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Intimate worlds: life inside the family
Par Maggie Scarf. 1995
Analyzes the family structure using the Beaver Family Systems model. The system classifies groups in levels from severely disturbed to…
optimally adjusted. Scarf interviewed four families to illustrate her theories. She also discusses bonding and relationship boundariesBlood rites: origins and history of the passions of war
Par Barbara Ehrenreich. 1997
The author theorizes that the origin of human propensity for war is linked to the fear that the earliest people…
had of predators in the wild, rather than an innate aggressivenessFirst-hand accounts by communications intelligence practitioners in the Southwest Pacific theater during World War II. Tells how the breaking of…
enemy codes aided in the timing and planning of Allied campaigns and "shortened the ground war in the Pacific."Katy no-pocket
Par H. A. Rey, Emmy Payne. 1944
Katy is a kangaroo without a pocket. She tries to carry her son, Freddy, the way other types of animals…
carry their young, but nothing works. So Katy and Freddy head for the city to buy a pocket. For grades K-3Sequel to Saved by the Light (RC 38855, BR 9540). Brinkley tells how he adjusted to the psychic ability he…
acquired after his near-death experiences and found his life's mission in helping hospice patients face deathA course in miracles: combined volume
Par Foundation for Inner Peace. 1996
Designed to help readers increase awareness of love in their lives. Explains theoretical concepts on which the course is based…
and includes a workbook with lessons for each day of the year and a teacher's manual. Subject of Return to Love (BR 09979)This sequel to Wishcraft (RC 14031, BR 4309) offers practical advice and techniques for discovering one's true likes and aspirations…
and for overcoming common obstacles to finding and living the "good life."Aftermath: the remnants of war
Par Donovan Webster. 1996
Depicts the enduring, harmful remains of twentieth-century wars, including unexploded mines and artillery shells, radioactive soil and water, and bomb-ravaged…
landscapes. Assesses inventor Alfred Nobel's dynamite and other efficient explosives for their role in amplifying the devastation of modern warfareFinish strong: living the values that take you the distance
Par Richard Capen. 1996
Capen identifies personal values that lead to success and that benefit family and community. Each chapter focuses on a specific…
value--such as character, humility, and optimism--and includes comments from political, business, and spiritual leaders like Barbara Jordan and John GardnerThe last battle
Par Cornelius Ryan. 1966
Recounts the last three weeks of the war against Germany in April 1945 from the viewpoint of the Allied and…
German Armies locked in battle and of individual soldiers and civilians who survived the final horrors of the siege and fall of Berlin. Companion to A Bridge Too Far (RC 44181, BR 10974)The road less traveled and beyond: spiritual growth in an age of anxiety
Par M. Peck. 1997
In this sequel to Further Along the Road Less Traveled (RC 37302, BR 9391), Peck offers additional ways in which…
people can lead more fulfilling lives in a world full of stress and anxiety, and discusses how "we can come to exist in a closer relationship to the Holy."A bridge too far
Par Cornelius Ryan. 1974
Recounts the 1944 battle of Arnhem and the daring Allied airborne assault on Nazi-occupied Holland. The attack, which was intended…
to capture a crucial bridge and end the war early, resulted in heavy losses and a defeat for the Allies. Companion to The Longest Day (BR 09765). ViolenceTerry: my daughter's life-and-death struggle with alcoholism
Par George McGovern. 1996
A former senator and onetime presidential candidate's anguished story of his daughter's unhappy life and alcohol-related death. He tries to…
understand and explain her steady, uncontrolled descent into depression and alcoholism, concluding that genetic vulnerability was a key factorCocaine and crack
Par Marilyn Carroll. 1994
Carroll explains that cocaine comes from the coca plant of western South America. She discusses the history of cocaine use;…
describes how it is processed and what the different forms are; and outlines the effects of cocaine, the personal aspects of abusing cocaine and crack, and the efforts that are being made to solve this drug problem. For junior and senior high readersPresents Wright's complete autobiography for the first time, combining his childhood in the South (Black Boy) with his life as…
an adult in the North (American Hunger). Also contains his 1953 novel (The Outsider), a literary chronology, and extensive notes. Sequel to Richard Wright: Early Works (DB 41552, BR 10299). Violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sexI want more of everything
Par Eda LeShan. 1994
Sequel to It's Better to Be over the Hill Than under It (BR 08610). This collection of seventy-seven essays, drawn…
for the most part from LeShan's weekly column in Newsday, continues her thoughts on growing old. She writes about needing afternoon naps, taking risks, creating a family, feeling passion, rewriting the address book, letting go of the past, making brave decisions, and retiringMath, a four letter work!: The math anxiety handbook
Par Angela Sembera. 1990
A guide for students, teachers, and parents who hate or fear math. The authors draw on their teaching experience for…
this discussion of feelings about math anxiety, the relationship between math and other aspects of everyday life, math's role in teaching one how to think, the myth that math is impossible, and what math success can do for self-esteemYour own worst enemy: understanding the paradox of self-defeating behavior
Par Steven Berglas. 1993
Two psychologists examine the behaviors of those who seem to inflict pain, suffering, and hardships on themselves for no apparent…
reason. Rather than offer a blueprint for self-help, the authors seek to help people recognize (and understand the consequences of) well-intentioned, self-serving, or deliberately malicious self-defeating behaviorWhen I say no, I feel guilty: how to cope--using the skills of systematic assertive therapy
Par Manuel Smith. 1975
Opposed to manipulating others by interfering with their decision-making process, therapist Smith describes how to be assertive without taking away…
the dignity and self-respect of others. Included are a "bill of assertive rights," descriptions of seven systematic assertive skills, and numerous dialogs illustrating how to use these techniques and encourage them in othersFreud
Par Anthony Storr. 1989
A psychotherapist presents an overview of Freud's psychoanalytic theory. Storr sketches historical background, including biographical information about Freud, basic to…
understanding the theory. He also surveys the main features of psychoanalysis and evaluates Freudian ideas from the perspective of contemporary research