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Break Through

From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

By: Ted Nordhaus,Michael Shellenberger

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Break Through

From the Death of Environmentalism to the Politics of Possibility

By: Ted Nordhaus,Michael Shellenberger

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Break Through

Why We Can't Leave Saving the Planet to Environmentalists

By: Ted Nordhaus,Michael Shellenberger

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Break Through

Why We Can't Leave Saving the Planet to Environmentalists

By: Ted Nordhaus,Michael Shellenberger

Ted Nordhaus and Michael Shellenberger triggered a firestorm with the publication of Break Through, contending that the politics that dealt with acid rain and smog can’t deal with global warming.The nations that ratified the Kyoto protocol have seen their greenhouse gas emissions go up, not down. And the destruction of tropical rain forests, a key driver of global warming, has accelerated.What today’s ecological crises demand, say the authors, is not that we constrain human power but rather unleash it.We must go beyond interest group environmentalism and liberalism to create a politics focused as much on uncommon greatness as on the common good. “To win,Nordhaus and Shellenberger persuasively argue, environmentalists must stop congratulating themselves for their own willingness to confront inconvenient truths and must focus on building a politics of shared hope rather than relying on a politics of fear” (New York Times Book Review). Break Through is the first step in a new progressive movement that will influence the political debate for years to come.

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0547085958

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San Fransicko

Why Progressives Ruin Cities

By: Michael Shellenberger

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San Fransicko

Why Progressives Ruin Cities

By: Michael Shellenberger

National bestselling author of APOCALYPSE NEVER skewers progressives for the mishandling of America’s faltering cities. Progressives claimed they knew how to solve homelessness, inequality, and crime. But in cities they control, progressives made those problems worse. Michael Shellenberger has lived in the San Francisco Bay Area for thirty years. During that time, he advocated for the decriminalization of drugs, affordable housing, and alternatives to jail and prison. But as homeless encampments spread, and overdose deaths skyrocketed, Shellenberger decided to take a closer look at the problem. What he discovered shocked him. The problems had grown worse not despite but because of progressive policies. San Francisco and other West Coast cities — Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland — had gone beyond merely tolerating homelessness, drug dealing, and crime to actively enabling them. San Fransicko reveals that the underlying problem isn’t a lack of housing or money for social programs. The real problem is an ideology that designates some people, by identity or experience, as victims entitled to destructive behaviors. The result is an undermining of the values that make cities, and civilization itself, possible.

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HarperCollins

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0063093634

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9780063093638

The New Climate War

The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

By: Michael E. Mann

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The New Climate War

The Fight to Take Back Our Planet

By: Michael E. Mann

Shortlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year award A renowned climate scientist shows how fossil fuel companies have waged a thirty-year campaign to deflect blame and responsibility and delay action on climate change, and offers a battle plan for how we can save the planet. Recycle. Fly less. Eat less meat. These are some of the ways that we've been told can slow climate change. But the inordinate emphasis on individual behavior is the result of a marketing campaign that has succeeded in placing the responsibility for fixing climate change squarely on the shoulders of individuals. Fossil fuel companies have followed the example of other industries deflecting blame (think "guns don't kill people, people kill people") or greenwashing (think of the beverage industry's "Crying Indian" commercials of the 1970s). Meanwhile, they've blocked efforts to regulate or price carbon emissions, run PR campaigns aimed at discrediting viable alternatives, and have abdicated their responsibility in fixing the problem they've created. The result has been disastrous for our planet. In The New Climate War, Mann argues that all is not lost. He draws the battle lines between the people and the polluters-fossil fuel companies, right-wing plutocrats, and petrostates. And he outlines a plan for forcing our governments and corporations to wake up and make real change, including: A common-sense, attainable approach to carbon pricing- and a revision of the well-intentioned but flawed currently proposed version of the Green New Deal; Allowing renewable energy to compete fairly against fossil fuels Debunking the false narratives and arguments that have worked their way into the climate debate and driven a wedge between even those who support climate change solutions Combatting climate doomism and despair-mongering With immensely powerful vested interests aligned in defense of the fossil fuel status quo, the societal tipping point won't happen without the active participation of citizens everywhere aiding in the collective push forward. This book will reach, inform, and enable citizens everywhere to join this battle for our planet.

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1541758226

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Heartthrob

By: Christopher Michael

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Heartthrob

By: Christopher Michael

She remembered him only in a dream-like state of mind. He had been so charismatic, and she had been so young. Not too young to be nave however. She had loved him, and he had loved her. The days they had spent together, lying on a blanket in the soft green grass next to a lazy rolling creek, had yet to be rivaled by other lovers she's had since then. She knew then she would love him for the rest of her life.

