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Bookshelf Beverly Peterson, associate professor of English, American studies and women's studies at Penn State Fayette. Screams from the Courthouse Basement, published by P.S. Campus Publishing Co. Peterson collaborated with campus advisory board member Wolford Swimmer to write this novel based on the Monaghan Affair, one of Pennsylvania's most infamous criminal cases. Twelve prominent citizens -- including local, county and state law enforcement officials, physicians and undertakers -- were indicted for the brutal murder of a local hotel owner regularly suspected of questionable activity. The story reads almost as a docu-drama, as it profiles the individual characters, relates the judicial results, revisits three Supreme Court of Pennsylvania precedents and discusses the political impact this affair had on the local population and on Pennsylvania history. Marshall W. Raffel, professor emeritus of health policy and administration. The U.S. Health System -- Origins and Functions, fifth edition, published by Delmar. Joining Raffel and Norma K. Raffel for the fifth edition is Camille K. Barsukiewicz, a doctoral graduate from the Department of Health Policy and Administration who is now on the faculty at the University of Memphis. The book is used at universities throughout the country as an introductory text for students who plan careers in health administration as well as for students who seek an understanding of how health care is provided and financed in the United States. |