International Adoption

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THE COMPLETE LIFEBOOK WORKBOOK, by Jim Mooney. Aurora: Adoption Strategies Publishers, 1996, Paperback (no price or ISBN printed on book). Reviewed by Kendra Corr Roberson.

LIFEBOOKS: CREATING A TREASURE FOR THE ADOPTED CHILD, by Beth O'Malley. Winthrop: Adoption-Works Publishers, 2000, paperback, ISBN 0-9701832-7-5, $13.95. Reviewed by Kendra Corr Roberson.

ADOPTION LIFEBOOK: A BRIDGE TO YOUR CHILD'S BEGINNINGS, by Cindy Probst. Boston: Boston Adoption Press, 2001, paperbacks, ISBN 0-9717496-0-4, $12.95. Reviewed by Kendra Corr Roberson.     

Book Reviews

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Nobody in Charge: Essays on the Future of Leadership, Harlan Cleveland, (2002) San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, ISBN 0-7879-6153-1, 268 pp. $27.95/£17.50 (hbk).

Technological Change and Organizational Action, David Preece and Juha Laurila (eds.), 2003 London: Routledge, ISBN 0-415-26591-6, 221 pp., £60 (hbk)     

BOOK REVIEWS

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GENDER AND ADDICTIONS: MEN AND WOMEN IN TREATMENT. Shulamith Lala Ashenberg Straussner and Elizabeth Zelvin (Eds.) Northvale, NJ: Jason Aronson Inc., 1997. Reviewed by Michael Beechem.

COUNSELING FEMALE OFFENDERS AND VICTIMS: A STRENGTHS-RESTORATIVE APPROACH, van Wormer, Katherine. New York: Springer Publishing Co., 2001, 390pp., ISBN 0-8261-11395-1, Hardcover. Reviewed by Ted R. Watkins.     

Closed Circuit TV Debate Bridges the Gap between Schools

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Children of Cambodia's Killing Fields: Memoirs by Survivors, compiled by Dith Pran. New Haven, Conn: Yale University Press, 1998. 199 pp. ISBN 0-300-06839-5. $14.95.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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ADOPTION WISDOM: A GUIDE TO THE ISSUES AND FEELINGS OF ADOPTION. Russell, Marlou. Santa Monica, CA: Broken Branch Productions, 1996, 204 pp., ISBN 1-888511-12-5, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Tracy Simonson.

CHILDREN IN LONG-TERM FOSTER CARE: EMOTIONAL AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT. McAuley, Colette. Aldershot: Avebury, 1996, 196 pp., ISBN 1-85972-252-0, $59.95 hardcover. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.     

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HUMANISTIC DESIGN OF ASSISTED LIVING. By John P. Marsden. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005. ISBN: 0-8018-8031-9, MSP $49.95 Reviewed by Doris L. Milke     

Organizing for Disaster Preparedness

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MANAGING AND ORGANIZATIONS: AN INTRODUCTION TO THEORY AND PRACTICE, by Stewart Clegg, Martin Kornberger, and Tyrone Pitsis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, ISBN: 0-761-94389-7, 562 pp. Reviewed by Karun K. Singh.

DESIGNING AND PLANNING PROGRAMS FOR NONPROFIT AND GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS, by Edward J. Pawlak and Robert D. Vinter. San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 2004, ISBN: 0-787-97412-9, 288 pp. Reviewed by Judith M. Rockway.

ROOTS TO POWER: A MANUAL FOR GRASSROOTS ORGANIZING (SECOND EDITION), by Lee Staples. Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 2004, ISBN: 0-275-96998-3, 392 pp. Reviewed by Elizabeth Beck.     

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ADOPTION, IDENTITY, AND KINSHIP: THE DEBATE OVER SEALED BIRTH RECORDS. Wegar, Katarina. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1997, 169 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-300-06759-3, $22.50 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

SUCCESSFUL ADOPTIVE FAMILIES: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF SPECIAL NEEDS ADOPTION. Groze, Victor. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publisher Group, 1996, 184 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-275-95343-2, $49.95. Reviewed by Manfred van Dulmen.     

BOOK AND CD REVIEWS

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THE NEW COMMUNITY NETWORKS: WIRED FOR CHANGE. D. Schiller. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

THE WIRED NEIGHBORHOOD. S. Doheny-Farina. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1996. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

HEALTH ONLINE. Tom Ferguson. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 1996, $17 US, $23 Canada. Reviewed by Jerry Finn.

COMPUTERIZATION AND CONTROVERSY: VALUE CONFLICTS AND SOCIAL CHOICES, 2nd Edition. Edited by Rob King. San Diego: Academic Press, 1996, 961 pages, $44.95, paperback. Reviewed by Mona Acker.

VIRTUAL INDIVIDUALS, VIRTUAL GROUPS: HUMAN DIMEN SIONS OF GROUPWARE AND COMPUTER NETWORKING. J. A. Oravec. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN: 0-521-45493-X, $49.95, hardback Reviewed by Goutham M. Menon.

COMPUTER RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES: A GUIDE TO EXPLORING TODAY'S ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, Second Edition. The Alliance for Technology Access. Alameda, CA: Hunter House, 336pages, $17.95, paperback. Reviewed by Peggy Quinn.     

