Catálogo de libros: Cuestiones personales y sociales

2070 Catálogo de libros: Cuestiones personales y sociales

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  • The Population of Malaysia
    Swee Hock Saw
    This book, a project of Malaysia Study Programme of ISEAS, covers the whole of Malaysia since its formation in 1963, using statistics collected in the four pan-Malaysia Population Censuses held in 1970, 1980, 1991, and 2000, and data from other sources up to 2005 wherever possible. The book is by far the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of the multiracial population of t...
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    40,05 €

  • Son of Adversity
    Drew Evans
    What demons sleep within you? Drew Evans, author of the Vagabond Knights Trilogy returns with his all new novel, inspired by true events-Son of Adversity: The Dark Inside Me. In this hard hitting, no hold barred book of facts, Drew talks about personal experiences, instances where he felt alone and helpless while growing up as a troubled teenager, what it takes to survive the s...
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    7,13 €

  • One in Four
    J Ford
    By Joy FordISBN: 978-1-84747-173-4Published: 2007Pages: 190Key Themes: carer’s story, grief, poetry, schizophrenia, mental health services, suicide'With this book I want people to realise that even if you do manage to get help for a loved one who has become seriously mentally ill, it does not mean they are safe from harming themselves. Hospitals are only as good as the staff t...
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    22,78 €

  • Black Magic
    S Knight
    By Suzannah KnightISBN: 978 1 84747 007 2Published: 2007Pages: 158Key Themes: self-harm, drug abuse, eating disorders, sectioning, mental health services, schizo-affective disorder, bipolar disorder, manic depression, alcoholism, the occult DescriptionAfter a year travelling around the World Suzannah comes back to England to start university. Things start to go wrong as she is...
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    22,93 €

  • The Way They Should Go
    Kirsten Femson
    This is a well-illustrated and colourful book designed to speak to every teen. It contains letters of advice from more than 90 contributors including well-known Canadian and American leaders such as Kay Arthur, Dr. Bill Bright, Steve Brown, Dr. Tony Campolo, Rev. Jim Cantelon, Claire Carver Dias, Charles W. Colson, Michael Coren, Nicky Cruz, Dr. James Dobson, Lorna Dueck, Dr. M...
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    15,22 €

  • Tunnel of Vision
    Evelyn Reney
    Renee recalls her earliest memory in the year 1959, at the age of four. This nonfiction account of the emotional heartbreaking, heartwarming episodes of a dysfunctional family raised with five other siblings emerges.There are heartbreaking truths of mental, physical, sexual, alcohol and drug abuse which stemmed fron the early 1950’s into the late 1990’s. Unfortunately, this f...
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    12,83 €

  • THE MAD-CAP KINGDOM
    Brian Chrisagis / Shawn Chrisagis
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    35,05 €

  • Pee Wee’s Adventure In The Woods
    Leslie Kae Hamada
    This particular book illustrates reasons to set boundaries on where children can and can not go. What animals could be out there lurking in the woods. It is her desire that this book and more to follow can act as a tool in the development of a solid relationship between parent and child. Good communication early in life that can make that young person into a healthy individual...
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    15,32 €

  • Southeast Asian Studies in China
    This book, a project of the ASEAN-China Study Programme of ISEAS, is designed to promote a better understanding between the people of the two regions as China continues to exert a dominant political and economic presence in Southeast Asia. Needless to say, scholars and academics from both sides have a significant role to play in terms of creating greater awareness of each other...
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    39,99 €

  • Daddy, Why Do You Hurt Mommy?
    Katrina Carmichael
    'Daddy, Why Do You Hurt Mommy?' depicts the life of a little girl named Maya, who is a witness to Domestic Violence. Through love, faith, and strength she stays positive and sees the brighter side of things. Maya’s story is seen through the eyes of so many children who are witnesses to Domestic Violence because in so many cases their stories go untold. Maya will share her journ...
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    15,96 €

  • The Trabue Woods Book of Values
    Martha R. Bireda
    The traditional values by the pioneers that settled the Trabue Woods community in South West Florida enabled the community to survive and to thrive. These values passed genration to generation, from 1885 to the late 1960's, were learned by the author herself as a girl growing up in the Trabue Woods community. Using old photographs and newspaper articles, the 8 core values learn...
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    9,68 €

  • Never Say Never
    Lavonda M. Gollner / Lavonda MGollner
    I dedicate 'Never Say Never' The Survival Journal, to the memories of Laci & Conner Peterson, Cherica Adams, Washington Interns Joyce Chiang, Mary Mahoney, Chandra Levy, Polly H. Klaas, and the many others whose lives were taken through violent acts.'The 'Never Say Never' Journal is excellent and will certainly find its audience'.-Gavin de Becker, Best selling Author of The Gif...
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    24,00 €

  • The Twinkie Bin
    Aimee Gayer
    The Twinkie Bin is the story of a teenage girl struggling to survive an unhappy and destructive home life as well as the pressures inherent in growing up. The main character desperately wants to be a successful, good kid. But there are so many issues, and there is too much pain. Without supportive adults in her life, she is unsure of what to do. She turns to alcohol. Her drinki...
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    10,49 €

  • Epidemic
    Jordan A. Ninkovich / Jordan ANinkovich
    Epidemic is an inspiring book that is intended to motivate any individual, but particularly the youth of North America who are living with stress and not fulfilling their life’s potential due to the pain of obesity, bullying or harassment. This negative behaviour can seriously affect the self-esteem and personal growth of children and can be carried along with them well into ad...
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    18,06 €

  • Epidemic
    Jordan A Ninkovich
    Epidemic is an inspiring book that is intended to motivate any individual, but particularly the youth of North America who are living with stress and not fulfilling their life’s potential due to the pain of obesity, bullying or harassment. This negative behaviour can seriously affect the self-esteem and personal growth of children and can be carried along with them well into ad...
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    10,50 €

