San Antonio College Library

From Waco to Columbine, from Oklahoma City to New York City, from domestic abuse and drive-by shootings to religious fanaticism and acts of terrorism, the poems in Like Thunder are for those who have perished and those who have survived. More than 140 poems by 120 poets focus, in the editors' words, on "the violence in the news, the violence in our schools, the violence in our homes, as well as the violence in our own minds." The poets gathered here...

"Politicians, the media, and religious leaders are all quick to assure us that religion has no share of the blame for the terrorist campaigns and the ethnic and inter-communal conflicts that increasingly threaten our peace and security. In a passionate and powerfully-written analysis Oliver McTernan argues that unless this mindset is challenged the world will never eliminate the threat of faith-inspired terror."--Provided by publisher--

"Early Modern Tragedy and the Cinema of Violence is a highly original study that considers two genres set four hundred years apart - revenge tragedies of the early seventeenth century and violent cinema of the last thirty years. What happens when we connect The White Devil with Basic Instinct, The Changeling or Titus Andronicus with Straw Dogs, Doctor Faustus with Se7en, Taxi Driver or Robocop with The Spanish Tragedy?"--Jacket.

Books about sports, even those written by scholars, are frequently little more than hagiography. They extol the virtue of athletics for participant and spectator alike. Of greater rarity are those that look critically at the political, social, economic, and psychological underpinnings of contemporary sports. Violence in sports is among the relatively neglected issues of serious study. Sports Violence is perhaps the first collection of scholarly theory...

School shootings scare everyone, even those not immediately affected. They make national and international news. They make parents afraid to send their children off to school. But they also lead to generalizations about those who perpetrate them. Most assumptions about the perpetrators are wrong, and many of the warning signs are missed until it's too late. Here, Peter Langman takes a look at 48 national and international cases of school shootings...

"In Bad Faith, Dr. Neil J. Kressel journeys to the heart of religious militancy, bearing the insights of modern psychology and social science. Having spent decades researching genocide, terrorism, and antisemitism, Kressel is in a unique position to analyze the extremist mind-set and shed light on the genesis of religious radicalism."--Jacket.

Despite headlines that label all harassment among youth as bullying, there is in fact a difference between sexual harassment and bullying. This book discusses the similarities and important differences between the two, offering firsthand accounts from victims and others involved in combating the activities that victimize students. It provides parents, youth advocates, scout leaders, and other concerned adults with practical steps to partner with schools...

"From the author of The Hinge Factor and The Weather Factor comes a new look at the history of revolution, at the people and events that brought wrenching, often enduring - and always bloody - change to countries and societies almost overnight." "Using historical texts and eyewitness accounts, Durschmied analyzes a broad range of revolutions and revolts over the last two hundred years. In doing so, he asks the question: what do revolutions - almost...