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1462830900

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Environmental Policy and Politics

By: Michael E. Kraft

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Environmental Policy and Politics

By: Michael E. Kraft

Covering global threats such as climate change, population growth, and loss of biodiversity, as well as national, state, and local problems of environmental pollution, energy use, and natural resource use and conservation, Environmental Policy and Politics provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. policymaking processes, the legislative and administrative settings for policy decisions, the role of interest groups and public opinion in environmental politics, and the public policies that result. It helps readers understand modern environmental policy and its implications, including the need for a comprehensive and integrated approach to problem-solving. New to the Seventh Edition Each chapter includes the latest information about environmental challenges and governmental responses to them, with extensive citation of sources and websites that allow students to find the most recent studies and reports. Each chapter covers key political and policy decisions through early 2017, including presidential appointments, budgetary decisions, major legislative initiatives, and congressional actions. Each chapter introduction includes new statements about learning objectives to facilitate student understanding of key concepts and their applications, arguments advanced over environmental challenges and policies, and the goals and methods of environmental policy analysis. Chapters compare decisions about major environmental, energy, and natural resource policies among the presidential administrations of George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, to the extent possible. Each chapter’s case studies have been changed or updated to include the latest developments and examples that should improve their appeal to students. These include controversies over the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, the EPA’s Clean Power Plan and new fuel economy standards, new policies on toxic chemicals, the role of environmental and energy policies in the 2016 elections, changes in the nation’s reliance on energy resources, standards for evaluating environmental and resource policies, and the Paris Agreement on climate change. Summaries of scientific studies, government reports, and policy analyses have been updated throughout the text to reflect the most current research and information in the field. All chapters include revised discussion questions and new suggested readings. The writing and flow of material have been improved throughout to make the chapters more accessible and useful to students.

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Taylor & Francis

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131543704X

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The Politics of the Pantry

Stories, Food, and Social Change

By: Michael Mikulak

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The Politics of the Pantry

Stories, Food, and Social Change

By: Michael Mikulak

What's for dinner?" has always been a complicated question. The locavore movement has politicized food and challenged us to rethink the answer in new and radical ways. These days, questions about where our food comes from have moved beyond 100-mile-dieters into the mainstream. Celebrity chefs Jamie Oliver and Alice Waters, alternative food gurus such as Michael Pollan, and numerous other popular and academic commentators have all talked about the importance of understanding the sources and transformation of food on a human scale. In The Politics of the Pantry, Michael Mikulak interrogates these narratives - what he calls "storied food" - in food culture. As with any story, however, it is important to ask: who is telling it? Who is the audience? What assumptions are being made? Mikulak examines competing narratives of food, pleasure, sustainability, and value that have emerged from the growing sustainable food movement as well as food's past and present relationship to environmentalism in order to understand the potential and the limits of food politics. He also considers whether or not sustainable food practices can address questions about health, environmental sustainability, and local economic development, while at the same time articulating an ethical globalization. An innovative blend of academic analysis, poetic celebration, and autobiography, The Politics of the Pantry provides anyone interested in the future of food and the emergence of a green economy with a better understanding of how what we eat is transforming the world.

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0773590188

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The Foundations of Nature

Metaphysics of Gift for an Integral Ecological Ethic

By: Michael Dominic Taylor

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The Foundations of Nature

Metaphysics of Gift for an Integral Ecological Ethic

By: Michael Dominic Taylor

Will the ecological crises of our time be resolved using the same form of thought that has brought them about? Are technological prowess and political power the proper tools to address them? Is there not a deeper connection between our ecological crises and our human, social, political, economic, and ethical crises? This book argues that the popular approaches to ecological, bioethical, and other human crises are not working because they fail to examine the problem in its full depth. This depth escapes us because we have abandoned true metaphysical reflection on the whole and substituted it unknowingly for a series of inadequate alternatives. Both the technocratic paradigm that views all of nature mechanistically and its antagonists—the eco-philosophies that argue for the realities of intrinsic value, relationality, and beauty—carry partial truths but are insufficient. This book presents a more radical alternative, rooted in the classical tradition yet fresh and vibrant. The metaphysics of gift, based in the giftedness of existence shared by all, offers a deeper and more satisfying vision of all things that can transform our relationship with nature and touches every aspect of human life: social, political, economic, technical, and ethical.

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1725264978

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The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy

By: Sheldon Kamieniecki,Michael Kraft

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The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy

By: Sheldon Kamieniecki,Michael Kraft

Prior to the Nixon administration, environmental policy in the United States was rudimentary at best. Since then, it has evolved into one of the primary concerns of governmental policy from the federal to the local level. As scientific expertise on the environment rapidly developed, Americans became more aware of the growing environmental crisis that surrounded them. Practical solutions for mitigating various aspects of the crisis - air pollution, water pollution, chemical waste dumping, strip mining, and later global warming - became politically popular, and the government responded by gradually erecting a vast regulatory apparatus to address the issue. Today, politicians regard environmental policy as one of the most pressing issues they face. The Obama administration has identified the renewable energy sector as a key driver of economic growth, and Congress is in the process of passing a bill to reduce global warming that will be one of the most important environmental policy acts in decades. The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Environmental Policy is a state-of-the-art work on all aspects of environmental policy in America. Over the past half century, America has been the world's leading emitter of global warming gases. However, environmental policy is not simply a national issue. It is a global issue, and the explosive growth of Asian countries like China and India mean that policy will have to be coordinated at the international level. The book therefore focuses not only on the U.S., but on the increasing importance of global policies and issues on American regulatory efforts. This is a topic that will only grow in importance in the coming years, and this handbook serves as an authoritative guide to any scholar interested in the issue.

