David Cowan

John Kuenster

Story of one of the deadliest fires in American history that in 1958 took the lives of ninety-two children and three nuns at a Catholic elementary school in Chicago.

The Story of a Fire

To Sleep with the Angels

The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is at a crossroads economically, and faces the challenge of a weakening economy that could implode before 2030, the year set as a timetable by the kingdom in its Vision 2030. How it navigates its way out of these economic troubles demands understanding a complex of religious, political and economic factors, which currently makes it one of the most unpredictable states in the world and, by the same token, one of the most fascinating. The problem of the Saudi economy cannot simply be argued economically, it needs political and religious solutions as well. Cowan takes a behavioural approach to analysing the Saudi economy. Predicting an implosion under the weight of its own ideologically-fuelled economy if it does not reset its agenda, this interdisciplinary book provides important insights into Saudi Arabia's position in the Islamic world and global economy.

A Behavioral Perspective

The Coming Economic Implosion of Saudi Arabia

This book is aimed at various health and social care practitioners including: nurses, midwives, doctors, social workers, health promotion and public health practitioners, health visitors and hospital managers, and in particular, those who are studying a multidisciplinary research course. There appears to be no single book on the topic of general research issues that is relevant to all of the above. This lack has resulted in requests from a diverse range of research students for the development of a suitable textbook. Thus, the book is intended to complement a multidisciplinary research course or indeed, any other type of research endeavour such as a dissertation. Furthermore, the book should be of general use to anybody studying health and/or social care research at undergraduate or postgraduate level.

Research Issues in Health and Social Care

Daniel Wincott

Socio-legal studies have had an ambivalent relationship with the 'legal' – one of its defining aspects, but at the same time one that the discipline has sought to transcend or even leave behind. While socio-legal studies benefit hugely from the insights, methods and theories of other social science and humanity disciplines, the contributions to Exploring the 'Legal' in Socio-Legal Studies illustrate the value of a focus on the 'legal'. The chapters in this book combine traditional legal materials and analyses with other ways of engaging empirically with the 'legal'. They illustrate the rich potential of the 'legal' as a site both for theoretical and methodological reflection and for case study analysis. Taken as a whole, this volume demonstrates that methodological discussion is most helpful when rooted in empirical cases, and that the best case studies also help us to develop our methodologies. Bringing methodology and empirical analysis together offers an opportunity to reflect on socio-legal studies and develop the discipline in productive new directions.

Exploring the 'Legal' in Socio-Legal Studies

Terri Akin

Susanna Palomares

Sandy Schuster

This book provides a sequential program to explore and develop communication skills about their own feelings and behaviors. Designed for use in grades 3-8, activities can be adapted to fit specific needs and audiences. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1, "Introduction," includes: (1) "Important Feelings Concepts"; (2) "Where do Feelings Come From?"; (3) "The Emotional Operating Systems"; (4) "Changing Responses to Feelings"; (5) "Repressing Feelings"; (6) "Feelings and Stress"; and (7) "Understanding, Managing and Learning from Feelings." Part 2, "Activities," contains: (1) "The Active Listener"; (2) "Communication Counts"; (3) "Say What You Mean"; (4) "Don't Say 'You,' Say 'I'"; (5) "Don't Say 'You'--Say 'I'"; (6) "What's Your Style?"; (7) "Should I, or Shouldn't I?"; (8) "The Write Stuff"; (9) "A Vocabulary of Feelings"; (10) "A Time I Remember Feelings"; (11) "Feel Your Feelings"; (12) "Pantomime a Feeling"; (13) "Feelings and Your Body"; (14) "The 'Feeling' of Poetry"; (15) "Tune In to Your Feelings"; (16) "Painting Our Feelings"; (17) "Magic Glasses"; (18) "Be Happy!"; (19) "The Keys to Happiness"; (20) "What's on My Mind"; (21) "The Land Remembers"; (22) "What Good Are Feelings?"; (23) "That's Unfair!"; (24) "Developing Responsible Feelings"; (25) "Take Responsibility for Your Feelings!"; (26) "Positive vs. Negative"; (27) "One of the Scariest Things That Ever Happened to Me"; (28) "We All Have Fears"; (29) "Rational Fears vs. Irrational Fears"; (30) "Fear Is a Monster"; (31) "Fear Busters"; (32) "Sequencing Anger"; (33) "Personal Anger Scale"; (34) "Let's Make Up"; (35) "Make It Better Letter"; (36) "First Feelings"; (37) "Dealing with Anger"; (38) "What's Your Bag of Tricks?"; and (39) "Literature Connection." (EH)

Helping Children Understand, Manage and Learn from Their Feelings

Feelings Are Facts

Anne Silk

This exploration shows how natural forces affect our behavior, how they can be used to enhance our health and well being, and ultimately, how they bring us closer to penetrating one of the deepest mysteries being explored.

