Self-help, personal development and practical advice

Raising Great Kids in a Chaotic World: A Handbook of Strategies, Examples, and Suggestions for Educators and Parentsis a practical resource of tips that parents and educators can use to help kids acquire, practice and/or correct behaviors that are needed to become responsible and successful adults.

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Net-Generation Student Motivation to Attend Community College explores the factors that affect student retention rates in community college by presenting net-generation (or millennial) students with the opportunity to tell their stories and give insight into why they chose and completed their respective community college programs.

Human Resource Management Study Games offers a variety of short games to help human resource practitioners and students study for human resource-related certifications and learn new aspects of human resource management.

This volume provides a comprehensive and evenhanded overview of the escalating college affordability crisis in the United States.

This book is an approachable introduction to the topics of mindfulness and meditation as they relate to teens and young adults.

This book explains how and why to get an international library job, what to expect when you arrive in your host country, and how to overcome challenges in your new home.

This fascinating book illustrates how human behavior regarding money is triggered by emotion and powered by our psychic makeup, empowering readers to better understand their own behavior and decision making with money.

While the immediate dangers from the recent financial crisis have abated much of the financial system has returned to profitability and the economy is growing, albeit slowly the damage to the economy will linger for years.

The financial crisis exposed the potentially unsavory results of the interaction between low- and moderate income households and alternative and mainstream financial institutions.

Continuing the tradition of Naval Institute Blue and Gold series classics such as Command at Sea and the Watch Officer's Guide, the Navy Staff Officer's Guide will equip naval leaders for success in the challenging professional environment of a Navy staff.

This book offers a concise, comprehensive resource for middle-aged readers who are facing the prospects of their own aging and of caring for elderly relatives-an often overwhelming task for which little in life prepares us.

One of the most critical elements of achieving a successful career, interviewing with poise and tenacity, is a skill to be learned-and this practical guide leads readers through that process, step by step.

Student Success: From Board Rooms to Classrooms analyzes the emerging body of scholarly research on student success in an accessible and readable way that community college leaders will find both interesting and relevant.

We all have the power to transform our lives from the inside out by simply slowing down.

The typical wounded soldier must complete and file twenty-two forms after an active-duty injury.

As more veterans return from deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, more are needing care for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and combat-related traumatic brain injuries (TBI).

In Runner as Hero, Jay Kimiecik becomes an athlete again-in his case, a masters runner-as a way to revive his life.

Since the publication of her first book, How to Attract Anyone, Anytime, Anyplace, love guru Susan Rabin has heard from hundreds of people who have used her innovative flirting techniques to enhance their lives.

Millions of baby boomers are just beginning to retire, and in doing so many are likely to run into adjustment problems, such as loss of identity, deterioration of marriage and social life, and feelings of disconnectedness to the world.

Our proper name is as much a part of us as our own skin.

This hands-on manual provides Latinas with the tools they need to succeed at work by examining some of the societal and cultural obstacles that hinder their progress.

Winning Cooperation from Your Child provides parents and therapists with a comprehensive, home-based behavioral recovery program for oppositional, defiant, and aggressive children.

In Basic Needs: A Year With Street Kids in a City School, Julie Landsman chronicles one year as a teacher in a program for students in such serious trouble they are asked to leave their middle schools and attend a special program for disruptive students.

Are you working more but enjoying it less?

Men Are from Earth, Women Are from Earth is a self-help book for couples in conflict.

The myth: If you get into a good college, study hard, and graduate with excellent grades, you will be pretty much set for a successful career.

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This book provides Latino students with a step-by-step roadmap for navigating the college process-from overcoming cultural barriers to attending college, to selecting the right school, to considering advanced degrees.

Pensions and retirement saving plans have helped millions of households build financial security.

Smashing It celebrates the exceptional works and words of 31 leading working-class artists in Britain.

The financial crisis exposed the potentially unsavory results of the interaction between low- and moderate income households and alternative and mainstream financial institutions.

'I romped through 'Why Mummy Drinks at Christmas', and I absolutely adored it' - Jilly CooperTis' the season to get trollied!

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Reform in education has focused mainly on development of new programs and procedures to increase the achievement of the student in the classroom.

The new millennium has seen a variety of parenting styles that differ greatly from previous generations.

Hanging Out and Hanging on: From the Projects to the Campus chronicles the progress of students from Hartford and Manchester, Connecticut, who are enrolled in the Dual College Enrollment Program (DCEP) at Eastern Connecticut State University.

Sociocultural Issues in Physical Education: Case Studies for Teachers is useful to a wide range of individuals interested in increasing their sociocultural awareness and knowledge in order to consider how students' experiences are shaped in and through physical education classes.

Similar to the previous three volumes, Breaking the Mold of School Instruction and Organization: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (Honigsfeld & Cohan, 2010), Breaking the Mold of Preservice and Inservice Teacher Education: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (Cohan & Honigsfeld, 2011), and,Breaking the Mold of Education for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students: Innovative and Successful Practices for the 21st Century (Honigsfeld & Cohan, 2012), the purpose of this book is to offer a carefully selected collection of documented best practices for empowering students.

Today's educators face challenges unparalleled by previous generations of teachers.

Why are so many public school teachers, administrators, and coaches choosing to become romantically and sexually involved with teenage students and players?

America's Sex Culture: Its Impact on Teacher-Student Relationships analyzes recent trends.

Making Mentoring Work is a practical guide for school leaders interested in beginning or enhancing their mentoring programs for new teachers.

Creating conditions for better teaching and learning to occur has become an important responsibility for today's school leaders.