Janet Jackson: 14 books

ONE OF THE GREATEST ENTERTAINERS OF OUR TIME CANDIDLY REVEALS HER VERY PERSONAL STRUGGLE WITH AN ISSUE SO MANY OF US FACE EVERY DAY: SELF-ESTEEM Janet Jackson emerged from the shadows of an already famous family to become one of the most beloved, recognizable, and influential performers in...

Janet and Dick Crawford worked together in their small veterinary practice in Wisconsin for thirty years. They raised five children, grew tons of vegetables, marched for Civil Rights, saw a thousand movies, and traveled to more than fifty countries. The year Dick died was the fifty-sixth year of their...

"Mr Percival the Pelican discovers a home "Where Kindness Only Matters". Follow the story of Mr Percival's rescue and rehabilitation from a devastating injury. Meet the Twinnies who provide medical care and a home for him and other injured birds like Peta, Bibbie, Albert, and Tiddles the Tawny Frogmouth. Be inspired by the work of the Twinnies Pelican and Seabird Rescue Inc.

9 Simple Things You Must Know About Back Pain Back pain can be a difficult condition for anyone to live with. People are left in great pain as they attempt to do normal everyday activities that are necessary for survival. Back pain sufferers can rejoice, though, as there are some methods to ease back...

New essays on the philosophy of Ned Block, with substantive and wide-ranging responses by Block. Perhaps more than any other philosopher of mind, Ned Block synthesizes philosophical and scientific approaches to the mind; he is unique in moving back and forth across this divide, doing so with...

Scholars across the humanities, social sciences, and information sciences are grappling with how best to study virtual environments, use computational tools in their research, and engage audiences with their results. Classic work in science and technology studies (STS) has played a central role in...

In 2003, the US Senate and Congress passed the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA), prompting a number of research projects that cumulatively began to broaden and deepen our understanding of this complex aspect of prison life. Risk Markers for Sexual Victimization and Predation in Prison contains the...

This collection presents, for the first time, a much-needed synthesis of the major research themes and findings that characterize the Woodland Period in the southeastern United States. The Woodland Period (ca. 1200 B.C. to A.D. 1000) has been the subject of a great deal of archaeological research...

The properties and function of human communication. Called “one of the best books ever about human communication,” and a perennial bestseller, Pragmatics of Human Communication has formed the foundation of much contemporary research into interpersonal communication, in addition to laying...

Nominated for The Global E-Book Awards, this collection of weekly messages offers rich insights and valuable wisdom along with a step-by-step guide on how to use calming, Mindfulness to deal with everyday challenges. Anyone can learn this simple ancient practice, and how to instantly apply it to life experiences to release fears and other thoughts that block happiness, your natural state.

Why do so many adults today struggle trying to fit in when it comes to their careers and relationships? Why do so many of us think we do not measure up? Measure up to what and according to whose expectations? Could these feelings stem from childhood? Could parents inadvertently be instilling these...

This timely intervention exposes the euphemized language of the extreme right as a Trojan Horse of deception to re-gain greater influence on public policy. Since the end of the Second World War, the extreme right has been tactically using ‘doublespeak’, aping the language of liberal democracy....

On the verge of her long-sought career breakthrough, singer Isbel Vargas has just completed the performance of a lifetime when a kidnapper demands a ransom for her father. Thanks to his car theft and antiquities operation, her father will be arrested if she involves the Acapulco police. Who can she...

Los autores, miembros del equipo que trabajó diez años en Palo Alto (California) con Gregory Bateson, estudian aquí la pragmática de la comunicación interpersonal. La comunicación es considerada como una relación cualitativamente diferente de las propiedades de los individuos que participan...