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Bestselling language courses!

From Danish to Spanish, Swahili to Brazilian Portuguese, the languages of the world are brought within the reach of any beginning student. Learners can use the Teach Yourself Language Courses at their own pace or as a supplement to formal courses. These complete courses are based on the very latest learning methods and designed to be enjoyable and user-friendly.

Prepared by experts in the language, each course begins with the basics and gradually promotes the student to a level of smooth and confident communication, including:

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This up-to-date guide to getting a job, explains basic and advanced strategies and tactics for interview performance. The book lists over 300 possible interview questions and provides suggested answers. Specific advice is given to the unemployed, school-leavers, graduates and those wishing to change careers. The book aims to help the reader: recognize their strengths and weaknesses, and effectively address them in formulating answers to interview questions; do research before the interview; evalute the interviewer and use the information to their advantage; give the right answers and ask the right questions; and generally improve performance at job interviews. ... Read more

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Refreshing read, practical and priceless advice
There are so many books on job interviews it is hard not to get confused. I bought a few at my local bookshop and liked this one best. What attracted me to it was fact that it was written by a migrant (just like myself, I'm originally from UK but living in Australia now). I like the author's quirky but no-nonsense style.

For the amount of information and advice it contains, this is an absolute bargain! There are 300 or so questions discused and each one has a model answer suggested, of course, to be modified by your own situation, experience and communication style.

I particlarly liked the author's stories from his own interviewing experience, written in a tounge-in-cheek style, but very valuable and entertaining. This is not some theoretical discourse but a practical manual. The last section, giving specific advice to women, migrants, school-leavers, job-hoppers and similar categories of job-hunters is worth the price of the book alone!

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How to Reach and Teach All Children Through Balanced Literacy offers you a handbook for teaching literacy to diverse students in grades 3-8. The balanced literacy method combines the best practices of phonics and other skill-based language instruction with the holistic, literature-based approach in order to help you teach reading, writing, and speaking in a clear and approachable format.

This dynamic resource offers an easily accessible research-based approach to balanced literacy that is grounded in the innovative ideas developed by authors Sandra F. Rief and Julie A. Heimburge. The book includes detailed descriptions of what a balanced literacy classroom looks like and shows how to create a program from the ground up or give your existing program a boost. The book can be used across content areas and is filled with reproducible worksheets, activities, and other handy classroom tools. Some topics covered include:

• Shared book experiences
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• Guided reading for comprehension
• Modeled writing
• Reading and writing conferences
• Book clubs
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Learning to Teach Citizenship in the Secondary School contains background information, tasks, activities, key websites, discussion points and research questions for students and teachers looking to brush up on their knowledge. It focuses on how to teach such aspects of modern life as government, democracy, law, human rights, social justice, sustainable development and the environment.

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Myths are symbolic stories that have evolved through oral tradition, and they have guided and inspired us for many years. This book gives lively retellings of Native American myths and offers a range of suggested interpretations. It identifies key themes, including creation, tribal origins, reincarnation, and the Trickster, and relates these to myths of other cultures. * Brings myths to life by retelling them. * Offers psychological, social and spiritual perspectives. * Compares myths of different tribes. * Places Native American myths in context. ... Read more

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Sremac offers a penetrating look at how media-generated images and ideas reiterated throughout the Yugoslav civil war hindered Washington's ability to understand what was really happening in the region and made U.S.foreign policy a reflection of sound bites rather than sound reasoning. The process and ideology that guides Washington,in a post-cold war era has allowed special interest groups that understand how Washington works to put forth a message that appeals to tte media and receives endorsement by the U.S. foreign policymaking establishment. Foreign governments and thier supporters in the United States have increasingly tapped into this system. The Yugoslav conflict is one of the first and most important examples of how certain Yugoslav warring parties were able to play out a war of words in Washington to ultimately influence U.S. foreign policy toward the region. ... Read more

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War of Delusion
This is the usual self justifying nationalist rubbish Serbed by a energetic and relentless defender of nationalist hate mongering and war crimes. Sremac traversed the country lobbying to prove that war criminals like Radovan Karadzic were really heros and the crazed blood soaked and self defeating nationalist lunacy they skippered was really a noble and heroic struggle for freedom.

