Product Description: Yosef ben Yehudah ibn Shimon was one of Maimonides' favorite disciples. In fact, it was originally and exclusively to him that Maimonides revealed his deepest secrets about philosophy and theology in his Guide for the Perplexed. In Dear Maimonides, Yosef finds himself miraculously transported to North America of the twentieth century, some eight centuries into his future, and begins to write a series of letters to his old mentor, describing the changes that have taken place to the world in general and to the Jewish people in particular...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: This text is part of a series which brings together essays in contemporary criminology, criminal justice and penology. It gives an overview of the latest theories and findings in this subject and deals with areas such as feminist criminology, left realism, critical criminology and abolitionism...read more

Product Description: The Newcomes is Thackeray's most "Victorian" novel, generous in its proportions, sharp in its criticism of the morality of the age, and encyclopedic in its reference. Set in the 1830s and 1840s, a period of rapid change and of political and economic development, the novel considers the fortunes and misfortunes of a respectable extended middle-class family...read more

Product Description: "The Case for the Prosecution" examines British criminal justice. It describes the findings of the first major research into prosecution decision making since the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act. Under the new system, the Crown Prosecution Service was created...read more

Product Description: "The Case for the Prosecution" describes the findings of the first major research into prosecution decision-making since the 1984 Police and Criminal Evidence Act. Under the new system, the Crown Prosecution Service was created. It claimed to be open and fair, and to enhance the suspects' rights...read more

Describes Iran under the Shah, traces the Ayatollah Khomeini's rise to power, and speculates on the future of U.S.-Iran relations