Having no knowledge of her involvement with the cartel, Kiara is beaten and threatened by her fiance and son of her father's best friend. She goes into hiding and is taken under the care of her employer. An innocent in the mix, she falls in love with Miguel who has vowed never to fall in love.Against his better judgment, he swears his loyalty to Kiara but will give her nothing more. Kiara is left in the unknown, until the truth of his past and his deadly secrets come back to hurt them both. Years may have passed, but the cartel still seeks vindication for their loss.

It's all about "respect" with this game based on Mario Puzo's "Godfather." This official game guide includes detailed maps, tips for completing every objective and mini-mission, and a complete character customization tutorial.

This superbly engaging and highly enlightening book presents a comprehensive and bottom-up view on the highly overlooked topic of Respect. The author - an expert in the concept of continuous improvement - thoughtfully identifies the fundamental components of Respect and reassembles them in a very logical and practical manner, offering a profound look into human behavior and thought processes. The book explores the following questions and more: - What is the essence of Respect between people? - How do you define Respect? What does Respect mean to you? - What causes you to command Respect? - What causes you to lose Respect? - Do you understand enough about Respect to instill it in a child? - Do you know what to do to gain Respect in your life and, more importantly, sustain it? The concept of Respect is presented in a whole new light and perspective, and a strong case is made about the role Respect plays in shaping and fostering success in life. The author draws support from a wealth of personal stories from childhood through adulthood, as well as personal business experiences and high profile public headline news references. The author brilliantly and transparently engages a continuous improvement approach, used extensively in the business world, to uncover a compelling roadmap to gaining and sustaining Respect as an integral part of a quality lifestyle. Parents and couples will find this book very intriguing and thought provoking and will yearn to get to the next chapter for more insights, useful advice, and the author´s personal stories. Young adults and professionals will be equally engaged and will gain valuable knowledge and pragmatic advice that may be put to practice promptly and continuously, for many years.

This book, first published in 1987, is a landmark contribution to macrosociology that extends the tradition of Sorokin, Durkheim, Marx, Weber and other founders of the discipline in new and exciting directions. Using their innovative content analysis methodology to examine American and British political documents, the authors show that the long-term dynamics of culture are subject to their own laws and are independent of the actions of 'great men' and other individual actors. This comprehensive volume brings together over two decades of the authors' research on culture indicators. Key findings include the identification of two long-term cultural cycles in the United States and Great Britain: one is related to party realignments, the other to long-term economic fluctuations. In addition, the authors demonstrate how culture provides the themes that political parties use to interpret economic conditions in their appeal for votes. Other results show that organizational cultures move in opposite directions from those in the culture of the larger society. The book also includes detailed discussions of both the methodology used to analyse text content and related metatheoretical issues in the study of cultural dynamics.

Days of Respect offers specific strategies for creating a multiday schoolwide event that brings together young people, teachers, parents, administrators, and the community to build respect, promote integrity, and stop the violence. Twenty-one reproducible handouts facilitate all phases of the event: presenting the idea to parents and administrators, conducting planning meetings, staging the event, and establishing ongoing campaigns to reduce violence. This book is the winner of the California School Board Association’s Award of Excellence.

Compiled and edited by a recognized leader in the field and author of the best-selling text on content analysis of recent times.

Sometimes life is stranger than reality TV. When Johnny Koester is laid off from his TV production job in New York, he moves west, landing in Los Angeles just as the ashes from the riots are settling. The only job he can find is in the burgeoning new field of "reality television," and suddenly Johnny's working like a dog on Shocking Hollywood Secrets and, better still, Psychic CrimeBusters. Unfortunately for Johnny, life at his new home in Hollywood Court View is even more bizarre than his work. Plagued from day one by his mysterious neighbor, Benny, Johnny soon finds himself following clues having to do with old baseball scorecards and Tony Bennett songs -- and inadvertently setting into motion a series of events that will reveal Benny's deep, dark East Coast past. The only thing going right in Johnny's life is Joan -- the director of a shelter for runaway teens -- who has a heart of gold and a body that makes him weak. He interviewed her for one of his shows, and sparks definitely flew. But will she still love him when Shocking Hollywood Secrets hits the air? Putting his own quirky spin on the classic tale of a New York transplant in L.A., Steven Schindler has penned a hilarious tale of underworld intrigue, whirlwind love, and the somewhat difficult birth of a TV phenomenon.

The Second Edition of Content Analysis: An Introduction to Its Methodology is a definitive sourcebook of the history and core principles of content analysis as well as an essential resource for present and future studies. The book introduces readers to ways of analyzing meaningful matter such as texts, images, voices - that is, data whose physical manifestations are secondary to the meanings that a particular population of people brings to them. Organized into three parts, the book examines the conceptual and methodological aspects of content analysis and also traces several paths through content analysis protocols. The author has completely revised and updated the Second Edition, integrating new information on computer-aided text analysis. The book also includes a practical guide that incorporates experiences in teaching and how to advise academic and commercial researchers. In addition, Krippendorff clarifies the epistemology and logic of content analysis as well as the methods for achieving its aims. Intended as a textbook for advanced undergraduate and graduate students across the social sciences, Content Analysis, Second Edition will also be a valuable resource for practitioners in a variety of disciplines.

This seven volume set reissues a collection of out-of-print titles covering a range of responses to modern culture. They include in-depth analyses of US and Australian popular culture, works on the media and television, macrosociology, and the media and ‘otherness’. Taken together, they provide stimulating and thought-provoking debate on a wide range of topics central to many of today’s cultural controversies.