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Between Fathers and Sons

Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives

By: Robert J Pellegrini,Theodore R Sarbin

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Between Fathers and Sons

Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives

By: Robert J Pellegrini,Theodore R Sarbin

Explore the tensions and tenderness between fathers and sons in this masterpiece of narrative psychology! “We live in a story-shaped world,” as the editors say, and Between Fathers and Sons: Critical Incident Narratives in the Development of Men's Lives shows how the stories we construct come to shape our perceptions of the world and of ourselves. The incidents recounted here are more than just moving, funny, or painful stories of fathers and sons. Each is a myth that helped form the authors’social and moral identity. This blend of feeling and intellect, story and analysis makes Between Fathers and Sons a work of art as well as a work of psychology. The contributors--many of them pioneers of narrative therapy--bring unique insight to bear on their own stories. Using a broad array of narrative forms, from the soliliquy to the multiple narrator, they explore and analyze themes of silence, mystery, respect, sports, self-reliance, and longing for continuity. In the stories you will find in Between Fathers and Sons: a father's disappointed silence is transformed as it resonates through four generations a Korean immigrant faces the differences between his ideals of fatherhood and his son's American view a father-son fishing trip ends with the biggest fish ever--or no fish at all betrayed by his stepfather, a boy seeks guidance from stories of his dead father a Baptist preacher helps his son make an agonizing choice a grown man's memory of a childhood event gives him new insight into his father's identity and their relationship Between Fathers and Sons is a landmark volume in father-son relationships and in narrative therapy. It is destined to become a classic in the field.

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1317788532

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Identities for Life and Death

Can We Save Us from Our Toxically Storied Selves?

By: Robert J. Pellegrini

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Identities for Life and Death

Can We Save Us from Our Toxically Storied Selves?

By: Robert J. Pellegrini

This book is all about stories. The stories that shape our identities and how those identities shape our destinies for better or worse, for good or evil, in humanizing or dehumanizing ways. Working from the Shakespearian metaphor, All the world s a stage and all the men and women merely players, Pellegrini argues that only by understanding how our storied selves develop can we acquire the tools to modify the roles they dictate for us to play on the stage in the theater of real life. The author deconstructs a wide variety of what he calls toxic, dehumanizing, death-oriented self-scripts as well as creative, humanizing, life-oriented narratives of groups as well as individuals. Following the Native American parable of two wolves engaged in mortal combat within us, one good the other evil, the fundamental premise here is that our identity determines which of our inner wolves we feed and thus, which of them will prevail. Pellegrini maintains that what s at stake in this battle between humanity s collective inner wolves, is not just the quality but the very survival of life on earth. From this perspective, as individual and group selves are humanizingly or dehumanizingly narratizedby the way we exercise our God-given free will in the choices we make, so shall life be impacted throughout the world. To advance the cause of detoxifying identities in our global society, the author presents a rationale and program for an international grass roots social movement aimed at achieving a universal sense of belongingness to a global life system. You can watch and listen to a video in which Dr. Bob Pellegrini talks about this book, and why he wrote it, by entering Identities for Life and Death in the search bar at youtube.com.]

