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The Supervisory Relationship $83.72 In the past two decades, many psychodynamic therapists have begun to view the relational processes taking place between patient and therapist as a central source of transformation. Yet traditional paradigms of clinical supervision, focusing primarily on didactic teaching, have limitations for training therapists to work in these new ways. This groundbreaking volume is the first to elaborate a comprehensive contemporary model of supervision. Using a wealth of examples and vignettes, the authors show how working within the vicissitudes of the supervisory relationship can allow the supervisee to gain a deeper understanding of the treatment method being taught. Key topics discussed include issues of power and authority, regression in the supervisory relationship, rethinking the teach/treat question, parallel process as a relational phenomenon, working with group process in case conference, and the role of the organization in supporting training. This is a richly informative resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, psychoanalysts, and others involved in clinical supervision and training. It also will serve as a text for courses in supervision and organizational psychology.

The Finkler Question $17.34 A ranging epic built through memory and sprung from the narrow timeline of one night in London, THE FINKLER QUESTION explores the finer points of lost loves and compounded tragedy. When over-the-hill journalist Julian Treslove is assaulted in the street on his way home from dinner with two old friends, the history of his relationships and his relationship to history all come into concrete focus for the hapless victim. In the company of his best friends, an academic former Czech refugee and a Jewish intellectual, Treslove had been thrown into bitter reminiscence over the deaths of both men`s wives. Treslove`s own sorry luck takes center stage instead in Howard Jacobson`s novel, which exhumes the details of life mislaid, or maybe not, in tricky humor characteristic of the author if not the grief-filled material. Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize.

The Question $16.44 The latest edition to the series on five centuries of English history follows the Moreland family into the twentieth century as Victoprian England enjoys great stability and prosperity, new technology changes the way people live, and the Boer War explodes the myth of English supremecy around the globe. Original.

The Relationship Between Organizational Structure and Organizational Ambidexterity (Paperback) $135.19 In strategic management and organizational theory, organizational effectiveness denotes the broadest domain of business performance. "What is the optimal structural configuration for organizational ambidexterity and to what extent is it contingent upon firm type?" To answer this research question, this study employs a two-step approach. In the first step, Sebastian Kortmann determines a structural configuration that generally supports organizational ambidexterity. Then, in a second step, he draws upon structural contingency theory and investigates to what extent this optimal structural configuration is dependent on firm type. ?

Relationship Rescue $34.45 Dr. Phil's RELATIONSHIP RESCUE is a new approach to couples therapy, focusing on taking responsibility for yourself and your relationship. With over 20 years of experience behind him, McGraw offers useful advice for couples in need.

The Question (Hardcover) $24.49 A young boy questions and imagines all the things that could happen if his town is covered by a massive amount of snow, but in the end, he only has one question that is truly important.

The Silent Question $22.79 In The Silent Question, Packer provides fresh insights on using the experiences of life that are raw, messy, painful, and sometimes full of laughter, to open a way to compassion. She urges us to let go of our thoughts and to sit "in the stillness of not knowing" in order to reflect upon the essential question of who we are. Packer encourages us to discover that life, energy, and insight come from the questioning, the looking, the listening.

The Art Question $45.57 "What is art?" is a question many of us want to ask but are afraid to. This is the very question that Nigel Warburton demystifies in this brilliant and accessible book. Using carefully chosen illustrations and photographs, from Cezanne and Van Gogh to Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol and the Osmond family, best-selling author Nigel Warburton brings a philosopher`s eye to art in a refreshingly jargon-free style.Nigel Warburton explains with customary clarity much discussed but little understood theories of art:art as significant form; art as expression; art as family resemblance; and the institutional theory of art. He brings to life the arguments of the thinkers behind these theories, such as Clive Bell, R. G. Collingwood and Wittgenstein, and illuminates other perplexing problems in art, such as the artist`s intention, representation and emotion. Drawing on photographs of Cindy Sherman and Tiananmen Square, Warburton shows that, if we are ever to answer the art question, we must consider each work of arton its own terms.A stimulating and handy guide through the art maze, The Art Question is essential reading for anyone interested in art, philosophy and looking at pictures.

The Most Important Question (Hardcover) $15.72 Young Alexandra Elizabeth, instead of asking Albert Einstein a generic question, asks what the most important question is.

The Gift Relationship $59.45 Acknowledged as one of the classic texts on social policy, Richard M. Titmuss's study of blood donating raises profound economic, political, and philosophical questions. This updated edition contains the original text along with a series of essays by editors and experts in the field, applying Titmuss's theories to contemporary problems such as AIDS and the privatization of health care.

A Question of Honor $23.77 A Question of Honor is the gripping, little-known story of the refugee Polish pilots who joined the RAF and played an essential role in saving Britain from the Nazis, only to be betrayed by the Allies after the war.After Poland fell to the Nazis, thousands of Polish pilots, soldiers, and sailors escaped to England. Devoted to liberating their homeland, some would form the RAF’s 303 squadron, known as the Kosciuszko Squadron, after the elite unit in which many had flown back home. Their thrilling exploits and fearless flying made them celebrities in Britain, where they were“adopted” by socialites and seduced by countless women, even as they yearned for news from home. During the Battle of Britain, they downed more German aircraft than any other squadron, but in a stunning twist at the war’s end, the Allies rewarded their valor by abandoning Poland to Joseph Stalin. This moving, fascinating book uncovers a crucial forgotten chapter in World War II–and Polish–history.

Relationship Saboteurs (Paperback) $25.12 Do you seek a healthy romantic relationship, but continue to find yourself repeating the same negative behaviors that may have ended your relationships in the past? Have you already identified destructive patterns, yet continue to repeat them despite your desire for a strong and lasting romantic relationship? If so, you are not alone.Relationship Saboteurs is an easy-to-follow guide that will help you identify and end your relationship-destroying tendencies once and for all. The book explores the ten most common relationship-undermining behaviors and shows you how to overcome them. By understanding and addressing the patterns that erode romance, you can learn to stop sabotaging your love life and prepare yourself for the healthy romantic relationship you deserve."For anyone who wants long-lasting love and can`t figure out how to find and keep it. Randi Gunther`s honest, illuminating, and straightforward approach helps us to understand something so basic yet so complex: how to love and be loved."—Lori Gottlieb, bestselling author of Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough

The New Relationship Marketing (Hardcover) $33.56 People have always done business with people they know, like, and trust. That`s the essence of "Relationship Marketing." What has changed in recent years, though, is the immense popularity of online networking. Business people today need to hone a whole new set of skills to really master the art of relationship marketing through these social channels.This book aims to help busy professionals, executives and business owners understand the vital importance of masterful relationship building and relationship management in the new media world. By fostering high quality relationships with customers and their community at large, businesses can easily begin to see an increase in measurable results, including profits. Plus, those individuals and companies with the largest "social footprint" get the biggest successes, the big bucks, the big wins. It`s not what you know, it`s who you know – but, more importantly, who knows you and what they know about you. This book provides the reader with an entire game plan for how to build a sizeable, loyal network comprised of quality relationships that results in a continuous stream of leads, happy customers, publicity, deals, opportunities, sales and more.

The Relationship Cure (Paperback) $20.33 One of the nation`s top relationship experts outlines his revolutionary new five-step program for repairing damaged relationships between spouses, lovers, co-workers, and family members. By the author of The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work. Reprint. 40,000 first printing.

