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Provides capsule views of 100 outstanding women who changed the course of world history, beginning with Queen Makare Hatshepsut and concluding with Rigoberta Menchu.
A complex exploration of the physical and emotional effects of trauma. A college student attempts suicide after a brutal sexual assault but is stopped by a mechanic whose kindness, however, soon takes an unsettling turn. Startlingly modern in its frankness and psychological reali...
Offers advice to parents and professionals on helping children cope with the death of an acquaintance or loved one, discussing how to talk with children of all ages, how grief can affect young people, religious beliefs, and when to seek professional care. Includes activities and ...
"This collection takes a holistic view of well-being, seeking complementarities between Indigenous approaches to healing and Western biomedicine. Topics include traditional healers and approaches to treatment of disease and illness; traditional knowledge and intellectual property...
Meet Me Where I Am provides knowledge and essential tools to lovingly, confidently and, above all, successfully care for those who live with Alzheimer's and related dementias. Over 5 million Americans currently live with Alzheimer's disease. Along with them, 15 million unpaid car...
Testimonies from the survivors of childhood sexual abuse offer accounts of women struggling to come to terms with their emotional response to abuse.
"There will soon be no eye-witnesses to the Holocaust. As Tolstoy famously put it, what is to be done? One answer is Out of Hiding, a cross-section of stories collected from one region of the globe --British Columbia, Canada--examining 85 authors and 160 books. Outstanding charac...