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Oxford University Press

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0199397473

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Exercise Physiology: Integrating Theory and Application

By: William Kraemer,Steven Fleck,Michael Deschenes

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Exercise Physiology: Integrating Theory and Application

By: William Kraemer,Steven Fleck,Michael Deschenes

Build the foundation of scientific knowledge and practical decision-making skills needed to excel in an exercise training career Master the core concepts of exercise physiology and learn how to apply them to the real-world challenges of exercise training with Exercise Physiology: Integrating Theory and Application, Third Edition. Designed to connect theory to practice, this engaging, accessible text gives students a thorough understanding of how the body adapts to exercise and environmental stresses and how basic physiology informs practical decisions. This new edition expands the coverage of practical applications, extends on our growing scientific knowledge of exercise physiology, explores the topic of “Exercise is Medicine”, and offers more guidance on finding reliable research-based answers to real-life questions. New content, as well as updated coverage of the endocrine system, applying research, nutritional support, and environmental effects make this the perfect resource to support the diverse case scenarios seen by personal trainers, strength coaches, fitness instructors, athletic trainers, and other exercise professionals.

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1975166094

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The Local Food Revolution

How Humanity Will Feed Itself in Uncertain Times

By: Michael Brownlee

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The Local Food Revolution

How Humanity Will Feed Itself in Uncertain Times

By: Michael Brownlee

Demonstrating that humanity faces an imminent and prolonged global food crisis, Michael Brownlee issues a clarion call and manifesto for a revolutionary movement to localize the global food supply. He lays out a practical guide for those who hope to navigate the challenging process of shaping the local or regional food system, providing a roadmap for embarking on the process of righting the profoundly unsustainable and already-failing global industrialized food system. Written to inform, inspire, and empower anyone—farmers or ranchers, community gardeners, aspiring food entrepreneurs, supply chain venturers, commercial food buyers, restaurateurs, investors, community food activists, non-profit agencies, policy makers, or local government leaders—who hopes to be a catalyst for change, this book provides a blueprint for economic action, with specific suggestions that make the process more conscious and deliberate. Brownlee, cofounder of the nonprofit Local Food Shift Group, maps out the underlying process of food localization and outlines the route that communities, regions, and foodsheds often follow in their efforts to take control of food production and distribution. By sharing the strategies that have proven successful, he charts a practical path forward while indicating approaches that otherwise might be invisible and unexplored. Stories and interviews illustrate how food localization is happening on the ground and in the field. Essays and thought-pieces explore some of the challenging ethical, moral, economic, and social dilemmas and thresholds that might arise as the local food shift develops. For anyone who wants to understand, in concrete terms, the unique challenges and extraordinary opportunities that present themselves as we address one of the most urgent issues of our time, The Local Food Revolution is an indispensable resource.

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North Atlantic Books

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162317001X

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Substance Abuse

A Patient-Centered Approach

By: Michael Floyd,J Paul Seale

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Substance Abuse

A Patient-Centered Approach

By: Michael Floyd,J Paul Seale

Series Editors: Moira Stewart, Judith Belle Brown and Thomas R Freeman Primary care clinicians are often unfamiliar with new and effective methods for detecting substance abuse problems in their earliest stages, and the majority of patients with substance abuse problems remain undiagnosed. Substance Abuse is written by primary care clinicians and focused to meet the needs of primary care providers, demonstrating how the patient-centered clinical method can assist clinicians in learning how to diagnose this complex psychosocial disorder. This book describes how to use state-of-the-art screening techniques, and how to understand and motivate patients to decrease or eliminate harmful use of alcohol and drugs. It presents the latest scientific findings and gives examples of using a patient-centered approach, as well as describing specific communication skills, with samples of dialogue illustrating their use in helping substance-abusing patients. This is essential reading for all family doctors, paediatricians, gynaecologists, psychiatrists, nurses, social workers, psychologists and all clinicians whose practices include substance abusing patients. It will also appeal to counsellors, education personnel and all professionals working with substance abusing individuals.

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1315344459

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Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

Evidence-Informed Assessments and Interventions

By: Michael J. Holosko,Catherine N. Dulmus,Karen M. Sowers

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Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families

Evidence-Informed Assessments and Interventions

By: Michael J. Holosko,Catherine N. Dulmus,Karen M. Sowers

A lifespan approach presenting evidence-informed interventions for working with individuals and families Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families covers assessment of and intervention with children, adolescents, adults, the elderly, and families. It offers an array of pedagogical features within each chapter, as well as online resources and review questions at the conclusion of each chapter to help guide critical thinking about topics. Reflecting the current state of evidence-informed social work practice, each chapter's contributors emphasize the incorporation of wider forms of systematically collected data such as case studies, best or promising practices, and consumer-focused data. Reading this book will not only give readers the tools to work effectively with individuals and families, but also develop their skills in evidence informed practice. Comprehensive and insightful, Social Work Practice with Individuals and Families is a student- and practitioner-friendly text identifying the best assessment tools and strategies available for social workers to successfully serve individuals and families facing a broad range of challenges.

