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Author
Publisher
The New Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
An NPR Best Book of 2017
"[Teeth is] . . . more than an exploration of a two-tiered system—it is a call for sweeping, radical change."
—New York Times Book Review
"Show me your teeth," the great naturalist Georges Cuvier is credited with saying, "and I will tell you who you are." In this shattering new work, veteran health journalist Mary Otto looks inside America's mouth, revealing unsettling truths...
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Spotlighting the skills of social group work, this handbook offers practical guidance and theoretical knowledge enabling the reader to facilitate groups of varying types with increased clarity, purpose, and confidence. The reader is helped to understand what skill to employ, when, and why. New or veteran group facilitators are reminded to empower group members to both employ their strengths and engage in mutual aid - the fundamental value and methodology...
Author
Publisher
Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Although we live in the age of information and everyone is bombarded with potential sources of help, sifting through those possibilities can be a chore. This is where Help Yourself comes in! With this useful reference, author Jan Yager provides an overview of the various situations that most people have to navigate, from calling customer service or reporting a crime to finding credible and reliable information about a business, health, or legal concern....
Author
Publisher
Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This book trains students of the caring professions across health and social care in the basic philosophical skills and knowledge needed to deal with the ethical aspects of their profession, by showing why ethical education is required. Through teaching the skills of reasoning that equip professional to think critically about the theories and arguments used in ethical discussions, it shows how we can be confident that we can rely on common moral...
9) When generations collide: who they are, why they clash, how to solve the generational puzzle at work
Author
Publisher
HarperBusiness
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
If your workplace feels like a battle zone and colleagues sometimes act like adversaries, you are not alone. Today four generations glare at one another across the conference table, and the potential for conflict and confusion has never been greater.
Traditionalist employees with their "heads down, onward and upward" attitude live out a work ethic shaped during the Great Depression.
Eighty million Baby Boomers vacillate between their overwhelming...
11) Poverty, Inc
Publisher
PovertyCure
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"'I see multiple colonial governors,' says Ghanaian software entrepreneur Herman Chinery-Hesse of the international development establishment in Africa. 'We are held captive by the donor community.' The West has positioned itself as the protagonist of development, giving rise to a vast multi-billion dollar poverty industry - the business of doing good has never been better. Yet, the results have been mixed, in some cases even catastrophic, and leaders...
12) Rachel Levine
Author
Series
Publisher
Philomel, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"As the first openly transgender government official to hold an office that requires Senate confirmation, the first openly transgender four-star officer in uniform service, and the first female four-star admiral in the commissioned corps, Rachel Levine faced many obstacles throughout her life. But she persisted through them all and showed kids of all genders that they can succeed in their dreams too"--
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