Mapp: 23 books
Happy Together
Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love That Lasts
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2018
How do you get to “happily ever after”?
In fairy tales, lasting love just happens. But in real life, healthy habits are what build happiness over the long haul. Happy Together, written by positive psychology experts and husband-and-wife team Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James O. Pawelski,...
Creating Your Best Life
The Ultimate Life List Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2010
The passion for life lists has spawned an industry that includes thoughtful experts such as Caroline Miller, a life coach and motivational book author, and Dr. Michael Frisch, a positive psychology coach and clinical psychologist at Baylor University. Working together, they have fashioned the most useful,...
Getting Grit
The Evidence-Based Approach to Cultivating Passion, Perseverance, and Purpose
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Grow Your Grit—How You Can Develop the Critical Ingredient for Success
Grit—defined as our perseverance and passion for long-term goals—is now recognized as one of the key determinants for achievement and life satisfaction. In an age that provides us with a never-ending stream of distractions...
Cultures in Conflict
The Seven Years' War in North America
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2007
The Seven Years' War (1754–1763) was a pivotal event in the history of the Atlantic world. Perspectives on the significance of the war and its aftermath varied considerably from different cultural vantage points. Northern and western Indians, European imperial authorities, and their colonial counterparts...
The New Zealand Paradox
Adjusting to the Change in Balance of Power in the Asia Pacific over the Next 20 Years
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The rise of China is profoundly altering the balance of power in the Asia-Pacific region, and this shift will accelerate as China’s economy grows to rival that of the United States during the next two decades. This report examines these issues and suggests the course that New Zealand should chart to ensure that its interests in the peace and stability of the Asia Pacific are maintained.
Achieving Coherence in District Improvement
Managing the Relationship Between the Central Office and Schools
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Achieving Coherence in District Improvement focuses on a problem of practice faced by educational leaders across the nation: how to effectively manage the relationship between the central office and schools. The book is based on a study of five large urban districts that have demonstrated improvement...
Human Rights and Social Justice in a Global Perspective
An Introduction to International Social Work
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Recognizing the growing importance of awareness of international social issues for social workers, this thoroughly revised edition provides an updated introduction to a variety of these issues in the Global South, including AIDS, forced labor and war and conflict. A new issue in this edition is examining...
by Marsha W. Snyder M.D. MAPP.
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 17, 2014
Medical doctors take so much time taking care of their patients that they often neglect their own bodies and minds. Marsha W. Snyder, M.D., seeks to change that in this guidebook to living a life filled with positivity, satisfaction, and proper exercise. She pays particular attention to the root of...
Reality Television
Oddities of Culture
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Reality television remains a pervasive form of television programming within our culture. The new mantra is go big or go home, be weird or be invisible. Here Comes Honey Boo Boo and Duck Dynasty, for example,are arguably two of the most compelling reality television programs currently airing because...
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