused of killing Rylan West's sister, high school sweethearts Destry and Ryan leave their relationship behind in order to help their families recover from tragedy.

Years later, Destry is dedicated to her ranch and making plans for the future. Plans that just might include reuniting with the love of her life...until her brother returns to clear his name and the secrets of the past threaten her one chance at happiness.

Rylan is done denying his feelings for Destry. But when clues begin to link her brush with death to his sister's murder, will discovering the truth finally grant them their chance at love or turn them against one another for good?

2 Great books in 1

$599

The highly anticipated sequel to Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch, read by more than 2 MILLION!

The highly anticipated sequel to Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch, read by more than 2 MILLION!

CARDWELL CHARM WAS ALL HE'D EVER NEEDED...UNTIL NOW

Six years ago, Dana Cardwell found her mother's will in a cookbook and became sole owner of the Cardwell Ranch in Big Sky, Montana. Now happily married, Dana is surprised when her siblings, Stacy and Jordan, show up on the ranch...and trouble isn't too far behind.

As danger draws closer to the ranch, deputy marshal Liza Turner quickly realizes that Jordan Cardwell isn't the man the town made him out to be.

This special collector's edition includes the story that started it all, Crime Scene at Cardwell Ranch!

Six years ago, Dana Cardwell found her mother's will in a cookbook and became sole owner of the Cardwell Ranch in Big Sky, Montana. Now happily married, Dana is surprised when her siblings, Stacy and Jordan, show up on the ranch...and trouble isn't too far behind. As danger draws closer to the ranch, deputy marshal Liza Turner quickly realizes that Jordan Cardwell isn't the man the town made him out to be.

A hundred years after an ancient demonic being is found by workers digging the Panama Canal, linguist Andrew Dennison is called in to communicate with the newly reawakened creature, teach it English, and learn its secrets.

To escape a killer, she muct accept the Chisholm brand of protection?

Alexa Cross has spent a lifetime outrunning the "curse" of her bloodline. Now she must confront her past to save her family from an extraordinary force of evil. Haunted or not, the eerie Wellington Manor radiates danger and Alexa has nowhere to run except to her strongest?and most irresistible?ally.

Ending the threat against Alexa is Marshall Chisholm's top priority. He'll stop at nothing to erase her fear?and replace it with white?hot desire. But the closer they get, the more mysterious she becomes. And if they stand a chance of uniting to unlock a killer's secrets, Marshall will have to first unlock Alexa's?

THIS CHISHOLM BROTHER RUSTLES UP MORE THAN HE BARGAINED FOR, BUT IT'S NOTHING A RUGGED COWBOY CAN'T HANDLE.

At his remote mountain retreat, Dawson Chisholm's peace is shattered by rustlers. To his surprise, the one he captures turns out to be a woman— and not just any woman, but a beautiful firebrand nicknamed 'Jinx.' Although she swears she's an undercover investigator, she has no proof.. .and Dawson has no other choice but to hold her close.

Brittany Bo 'Jinx' Clarke is determined to bring down the leader of the ring. Dawson wants to retrieve his stolen cattle. To get what they both want, they'll have to work together. But spending their days and nights alone— just the two of them against a band of thieves— presents another problem: resisting the irresistible Chisholm charm. And she's not sure she wants to..

After being framed for stealing millions of dollars from the mob, Tequila must deal with the entire Chicago mob, enforcers and hitmen, and Detective Jacqueline Daniels.

Several million bucks, stolen from the mob...All caught on video, with no chance of redemption...Now one man must face the entire Chicago Outfit, a group of hardened Mafia enforcers, a psychotic bookie, the most dangerous hitman on earth, and Detective Jacqueline Daniels...His name is Tequila. And he likes those odds.

Responding to a 911 call, Whitehorse Deputy Halley Robinson is stunned to find herself face-to-face with her teenage crush, Colton Chisholm. The schoolboy who had teased her is now a strong and sexy man?and he's on a mission to solve a case! But if he plans on unmasking a killer, he's going to need her help.

Colton can no longer run from the truth?someone in his small town has gotten away with murder. Now it's up to him to bring the killer to justice?with the help of local authorities, which, to his surprise, include Halley. The girl who had once idolized him is now a woman he must fight to resist. But as they work on the case, the attraction between them only grows stronger. Their rocky past may lead to a future together?unless the killer parts them forever.

