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Get It!: A Beauty, Style, and Wellness Guide to Getting Your It Together
By Jacqueline Laurita, Jené Luciani. 2016
Juggling mom, wife, and work time is a challenge for any woman. And what about "me" time? How do you…
find the time to meet your commitments and take care of your family without losing sight of your own needs?In Get It!, longtime Bravo-TV Real Housewives of New Jersey cast member and twenty-year cosmetology veteran Jacqueline Laurita teams up with nationally renowned beauty and style expert (NBC's Today, Wendy Williams, Dr. Oz) and The Bra Book author Jené Luciani to share their decades of combined expertise with other busy moms who want to look and feel happy, healthy, and beautiful from the inside out. With candor, humor, and a genuine "girl's best friend" tone, Jacqueline and Jené guide you through a journey of self-discovery and transformation as you discover the beauty within yourself and positively change your life for the better.Get It! offers easy, instructional tips, tricks, and strategies to bring out the best you that you can be, by helping you get whatever "it" is that you want and need out of life. Get Centered, Get Focused, Get Organized, Get Healthy, Get Fit, Get Beautiful, Get Youthful, Get Stylish, Get Sexy, and Get Peace and Happiness-in just minutes a day.From finding a calm center amidst chaos to dressing for your body type in your 30s, 40s, and beyond, from keeping the romance and excitement in your relationship to time-saving advice on hair, makeup, and looking and feeling young . . . Get It! is the ultimate handbook for any woman looking to find style, beauty, and wellness within herself while getting exactly what she wants out of life, no matter what challenges she's facing.Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination
By David M Rosen. 2015
When we hear the term "child soldiers," most Americans imagine innocent victims roped into bloody conflicts in distant war-torn lands…
like Sudan and Sierra Leone. Yet our own history is filled with examples of children involved in warfare--from adolescent prisoner of war Andrew Jackson to Civil War drummer boys--who were once viewed as symbols of national pride rather than signs of human degradation. In this daring new study, anthropologist David M. Rosen investigates why our cultural perception of the child soldier has changed so radically over the past two centuries. Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination reveals how Western conceptions of childhood as a uniquely vulnerable and innocent state are a relatively recent invention. Furthermore, Rosen offers an illuminating history of how human rights organizations drew upon these sentiments to create the very term "child soldier," which they presented as the embodiment of war's human cost. Filled with shocking historical accounts and facts--and revealing the reasons why one cannot spell "infantry" without "infant"--Child Soldiers in the Western Imagination seeks to shake us out of our pervasive historical amnesia. It challenges us to stop looking at child soldiers through a biased set of idealized assumptions about childhood, so that we can better address the realities of adolescents and pre-adolescents in combat. Presenting informative facts while examining fictional representations of the child soldier in popular culture, this book is both eye-opening and thought-provoking.The Everything Guide To Nootropics
By Evan Brand. 2016
A beginner's guide to brain-enhancing supplements and foods!It's time to ditch the caffeine and sugar and embrace the better way…
to boost your energy and brain function. Nootropic supplements, or "smart drugs," are cognitive enhancers and brain boosters that can have positive effects on your mental performance. The Everything Guide to Nootropics will show you the best supplements, both natural and synthetic, for overall brain health, so you can improve your memory, eliminate brain fog, and enhance your energy and focus.With the right nootropics, you can:Enhance learning capacity and attention spanBoost your memory and speed of recallHeighten mental energy, focus, and concentrationHone problem-solving and decision-making skillsIncrease intelligence and creative thoughtAlso featuring 100 superfood-packed recipes to boost brain power, this approachable guide to the newest trend in brain health will help you choose the most effective supplements and set you on the path to improved cognitive function.Poor Worker's Unions: Rebuilding Labor from Below (Completely Revised and Updated Edition)
By Cristina Tzintzún, Vanessa Tait. 2005
A classic account of low-wage workers' organization that the US Department of Labor calls one of the "100 books that…
has shaped work in America."As low-wage organizing campaigns have been reignited by the Fight for 15 movement and other workplace struggles the classic Poor Workers' Unions-one of the 100 books the US Department of Labor says has "shaped work in America"-is as prescient as ever.Blaming the Poor
By Susan D. Greenbaum. 2015
In 1965, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan--then a high-ranking official in the Department of Labor--sparked a firestorm when he…