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1118420918

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Environmental Policy and Politics

By: Michael Kraft

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Environmental Policy and Politics

By: Michael Kraft

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Routledge

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1317348613

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Environmental Practice and Early American Literature

By: Michael Ziser

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Environmental Practice and Early American Literature

By: Michael Ziser

This original and provocative study tells the story of American literary history from the perspective of its environmental context. Weaving together close readings of early American texts with ecological histories of tobacco, potatoes, apples and honey bees, Michael Ziser presents a method for literary criticism that explodes the conceptual distinction between the civilized and natural world. Beginning with the English exploration of Virginia in the sixteenth century, Ziser argues that the settlement of the 'New World' - and the cultivation and exploitation of its bounty - dramatically altered how writers used language to describe the phenomena they encountered on the frontier. Examining the work of Harriot, Grainger, Cooper, Thoreau and others, Ziser reveals how these authors, whether consciously or not, transcribed the vibrant ecology of North America, and the ways that the environment helped codify a uniquely American literary aesthetic of lasting importance.

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Cambridge University Press

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1107244471

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Business and Sustainability

By: Mick Blowfield,Michael Blowfield

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Business and Sustainability

By: Mick Blowfield,Michael Blowfield

Climate change, the resource constrained economy, and sustainability in general are amongst the hottest and most problematic topics for contemporary businesses. This book provides a comprehensive overview of how the world's sustainability challenges are affecting and being affected by business.

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Oxford University Press

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0199642982

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Bowen Theory's Secrets: Revealing the Hidden Life of Families

By: Michael E. Kerr

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Bowen Theory's Secrets: Revealing the Hidden Life of Families

By: Michael E. Kerr

A much-needed update to one of the most significant family therapy theories of the past century. Murray Bowen (1931–1990) was the first to study the family in a live-in setting and describe specific details about how families function as systems. Despite Bowen theory being based on research begun more than seventy years ago, the value of viewing human beings as profoundly emotionally-driven creatures and human families functioning as emotional units is more relevant than ever. This book, written by one of his closest collaborators, updates his still-radical theory with the latest approaches to understanding emotional development. Reduced to its most fundamental level, Bowen theory explains how people begin a relationship very close emotionally but become more distant over time. The ideas also help explain why good people do bad things, and bad people do good things, and how family life strengthens some members while weakening others. Gaining knowledge about previously unseen specifics of family interactions reveals a hidden life of families. The hidden life explains how the best of intentions can fail to produce the desired result, thus providing a blueprint for change. Part I of the book explains the core ideas in the theory. Part II describes the process of differentiation of self, which is the most important application of Bowen theory. People sometimes think of theories as "ivory tower" productions: interesting, but not necessarily practical. Differentiation of self is anything but; it has a well-tested real-world application. Part II includes four long case presentations of families in the public eye. They help illustrate how Bowen theory can help explain how families—three of which appear fairly normal and one which does not—unwittingly produce an offspring that chronically manifests some time of severely aberrant behavior. Finally, the book proposes a new "unidisease" concept—the idea that a wide range of diseases have a number of physiological processes in common. In an Epilogue, Kerr applies Bowen theory to his family to illustrate how changes in a family relationship system over time can better explain the clinical course of a chronic illness than the diagnosis itself. With close to four thousand hours of therapy conducted with about thirty-five hundred families over decades, Michael Kerr is an expert guide to the ins and outs of this most influential way of approaching clinical work with families.

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W. W. Norton & Company

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0393713628

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Where the Waters Divide

Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada

By: Michael Mascarenhas

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Where the Waters Divide

Neoliberalism, White Privilege, and Environmental Racism in Canada

By: Michael Mascarenhas

This timely and important scholarship advances an empirical understanding of Canada's contemporary "Indian" problem. Where the Waters Divide is one of the few book monographs that analyze how contemporary neoliberal reforms (in the manner of de-regulation, austerity measures, common sense policies, privatization, etc.) are woven through and shape contemporary racial inequality in Canadian society. Using recent controversies in drinking water contamination and solid waste and sewage pollution, Where the Waters Divide illustrates in concrete ways how cherished notions of liberalism and common sense reform -- neoliberalism -- also constitute a particular form of racial oppression and white privilege. Where the Waters Divide brings together theories and concepts from four disciplines -- sociology, geography, Aboriginal studies, and environmental studies -- to build critical insights into the race relational aspects of neoliberal reform. In particular, the book argues that neoliberalism represents a key moment in time for the racial formation in Canada, one that functions not through overt forms of state sanctioned racism, as in the past, but via the morality of the marketplace and the primacy of individual solutions to modern environmental and social problems. Furthermore, Mascarenhas argues, because most Canadians are not aware of this pattern of laissez faire racism, and because racism continues to be associated with intentional and hostile acts, Canadians can dissociate themselves from this form of economic racism, all the while ignoring their investment in white privilege. Where the Waters Divide stands at a provocative crossroads. Disciplinarily, it is where the social construction of water, an emerging theme within Cultural Studies and Environmental Sociology, meets the social construction of expertise -- one of the most contentious areas within the social sciences. It is also where the political economy of natural resources, an emerging theme in Development and Globalization Studies, meets the Politics of Race Relations -- an often-understudied area within Environmental Studies. Conceptually, the book stands where the racial formation associated with natural resources reform is made and re-made, and where the dominant form of white privilege is contrasted with anti-neoliberal social movements in Canada and across the globe.

