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Moving Past Marriage
A must-read for anyone who has felt they are at a disadvantage simply because they are single or unmarried. Married Americans enjoy over 1,000 benefits and entitlements that are withheld from our non-marital counterparts. Health insurance, immigration rights, tax privileges (such as the estate tax), and hiring policies favor the married. Marriage is subsidized and incentivized by the federal government. Social customs such as blockbuster weddings, subsidized honeymoons, and gifts reserved for wedded couples reify matrimony as a centering norm and further the idea that "marriage is best," a commonplace in popular psychology, where marriage-averse people are often tarred as "commitment-phobes....
Natural Prescriptions for Women
Presents a self-care collection of non-drug prescriptions for more than one hundred common health problems
Broken Promises
ADULTERY Recognizing the Signs Stopping It Before It Starts Recovering from the Damage One-half of the young and middle-aged couples in this country will at some time struggle with the painful and destructive results of an affair. Can these marriages be saved? Can the number of shaken marriages be reduced? Psychologist and counselor Henry Virkler has some answers. In this vital book he describes the devastating effects of adultery, how couples can take preventive steps to reduce the likelihood of it happening in their own marriages, and what to do if it does happen. He writes for professional counselors, for pastors, and for those laypersons who find themselves wanting to understand the situ...
American Conservatism
“A must-own title.” —National Review Online American Conservatism: An Encyclopedia is the first comprehensive reference volume to cover what is surely the most influential political and intellectual movement of the past half century. More than fifteen years in the making—and more than half a million words in length—this informative and entertaining encyclopedia contains substantive entries on those persons, events, organizations, and concepts of major importance to postwar American conservatism. Its contributors include iconic patriarchs of the conservative and libertarian movements, celebrated scholars, well-known authors, and influential movement activists and leaders. Ranging from “abortion” to “Zoll, Donald Atwell,” and written from viewpoints as various as those which have informed the postwar conservative movement itself, the encyclopedia’s more than 600 entries will orient readers of all kinds to the people and ideas that have given shape to contemporary American conservatism. This long-awaited volume is not to be missed.
Raising Your Children in an Ungodly World
Parenting teenagers is one of life's great hazards! The job is complicated by the steady stream of messages from the media and popular culture that may be contrary to what you are trying to instill. What's a parent to do?Here is practical, down-to-earth help for parents from Mary Ronan, a woman with wide experience working effectively with teens. Mary understands the pressures teens face, especially in the areas of alcohol and sexual temptation. She has the rare gift of connecting with young people. They listen to her and value her counsel. Now she distills from her years as a parent and speaker tested and valuable guidelines that help parents understand and relate to their teens. Her approach in guiding teens to deal with pressures, drinking and sexual temptation are greatly welcomed. Her insight and encouragement are exactly what many parents seek today in the always challenging journey of raising teenagers in an ungodly world.
Mass Media
Mass media has become an integral part of the human experience. News travels around the world in a split second affecting people in other countries in untold ways. Although being on top of the news may be good, at least for news junkies, mass media also transmits values or the lack thereof, condenses complex events and thoughts to simplified sound bites and often ignores the essence of an event or story. The selective bibliography gathers the books and magazine literature over the previous ten years while providing access through author, title and subject indexes.
Symbolic Childhood
Childhood is a social construction, say US and Canadian social scientists, that can be disassembled and reassembled for various purposes. They examine the politics of representation by scrutinizing the connection between portrayals of children and childhood and the exercise of power. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Kidnapped
Annotation. Children are Sitting Ducks in Today __s High-Powered World of Commercialization According to a 2004 study by the American Psychological Association, companies spend $12 billion annually on advertising aimed directly at children and teens. Children today watch close to a thousand of hours of television every year, the obesity rate of youth ages six to 19 has tripled over the past thirty years, approximately 80% of videogames contain some form of violence, and about 70% of television programming has some sort of sexual content. America __s children are under assault, and a new book from educational researchers Daniel S. Acuff, PhD, and Robert H. Reiher, PhD will help parents protec...
Media Ethics
Aiming to improve students' ethical awareness, Media Ethics provides a solid foundation in the theoretical principles of ethical philosophies. It presents the Potter Box as a framework for uncovering the important steps in moral reasoning for analyzing the cases that follow. Focusing on a wide spectrum of ethical issues facing media practitioners, the cases in the text cover journalism, broadcasting, advertising, public relations and entertainment. The Seventh Edition features new and updated cases and includes more cases focusing on corporations, the World Wide Web and post-September 11 news coverage.
Brighter Baby
The co-author of the bestselling "The Arthritis Cure" announces major new research demonstrating how baby massage can actually help increases a baby's IQ and measurably improve his or her physical health.
