Smith, Roger

Jack Burn, a former security specialist who stole three million dollars from a bank in order to save his family from disaster and created a new life in South Africa with his wife and son, draws the attention of a corrupt Afrikaner cop and a Zulu detective after two meth addicts who broke into Burn's home are found dead.

Examines the efforts of the United Nations to preserve basic human rights for all individuals including the right to political freedom and the right not to suffer torture or cruel punishment.

A collection of articles that provide information about 120 significant developments, discoveries, innovations, and inventions in a variety of scientific disciplines, each with a photograph or illustration; arranged chronologically from 1890 to 1997.

Contains alphabetically arranged articles that provide information about 195 twentieth-century inventions, from simple gadgets to complex medical breakthroughs, and features biographical profiles of some of the inventors. Includes a time line, a list of topics by category, and an index.

Contains 140 articles that provide information about various aspects of the solar system and deep-space astronomy, arranged alphabetically from antimatter to x-ray and gamma-ray astronomy; and includes a glossary, a categorized list of essays, and a subject index.

Examines the lives of teens in rural North America, focusing on the various types of vehicles used in the country for work and play, including cars and trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and all-terrain vehicles, and discussing the importance of safety and the future of rural transportation.

Examines the lives of teens in rural North America, featuring descriptions of rodeos, horseback riding, hunting, and fishing, with stories of real-life teens who engage in these sports.

Explores issues related to prison conditions in the United States, discussing overcrowding, disease, violence, and abuse.

Presents a brief look into the history of punishment and incarceration from ancient Babylon to the penal systems in place today.

Explores issues related to youth imprisonment, discussing the history of juvenile justice, the differences between girls and boys, and the effects of incarceration on young people, and describing detention centers.