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This book comprehensively examines Japanese pacifism by fully examining the social forces in action. Employing a multidisciplinary approach, the book contributes to theoretical debates on political sociology as well as Japanese and Asian studies

Every corporate executive interested in rebuilding trust, reducing unnecessary risk and the costs from poor staff behaviour, will benefit from the insights in Negotiating Change. It offers a novel and proven solution to help corporations to change mind set, improve behaviour and in so doing, rebuild trust.

The Galloping Hour: French Poems-never before rendered in English and unpublished during her lifetime-gathers for the first time all the poems that Alejandra Pizarnik (revered by Octavio Paz and Roberto Bolano) wrote in French. Conceived during her Paris sojourn (1960-1964) and in Buenos Aires (1970-1971) near the end of her tragically short life, these poems explore many of Pizarnik's deepest obsessions: the limitation of language, silence, t...

Drawing from his experience as a translator, Forrest Gander includes in the first, powerfully elegiac section a version of a poem by the Spanish mystical poet St. John of the Cross. He continues with a long multilingual poem examining the syncretic geological and cultural history of the U.S. border with Mexico. The poems of the third section-a moving transcription of Gander's efforts to address his mother dying of Alzheimer's-rise from the pag...

Challenging students lack the skill-not the will-to behave. The authors' evidence-based approach allows teachers to dramatically reduce challenging classroom behaviours while helping even the most disruptive students gain the skills they need to succeed inside and outside the classroom. Step-by-step guidance and exercises are provided to help K- 12 educators implement the CPS model in both general and special-education settings.

A collection attesting to the richness and lasting appeal of these short forms of Middle English verse.

Latina/o College Student Leadership: Emerging Theory, Promising Practice examines Latina/o college student leadership and leadership development in higher education. This edited collection examines emerging frameworks, empirical research, leadership models, essays, and promising practices from the perspectives of scholars, educators, practitioners, and activists. Latina/o student leadership is analyzed through the lens of various institutional...

This book is written to meet the growing interest in a synthesis of somatic psychology with EMDR Therapy as a comprehensive trauma treatment model. Interventions are presented as scripted protocols to enhance embodiment within the 8-phases of EMDR Therapy. This integrative treatment model teaches therapists how to increase the client's capacity to sense and feel the body which is a necessary part of helping the client work through traumatic me...

Stanley Plumly explores immortality in art through the work of two impressive landscape artists: John Constable and J.M.W. Turner. Seeking the transcendent aesthetic awe of the sublime and reeling from personal tragedy, these painters portrayed the terrible beauty of the natural world from an intimate, close-up perspective. Plumly studies the paintings against the pull of the artists' lives, probing how each finds the sublime in different, tho...

Those who have encountered Cape Cod know that it is a singular place. In The Outer Beach, Robert Finch weaves together his collected writings from more than fifty years and more than a thousand miles of walking along Cape Cod's Atlantic coast to create a poignant, candid chronicle of an iconic landscape.

Rediscover the beloved classic Little Women and its lasting power as it celebrates its 150th anniversary.

An accessible and straightforward book explaining terrorism to children age 7+. Designed to be read by an adult to a child, it reassures and alleviates worries children might have after media exposure on this topic. Written by internationally renowned child psychologists, it also includes advice for adults to provide open, honest guidance.

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This updated 2nd Edition of Williamson's highly applied text provides just enough background to help students learn to develop and implement exercise programs for special populations. For each condition, the book provides a general description, anatomy and physiology variances, precautions, recommendations for exercise testing and prescription, instructions and images of various exercises, and nutritional considerations. The 2nd Edition featur...

The book introduces sources on late Ottoman Istanbul's diverse population by drawing on the voices of its permanent residents and foreign visitors. It juxtaposes a selection of unpublished and/or neglected life narratives to the prevailing national historiographies and creates a tapestry of diverse perceptions of life in the Ottoman capital.

The popular Instagram star makes his picture book debut with a fun and quirkynighttime adventure. Full color.

For courses in Reading Methods (Supplementary) (Reading & Literacy) / Phonological Awareness and Phonics (Reading & Literacy). The ideal stage-specific companion to Words Their Way: Word Study for Phonics, Vocabulary, and Spelling Instruction. In keeping with the authors' belief that the hands-on word sorting approach to word study is invaluable to teachers and students alike, this volume presents prepared sorts covering the complete curriculu...

The Hope & Life Press Christianity Series is made up of six books that comprise the teachings of the Catholic Church on various topics pertinent to 21st century man. The topics include just war theory from the time of the Scholastics to the present day, the nature of Islam, the hot-button issue of capital punishment, Catholic Social Doctrine about migrants and refugees, the nature and different levels of the Magisterium of the Catholic Church,...

Wie ist die Landschaft um den Rhein entstanden, in der wir wohnen oder die Ferien geniessen? Anschaulich präsentiert Geograph Oskar Keller den geologischen Lebenslauf der Region am Rhein vom Bodensee bis in die Alpen. Der Bodensee und die nahen Alpen, der Rhein und seine Nebenflüsse bilden das Gerüst einer weiten, grenzüberschreitenden Region. Ihre Landschaftsgeschichte reicht tief in die Vergangenheit zurück. Schritt für Schritt legt Geograp...