The Archaeology of Fazzan is a major series of reports on the archaeology and history of Libya’s south-west desert region.This volume contains reports and analysis on a series of excavations carried out between 1958 and 1977 by the British archaeologist Charles Daniels, lavishly illustrated by site plans and numerous colour photographs – particularly of the rich artefact assemblages recovered. The publication will be high profile and a significant landmark in work seeking to record information about Libya’s long-term Saharan heritage. It will be an indispensable reference work to the nature of the Libya’s Saharan archaeology. The work will be of major value to the Libyan antiquities service and contracted archaeologists in concert with foreign oil companies, the NOC and the GMMR, and other similar major schemes.The key element of the story of Fazzan is the existence here of an early Libyan civilisation, the Garamantes, and the publication of the Archaeology of Fazzan volumes is putting in the public domain a rich dossier of information about their antecedents and descendants in this desert environment. This was a singularly important moment in Libya’s cultural history, with resonances also in Sub-Saharan Africa. There is great interest in the published volumes from specialists in Saharan, Sub-Saharan and Mediterranean archaeologists and historians as for the first time we can see in detail the effect of early Trans-Saharan links.

COMMUNITY COUNSELING: A MULTICULTURAL-SOCIAL JUSTICE PERSPECTIVE, 4e clearly describes and illustrates the practice of community counseling by discussing the most current issues and practices for community work in the 21st century. The Fourth Edition gives special emphasis to the practices of diversity, ethics, and the role of the counselor as a change agent and advocate. Focusing on how to promote change and growth, the text delivers effective guidelines for planning and implementing productive community counseling programs. It also provides readers with a basic understanding of the role of the community counselor, the services offered by community agencies, and the settings in which they are offered.

When Jace Dennison left Whitehorse twelve years ago, he never meant to return?until a family tragedy draws the undercover agent back to the town?and the woman he left behind. Suddenly Jace must deal with a life-changing Winchester revelation and serious danger. His Christmas homecoming is stirring up a hornet's nest of trouble, and his ex-fiancée, Kayley Mitchell, is smack dab in the middle.

The last thing Jace wanted was to put the warm and loving blonde in harm's way, but whoever has it out for him has taken Kayley hostage. Jace knows, without a doubt, he'll risk his own life to save Kayley's?and if he's given a second shot at her love, he'll take it.

Papa (Central Michigan University) describes and evaluates communication in organizations by focusing on three major perspectives for understanding organizations: traditional, interpretive, and critical. These three perspectives are used to provide insight into communication functions and structure, organizational culture, group relations, leadership, and new forms of organizing such as lattices and heterarchies. The book includes classic and current research in organizational communication complemented by comments from corporate leaders, along with descriptions of communication in different types of organizations, including General Motors, Wal-Mart, Grameen Bank, and an Appalachian homeless shelter. Learning features include chapter summaries, discussion questions, and activities. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This hands-on guide for interviewing and observing children in educational settings is a supplement for child development courses taken by elementary and middle school education majors. It includes a rationale for interviewing and observing children as a way to understand their behavior, learning, and development and makes connections to the work of major developmental theorists and educational researchers. It provides practical tips for incorporating observations and interviews of children into teachers' busy schedules and discusses the analysis of observational data and its uses for guiding educational practices (e.g., instruction, cooperative grouping, and parent conferences). The guide's organization follows the topical organization of most child development textbooks.

A thorough revision that now more than ever clearly describes and illustrates the practice of community counseling by discussing the most current issues and practices for community work in the 21st century. Especially emphasized in this edition are the practices of diversity, ethics and the role of the counselor as a change agent and advocate. Focusing on how to promote change and growth, this text provides effective guidelines for planning and implementing productive community counseling programs and provides readers with a basic understanding of the role of the community counselor, the services offered by community agencies and the settings in which they are offered. The text examines four vital facets of counseling: direct community counseling, direct client services (outreach), indirect community services (influencing public policy) and indirect client services (client advocacy).

An illustrated rendition of the hymn asking how to praise the all-encompassing God of the sparrow, storm, rainbow, cross, and loving heart.

Finally back in print! He's back, and he's bad! Now Tintin's back with his all his pals - Captain Haddock et al - battling it out against the State and bringing the old world to its knees, in a classic full-length graphic story of love, struggle and freedom. Give to your little niece or nephew for an adventure they can really get stuck into! "Absolutely terrible...We have a free press but there is a limit to how far it can go." [The Police Federation]