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Lexington Books

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0739168274

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Strategies for Environmental Success in an Uncertain Judicial Climate

By: Michael Allan Wolf

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Strategies for Environmental Success in an Uncertain Judicial Climate

By: Michael Allan Wolf

Over the last 30 years, we have made great progress in curbing the most obvious pollution largely due to effective enforcement of federal and state environmental statutes. Now, however, there is increasing skepticism of the efficiency and even the constitutionality of our bedrock environmental laws from all branches of the federal government, including the courts. This book is the result of lively debate at the conference Alternative Grounds: Defending the Environment in an Unwelcome Judicial Climate, held on November 11, 2004, and co-sponsored by the University of Florida's Levin College of Law and the Environmental Law Institute. Topics ranged from U.S. Supreme Court trends in environmental law jurisprudence, to innovative federal and state constitutional and statutory arguments that defend environmental protections, to federal provisions most vulnerable to attack on federalism, takings, and separation-of-powers grounds. This thought-provoking and insightful collection of essays provides smart, realistic solutions to the profound and complex legal challenges facing defenders of our environmental protections. With contributions by: Richard J. Lazarus, Sean H. Donahue, Paul Boudreaux, William W. Buzbee, Robert L. Glicksman, Alyson C. Flournoy, Christopher H. Schroeder, Douglas T. Kendall, Susan George, J.B. Ruhl, Donald W. Stever, and Mary Jane Angelo.

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Environmental Law Institute

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1585760935

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Integral Ecology

Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World

By: Sean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D.,Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D.

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Integral Ecology

Uniting Multiple Perspectives on the Natural World

By: Sean Esbjorn-Hargens, Ph.D.,Michael E. Zimmerman, Ph.D.

Today there is a bewildering diversity of views on ecology and the natural environment. With more than two hundred distinct and valuable perspectives on the natural world—and with scientists, economists, ethicists, activists, philosophers, and others often taking completely different stances on the issues—how can we come to agreement to solve our toughest environmental problems? In response to this pressing need, Integral Ecology unites valuable insights from multiple perspectives into a comprehensive theoretical framework—one that can be put to use right now. The framework is based on Integral Theory, as well as Ken Wilber’s AQAL model, and is the result of over a decade of research exploring the myriad perspectives on ecology available to us today and their respective methodologies. Dozens of real-life applications and examples of this framework currently in use are examined, including three in-depth case studies: work with marine fisheries in Hawai’i, strategies of eco-activists to protect Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest, and a study of community development in El Salvador. In addition, eighteen personal practices of transformation are provided for you to increase your own integral ecological awareness. Integral Ecology provides the most sophisticated application and extension of Integral Theory available today, and as such it serves as a template for any truly integral effort.

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0834824469

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A Therapist’s Guide to Writing in Psychotherapy

Assessment, Documentation, and Intervention

By: Michael D. Reiter

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A Therapist’s Guide to Writing in Psychotherapy

Assessment, Documentation, and Intervention

By: Michael D. Reiter

This guide practically aids mental health professionals in understanding and improving their therapeutic and academic writing, demonstrating how the written word is an invaluable tool to document, assess, and promote change with those in and outside the therapy room. Exploring the various ways writing occurs in psychotherapy professions, Michael D. Reiter comprehensively covers the range of the written word, from progress notes and assessment documentation, to journaling and therapeutic letters, as well as contacting larger systems such as report writing and grant applications. Chapters are formatted to include the purpose and function of a particular type of writing before providing multiple examples so therapists can apply this in their own practice. This book aims to help all therapists, regardless of academic training or therapeutic modality, to incorporate these ideas into their work. This book is designed for mental health professionals in a variety of settings, including counselors, therapists, social workers, family therapists, and clinical psychologists. This book is useful for graduate students as well as those already in practice.

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1000896196

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9781000896190

Australian GP perceptions of at-risk drinking

By: Michael Tam

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Australian GP perceptions of at-risk drinking

By: Michael Tam

At-risk drinking is common in Australia. Validated screening tools such as the AUDIT-C have been promoted to general practitioners, but appear rarely used. Detection of at-risk drinking remains low. This masters research thesis, at the New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry, explores and describes Australian general practitioner beliefs and attitudes on the detection and screening of at-risk drinking. It seeks to understand the low uptake of alcohol screening questionnaires in general practice, the potential role of the AUDIT-C, and the overall low detection rate of at-risk drinking.

