Levin: 408 books
Blurring The Boundaries
The Declining Significance of Age
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2013
Over the decades, the lines separating young- middle-aged-, and older adults have blurred, as indicated by a broadening of the appropriate years for making life decisions. Not only are many people marrying later, but some are marrying earlier than ever. Overall, women giving birth later, but some...
The Allure of Premeditated Murder
Why Some People Plan to Kill
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2018
Any murder causes pain and suffering that ripple through families and communities—of both the victims and the perpetrators—but premeditated murders cause the worst kind of damage. The Allure of Premeditated Murder is about the worst kinds of premeditated homicide in which the perpetrator plans...
The Violence of Hate
Understanding Harmful Forms of Bias and Bigotry
Language: English
Release Date: July 8, 2016
The Violence of Hate, Fourth Edition presents a systematic introduction to issues related to the sociology and social psychology of hate and violence as they target people who are different in socially significant ways. It offers an integrated perspective on the causes and consequences of hate-motivated...
Psychotherapy Pearls
Critical Insights for Doing Psychotherapy
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2004
Psychotherapy Pearls began as a personal project to capture as many of the clinical insights as possible from the careers of its two authors, Fred Levin and Meyer Gunther. Such wisdom accumulates piecemeal only from the continued intensive experience of working each day with patients who are suffering...
Judaism and Health
A Handbook of Practical, Professional and Scholarly Resources
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
The first state-of-the-art, comprehensive resource to encompass the wide breadth of the rapidly growing field of Judaism and health.
"For Jews, religion and medicine (and science) are not inherently in conflict, even within the Torah-observant community, but rather can be friendly partners...
Community Colleges and New Universities under Neoliberal Pressures
Organizational Change and Stability
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2017
This book examines seven higher education organizations, exploring their interconnected lines: organizational change and organizational stability. These lines are nested within historical, social, cultural, and political contexts of two nations—the US and Canada—two provinces and three states:...
Erin Go Bark!
Irish Dogs and Blessings
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
"May your bed stay warm, your bowl stay full, and may you live a long and healthy life." Long live Ireland ae isle of myth and mystery, proud haven of poets and saints, land of wisdom and courage . . . and home to many adorable Irish dogs. From beloved pet photographer Kim Levin comes another winning...
For the Love You Give
A Bark and Smile Book
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2013
For The Love You Give celebrates the everyday give-and-take between dogs and their human companions. Kim Levin's heartwarming photographs illustrate "quotes" from dogs who state, unequivocally and with canine candor, what they will do for love. From being a loyal companion to chasing anything that...
by Stacey Dinner-Levin
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2011
This touching and funny play is the autobiographical account of one family’s journey to raise a son with autism. From the time that her child is diagnosed at age three, “Mom” leads us through the challenges and milestones of living with autism. We learn from her experiences, the impact this...
by Laurence Thomas, Michael Levin
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2000
What rights govern heterosexual and homosexual behaviors? Two distinguished philosophers debate this important issue in Sexual Orientation and Human Rights. Laurence Thomas argues that a society which has the constitutional resources to protect hate groups can protect homosexuals without valorizing...
A School of Our Own
The Story of the First Student-Run High School and a New Vision for American Education
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
**The remarkable true story of the high school junior who started his own school—and earned acclaim nationwide—“**will make you laugh, cry and cheer” (John Merrow, author of The Influence of Teachers).
Samuel Levin, a teenager who had already achieved international fame for creating...
Creating a New Public University and Reviving Democracy
Action Research in Higher Education
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2016
Public universities are in crisis, waning in their role as central institutions within democratic societies. Denunciations are abundant, but analyses of the causes and proposals to re-create public universities are not. Based on extensive experience with Action Research-based organizational change...
Restoring the Middle Class through Wage Policy
Arguments for a Minimum Wage
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2018
This book delivers a fresh and fascinating perspective on the issue of the minimum wage. While most discussions of the minimum wage place it at the center of a debate between those who oppose such a policy and argue it leads to greater unemployment, and those who favor it and argue it improves the...
Participative Transformation
Learning and Development in Practising Change
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
In Participative Transformation, Roger Klev and Morten Levin insist that participative learning and developmental processes are essential in organizational change. They focus on introducing the kind of learning and development that shapes a self-sustaining developmental process that is an integral...