Joan: 2841 books
Emerging Practice in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy
Innovative Theory and Applications
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
Emerging Practice in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy brings together some of the world's most influential contemporary psychotherapists in the field to look at the future of Focusing-oriented approaches.
Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy - a form of therapy that involves listening to the innate...
At His Feet
Five Bible Studies for Women
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2010
At His Feet: Five Bible Studies for Women are specially designed and thoughtfully selected to meet the needs of women from all walks of life and are conveniently covered in fifty-two lessons - one for each week of the year. These Bible Studies provide the opportunity for both individual and small...
When Prisoners Come Home
Parole and Prisoner Reentry
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2009
Every year, hundreds of thousands of jailed Americans leave prison and return to society. Largely uneducated, unskilled, often without family support, and with the stigma of a prison record hanging over them, many if not most will experience serious social and psychological problems after release....
The New Shop Class
Getting Started with 3D Printing, Arduino, and Wearable Tech
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
The New Shop Class connects the worlds of the maker and hacker with that of the scientist and engineer. If you are a parent or educator or a budding maker yourself, and you feel overwhelmed with all of the possible technologies, this book will get you started with clear discussions of what open source...
by Erik H. Erikson, Joan M. Erikson
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 1998
"This book will last and last, because it contains the wisdom of two wonderfully knowing observers of our human destiny."—Robert Coles
For decades Erik H. Erikson's concept of the stages of human development has deeply influenced the field of contemporary psychology. Here, with...
Josep Pla
Seeing the World in the Form of Articles
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2017
Josep Pla is Catalonia’s foremost twentieth-century prose writer. He witnessed and wrote about some of the twentieth-century’s most notable events including the Spanish Civil War and the foundation of the state of Israel. Due to a lack of translations of his work he is only now being discovered...
Try a Little Tenderness
A heart-warming wartime saga of a troubled Liverpool family
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
With the country on the brink of war, a family also faces struggles closer to home.
Try a Little Tenderness is a moving wartime saga, which sees Joan Jonker weave her magic once again in an unforgettable tale that is sure to stay with you long after you have finished the last page. Perfect...
Women and the Environment in the Third World
Alliance for the future
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
'This book ... should be issued to grass-root organisations everywhere' Doris Lessing, The New Scientist 'It is must reading for government planners, environmentalists and the ordinary layman' Asia Week Women in the Third World play the major role in managing natural resources. They are also the first...
by Joan Lachkar
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2011
In How to Talk to a Borderline, Joan Lachkar introduces Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) and outlines the challenges and difficulties it presents to clinicians. She expands current understanding of BPD by outlining eight different kinds of borderline personality disorders and how each of these...
by Joan Wallach Scott
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2019
Academic freedom rests on a shared belief that the production of knowledge advances the common good. In an era of education budget cuts, wealthy donors intervening in university decisions, and right-wing groups threatening dissenters, scholars cannot expect that those in power will value their work....
Expected Miracles
Surgeons at Work
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2010
Expected Miracles explores the world of surgeons from their own perspective—how they perceive themselves, their work, colleagues, and communities. Recognizing that surgery is an art, a craft, a science, and a business, Joan Cassell offers, through poignant, painful, and thrilling descriptions, a...
Common Complaints in Couple Therapy
New Approaches to Treating Marital Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
Marriage and couple therapists see clients with broken relationships and bonds all the time; those who were once madly in love can grow indifferent, people change, and couples go into sessions feeling depressed, traumatized, and sometimes abused by their partners. Joan Lachkar examines the vicissitudes...
Stretched Thin
Poor Families, Welfare Work, and Welfare Reform
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
When the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act became law in 1996, the architects of welfare reform celebrated what they called the new "consensus" on welfare: that cash assistance should be temporary and contingent on recipients' seeking and finding employment. However,...
by Joan Wester Anderson
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2011
Muddy paws. Cold noses. The Lord works in mysterious ways. One afternoon Joan Wester Anderson came across the story of a woman who believed she had been protected by an angel dog. An angel dog? Nonsense thought Anderson. But the more she thought about it the more she realized that perhaps she was putting...