Studies show that patients who contribute to their owntreatment and recovery fare better in rehabilitation.Tailoring theconcept for those suffering from joint pain, orthopedicpsychologist Kate O'Shea draws from her patients and her owncongenital hip orblems (she has four major surgeries by the timeshe was thirteen) to describe a program for caring for theemotional and physical body while healing joint pain or aftersurgery. Conventional medical care, thouch technologicallysophisticated, often ignores the humanity of individuals--patientsare on their own once they are home. Healing Hip, Joint and KneePain offers exercises, breathing techniques, visualization andwriting suggestions for becoming aware emotionally and forenhancing awareness of the healing joint. Drawing from Rosen work,Feldenkrais, Eutony, and orthopedic psychologym O'Shea provides thereader with inviting methods to hasten healing.

“There are lives lost in this book, and there are lives saved,too, if salvation means a young man or woman begins to feeldeserving of a place on the planet. . . . What could be moresoul-satisfying? These are the most influential professionals mostof us will ever meet. The effects of their work will lastforever.” –from the foreword by Anna Quindlen Now depicted in a bestselling book and a feature film, theFreedom Writers phenomenon came about in 1994 when Erin Gruwellstepped into Room 203 and began her first teaching job out ofcollege. Long Beach, California, was still reeling from the deadlyviolence that erupted during the Rodney King riots, and the kids inErin’s classroom reflected the anger, resentment, and hopelessnessof their community. Undaunted, Erin fostered an educationalphilosophy that valued and promoted diversity, tolerance, andcommunication, and in the process, she transformed her students’lives, as well as her own. Erin Gruwell and the Freedom Writerswent on to establish t

Ludwig van Beethoven lay dying in 1827, a young musician namedFerdinand Hiller came to pay his respects to the great composer. Inthose days, it was customary to snip a lock of hair as a keepsake,and this Hiller did a day after Beethoven's death. By the time hewas buried, Beethoven's head had been nearly shorn by the manypeople who similarly had wanted a lasting memento of the great man.Such was his powerful effect on all those who had heard hismusic. For a century, the lock of hair was a treasured Hiller familyrelic, and perhaps was destined to end up sequestered in a bankvault, until it somehow found its way to the town of Gilleleje, inNazi-occupied Denmark, during the darkest days of the Second WorldWar. There, it was given to a local doctor, Kay Fremming, who wasdeeply involved in the effort to help save hundreds of hunted andfrightened Jews. Who gave him the hair, and why? And what was thefate of those refugees, holed up in the attic of Gilleleje'schurch? After Fremming's death, his d

If you’ve been struggling with your weight, you know how hard itcan be to lose those extra pounds and keep them off. In thegroundbreaking Think Thin, Be Thin , nationally prominentpsychotherapist Doris Wild Helmering and award-winning healthwriter Dianne Hales assert that the true key to a healthy bodyweight is a healthy attitude toward food and exercise. Their logicis simple: Your brain ultimately controls what you eat and whetheryou work out. If you change the way you think, you can change theway you behave. And you can lose weight. Using proven psychological strategies and scientifically basedexercises, you will learn how to harness your thoughts to transformyour behavior, body, and life. With practical advice on suchtroublesome issues as curbing emotional eating, motivating yourselfto exercise, and overcoming diet plateaus, this book is the idealcomplement to any diet and weight-loss program.

What does it mean to be black and male in 20th-centuryAmerica? The notion of the unitary "black man" is as illusory asthe creature conjured up by Wallace Stevens in his poem "ThirteenWays of Looking at a Blackbird", says Gates. With these eightessays--most of which appeared originally in "The New Yorker"--thechair of Harvard's Afro-American Studies department takes a closelook at some of the most extraordinary figures of our time Nationallecture tour .

Tried diet after diet and still can’t lose weight? It’s timeto call the expert. In The Skinny, Dr. Louis Aronne, America’s topweight-loss specialist, shares the plan that has worked so well forhis many patients. Through his friendly guidance, you’ll finallylearn how to: stop the weight-loss, weight-gain cycle learn the strategy for feeling full with fewer calories teach your brain to stop craving food learn to put down your fork and automatically push away from thetable—without counting a single calorie learn what common medications and medical conditions can make yougain weight lose the weight—even if nothing else has worked Dr. Louis Aronne is the expert whom doctors refer their toughestcases to. For more than twenty years he’s worked on the front linesof obesity research and treatment. The founder and director of theComprehensive Weight Control Program at New York–PresbyterianHospital /Weill Cornell Medical Center, he has helped thousands ofp

The Man in Black is dead, and Roland is about to be hurled into 20th-century America, occupying the mind of a man running cocaine on the New York/Bermuda shuttle. A brilliant work of dark fantasy inspired by Browning's romantic poem, "Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came". --This text refers to the Audio Cassette edition.

