Stephanie Klein: 8 books

"I did have my own friends, my own salary, my health, and TiVo: all the important things we're likely to take for granted. Still, when it hit that I'd now have to date again, I panicked. Dating meant nightclubs, heels, and black. It meant, 'No, thank you. Really, I'm full.' It meant matching...

Stephanie Klein was an eighth grader with a weight problem. It was a problem at school, where the boys called her "Moose," and it was a problem at home, where her father reminded her, "No one likes fat girls." After many frustrating sessions with a nutritionist known as the fat...

Kann man nach staatlichem Recht aus der kath. Kirche "austreten" und trotzdem weiter zur Glaubensgemeinschaft gehören? Die neu entfachte Debatte führen Experten aus Theologie und Rechtswissenschaft fort. Sie erörtern religionssoziologische, dogmatische, pastorale und kirchenrechtliche...

Race and racism have played a divisive and defining role throughout much of America's history. Slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregation, and Ku Klux Klan terrorism have inflicted deep psychic wounds, social disparities, and economic disadvantages that have diminished the promise of equal rights and opportunities...

When you have attention-deficit disorder (ADD), you don't spend money like most other people. Past-due bills and impulsive spending can throw your finances into turmoil, and because these financial pitfalls are directly related to your ADD symptoms, they can seem impossible to overcome. The...

The Winter 2015-16 issue of Ploughshares. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Two out of each year's three issues are guest-edited by prominent writers who explore different personal visions, aesthetics, and literary circles, with the Winter issue staff-edited.   The...

The Civic Imagination provides a rich empirical description of civic life and a broader discussion of the future of democracy in contemporary America. Over the course of a year, five researchers observed and participated in 7 civic organisations in a mid-sized US city. They draw on this ethnographic...

Zu diesem Buch: Sehr geehrter Leser, vielleicht ist es Ihnen öfter so ergangen wie uns. In Zeiten der Globalisierung und der Zentralisierung sind viele Arbeitsplätze nicht mehr um die Ecke der heimischen Wohnung. Leider. Die Wegezeiten werden immer länger. Nun gibt es sicher so nette Dinge wie...