Relationship Pathways (Paperback) $117.42 This book is designed to guide students through the latest developments of theory and research on relationships from adolescence to young adulthood. Unique to this text is a focus on relationship change across middle childhood into adolescence and across late adolescence into early adulthood. Experts on adolescent relationships from across the globe summarize the current state of literature on family and peer relationships, as well as the environmental and genetic factors that influence them. Students will benefit from the comprehensive, rigorous, yet accessible overview of key content; such as what defines the relationship processes, what describes the individual and contextual factors that influence relationships, family relationships, sibling relationships, and parent-child relationships during the transition into adolescence and into young adulthood.

A Question of Balance $49.23 As scientific and observational evidence on global warming piles up every day, questions of economic policy in this central environmental topic have taken center stage. But as author and prominent Yale economist William Nordhaus observes, the issues involved in understanding global warming and slowing its harmful effects are complex and cross disciplinary boundaries. For example, ecologists see global warming as a threat to ecosystems, utilities as a debit to their balance sheets, and farmers as a hazard to their livelihoods. 

The Mormon Question $46.6 Gordon examines how, in the context of separation of church and state, the Mormon community has affected the U.S. legal system since the mid-19th century.

Emery – The Question * $26.72 Track Listing: So Cold I Can See My Breath Terrible Secret, The In A Lose, Lose Situation In A Win, Win Situation Playing With Fire Returning The Smile You Have Had From The Start Studying Politics Left With Alabis And Lying Eyes Listening To Freddie Mercury Weakest, The Miss Behavin` In Between 4th and 7th Street

The Question of God $22.36 Nicholi Armand, a professor at Harvard, places the unanswerable questions of living, dying, and believing in God between the opposing intellectual poles of Sigmund Freud (scientist and atheist) and C.S. Lewis (writer and Christian).

The Lady in Question $16.44 Married for just a few days before her husband died, Delia Effington can honestly say she didn't know everything about him. And that included the fact that he was a spy for the English government. Delia also doesn't know that her butler is actually an undercover government agent, Viscount Tony St. Stephens. As Tony works to find out if Delia murdered her husband, he is distracted by the fact that he is falling in love with her.

A Question of Murder $16.44 While attending a writers` conference in the Berkshires, Jessica Fletcher finds the murder-mystery party taking an all-too-real turn when a young actor is murdered in front of the group, forcing her to use her keen skills of detection to unmask a clever killer. Original.

The Night in Question $20.99 The 14 stories in Tobias Wolff's third collection encompasses characters who are pitilessly revealed in the sometimes mundane, sometimes extreme circumstances of everyday life–many of them children, or soldiers in Vietnam. The Chain begins with a dog's attack on a child and moves through a series of horrifying vengeful events on the part of her father. Smorgasbord is set in a prep school and involves the sexy mother of a fabulously wealthy student. In Flyboys, Wolff evokes the awkward world of adolescence in which few things are more frightening than family tragedy and the emotions that accompany it. In Firelight–an echo of Wolff's memoir THIS BOY'S LIFE–as a boy and his mother look at apartments they can't afford to rent, the child glimpses an idyllic scene that is forever closed to him–but that, in the end may not be what it seems. As always, Wolff writes with searing honesty and a pitch-perfect ear for the way people talk–and think.

The Question of Palestine $20.69 When it was first published in this country in 1977, this original and deeply provocative book made Palestine the subject of a serious debate–one that is now more critical than ever.

Question Quest $16.44 Youth is Wasted on the YoungBeing grown up is a drag . . . or so thinks Lacuna, one of the michievous Castle Zombie twins. So she makes the Good Magician Grey an an offer he can't refuse. Thirsty for a taste of the Elixir of Youth, she'll help him outwit the evil Com-Pewter if he'll send her to Hell (in a handbasket, no less) to find Humphrey, the missing sorcerer. And while there, she'll learn the True History of Xanth (simplified) and help rescue a blushing Rose from the demon X(A/N) . . . with the help of a gorgon or two.

A Question Of Blood $17.91 When a former soldier shoots two students and then himself in an Edinburgh classroom, Detective Inspector John Rebus gets the case. The investigation, which starts on the gritty streets of Scotland's capitol, soon winds its way into military and governmental alleys with which Rebus is less familiar. Meanwhile, Rebus's partner is being stalked, and Rebus himself has more than his fair share of troubles as his unorthodox methods continue to attract unwarranted attention from his superiors.

Relationship Rescue Workbook $22.36 Ever since RELATIONSHIP RESCUE became an instant number one New York Times hardcover bestseller, Phil McGraw's audience have been asking for a workbook to help them apply his strategies for change to their relationships. Now, in THE RELATIONSHIP RESCUE WORKBOOK, Dr. Phil, Oprah's resident expert on human functioning, provides questions, exercises and self tests that will enable couples in even the most troubled relationships to get their love lives back on track. And for those in solid relationships who would like to regain their spark, he reveals how to make that happen. He shows readers exactly how to pinpoint problems in their relationships, and how to make sure that the changes they enact will truly last. His straightforward, tell it like it is advice is made crystal clear in this easy to use workbook that is sure to prove immensely popular with his devoted national following.

101 Relationship Myths (Paperback) $25.46 Challenging many common delusions about love, this straight-talking, humorous guide takes a closer look at the insanity of modern-day relationships. The handbook uses simple ?mythbusting? techniques for increasing self-awareness and avoiding misguided ideas. Chapters include Stay Far Away from Women in Their 30s!, Your Partner Isn`t a Mind Reader, Can a Relationship Only Work if You Compromise?, Does Strong Sexual Attraction Mean You`re a Good Match?, and Is It Better to Be in a Relationship Than to Be Single? Guaranteed to provide greater clarity and contentment between any two people, this reference provides provocative?and much-needed?social commentary in a humorous fashion.

Customer Relationship Management (Hardcover) $166.61 Customer relationship management (CRM) as a strategy and as a technology has gone through an amazing evolutionary journey. The initial technological approach was followed by many disappointing initiatives only to see the maturing of the underlying concepts and applications in recent years. Today, CRM represents a strategy, a set of tactics, and a technology that have become indispensible in the modern economy.This book presents an extensive treatment of the strategic and tactical aspects of customer relationship management as we know it today. It stresses developing an understanding of economic customer value as the guiding concept for marketing decisions. The goal of the book is to serve as a comprehensive and up-to-date learning companion for advanced undergraduate students, master`s degree students, and executives who want a detailed and conceptually sound insight into the field of CRM.

The Special Relationship (DVD) $38.39 Screenwriter Peter Morgan (FROST/NIXON, THE QUEEN) explores the complex relationship that developed between former American President Bill Clinton and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Tony Blair as the two progressive statesmen strived to unite their countries toward a common goal. The growing bond between President Clinton and Prime Minister Blair is later solidified by the fact that their wives, Hillary Clinton and Cherie Blair, seem to have just as much in common as their powerful husbands.

The Berenstain Bears and the Big Question $8.21 In this delightful new story, Mama and Papa Bear each finds his or her own special way of explaining the concept of God, after Sister Bear asks the Big Question. Full color.

