Author: Claudia Jarrett
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0916782093
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 323

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Pros, cons, and how-to's for an increasingly popular option.

Author: Deborah T. Meem
Publisher: SAGE Publications
ISBN: 1071847996
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 387

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Finding Out, Fourth Edition introduces readers to lesbian-gay-bisexual-transgender-queer (LGBTQ) studies. By combining accessible introductory and explanatory material with primary texts and artifacts, this text/reader explores the development and growth of LGBTQ identities and the interdisciplinary nature of sexuality studies. Now available in a digital ebook format, the fourth edition has been thoroughly updated to include a new chapter on "Trans Lives and Theories", and new readings. Authors Deborah T. Meem, Jonathan Alexander, Key Beck, and Michelle A. Gibson provide more discussions of important and current issues in LGBTQ studies such as the emergence of non-binary identities, and issues of race and class, making Finding Out, Fourth Edition an even more comprehensive introduction to the field.

Author: Rod Burns
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664148027
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 23

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Tommy and Tina are childhood friends who enjoy exploring nature and looking for animals and creatures that live in the forest and around the lakes where they live. Tommy and Tina packed a picnic lunch and decided to take a walk in the forest near their house. There was an old rotten log near the stream and thousands of termites were flying out of the log. Some of the termites had long wings, some were a milky white and some had pinchers in front of their heads. Tommy and Tina spread their blanket under the big oak tree and watched the termites fly into the forest while they were enjoying their lunch. Tommy and Tina were wondering where the termites were flying too, maybe they thought the termites were looking for a new home in the forest. Tommy and Tina meet and talk to many animals in the forest while they searched for a new home for themselves.

Author: Arthur Scott Bailey
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 57

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Arthur Scott Bailey's 'The Tale of Tommy Fox' is a charming children's book that follows the adventures of a mischievous fox named Tommy. The book is written in a delightful storytelling style that is both engaging and accessible to young readers, making it a timeless classic in children's literature. Bailey's use of anthropomorphic animals allows him to convey important moral lessons in a subtle and entertaining way, adding depth to the seemingly simple plot. 'The Tale of Tommy Fox' is a perfect introduction to Bailey's larger body of work, which often focuses on the natural world and the relationships between animals. Readers will find themselves immersed in a world where animals take on human characteristics and learn valuable lessons about friendship, courage, and kindness. For anyone looking for a heartwarming and educational read for children, 'The Tale of Tommy Fox' comes highly recommended.

Author: Scott Luttrell
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 163860438X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 499

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All Marlene ever wanted in life was to just blend in and be left the hell alone. Ambiguity was a jealous lover. The city of North Bank and the thing that creeps under the city had different plans for her. Take a ride through the historical dark side of her chosen city. A city that is both evil and beautiful. See the rise and fall of North Bank through the eyes of Marlene Bartnik as she realizes that survival is the goal of her never-ending life and that karmic justice is best served cold. Remember this, there are more than just human eyes watching this city. The soul of North Bank is occupied by something much darker. So, grab an adult beverage, buckle in, and enjoy the ride with Tales from North Bank.

Author: Richard Kagan
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136399798
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 399

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Learn to build the trust you need to help children in crisis! Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children: Healing from Losses, Violence, Abuse, and Neglect is a therapeutic guide to helping troubled children move beyond the traumatic experiences that haunt them. Author Dr. Richard Kagan, Director of Psychological Services for Parsons Child and Family Center in Albany, New York, presents comprehensive information on how to understandand surmountthe impact of loss, neglect, separation, and violence on children’s development, how to discover and foster strengths in children and their families, and how to rebuild connections and hope for children who are at risk of harm to themselves and others. This unique book is designed to be used in tandem with Real Life Heroes: A Life Storybook for Children (Haworth), an innovative workbook that helps children develop the self-esteem they need to overcome the worries and fears of their past through a creative arts approach that fosters positive values and a sense of pride. Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children helps children move from negative or suppressed memories to a more positive perspective, not by denying hardships, but by drawing strength from the supportive people in their lives. Practitioners can use the book as a framework and detailed guide to assessment, engagement, development of service plans, and implementation of attachment and trauma therapy. The book is a comprehensive model for working to build the trust necessary before other trauma therapy approaches can be successfully initiated. Topics examined in Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children include: attachment theory and research types of attachment problems PTSD behaviors permanency work with children in placement ADHD, bipolar, and RAD cognitive behavioral therapies storytelling therapies the myth of perfection neuropsychological patterns and much more! Rebuilding Attachments with Traumatized Children is a rich resource for practitioners, academics, parents, adoptive parents, foster parents, grandparents, and anyone working to show troubled children how to learn from the past, resolve problems in the present, and build a better future.