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1300561025

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ALLEGORY: How One Man's Lies, Deceit, Arrogance, And Greed Has Gaslighted The World

By: Michael Solomon

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ALLEGORY: How One Man's Lies, Deceit, Arrogance, And Greed Has Gaslighted The World

By: Michael Solomon

Allegory is the story of how one man has created a narrative that has gaslighted the world into believing, unless drastic measures are taken, the world will be destroyed within ten years by greedy industrialists. However, his solution will put planet Earth on a path to suicide. His narrative is based on consensus opinion and not scientific facts. He continually expresses his views which will leave you to realize he believes his own lies. Gaslighting is a tactic in which a person or entity, in order to gain more power, makes their victims question reality. Science is a matter of collecting data, conducting experiments, and coming up with a proven conclusion to a hypothesis. The collective opinion of a group of scientists in general agreement on a particular subject is called a “consensus.” Accepting views with little or no supporting data or pragmatic testing is dangerous. It allows for all kinds of pseudo-scientific beliefs not supported by scientific principles. When a person outside the scientific community with a platform starts presenting those views publicly and repeating them like a mantra, they become believable; they even start to believe them themselves. Throughout history, in Medicine and Science, there have been consensuses that have taken years to prove wrong because the population continued to reject the science. The science of Climate Change is one of those fields where one person, former Vice President Albert Gore, has become the poster child for the biggest scam in the history of the world. This is not only the author’s opinion but the opinion of numerous renowned scientists in Astrophysics, Climate, and Meteorology. This book will take you on a journey through empirical science and show you how the theory of Global Warming is just that; an opinion based on assumptions, misrepresentations, and outright lies that have gaslighted the populace and the governments of the world. However, the principled, pragmatic science that has always existed will show you that Global Warming is a theory with no scientific foundation. Throughout this publication, you will be presented with scientific evidence showing that the theory of human-produced climate change is false. You will learn how Al Gore has elevated himself to riches beyond your desires. When I was a detective with the NYPD, almost every case I investigated started with following the money. So too, this book will follow the money and show you what the obsession is all about. Gore’s hypocritical behavior will lead you to believe that he doesn’t believe his declarations. You will understand the science of Carbon Dioxide and how a world with zero carbon will turn planet Earth into a barren, frozen wasteland. This book is not designed to change your mind. It is only meant to help you have an open mind and discover the truth to decide for yourself what you want to believe. But decide before the government takes away your money and your freedom.

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Destructive Myths in Family Therapy

How to Overcome Barriers to Communication by Seeing and Saying -- A Humanistic Perspective

By: Daniela Kramer-Moore,Michael Moore

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Destructive Myths in Family Therapy

How to Overcome Barriers to Communication by Seeing and Saying -- A Humanistic Perspective

By: Daniela Kramer-Moore,Michael Moore

Exposes destructive patterns of communication within familycultures and provides strategies for promoting more open dialogueamong family members. Equips family therapists to help clients see the barriers theyplace in the way of healthy communication, and adopt moreconstructive alternatives Provides activities designed to spark open dialogue betweentherapist and clients, strengthening the therapeutic relationshipand facilitating family interaction Includes communication strategies for reversing disengagement,defusing power struggles, overcoming sibling rivalry, disentanglingmarital problems and more Offers a new understanding of family dynamics, an area in whichmany family therapists want to improve their skills but havestruggled to find a text to guide them in doing so

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Across the River

Murder at Accomac

By: Michael Maloney

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Across the River

Murder at Accomac

By: Michael Maloney

On Decoration Day 1881, the tranquil morning silence at Coyle’s Ferry was shattered by the sound of gunshots, and in an instant Emily Myers lay dead at the hand of John Coyle, Jr. Although his guilt was never in question, he claimed he was in love with Emily and was driven insane by her continual rejections. Coyle’s subsequent murder trials and multiple appeals became local headlines, and the public outcry surrounding the use of the “insanity dodge” was immediate and intense. The setting of the tragedy was the Susquehanna River crossing now known as Accomac. As early as 1727, Reverend James Anderson began ferrying settlers bound for points west. Hotly contested by the colonies and coveted for potential mineral wealth, the area prospered over the next three centuries and was the scene of numerous historical crossings and events. While undergoing changes in ownership, Accomac witnessed the birth of the United States, endured the struggle of the Civil War, and survived the greed-driven growth and eventual financial crash of the town of Marietta. During the 1800s, the declining need for ferry services began to take its toll. Always adapting, Accomac expanded into a thriving hotel, tavern, fishery, sawmill, and resort destination. Pulled from local news headlines, court records, trial transcripts, and land records, this story weaves together the history of the Accomac river crossing, the town of Marietta, and the untimely death of an innocent young girl. Against a rich historical backdrop, the murder and ensuing legal proceedings provide a compelling account of life Across the River.

