Authors:Stephen Graham Jones, Forrest Ackerman, Stephen Jone
Publisher: Billboard Books
Keywords: features, film, video, creature, century, monster, movie, guide, essential
Number of Pages: 448
Published: 2000-09-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0823079368
ISBN-13: 9780823079360

More than 3,500 reviews of the best and the worst creature features of all time fill this largest, most comprehensive volume ever published on the subject-a record of dark fantasy on film to thrill horror and science-fiction fans of all ages. Classics range from Frankenstein, Dracula, and Wolfman films of the 1930s and 1940s to later cheesy horror movies exported from Japan, Mexico, and the Philippines, plus selected episodes from Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, and The X-Files. Arranged alphabetically for easy reference, each review includes cast and background information and remake

Author: Hal Ackerman
Publisher: Tallfellow Press
Keywords: way, ackerman, screenplays, write
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-10
List price: $21.95
ISBN-10: 1931290520
ISBN-13: 9781931290524

Author: Frank Ackerman
Publisher: Zed Books
Keywords: economics, new, world, warming, afford, future
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2008-12-15
List price: $86.95
ISBN-10: 1848130376
ISBN-13: 9781848130371

In this book, Frank Ackerman offers a refreshing look at the economics of climate change, explaining how conventional economic theories get in the way of understanding this urgent problem. The benefits of climate protection are vital but priceless, and often devalued in cost-benefit calculations. Modest preparation for the most predictable outcomes of global warming is less important than secure protection against the growing risk of catastrophic change; massive investment in new, low carbon technologies and industries is life insurance for the planet. Ackerman makes an impassi

Author: Diane Ackerman
Publisher: Vintage
Keywords: love, history, natural
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1995-02-21
List price: $16.00
ISBN-10: 0679761837
ISBN-13: 9780679761839

The bestselling author of A Natural History of the Senses now explores the allure of adultery, the appeal of aphrodisiacs, and the cult of the kiss. Enchantingly written and stunningly informed, this "audaciously brilliant romp through the world of romantic love" (Washington Post Book World) is the next best thing to love itself.

Author: Marc J. Ackerman Ph.D.
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: psychological, essentials, assessment, forensic
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2010-04-26
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 0470551682
ISBN-13: 9780470551684

Quickly acquire the knowledge and skills you need to confidently administer, score, and interpret the key assessment instruments used by forensic psychologists Mental health professionals are frequently called on to perform forensic assessments for a wide variety of court cases. To use these instruments properly, professionals need an authoritative source of advice and guidance on how to administer, score, and interpret them. Now fully revised and in a second edition, Essentials of Forensic Psychological Assessment is that source. The Second Edition is completely updated to r

Authors:Alan R. Ackerman, Alan R Ackerman,
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Keywords: bulls, bears, bewildered, masters, strategies, fire, winning, investing
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2003-06
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 1576601374
ISBN-13: 9781576601372

In our post-bubble, post-9/11 world, we are attempting to work through one of the most complex cycles of uncertainty in memory. The last three-year collapse in stocks ended in 1941, when the United States, not yet a global power, was already at war. The current three years’ toll on investors’ wealth has been staggering. Many investors are angry, almost all are disappointed, and many feel betrayed. In addition to risks posed by terrorism and geopolitical uncertainty, market participants have experienced extremes of volatility and vulnerability, a string of high-profile corporate scandals, a

Author: Frank Ackerman
Publisher: Island Press
Keywords: policy, public, values, markets, recycle
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 1996-12-01
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 1559635053
ISBN-13: 9781559635059

The earnest warnings of an impending "solid waste crisis" that permeated the 1980s provided the impetus for the widespread adoption of municipal recycling programs. Since that time America has witnessed a remarkable rise in public participation in recycling activities, including curbside collection, drop-off centers, and commercial and office programs. Recently, however, a backlash against these programs has developed. A vocal group of "anti- recyclers" has appeared, arguing that recycling is not an economically efficient strategy for addressing waste management problems.In Why Do We Recycle?