The two political classics in this book are the product of a time of intense turmoil in Chinese history. Dating from the Period of the Warring States (403-221BC), they anticipate Machiavelli's The Prince by nearly 2000 years. The Art of War is the best known of a considerable body of Chinese works on the subject. It analyses the nature of war, and reveals how victory may be ensured. The Book of Lord Shang is a political treatise for the instruction of rulers. These texts are anything but armchair strategy or ivory-tower speculation. They are serious, urgent and practical responses to the desperate situations in which they were written. They have been immensely influential both inside and outside China.

Jason Bourne is searching for an elusive cadre of terroristsplanning to destroy America's most strategic natural resources. Heneeds the help of his long-time friend, General Boris Karpov, thenewly appointed head of Russia's most feared spy agency, FSB-2.Karpov is one of the most determined, honorable, and justice-hungrymen that Bourne knows. But Karpov has made a deal with the devil.In order to remain the head of FSB-2, he must hunt down and killBourne. Now, these two trusted friends are on a deadly collision course.From the Colombian highlands to Munich, Cadiz, and Damascus, theclock is counting down to a disaster that will cripple America'seconomic and military future. Only Bourne and Karpov have a chanceto avert the catastrophe-but if they destroy each other first, thatchance will be gone forever. THE BOURNE DOMINION Jason Bourne is one of the most compelling and best lovedcharacters created by internationally bestselling novelist RobertLudlum. The hero of eight novels, including T

Facing down mercenaries in Africa, Jason Bourne witnesses thedeath of an art dealer named Tracy Atherton. Her killing dredges upsnatches of Bourne's impaired memory, in particular the murder of ayoung woman on Bali who entrusted him with a strangely engravedring??-an artifact of such powerful significance that people havekilled to obtain it. Now he's determined to find the ring's ownerand purpose. But Bourne never knows what terrible acts he'lldiscover he committed when he digs into the past. The trail will lead him through layers of conspiracy to a viciousRussian mercenary, Leonid Arkadin, who was also a graduate of theCentral Intelligence training program Treadstone. A covert coursedesigned to create ruthless assassins for C.I., it was shuttered byCongress for corruption. Yet before it was dismantled, it producedBourne and Arkadin, giving them equal skills, equal force, andequal cunning. As Bourne's destiny circles closer to Arkadin's, it becomes clearthat the eventual collision of these

Finally, homeschoolers have a comprehensive guide to designinga homeschool curriculum, from one of the country's foremosthomeschooling experts. , Rebecca Rupp presents a structured plan toensure that your children will learn what they need to know whenthey need to know it, from preschool through high school. Based onthe traditional pre-K through 12th-grade structure, Home LearningYear by Year features: The integral subjects to be covered within each grade Standards for knowledge that should be acquired by your child ateach level Recommended books to use as texts for every subject Guidelines for the importance of each topic: which knowledge isessential and which is best for more expansive study based on yourchild's personal interests Suggestions for how to sensitively approach less academic subjects,such as sex education and physical fitness

The rise and decline of witchcraft around the world, as seen through the perceptive eyes of an anthropologist and historian well-acquainted with traditional Basque and Spanish folklore--which inspired this fascinating, macabre, and chilling book. Beginning with an analysis of the basic mentality of those who have believed in or practiced the magic arts, and covering witchcraft's startling rise throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, it launches into an absorbing and original study that upsets many of the popular notions about the nature and history of the subject. Includes much enthralling material from art, literature, and ecclesiastical and legal documents, as well as discerning psychological studies of witches and their accusers.

This short time is all it takes to master the 38 simpleexercises in this book. You will quickly grasp the ancientYoga secrets of breathing, concentration, nutrition andmuscle control -- in just minutes of your spare time andwithout any discomfort. Day by day you will noticeastonishing results -- loss of weight, greater firmness,more energy, relief from pain, freedom from stress andan overall feeling of youthfulness and well-being. This Yoga regimen will become a lifetime program to keep yourwhole organism radiant with a natural beauty andhealth. This Yoga regimen will become a lifetime program to keepyour whole organsim radiant with natural beauty andhealth!

