'Sappi una cosa tuo padre ti ha adorato, ti adora e ti adorerà per sempre, anche se non le vediamo le persone ci stanno vicine, molto vicine'. Munatius Meleagrus Aureus-Tommy Stewart, un ragazzo come tutti gli altri, ha grossi problemi a stringere amicizie. È cresciuto solo, con sua madre dato che ha perso il padre. Presto scoprirà di far parte di un modo fantastico e di essere uno stregone. Per imparare a dominare i suoi poteri dovrà studiare in un College per persone speciali come lui: la Merlingstone University o Accademia del Fantasy. Farà un sacco di nuove amicizie ma ci saranno anche delle prove da superare. Tommy Stewart riuscirà a superarle, anche grazie all'aiuto dei suoi nuovi amici.

The role of behavioral and social sciences in the courtroom setting has expanded exponentially in the past few decades. It is now widely recognized that scientists in these areas provide critical contextual information for legal decision making, and that there is a reliable knowledge base for doing so. While there are many handbooks of forensic psychology, this is the first such volume to incorporate sociological findings, broadening the conceptual basis for examining cases in both the civil and criminal realms, including immigration issues, personal injury, child custody, and sexual harassment.

This volume will examine the responsibilities of expert witnesses and consultants, and how they may utilize principles, theories and methods from both sociology and psychology. It will show these disciplines together can improve the identification and apprehension of criminals, as well as enhance the administration of justice by clarifying profiles of criminal behavior, particularly in cases of serial killers, death threat makers, stalkers, and kidnappers. The volume is quite comprehensive, covering a range of medical, school, environmental and business settings. Throughout it links basic ideas to real applications and their impact on the justice system.

Over the course of the last four decades, Robert Cialdini's work has helped spark an intellectual revolution in which social psychological ideas have become increasingly influential. The concepts presented in his book, Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, have spread well beyond the geographic boundaries of North America and beyond the field of academic social psychology into the areas of business, health, and politics. In this book, leading authors, who represent many different countries and disciplines, explore new developments and the widespread impact of Cialdini's work in research areas ranging from persuasion strategy and social engineering to help-seeking and decision-making. Among the many topics covered, the authors discuss how people underestimate the influence of others, how a former computer hacker used social engineering to gain access to highly confidential computer codes, and how biology and evolution figure into the principles of influence. The authors break new ground in the study of influence.