released his report "The Negro Family," which came to be regarded by both supporters and detractors as an indictment of African American culture. Blaming the Poor examines the regrettably durable impact of the Moynihan Report for race relations and social policy in America, challenging the humiliating image the report cast on poor black families and its misleading explanation of the causes of poverty. A leading authority on poverty and racism in the United States, Susan D. Greenbaum dismantles Moynihan's main thesis--that the so called matriarchal structure of the African American family "feminized" black men, making them inadequate workers and absent fathers, and resulting in what he called a tangle of pathology that led to a host of ills, from teen pregnancy to adult crime. Drawing on extensive scholarship, Greenbaum highlights the flaws in Moynihan's analysis. She reveals how his questionable ideas have been used to redirect blame for substandard schools, low wages, and the scarcity of jobs away from the societal forces that cause these problems, while simultaneously reinforcing stereotypes about African Americans. Greenbaum also critiques current policy issues that are directly affected by the tangle of pathology mindset--the demonization and destruction of public housing; the criminalization of black youth; and the continued humiliation of the poor by entrepreneurs who become rich consulting to teachers, non-profits, and social service personnel. A half century later, Moynihan's thesis remains for many a convenient justification for punitive measures and stingy indifference to the poor. Blaming the Poor debunks this infamous thesis, proposing instead more productive and humane policies to address the enormous problems facing us today.Trying to Give Ease: Tommie Bass and the Story of Herbal Medicine
By Jane Philpott, John K. Crellin. 1989
In Trying to Give Ease, John K. Crellin and Jane Philpott focus on the life, practices, and accumulated knowledge of…
the late A. L. "Tommie" Bass, a widely known and admired Appalachian herbalist. Informed by insights drawn from several disciplines, particularly anthropology, their broad historical analyses of self-care practices and herbal remedies draw heavily on recorded interviews with Bass and his patients. Special attention is given to local resources that shape alternative medicine, the backgrounds of herbal practitioners, and the cultural currency of medical concepts once central to professional medicine and now less common. The authors report on both the physical effects of herbal remedies and the psychological factors that have an impact on their success. Trying to Give Ease is a companion to A Reference Guide to Medicinal Plants, also published by Duke University Press.The Bliss of Inner Fire
By Jonathan Landaw, Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche, Robina Courtin, Lama Thubten Yeshe, Alisa Cameron. 1987
In the classic bestseller, Introduction to Tantra, Lama Yeshe offered a profound and wonderfully clear glimpse into the sophisticated practices…
of Tibetan Buddhist tantra. This present book, the last major teachings of this great lama, opens up the world of advanced practices for Highest Yoga Tantra initiates in much the same way his earlier work opened up the world of tantra in general. Following Je Tsongkhapa's (1357-1419 C.E.) text Having the Three Convictions, Lama Yeshe introduces the renowned Six Yogas of Naropa, focusing mainly on the first of these six, the practice of inner fire (tummo). Mastery of inner fire quickly brings the mind to its most refined and penetrating state--the experience of clear light, an extra-ordinarily powerful state of mind that is unequaled in its ability to directly realize ultimate reality. Lama Yeshe felt that twentieth-century Westerners could easily grasp the often misunderstood ideas of this esoteric tradition: "We really need tantra these days because there is a tremendous explosion of delusion and distraction.and we need the atomic energy of inner fire to blast us out of our delusion." Lama Yeshe's aim was for his students to actually taste the experience of inner fire rather than merely gain an intellectual understanding. Lama's own realization of the transformative power of these practices comes through, inspiring his students to discover for themselves their own capacity for inexhaustible bliss.Fierce Optimism: Seven Secrets for Playing Nice and Winning Big
By Leeza Gibbons. 2016
Attitude can be sexy-- a practical and inspirational guide for using kindness and positivity as a winning strategy from Celebrity…
Apprentice champion, Hollywood veteran, and New York Times bestselling author Leeza Gibbons.We live in a winner-take-all world, in which only the toughest thrive. On the surface, from the living room to the boardroom, it's certainly no place for nice. Civility and kindness are often the price of admission, and empowering communication is checked at the door.Leeza Gibbons is a culture changer who doesn't "mess with mean." She has fiercely redefined optimism, and used positive communication as an empowerment strategy to win with class. She refuses to to sacrifice kindness as she has succeeded in getting ahead. Working for decades in an intense, often merciless industry that rewards novelty, ruthlessness, and the next big thing she has applied smart principles and excelled through savviness--without having to sell her soul or fake it. But redefining nice does not mean being a pushover. As the winning contestant on the hit show Celebrity Apprentice, the former host of Entertainment Tonight relied on her fresh and authentic "no drama" mentality and smart strategies to outmaneuver the other contestants without disempowering them. Throughout the competition, Leeza kept her cool and, most importantly, remained true to herself and her values. In this book, she reveals the secrets of her years of success and bares the stories and vulnerable moments that led to where she is today. Her success is proof that optimism works. You can play it your way and still win.In Fierce Optimism Leeza combines stories from her own life and tales of other pioneering business leaders with core principles that others can apply to take them to the next level of success:* Engage optimism and kindness as your competitive edge* See success unshared as failure* Empower the team, and you win * Pay it forward by mentoring others* Be transparently youFilled with down-to-earth advice and empowering stories, Fierce Optimism makes clear that with kindness, authenticity, and smart teamwork, you can be nice--and win.Worried Sick: How Stress Hurts Us and How to Bounce Back
