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Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Predictable Life CrisesThe Parents' Guide to Psychological First Aid provides scientifically informed        constructive parenting advice. Written in an engaging style, this book discusses        everyday problems that have psychological solutions: feeding problems, toilet        training, refusal to...

'What is real?' has been one of the key questions of philosophy since its        beginning in antiquity. It is a question that, due to such films as The Matrix, has        also made its way into popular culture. But it is not just a question philosophers        ask. It is also asked by scientists when they investigate whether the...

This fascinating story of madness reveals the radically different perceptions of        madness and approaches to its treatment, from antiquity to the present day.Roy        Porter explores what we really mean by 'madness', covering an enormous range of        topics from witches to creative geniuses, electric shock therapy to sexual...

In this Very Short Introduction, Terence Allen and Graham Cowling describe the        nature of cells - their basic structure, their varying forms, their division, their        differentiation, their signalling, and programmed death. Cells are the basic        constituent of life, and understanding cells and how they work is central to...

On January 16, 1938 Benny Goodman brought his swing orchestra to America&'s venerated home of European classical music, Carnegie Hall. The resulting concert - widely considered one of the most significant events in American music history - helped to usher jazz and swing music into the American cultural mainstream. This reputation has been...

Gandhi (1869-1948) was one of the few men in history to fight simultaneously on        moral, religious, political, social, economic, and cultural fronts. During his time        as a lawyer in South Africa he developed his strategy of non-violence: the idea of        opposing unjust laws by non-violent protest, which he made the basis of...