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EDUCATION FOR THE JOY OF IT

By: Dr. Robert J. Pellegrini

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EDUCATION FOR THE JOY OF IT

By: Dr. Robert J. Pellegrini

This book is targeted to all current or prospective high school students, college students, or anyone else who aspires to strengthen the educational foundation upon which to build the rest of her/his life -- with the hope that it is especially helpful to people who might otherwise become, or have already been formal educational program dropouts or lockouts. I cannot guarantee that applying what is offered here will ensure an "A" grade, or achievement of one's life goals. But I do guarantee that I have tried to summarize critical elements of thought, feeling, and action oriented to such objectives. Part I of this book is all about how to work both hard and "smart" to experience the joy of academic success. Hard work is necessary to achieve anything worthy of pride in our own creative effort. But it's not just how much or how hard we work at things. It is also "how smart" we work that determines our life outcomes. And what I mean by "working smart" is working efficiently and effectively. The goal here is to help all students reap as much as possible from their educational investment, whatever that investment may be in terms of time, money, energy, and self-disciplined personal sacrifices. Part II is about what it takes to achieve great success at anything in life. The format for this second part is, essentially, a psychological profile of outstanding achievers. From both my professional and personal experience, I've learned how vitally important education can be as an avenue to a pro-socially valued and personally satisfying life. And once again in 2014, I find myself championing an approach designed to facilitate human development through educational opportunity in a program I call "Life Construction 101" -- designed not just to augment efforts to help at-risk students, but to help every student enjoy academic success experiences. Education For The Joy Of It is the "user's manual" for that Life Construction 101 program. Accordingly, the Appendix to this book presents a brief, structured exercise designed to provide a very preliminary template for initiating the construction or reconstruction of one's life. And that's it. A little book that I hope will be one of the biggest books its readers ever read. RJP

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1496920171

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Identities for Life and Death

Forever Daily Message Calendar

By: Dr. Robert J. Pellegrini

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Identities for Life and Death

Forever Daily Message Calendar

By: Dr. Robert J. Pellegrini

Identity is seen here as developed from narratives we assimilate as scripts for the roles we play in real life, thus shaping our destiny for better or worse, for good or evil. Do we choose to passively, obliviously, allow our selves to be formed by whatever story lines get through to our consciousness? Or do we take an active role in deciding which story lines influence the construction or destruction of the person we become or fail to become? Do we choose to exercise our God-given free will to screen out narratives most likely to have a toxic, dehumanizing impact on us in favor of story lines most likely to have a creative, strengthening impact on our ability to fulfill the best of our human potential? Which of our inner wolves shall we feed? The good, moral one -- who helps us become and do all the best we can be and do, or the evil, immoral one -- who strangles our creativity? There is a cumulative, self-perpetuating momentum to human development, whether toward growth through creatively-inspired, humanizing roles, or toward deterioration through toxically narratized, dehumanizing roles. This calendar provides brief, thought-provoking ideas to help make every day a creatively-inspired day. These daily messages are designed to encourage assimilation of life-oriented, creative identity-defining narrative themes as protection against death-oriented, toxic ones. Inspired by the life of Jesus Christ, the objective here is to energize and promote continuity in the experience of success and fulfillment in critical aspects of life such as the health, image, and appearance of our body, our relationships with the people in our lives, the material abundance we manage to achieve, and the recognition we get for the work we do, all integrated by a profoundly humanizing spirituality. rjp

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1452092176

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m-Health

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Robert S. H. Istepanian,Bryan Woodward

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m-Health

Fundamentals and Applications

By: Robert S. H. Istepanian,Bryan Woodward

Addresses recent advances from both the clinical and technological perspectives to provide a comprehensive presentation of m-Health This book introduces the concept of m-Health, first coined by Robert S. H. Istepanian in 2003. The evolution of m-Health since then—how it was transformed from an academic concept to a global healthcare technology phenomenon—is discussed. Afterwards the authors describe in detail the basics of the three enabling scientific technological elements of m-Health (sensors, computing, and communications), and how each of these key ingredients has evolved and matured over the last decade. The book concludes with detailed discussion of the future of m-Health and presents future directions to potentially shape and transform healthcare services in the coming decades. In addition, this book: Discusses the rapid evolution of m-Health in parallel with the maturing process of its enabling technologies, from bio-wearable sensors to the wireless and mobile communication technologies from IOT to 5G systems and beyond Includes clinical examples and current studies, particularly in acute and chronic disease management, to illustrate some of the relevant medical aspects and clinical applications of m-Health Describes current m-Health ecosystems and business models Covers successful applications and deployment examples of m-Health in various global health settings, particularly in developing countries

