Ira A : 18 books
Losing Vietnam
How America Abandoned Southeast Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 24, 2013
In the early 1970s, as U.S. combat forces began to withdraw from Southeast Asia, South Vietnamese and Cambodian forces continued the fight against the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) and the National Front for the Liberation of South Vietnam (NLF), more commonly known as the Viet Cong. Despite the...
The 9th Infantry Division in Vietnam
Unparalleled and Unequaled
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Of all the military assignments in Vietnam, perhaps none was more challenging than the defense of the Mekong River Delta region. Operating deep within the Viet Cong--controlled Delta, the 9th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army was charged with protecting the area and its population against Communist...
How to Be Safe
Survival Tactics to Protect Yourself, Your Home, Your Business and Your Family
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2011
How to Be Safe is the most comprehensive safety and security manual on the market, encouraging individuals to take a positive, preventive approach to their own safety.
This well-researched reference, written by the founder and chairman of Guardsmark, one of the world’s largest security service...
by Ira A. Penn, Gail B. Pennix
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Records Management Handbook is a complete guide to the practice of records and information management. Written from a multi-media perspective and with a comprehensive systems design orientation, the authors present proven management strategies for developing, implementing and operating a ’21st century’...
Academic Labor
The Politics of Academic Labor in Communication Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2013
USC Annenberg Press has published The Politics of Academic Labor in Communication Studies, edited by Jonathan Stere. This collection features the work of 21 authors who raise difficult questions about academic labor in the field of communication studies. Twenty-one authors take on difficult questions...
by John Gribbin, Rhys Hughes, Christopher Nuttall
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2016
The title, Existence is Elsewhen, paraphrases the last sentence of André Breton’s 1924 Manifesto of Surrealism, perfectly summing up the intent behind this anthology of stories from a wonderful collection of authors. Different worlds… different times. It’s what Elsewhen Press has been about...
by Ira K. Wolf Ph.D., Sharon Weiner Green, M.A.
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2017
Barron’s SAT with Online Tests is completely revised and reflects all question types that appear on the current SAT. Step-by-step subject review helps students master the content, and full-length practice tests help students prepare to face the actual SAT.
This edition includes:
Six...
Play and Playfulness
Developmental, Cultural, and Clinical Aspects
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2011
While the psychodynamic understanding of play and play's therapeutic potential was long restricted to the realm of children, Winnicott's work demonstrated the profound significance of the capacity to play for healthy mental functioning during adult life. Scattered writings of Erikson, Glenn, and Shopper...
Dying to Be Thin
Understanding and Defeating Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia--A Practical, Lifesaving Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2010
In a society that favours a slim body image, eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia are on the increase. This authoritative and compassionate guide gives families, friends and sufferers themselves the help they need.
Adolescência em foco
contribuições para a psicologia e para a educação
Language: Portuguese
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Esta coletânea reúne textos de diferentes autores que têm, em comum, o estudo de aspectos da adolescência, tendo como base uma perspectiva crítica de análise em Psicologia Histórico-Cultural. Busca oferecer ao leitor novas possibilidades de compreensão da adolescência, procurando contribuir para a reflexão e intervenção na área da Educação e Psicologia.
Where Credit is Due
Bringing Equity to Credit and Housing After the Market Meltdown
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
While much recent attention has been focused on the subprime lending and foreclosure crisis, little has been said about its radically-disparate impact. Drawing upon history as well as insight into the current crisis, this book shows that this crisis is not an anomaly, especially for people of color;...
by Sharon Weiner Green, M.A., and Ira K. Wolf
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
This newly revised and updated manual gives you a test overview plus test-taking advice and a timetable for a typical computer-based GRE test. Added features include—A diagnostic test with an answer key and answer explanationsA verbal reasoning review with practice questions in sentence completion...
The Wound of Mortality
Fear, Denial, and Acceptance of Death
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2010
Death is a much avoided topic. Literature on mourning exists, but it focuses chiefly upon the death of others. The inevitable psychic impact of one's own mortality is not optimally covered either in this literature on mourning or elsewhere in psychiatry and psychoanalysis. The Wound of Mortality brings...
by Sandra A. Jacobson, Ronald W. Pies, Ira R. Katz
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2007
What do clinicians need to know to safely and effectively prescribe psychotropic medications to elderly patients?
Understanding the complex pharmacological changes that occur with aging is critical to informed prescribing -- yet much of today's practice in geriatric prescribing continues to...
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