Can today's college students confront race relations issues directly and make positive changes? Yes, they can. This book provides students with a fresh, practical approach to address these serious iss
Wealth should never consume or imprison the wealth holder, but it can. This book provides solutions to the issues many wealth inheritors encounter, including problems with trust, family wealth secrets
Authored by a sex therapist who regularly works with clients who are attempting to navigate the dating world or improve their relationships, this book explains how technology plays a role in creating
What is the big deal about cannabis? This modern book covers everything from botany to the historical uses of marijuana to common misconceptions about the use of cannabis, with a primary focus on the
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This important book shares insights derived from surveys, interviews, and focus groups conducted with a diverse group of first-wave Baby Boomer women professionals (born 1946–1956). These individuals
Combining extensive research with interviews with key players in the efforts to recover from the 2008 crash of the consumer credit markets, this book looks at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau'
This book provides potential students of a chiropractic career path, as well as other health care practitioners, with vital information regarding the training required to enter the chiropractic field
Now in its sixth edition with coverage of major Supreme Court decisions through the end of the 2013–2014 term, this book remains a key source for students, professors, and citizens seeking balanced, u
America's broken food system has provoked an outcry from consumer advocates seeking to align food policies with public health objectives. This book examines both sides of the conflict for solutions.•
Written for general audiences, this unprecedented book comprehensively answers many questions about being transgender with current experiential and scientific information, including the evidence for a
To understand trade policy, one needs to understand the basics of international economics. This book provides nonspecialists with accessible explanations of international trade, enabling readers to ap
Can you imagine swapping your body for a virtual version? This technology-based look at the afterlife chronicles America's fascination with death and reveals how digital immortality may become a reali
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This unprecedented work is an invaluable resource for therapists treating patients with obsessive-compulsive personality disorder (OCPD), individuals suffering from OCPD, and for friends, family, and
Both a manual on the various methods for working with dreams as well as an easily understandable description about dreamwork methods and PTSD nightmares for general readers, this book will benefit psy
This book examines how presidents from Nixon to Obama have faced the challenges of global leadership in a dramatically changing world—one with more limited resources and an increasing number of threat
Succeeding in today's corporate and not-for-profit boardrooms is tougher than ever before, with new and established board directors facing myriad new and rapidly globalizing governance challenges. Dir
Presenting sociological as well as historical perspectives, this book supplies readers with a fascinating, unprecedented look at the most successful organized-crime family they've probably never heard
This fascinating anthology introduces readers to the literary side of Herman Melville's whaling world with an unprecedented collection of the original whaling texts from which Melville drew to create
Written by a clinical psychologist and illustrated with vignettes from the author's experience, this book offers a clear understanding of how suicidal thought develops, how we can help prevent death f
This nontechnical book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary survey of political economy that can easily be understood by any reader with an introductory-level background in economics.‧ Provi
This nontechnical book provides a comprehensive and interdisciplinary survey of political economy that can easily be understood by any reader with an introductory-level background in economics.‧ Provi
For those looking to become great business writers, this practical guide supplies clear instruction and examples of how to organize thoughts into written form, impart information with pinpoint accurac
For those looking to become great business writers, this practical guide supplies clear instruction and examples of how to organize thoughts into written form, impart information with pinpoint accurac
With the world about to experience a "Green Industrial Revolution" through the move towards carbonless energy generation, the United States should seize the opportunity to become a leader in renewable
To further his study of mass murderer Richard Speck and raise awareness of brain disorders, psychiatrist Marvin Ziporyn dared to meet with this killer in his prison cell twice a week. Although there
With a foreword written by former presidential candidate Michael Dukakis, this book portrays President Barack Obama as a true child of Hawai`i and explains why he believes that America can achieve ev
Manipulation comes in many forms. Parents routinely manipulate children with the best of intentions. Romantic partners manipulate each other, as do friends. Bosses manipulate workers---and vice versa
Buddhism is one of the world's most powerful religious traditions. It is now the third-mostpracticed religion in the United States, with about 2.4 million adherents. What is it about this faith that
This book offers a comprehensive overview of Japan's national security institutions and policy today, including a detailed discussion of Japan's regional security environment and its alliance with th
This collection provides readers with a comprehensive overview of postwar representations of Nazism in popular culture, documenting and critiquing their enormous impact and importance.
An expert in securing grant money provides a clear, step-by-step course in grant writing that readers can "attend" from the comfort of their home or office--and proceed with at their own pace.
Distinguished anthropologist George Foster defined the first edition as "a very readable introductory text dealing with the sociocultural aspects of health," adding: "the authors do a commendable job
This insightful study explores how a small state with limited economic resources has played an important role in vital, ongoing Middle Eastern political and security controversies.
Offering a new view and a fascinating understanding of coma states, this hope-filled work explains technology-driven insights and describes practices with which family members and caregivers can help
What actually caused the economic crisis in the United States in 1929? Why did a similar disaster occur again in 2008-2009? Today's news sources are filled with misinformation about what is happening