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1119302900

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Making Development Work

Development Learning in a World of Poverty and Wealth

By: Robert Selman

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Making Development Work

Development Learning in a World of Poverty and Wealth

By: Robert Selman

Worldwide, the number of poor people increased during the past decade, despite technological improvements, more open trade, and improved policy frameworks in developing countries. Regional conflicts, adverse shifts in terms of trade, and marginalization of poor countries in the new global economy explain this outcome. This highlights the need to reform development assistance and improve its effectiveness. Making Development Work examines the four key principles of the Comprehensive-Development Framework, a World Bank initiative currently being piloted in twelve developing counties. The initiative promotes a holistic long-term vision of development, domestic ownership of development programs, and focus on results; and stronger partnership between government, the private sector, and the civil society. The first section of the volume describes the evolution in development thinking that culminated in this new consensus. The second focuses on country ownership of development policies and programs. Based on empirical evidence, it proposes a new view of the aid relationship as a mutual-learning process. The third section focuses on results and on the ways aid agencies might enhance development impact of their operations. It concludes with a preliminary assessment of strategies for scaling up from specific projects to sector and programmatic approaches, and suggests ways to adapt them to counter conditions. The experience of a bilateral aid agency, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is examined in this context. The fourth section focuses on partnership, emphasizing that aid agencies must be explicit about the kinds of partnerships they seek with countries and the kinds of strategic selectivity they will exercise. The final chapter pulls together the lessons of development experience at various levels of operation. It outlines key tensions between comprehensiveness and selectivity, ownership and conditionality, speed and broad-based ownership, focus on results and poor local evaluation capacity, and enhanced country focus and globalization. Promising approaches to manage these tensions are put forward to replace one-size-fits-all prescriptions with client empowerment and social learning. Making Development Work offers rich lessons on improving the effectiveness of aid. It will be of particular interest to development practitioners, students and professors of development economics studies. Nagy Hanna is a lead corporate strategist and evaluation officer at the World Bank. He has published extensively on development, management, and knowledge. Robert Picciotto is director-general of Operations Evaluation at the World Bank.

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1351324748

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Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 2-Volume Set, 5th edition

By: Michael A. Grippi,Jack A. Elias,Jay A. Fishman,Allan I. Pack,Robert M. Senior,Robert Kotloff

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Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 2-Volume Set, 5th edition

By: Michael A. Grippi,Jack A. Elias,Jay A. Fishman,Allan I. Pack,Robert M. Senior,Robert Kotloff

Turn to the field's definitive text for a thoroughunderstanding of the clinical and scientific aspects of pulmonary medicine Since 1980, Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders has delivered unparalleled coverage of pulmonary medicine and the underlying basic and applied science upon which clinical practice is based. The Fifth Edition, with 270 contributing authors, includes over 2,000 illustrations, 60 videos, and 18,000 references. The book opens with a comprehensive overview of the scientific basis of lung function in health and disease. It then provides detailed coverage of the broad array of diseases and disorders affecting the respiratory system, including obstructive and restrictive diseases, pulmonary vascular disorders, sleep-disordered breathing, lung neoplasms,respiratory infections, and respiratory failure, among others. The Fifth Edition has been completely updated to reflect the many advancements that have been made in pulmonary medicine over the past few years, including: Molecular development of the lung Stem cells and respiratory disease Genetics of pulmonary disease and the growth of personalized medicine Technical advances in lung transplantation Growth in immunology and immunosuppressive management Diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary hypertension Circadian rhythms and sleep biology Rapid evolution in lung imaging techniques, including functional imaging Contemporary interventional bronchoscopic techniques You will also find state-of-the-art coverage of thelatest topics in critical care medicine, including: Early diagnosis and management of sepsis Multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) Management of agitation and delirium in the ICU The newly defined entity of "chronic critical illness

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1259589129

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Essentials of Understanding Psychology

By: Robert S. Feldman

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Essentials of Understanding Psychology

By: Robert S. Feldman

Students First. Essentials of Understanding Psychology is written around the philosophy that an effective textbook must be oriented to students-informing them, engaging them, exciting them about the field, and expanding their intellectual capabilities-because when students understand psychology, they learn psychology. No matter what brings students into the introductory course and regardless of their initial motivation, Essentials of Understanding Psychology, Seventh Edition, draws students into the field and stimulates their thinking. This revision integrates a variety of elements that foster students' understanding of psychology and its impact on their everyday lives. It also provides instructors with a fully integrated supplements package to objectively gauge their students' mastery of psychology's key principles and concepts and to create dynamic lectures.