This work dutifully conveys the stock lies of Serbian nationalist delusion: the evil Germans again out to destroy Yugoslavia; the treacherous US hell bent on imposing its evil world order on the peace and freedom loving Serbs; the deceitful western media out crucify the heroic Serbian people and their noble cause. It's a simple message: Serbs good - Others bad. Her psuedo objective language will only fool the converted along with clueless useful idiots willing to side with any one or anyhting seen as at odds with Washington.

For Sremac, the mistake the Serbs made, in their naive and innocent way and unlike those sneaky and nasty Croats and Bosnian Muslims, was not to hire PR experts to promote the "truth" about their "misunderstood" fight for freedom. Unfortunately there were many Sremac's from all sides - zombies blindly defending "their" sides role in the free for all slaughter, destruction and genocide that marked Yugoslavia's self destruction.

The following works should better clarify the record:

Balkan Holocausts?: Serbian and Croatian Victim Centered Propaganda and the War in Yugoslavia

Homeland Calling: Exile Patriotism and the Balkan Wars

Coherent internaly and with other sources
Sremac is perhaps biased by any residual Serb identity but that is irrelevant if the claims and sources used agree with those of authoritative writers on the subject.

That appears to be the case in comparing her book with the NSA's expert during the war (John R. Schindler) and the US Army Intelligence's John E. Sray. Sadly, while the NSA was did not go public with its criticism of the standard interpretation, Sremac could have referenced Col. Andrei Demurenko's report on the Markale Markeplace bombings. David Binder had access to it but used a secondary source instead.

In the broader perspective, the account is accurate in terms of events and motivations seem in line with what is described by other sources as well. The book is in conflict with the popular conception of the war in that it does not believe Serbs to be guilty of Genocide, commencing the war, and other atrocities. That does not mean that she believes they did not exist.

War crimes and atrocities existed on all sides but she singles out the Bosnian government under Alia Izetbegovitch and the Croatian Ustashe government for particular cruelty and for using such as tools of war. Her case in that regard could be stronger but that is due to a perhaps excessive focus on the actual war instead of the propaganda war. She stops only to mention the occurrence without providing the amount of detail of the situation and the comparison with Western media beliefs.

This is understandable in an effort to communicate without boring the audience (Westerners refuse to listen to detailed arguments) but as any lawyer knows, omission is is potential failure unless the weight brings the case down.

A good book that perhaps deserves 4.5 but is given the benefit of the doubt for a still excellent understanding of events on the Washington side.

Poorly written
Nothing in this book references back to the historic facts about the Bosnian right to independence, freedom, and democracy.Book has failed on numerous accountsto provide the overview of true causes of war and agression on Bosnia.

Sremac's Fantasy
War of Words is an amazing piece of racist propaganda matched only by the fantasy-laden accounts of the wars in Yugoslavia which came from Belgrade's state-run media, or the version of the war in Iraq as told by the Iraqi information minister.Sremac is not only a representative of the Serbian government, hardly making her account unbaised, but fails to account for aspects of the Bosnian war (such as the starvation and murder of Muslim prisoners in detention camps) which were confirmed by witnesses from dozens of relief organizations and media groups, as well as thousands of tesitmonials at the UN warcrimes tribunals.Sremac further claims that Washington's motivation for supprting the Muslims was based on some crazy desire to intervene in countires after the cold war (laughable is you know anything about Clinton's record of intervention, or if you examine how long it took Washington to intervene in Bosnia and under what conditions).She relies on the accounts of the war from such indicted criminal murderers as Radovan Karadzic, and subscribes to common Serbian attempts to blame the victim of genocide for Serbia's vile crimes.If you want to know what it is like to read some nice racist fiction, or experience Balkan duplicity firsthand, pick this work up, glance it over, burn it, and then scold yourself for having put money in the pockets of somebody like Sremac.Further, the people on this site who wrote rave reviews of this book are probably either ultranationalist members of the Serbian parliament or themselves indicted war criminals hiding in Pale.