By Deborah Carr. 2014
Comments like "I'm worried sick" convey the conventional wisdom that being "stressed out" will harm our health. Thousands of academic…
studies reveal that stressful life events (like a job loss), ongoing strains (like burdensome caregiving duties), and even daily hassles (like traffic jams on the commute to work) affect every aspect of our physical and emotional well-being. Cutting through a sea of scientific research and theories, Worried Sick answers many questions about how stress gets under our skin, makes us sick, and how and why people cope with stress differently. Included are several standard stress and coping checklists, allowing readers to gauge their own stress levels.We have all experienced stressful times--maybe a major work deadline or relocating cross-country for a new job--when we came out unscathed, feeling not only emotionally and physically healthy, but better than we did prior to the crisis. Why do some people withstand adversity without a scratch, while others fall ill or become emotionally despondent when faced with even a seemingly minor hassle? Without oversimplifying the discussion, Deborah Carr succinctly provides readers with key themes and contemporary research on the concept of stress. Understanding individuals' own sources of strength and vulnerability is an important step toward developing personal strategies to minimize stress and its unhealthy consequences. Yet Carr also challenges the notion that merely reducing stress in our lives will help us to stay healthy. Many of the stressors that we face in everyday life are not our problems alone; rather, they are symptoms of much larger, sweeping problems in contemporary U.S. society.To readers interested in the broad range of chronic, acute, and daily life stressors facing Americans in the twenty-first century, as well as those with interest in the many ways that our physical and emotional health is shaped by our experiences, this brief book will be an immediate and quick look at these significant issues.View a three minute video of Deborah Carr speaking about Worried Sick.Ordinary Medicine: Extraordinary Treatments, Longer Lives, and Where to Draw the Line
By Sharon R. Kaufman. 2015
Most of us want and expect medicine's miracles to extend our lives. In today's aging society, however, the line between…
life-giving therapies and too much treatment is hard to see--it's being obscured by a perfect storm created by the pharmaceutical and biomedical industries, along with insurance companies. In Ordinary Medicine Sharon R. Kaufman investigates what drives that storm's "more is better" approach to medicine: a nearly invisible chain of social, economic, and bureaucratic forces that has made once-extraordinary treatments seem ordinary, necessary, and desirable. Since 2002 Kaufman has listened to hundreds of older patients, their physicians and family members express their hopes, fears, and reasoning as they faced the line between enough and too much intervention. Their stories anchor Ordinary Medicine. Today's medicine, Kaufman contends, shapes nearly every American's experience of growing older, and ultimately medicine is undermining its own ability to function as a social good. Kaufman's careful mapping of the sources of our health care dilemmas should make it far easier to rethink and renew medicine's goals.Snore No More!: Remedies and Relief for Snorers and Snorees Everywhere
By Rob Simon. 2012
Snore No More takes a funny look at a serious problem-snoring. The book provides comprehensive remedies and comic relief from…
a problem that impacts 90 million snorers, and another 90 million "snorees"-the people who try to sleep next to them. The book is Rob Simon's humorous first-person account of his quest to stop snoring and save his marriage. The result is an entertaining and very informative book that covers all thing related to snoring including how to say "snore" in world languages, snoring trivia and dealing with pets that snore. The book provides well-researched and experienced advice on how to stop snoring, including, diet and lifestyle changes, and wearable devices-all of which the author has tried. Snore No More is a must-have book for anyone who snores or lives with a snorer and is seeking a cure, or at least, comic relief.The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation
By Thich Nhat Hanh, Robert Aitken. 2011
One of the few books focused completely on mindful walking and walking meditation. This revised edition of the best-selling title…
