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The Things That Keep Us Up At Night: Biohorror, Biothriller Movies, the Law and the Science by Victoria Sutton. This book celebrates the new subgenre of biohorror and biothriller movies which has grown rapidly in the last two decades, building on a classic past beginning with Nosferatu (1922) and The Seventh Seal (1957)moving through the Biotechnology Revolution to the movies that use engineered and natural attacks from Mother Nature. All of these movies bring an amazing view of human nature in a disaster, a pandemic and sometimes a collapse of society. This book examines 48 movies representative of this biohorror subgenre with a look through the science and the law. Could this really happen? What laws do we have to protect us? What science do we have that can combat these biological threats? A book that will keep you up at night.

This book examines the emerging area of biosecurity law which includes international law, emergency public health law, laboratory biosafety and biosecurity regulations in the context of state, federal and international governance.

Managing Overseas Operations: Kiss Your Latte Goodbye is a clever guide through the perils and pitfalls as well as the joys and fun of being a manager in a foreign country The authors are both distinguished and awarded ambassadors for the United States, with combined service of more than fifty years in fifteen different countries on four continents during their careers. Written in a briefing style with meetings scheduled throughout one packed day with the authors, the book is filled with anecdotes which bring to life the reason you need to read this book if you are contemplating an international career. Winner of the 2014 Paris Book Festival Award in the non-fiction category! Finalist for the Eric Hoffer Book Award 2015!

Halloween Law is a spirited guide through law school study starting with that first scary year. Looking at the law through the lens of Halloween proves the old rule that truth is stranger than fiction. Halloween cases that conjure up issues in constitutional law, criminal law, tort law, property law and contract law introduce you to the first year curriculum. If you survive the first year, you can move on to several upper level courses for those who dare --- employment law, oil and gas law and lots of local government law creep into the Halloween Law experience. Halloween Law will leave you ready to deal with any case from the crypt. Halloween Law --- now that's the spirit!