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Shambhala Audio | 2007-12-26 | ISBN: 1590305450 | MP3 | 126 MB How can we go on living when things fall apart—when we are overcome by pain, fear, and anxiety? Pema Chödrön’s answer to that question contains some spectacularly good news: there is a fundamental happiness readily available to each one of us, no matter how difficult things seem to be. To find it, according to traditional Buddhist teaching, we must learn to stop running from suffering and instead actually learn to approach it—fearlessly, compassionately, and with curiosity. ... Ebook description

Palgrave Macmillan | 2008-09-15 | ISBN: 0230603955 | 284 pages | PDF | 2,4 MB People have strong moral beliefs about right and wrong, yet commonly act contrary to those beliefs. Most of us, at some time or another, have crossed a moral line and yet still view ourselves as moral and have a clean conscience. From intimate relationships to national politics, we define ourselves in large part by how we – and our friends, family, and members of our social groups – draw moral lines around our actions, thoughts, and intentions. ... Ebook description

Prentice Hall | 2009-01-16 | ISBN: 0205654150 | 576 pages | PDF | 42,2 MB For Child Development courses in Psychology, Education, Human Development, Child and Family Studies, and Early Childhood Education. Research Made Relevant Written by a well-known and respected researcher in the field of child development, this TOPICALLY organized text uses unique and effective pedagogy as the framework of the entire text. ... Ebook description

Routledge; 2nd edition (April 2, 2009) | English | 0415993563 | 262 pages | PDF | 2.67 MB In the past 35 years, the hospice movement has undergone major changes and has grown enormously. Palliative care is of growing importance to society as our culture struggles with how to provide compassionate end-of-life care to a growing segment of the population. This book provides professionals with a comprehensive overview of the hospice practice, as well as the challenges faced by and the future direction of the hospice movement. ... Ebook description

Hart Publishing (UK) | 2008-12-30 | ISBN: 1841138428 | 219 pages | PDF | 1MB This book of eleven chapters and an Introduction is by and about women, the harms and crimes to which they are subjected as a result of global social processes, and their efforts to take control of their own futures. The papers explore the criminogenic an ... Ebook description

Harvard University Press | 2006-09-01 | ISBN: 0674022394 | 352 pages | PDF | 2,6 MB What can the study of young monkeys and apes tell us about the minds of young humans? In this fascinating introduction to the study of primate minds, Juan Carlos Gomez identifies evolutionary resemblances--and differences--between human children and other primates. He argues that primate minds are best understood not as fixed collections of specialized cognitive capacities, but more dynamically, as a range of abilities that can surpass their original adaptations. ... Ebook description

Prometheus Books | 2007-04-26 | ISBN: 1591025095 | 250 pages | DjVu | 2,3 MB A woman planning a dinner party calls a gourmet caterer and learns that "Chateaubriand" can be ordered. To which she responds, "No, thanks. We're going to take care of the wine ourselves." The dead silence at the end of the phone is her first clue that something is amiss. A CEO attempts to put an end to complaints from employees about the demeaning behavior of certain managers by berating the managers before the staff--thus reinforcing the very behavior he's trying to correct. ... Ebook description