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Promoting Self-Change from Problem Substance Use
Practical Implications for Policy, Prevention and Treatment
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
For many years, what has been known about recovery from addictive behaviors has come solely from treatment studies. Only recently has the study of recoveries in the absence of formal treatment or self-help groups provided an alternative source of information.
This book on the process of self-change...
by W. Alberti, K.K Aug, W. Calvo
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The biologic effects of radiation on normal tissues and tumors represent a complex area for investigation. These effects are of far-reaching consequence to the diagnostic radiologist and the radiation oncologist having a significant impact not only in concepts relative to radiation protection but...
Renal and Adrenal Tumors
Pathology, Radiology, Ultrasonography, Therapy, Immunology
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
The present volume constitutes an attempt to compile contem porary features of diagnosis and treatment of renal and adrenal tumors. A thorough survey of the field is ensured by the authors' considerable scientific experience. Tumors of the kidneys and the adrenal glands are being diagnosed and treated...
W.C. Fields by Himself
His Intended Autobiography with Hitherto Unpublished Letters, Notes, Scripts, and Articles
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
Fields never got around to writing his autobiography, but at his death in 1946, he left behind a vast assortment of notes, outlines, scrapbooks, letters, scripts, scenarios, and photographs. Now his grandson, Ronald J. Fields, has edited and woven this wealth of previously unpublished material into...
by Ana Iorga, Ming Hsu, Irit Shapira-Lichter
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
A comprehensive introduction to using the tools and techniques of neuroscience to understand how consumers make decisions about purchasing goods and services.
Contrary to the assumptions of economists, consumers are not always rational actors who make decisions in their own best interests....
by W.D.C Wagiswara, K.J. Saunders
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2012
The Buddha's Way of Virtue
by W.D.C Wagiswara and K.J. Saunders
This is a translation of the Dhammapada, one of the central sacred texts of Buddhism. This primary document embodies key concepts of Buddhism expressed in simple parables and metaphors. This clarity has led to it being one of the...
by Kevin J. Anderson, William C. Dietz, Aaron Allston
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2013
Five short novels by five masters of military science fiction. It’s a war out there. In these pulse-pounding tales, the best (or worst) soldiers in the galaxy are pitted against powerful aliens on distant battlefields. Never before published stories about monsters, deadly combat tech, treachery,...
by K.B. Spangler, Michael J. Martinez, Mary Robinette Kowal
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2016
Geeky Giving’s authors—15 bright stars in the science fiction and fantasy community—explore what happens when leading-edge science fuels fiction in this anthology inspired by the work at Barrow Neurological Foundation.
In these pages you’ll find authors explore the consequences of targeting...
Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families
Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2009
Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions_from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers_the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals...
Beyond the Bounds
Open Theism and the Undermining of Biblical Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2003
"Everyone who believes in God at all believes that He knows what you and I are going to do tomorrow."
–C. S. Lewis
This understanding of God's foreknowledge has united the church for twenty centuries. But advocates of "open theism" are presenting a different vision of God and a different...
by Robert Plummer, Mariam Kamell, C. D. "Jimmy" Agan III
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
Our understanding of the love of God has been tragically distorted. The comfortable, sentimentalized version we commonly encounter today is far from the biblical depiction of God’s love. Featuring contributions from well-known evangelical scholars, this multi-disciplinary study presents the biblical...
That First Kiss
Night Calls, #2
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2017
*Warning: Crank up the A/C! Reading this book may result in premature heat flashes, outbursts of laughter, and ruined undergarments. Proceed with caution.*
Mercurial and charming, Tate Larson is a rising author and playboy who has a different woman on his arm every night of the week. Focused...
The Faculty Mentor's Wisdom
Conceptualizing, Writing, and Defending the Dissertation
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2010
This book focuses on using faculty mentoring to empower doctoral students to successfully complete their doctoral studies. The book is a collection of mentoring chapters showcasing professors and dissertation advisors from the most prestigious universities in the United States. They provide an extraordinary...
Reconsidering Roots
Race, Politics, and Memory
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2017
This wide-ranging interdisciplinary collection—the first of its kind—invites us to reconsider the politics and scope of the Roots phenomenon of the 1970s. Alex Haley’s 1976 book was a publishing sensation, selling over a million copies in its first year and winning a National Book Award and...