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"More than thirty years ago, an entire generation sought a new way of life, looking for fulfillment and meaning in a way no one had before. Leaving his teaching job at Harvard, Ram Dass embodied the role of spiritual seeker, showing others how to find peace within themselves in one of the greatest spiritual classics of the twentieth century, Be Here Now. As many of that generation enter the autumn of their years, the big questions of peace and of...
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2015.
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Draws on insights from economics and psychology to argue that people must behave in happy ways to experience actual happiness, citing the importance of balancing a sense of purpose with environmental comfort while recognizing how to shift focus to overcome emotional biases. --Publisher's description.
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2006.
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"Schizophrenia is a brain disorder that typically occurs in adolescents and young adults between the ages of 18 and 35. Untreated, it can have a wide-ranging and often devastating impact not only on the lives of these young people, but also on those who love and care for them. Indeed, in an era of de-institutionalization and managed care, it is their families who will become the first line of defense against this serious, potentially life-altering...
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Quick response research report volume 103
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[1998]
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Shows how a parent's experience of and reaction to trauma events influence the child's reactions.
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Quick response research report volume 87
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[1996]
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Coping self-efficacy is defined as a person's subjective appraisal of his/her ability to cope with the environmental demands of the stressful situation. Coping efficacy in dealing with the coping demands following the bombing would explain a significant proportion of the variance in PTSD symptomology and general psychological distress over and above several control variables (e.g., social support, threat of death).
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Thirty years after women became 50 percent of the college graduates in the United States, men still hold the vast majority of leadership positions in government and industry. This means that women's voices are still not heard equally in the decisions that most affect our lives. In this book the author examines why women's progress in achieving leadership roles has stalled, explains the root causes, and offers solutions that can empower women to achieve...
94) On death and dying: what the dying have to teach doctors, nurses, clergy, and their own families
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The five stages of grief, first formulated in this hugely influential work, are now part of our common understanding of loss. Ideal for all those with an interest in bereavement, this classic text is reissued with a new introduction looking at its influence on contemporary thought and practice.
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A carjacker lurking in a shopping mall parking lot. An abusive husband pounding on the door. A disgruntled employee brandishing a gun. These days, no one is safe from the specter of violence. But according to Gavin de Becker, everyone can feel safer, act safer, be safer -- if they learn how to listen to their own sixth sense about danger.
De Becker has made a career of protecting people and predicting violent behavior. His firm handles security for...
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[1989]
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"With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity--principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates."--BOOK JACKET.
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"'Fans of The Chilbury Ladies' Choir and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society will adore The Jane Austen Society... A charming and memorable debut, which reminds us of the universal language of literature and the power of books to unite and heal.' -Pam Jenoff, New York Times bestselling author of The Lost Girls of Paris Just after the Second World War, in the small English village of Chawton, an unusual but like-minded group of people...
100) Careless in Red
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After the senseless murder of his wife, Detective superintendent Thomas Lynley retreated to Cornwall, where he has spent six solitary weeks hiking the bleak and rugged coastline. On the forty-third day of his walk he discovers the body of a young man who appears to have fallen to his death. The closest town, better known for its tourists and its surfing than for its intrigue, seems an unlikely place for murder. However, ti soon becomes apparent...