If you work nonstop without a break...worry about offending others and back down too easily...explain too much when asked for information....or "poll" your friends and colleagues before making a decision, chances are you have been bypassed for promotions and ignored when you expressed your ideas. Although you may not be aware of it, girlish behaviors such as these are sabotaging your career! Dr. Lois Frankel reveals why some women roar ahead in their careers while others stagnate. She's spotted a unique set of behaviors--101 in all--that women learn in girlhood that sabotage them as adults. Now, in this groudbreaking guide, she helps you eliminate these unconscious mistakes that could be holding you back--and offers invaluable coaching tips you can easily incorporate into your social and business skills. If you recognize and change the behaviors that say "girl" not "woman", the results will pay off in carrer opportunites you never thought possible--and in an image that identifies you as someone with the powe

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The story of the race to the North Pole is told throughmemoirs, letters, ships' logs, and diaries of Arctic explorers,documenting the motives, modes of travel, and remarkable men whoendured the extremes of physical hardship and grim competition,including Robert Peary, Richard Byrd, Fridtjof Nans

If your lover has left you... If your relationship is on the edge, and you feel fragile and outof control... If you regret walking out... If you're not sure you want your lover back, but you need tounderstand what happened... You do have a second chance--if you know what has to comefirst. Falling in and out of love is a natural process that can beunderstood and mastered. Love properly understood can be loveregained and kept alive for a lifetime. This step-by-step approach developed by psychiatrist Blase Harrisworks. It has worked for the people in this book. Andnow it can work for you. Dr. Harris's practical guide showsyou how to avoid the common mistakes ex-lovers make, love 100percent, and get your lover back!

In recent years, a key research project at the China Institutefor Re-form and Development where I work has been thetransformation of thegovernment. The Institute has hosted severalimportant international fo-rums focusing on this topic which haveproduced research achievementsand aroused an extensive response. Asa scholar of the Institute, I havedevoted much of my time andenergy to issues related to the study ofthe transformation of thegovernment. This book presents 37 articles Iwrote or speeches Igave on this topic between May 2003 and September2005.

A clear and practical guide...I recommend it highly. --Christiane Northrup, M.D., author of Women's Bodies, Women'sWisdom "Dr. Murray is...a champion of natural medicine who has much toteach psychiatry about relieving mental suffering." --Harold H. Bloomfield, M.D., bestselling author of HealingAnxiety with Herbs and Hypericum (St. John's Wort) andDepression "Explains why 5-HTP, a natural substance, is as powerful atreatment as the latest wonder drugs--and yet is so much safer itdoesn't need a pre*ion! This is an important book that willbring blessed relief to many people." --Melvyn R. Werbach, M.D., author of Nutritional Influences onMental Illness; Assistant Clinical Professor, Department ofPsychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles "Again Dr. Murray is on target, this time teaching us thepertinent facts and the importance of serotonin and its precursor,5-HTP.... An important book for all who desire a healthier, longer,and more fruitful life." --James

Does assigning fifty math problems accomplish any more thanassigning five? Is memorizing word lists the best way to increasevocabulary—especially when it takes away from reading time? Andwhat is the real purpose behind those devilish dioramas? The time our children spend doing homework has skyrocketed inrecent years. Parents spend countless hours cajoling their kids tocomplete such assignments—often without considering whether or notthey serve any worthwhile purpose. Even many teachers are in thedark: Only one of the hundreds the authors interviewed and surveyedhad ever taken a course specifically on homework duringtraining. The truth, according to Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish, is thatthere is almost no evidence that homework helps elementary schoolstudents achieve academic success and little evidence that it helpsolder students. Yet the nightly burden is taking a serious toll onAmerica’s families. It robs children of the sleep, play, andexercise time they need for prop

All those baby boomers who have embarked on the journey ofraising their second and third children have found themselves leftin the lurch by existing child care literature. Now child careexpert Nancy Samalin, who has earned a reputation for her forgivingand empowering approach to parenting, brings her inspiring outlookto this guide to the pitfalls and rewards of parenting two or morechildren. Parents who consider themselves pros after the first child are infor a surprise when the encounter life after the second child isborn and beyond. Suddenly their world is an exhausting haze ofcompeting demands, perpetual squabbling, sibling rivalry,complaints of unfairness and "you love him more" (and sometimes youdo), unrelenting stress, and a pervasive sense of guilt andinadequacy. Culled from her years of workshops with hundreds ofparents, Nancy Samalin shares the trials and joys of parenthood andprovides specific advice on steering your way through the parentingrapids. This is a must-read for today's harri

One day in Ventura, California, Jonell McLain saw a beautifuldiamond necklace in a jewelry store window and wondered: Why arepersonal luxuries so plentiful yet accessible to so few? What if weshared what we desired? Several weeks, dozens of phone calls, andone great leap of faith later, Jonell and twelve other women boughtthe necklace together–to be passed along among them all. The dazzling treasure weaves in and out of each woman’s life,reflecting her past, defining her present, making promises for herfuture. Lending sparkle in surprising and unexpected ways, thenecklace comes to mean something dramatically different to each ofthe thirteen women. With vastly dissimilar histories and lives,they transcend their individual personalities and politics to jointogether in an uncommon journey–and what started as a quirky socialexperiment becomes something far richer and deeper.