Subjectivity vs. Objectivity
Danielle Sremac was a registered agent lobbying on behalf of a foreign government, namely, the Yugoslav (Serbian and Montenegrin governments) during the wars of the 1990s. This can be looked up in public records, as proscribed by law.
She is more than entitled to write a book about the wars, but one must exercise caution as to the content of her book. If this woman was lobbying on behalf of indicted and convicted war criminals, then much of her case would be higly suspect from the beginning. ... Read more

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A long-awaited and welcomed addition to the literature on early adolescents, "Teach Me" is an ethnographic account of inner-city youth that explores what they want to know, why they want to know it, and how they go about learning it. FitzSimmons study is based on two years of study in which she interviewed children, school administrators, teachers, and parents and examined the results of school-sponsored student surveys. In contrast to typical educational ethnographies that only focus on adult-structured learning situations in school, FitzSimmons' study also considers other contexts, including home, church, and the streets. The study is presented primarily in the children's own words, revealing their views on gangs, fictive kin networks, social activities, mentors, and schoolwork. Rather than concurring with previous studies that typically cast adolescents as either conforming to or rejecting social norms, FitzSimmons argues that the children in her study are "Cultural Shoppers" who individually choose to accept or reject lessons depending on the context. "Teach Me" is an important work that will be valuable to educators, parents, and social scientists interested in better understanding urban youth. ... Read more

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Music enhances learning!

The incredible Songs That Teach series features 9subject-specific titles that all include a musical CD! Young learnerswill be eager to sharpen their pencils to complete the learningactivities – especially when they can complete the activities whilelistening to the CD! The musical CDs help to reinforce the skills andconcepts bein ... Read more

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Useful for Educators
"Media Messages" is one of the few books to confront issues of race, class, and gender in the media. Holtzman's work will be useful to media literacy educators seeking ideas for how to address issues of multiculturalism and the media in the classroom. Holtzman provides media activities that help readers and students reflect on their own racial, sexual, and class backgrounds and perceptions, and how the latter is informed by film, television, and popular music.
Her analysis is not just theoretical, but is supported with numerious examples of television shows, movies, and songs to explore issues of racism, poverty, and sexism. I recommend this book along Carlos Cortes's The Children Are Watching, and Zook's Color by Fox. ... Read more

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Engages students with plays that reinforce natioanl standards.Includes a vocabulary guide and before-and-after reading activities.Teaches students creative problem-solving techniques. ... Read more

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40 Sensational Activities for the Topics You Teach
Reach All Learning Styles!
This teacher-written resource has lots of surefire ways to help kids learn‹and love‹social studies. Hands-on activities, such as shaped time lines, want ads, and map explorations encourage students to develop an understanding of our world's history, and its effect on our lives today. Includes reproducibles, student samples, and engaging activities that invite kids to use critical thinking skills. Make this an enriching addition to your Social Studies lessons! ... Read more

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Pretty Good but better for younger kids
I teach 7th grade Social Studies and bought this book for my classes. It turns out most of the projects really didn't work for my classes but it got me brainstorming and with a few modifications I hope to use the book next year. If you teach elementary school kids this book would be perfect as it is written. If you teach middle school then you might have to change the projects a little bit which creates more work for an already overworked teacher.

fun social studies activities
This book is great fun for my daughter, it has wonderful activities to do, but you're learning while you do them.

Great Resource
THis book is wonderful for making social studies come alive in your classroom. I like that the activities are open-ended and can be used over and over again with a freshness that the students enjoy. They get very excited about these activities. It helps make social studies fun---try it you will like it!

Social Studies Activities Kids Can't Resist: 40 Sensational
This book contains a wide variety of activities that will make social studies fun. I love the materials list for each activity and the authors created templates or gave examples for all of the projects.While the title states there are 40 ideas, the "alternative activities" sections easily double that number.The ideas are open-ended and teachers will find a million ways to use these easy-to-follow ideas.Any elementary teacher who needs to add sparkle to a lesson will find this book a great investment!

Not Just Social Studies Activities!
I teach fifth grade, and my students had gotten bored with the same social studies activities. Then I stumbled across this book. This book's activites teach more than just social studies skills. Math, art and creative writing are part of a number of these lessons.

