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The World of Bereavement

Cultural Perspectives on Death in Families

Edited by Joanne Cacciatore, John DeFrain ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This visionary work explores the sensitive balance between the personal and private aspects of grief, the social and cultural variables that unite communities in bereavement, and the universal experience of loss. Its global journey takes readers into the processes of coping, ritual, and belief across established and emerging nations, indigenous cultures, and countries undergoing major upheavals, ... Read more

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This visionary work explores the sensitive balance between the personal and private aspects of grief, the social and cultural variables that unite communities in bereavement, and the universal experience of loss. Its global journey takes readers into the processes of coping, ritual, and belief across established and emerging nations, indigenous cultures, and countries undergoing major upheavals,
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Strengths and Challenges of New Immigrant Families

Implications for Research, Education, Policy, and Service

by Laura Bates, Rodrigo Cantarero, Steven Garasky, Kimberly Greder, Daniel Hatch, Kyoung-Rae Jung, Jooeun Lee, Rucha Londhe, Tom Luster, Ana Martinez-Donate, Leakhena Nou, Pusparandi Panda, Wei Qiu, Dorit Radnai-Griffin, Yoshie Sano, Archana Singh, Linda Skogrand, Lynet Uttal, Yan Xia, Xiaolin Xie, Oksana Yakushko, Joy Zakarian, Sayali S. Amarapurkar, Libby Balter Blume, Amy E. Boren, Laura Thompson Brady, Christine C. Cook, Lee Anne De Reus, Daniel F. Detzner, Daiana A. Gonzalez, Nancy A. Gonzales, Pallabi Moulik Gupta, Charles B. Hennon, C Richard Hofstetter, M Janice Hogan, Melbourne F. Hovell, Veronica L. Irvin, Deborah J. Johnson, George P. Knight, Ryan P. Jacobson, Hee Young Paik, Hae Ryun Park, James J. Potter, M Elise Radina, Bruce C. Randall, Mark W. Roosa, Delia S. Saenz, Gregory F. Sanders, Aysem R. Senyurekli, Khadija S. Sheikh, Bahira Sherif Trask, Paula M. Usita, Stephan M. Wilson, Pa Nhia D. Yang, Richard B. Miller ...

Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America. ... Read more

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Immigration to America is an issue that often sparks intense emotional reactions-from passion and compassion to anger and even rage. Often missing from the dialogue, however, is discussion of the strengths of immigrant newcomers-the abilities and positive characteristics they bring as individuals and families to our country, and how these contribute to the agency, growth, and vitality of America.
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The Chinese Family Today

Edited by Anqi XU, John DeFrain, Wenrong LIU ...

Series series Routledge Contemporary China Series
The Chinese economy is undergoing dramatic changes and the world is watching and changing along with it. The Chinese family is also changing in many ways in response to the economic transformation that is moving the world’s most populous nation from an agrarian economy to a global superpower.This is the first book in English to describe and explain the social transformation of the Chinese family ... Read more

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The Chinese economy is undergoing dramatic changes and the world is watching and changing along with it. The Chinese family is also changing in many ways in response to the economic transformation that is moving the world’s most populous nation from an agrarian economy to a global superpower.This is the first book in English to describe and explain the social transformation of the Chinese family
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Strong Families Around the World

Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives

Edited by John DeFrain, Sylvia Asay ...

The strengths of families from culture to culture, when compared to each other, are remarkably similar and give us common ground around the world upon which to unite and develop mutual understanding. Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives: Strong Families Around the World, provides a conceptual framework for global family strengths, discussing the diverse strengths and challenges that families ... Read more

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The strengths of families from culture to culture, when compared to each other, are remarkably similar and give us common ground around the world upon which to unite and develop mutual understanding. Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives: Strong Families Around the World, provides a conceptual framework for global family strengths, discussing the diverse strengths and challenges that families
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Getting Connected, Staying Connected

Loving One Another, Day by Day

by John DeFrain ...

Couples and families have it in their power to be happy with each other and create a pleasant and peaceful home environment in which they live together.Our aim in writing about getting connected and staying connected is to accentuate the positive to show clearly and simply how happy couple and family relationships are created and maintained over time. We will be continuously demonstrating what ... Read more

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Couples and families have it in their power to be happy with each other and create a pleasant and peaceful home environment in which they live together.Our aim in writing about getting connected and staying connected is to accentuate the positive to show clearly and simply how happy couple and family relationships are created and maintained over time. We will be continuously demonstrating what
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Tobacco Use and Intimate Relationships

Smokers and Non-Smokers Tell Their Stories

by Ian Newman, John DeFrain ...

Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
This book presents a wide variety of insights into the effects of smoking on both smokers and non-smokers. Based on extensive questionnaire surveys from across the USA, this research explores the complex dynamics of intimate relationships and how they are affected by smoking, especially with regard to honest communication. The volume delves into the battles which take place behind closed doors as ... Read more

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This book presents a wide variety of insights into the effects of smoking on both smokers and non-smokers. Based on extensive questionnaire surveys from across the USA, this research explores the complex dynamics of intimate relationships and how they are affected by smoking, especially with regard to honest communication. The volume delves into the battles which take place behind closed doors as
... Read more
Strong Families Around the World

Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives

Edited by John DeFrain, Sylvia Asay ...