An Extraordinary Journey Into the Earth's Natural Energy System

Ley Lines and Earth Energies

An innovative and timely guide to housing law that integrates the disciplines of law and public policy so that readers see how the subject fits together – both the letter of the law and the way it is practised. The innovative three-part structure covers all the topics of a typical Housing Law module and it is written in a clear and conversational style, with a wide range of source material to show how the law is created, interpreted and used in real life. Students are expertly guided through the complexities of housing law by a leading academic who has taught the subject for more than 20 years. Where relevant, chapters end with a section on 'the future' that discusses proposed changes to the law and the impact of those changes. It also discusses the conceptual issues raised by the Human Rights Act.

Housing Law and Policy

First published in 1997, this volume presents the results of in-depth research into the application of the UK homelessness legislation in relation to community care, the Children Act 1989, violence to women, and racial harassment. This is supplemented with a consideration of policies and practices in 15 local authority homelessness departments. It is argued that government created the nation of a successful, or "appropriate" applicant, but this could not be translated into actual practice as the original legislation did not facilitate it. In fact, in the mid-1990s, government became more concerned with notions of inappropriateness, stereotyping those using the homelessness legislation and creating modern "folk devils". This was the background to the 1996 changes to the homelessness legislation which have created the notion of the "inappropriate" applicant. It is argued that the new legislation is more concerned with denial, deterrence and privatization. The new legislation has also detrimentally affected the application of the homelessness legislation in each of the areas discussed.

The (In)Appropriate Applicant

Homelessness

Neil Cobb

Lorna Fox O'Mahony

An engaging introduction to the more advanced writings on property law, designed to provide the additional insights necessary to excel in the study of the subject.

Great Debates in Property Law

Financial expert David Cowan reflects on the economic parables of Jesus to understand life in an increasingly globalized economy. Jesus' words shed light on a broad range of fiscal issues from paying bills to wise investment to just socio-economic conditions.

The Monetary Teachings of Jesus Christ

Economic Parables

The Inappropriate Applicant

The signs are everywhere: Economic crisis, dramatic hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, and increased rates of species extinction. According to New Age metaphysician David Ian Cowan, we are in the midst of a 25-year transitional period of planetary shift as our solar system approaches the Galactic Photon Band, a shift that is also affecting our perception of time. The Mayans had a term for this transitional period: the “Time of No Time,” indicating that, post-2012, time as we know it or experience it may not exist at all or will have changed dramatically. In Navigating the Collapse of Time, Cowan synthesizes a broad range of perspectives about this time of transition, from the writings of the ancient Mayans, Aztecs, and Incas, to speculative theory, quantum physics, philosophy, and the nature of illusion and reality posed by a range of theorists and academics including Ken Carey, Barbara Hand Clow, William Gammill, Zecharia Sitchin, Carl Calleman, Gary Renard, Ken Wapnick, Brent Haskel, and many others. He also lets us know what to expect as events continue to unfold and how to navigate this time of change.

A Peaceful Path Through the End of Illusion

Navigating the Collapse of Time

Erina Cowan

David Cowan’s first book, Navigating the Collapse of Time, introduced readers to the consciousness shift in “reality” that we are currently experiencing. Dowsing Beyond Duality draws on those principles and theories and presents an easy and powerful means to keep our energy balanced in this time of great change. Working with Erina Cowan, David Cowan presents a comprehensive course based on the Course in Miracles principle that we know all we need to know within our divine selves. They teach us to use the science of spiritual dowsing to access physical, mental, and emotional healing. Dowsing Beyond Duality goes well beyond just getting ‘yes and no’ answers from a pendulum. The Cowans show how to use the pendulum—not only to find lost objects or make daily decisions—but also to deepen one’s self-realization, to move beyond the duality of the third dimension, and create positive change in one’s life and in the world. With more than 75 charts, the Cowans guide readers through specific movements of the pendulum that release limiting beliefs and unconscious resistance. Dowsing Beyond Duality shows readers how to use spiritual dowsing to deepen self-realization and find truth and peace of mind in their lives.

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