The Verbally Abusive Relationship $36.95 If you or someone you know answers ?yes? to one or more of the following questions, this book is required reading: Does your partner seem irritated or angry at you several times a week? Does he deny being angry when he clearly is? Do your attempts to discuss feelings of pain or emotional distress leave you with the feeling that the issue has not been resolved? Do you frequently feel perplexed and frustrated by his responses, as though you were each speaking a different language? Almost everyone has heard of or knows someone who is part of a verbally abusive relationship-if they`re not involved in one themselves. In The Verbally Abusive Relationship, you`ll find validation and understanding-it`s not ?all in your head?- and encouragement for your efforts to change the situation. In this expanded second edition, author Patricia Evans explores the damaging effects of verbal abuse on children and the family, and offers valuable insight and recommendations to therapists, as well as those who seek therapeutic support.

A Fundamental Practical Theology $29.08 The most concerted account yet of how the churches” practice might organize theological inquiry as a whole. Browning has opened up important lines of inquiry that merit further investigation. –Craig L. Nessan Southeast Missouri State University Don Browning manifests a masterful interaction with the current literature on the burgeoning field of practical theology. This book is indispensable reading for anyone engaged in the question of theology”s relationship to thought and action today. –Mary Ellen Sheehan Toronto Journal of Theology

A History of Drugs $120 A History of Drugs details the history of the relationship between drugs and freedom over the last two hundred years; thus disturbing and unravelling the ”naturalness” of the ”drug question”, as it traces the multiple and heterogeneous lines of development out of which it has been assembled.

A Knight At The Opera $41.24 A Knight at the Opera examines the remarkable and unknown role that the medieval legend (and Wagner opera) Tannhuser played in Jewish cultural life in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The book analyzes how three of the greatest Jewish thinkers of that era, Heinrich Heine, Theodor Herzl, and I. L. Peretz, used this central myth of Germany to strengthen Jewish culture and to attack anti-Semitism. Readers will see how Tannhuser evolves from a medieval knight to Peretzs pious Jewish scholar in the Land of Israel. The book also discusses how the founder of Zionism, Theodor Herzl, was so inspired by Wagners opera that he wrote The Jewish State while attending performances of it. A Knight at the Opera uses Tannhuser as a way to examine the changing relationship between Jews and the broader world during the advent of the modern era, and to question if any art, even that of a prominent anti-Semite, should be considered taboo.

A New Spirit in Business: From Fear and Need to Love and Abundance $15.95 ” A New Spirit in Business is not a sober ”scientific treatise, ” but rather an account of a consciousness change through which the new concepts we so badly need come to light. Their book is both informative and autobiographical-and it is a revelation.I can promise that [reading] this book will be an experience that could change the reader”s life. -Ervin LaszloIn the world of business and finance, everything revolves around the economy. But what does the economy revolve around?Journalist Martina K hler and Swiss entrepreneur Hans Jecklin try to answer this question with the insightful A New Spirit in Business. Whereas several books have been written on companies” social responsibility, stakeholder strategy, and corporate ethics, K hler and Jecklin tackle it from a different perspective-a human one.By elaborating on the essential features of an integral economy and how to deal with abundance in life, K hler and Jecklin show how the spiritual and economic sides of business complement each other. Using examples from everyday life, dialogues, and exercises, the relationship between money and spirit takes an innovative shape.

A Philosophical, Scientific and Theological Defense for the Notion That a God Exists $44.62 In A Philosophical, Scientific and Theological Defense for the Notion That a God Exists, Hal Flemings presents an overview of the history of the debate on the question of the existence of God. In an objective fashion, Flemings provides equal voice to opposing views while not hiding his own. He treats the problem of evil from a new perspective, which includes moral evil and natural evil (earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, forest fires, etc.) and discusses the relationship between God and the theoretical and factual sciences.

A Plausible God: Secular Reflections on Liberal Jewish Theology $16.51 A Plausible God evaluates the new God by analyzing the theology of three recent Jewish thinkers ?Mordechai Kaplan, Michael Lerner, and Arthur Green?and compares faith in the new God to disbelief in any gods. Mitchell Silver reveals what is at stake in the choice between naturalistic liberal theology and a nontheistic naturalism without gods. Silver poses the question: ?If it is to be either the new God or no God, what does?what should?determine the choice?? Although Jewish thinkers are used as the primary exemplars of new God theology, Silver explores developments in contemporary Christian thought, Eastern religious traditions, and ?New Age? religion. A Plausible God constitutes a significant contribution to current discussions of the relationship between science and religion, as well as to discussions regarding the meaning of the idea of God itself in modern life.

A Probable State $48.46 Why has the realist novel been persistently understood as promoting liberalism? Can this tendency be reconciled with an equally familiar tendency to see the novel as a national form? In A Probable State, Irene Tucker builds a revisionary argument about liberalism and the realist novel by shifting the focus from the rise of both in the eighteenth century to their breakdown at the end of the nineteenth. Through a series of intricate and absorbing readings, Tucker relates the decline of realism and the eroding logic of liberalism to the question of Jewish characters and writers and to shifting ideas of community and nation. Whereas previous critics have explored the relationship between liberalism and the novel by studying the novel’s liberal characters, Tucker argues that the liberal subject is represented not merely within the novel, but in the experience of the novel’s form as well. With special attention to George Eliot, Henry James, Oliver Wendell Holmes, and S. Y. Abramovitch, Tucker shows how we can understand liberalism and the novel as modes of recognizing and negotiating with history.

A Revolution in Language $24.74 What is the relationship between the ideas of the Enlightenment and the culture and ideology of the French Revolution? Rosenfeld takes up that classic question by concentrating on changing conceptions of language and signs during the second half of the eighteenth century.

A Revolution in Language $75 What is the relationship between the ideas of the Enlightenment and the culture and ideology of the French Revolution? Rosenfeld takes up that classic question by concentrating on changing conceptions of language and signs during the second half of the eighteenth century.

Abraham Lincoln $165.65 Each volume in this series is organized around an individual presidency and offers a unique gathering of biographical, analytical, and primary source historical material that will analyze the presidency and bring the president, his administration, and his times to life. The series focuses on key moments in U.S. political history as seen through the eyes of the most influential presidents to take the oath of office. Unique headnotes provide the context to data, tables and excerpted primary source documents.The format of each book follows the same organization and includes: — Introduction– Biographical Sketch– Campaigns and Electoral Strategies– Key Figures in the Administration, A to Z– Administration Policies– Crises and Flashpoints– Relationship with Major Institutions– After the White House– Appendix: Timeline– Bibliography– IndexAlong with the crucial political history, each volume also spotlights vice presidents, first ladies, other family members, scandals, and changes to the White House.Abraham Lincoln, born in 1809, served in the military for several months during 1832. He was a failed businessman who lost his first bid to serve in the Illinois state legislature. In 1834 he ran again and won. He was reelected several times and even served as Whig floor leader. In 1846 Lincoln was elected to one term in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he denounced the U.S. role in the Mexican War. In 1856 he joined the newly created Republican Party and campaigned for the 1856 presidential candidate John Fremont, who would lose to James Buchanan. In 1858 Republicans nominated Lincoln for U.S. Senator. It was in this race thathe would participate in the now famous debates, with his opponent Stephen Douglas. In these debates he would question the morality of slavery and territorial expansion. Douglas, however, emerged victorious. But in 1860, Lincoln became the sixteenth president with less than 40 percent

Adult Learners, Education and Training: A Reader $58.17 In recent years, economic and demographic changes have brought into question the adequacy of initial education programs for continuous employment. While the primary focus of debate has been on creating structures for continuing education and training linked to the economic needs of society, arguments and movements have also been made for wider access to all forms of learning. Drawing on the experiences of numerous educational systems, Adult Learners, Education and Training addresses the major themes of the ongoing debates: who participates in what forms of education and training and how access can increased and widened; the relationship between economic development, education and training; the education and training developed by social movements; and the changes sought in the formal sector of provision.