  • The People of the Abyss by Jack London, Nonfiction, Social Issues, Homelessness & Poverty
    Jack London
    From the author’s preface: 'The experiences related in this volume fell to me in the summer of 1902. I went down into the underworld of London with an attitude of mind which I may best liken to that of the explorer. I was open to be convinced by the evidence of my eyes, rather than by the teachings of those who had not seen, or by the words of those who had seen and gone before...
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    16,10 €

  • Remembering Christmas
    Stella Rose Edwards
    Upset with the news Mama and Papa told them one evening at supper, Jenny and Stella Rose couldn’t believe they weren’t going to have a Christmas this year. The year 1935, the great depression gripped Chicago and the entire nation. Many families were having a difficult time making ends meet. Christmas was easily an expense they could ignore. Or could they? Together somehow Jenny...
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    8,49 €

  • 11-Step Formula to Bridge the Gap Between Parents and Teenagers
    Ana H. B. Weber / Ana HBWeber
    My very special thanks to Steve Harrison and the staff at RTIR Magazine, Annie Jennings PR and Orca Communications.If not for you all I wouldn’t be where I am today!To all those wonderful achievers out there, friends and colleagues; Thank you.Stacey Kannenberg with Cedar Valley Publishing, Take your children to kindergarten, Take your children to first grade and forward.Jackie ...
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    10,49 €

  • Everybody Eats Tortillas
    Dolly Calderon Wiseman
    'What is it, Maria?' Mrs. Ross gently prodded as she put her arm around Maria’s shoulders.'I’m embarrassed. It’s the food I brought for lunch. The kids might think I’m strange because I don’t have a sandwich for lunch like they do.'After moving to Colorado from California, eight-year-old Maria begins attending a new school. But she’s afraid to let the kids in her third grade cl...
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    7,52 €

  • 11-Step Formula to Bridge the Gap Between Parents and Teenagers
    ANA H B WEBER
    My very special thanks to Steve Harrison and the staff at RTIR Magazine, Annie Jennings PR and Orca Communications.If not for you all I wouldn’t be where I am today!To all those wonderful achievers out there, friends and colleagues; Thank you.Stacey Kannenberg with Cedar Valley Publishing, Take your children to kindergarten, Take your children to first grade and forward.Jackie ...
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    7,52 €

  • Teens, Loss, and Grief
    Edward Myers
    Teens, Loss, and Grief is a self-help guide for teenagers who are struggling with bereavement and the emotional difficulties it presents. This book provides an overview of grief as a painful but normal process, offering insights from bereavement experts as well as practical suggestions for coping with loss, including accounts from teens. This book closes a gap in the available ...
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    18,47 €

  • The Old Negro and the New Negro by T. Leroy Jefferson, MD
    Mary M. Jefferson / Mary MJefferson / Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza
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    8,81 €

  • The Old Negro and the New Negro by T. Leroy Jefferson, MD
    Mary M. Jefferson / Mary MJefferson / Mylia Tiye Mal Jaza
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    15,23 €

  • I’m Different
    Diane Baker
    Inspiration for I’m Different came from remembering her own experience of being the only child in her kindergarten classroom who wore glasses, and from watching the struggles of her children and her students while learning to accept themselves and their imperfections. The book is an attempt to defend children from a world where perfection reigns, image is defined by the media,...
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    22,65 €

  • Freddie the Fireman
    Patricia P. Morgan / Patricia PMorgan
    Who do you call when there is an emergency? Do you know what they do for you and would you like to be one? Children dream of becoming a hero and look up to those who help them when they need it. This book will inspire the firefighter in your house. Freddie the Fireman is a rhyming-styled book that’s packed with full color children’s illustrations, color and post page, and list ...
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    27,55 €

  • Adolescent Sexual And Reproductive Health In Nigeria
    Aderanti Adepoju
    Adolescent sexual and reproductive health issues and challenges in Nigeria are daunting ; teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and illegal abortion, high and early entry into sexual activity and lack of adequate information about safe sex.Sexually active adolescents face several risks -as well as possibly contractin HIV and other STIs, there are unwanted pregnanc...
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    12,11 €

  • Adventurous Cleta
    Clydetta May O'Dell / Clydetta May O’Dell
    This book is a story of the girlhood of the mother of the author. It illustrates the colorful life of the early twentieth century. The story is a true story of a girl growing up in an environment with which people in this day and age are not familiar. Cleta, the name of the girl in the story, had many adventures as she grew up, but she never strayed from her Christian ideals. T...
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    9,59 €

  • Twisted Mind
    M. M. Wilson / MMWilson
    The book is about an invisible crime that is so widespread - sex trafficking and Internet child pornography that men of eminence are willing to risk it all to go after young children because there is a very slight chance of getting caught. It bring awareness that there is no age limit, ethnicity, and economic or educational rank of the men who would turn up just to have sex wi...
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    20,80 €

  • Little Country Girl
    Maudie Montgomery George
    Maudie George relates a lifetime of experiences as she grew up on the farm in a small Texas community. With seven children, as well as mom and dad, living in their one bedroom farm house which had no electricity or water and taking place in the post depression era.She tells of her hard working parents, of grandparents and relatives.Many amusing and informative incidents are dep...
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    11,29 €

  • Little Country Girl
    Maudie Montgomery George
    Maudie George relates a lifetime of experiences as she grew up on the farm in a small Texas community. With seven children, as well as mom and dad, living in their one bedroom farm house which had no electricity or water and taking place in the post depression era.She tells of her hard working parents, of grandparents and relatives.Many amusing and informative incidents are dep...
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    18,86 €