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Now in an extensively revised third edition with 65% new material, this is the authoritative reference on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Contributors examine the breadth of current knowledge on the mechanisms by which stressful events can alter psychological processes, brain function, and individual behavior. Risk and protective factors across development and in specific populations are explored. Reviewing the state of the science of as...

22 well-crafted stories evoke moments of grave peril and deep beauty in their characters' lives. Paula Friedman's fiction has won Pushcart nominations and awards and honors from New Millennium Writing, OSPA, Soapstone, Centrum, and others.

Profoundly emotional, conceptually acute, yet grounded in the grit and bravery of daily life, these 22 carefully crafted tales probe life's crisis moments and its ordinary hours. Among the stories: an encounter on a mountain trail wakens a veteran's numbed emotions, two French Resistance fighters balance desperate action and shy new love, a 1960s peace activist finds personal and political identity, to protect her baby, a single mother must fi...

Now in an extensively revised third edition with 65% new material, this is the authoritative reference on posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Contributors examine the breadth of current knowledge on the mechanisms by which stressful events can alter psychological processes, brain function, and individual behavior.

Amid the budding antiwar and feminest movements at Berkeley in the late 1960s, young Nora searches for new, more generous ways to love and peace. Joining the nonviolent vigil at the gates of Port Chicago, shipping point for weapons to the Vietnam War, she comes to love Ted, a vigil leader. On the night Ted risks his life to stop an onrushing weapons truck, Nora breaks through old fears and risks all, even the child she bears, to reach him--and...

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In the Sixty's predawn of the Women's Liberation Movement, young Nora Seikh, full of self-doubts after an abusive relationship and a failed subsequent attempt at love, searches amid Berkeley's budding antiwar movement for new ways to live and love, even while she struggles to find new paths to peace.Reporting antiwar news for the Berkeley Barb, she meets a flamboyant activist and, after a brief affair, is left pregnant and alone. She flings he...

When Malca Bernovski rides a horse offtrail in Nixon-era Washington DC, she discovers the wounded antiwar leader Gavin Hareen, prime suspect in the lethal bombing of an army truck. The budding love between the sheltered Malca, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, and the anguished, half-Syrian fugitive becomes a desperate struggle against injustice. From the White House to the Rockies, from the Warsaw Ghetto to the post-9/11 search of the lovers'...

When Malca Bernovski rides a horse offtrail in Nixon-era Washington DC, she discovers the wounded antiwar leader Gavin Hareen, prime suspect in the lethal bombing of an army truck. The budding love between the sheltered Malca, daughter of a Holocaust survivor, and the anguished, half-Syrian fugitive becomes a desperate struggle against injustice. From the White House to the Rockies, from the Warsaw Ghetto to the post-9/11 search of the love...

Krieg der Welten" vereinigt erneut Superstar Tom Cruise mit Regisseur und Oscar®-Gewinner Steven Spielberg in einem der beeindruckendsten Kinoerlebnisse aller Zeiten.

-> Krieg der Welten (USA 2005, 116 Min., FSK 12): Die Menschheit wird von einer außerirdischen Macht unterwandert, die ihr technologisch weit überlegen ist. Das Motiv: die minutiöse Planung einer Invasion, die alles Leben attackieren soll. Währenddessen geht der Alltag hier seinen gewohnten Gang. Die Ferriers, eine typisch amerikanische Familie, genießen ihr gutbürgerliches Dasein. Es könnte immer so weitergehen. Stünden sie nicht plötzlich...

Geriatric Dentistry: Caring for an Aging Population provides general practitioners, dental students, and auxiliary members of the dental team with a comprehensive, practical guide to oral healthcare for the aging population. Beginning with fundamental chapters on the psychological, environmental, and social aspects of aging, the book approaches patient care from a holistic point of view. Subsequent chapters show the importance of this informat...