Adventures in Odyssey $24.99 Just when you think you’ve got things figured out, it seems there’s always another surprise awaiting you! Future career opportunities are front and center for Connie, Jason’s relationship with Tasha has taken a new turn, and Eugene and Bernard have a courtroom experience that shows them the real meaning of justice. But that’s not all . . . While life goes on in Odyssey, something’s gone terribly wrong in the Middle East, where Mr. Whittaker’s been working for the past year. Before they know it, Jason and Eugene are caught in a web of international intrigue, complete with major archeological discoveries, kidnappings, and double-crossing secret agents! But will they be able to find Whit before the terrorists do? Volume 27 contains the following stories: BTV: Compassion Letting Go With a Little Help from My Friends The Time of Our Lives Memories of Jerry Blessings in Disguise What Are You Going to Do with Your Life? Blind Justice A Question about Tasha The Search for Whit, 1 & 2

African Horizons: The Landscapes of African Fiction $112.9 As non-African writers have created images of Africa that suit their own needs, African writers have countered these images with African landscapes that emphasize the landmarks and horizons that are significant for Africans. In this volume, Loflin explores the importance of landscape description in African fiction, arguing that discussion of landscape can reveal the geographic, religious, political, and social boundaries of the text. In her analysis, Loflin examines themes of nationalism and ethnic identity, showing how the question of landscape is further complicated when writers in forced or voluntary exile from their native countries reconfigure their relationship to the landscape of Africa.

Age of Television $26.33 Having spent most of his career working with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Martin Esslin appraises American TV with the eyes of both a detached outsider and a concerned insider. American popular culture, writes Esslin, has become the popular culture of the world at large. American television is thus more than a purely social phenomenon. It fascinates and in some instances frightens the whole world. The Age of Television discusses television as an essentially dramatic form of communication, pointing to the strengths and weaknesses that spring from its character. It explores its impact on generations destined to grow up under its influence, with such questions as how TV turns reality into fiction, and fiction into reality. Esslin considers the long-term effects of television on our abilities to reason, to read, to create. He asks if current programming on American television constitutes what we want and deserve, and asks what we would change, if we could. These are but a handful of the questions Esslin probes in this penetrating analysis of contemporary television and its impact on our lives.In his new introduction, Esslin discusses changes in the media over the last two decades. He explores the increasing number of television stations available, the rise of boutique channels concentrating on news, sports, or film, and the relationship between television and other forms of electronic media such as video games and the Internet. Finally, he considers the effect of these developments on our ability to concentrate, our sensitivity to violence, and even our artistic taste. Most compelling of all is his final question: Can the Age of Television, with all its dangers,yet become a golden age of cultural growth?

Alien Chic: Posthumanism and the Other Within $143.01 Alien Chic sets out to provide a cultural history of the alien since the 1950s, asking why our attitudes to aliens have changed from fear to affection, and what this can tell us about how we now see ourselves and others. The author begins by exploring our relationship with the concept of aliens, primarily through films, including Invaders from Mars, Mars Attacks and Mission to Mars. He then progresses to ideas of humanism and what makes us human, taking in the works of thinkers such as Descartes, Barthes, Freud, and Derrida. The book then considers the concept of posthumanism in an age in which the lines between what is human and what is non-human are increasingly blurred by advances in science and technology, for example cloning and genetic engineering, and the development of AI and cyborgs. This leads to the question of whether our embracing of all things ‘alien’ stems from a need to reaffirm ourselves as human. Written in a clear and engaging style, Alien Chic is an original and thought-provoking contribution to the study of posthumanism.

Allies At Odds $92.9 Allies at Odds examines America”s Vietnam policy from 1961 to 1968 in an international context by focusing on the United States relationship with its European partners France, West Germany, and Great Britain. The European response to America”s Vietnam policy provides a framework to assess this important chapter in recent American history within the wider perspective of international relations. Equally significant, the respective approaches to the Vietnam question by the Europeans and Americans reveal the ongoing challenge for nation-states of transcending narrowly defined state-centered policies for a global perspective pursuant of common goals among the trans-Atlantic allies. Blang explores the failure of France, West Germany, and Great Britain to significantly influence American policy-making. Disregarding European concerns, the United States unilaterally embarked on a strategy of escalation to secure a non-Communist South Vietnam without its European allies.

America and the British Labour Party: The Special Relationship at Work $86.38 Anglo-American relations have long been discussed in terms of there being a special relationship between the two countries. Peter Jones examines this relationship since 1945 with regard to the functioning of the Labour Party. Since the end of World War II, some elements in the British Labour Party were ideologically opposed to a special relationship. A leading question now is whether Labour”s anti-Americanism of the 1980”s will be submerged by New Labour? This work examines the policies of Labour governments, the points of agreement and difference since 1945 between party leaders, activists, workers and supporters, and looks at the future policies the Labour government might pursue in relation to the United States.

An Hour to Live, an Hour to Love $9.95 From The Publisher: If you had one hour to live and could make just one phone call, who would you call? What would you say? And why are you waiting? Richard Carlson s sudden, tragic death in December 2006 left his millions of fans reeling, but even their many letters, calls, and e-mails couldn t erase the loss felt by his wife and partner, Kristine. To assuage her grief, she pored over a quarter century s supply of love letters, reliving the emotions and cherishing her late husband s memory. In a profoundly moving act of healing, she focused on one letter full of particularly apt questions, which Richard had given to her on their eighteenth anniversary, and answered these questions with keen insight and fresh passion. Kris offers her heartfelt response to Richard s moving letter. Both an intimate look inside a special relationship and a gift to the many people whose lives were changed by Richard s work, An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love will have readers everywhere wondering how they themselves would answer the question: if you had one hour to live, what would you do, and who would you call? An Hour to Live, An Hour to Love is inspiring and uplifting, and shows the importance of treasuring each day as the incredible gift that it is.

Analysing Middle East Foreign Policies: The Relationship with Europe $51.02 In the post-September 11 climate, Europe’s regional security environment and the role of Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) states have become more than ever a focus for attention but remain ill-understood. The connections between these two groups of actors have a long history, from which emerge certain patterns showing both continuities and shifts. this book fills a gap in the literature on Euro-Middle Eastern relations by adopting a south-to-north perspective, using the tools of Foreign Policy Analysis to examine the determinants of the foreign policies of the MENA states themselves. Only thus can one hope to arrive at a genuine understanding of what underlies these states’ evolving policy orientations and behavior towards Europe. At the same time, the systematic comparative analysis of MENA states’ foreign policy with special reference to Europe throws new light on questions about ‘Third World’ foreign policy more generally, and so adds to the broader field of International Relations. The work is the result of a two-year project sponsored by the European University Institute’s Mediterranean program. The book starts by laying out a conceptual framework for analysis, and providing a sketch of the regional environments that help condition the foreign policy in question; one such environmental factor is European policy itself. A wide range of case studies from North Africa, the Mashreq, the Gulf and Turkey, then expand on this by exploring themes and patterns of policy determinants and output. The volume thus examines how these broader dynamics of foreign policy making are illustrated in, and have impacted on, these states’ orientation and behavior towards Europe.