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0073405493

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Wonders of the Sea

By: Robert Burton

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Wonders of the Sea

By: Robert Burton

Describes how the plants and animals interact in the underwater world of the ocean.

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0671059645

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Psychology

In Search of the Human Mind

By: Robert J. Sternberg

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Psychology

In Search of the Human Mind

By: Robert J. Sternberg

In this book, Robert J. Sternberg, a highly respected expert in psychology and intelligence, gives students a comprehensive introduction to psychology while emphasizing the development of their critical, creative and practical thinking. Throughout the text, students are asked to think critically, creatively, and practically when considering topics.

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0155069403

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Hurst's the Heart, 12th Edition

By: Valentin Fuster,Robert A. O'Rourke,Richard Walsh,Philip Poole-Wilson

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Hurst's the Heart, 12th Edition

By: Valentin Fuster,Robert A. O'Rourke,Richard Walsh,Philip Poole-Wilson

An all-inclusive overview of cardiology in a trusted landmark reference A Doody's Core Title ESSENTIAL PURCHASE! 5 STAR DOODY'S REVIEW! "This well-organized textbook begins with a thoughtful discussion of cardiology's past and future. It presents readers with the foundations of cardiovascular medicine and the basics of cardiovascular evaluation. These initial chapters provide an excellent overview of topics in general cardiology from guidelines to newer diagnostic modalities such as MRI, CT, and PET. Subsequently, the book is organized to provide readers with a focused approach to other areas of cardiology from heart failure to electrophysiology and interventional cardiology." This is a very useful reference that compiles a vast amount of information on the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular diseases in one book. It continues to be one of best overall references in this field. -- Doody's Review Service Developed by a team of internationally renowned editors and authors, Hurst's The Heart is synonymous with the most comprehensive and current perspectives on treating the full range of heart problems. Inside, you'll get an incisive look at all the global advances in the diagnosis and management of cardiovascular disease, including the translation of basic science research into clinical applications. And integrated throughout are the latest treatment protocols, ACC/AHA and ESC treatment guidelines, as well as quick-reference tables and algorithms. NEW to this Edition: Stunning full-color illustrations Information from the COURAGE trial, covering the use and misuse of drug eluting stents Vital coverage of advances in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension and new information on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy Expert-authored chapters on coronary blood flow, stunning, and hibernation; race and ethnicity in cardiovascular disease; and cardiovascular physiology Up-to-date information on the diagnosis and management of heart failure Latest guidelines for the management of atrial fibrillation New advances in curative catheter ablation of arrhythmias Increased number of international contributors Expanded chapters on epidemiology, diagnosis, and treatment of hypertension

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Identities for Life and Death

Can We Save Us from Our Toxically Storied Selves?

By: Robert J. Pellegrini

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Can We Save Us from Our Toxically Storied Selves?

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Between Fathers and Sons

Between Fathers and Sons

Identities for Life and Death

Identities for Life and Death

EDUCATION FOR THE JOY OF IT

EDUCATION FOR THE JOY OF IT

Identities for Life and Death

Identities for Life and Death

m-Health

m-Health

Making Development Work

Making Development Work

Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 2-Volume Set, 5th edition

Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 2-Volume Set, 5th edition

Essentials of Understanding Psychology

Essentials of Understanding Psychology

Wonders of the Sea

Wonders of the Sea

Psychology

Psychology

Hurst's the Heart, 12th Edition

Hurst's the Heart, 12th Edition

Identities for Life and Death

Identities for Life and Death

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