My students have enjoyed making historical biography paper dolls. This activity has students make paper dolls with clothes that would be appropriate for the time in history being studied. Then they write a brief biography about their doll describing the doll's daily live experiences.

Another popular activity was 'I won!'.Each student wins an imaginary $10,000 trip for two.Students can choose where they want to go.Then research how much their trip will cost and create a budget.

With activites like these, I don't dread teaching social studies any more! ... Read more

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This popular text advocates an inquiry and activity-based view of social studies teaching that respects the points of view of students and teachers. Based in practice and experience, it offers systematic support and open, honest advice for new teachers, is conversational not pedantic, and provides lots of examples. While the structure and most of the topics remain largely the same as before, this Third Edition

• presents new lesson ideas in every chapter especially designed to help new teachers to address learning standards, to work in inclusive settings, and to promote literacy and the use of technology in social studies classrooms
• puts a heavier focus on what is important to know and why
• includes new essays on the politics of social studies education
• responds to opponents of project- or activity-based social studies instruction and multicultural education with a sharpened defense of both of these approaches throughout the book

Intended as a text for undergraduate and graduate pre-service social studies methods courses, this text is also useful for in-service training programs, as a reference for new social studies teachers, and as a resource for experienced social studies educators who are engaged in rethinking their teaching practice.

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Okay for Forced Reading
I had to read this for a college class.It's rather painful, but by college class standards, it's actually not that bad.I wouldn't say the author's style is exactly riveting, but it's a doable read.Chapter lengths are reasonable.

I wouldn't exactly wait up at midnight for this, but if you have to read it, just remember, it could be worse... a lot worse.

Outstanding Book forTeachers and Parents
This is an outstanding book, filled with terrific teaching ideas and concepts. I especially enjoyed reading the background information that was included about the contributors.
Teachers and parents will all enjoy ths book, and learn a great deal from reading it.
Many thanks to the contributors and editors.

Determining Why We Teach
As a former high school social studies teacher, and a current college professor who teaches "Methods" classes for future social studies teachers, I found this book helpful in a number of ways.First of all, Singer knows his subject, and writes in an interesting and engaging way.The plain fact is that "Methods" textbooks in social studies are either dry as toast or are segments of more general Methods books whose authors do not really know social studies.Second, the most important advice Singer provides is that teachers have to plan in advance why a certain lesson, or unit, or approach is worthwhile -- in short, that they have to be engaged in their subject matter.While many students today (certainly in my university) will not be engaged in the same way as Singer (who came to social studies teaching from a radical political perspective, expecting to change the world via the classroom), students do have to develop a perspective on why they are teaching, and Singer's open-ended activities and thought experiments are very useful here.Finally, Singer does have good nuts and bolts suggestions on how to put together lessons, units, and even curricula, though the last usually depends on district policy so his advice may not be able to be implemented by many teachers, let alone student teachers.I would be the first to agree that some of Singer's suggestions are impractical or dated, and that the resources section of any textbook get dated very quickly in the internet age, but I wish my student teachers would consult this book more frequently once they begin their assignments in the classroom.While Singer would probably deny it, my assessment is that the book is geared overly much to U.S. History, and does not treat in as much detail as would be warranted World History, U.S. Government, and other standard social studies topics.

Has this man been in a real classroom?
Save your money!!If this book is required for a college class do not waste the money on it.There is not a single useful piece of advice.The author apparantly has never been in a real classroom or spoken to a real high school student.

His advice is condescending and just plain wrong.The sample lesson plans are not practical for real life!The author gives instruction that are simply contradictory to the real world.

This is one of the worst books that I have ever read.If I could give it zero stars I would! ... Read more

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Listen to Learn, with its companion music CD, offers teachers a dynamic way to use the history of American music to engage their students (grades 5-8) in reading, writing, social studies, geography, music, and multicultural lessons and activities. The book traces the colorful musical traditions of diverse cultures including early Native music, folk, blues, classical, jazz, country, Tejano, salsa, rock, and rap. The CD features authentic music from such American musical greats as Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, Mahalia Jackson, Lead Belly, Lydia Mendoza, and many more. Listen to Learn features a variety of fascinating activities that encourage students to write about their favorite music, investigate songs as poetry, research the lives of famous musicians, explore family musical traditions, research how instruments make sounds, plot record charts, and much more. Designed in a handy, lay-flat format for easy reproduction, Listen to Learn is divided into four major sections. ... Read more

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A lifesaver for a visual-spacial, homeschooled student
We happened upon this book by chance.It is the first curriculum my child has actually thanked me for and looked forward to doing.I can only hope that this is a taste of the future of textbooks.I highly recommend this book to any educator of fifth through tenth graders, but especially to those who teach visual-spatial students.