Anglo-Irish Relations, 1798-1922 $26.51 For centuries the relationship between Ireland and England has been difficult. This work explores the tempestuous events from the Act of Union in 1800 to the Anglo-Irish settlement in 1922. All the key issues are discussed including the Catholic Emancipation crisis and O’ Connell, the famine and the land question, the era of Parnell and the Easter Rising and Michael Collins.

Animal Ethics $24.95 This book is an attempt to lead the way through the moral maze that is our relationship with nonhuman animals. Written by an author with an established reputation in this field, the book takes the reader step by step through the main parameters of the debate, demonstrating at each turn the different positions adopted. In the second part of the book, the implications of holding each position for the ethical permissibility of what is done to animals – in laboratories, farms, the home and the wild – are explained.Garner starts by asking whether animals have any moral standing before moving on to assess exactly what degree of moral status ought to be accorded to them. It is suggested that whilst animals should not be granted the same moral status as humans, they are worthy of greater moral consideration than the orthodox animal welfare position allows. As a result, it is suggested that many of the ways we currently treat animals are morally illegitimate.In the final chapter, the issue of political praxis is tackled. How are reforms to the ways in which animals are treated to be achieved? This book suggests that currently dominant debates about insider status and direct action are less important than the question of agency. That is, the important question is not what is done to change the way animals are treated as much as whom is to be mobilised to join the cause.Students of philosophy, politics and environmental issues will find this an essential textbook.

Answers to Distraction $3.56 In Driven to Distraction, Drs. Hallowell and Ratey revealed why millions of adults and children are chronic underachievers, caught up in persistent problems in school, at work, and at home. The cause is not lack of self-discipline, but, rather, an inborn neurological condition, Attention Deficit Disorder, or ADD. Answers To Distraction provides practical solutions to the dilemmas of ADD. This user’s guide to ADD is presented in question-and-answer format ideal for even the most distractible reader. Each chapter covers a specific aspect of ADD, such as ADD in women, ADD and aggression, ADD and addiction, or ADD and work. The authors provide advice for teachers on recognizing ADD and helping students to cope, plus extraordinary insights into the relationship difficulties caused by ADD.

Anything But Love-Volume 1 $19.98 Can best friends become lovers without ruining their relationship? That’s the provocative question posed by Anything But Love, the critically acclaimed, Emmy-nominated, Golden Globe-winning sitcom highlighting the undeniable and irrepressible comedic and romantic chemistry of Jamie Lee Curtis and Richard Lewis!Curtis and Lewis star as Hannah Miller and Marty Gold, best friends and co-workers who suppress their smoldering desires, not wanting to spoil their friendship. Once they do take the plunge, though, they quickly discover that falling in love is the easy part! Together, they face some of life’s biggest challenges – love, work, love at work, and working at love – with humor, sophistication, and feeling in this unforgettable TV classic. Includes all 28 episodes from the first two seasons!

Aphrodite’s Embrace: The Relationship Puzzle. Decoding the Enigma. $13.24 Introducing seven young women, searching for… These dynamic and thoughtful women, set out to answer the question, Who is Prince Charming. Their answers may surprise you!

Arthurian Literature and Christianity $97.04 Throughout this century, Arthurians have repeatedly raised but never settled the question of their literature’s relationship to Christianity. A few scholars have, but most have not, regarded that Christian milieu in which Arthurian literature was composed as a factor of the first importance. Although the debate has been of recurrent interest, the field of Arthurian studies lacks a systematic survey of approaches to this question. The present volume attempts to meet that need. Without reprinting work readily available elsewhere and no longer subject to revision through dialogue with fellow contributors, we here attempt to fairy represent all sides and phases in this century’s discussion of the position of Christianity in medieval Arthurian romance.

Arts of a Cold Sun: Poems $13.87 In these poems, G. E. Murray blends the colors of the soul with those of the world it brushes up against, exploring the ways in which art, both as possession and possessor, informs perception. Viewing his subjects sometimes from airplane altitude, sometimes from the intimacy of a shared restaurant table, Murray crafts true stories about color, narratives of dislocation and belonging that invite readers to question their own relationship to art. Included in this volume is a long sequential poem titled The Seconds, which Murray composed across the second days of thirteen months. The rhythms of this diary-as-poem seize the tensions of shifting times and locales, capturing the essences of moments that are at once chosen and arbitrary. Codes toward an Incidental City, the sequence that closes the book, is a confederacy of forty poems that delve into the concrete familiarities and mythologies of urban landscapes, illuminating the ecstasies of city life.

Astrology’s Secrets to Hot Romance: How to Find True Compatibility and the One Who’s Right for You $15.95 What’s your sign? is not only a great pickup line, but a terrific question that can unearth secrets to discovering the true love you’ve been waiting for. In Astrology’s Secrets to Hot Romance, you’ll discover everything you need to know about all 12 astrological signs to bring you closer to the passionate connection your sign is best aligned with! Written by Phyllis F. Mitz, M.A., a sought-after astrologer and relationship counselor, this exciting guide shares hundreds of strategies for strengthening relationships of all kinds–from romantic to family and friendship–and shows you ways to create and maintain the love you seek. You will be empowered to: Discover which of the 12 astrological signs you are most compatible with Understand what each sign wants and gives in relationships Learn actions and attitudes that turn on other signs Know what types of dates, dress, and even conversation topics are most attractive to potential partners Identify real tools for enhancing compatibility and overcoming issues–including in the bedroom And much more! Astrology is an incredible tool for finding and sustaining the kinds of relationships you truly desire. Here’s your chance to learn something about yourself, as well as how to find hot romance . . . and a loving, true relationship.

Attitudes to Animals $111 Attitudes to Animals provides a foundation that the reader can use to make ethical choices about animals. It will challenge readers to question their current views, attitudes, and perspectives on animals and the nature and development of the human-animal relationship. Human perspectives on the human-animal relationship reflect what we have learned, together with spoken and unspoken attitudes and assumptions, from our families, societies, media, education, and employment. This thought-provoking book delves into what it means to be human, what it means to be animal, and the nature of the relationship between them. This is accomplished with philosophical and ethical discussions, scientific evidence, and dynamic theoretical approaches.

Back Back Back; Celebrity Row; Outrage $20 Itamar Moses has been hailed as one of America”s most talented young playwrights since his critically acclaimed Bach at Leipzig debuted in 2005. In this anthology of three new plays, Moses blurs the line between fact and fiction, dramatizing today”s most infamous news stories. In Back Back Back, the pressures of performance and reputation get the best of three professional baseball players when they are forced to reveal their not-so-natural secrets to winning the game. In Celebrity Row, Moses imagines what Timothy McVeigh, Ted Kaczynski, the 1993 World Trade Center bomber Ramzi Yousef, and the Latin Kings leader Luis Felipe would have philosophized about when they were inhabitants of the same maximum security prison in Colorado. Finally, in Outrage, the dangerous teacher-disciple relationship calls all of academia into question with the help of none other than Socrates and Bertolt Brecht.

Beautiful/ Ugly $29.95 Collection of essays that tackles the question of aesthetics in contemporary Africa and in the African diaspora by considering the fraught and interdependent relationship between beauty and ugliness.

Before You Say I Do $14.95 Questions to pop before popping the question-now revised and updated. Relationship counselor Todd Outcalt encourages couples to engage each other with in-depth conversations, and share life histories and experiences, in order to build a strong foundation before marriage-and avoid making mistakes.