(nearly 80,000 copies sold to date) includes over 30 percent new material--including new walking meditation poems and practices--and provides a practical and inspirational introduction to this important practice. Written in Thich Nhat Hanh's clear and accessible style, Long Road Turns To Joy reminds us that we "walk not in order to arrive, but walk just for walking." Touching the earth with our feet is an opportunity to live in the here and now. Thich Nhat Hanh reminds us to enjoy each step and each breath in order to regain peace in difficult moments. The simple practice of walking with attention and mindfulness can bring the spirit of prayer into our everyday life. This book will appeal to anyone who would like to get more out of walking, from long-time meditators to those who are just looking for a way to make their walk around the block more meaningful.Features photographs of walking meditation from around the world.Foreword by Robert Aitken, author of Taking the Path of ZenCambridge Studies in Law and Society: Security Theology, Surveillance and the Politics of Fear
By Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian. 2015
This examination of Palestinian experiences of life and death within the context of Israeli settler colonialism broadens the analytical horizon…
to include those who 'keep on existing' and explores how Israeli theologies and ideologies of security, surveillance and fear can obscure violence and power dynamics while perpetuating existing power structures. Drawing from everyday aspects of Palestinian victimization, survival, life and death, and moving between the local and the global, Nadera Shalhoub-Kevorkian introduces and defines her notion of 'Israeli security theology' and the politics of fear within Palestine/Israel. She relies on a feminist analysis, invoking the intimate politics of the everyday and centering the Palestinian body, family life, memory and memorialization, birth and death as critical sites from which to examine the settler colonial state's machineries of surveillance which produce and maintain a political economy of fear that justifies colonial violence.Mindfulness as Medicine: A Story of Healing Body and Spirit
By Sister Dang Nghiem. 2015
Before she became a Buddhist nun in the tradition of Thich Nhat Hanh, Sister Dang Nghiem was a doctor. She'd…
traveled far in her 43 years. Born during the Tet Offensive and part of the amnesty for Amerasian children of the late 1970s, Dang Nghiem arrived in this country virtually penniless and with no home. She lived with three foster families, but graduated high school with honors, earned two undergraduate degrees, and became a doctor. When the man she thought she'd spend her life with suddenly drowned, Sister Dang Nghiem left medicine and joined the monastic community of Thich Nhat Hanh.It is from this vantage point that Dang Nghiem writes about her journey of healing. Devastated by the diagnosis and symptoms of Lyme, she realized that she was also reliving many of the unresolved traumas from earlier in her life. She applied both her medical knowledge and her advanced understanding and practice of mindfulness to healing. Through meditation she finally came to understand what it means to "master" suffering.In Mindfulness as Medicine Sister Dang Nghiem leads readers through her profound journey of healing and shares step-by-step directions for the techniques she used to embrace and transform her suffering."Suffering can be transformed and cured at its roots...Suffering is an art that can be learned and mastered...We do not have to run away from it anymore...The art of suffering can bring about deep appreciation for life as well as profound peace, joy, and love for ourselves and other beings."--Sister Dang NghiemNext!: A Matchmaker's Guide to Finding Mr. Right, Ditching Mr. Wrong, and Everything In Between
By Carey Blakely, Barbara Summers. 2015
Since launching her professional matchmaking business in 1986, Barbara Summers has engineered the match for hundreds of married couples. In…
Next! A Matchmaker's Guide to Finding Mr. Right, Ditching Mr. Wrong, and Everything In Between, Barbara extends her expertise to all women who want to find-and keep-the right guy. In her high-spirited guide to finding love, Barabara claims there are many "someones" for everyone. In a world of rich possibilities no woman should ever buy into the mentality that she's unworthy of love, or stay in a relationship when the love is gone. Readers are invited to begin their search by creating a "Dream Match List" of Must-Haves, Nice-to-Haves, and Deal Breakers. We learn the red flags of potential disasters and ways to recover from heart-wrenching breakups. And if we suddenly feel ready to make the leap into marriage, she recommends turning to the Marriage Practicality Checklist to help us decide if we've really found a good match. Barbara delivers thoughtful instruction with humor and generosity. Most of all, she never wants a woman to be "stuck." This won't happen if we follow her advice: be fearless and know when to say "Next!"Lawyers, Guns, and Money
By Carol X. Vinzant. 2005
This inspiring book, Lawyers, Guns, and Money by Carol X. Vinzant, recounts the heroic efforts of Tom McDermott, a lawyer…
and victim of the infamous Colin Ferguson rampage on the Long Island Railroad, to take on the gun industry. He is among the leaders of an innovative and promising strategy to circumvent the NRA's political power and courts constrained by interpretations of the Second Amendment. Through civil action he hits the gun companies where it hurts most: the bottom line. Making insurance difficult for manufacturers to get, he has helped reduce the number of cheap hand guns, "Saturday Night Specials," often used in crime. This is a riveting account of tragedy turned into action, and how the law can be used to defend victims rather than enrich corporations.To Right These Wrongs: The North Carolina Fund and the Battle to End Poverty and Inequality in 1960s America
