conduct of life

A collection of excerpts from magazines, books, and newspapers, mostly from the Great Depression, and the author's own personal life stories to reassure and inspire women who are in financial despair.

The author examines American culture to determine what compels individuals to display dramatic and personal events on the public stage, discussing four cases that focus on individuals driven by revenge, betrayal, ambition, and madness.

Focuses on the specific issue, are athletes good role models, and offers a variety of perspectives eyewitness accounts, governmental views, scientific analysis, newspaper and magazine accounts, and many more to illuminate the issue.

Collects stories and essays by fifty-four juniors and seniors from San Francisco's Mission High School in which they discuss the various ways the Golden Rule can be--or has been--applied in their lives. Includes audio CD with seven selected readings.

A parable story designed to teach teens how they can achieve success in whatever they pursue in which a student moves to Las Vegas and is thrown in with a mix of eccentric characters who teach her simple lessons for success.

A collection of letters written to young people that address a number of issues from predominately Hispanic and African-American men that include single parenthood, sexually transmitted diseases, the allure of materialism, and the power of words and faith.

An etiquette guide for modern men that explains the rules of proper behavior and attire for a wide variety of places and situations.

Offers girls advice on how they can get respect and keep it in every aspect of life, with tips for setting boundaries, valuing originality, speaking up when the line is crossed, solving disrespect dilemmas, finding help, and more.

Chronicles the life of the Prophet Muhammad, focusing on his spiritual and ethical teachings, and exploring the events and people that shaped his life and beliefs.

Barnaby Gaitlin, a thirty-year-old who was frequently in trouble as a youth, has been working steadily for eleven years for Rent-a-Back, Inc., but it seems as though his family, his ex-wife, and even the woman who seems to be interested in him, just cannot get over his past.