Behaviour and Evolution $33.14 This volume examines a variety of aspects of animal behavior and analyzes the underlying relationship between behavior and evolution. Studying behavior draws upon the work of scientists from a number of disciplines, all seeking to answer the question of why an animal behaves in the way it does. The possible answers to this question development, survival value, evolutionary history, and cause-and-effectare explored in this easy-to-read introduction to behavior and evolution.

Being in Love: A Practical Guide to Christian Prayer $26.39 In Being in Love, William Johnston addresses the question of the purpose of prayer. He shares with the reader the discovery of new ways to a prayerful life that is both meditative and active. His message is to surrender in love to God, to love God with one”s own being, through prayer. Here Being in Love shows us how to pray-with heart, mind, intellect and body-as a form of communicating with God, one another, and the world around us. Johnston reveals, using his relationship with the Eastern traditions as a backdrop, the need and importance of finding stillness in our inner lives. He demonstrates in a clear and practical way, how we can make prayer a place for meditation and personal growth.

Being in Love: A Practical Guide to Christian Prayer ([) $59.14 In Being in Love, William Johnston addresses the question of the purpose of prayer. He shares with the reader the discovery of new ways to a prayerful life that is both meditative and active. His message is to surrender in love to God, to love God with one”s own being, through prayer. Here Being in Love shows us how to pray-with heart, mind, intellect and body-as a form of communicating with God, one another, and the world around us. Johnston reveals, using his relationship with the Eastern traditions as a backdrop, the need and importance of finding stillness in our inner lives. He demonstrates in a clear and practical way, how we can make prayer a place for meditation and personal growth.

Benny & Shrimp $14 An international sensation, this addictively readable tale asks the question: Why is it so impossible to get a relationship between two middle-aged misfits to work? This quirky, humorous novel breathes new life into the age-old conundrum that is love.

Between Truth and Fiction $55 The growth of interest in theological hermeneutics alongside the study of critical and literary theory has given rise to a growing sense among students of the need to address the nature of texts and their textuality, and the truth claims which they make.Between Truth and Fiction begins with an extended introduction to textuality and Christian literature, with an overview of hermeneutics and question about reading and reception. Issues such as intertextuality, the relationship between the Bible and other texts in literature, theology as story, autobiography as theology, poetry and proclamation will be addressed.Central to the book is the provision of original texts (from fiction, poetry, drama, autobiography, etc) which the reader will be encouraged on reflect on for him or herself. The approach of this book is heuristic. Full study notes and questions are provided.

Beyond Happiness $14.95 Many books have been published in recent years on happiness. Ezra Bayda, a remarkably down-to-earth Zen teacher, believes that the happiness boom has been largely a bust for readers. Why? Because it”s precisely the pursuit of happiness that keeps us trapped in cycles of dissatisfaction and suffering. In Beyond Happiness, Bayda draws on Zen teachings to question our conventional notions about what happiness is and where we can find it. Most of us seek happiness in things that are external to us. We imagine that getting more money, a better relationship, or going on a nice vacation will finally make us happy. But Bayda shows us that the deepest and most lasting form of happiness does not rely on external circumstance at all. Bayda offers Zen insights and practices that point readers toward the true sources of lasting happiness: mindfulness, compassion, gratitude, and generosity.

Beyond Violence $64.52 In an age of terrorism and other forms of violence committed in the name of religion, how can religion become a vehicle for peace, justice, and reconciliation? And in a world of bitter conflictsQmany rooted in religious differenceQhow can communities of faith understand one another?The essays in this important book take bold steps forward to answering these questions. The fruit of a historic conference of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars and community leaders, the essays address a fundamental question: how the three monotheistic traditions can provide the resources needed in the work of justice and reconciliation.Two distinguished scholars represent each tradition. Rabbis Irving Greenberg and Reuven Firestone each examine the relationship of Judaism to violence, exploring key sources and the history of power, repentance, and reconciliation. From Christianity, philosopher Charles Taylor explores the religious dimensions of categorical violence against other faiths, other groups, while Scott Appleby traces the emergence since Vatican II of nonviolence as a foundation of Catholic theology and practice. Mustafa Ceric, Grand Mufti of Bosnia, discusses Muslim support of pluralism and human rights, and Mohamed Fathi Osman examines the relationship between political violence and sacred sources in contemporary Islam.By focusing on transformative powers of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the essays in this book provide new beginnings for people of faith committed to restoring peace among nations through peace among religions.

Beyond the Shadow $12.95 Guilty or Innocent? Even after the sensational trial of St. Louis builder Holden Sawyer, the answer to that question haunts marketing consultant and juror Mara Taylor. All Mara wants is to resume her normal life But because of the lengthy, notorious trial, her business is in ruins. Her roommate is gone along with Mara’s boyfriend. Then a series of ‘accidents’ convinces her that someone wants her punished for setting Holden free. And the former defendant wants her help in solving the murder! Pushed beyond endurance and determined to regain her fife, Mara sets out to solve the murder on her own. Every clue embroils her more deeply into the life of one prime suspect, Holden Sawyer, the defendant she helped acquit. What was Holden’s relationship with the beautifully erotic murder victim? Why does a mysterious gold necklace help Mara tap into the victim’s mind and the secrets a television evangelist religiously protects? In the midst of the front page backlash her investigation generates, is Mara filling in love with the man she helped free, or the allure and excitement that surround him? Which is more important, knowing the truth… or trusting her heart?

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning: Synthesis and Perspectives $91.4 The relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning has emerged as one of the most exciting and dynamic areas in contemporary ecology. Increasing domination of ecosystems by humans is steadily transforming them into depauperate systems. How will this loss of biodiversity affect the functioning and stability of natural and managed ecosystems? This volume provides the first comprehensive and balanced coverage of recent empirical and theoretical research on this question. It reviews the evidence, provides bases for the resolution of the debate that has divided scientists on these issues, and offers perspectives on how current knowledge can be extended to other ecosystems, other organisms and other spatial and temporal scales. It cuts across the traditional division between community ecology and ecosystem ecology, and announces a new ecological synthesis in which the dynamics of biological diversity and the biogeochemical functioning of the Earth system are merged.

Black Athena Revisited $36.95 Was Western civilization founded by ancient Egyptians and Phoenicians?Can the ancient Egyptians usefully be called black?Did the ancient Greeks borrow religion, science, and philosophy from the Egyptians and Phoenicians?Have scholars ignored the Afroasiatic roots of Western civilization as a result of racism and anti-Semitism?In this collection of twenty essays, leading scholars in a broad range of disciplines confront the claims made by Martin Bernal in Black Athena: The Afroasiatic Roots of Classical Civilization. In that work, Bernal proposed a radical reinterpretation of the roots of classical civilization, contending that ancient Greek culture derived from Egypt and Phoenicia and that European scholars have been biased against the notion of Egyptian and Phoenician influence on Western civilization. The contributors to this volume argue that Bernal’s claims are exaggerated and in many cases unjustified.Topics covered include race and physical anthropology; the question of an Egyptian invasion of Greece; the origins of Greek language, philosophy, and science; and racism and anti-Semitism in classical scholarship. In the conclusion to the volume, the editors propose an entirely new scholarly framework for understanding the relationship between the cultures of the ancient Near East and Greece and the origins of Western civilization.

