A distinguished sociologist reveals the warning signs of a school shooter--and why we so often miss them Parkland. Sandy Hook. Columbine. The list of school shootings gets longer by the day, and it often seems like no school is safe. Over the last decades, school shootings have decimated communities and terrified parents, teachers, and children in even the most family friendly American towns and suburbs. We talk about these tragedies as the spontaneous acts of disconnected teens, but this important book argues that the roots of violence are deeply entwined in the communities themselves. Drawing on more than 200 interviews with town residents, sociologist Katherine Newman and her co-authors take the reader inside two of the most notorious school shootings of the 1990s, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and Paducah, Kentucky. In a powerful and original analysis, she demonstrates that the organizational structure of schools encourage administrators to "lose" information about troubled kids, and the very closeness of these small rural towns restrained neighbors and friends from communicating what they knew about their problems.Rampage challenges the "loner theory" of school violence and shows why so many adults and students miss the warning signs that could prevent it.

Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings

History

Katherine S. Newman

Cybelle Fox

Wendy Roth

Jal Mehta

David Harding

World

Basic Books

History Makers

DAVID BOYLE

Paul Brewer

ALAN BROWN

Malcolm Chandler

GERARD CHESHIRE

Ingrid Cranfield

Deborah Gill

Ray Driscoll

BRENDA RALPH. LEWIS

Barnes&Noble

The Complete Encyclopedia of Weapons

Reference

Galley Press

They didn't even know the rules of the game when they organized in 1890, but soon were a force to reckon with. In those days, they were called THE BUGEATERS. Relive the first decade of Nebraska football.

The Mighty Bugeaters

Sports & Outdoors

Football (American)

Legacy Preservation Publishing

Today's corporate deal makers face a conundrum: Though 70% of major acquisitions fail, it's nearly impossible to build a world-class company without doing deals. In Mastering the Merger, David Harding and Sam Rovit argue that a laserlike focus on just four key imperatives--before executives finalize the deal--can dramatically improve the odds of M&amp;A success. Based on more than 30 years of in-the-trenches work on thousands of deals across a range of industries--and supplemented by extensive Bain &amp; Co. research--Harding and Rovit reveal that the best M&amp;A performers channel their efforts into (1) targeting deals that advance the core business; (2) determining which deals to close and when to walk away; (3) identifying where to integrate--and where not to; and (4) developing contingency plans for when deals inevitably stray. Top deal makers also favor a succession of smaller deals over complex "megamergers"--and essentially institutionalize a success formula over time. Helping executives zero in on what matters most in the complex world of M&amp;A, Mastering the Merger offers a blueprint for the decisions and strategies that will beat the odds.

Mastering the Merger: Four Critical Decisions That Make or Break the Deal

Business & Money

Sam Rovit

Management & Leadership

Harvard Business Review Press

A Dempsey Parr Micropedia--A new and comprehensive series of reference books for use at home or in school, providing a fascinating and informative guide to all aspects of history.

People Who Shaped History

Dempsey-Parr

British History charts the cultural, political and scientific development of the people and institutions of the British Isles. Packed with battles, discoveries, explorations, great and notorious rulers, British History offers a comprehensive guide to the rich diversity of our past.

British History

Jon Sutherland

Gérard

Lucinda Hawksley

Prospero Books

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