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Cover of The Educated Parent 2: Child Rearing in the 21st Century, 2nd Edition
by Joseph D. Sclafani Ph.D.
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2012

Taking up where the 2004 edition of The Educated Parent left off, Child Rearing in the 21st Century is a must-have guide to parenting best practices. Author Joseph D. Sclafani, a psychologist and family therapist, highlights the different approaches to child rearing and provides practical advice about...
Cover of A to Zoo, Supplement to the Ninth Edition: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books, 9th Edition
by Rebecca L. Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2016

A to Zoo is a beloved favorite of children's librarians everywhere, providing easy subject access that helps you build your collection and enhance programs and reading lists for young children. Covering children's picture books published in 2014 and 2015, this supplement complements the ninth edition...
Cover of Immigrant Children and Youth: Psychological Challenges
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Language: English
Release Date: July 14, 2015

This book is intended to inform both the general public and professionals working with immigrant children and adolescents about the importance and complexity of addressing their psychological issues and experiential challenges. The work covers the topic of immigrant children's mental health from multiple...
Cover of Debates for the Digital Age: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of our Online World [2 volumes]
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Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015

By evaluating the Internet's impact on key cultural issues of the day, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the seismic technological and cultural shifts the Internet has created in contemporary society. • Includes essays on overarching themes and issues that are essential to understanding...
Cover of Western Daughters in Eastern Lands: British Missionary Women in Asia
by Rosemary Seton
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013

Despite the fact that by the early 20th century female missionaries began to outnumber their male counterparts, there are few publications that document the contributions of women to the missionary movement against a backdrop of civil unrest, famine, and war. Western Daughters in Eastern Lands: British...
Cover of Roots of Haiti's Vodou-Christian Faith: African and Catholic Origins
by R. Murray Thomas
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2014

What are the historical reasons for the popularity of two contradictory worldviews in Haiti, Vodou and Catholicism? What elements of Vodou and Catholicism are alike, and how are they drastically different? What is the connection between indigenous African religions and Vodou? And why has religion...
Cover of A History of Genocide in Africa
by Timothy J. Stapleton
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2017

Based on a series of detailed case studies, this book presents the history of genocide in Africa within the specific context of African history, examining conflicts in countries such as Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Namibia, Rwanda, and Sudan. • Provides an unprecedented comprehensive...
Cover of Being Called: Scientific, Secular, and Sacred Perspectives

Being Called: Scientific, Secular, and Sacred Perspectives

Scientific, Secular, and Sacred Perspectives

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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015

This unique book is an essential resource for interdisciplinary research and scholarship on the phenomenon of feeling called to a life path or vocation at the interface of science and religion. • Offers religious, spiritual, scientific, and secular avenues of understanding experiences of...
Cover of Science and the World's Religions [3 volumes]
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Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012

In Science and the World's Religions, experts with scientific and religious backgrounds explore vital existential or practical issues, drawing on whatever sciences are relevant and engaging at least two religious traditions. The multidisciplinary essays exhibit rigorous intellectual, scholarly thinking...
Cover of Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep [2 volumes]
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Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014

The first set of its kind, Lucid Dreaming: New Perspectives on Consciousness in Sleep provides a comprehensive showcase of the theories, research, and direct experience that serve to illuminate how certain people can maintain conscious awareness while dreaming. The text is organized into two sections,...
Cover of The Psychedelic Policy Quagmire: Health, Law, Freedom, and Society
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Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2015

Hallucinogenic substances like LSD, mescaline, peyote, MDMA, and ayahuasca have a reputation as harmful substances that are enjoyed only by recreational users committing criminal acts. But leading international researchers and scholars who contributed to this book hold that the use of psychedelic...
Cover of The World's Population: An Encyclopedia of Critical Issues, Crises, and Ever-Growing Countries
by Fred M. Shelley
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2014

According to the United Nations, the population of our planet reached 7 billion people in 2011. What areas of the world have the most people? What measures, if any, are in place to control the population? Why is Europe's population shrinking, while the rest of the world is growing? This eye-opening...
Cover of The Triumph of the Gun-Rights Argument: Why the Gun Control Debate Is Over
by Harry L. Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015

Gun control evokes passions equaled by few other subjects. As this book shows, the debate over firearms begins with cultural values and extends into questions of constitutional rights, public health and safety, and politics. Examining its subject through the prism of the Sandy Hook shootings, the...
Cover of Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11
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Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013

Existing literature regarding the events of September 11 and our world afterward has focused mostly on the West and the Middle East. Asian Perspectives on the World's Religions after September 11 extends this discussion to include Asia—a continent and culture far too important to be ignored in any...
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