Halpern: 111 books
Dancing into the Light
A Spiritual Journey of Healing
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2018
Dancing into the Light is a heartwarming memoir that captures one woman’s transformative journey of self-discovery by making peace with a family at once extremely dysfunctional, yet oddly endearing. As a child, her troubling interaction with her depressed mother coexisted with the affection she...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2015
The poems included in this volume are drawn from Rob Halpern's four collections and two chapbooks-Common Place, Disaster Suites, Imaginary Politics, Music for Porn, Rumored Place, and Weak Link-one long writing project for which [ -- ] stands here in lieu of a proper title. The writing collected...
Social Poverty
Low-Income Parents and the Struggle for Family and Community Ties
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2019
How low-income people cope with the emotional dimensions of poverty
Could a lack of close, meaningful social ties be a public—rather than just a private—problem? In Social Poverty, Sarah Halpern-Meekin provides a much-needed window into the nature of social ties among low-income, unmarried...
Managing Today’s News Media
Audience First
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015
The business of journalism is in the midst of massive change. Managing Today’s News Media: Audience First offers practical solutions on how to cope with and adapt to the evolving media landscape. News media experts Samir Husni, Debora Halpern Wenger, and Hank Price introduce a forward-looking...
Bad Paper
Chasing Debt from Wall Street to the Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2014
The Federal Trade Commission receives more complaints about rogue debt collecting than about any activity besides identity theft. Dramatically and entertainingly, Bad Paper reveals why. It tells the story of Aaron Siegel, a former banking executive, and Brandon Wilson, a former armed robber, who become...
by Julie Halpern
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2009
Anna Bloom is depressed -- so depressed that her parents have committed her to a mental hospital with a bunch of other messed-up teens. Here she meets a roommate with a secret (and a plastic baby), a doctor who focuses way too much on her weight, and a cute, shy boy who just might like her.
But...
Who's Writing This?
Fifty-five Writers on Humor, Courage, Self-Loathing, and the Creative Process
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
Who is really controlling the pen?
Editor Daniel Halpern was profoundly curious about the creative process—so he asked fifty-five world-renowned writers to briefly muse on "the fictional persona behind the scenes," the alter(ed) ego who takes over when there is true literary work...
Target Underwear and a Vera Wang Gown
Notes from a Single Girl's Closet
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2007
The story of a young woman’s life, one outfit at a time.
Tucked inside the fibers and buttons and pockets of the clothing in our closets are the stories of our lives, the lessons we’ve learned, the people we’ve loved. Like so many of us, Adena Halpern has used clothes to conform, to seduce,...
The Great Beyond
Higher Dimensions, Parallel Universes and the Extraordinary Search for a Theory of Everything
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2008
The concept of multiple unperceived dimensions in the universe is one of the hottest topics in contemporary physics. It is essential to current attempts to explain gravity and the underlying structure of the universe. The Great Beyond begins with Einstein’s famous quarrel with Heisenberg and Bohr,...
The Etiquette of Illness
What to Say When You Can't Find the Words
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2008
What should I say when I hear that my friend has cancer? How can I help but not get in the way? How do I let my loved ones know what I need?
The Etiquette of Illness is a wise, encouraging, and essential guide to navigating the complex terrain of illness. This collection of anecdotes and insights...
by Leslie R. Halpern, MD, DDS
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2016
This issue of Dental Clinics of North America focuses on Impact of Oral Health on Interprofessional Collaborative Practice, and is edited by Drs. Linda Kaste and Leslie Halpern. Articles will include: The Barber Pole Might Have Been an Early Sign for Patient-Centered Care: What does IPE/CP/PCC look...
Inside the Nudge Unit
How small changes can make a big difference
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
With a foreword by Richard Thaler, winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2017!
Dr David Halpern, behavioural scientist and head of Number 10's Behavioural Insights Team, or the 'Nudge Unit', invites you inside the unconventional, multi-million pound saving initiative that makes a big difference...
by Marty Halpern
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2011
Are we alone? From War of the Worlds to Invasion of the Body Snatchers, ET to Close Encounters, creators of science fiction have always eagerly speculated on just how the story of alien contact would play out. Editor Marty Halpern has gathered together some of the best stories of the last 30 years,...
by Julie Halpern
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2013
Alex and Becca have always been best friends. But when Becca does something nearly unforgivable at Alex's dad's funeral, Alex cuts ties with her and focuses on her grieving family.
Time passes, and Alex finally decides to forgive Becca. Then she's hit with another shocker: Becca has cancer....