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  • Stranger in My Own Story

    A Memoir

    by Erik Mohn ...
    A raw and profound debut that chronicles coming of age as a transracial adoptee. A necessary addition to the modern canon of literary memoirs that explore race, identity, and belonging.Erik Mohn was raised to believe that love was enough. America taught him otherwise. Born to a Black mother he never knew and adopted by a white family in small-town Massachusetts, Mohn grew up cherished yet ... Read more

    $15.89 USD

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    The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide

    by Jenna Fischer, Foreword by Steve Carell ...
    Narrated by Jenna Fischer, Foreword by Rainn Wilson, Reed Birney, Sean Gunn, Derek Waters, Natalie Zea, Mark Proksch ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 29 min

    Jenna Fischer's Hollywood journey began at the age of 22 when she moved to Los Angeles from her hometown of St. Louis. With a theater degree in hand, she was determined, she was confident, she was ready to work hard. So, what could go wrong?Uh, basically everything. The path to being a professional actor was so much more vast and competitive than she’d imagined. It would be eight long years before ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Avian Cognition

    Edited by Carel ten Cate, Susan D. Healy ...
    The cognitive abilities of birds are remarkable: hummingbirds integrate spatial and temporal information about food sources, day-old chicks have a sense of numbers, parrots can make and use tools, and ravens have sophisticated insights in social relationships. This volume describes the full range of avian cognitive abilities, the mechanisms behind such abilities and how they relate to the ecology ... Read more

    $44.29 USD

  • Phenomenology of Illness

    by Havi Carel ...
    The experience of illness is a universal and substantial part of human existence. Like death, illness raises important philosophical issues. But unlike death, illness, and in particular the experience of being ill, has received little philosophical attention. This may be because illness is often understood as a physiological process that falls within the domain of medical science, and is thus ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Communicate as a Professional

    Edited by Carel Jansen, Aline Douma, Leon de Stadler ...
    Across a wide range of programs in international higher education, students prepare themselves for a career in their professional field. Learning how to communicate as a professional is an essential part of that preparation. In order to carry out their communication tasks, professionals must possess a large repertoire of knowledge and skills. They also must be able to decide what best suits the ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Controversies in Obesity

    Edited by David W. Haslam, Arya M. Sharma, Carel W. le Roux ...
    Series series Medicine (R0)
    This book explores the pathophysiology, clinical assessment and management of the obese patient in the context of serious chronic disease, as well as the political and environmental aspects, including prevention. The book's approach of arriving at an exploration of these issues through the vehicle of assessing the controversies is unique and interesting, attempting to debunk the myths and explore ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Long Devotion

    Poets Writing Motherhood

    by Carmen Giménez Smith, Emari DiGiorgio, Chanda Feldman, Pamela Hart, Shara Lessley, Erika Meitner, Jasminne Mendez, Chelsea Rathburn, Megan Snyder-Camp, Molly Spencer, Sasha West, Diannely Antigua, Zeina Hashem Beck, Remica Bingham-Risher, Sarah Blake, Allison Blevins, Mahogany L. Browne, Julie Carr, Sunu P. Chandy, Tina Chang, Victoria Chang, Nicole Cooley, Teri Ellen Cross Davis, Laura Da’, Meg Day, Kendra Decolo, Chelsea Dingman, Alexa Doran, Carolina Ebeid, Heid Erdrich, Beth Fennelly, Carrie Fountain, Krista Franklin, Shamala Gallagher, Sherine Gilmour, Aracelis Girmay, Jenn Givhan, Camille Guthrie, Lauren Haldeman, Faylita Hicks, Joan Naviyuk Kane, Joy Katz, Keetje Kuipers, Joy Ladin, Eugenia Leigh, Raina J. León, Kim-An Lieberman, Layli Long Soldier, Kwoya Fagin Maples, Joyelle McSweeney, Lynn Melnick, Clarissa Mendiola, Emily Mohn-Slate, Lisa L. Moore, Sara Mumolo, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, January Gill O’Neil, Emmy Pérez, Kiki Petrosino, Catherine Pierce, Khadijah Queen, Jordan Rice, Natalie Shapero, Brenda Shaughnessy, Sun Yung Shin, Maggie Smith, Melissa Stephenson, Alison Stine, Angela Narciso Torres, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Sarah Vap, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Hope Wabuke, Monica Youn, Rachel Zucker ...
    The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrates motherhood and creates a space, as poet Molly Spencer has written, to “tell an unlovely truth about family life and not have to take it back.”The poets in this book represent and describe a wide range of experiences. They write about encountering the world anew through their children; intersections of parenting ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The Life Model of Social Work Practice

    Advances in Theory and Practice

    by Alex Gitterman, EdD, Carel Germain ...
    Originally published in 1980, this seminal work was the first to introduce an ecological perspective into social work practice. The third edition expands and deepens this perspective, further developing the basic premise that, by being situated within the people:environment interface, the social work profession is distinct from other service professions. The book presents the "what" (theories and ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • Audiobook

    Best of Second City, The

    Vol. 1

    by Second City: Chicago's Famed Improv Theatre ...
    Narrated by Edward Asner, Steve Carell, Tim Kazurinsky, Full Cast ...

    Unabridged

    1 hour 2 min

    The Best of Second City is an unforgettable ride through decades of hilarity, packed with classic sketches that helped make this America's foremost comedy troupe.Dubbed "a temple of satire" by Time magazine, "The Second City" has been convulsing audiences since its founding in Chicago in 1959. The troupe leaped to fame by lampooning every aspect of modern American life with brilliant, ... Read more

    $6.95 USD

  • Winning Strategies for a Sustainable Future

    Reinhard Mohn Prize 2013

    Edited by Bertelsmann Stiftung ...
    Since the first Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, many states have been looking for a new concept of economic and social progress. The environmental crises of the last years, as well as the global economic and financial crisis, require an even more profound shift in thinking - toward a policy committed to sustainability and intergenerational equity. But how can this goal be achieved? ... Read more

    $4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Jatropha, Challenges for a New Energy Crop

    Volume 3: A Sustainable Multipurpose Crop

    Edited by Sujatha Mulpuri, Nicolas Carels, Bir Bahadur ...
    Jatropha curcas, or physic nut, is a small tree that, in tropical climates, produces fruits with seeds containing ~38% oil. The physic nut has the potential to be highly productive and is amenable to subculture in vitro and to genetic modification. It also displays remarkable diversity and is relatively easy to cross hybridize within the genus. Thanks to these promising features, J. curcas is ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Making Parks Work

    Strategies for Preserving Tropical Nature

    Edited by John Terborgh, Carel van Schaik, Lisa Davenport, Madhu Rao ...
    Most scientists and researchers working in tropical areas are convinced that parks and protected areas are the only real hope for saving land and biodiversity in those regions. Rather than giving up on parks that are foundering, ways must be found to strengthen them, and Making Parks Work offers a vital contribution to that effort. Focusing on the "good news" -- success stories from the front ... Read more

    $38.19 USD