Jon Kabat-Zinn (U. of Massachusetts Medical School), who pioneered the introduction of meditation for stress reduction in clinical settings, introduces this volume as valuable for professionals seeking to integrate mindfulness approaches into their practice. Shapiro (counseling psychology, Santa Clara U., California) and Carlson (psychosocial oncology, U. of Calgary, Canada) treat integration of mindfulness approaches into research, professional training and self-care as well as psychotherapy, medical, and educational settings. They discuss applying mind- body therapies with specific clinical populations: e.g., pain, cancer, depression, HIV/AIDS. Meditation exercises and supplemental resources are appended. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Based on an extensive research, this practical teaching resource provides instructional and assessment guidelines for strengthening students' higher-order thinking and reasoning skills.

Are you ripped? Do you need to work on your abs? Do you know your ideal body weight? Your body fat index? Increasingly, Americans are being sold on a fitness ideal ? not just thin but toned, not just muscular but cut ? that is harder and harder to reach. In Body Panic, Shari L. Dworkin and Faye Linda Wachs ask why. How did these particular body types come to be 'fit'? And how is it that having an unfit, or 'bad,' body gets conflated with being an unfit, or 'bad,' citizen?

Dworkin and Wachs head to the newsstand for this study, examining ten years worth of men's and women's health and fitness magazines to determine the ways in which bodies are 'made' in today's culture. They dissect the images, the workouts, and the ideology being sold, as well as the contemporary links among health, morality, citizenship, and identity that can be read on these pages. While women and body image are often studied together, Body Panic considers both women's and men's bodies side-by-side and over time in order to offer a more in-depth understanding of this pervasive cultural trend.

Literary Research and the American Realism and Naturalism Period: Strategies and Sources will help those interested in researching this era. Authors Linda L. Stein and Peter J. Lehu emphasize research methodology and outline the best practices for the research process, paying attention to the unique challenges inherent in conducting studies of national literature.

Linda Connor's world-renowned photographs are global and sublime. For thirty years she has created distinctively glowing, contemplative images of nature and religious sites around the world using a large-format camera and glass-plate negatives. This career-spanning retrospective collects Connor's haunting photos, including her renowned prints from century-old glass-plate astronomical negatives from Lick Observatory, contextualized by an unprecedented three-way conversation between Linda and two modern luminaries, Robert Adams and Emmet Gowin. Published to coincide with a major touring exhibition, Odyssey is a long overdue celebration of a modern photographic master.

The work of diarist and historian Marin Sanudo has long been mined by scholars of the Renaissance, Reformation and the history of his home of Venice. Now his work has been edited by the late scholar Labalme, White (Italian, Rutgers University) and Carroll (Italian, Tulane University. This is an abridged version of Sanudo's prolix work, which covered the years from 1496 through 1533, arranged by topic rather than in chronological order. This, along with a thorough index, will enable researchers to locate specific information more quickly although it does mean a lack of continuity. The time in which Sanudo lived was one of drastic change for Venice and Europe as a whole with the rise of the Protestant movement affecting Catholic hegemony and Atlantic exploration creating new spice routes. In between major international events, Sanudo provides an intimate glimpse in Venetian life and politics. The translations are prefixed by historical notes from the editors putting the entries in context. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

This major new history of European women's professional activities and organizational roles during the 'long' nineteenth century examines what women could and could not do if they sought activity, purpose, or recognition beyond their own homes. Linda L. Clark surveys women's achievements in literature, art, music, theater, charity, education, medicine, law, and public administration, and examines the relationship between women's professional and philanthropic activity and the rise of feminist organizations. She shows that, despite continuing legal, cultural, and familial obstacles, thousands of ambitious women pursued professional activities for reasons that often combined economic need with aspirations to do meaningful work and gain public recognition. Detailing women's accomplishments from England to Russia, this unique survey enables readers to connect individual life stories with larger political, social, and economic contexts between 1789 and 1914 and is essential reading for students of modern European history, women's history, and gender studies.