GREAT book!
I had the fantastic honor of meeting Teri Tibbett in person and my childrenworked with her for two days. She is such a wonderful teacher and a joy to listen to! She shared from this book and I had to buy it. The information is presented in an interesting way and you can have fun learning history and how music is tied into it.I can't say enough good things about this book--buy it. You wont' be disappointed! Look for her other books at tibbet.com too. Highly recommended!

Fun AND Educational
I used this book in Summer School this year with 9,10 and 11 year olds and found it to be an excellent blueprint for study of American Music. Tibbett has done her research and provides a comprehensive look at the cultural backgrounds to today's music. The examples on the CD are from original artists when possible and when not, Tibbett steps in admirably.

You don't have to be a music teacher to love this book
This book is well organized, easy to use, and will entice your reluctant readers and writers to learn more because the subject is music!You students will be thrilled when their culture is the subject of the lesson. At my school we even used it with teens and just accelerated the pace abit. Thank you Teri for capturing your knowledge and love of music, culture, language and children all in one place! ... Read more

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The result of more than twenty years' collaborative work focusing on the heart of successful parenting, the acclaimed five disciplines program developed by Drs. Robert L. Johnson and Paulette Stanford has helped thousands of African-American children and their parents cope with the myriad of social challenges they confront each day. Now making this special prescription available to all parents, Strength for Their Journey offers insight into five interconnected areas:

• Traditional Discipline:The Strength to Embrace Parental Boundaries

•Racial Discipline:The Strength to Negotiate the Realities of Being a Racial Minority

• Emotional Discipline:The Strength to Resist Negative Peer Pressure and Temptation

•Practical Discipline:The Strength to Excel in School, Career, and Financial Pursuits

• Mind-Body Discipline: The Strength to Maintain Positive Physical, Mental, and Spiritual Health

In a culture that often grants fewer safety nets to nonwhite children, Strength for Their Journey is a crucial book that African-American parents can turn to again and again, paving a path of confidence and joy for future generations. ... Read more

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Originally published in 1907.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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A gripping and inspiring book, Civic Passionsexamines innovative leadership in periods of crisis in American history. Starting from the late nineteenth century, when respected voices warned that America was on the brink of collapse, Cecelia Tichi explores the wisdom of practical visionaries who were confronted with a series of social, political, and financial upheavals that, in certain respects, seem eerily similar to modern times. The United States--then, as now--was riddled with political corruption, financial panics, social disruption, labor strife, and bourgeois inertia.

Drawing on a wealth of evocative personal accounts, biographies, and archival material, Tichi brings seven iconoclastic--and often overlooked--individuals from the Gilded Age back to life. We meet physician Alice Hamilton, theologian Walter Rauschenbusch, jurist Louis D. Brandeis, consumer advocate Florence Kelley, antilynching activist Ida B. Wells-Barnett, economist John R. Commons, and child-welfare advocate Julia Lathrop. Bucking the status quo of the Gilded Age as well as middle-class complacency, these reformers tirelessly garnered popular support as they championed progressive solutions to seemingly intractable social problems.

