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Gigi Gryce was a saxophonist and composer who worked with some of the best-known names in jazz during the 1950s, including Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, and Max Roach. His many compositions remain a part of the jazz repertoire today. His remarkable rise from poverty led to conservatory studies and tours of Europe and Africa before he established himself as a fixture on the New York scene. His efforts as a music publisher were bold and grou...

In this essay collection, Michael Cohen tells us about his surprise encounter with the remains of Frida Kahlo, about his father's murder, and about his son's close shave with death on the highway. His subjects can be as commonplace as golfing with close friends, amateur astronomy, birding, or learning to fly at the age of sixty. But he asks difficult questions about how we are grounded in space and time, how we are affected by our names, how a...

Michael C. Cohen teaches English at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Do you tell yourself, "I'm not good enough, " or "Things are far too difficult, why should I even try?" Words like this affect the way we feel and act. Such negative talk leads to fear, anxiety, depression and a 'why bother' attitude. Rethink it! gives practical advice on tackling destructive thoughts that lead to anger, rejection, shame, jealousy, fear and worry. Rethink it! is a self-improvement tool kit that can be dipped into and doesn't h...

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Description: Baptists worldwide recently celebrated 400 years of history and witness. This volume is a collection of papers presented at the "Beyond 400" conference held in Perth, Western Australia, as part of these celebrations. Contributors have written from a broad range of perspectives reflecting biblically and theologically on the thinking and practice of Baptists in the past and present. These reflections form a basis for exploring how ...

Based on interviews with over 20 health care providers and facilities who have successfully combined integrative medicine in their practices, this book outlines the pitfalls, legal road-blocks, and benefits of bringing complementary and integrative medicine into daily health care routines. Topics addressed include: ? What forces are driving the shift toward Integrative care ? The key legal issues governing individuals vs. institutions ? How es...

In accepting the authority to govern, what responsibilities do the police incur? Power and Restraint answers this question by using a moral perspective grounded in the social contract, and by defining an ethical basis for police work. Howard S. Cohen and Michael Feldberg posit five standards by which to measure responsible police behavior: fair access, public trust, safety and security, teamwork, and objectivity. To test their proposals, Cohen...

Journey to Feel like a Man is different than most books about sports because it examines the effort and the struggle that goes on within the athlete, rather than the result that comes out. The book describes extraordinary inner experiences, actually experienced by the author, resulting from intense high pressure athletic competitions, as well as intentional spiritual exercises that took place entirely off the athletic field. These experiences ...

Cohen examines the struggle leading to the creation of the state of Israel, placing British evacuation of Palestine in the context of Britain's postwar weakness. The author describes the policies and character of each of the major actors in his story--Bevin. Truman. Ben-Gurion, and the Mufti of Jerusalem.Originally published in 1982.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-o...

»Possession, Custody and Control of Legal Entities« This book studies the way in which legal entities, such as companies or partnerships, exercise possession, custody and control on chattels according to German Law. It provides solutions for issues and dogmatic inconsistencies arising from the clash between the factual nature of possession, custody and control and the abstract concept of legal personality within the parameters of the German C...

The Big Story explains the way in which the purposeful process that has brought human beings into existence has taken place gradually over time and space. It shows that the concepts of evolution and creation are not mutually exclusive. Science and religion are shown to be two windows on one reality, two knowledge systems that when properly understood function as one cohesive whole. This book is most suitable for readers 14 years...

Unites striking ink drawings of high-altitude pine trees with poetic vignettes about how people interact with mountain environments. The drawings and text work together to form a direct artistic encounter with timberline conifers. Valerie and Michael Cohen employ a unique process whereby she draws in isolation, gives him her drawings, and he then writes whatever he's inspired to create.

In 1917, the British issued the Balfour Declaration for military and strategic reasons. This book analyses why and how the British took on the Palestine Mandate. It explores how their interests and policies changed during its course and why they evacuated the country in 1948.During the first decade of the Mandate the British enjoyed an influx of Jewish capital mobilized by the Zionists which enabled them not only to fund the administration of ...

When the 2008 housing market bubble burst in the United States, a financial crisis rippled from the epi-center in the United States across borders into economies both near and far, causing persistent social and economic detriment in many countries. The Global Economic Crisis in Latin America: Impacts and Responses is an examination of the impacts and responses in the diverse Latin American region through the lens of three countries: Mexico, Br...

Murder Most Fair investigates the appeal of mystery fiction with examples from before Poe to the end of the twentieth century. Mystery fiction and mainstream or serious fiction changes places in many late-twentieth-century works, raising the question whether mystery can continue to appeal. But mystery 's conventions are not belief systems or ideologies to be made obsolete, its formulas have resilience and longevity.

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Addresses the challenges faced in social work with groups, including issues in teaching group work, staff development programs and university-agency collaborations to strength group work practice. This work also focuses on how mutual aid groups support trauma recovery, including one with firemen addressing the aftermath of the 9/11 disaster.

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First published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.