Blind Rage $19.95 As a young blind girl, Georgina Kleege repeatedly heard the refrain, Why can’t you be more like Helen Keller? Kleege’s resentment culminates in her book Blind Rage: Letters to Helen Keller, an ingenious examination of the life of this renowned international figure using 21st-century sensibilities. Kleege’s absorption with Keller originated as an angry response to the ideal of a secular saint, which no real blind or deaf person could ever emulate. However, her investigation into the genuine person revealed that a much more complex set of characters and circumstances shaped Keller’s life. Blind Rage employs an adroit form of creative nonfiction to review the critical junctures in Keller’s life. The simple facts about Helen Keller are well-known: how Anne Sullivan taught her deaf-blind pupil to communicate and learn; her impressive career as a Radcliffe graduate and author; her countless public appearances in various venues, from cinema to vaudeville, to campaigns for the American Foundation for the Blind. But Kleege delves below the surface to question the perfection of this image. Through the device of her letters, she challenges Keller to reveal her actual emotions, the real nature of her long relationship with Sullivan, with Sullivan’s husband, and her brief engagement to Peter Fagan. Kleege’s imaginative dramatization, distinguished by her depiction of Keller’s command of abstract sensations, gradually shifts in perspective from anger to admiration. Blind Rage criticizes the Helen Keller myth for prolonging an unrealistic model for blind people, yet it appreciates the individual who found a practical way to live despite the restrictions of her myth.

Blush $24.26 With the rise of pride – national pride, gay pride, black pride, fat pride – shame, the sickness of the soul, has acquired a bad reputation. While the repudiation of some forms and consequences of societal shame are undoubtedly necessary, Elspeth Probyn contends that this emotion is a powerful resource in rethinking who we are and who we want to be. When we blush, we are driven to question what we value about ourselves and why. Blush argues that we are all born with a capacity for shame, much as we are born with the capacity for anger or pride, and that shame, like these other emotions, can be good for us and reveal the good in us. Painfully introspective, shame demands that we question our actions and our relationship to others. Shame’s physical manifestation – the blush – gives us away, connecting us to our humanity. What shames us says a great deal about our character as individuals and as a society, about our past and our desires for the future. Written in an engaging and personal style, Blush combines psychology and cultural criticism, sociology and popular science, to present a unique perspective on debates about the ethics and emotion of identity.

Body and Soul in Ancient Philosophy $83.61 The problem of body and soul has a long history that can be traced back to the beginnings of Greek culture. The existential question of what happened to the soul at the moment of death, whether and in what form there is life after death, and of the exact relationship between body and soul was answered in different ways in Greek philosophy, from the early days to Late Antiquity. The contributions in this volume not only do justice to the breadth of the topic, they also cover the entire period from the Pre-Socratics to Late Antiquity. Particular attention is paid to Plato, Aristotle and Hellenistic philosophers, that is the Stoics and the Epicureans.

Brady Bunch in the White House/Growing Up Brady 2pk $33.99 Includes the two Brady Bunch movies; THE BRADY BUNCH IN THE WHITE HOUSE and GROWING UP BRADY.THE BRADY BUNCH IN THE WHITE HOUSE: Mike Brady, in a strange twist of fate, becomes President of the United States of America with wife Carol by his side as Vice President.GROWING UP BRADY: This fabulous new biopic, based on the memoirs of actor Barry Williams (Greg Brady), reveals the behind-the-scenes truth about what really happened: the legendary off-screen battles between Robert Reed (Mike Brady) and the show’s real daddy, series creator Sherwood Schwartz: Barry’s date with his screen Mom: his relationship with ‘sister’ Maureen McCormick (Marcia Brady) and the ultimate question – did they or didn’t they? You’ll laugh and cry along with them all as the meteoric rise to international TV stardom brings happiness and heartbreak in a moving story of what the rocky road to fame is really like.

Broadcasting Politics in Japan $62.91 The aftermath of Japan’s 1945 military defeat left its public institutions in a state of deep crisis; virtually every major source of state legitimacy was seriously damaged or wholly remade by the postwar occupation. Between 1960 and 1990, however, these institutions renewed their strength, taking on legitimacy that erased virtually all traces of their postwar instability.How did this transformation come about? This is the question Ellis S. Krauss ponders in Broadcasting Politics in Japan; his answer focuses on the role played by the Japanese mass media and in particular by Japan’s national broadcaster, NHK.Since the 1960s, television has been a fixture of the Japanese household, and NHK’s TV news has until very recently been the dominant, and most trusted, source of political information for the Japanese citizen. NHK’s news style is distinctive among the broadcasting systems of industrialized countries; it emphasizes facts over interpretation and gives unusual priority to coverage of the national bureaucracy. Krauss argues that this approach is not simply a reflection of Japanese culture, but a result of the organization and processes of NHK and their relationship with the state. These factors had profound consequences for the state’s postwar re-legitimization, while the commercial networks’ recent challenge to NHK has helped engender the wave of cynicism currently faced by the state.Krauss guides the reader through the complex interactions among politics, media organizations, and Japanese journalism to demonstrate how NHK TV news became a shaper of Japan’s political world, rather than simply a lens through which to view it.

Buddhist Approaches to Human Rights $41.24 The demonstrations of monks in Tibet and Myanmar (Burma) in recent times as well as the age-old conflict between a predominantly Buddhist population and a Hindu minority in Sri Lanka raises the question of how the issues of human rights and Buddhism are related. The question applies both to the violation of basic rights in Buddhist countries and to the defense of those rights which are well-grounded in Buddhist teachings. The volume provides academic essays that reflect this neglected issue from the point of view of the three main Buddhist traditions: Theravada, Mahayana and Vajrayana. It provides multi-faceted and surprising insights into a rather unlikely relationship. Carmen Meinert is a sinologist and tibetologist, currently working as a research fellow at the Institute of Advanced Studies in the Humanities (KWI) in Essen (Germany) and teaches at the University of Bochum. Hans-Bernd Zollner teaches East Asian studies at the Universities of Hamburg and Passau.

Building Emotional Intimacy in Your Marriage $13 The story goes, and they lived happily ever after. Isn”t that what we all want in marriage? Why settle for mediocrity when you can have magnificent? For so many people, the question is, How can we get there and how can we stay there? After twenty-five years of marriage with its fair share of ups and downs, Jeff and Florence Schachinger think they”ve found the answer. It”s emotional intimacy. It may not be something you have right now, but it is something you can build. They share their journey and what they have learned about connecting on a deeper emotional level, seeing marriage as a spiritual relationship, and building an intimacy that will last forever. You will be encouraged, challenged, and inspired to take your marriage to a place it”s never been before-a place where you”ll find more than you can imagine.

Business-to-Business Marketing $139.89 Is there really a difference between business-to-business marketing and consumer marketing? This book helps students answer this question by examining views that argue B2B marketing is simply a variant of consumer marketing or is only concerned with inter-organizational relationship management. Written from an European perspective and recognizing that organizational markets can be very different, the ideas and examples used in this book are based on the latest research and scholarship. Chapters include learning outcomes and objectives, discussion questions and small cases to help readers consolidate their learning.

Cancer’s Seeming Madness: God’s Story $13.95 Cancer’s Seeming Madness answers the question, How did an agnostic son and concerned parents in their relationship with one another and God find peace during a wrenching but bonding period of two weeks together leading up to the son’s death?

