Joan Hill

And Still the Sky is Pink and Blue by Joan Hill is a poetry collection consisting of at least 45 intimate and family-centred poems. Excerpt from And Still the Sky is Pink and Blue by Joan Hill: "This is the year I grew old knocked down by those who claimedthey meant no harm. Though when it came to saving me each took his bitetrustee, lawyer, real estate agent and the biggest chunk of alltaken by the one who claimed he loved me most. This is the year I grew old became aware of lawscareless of the lives they dislodge designed to break down wallsto shatter this house of strong timbers solid as rock. This is the year I grew old my children and Imake our way alone, our life endedas sharply as the lines I slashed on paper reduced to a scarred charcoal image."

From small town Northern farmboy to Civil War Marine, this book tells the story of Private George H. Bandfield through his own words, transcribed through four of his diaries. Bandfield served on board the USS Vanderbilt as they chased the CSS Alabama across the Atlantic Ocean, and later served on board the USS Brooklyn during the Battle of Mobile Bay and the battles at Fort Fisher. Experience firsthand the journey of this Civil War Marine in this all-new volume documenting the life of Bandfield, edited by his descendants, Troy A. Hillman and Joan (Hillman) Hill. Also included in this volume is a biography of his life, family photos, several letters, perspectives on his life as seen through pension files, and finally, the brief "diary" of Pvt. Edwin C. McKee, fellow Marine, who recorded a month and a half of his voyage on the Vanderbilt, and whose voice is also preserved in these pages.

This is the first comprehensive bibliography that deals with comparative criminology and other signficant works in the field dating from the 1960s. The guide covers 500 studies on crime, law, and social control in two or more cultures. The volume is organized into three main sections: meaning and measurement in criminology, cross-national crime rates, and social control and penal policies. The work is intended for students, for scholars and professionals, and for all researchers concerned with criminal justice studies around the world. The bibliography includes a preface, eleven chapters on topics of major importance, appendices, and author and subject indexes. The chapters deal with general issues in comparative criminology, cross-national data, perceptions of crime, violent crime, crimes against property, economic and political crime, transnational corporate crime, correlates of crime, underdevelopment and modernization, social control and dispute resolution, and criminal justice and penal policies. The appendices point to useful sources for further research. In addition, a full author and subject index is provided.