Responding to readers' success stories, practical questions, and requests for extended examples, this book picks up where the authors' Bringing Words to Life: Robust Vocabulary Instruction left off. Beck (professor emerita, education, University of Pittsburgh) presents additional tools, tips, and detailed explanations of questions on which words to teach, when and how to teach them, and how to adapt instruction for English language learners. The authors provide specific instructional sequences, including assessments, for grade K-12, as well as interactive lesson planning resources. Extended examples include full sets of activities around sets of words, for a week's worth of instruction, plus rationales for the decisions of the authors as they developed the activities. Appendices offer a menu of instructional activities that can be used as frameworks for designing instruction around specific sets of words, and lists of books for students at all levels, with recommended words to teach from those books. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

From our bestselling Everything? Kids? series comes The Ultimate Everything? Kids? Books. Featuring hundreds of puzzles, jokes, recipes, and activities, these books are sure to provide days of fun for any kid with some time?and a pencil!The Ultimate Everything? Kids? Gross Out Book will make kids want to scrunch up their faces and yell, ?Ew!? Many of the terrible topics are surprisingly historical, comical, and even useful. Kids love anything that oozes, squirms, or is otherwise gross?and this book has it all.

Co-Teaching in the Differentiated Classroom is a practical hands-on guide that explains how to implement co-teaching programs in mixed-ability classrooms. Based on the authors' award-winning model, this important guide shows how special education teachers can pair with general education teachers to improve classroom functioning while promoting high achievement for all students. The book provides tested frameworks and tools for teacher collaboration on lesson planning, student grouping, assessment, and discipline. It also offers guidance on managing overcrowded classrooms and on designing and implementing differentiated lessons and assignments, and includes advice for administrators.

Administrative Medical Assisting, Sixth Edition is the most comprehensive front-office medical assisting learning package available (includes book + StudyWare CD-ROM). Patient education, legal responsibilities, compliance with HIPAA, and critical thinking scenarios are integrated throughout the book. Guidelines leading to an improved relationship between health care consumers and providers are highlighted in each chapter to reinforce customer service skills in outpatient settings. With this robust resource, you will learn the latest in communication technology, extensive step-by-step procedures, financial management concepts, and communication skills essential in preparing medical assistants for the 21st century job market.

For social scientists and general readers, Eagly (psychology, Northwestern U.) and Carli (psychology, Wellesley College) replace the idea of the glass ceiling with one of the challenging yet solvable labyrinth, and examine women's struggles to achieve powerful roles in the workplace. They consider why women have been excluded from leadership and why they have gained increasing access, through literature from psychology, economics, sociology, anthropology, political science, and management and organizations, and other sources, such as anecdotes, journalists' reports, biographies, memoirs, and individuals' personal recollections. Each chapter addresses a specific question, including how far women have come as leaders, whether they are underrepresented because of qualities they lack, the issue of domestic responsibilities, discrimination, stereotypes and prejudices, resistance to female leadership, differences in leadership style, and whether organizations have traditions and practices that create obstacles. The final chapters consider how women successfully get through the labyrinth and what the consequences are of having women in leadership positions at all levels. Indexes are divided by subject and author. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Typography Papers is an occasional book-length publication with a broad international scope, publishing extended articles relating typography to adjacent disciplines. Number 7 presents an eclectic collection of articles beginning with a lengthy consideration by type historian H. D. L. Vervliet of Claude Garamond: the designer whose new roman typefaces debuted in Paris in the 1530s and went on to dominate Western typography for the next two centuries. The late Justin Howes looks at the eighteenth-century belief in the necessity of perfection in type and printing. Eric Kindel discusses a nineteenth-century scheme for univeral letters. Sue Walker writes on twentieth-century typefaces designed for reading by young children. The issue concludes with Linda Reynolds's eyewitness account of pioneering work in legibility research in the 1970s and 1980s.

Whether looking to create and adhere to a budget or trying to best utilize consumer credit and loans, Personal Finance will help readers make smart financial decisions throughout their lives. Guiding them all the way through to retirement, this book includes numerous real-world examples to easily show them how to apply the material. They'll gain a strong understanding of critical financial concepts as they better learn how to manage their finances properly.

One of the changes expected as the medical industry deals with the aging of the population is that older people will take a more active role in setting and striving to achieve health goals, coordinating their medical regimes, researching and making decisions about their treatment, and integrating new technology into their lives. Cognitive and social psychologists and related professionals explain how their fields can contribute to understanding and facilitating the new behavior. Annotation ©2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Genes, Culture, and Human Evolution: A Synthesisis a textbook on human evolution that offers students a unique combination of cultural anthropology and genetics.

• Written by two geneticists---including a world-renowned scientist and founder of the Human Genome Diversity Project---and a socio-cultural anthropologist.
  
