Locked in the Poorhouse: Cities, Race and Poverty in the United States -- by Fred Harris, Lynn Curtis (Authors) (Book - Parent)
"Thirty years ago we had riots in the city streets. Then-President Johnson convened the Kerner Commission to examine the reasons why, and it concluded that the U.S. was "moving towards two societies,...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Treatment of Adult Survivors of Incest -- by Patricia Paddison (Author) (Book)
"This volume is designed to broaden the clinician's treatment options and provide education on the multidimensional approach to the treatment of incest survivors. The wide spectrum of clinical...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Juvenile Violence in a Winner-Loser Culture: Socio-Economic and Familial Origins of the Rise of Violence against the Person -- by Oliver James (Author) (Book)
Using their own official statistics, author Oliver James demonstrates that Home Office claims that violence has not been growing are false. Public debates about violence tend to centre on single-cause...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Psychopharmacology and Psychobiology of Ethnicity -- by Keh-Ming Lin, Russell Poland, Gayle Nakasaki (Authors) (Book)
"Until several decades ago, few studies were conducted on the differences among individual responses to pharmacologic agents. Then, in the 1950s and 1960s, enzyme induction was discovered, and it...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Hands to Work: The Stories of Three Families Racing the Welfare Clock -- by LynNell Hancock (Author) (Book)
"In this illuminating examination of our national welfare policy, award-winning veteran reporter and writer LynNell Hancock offers portraits of three women and their families as they struggle to find...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Should We Stay Together?: A Scientifically Proven Method for Evaluating Your Relationship and Improving its Chances for Long-Term Success -- by Jeffry Larson (Author) (Book)
"The fact is, some couples need more time to mature, some need to work through specific issues, and some should never be together. But how do you know? What factors add up to success-or failure-in a...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Young, Poor, and Pregnant: The Psychology of Teenage Motherhood -- by Judith Musick (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Teenage mothers are often poor young girls who define themselves through motherhood and who see getting pregnant as less frightening than finishing school or getting a job. In this book an expert on...
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Age groups: Adolescence (13-21)
Systemic Treatment of Families Who Abuse -- by Eliana Gil (Author) (Book)
"An invaluable guide for enhancing your skills when working with families in which child abuse has occurred. Systemic Treatment of Families Who Abuse addresses both the symptoms and precipitating...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Your inner child of the past -- by W Missildine (Author) (Book - Parent)
"Based on the groundbreaking bestseller that pointed therapy in a new direction. Missildine tells how to seek the inner child, identify how the inner child shapes behavior, and create ways to...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)
Rethinking Literacy Education: The Critical Need for Practice-Based Change -- by B. Allan Quigley (Author) (Book)
Drawing on more than twenty-five years of his teaching and administering of literacy programs, and also on his experience forming literacy policy and conducting research, Quigley reveals some...
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Age groups: Adulthood (22+)