Civic Passions is a provocative and powerfully written social history, a collection of minibiographies, and a user's manual on how a generation of social reformers can turn peril into progress with fresh, workable ideas. Together, these narratives of advocacy provide a stunning precedent of progressive action and show how citizen-activists can engage the problems of the age in imaginative ways. While offering useful models to encourage the nation in a newly progressive direction, Civic Passions reminds us that one determined individual can make a difference. ... Read more

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"Teach Yourself World Cultures: Wales" is a concise and lively overview of Wales: the country, its language and its people. If you are learning the language, in, for example, an evening class and want to know more about the country and how it works, this is the book for you. Or, if you simply have an interest in Wales for whatever reason, it will broaden your knowledge about the country and its inhabitants. The book is divided into three sections. Chapters One and Two deal with the forces - historical, geographical, geological, demographical and linguistic - that have brought about the formation of the country we know as Wales and the language we know as Welsh. Chapters Three to Seven deal with the wealth of creative aspects of Welsh culture from the beginnings to the present day. These chapters take a look at the main areas or works of literature, art and architecture, music, traditions and festivals, science and technology, fashion, and food and drink, together with the people who have created and are still creating them.Chapters Eight to Eleven deal with aspects of contemporary Welsh society and the practicalities of living in present-day Wales: the way the political structure of the country is organized, education, the environment, the workplace and how people spend their leisure time. The final chapter looks at the country's political, economic and social relations with the wider world, and takes a glance at the future. Each chapter ends with a section entitled 'Taking it Further', where you will find useful addresses, websites, suggested places to visit and things to see and do in order to develop your interest further and increase your knowledge. Each chapter also contains a list of useful words and phrases which will help you to talk or write about the subject in question. "Teach Yourself World Cultures: Wales" is your key to understanding Wales' past, present and future and contains all the information you need to participate in Welsh life and culture. ... Read more

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How did Japanese industries become so successful? What was a samurai? When do Japanese people wear kimono? Do the Japanese celebrate Christmas? This book answers these questions, and many more, in a concise and lively overview of Japan: the country, its language, its people, their way of life and culture and what makes them tick. If you are studying for examinations which require a knowledge of the background of Japan and its civilisation, or if you are learning the language in, for example, an evening class and want to know more about the country, this is the book for you. If your job involves travel and business relations, it will provide valuable and practical information about the ways and customs of the people you are working with. Or if you simply have an interest in Japan for whatever reason, it will broaden your knowledge about the country and its inhabitants. The book is divided into three sections. Chapters One and Two deal with the forces -- historical, geographical, geological, demographical and linguistic -- that have brought about the formation of the country we know as Japan and the language we know as Japanese.Chapters Three to Seven deal with the wealth of creative aspects of Japanese culture from the beginnings to the present day.These chapters take a look at the main areas or works of literature, art and architecture, music, traditions and festivals, science and technology, fashion, and food and drink, together with the people who have created and are still creating them. Chapters Eight to Eleven deal with aspects of contemporary Japanese society and the practicalities of living in present-day Japan: the way the political structure of the country is organized, education, the environment, the workplace and how people spend their leisure time. The final chapter looks at the country's political, economic and social relations with the wider world, and takes a glance at the future. Each chapter ends with a section entitled 'Taking it Further', where you will find useful addresses, websites, suggested places to visit and things to see and do. Each chapter also contains a list of useful words and phrases which will help you to talk or write about the subject in question.The new edition takes into account any developments in Japanese culture and society which have occurred since first publication. ... Read more

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At just the moment when many people are ready to throwFreud on to the ash-heap of intellectual history, Sex onthe Couch rescues from Freud's theories a fascinatingseries of reflections on the nature of sexuality andgender.

Richard Boothby presents here a fresh and engaging view ofFreud. Sex on the Couch offers new insights into ourconcepts of masculinity and femininity, placing them inrelation to Freud's theory of the Life and Death drives.Richard Boothby also engages feminist critiques of Freud,putting forward new and specific responses to questionsthat have shaped contemporary understanding of feminismand psychoanalysis. Boothby's Freud, far from being passé,is in possession of insights that enrich our understandingof modernity and its distinctive character.

In a refreshingly readable style, Richard Boothby writeshere not only for the scholarly reader but for the studentand lay reader curious about Freud's theories and theiruse in contemporary world.

"a surprising, and surprisingly satisfying,re-consideration of Freud's theories of sex and gender " ... Read more

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Run Away!
If you're buying this book because you are taking Sociology of Mental Illness at UNO, run away!!!!! This and the book by Bowers not that easy to read and the professor is a perv. The class discussions generated from this book are stupid. You will gain nothing.
Other than that if you really enjoy Feud, the book isn't that terrible. Pretty straightforward. ... Read more