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Interested in cutting down on your drinking without giving it up altogether? This encouraging, science-based book can help make that goal a reality. Distinguished clinician-researchers William R. Miller and Ricardo F. Muñoz have spent more than 40 years studying whether moderation works, who it works...

In the fall of 2012, the administration of Barack Obama was singularly focused on re-election. Obama himself had demonstrated over the entirety of his first term a complete lack of interest in the day to day details of running a government, but now he was in his element… Campaigning! Nothing was...

The only textbook explicitly designed to address counseling with adults who are coping with individual, relationship, and work transitions, this volume integrates the basic tenets of adult development with therapeutic practice. It is based on Schlossberg's theory of transitions, a new process and...

Sometimes it may feel as though there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to get everything done. This can leave you feeling pressured, stressed, and anxious. Fortunately, there are techniques you can learn to help manage your time and set reasonable goals. In this New Harbinger Self-Help Essential,...

Tracing the development of American literature from the nation’s founding to the Twentieth Century. Works are in alphabetical order, with questions after each. With using this book, you will have a better understanding of the many selections through the discussion/essay questions listed....

Story telling by the dying moves us. When those who lay dying tell their stories and speak their truths, those of us at the bedside are called to pay attention and to listen with our hearts. It would seem that words spoken with the last sacred breaths of life are imbued with a quality that transcends...

Americans have been conditioned like Pavlov’s dog to accept lie after lie, myth after myth, all the while maintaining an aura of educated sophistication and superiority. These modern myths are used to direct and misdirect our daily lives, for whom we vote, what our children learn, what we earn,...

Christians are identified by their participation in liturgy. In this primer, Catherine Vincie introduces readers to current liturgical theology by providing them with the foundational themes of the field. She explains that liturgy draws us into the paschal mystery of Jesus Christ, that it should create...

In this book, Dr. Murdock analyzes every presidential election in U.S. history, focusing on how political parties emerged and learned how to target Electoral College votes. The author describes how political movements, along with national and international events, often determined who would become...

Morrison Muleri was born in 1968 in Lumakanda, Lugari District of Western Kenya. He holds a B.Com. and MBA degrees from the University of Nairobi in Kenya, postgraduate certificate in Public Financial Management from Harvard University in the USA, and a PhD in development effectiveness from...

This book focuses on the Servant Leadership practice as exemplified by Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola of Lagos State, Nigeria. Lagos State is the most populated (about 21 million people) in Nigeria. Trasformational strides have been witnessed by the people of Lagos State which are showcased in this...

This pragmatic guide spells out how to use motivational interviewing (MI) to have productive conversations about behavior change with adolescents and young adults in any clinical context. Filled with vivid examples, sample dialogues, and "dos and don'ts," the book shows how conducting MI...

Has your life experience caused you to reexamine your beliefs, your views of the meaning of life and you place in it? Are you struggling to find answers to the nagging questions that surface from deep within? As you reflect on the questions and thought provoking insights offered in Responding Soul...

The true stories of the real nurses on the PBS show Mercy Street The nurses of the Civil War ushered in a new era for medicine in the midst of tremendous hardship. While the country was at war, these women not only learned to advocate and care for patients in hostile settings, saved countless...