Author: Frank Freudberg
Publisher: Frank Freudberg
ISBN: 0984594582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 343

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Martin Muntor has it in for the tobacco industry. He's dying of lung cancer and he's a dangerous man: he's smart and he's mad and he has nothing to lose. Muntor has it in for the tobacco industry. He doesn't give a damn who gets sacrificed as long as he can hurt the billion-dollar profits of Big Tobacco. The twisted journalist's plan is simple. He'll poison cigarettes with cyanide and slip them into convenience stores, restaurants and vending machines all over the U.S. He'll even leave deadly cigarettes in the playground of an elementary school. He knows the inevitable media frenzy will further his cause. But there's a complication: Nicholas Pratt, the CEO of Old Carolina Tobacco, Inc., has a bigger problem. He's trying to cover up his role in the disappearance of a company researcher who was preparing to go to the Department of Justice -- with evidence that Old Carolina was spiking the nicotine level of its cigarettes. Muntor's plot brings an unwanted spotlight to Pratt's illegal activities. Pratt hires an equally self-destructive man, Tommy Rhoads -- a man battling his own gambling and drinking demons. Chasing Muntor changes Rhoads, and as he gets closer to Muntor, he begins to see the madman's logic isn't so insane. Rhoads realizes Muntor kills people with cigarettes the same way tobacco companies do -- only Muntor expedites the process. When Rhoads finally gets Muntor's scent, there's no stopping him. But then there's no stopping Martin Muntor, either.

Author: Sarah Goode
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135258031
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 261

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Paedophiles exist and we must develop ways of living with this fact whilst ensuring that children are kept safe. This ground-breaking book demystifies the field of adult sexual attraction to children, countering the emotionality surrounding the topic of paedophilia in the popular media by careful presentation of research data and interview material. Addressing how we can work together to reduce sexual offending in this population, this text bridges the gulf in understanding between those who want to protect children and those who feel sexual attraction to children – and recognises that they are sometimes the same people. Sarah D. Goode provides an overview of the topic by defining the term 'paedophile' and discussing how many adults there may be in the general population who find themselves sexually attracted to children. She looks at how the Internet has acted as an enabler, with an explosion of child pornography and 'pro-paedophile' websites. Drawing on data from a sample of fifty-six self-defined paedophiles living in the community, she explores themes including self-identity, the place of fantasy and the forms of support available to paedophiles. Her research highlights the scale of debate within the 'online paedophile community' about issues such as the morality of sexual contact with children and encouragement to maintain a law-abiding lifestyle. Throughout, she draws careful distinctions between sexual attraction to children and sexual contact with children. The book concludes with a valuable discussion on how adult sexual contact harms children and examples of a range of initiatives which work to protect children and prevent offending. Suitable for all professionals who work with children or sexual offenders, this book gives clear guidance on what one needs to know and do to ensure children are kept safe. It will also be of interest to students studying child protection, paedophilia and child sexual abuse within other social science disciplines.

Author: Brendan Wolfe
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
ISBN: 1609385071
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Bix Beiderbecke was one of the first great legends of jazz. Among the most innovative cornet soloists of the 1920s and the first important white player, he invented the jazz ballad and pointed the way to “cool” jazz. But his recording career lasted just six years; he drank himself to death in 1931—at the age of twenty-eight. It was this meteoric rise and fall, combined with the searing originality of his playing and the mystery of his character—who was Bix? not even his friends or family seemed to know—that inspired subsequent generations to imitate him, worship him, and write about him. It also provoked Brendan Wolfe’s Finding Bix a personal and often surprising attempt to connect music, history, and legend. A native of Beiderbecke’s hometown of Davenport, Iowa, Wolfe grew up seeing Bix’s iconic portrait on everything from posters to parking garages. He never heard his music, though, until cast to play a bit part in an Italian biopic filmed in Davenport. Then, after writing a newspaper review of a book about Beiderbecke, Wolfe unexpectedly received a letter from the late musician's nephew scolding him for getting a number of facts wrong. This is where Finding Bix begins: in Wolfe's good-faith attempt to get the facts right. What follows, though, is anything but straightforward, as Wolfe discovers Bix Beiderbecke to be at the heart of furious and ever-timely disputes over addiction, race and the origins of jazz, sex, and the influence of commerce on art. He also uncovers proof that the only newspaper interview Bix gave in his lifetime was a fraud, almost entirely plagiarized from several different sources. In fact, Wolfe comes to realize that the closer he seems to get to Bix, the more the legend retreats.

Author: Edward M., M.D. Hallowell
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0684801280
Category : Attention-deficit disorder in adolescence
Languages : en
Pages : 340

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