The strengths of families from culture to culture, when compared to each other, are remarkably similar and give us common ground around the world upon which to unite and develop mutual understanding. Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives: Strong Families Around the World, provides a conceptual framework for global family strengths, discussing the diverse strengths and challenges that families ... Read more

$115.99 USD

The strengths of families from culture to culture, when compared to each other, are remarkably similar and give us common ground around the world upon which to unite and develop mutual understanding. Strengths-Based Research and Perspectives: Strong Families Around the World, provides a conceptual framework for global family strengths, discussing the diverse strengths and challenges that families
... Read more
Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

Europe, Latin America, North America, and Global

by Arun Kumar Acharya, Belinda Brooks-Gordon, Christopher Carey, Elder Cerqueira-Santos, Meredith Dank, Rosario Esteinou, Samir Goswami, Yasmina Katsulis, Silvia Koller, Dorota Lech, Jacqueline Lewis, Tami Moore, Kathleen Price, Dominique Roe-Sepowitz, Donna Sabella, Frances M. Shaver, Ada Sinacore, Lisa L. Thompson, Ine Vanwesenbeeck, Kamila Wasilkowska, Vladimir I. Zubkov ...

This book is part of a two volume set that examines prostitution and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to a particular country in one of seven "geo-cultural" areas of the world. The 18 chapters in this volume (Volume I) are devoted to examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 16 chapters that ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This book is part of a two volume set that examines prostitution and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to a particular country in one of seven "geo-cultural" areas of the world. The 18 chapters in this volume (Volume I) are devoted to examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 16 chapters that
... Read more
Global Perspectives on Prostitution and Sex Trafficking

Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania

by Benta A. Abuya, Christopher Carey, Rita Chaikin, Penny Crofts, Shamita Das Dasgupta, Eileen Farao, Nina Fitriana, Christine Forster, Caren J. Frost, Naomi Graetz, Miao Jia, Vedna Jivan, Mark King, Koentjoro, Lois R. Mberengwa, Nilufer Medora, Jacquelyn C.A. Meshelemiah, Jane Rose Njue, Peggy G. Ntseane, Jason Prior, Dorothy Rombo, Hannah Safran, Indrani Sinha, Ahon Adaka Terfa, Sam Winter, Chen Yiyun, Maha N. Younes ...

This book is part of a two-volume set that examines prostitution and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to a particular country in one of seven geo-cultural areas of the world. The 16 chapters in this volume (Volume II) are devoted to examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 18 chapters ... Read more

$60.99 USD

This book is part of a two-volume set that examines prostitution and sex trafficking on a global scale, with each chapter devoted to a particular country in one of seven geo-cultural areas of the world. The 16 chapters in this volume (Volume II) are devoted to examination of the commercial sex industry (CSI) in countries within Africa, Asia, Middle East, and Oceania, while the 18 chapters
... Read more
Surviving and Transcending a Traumatic Childhood

The Dark Thread

by Linda Skogrand, John DeFrain, Nikki DeFrain, Jean Jones ...

A powerful guide to transcending childhood trauma—from the people who’ve done itIt’s like a dark thread woven through a piece of cloth: You can’t pull it out without unraveling the whole thing. And it shows up here and there among all the other threads.Surviving and Transcending a Traumatic Childhood: The Dark Thread weaves together 90 stories of survival to create a silver lining of hope for ... Read more

$59.99 USD

A powerful guide to transcending childhood trauma—from the people who’ve done itIt’s like a dark thread woven through a piece of cloth: You can’t pull it out without unraveling the whole thing. And it shows up here and there among all the other threads.Surviving and Transcending a Traumatic Childhood: The Dark Thread weaves together 90 stories of survival to create a silver lining of hope for
... Read more

Taken

by Barbara Freethy ...

Series Book 1 - Deception
From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a compelling tale of romance and suspense, the first book in a connected duo! (PLAYED is Book #2 of the Deception Duo).Kayla Sheridan had longed for love, marriage and a family. Now, after a miraculous whirlwind courtship with the man of her dreams, she is his wife. But on their wedding night, he vanishes, leaving Kayla with the bitter ... Read more

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From #1 NY Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes a compelling tale of romance and suspense, the first book in a connected duo! (PLAYED is Book #2 of the Deception Duo).Kayla Sheridan had longed for love, marriage and a family. Now, after a miraculous whirlwind courtship with the man of her dreams, she is his wife. But on their wedding night, he vanishes, leaving Kayla with the bitter
... Read more
Murder in the River City

by Allison Brennan ...

Keep your friends close …When the long-time bartender at Dooley’s Pub is murdered, the police believe a violent gang of thieves is responsible. But Shauna Murphy, Dooley’s fiery granddaughter, thinks Mack’s killer is someone she knows. In addition to stealing money, the thieves stole her grandfather’s collection of autographed baseballs, leaving behind the only forgery. The lead detective doesn’t ... Read more

$3.99 USD

Keep your friends close …When the long-time bartender at Dooley’s Pub is murdered, the police believe a violent gang of thieves is responsible. But Shauna Murphy, Dooley’s fiery granddaughter, thinks Mack’s killer is someone she knows. In addition to stealing money, the thieves stole her grandfather’s collection of autographed baseballs, leaving behind the only forgery. The lead detective doesn’t
... Read more

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