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The Force of Destiny

The Life and Times of Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel

By: Michael A. Gabriel

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The Force of Destiny

The Life and Times of Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel

By: Michael A. Gabriel

On the eve of World War II, a promising young high school musician has his dreams and aspirations for a life in music suddenly interrupted by the call to war. With a fateful and circuitous path leading Arnald D. Gabriel to participate as a machine gunner with the 29th Infantry, on June 6, 1944-D-Day-he finds himself fighting for his country on Omaha Beach. However, from frontline combat and the horrors of war comes the story of a hero who will ultimately realize his dream. The Force of Destiny chronicles the journey of Colonel Arnald D. Gabriel as he navigates the challenges of war and its aftereffects to eventually rise to the pinnacle of his profession as the commander and conductor of the United States Air Force Band in Washington, DC. Conducting in all fifty states and across the globe in fifty countries, Col. Gabriel is known worldwide for his innovative and powerful leadership style and his unique musical genius. Not just a hero in the music profession, his Bronze Stars and other combat awards speak to his heroism in defense of his country and its values. With a destiny in music and a fate that would shape his personal character and professional future, discover in his powerful story a quest of courage and triumph, magnificence and admiration, and the pursuit of excellence.

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Beating Hearts

Abortion and Animal Rights

By: Sherry F. Colb,Michael C. Dorf

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Beating Hearts

Abortion and Animal Rights

By: Sherry F. Colb,Michael C. Dorf

How can someone who condemns hunting, animal farming, and animal experimentation also favor legal abortion, which is the deliberate destruction of a human fetus? The authors of Beating Hearts aim to reconcile this apparent conflict and examine the surprisingly similar strategic and tactical questions faced by activists in the pro-life and animal rights movements. Beating Hearts maintains that sentience, or the ability to have subjective experiences, grounds a being's entitlement to moral concern. The authors argue that nearly all human exploitation of animals is unjustified. Early abortions do not contradict the sentience principle because they precede fetal sentience, and Beating Hearts explains why the mere potential for sentience does not create moral entitlements. Late abortions do raise serious moral questions, but forcing a woman to carry a child to term is problematic as a form of gender-based exploitation. These ethical explorations lead to a wider discussion of the strategies deployed by the pro-life and animal rights movements. Should legal reforms precede or follow attitudinal changes? Do gory images win over or alienate supporters? Is violence ever principled? By probing the connections between debates about abortion and animal rights, Beating Hearts uses each highly contested set of questions to shed light on the other.

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Natural Gas

By: Michael J. Bradshaw,Tim Boersma

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Natural Gas

By: Michael J. Bradshaw,Tim Boersma

Is natural gas the ‘bridge’ to our low-carbon future? In power generation, industrial processes, parts of the transportation sector, and for domestic use, natural gas still has the potential to play a greater role in various energy transition pathways around the world. But such a future is by no means certain. In this book, Michael Bradshaw and Tim Boersma offer a sober and balanced assessment of the place of natural gas in the global energy mix today, and the uncertainties that cloud our understanding of what that role may look like in the future. They argue that natural gas has become prominent in recent decades, spurred by two revolutions: the first has been the rise of unconventional natural gas production, and the second the coming of age of the market for liquefied natural gas (LNG). However, a third revolution is required to secure natural gas’ long-term role in various energy transition pathways, as countries are increasingly pushing to address air quality concerns and curtail greenhouse gas emissions. This revolution has to take place as politicians, citizens, investors and shareholders are becoming increasingly vocal about the need to improve the environmental footprint of the fuel, while simultaneously, and perhaps paradoxically, demand for it continues to grow, in a world where geopolitical challenges seem to be mounting.

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Planet in Peril Planetary Dangers : Planetary Solutions

Humanity's Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them

By: Michael D. Bess

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Planet in Peril Planetary Dangers : Planetary Solutions

Humanity's Four Greatest Challenges and How We Can Overcome Them

By: Michael D. Bess

Written by an award-winning historian of science and technology, Planet in Peril describes the top four mega-dangers facing humankind – climate change, nukes, pandemics, and artificial intelligence. It outlines the solutions that have been tried, and analyzes why they have thus far fallen short. These four existential dangers present a special kind of challenge that urgently requires planet-level responses, yet today's international institutions have so far failed to meet this need. The book lays out a realistic pathway for gradually modifying the United Nations over the coming century so that it can become more effective at coordinating global solutions to humanity's problems. Neither optimistic nor pessimistic, but pragmatic and constructive, the book explores how to move past ideological polarization and global political fragmentation. Unafraid to take intellectual risks, Planet in Peril sketches a plausible roadmap toward a safer, more democratic future for us all.

