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Rich, Thin and Happy
"Rich, Thin and Happy" tells the story of Sharon Mitchell's global journey of self-discovery, through which the secrets of health, wealth and wisdom unfolded before her. The answers for every woman are woven through this amazing story that takes place in some of the world's most intriguing and exotic locations.
How to Be Rich, Thin and Happy
Sharon Mitchell sat and looked at the man who was going to change her life. He was mesmerizing.'So you want to be rich, thin and happy?' he asked.Sharon nodded as she stared past him to look at the Buddha statue behind, and wondered how she, an ordinary mother and wife, from an ordinary suburb, had ended up sitting with a monk on the dry, hard dirt of a remote town in Southeast Asia.'I can help you with that,' the monk said, 'because your journey is actually the universal search to be healthy, wealthy and wise.'So began Sharon's voyage of self-discovery, which became an adventure of global proportions as the secrets of how to become healthy, wealthy and wise unfolded before her.How to be rich, thin and happy? The answers for every woman are woven through this amazing story set against the backdrop of some of the world's most intriguing and exotic locations.This book is honest, entertaining and thought-provoking. You won't just read it--you'll experience it.
Nothing But the Rent
In this first novel, four single, former coeds, who met when they were the only African American women at their Minnesota college, reunite at a friend's wedding and forge a lasting bond before returning to their separate lives.
Narrative Prosthesis
Reveals how depictions of disability in fiction serve an essential narrative function
Cultural Locations of Disability
In Cultural Locations of Disability, Sharon L. Snyder and David T. Mitchell trace how disabled people came to be viewed as biologically deviant. The eugenics era pioneered techniques that managed "defectives" through the application of therapies, invasive case histories, and acute surveillance techniques, turning disabled persons into subjects for a readily available research pool. In its pursuit of normalization, eugenics implemented disability regulations that included charity systems, marriage laws, sterilization, institutionalization, and even extermination. Enacted in enclosed disability locations, these practices ultimately resulted in expectations of segregation from the mainstream, l...
Sheer Necessity
A single mother, college student, and owner of an up-and-coming hair salon, twenty-nine-year-old Toni Carleton is trying to do it all. But when her loved ones need a little tender loving care, Toni discovers what happens when life cuts straight to the heart - and why family comes first. A new novel from the author of Nothing But the Rent whose work has been compared to Bebe Moore Campbell and Terry McMillan.
The Body and Physical Difference
Groundbreaking perspectives on disability in culture and the arts that shed light on notions of identity and social marginality
The Biopolitics of Disability
Theorizing the role of disabled subjects in global consumer culture and the emergence of alternative crip/queer subjectivities in film, fiction, media, and art
Ethics for Psychotherapists and Counselors
Ethics for Psychotherapists and Counselors utilizes positive discussions accompanied by a variety of thought-provoking exercises, case scenarios, and writing assignments to introduce readers to all the major ethical issues in psychotherapy. First book designed to engage students and psychotherapists in the process of developing a professional identity that integrates their personal values with the ethics and traditions of their discipline Authors take a positive and proactive approach that encourages readers to go beyond following the rules and to strive for ethical excellence Utilizes a variety of thought-provoking exercises, case scenarios, and writing assignments Authors present examples from their own backgrounds to help clarify the issues discussed Text emphasizes awareness of one’s own ethical, personal, and cultural backgrounds and how these apply to one’s clinical practice
A History of Disability
The first book to attempt to provide a framework for analyzing disability through the ages, Henri-Jacques Stiker's now classic A History of Disability traces the history of western cultural responses to disability, from ancient times to the present. The sweep of the volume is broad; from a rereading and reinterpretation of the Oedipus myth to legislation regarding disability, Stiker proposes an analytical history that demonstrates how societies reveal themselves through their attitudes towards disability in unexpected ways. Through this history, Stiker examines a fundamental issue in contemporary Western discourse on disability: the cultural assumption that equality/sameness/similarity is al...
