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This expanded edition of Wendy Ewald's now-rare book, first published in 1985, offers a view of the rural south over the past thirty five years. It includes pictures and stories by eight of Ewald's students, now grownups. Their visions, old and new, illuminate the present and the past.
These notes were first used in an introductory course team taught by the authors at Appalachian State University to advanced undergraduates and beginning graduates. The text was written with four pedagogical goals in mind: offer a variety of topics in one course, get to the main themes and tools as efficiently as possible, show the relationships between the different topics, and include recent results to convince students that mathematics is a living discipline.
This book is a delightful read and describes how a medical doctor used regression therapy to explore and transform the past lives of four of his patients to assist in their rapid healing. The patients came with a variety of symptoms including insomnia, fearful dreams, water and snake phobia, deja vu, procrastination, rage, loss of memory, fear of success, fear of public speaking and unexplainable pain. Through reliving and reframing their past life stories under trance, all four patients were able to gain rapid insight into their spiritual self and achieve healing. The book is written for the general reader and will also interest medical professionals and their patients.
At a time when teenage depression is escalating to worrisome levels, parents are alarmed to hear their children saying life is becoming too painful and not worth living. You Are Not Alone is an illuminating exposition on the inner dynamics of young people who are journeying through life challenges in a rapidly changing world of stressful situations rarely encountered a generation ago. While coping skills need to be re-examined, the ultimate goal in battling anxiety for these young people is not freedom from pain but a worthy, meaningful journey to adulthood. This appealing guidebook for parents, teachers and caregivers help give insight into adolescent depression and how to intervene to prevent the worst possible outcomes.
Unleash energy and achieve alignment in a whole new way! Plugging into Passions is a process for leading change that focuses on the individuals at every level of your organization. The process merges overall best practices in change management with recent developments in assessment methodologies to provide a powerful new approach for leaders at all levels. Learn how to: Predict when and why your team members will embrace some tasks and avoid others. Connect with your employees in a way that increases their commitment to their work and the organization. Communicate using key words that unleash energy and tap into each persons unique passion. Build support for your ideas and initiatives from peers, executives, and stakeholders. Create implementation strategies that not only reduce resistance, but that actually create a firestorm of support. Plugging into Passions is grounded in the belief that the most effective way to get people to embrace and accelerate change is to unleash the energy that is at the core of each person. It is not a magic bullet, but it is a crucial tool for anyone who strives to be an effective change leader.
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The AACR Annual Meeting highlights the best cancer science and medicine from institutions all over the world. Attendees are invited to stretch their boundaries, form collaborations, attend sessions outside their own areas of expertise, and learn how to apply exciting new concepts, tools, and techniques to their own research. Part A contains abstracts 1-3062 accepted for the 2017 meeting.
First Published in 2018. The Generality of Deviance advances the idea that all forms of deviant, criminal, reckless, and sinful behavior have one thing in common: the tendency to pursue immediate benefits without concern for long-term costs. The editors argue, and the contributors confirm, that such disparate behaviors as smoking, auto accidents, burglary, and rape are similar in that they all involve disregard for their inevitable consequences: poor health, injury, loss of freedom, shame, or disrepute. The chapters here show how various forms of deviance relate to one another and can be explained by a common theory involving self-management.The editors illustrate how the idea of self-contro...
Criminological Theory is an examination of the major theoretical perspectives in criminology today. Werner J. Einstadter and Stuart Henry lay bare various theorists' ideas about human nature, social structure, social order, concepts of law, crime and criminals, the logic of crime causation, and the policies and practices that follow from these premises. Material is presented and organized around these analytic and critical dimensions throughout the text. Criminological Theory provides students with a clear overview of the subject that enables informed comparisons among diverse concepts. Abstract concepts are explained clearly to maximize the significance of each theoretical framework. The authors cover the major literature in an engaging, comprehensive, and accessible way, allowing students to develop a critical understanding of foundational and contemporary ideas in Criminology.
After Legalization: Understanding the Future of Marijuana Policy is a groundbreaking new book examining how legal marijuana will likely be treated in the United States 20 years from now. According to Gallup 58% of Americans support ending marijuana prohibition, and Colorado and Washington State have already passed historic ballot initiatives to tax and regulate pot. When it comes to marijuana in the United States, it is no longer a question of when, but how it will be legalized. After Legalization is a creative exploration of one likely future for legal marijuana that will give readers a sense of the coming battles, relevant players and political dynamics which will dominate the issue in the...