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Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival

The Remaking of American Environmentalism

By: Michael Egan

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Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival

The Remaking of American Environmentalism

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Chronicles the activist career of Barry Commoner, one of the most influential American environmental thinkers, and his role in recasting the environmental movement after World War II. For over half a century, the biologist Barry Commoner has been one of the most prominent and charismatic defenders of the American environment, appearing on the cover of Time magazine in 1970 as the standard-bearer of "the emerging science of survival." In Barry Commoner and the Science of Survival, Michael Egan examines Commoner's social and scientific activism and charts an important shift in American environmental values since World War II.Throughout his career, Commoner believed that scientists had a social responsibility, and that one of their most important obligations was to provide citizens with accessible scientific information so they could be included in public debates that concerned them. Egan shows how Commoner moved naturally from calling attention to the hazards of nuclear fallout to raising public awareness of the environmental dangers posed by the petrochemical industry. He argues that Commoner's belief in the importance of dissent, the dissemination of scientific information, and the need for citizen empowerment were critical planks in the remaking of American environmentalism. Commoner's activist career can be defined as an attempt to weave together a larger vision of social justice. Since the 1960s, he has called attention to parallels between the environmental, civil rights, labor, and peace movements, and connected environmental decline with poverty, injustice, exploitation, and war, arguing that the root cause of environmental problems was the American economic system and its manifestations. He was instrumental in pointing out that there was a direct association between socioeconomic standing and exposure to environmental pollutants and that economics, not social responsibility, was guiding technological decision making. Egan argues that careful study of Commoner's career could help reinvigorate the contemporary environmental movement at a point when the environmental stakes have never been so high.

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Words That Heal

40 Encouraging Stories Inspired by James 3:1-12

By: Michael Ross,Brian Doyle

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Words That Heal

40 Encouraging Stories Inspired by James 3:1-12

By: Michael Ross,Brian Doyle

Our words can be so cruel. Used wrongly, they can discourage people, cut open the heart and destroy someone’s self-confidence—even ignite a fire and drive crowds to violence. And once they’re spoken, they can never be recalled. Words enter our ears and burrow themselves deep into our hearts … often never to be forgotten. It’s little wonder that the Bible instructs us to control our tongues. Inspired by James 3:1-12, and filled with 40 engaging stories and dozens of relevant Scriptures, this book encourages you to use your speech positively—speaking kindness, sharing words that heal, expressing love, and praising God.

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Why Tesla's shares will cost 2.000 $ within 12 months

The car concept of the future

By: Michael Wenkart

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Why Tesla's shares will cost 2.000 $ within 12 months

The car concept of the future

By: Michael Wenkart

The Tesla Motor Company takes its name from the scientist and inventor and the AC motor that it uses in its vehicles is a direct descendant of Tesla’s 1882 design, showing how far reaching and ahead of its time his thinking really was. Nikola Tesla was one of the great innovative geniuses and forward thinkers of the 19th and 20th centuries. He contributed significantly to the development of the alternating current electric supply system and invented (among many other things) the tesla coil, an electrical transformer that is still widely used. His work fell into obscurity until fairly recently when the surge of interest in projects, such as electric cars (and some other more bizarre theories and fads) brought his ideas back to the forefront of technology and popular culture.

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Thyroid Cancer, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

By: Michael Mingzhao Xing

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Thyroid Cancer, An Issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics of North America

By: Michael Mingzhao Xing

This issue of Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinics, guest edited by Dr. Michael Mingzhao Xing, is dedicated to Thyroid Cancer. Topics include, but are not limited to, Current Histological Classification of Thyroid Cancer, Molecular Pathogenesis and Mechanisms of Thyroid Cancer, Clinical Diagnostic Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules, Molecular Diagnostic Evaluation of Thyroid Nodules, Clinical Risk Stratification of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Molecular Risk Stratification of Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Conventional Thyroidectomy in the Treatment of Primary Thyroid Cancer, Neck Dissection in the Surgical Treatment of Thyroid Cancer, Conventional Robotic Endoscopic Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancer, Transoral Endoscopic Thyroidectomy for Thyroid Cancer, Conventional Radioiodine Therapy for Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Re-differentiation of Radioiodine-refractory Thyroid Cancer for Radioiodine Treatment, Management of Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma, Conservative Surveillance Management of Low-risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma, Thyroid-stimulating Hormone Suppression Therapy in Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Diagnostic Imaging Testing in the Surveillance of Thyroid Cancer Recurrence, Novel Drug Treatments of Progressive Radioiodine-refractory Differentiated Thyroid Cancer, Management of Anaplastic Thyroid Cancer, and Management of Medullary Thyroid cancer.

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Families in Rehabilitation Counseling

A Community-Based Rehabilitation Approach

By: Michael Jay Millington,Michael Millington, PhD, CRC,Irmo Marini

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Families in Rehabilitation Counseling

A Community-Based Rehabilitation Approach

By: Michael Jay Millington,Michael Millington, PhD, CRC,Irmo Marini

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Dating, Relating, Waiting

God's Word on Purity

By: Michael Ross,Tess Cox

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Dating, Relating, Waiting

God's Word on Purity

By: Michael Ross,Tess Cox

Guys. Girls. They're everywhere! You go to school with them, work with them, live near them, and you're definitely interested in getting to know some of them. But the question is, can teenagers remain pure in today's mixed-up, sex-crazed climate? The answer is yes! Christian guys and girls just like you share their secrets to dating, relating. . .and waiting! This book is packed with great advice—everything from can't-miss communication tips to the Bible's candid answers about lust, love, romance, and purity.

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