By Robert R. Korstad, James L. Leloudis. 2003
When Governor Terry Sanford established the North Carolina Fund in 1963, he saw it as a way to provide a…
better life for the "tens of thousands whose family income is so low that daily subsistence is always in doubt." Illustrated with evocative photographs by Billy Barnes, To Right These Wrongs offers a lively account of this pioneering effort in America's War on Poverty. Robert Korstad and James Leloudis describe how the Fund's initial successes grew out of its reliance on private philanthropy and federal dollars and its commitment to the democratic mobilization of the poor. Both were calculated tactics designed to outflank conservative state lawmakers and entrenched local interests that nourished Jim Crow, perpetuated one-party politics, and protected an economy built on cheap labor. By late 1968, when the Fund closed its doors, a resurgent politics of race had gained the advantage, led by a Republican Party that had reorganized itself around opposition to civil rights and aid to the poor. The North Carolina Fund came up short in its battle against poverty, but its story continues to be a source of inspiration and instruction for new generations of Americans.The Little Book of Inner Peace: Simple Practices For Less Angst, More Calm (Mbs Little Book Of... Ser.)
By Ashley Davis Bush. 2017
This stunning, colour-illustrated guide includes practices to help you let go of everyday stresses and find inner peace. With practical…
tools, strategies and exercises harnessing the benefits of mindfulness, meditation, gratitude, creativity, relaxation and compassion, this book will guide you towards your own inner peace and help you to find harmony with those around you: family, friends, your community and the world.CONTENTSIntroduction1. Grounded and Rooted2. Relaxation3. Equinamity4. Acceptance5. Gratitude6. Compassion7. Beyond YourselfToward World PeaceInequality in America
By Kemal Dervis, Sarah P. Milsom, Uri Dadush, Bennett Stancil. 2012
A bedrock American principle is the idea that all individuals should have the opportunity to succeed on the basis of…
their own effort, skill, and ingenuity.-Federal Reserve Chairman Ben BernankeIncome inequality has been on the rise since the late 1970s, but the economic and financial crisis of 2008 instigated an unemployment epidemic that dramatically compounded this problem in the United States and catapulted the issue to the center of debate. There is wide agreement across the political spectrum that high inequality is contributing to undesirable circumstances such as stagnant household income, rising poverty rates, and increased borrowing and debt, though there is much less agreement on remedies. Inequality in America provides a snapshot of the issues posed by the growing concentrations of income, focusing on the United States but drawing on international comparisons to help set the context. The authors examine the economic, technological, and political drivers of inequality and identify worrying trends associated with its rise. They demonstrate how specific factors have exacerbated income inequality, including technological change, international trade, changes in labor market participation, and the increasing role of the financial sector. Their clear and concise exposition makes the issues surrounding income distribution accessible to a wider public.As they write in the conclusion: "We have argued that tackling the worst effects of inequality and re-establishing a measure of equal opportunity requires increased investment in crucial public goods: first, education; second, a more progressive and simplified tax system; and third, increased international cooperation to avoid a race to the bottom. Education, tax, and other such policies are pursued by other highperforming advanced countries and can be shaped for the United States in a way that is fully consistent with an efficient and competitive American economy."Zero Hunger
By Aaron Ansell. 2014
When Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil's Workers' Party soared to power in 2003, he promised to end hunger…
in the nation. In a vivid ethnography with an innovative approach to Brazilian politics, Aaron Ansell assesses President Lula's flagship antipoverty program, Zero Hunger (Fome Zero), focusing on its rollout among agricultural workers in the poor northeastern state of Piaui. Linking the administration's fight against poverty to a more subtle effort to change the region's political culture, Ansell rethinks the nature of patronage and provides a novel perspective on the state under Workers' Party rule.Aiming to strengthen democratic processes, frontline officials attempted to dismantle the long-standing patron-client relationships--Ansell identifies them as "intimate hierarchies--that bound poor people to local elites. Illuminating the symbolic techniques by which officials attempted to influence Zero Hunger beneficiaries' attitudes toward power, class, history, and ethnic identity, Ansell shows how the assault on patronage increased political awareness but also confused and alienated the program's participants. He suggests that, instead of condemning patronage, policymakers should harness the emotional energy of intimate hierarchies to better facilitate the participation of all citizens in political and economic development.