Capacitas $101.08 One of the principal tasks for legal research at the beginning of the 21st century is to reconstruct the understanding of the relationship between the legal system and the market order. After almost three decades of deregulation, driven by a belief in the self-equilibrating properties of the market, the financial crisis of 2008 has reminded everyone of the fundamental truth that markets have legal and institutional foundations, without which they cannot effectively function. The chapters in the present volume are the result of the work by a group of legal scholars which began in mid-2000, at a time when the shortcomings of deregulatory policies were becoming clear in a number of contexts. The chapters address the question of how the language of contract law describes or conceptualizes the market order and the relationship of the law to it. The perspectives taken are, in turn, historical, comparative, and context-specific. The focus of the book is on a foundational idea, the concept of

Car Talk $13.95 When a question about anti-lock brakes becomes and entree for dispensing marital advice, you know you’ve entered the world of Click and Clack, the Car Talk guys. Together they dish up sage advice, car guidance, and fun as they irritate, pontificate, and finally illuminate life for the less fortunate of us who are mechanically disinclined. Listen in to learn how your car life merely reflects your love life. And feel the deep relief that comes with knowing you’re not the caller whose relationship laundry is being strung up the pole for all listeners to enjoy

Carnal Art $24.95 The French artist Orlan is infamous for performances during which her body is surgically altered. In nine such performance surgeries, features from Greek goddesses painted by Botticelli, Gerard, Moreau, and an anonymous School of Fontainebleau artist, as well as from da Vinci’s Mona Lisa, were implanted into Orlan’s face. During her surgical performances, viewers witness a material tampering with the relationship between the face and individual identity, the original and the constructed, a historical critique of the association of art with beauty and the female body. Responding to Orlan’s definition of her performance surgeries as carnal art, C. Jill O’Bryan considers how the artist’s ever-fluctuating reconstructions of her face question idealized beauty and female identity, persuasively arguing that Orlan’s surgically reinvented face succeeds in both reinforcing and breaking apart corporeal subjectivity and representation. O’Bryan contextualizes Orlan’s operations within the centuries-long history of public dissections and surgeries, lavish anatomical illustrations created to draw the gaze into the opened anatomy, Artaud’s Theater of Cruelty in the early twentieth century, and contemporary works and performances by Cindy Sherman, Hans Bellman, and Annie Sprinkle. A compelling blurring of the line between feminist theory and art criticism, O’Bryan’s close examination of Orlan’s performance surgeries complicates and reconfigures the notions of identity–and its relation to the body–at the very boundary dividing art from identity.

Catie & Josephine $3.98 Catie Calloway s family has moved a lot, which is rough on an only child. When Catie finds herself in another new city and another new school, she is glad to meet Josephine, a girl who appears in the big old house that is her family s new home. With a relationship founded in loneliness, the two girls are immediately drawn to each other and happy to have each finally found a best friend. Catie s parents, however, are beginning to question their daughter s odd behavior. To them, it appears she hasn t a friend in the world, and sending her away to summer camp seems to be the only answer. Unless, of course, Catie can come up with a new friend fast.

Challenge of the Heart $29 This powerful collection of essays by such notables as D. H. Lawrence, Robert Bly, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Rainer Maria Rilke focuses on the challenges of love between men and women, addressing the questions and difficulties arising for people in relationships today. Anyone who is, has been, or hopes to be in an intimate relationship with a person of the opposite sex will find this book must reading. The first group of essays deals with the contradictions and possibilities inherent in erotic love, leading to the question posed in the next section: What do men and women really want? The contributors then explore marriage as an ongoing path of personal transformation. That opens into a look at sexuality itself as an especially vivid meeting of two different worlds. The book closes with a group of writings that consider relationship as a vehicle for developing power, wisdom, and inner truth. Carefully selected, threaded together by Welwood’s insightful commentary, the essays presented here approach the challenge of intimacy with bravery and gentleness, inspiring the reader toward becoming a warrior of the heart.

Children And Chess $18.38 Children and Chess: A Guide for Educators is the first book to show the connection between accepted educational theories and chess. The relationship of chess to academic and humanistic educational goals is convincingly illustrated as curriculum and psychological theories from John D. McNeil, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, and Howard Gardner are outlined and applied to the question why chess? Children and Chess features lesson plans teachers can use immediately, and from which they can learn the basics of the game. Since the plans meet academic goals through chess, teachers also learn that chess can be a part of reading, math, science, and social studies. An appendix showing how chess meets the requirements of curriculum standards is another plus. Grades 4-8.

Christheart: The Way of Knowing Jesus $2.05 ChristHeart is a book of meditations based on thirty-four (34) events or teachings from the life of Jesus Christ. The reader is invited to enter more fully into the life of the human Jesus and to identify with the feelings and thoughts of Christ as he carried out his earthly ministry. Designed to facilitate contemplative prayer, the author encourages readers to imagine the responses of Jesus as he dealt with conflict, entered into friendship with the disciples and others, and healed people and taught them about a vital, personal, love relationship with God. The reader can enter into the experiences of Jesus by reading a selected scripture from the Gospels and one of the meditations, and then picturing the scene and identifying with the feelings and thoughts of Jesus in that scene. At the end of each meditation is a question to encourage reflection and a deepening of one’s own understanding of how the life of Christ intersects with and transforms the reader’s life.

Colony, –Or Free State ?; Dependence, –Or Just Connection ? Empire, –Or Union ?. an Essay Based on the Political Philosophy of the $14.44 Subtitle: An Essay Based on the Political Philosophy of the American Revolution, as Summerized in the Declaration of Independence, Towards the Ascertainment of the Nature of the Political Relationship Between the American Union and Its Annexed Insular Regions and the Question of Terminology; an Address Containing the Substance of the Foregoing Essay, With Some Additions, Delivered Before the Section for the Study of the Government of Dependencies, of the American Political Science Association, at the Meet General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: s.n. Subjects: Political science United States Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. You can also preview the book there.

Coming Attractions $14.99 In this third book in the Katie Weldon Series, Katie is rolling into her final semester at Rancho Corona with one major question for her boyfriend: ”Are you serious?” She”s come to the conclusion that she really, truly loves Rick and it”s time for him to make a declaration about his future intentions. The biggest obstacle to such a conversation is the craziness of their schedules. Katie”s close friend, Nicole, is spending more time with Rick than Katie is, and the once mysterious Eli is now the person to whom Katie is opening her heart. What is happening to her should-be-predictable world?Soon Katie finds she”s the one who is asking herself, ”Are you serious?” Katie ponders what that means in her life—from her relationship with Rick to what she plans to do after graduation. Could it be that God is asking her the same question about her relationship with Him?

Commitment: Developing Deeper Devotion to Christ $7.99 What does it mean to be truly committed to Christ Jesus answer to that question forms perhaps the greatest sermon ever delivered. In Commitment, you”ll revisit the Sermon on the Mount to discover practical ways for assessing your present level of commitment and setting goals for its growth. Youll find out what the Master expects from those who follow him and what rewards await them. You”ll also learn how to sidestep common barriers to commitment and draw closer to Christ than you”ve ever thought possible. As you explore the themes of Jesus” famous sermon and apply them to your own relationship with God, you”ll discover the confidence that comes from being fully committed to Christ. Interactions—a powerful and challenging tool for building deep relationships between you and your group members, and you and God. Interactions is far more than another group Bible study. It”s acutting-edge series designed to help small group participants develop intofully devoted followers of Christ.