• Based on recent findings in genetics and anthropology that indicate the analysis of human culture and evolution demands an integration of these fields of study.
  
• Focuses on evolution---or, rather, co-evolution---viewed from the standpoint of genes and culture, and their inescapable interactions.
  
• Unifies cultural and genetic concepts rather than rehashing nonempirical sociobiological musings.
  
• Demonstrates that empirical genetic evidence, based on modern DNA analysis and population studies, provides an excellent foundation for understanding human cultural diversity.

The bully. The unmotivated student. Culture shock. Consequences. These are just four of the forty-eight cases in this powerful casebook, designed to provide readers with rich experiences and ample opportunity to understand educational psychology and its principles in action. Now in its second edition, this popular book contains classroom scenarios (based on true classroom experiences) that illustrate a wide variety of phenomena related to development, learning, motivation, diversity, and classroom practice. Accompanying each scenario are questions encouraging readers to look beneath the surface of classroom events and consider how various concepts and theoretical perspectives might enhance understanding and offer possible strategies and interventions. Ideal for discussion, debate or self-study, the book provides a realistic look at how educational psychology applies to today's PreK-12 classrooms.

“From the Inside Out: A Self-Esteem Book for Kids, Second Edition”, is the second of two books on the development of healthy self-esteem for elementary school aged children, by authors Linda L. Lee and Jesse Lee. This creative, informative and interactive work is targeted for children ages nine to twelve and combines comic strips, illustrations, easy-to-read text and journaling exercises to bring young readers the information and tools they need to build positive self-esteem.Linda Lee is a registered psychologist with over seventeen years experience. Linda specializes in the treatment of anxiety, depression and self-esteem issues for adults. When it came time to discuss developing healthy self-esteem with her son, Jesse, they began devising a way of translating the topic of self-talk to a language kids could easily understand. Now in its second printing, and second edition, “From the Inside Out” has been written, illustrated, and formatted to allow kids in this very tender age group to explore their inner-strengths and learn the skills that will keep them strong, even through tumultuous times.The first step in building strong self-esteem is to tackle the horrendous effects of negative self-talk. We often see people around us who look confident and successful, but inside they are convinced that there's something wrong with them and they don't deserve that success. This pattern starts at the earliest stages of life, on the playground and in the minds of kids. By focusing on the inner dialogue and learning how to change negative self-talk, kids can be given the tools which will allow them to feel good about themselves throughout their lifetime. “From the Inside Out” covers topics from “What is Self-Esteem” to “Changing Your Inner Voice” to “Nobody's Perfect”. All of the topics covered are aimed at helping kids hear their inner voice, take control and make positive changes in their own lives.Self-esteem is vital for all of us. The earlier we can learn about self-esteem and enhance healthy self-esteem the better. Self-esteem is what will provide the strength and resolve to help kids be able to say “no” when they need to say “no” and to say “yes” when they want to say “yes”. It is the armor that will help them emotionally survive bullying, being left out and embarrassing moments. Self-esteem includes self-confidence which enables kids to try new activities and improve from mistakes. The first part of “From the Inside Out” includes information about self-esteem and questions to help the reader discover their own responses regarding self-esteem. The last part of the book allows for more detailed journaling and self-discovery. This book can be a valuable resources used by individuals or in group settings where discussion of the topics and examples are encouraged.

A collection of 14 projects for helping clients work through their feelings and attitudes with visual aids and artistic creativity. Each project explains the objective and rationale for the activity, walks through the exercise instructions, provides sample drawings and a clinical example, and identifies contraindications for use. Annotation ©2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

What does the Bible say about women's roles in the church? With pros and cons on either side of a heated, ongoing debate, no definitive conclusions have emerged. This book furnishes you with a clear and thorough presentation of the two primary views on women in ministry so you can better understand each one's strengths, weaknesses, and complexities.Each view---egalitarian (equal ministry opportunity for both genders) and complementarian (ministry roles differentiated by gender)---is represented by two contributors. This revised edition of the book brings the exchange of ideas and perspectives into the traditional Counterpoints format. Each author states his or her case and is then critiqued by the other contributors.The fair-minded, interactive Counterpoints forum allows you to compare and contrast the two different positions, and to form your own opinion concerning the practical and often deeply personal issue of women in ministry.The Counterpoints series provides a forum for comparison and critique of different views on issues important to Christians. Counterpoints books address two categories: Church Life and Bible and Theology. Complete your library with other books in the Counterpoints series.