From the Publisher: Do you think that you or someone you love may suffer from and eating disorder? Eating Disorders For Dummies gives you the straight facts you need to make sense of what's happening inside you and offers a simple step-by-step procedure for developing a safe and health plan for recovery. This practical, reassuring, and gentle guide explains anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder in plain English, as well as other disorders such...

"In the United States, the causes and even the meanings of poverty are disconnected from the causes and meanings of global poverty. The Routledge Handbook of Poverty and the United States provides an authoritative overview of the relationship of poverty with the rise of neoliberal capitalism in the context of globalization. Reorienting its national economy towards a global logic, US domestic policies have promoted a market-based strategy of economic...

"Playing to Learn gives you hundreds of activities to make learning fun, through games, small group activities, stories, and more. Each chapter includes activities, games, and experiences that connect different areas of the curriculum. You will also find assessment and evaluation tools and ways to extend learning by connecting home and school."--Jacket.

Packed with the latest research and emerging issues from the field, 'Gendered Lives : Communication, Gender & Culture', 13th Edition, equips you with the knowledge and tools to think critically about gender and society. Written by leading gender communication scholars, the text offers a balanced perspective of masculinity and femininity as it demonstrates the multiple and often interactive ways your views of gender are shaped within contemporary culture....

An acclaimed expert on professional communications show women how to transform themselves by transforming their language; shed weak words, phrases, and gestures; empower themselves to win attention and respect; and get their ideas across with confidence and power.

A focus on leading social issues of the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Each title contains approximately 175 full or excerpted documents---speeches, legislation, magazine and newspaper articles, essays, memoirs, letters, interviews, novels, songs, and works of art---as well as overview information that places each document in context.

An artificial, open collection of <337> items dating from between <1775> and <2015>, acquired from a variety of sources, consisting of broadsides, posters, and a small amount of other ephemera relating primarily to life and events in Concord, Mass. Documented events include, but are not limited to: cattle and agricultural shows; lectures; poetry readings; dances and parties; musical and dramatic performances; memorial services; auctions and estate...