Against the Odds: How "At-Risk" Students Exceed Expectations -- by Janine Bempechat (Author) (Book)
"From an original position that isolates the factors which predict academic performance, Harvard professor Janine Bempechat shatters the myths about success and failure among poor and minority...
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Diseasing of America: How We Allowed Recovery Zealots and the Treatment Industry to Convince Us We Are Out of Control -- by Stanton Peele (Author) (Book)
"A Controversial Argument Against the Disease Theory of Addiction Diseasing of America is a powerful and controversial rebuttal to the "addiction as disease model" that many vested interests-including...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Tactics of Change: Doing Therapy Briefly -- by Richard Fisch, John Weakland, Lynn Segal (Authors) (Book)
"A best-selling, seminal manual on treating a wide range of clinical problems briefly and effectively. Explores the principles of brief therapy and discusses the basic elements of treatment. Examines...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Psychological Perspectives on Human Sexuality -- by Frank Muscarella, Lenore Szuchman (Authors) (Book)
" comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date examination of the most important topics in human sexuality. Psychological Perspectives on Human Sexuality offers a comprehensive and much-needed empirical...
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Reinventing Your Practice as a Business Psychologist -- by Louis Perrott (Author) (Book)
"Reinventing Your Practice as a Business Psychologist is an invaluable resource, offering step-by-step guidance to an innovative process that can ultimately transform your indepAndent practice. Louis...
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Intervention Skills: Process Consultation for Small Groups and Teams -- by W. Brendan Reddy (Author) (Book)
"Finally, a functional guide that focuses on putting the concept of group-process consultation into actual practice! You'll learn how and under what circumstances a process consultant should intervene...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
The Healing Power of Exercise: Your Guide to Preventing and Treating Diabetes, Depression, Heart Disease, High Blood Pressure, Arthritis, and More -- by Diane Elliot, Linn Goldberg (Authors) (Book)
"LEARN HOW EXERCISE CAN . . . ? Increase bone health ? Offer relief for arthritis and back pain ? Lower your risk of developing certain cancers ? Lower high cholesterol and improve triglyceride...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Counselling Couples in Relationships: An Introduction to the RELATE Approach -- by Christopher Butler, Victoria Joyce (Authors) (Book)
"This book is designed to enrich and stimulate the work of counsellors working within a wide range of counselling models and traditions. This is not a prescriptive manual but rather an informed guide...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Seizures and Epilepsy in Childhood: A Guide -- by John M. Freeman, Eileen Vining, Diana Pillas (Authors) (Book)
"Your Child with Arthritis is designed to help parents and other family members with the challenging task of raising a child with a rheumatic disease. The authors--two pediatric rheumatologists, a...
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The Clinical Science of Suicide Prevention -- by Herbert Hendin, J. John Mann (Authors) (Book)
"This volume describes what is known in terms of assessment of suicide risk and management of suicidal patients. A variety of psychiatric disorders and patients across the life cycle are considered in...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