Book and cd Review

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CREATIVECOMPUTING IN HEALTH ANDSOCIAL CARE. Edited by F. E. Yates. Chichester, England: John Wiley and Sons, 1996, xiii + 220 pp., ISBN: 0-471-95586-8. Reviewed by John G McNutt.     

BOOK AND CD REVIEW

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QUICK GUIDE TO THE INTERNET FOR SOCIAL WORK. J. Yaffe. Boston: Allyn & Bacon, 1998, pp. 147. ISBN: 0-205-27974-0 Reviewed by Goutham M. Menon.     

Gay Dads: Transitions to Adoptive Fatherhood by Abbie E. Goldberg

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PATTY'S JOURNEY FROM ORPHANAGE TO ADOPTION AND REUNION. Norling, Donna Scott. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1996, 208pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-8166-2866-1, $17.95 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

KINSHIP WITH STRANGERS: ADOPTION AND INTERPRETATIONS OF KINSHIP IN AMERICAN CULTURE. Modell, Judith S. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994, 286 pp., Hardcover ISBN 0-520-08118-8, $35.00 cloth. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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IN THE NAME OF THE FAMILY: RETHINKING FAMILY VALUES IN THE POSTMODERN AGE. Judith Stacey. Boston: Beacon Press, 1996, 194 pp., ISBN 0-8070-0432-4, $22.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Valerie S. Mannis.

CONFESSIONS OF A LOST MOTHER. Elisa M. Barton. Baltimore, MD: Gateway, 1996, 157 pp., ISBN 0-9650795-0-3, $14.95 paper. Reviewed by Karen Schmid.

THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD: THE LEAST DETRIMENTAL ALTERNATIVE. Joseph Goldstein, Albert J. Solnit, Sonja Goldstein, and the late Anna Freud. New York: The Free Press, 1996, 311 pp., ISBN 0-684-82337-3, $35.00 hardcover. Reviewed by Renee Garfinkel.     

Two Ways to Think About Intergenerational Program Development

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Verdi. By Jannell Cannon. New York: Harcourt Children's Books, 1997, ISBN 0-15-201028-9. Reviewed by Elizabeth Larkin.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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THE SIXTEEN-TRILLION-DOLLAR MISTAKE, by Bruce Jansson. ISBN: 0-231-11432-X, Columbia University Press, 2001. $29.00. Reviewed by David Woody III.

FOUNDATIONS OF SOCIAL POLICY: SOCIAL JUSTICE, PUBLIC PROGRAMS AND THE SOCIAL WORK PROFESSION, by Amanda Smith Barusch. ISBN 0-87581-447-6, F.E. Peacock Publishers, Inc., 2002. Reviewed by Diane Carol Holliman.

THE GENTLEMAN FROM NEW YORK, by Godfrey Hodgson. ISBN 0-395-860423, Houghton-Mifflin, 2000, $38.00. Reviewed by George Haskett.

WHO SPEAKS FOR AMERICA'S CHILDREN, by Carol DeVita and Rachael Mosher-Williams, editors. ISBN 0-87766-704-7, Urban Institute, 2001, $26.50. Reviewed by John G. McNutt.

THE INVISIBLE CARING HAND: AMERICAN CONGREGATIONS AND THE PROVISION OF WELFARE, by Ram Cnaan. ISBN 0-814-71618-0, New York University Press, 2002, 340 pages, $19.50. Reviewed by Melanie Wilson.     

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EMPOWERING WOMEN OF COLOR. Lorraine M. Gutierrez, and Edith A. Lewis, Editors. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 1999. 225or272pp. ISBN 0-231-10117-1 (pbk.). Reviewed by Silvia Dominguez.

SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE WITH AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN: THE INVISIBLE PRESENCE. Janice M. Rasheed and Mikal N. Rasheed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SagePublications, 1999, 201 pp. Reviewed by Larry D. Icard.     

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TREATING SLEEP DISORDERS: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF BEHAVIORAL SLEEP MEDICINE. Michael Perlis and Kenneth Lichstein, Editors. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, 2003, 485 pp., $75 hardback, ISBN 0-471-44343-3. Reviewed by Renee Natvig.     

BOOK REVIEWS

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ADDICTION IS A CHOICE. Jeffrey Schaler. Chi cago, IL: Open Court Publishing Company, 2000, 179pp. ISBN 0-8126-9404-X, Paper $19.95, ISBN 0-8126-9043-1, Cloth $42.95. Reviewed by Tom Greanias.

COYOTE SPEAKS: CREATIVE STRATEGIES FOR PSYCHOTHERAPISTS TREATING ALCOHOLICS AND ADDICTS. Jacques Rutsky. Jason Aronson Inc., 1998, 236pages. Paperback, $32. Reviewed by Rob ertA. Schnei der.     

Intergenerational Programs in the County of San Diego,USA

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THE MISSING LINK. Carson, R. B. Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2005, 418 pp. ISBN 1-4120-6315-9. Reviewed by Peter L. French.     

Books on History and Government Published in the United States from October 14, to November 18, 1933

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Merry M. Merryfield and Richard C. Remy (Editors). Teaching about International Conflict and Peace. Albany, N. Y.: State University of New York Press, 1995. 374 pages. Hardbound. ISBN 0-7914-2373-5. Reviewed by Kent Freeland.

Ralph Abraham. 1994. Chaos, Gaia, Eros: A Chaos Pioneer Uncovers the Three Great Streams of History. San Francisco: Harper San Francisco. Reviewed by Ronald H. Pahl.