"Anna Christie has written an elegant and thoughtful book for people who want to make changes in their lives and have an impact on the world. "Evoking Change" gives us tools and hope, along with a solid framework for helping not only with troubles but also in troubled times." -Peter Silin, MSW, RSW, author of "Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey" Change requires patience, and true leadership that evokes lasting change is a continual journey-a lifelong process that begins and ends with personal growth. Leadership and personal-growth consultant Anna Christie distills complex psychological and psychiatric theories into a practical, spiritual plan to help you thrive and excel at home, in the workplace, in the community, and beyond. She challenges you to take control over your own life by defining your goals and focusing your energy in ways and areas over which you have genuine power to promote lasting, effective transformation. With refreshing optimism, Christie puts you on a foolproof path that will positively impact all aspects of your life and eventually improve the world.

American Modernist Poetry and the Chinese Encounteroffers a framework for understanding the variety of imagined encounters by eight different American poets with their imagined 'Chinese' subject. The method is historical and materialist, insofar as the contributors to the volume read the claims of specific poems alongside the actual and tumultuous changes China faced between 1911 and 1979. Even where specific poems are found to be erroneous, the contributors to the volume suggest that each of the poets attempted to engage their 'Chinese' subject with a degree of commitment that presaged imaginatively China's subsequent dominance. The poems stand as unique artifacts, via proxy and in the English language, for the rise of China in the American imagination. The audience of the volume is international, including the growing number of scholars and graduate students in Chinese universities working on American literature and comparative cultural studies, as well as already established commentators and students in the west.

The indigenous experience of Anglo-European nationality has a long and violent history. Yet over time, the imposition of an originally "foreign" nationality onto indigenous communities has produced, for some American Indians and Native Canadians, a potent vision of sovereign plurality in the indigenous imagining. Offering close and compelling readings of novels by Sherman Alexie, Jeanette Armstrong, A. A. Carr, Louise Erdrich, Thomas King, Louis Owens, Leslie M. Silko, James Welch, and Gerald Vizenor, "Plural Sovereignties and Contemporary Indigenous Literature "documents the reinvention of Anglo-European nationality in the interests of sustaining indigenous traditions.

First published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. The aim of this book is to approach Latino fiction from a wider perspective, and to cross the standard critical boundaries between Latino groups in order to focus upon the literary language of a collection of complicated novels and stories.

This critical analysis examines a wide range of contemporary Latino novels and short stories written in English by mainland Puerto Ricans, Chicano/as, and Cuban Americans. Using dose readings of recent fiction, the work argues that modernist narrative techniques, stemming from both European and Latin American sources (from both Faulkner and Garcia Marquez), contribute to the Latino writer's depictions of cultural borderlands and dualities. Emphasizing the humor and stylistic subtleties of these works, the author provides a deeper understanding of how such Latino/a writers as Cisneros, Ed Vega, Cristina Garcia, Hijuelos, or Cecile Pineda give voice to characters who encounter such issues as stereotyping, multilingualism, gender, spirituality, and cultural hybridity. Unique in its detailed exploration of the Latino fiction writers use of language (both Spanish and English), this study often new insights into the complexity of prose works that stretch across linguistic boundaries. Covering fiction by both Latino and Latina writers from a variety of Latin American ethnic backgrounds, the work explores tissues that concern Latino-Latinas throughout the entire U.S., both urban and rural, form Miami to L.A., the Bronx to East Texas, Arizona to Chicago.

A fear of vomiting is estimated to impact 119 million adults, teenagers, and children in the English-speaking world. This much-needed guide to the diagnosis and treatment of emetophobia includes an overview of current literature and research, in addition to illuminating case studies of different presentations. It contains guidance on how to employ evidence-based treatments, specifically CBT and exposure and response prevention (ERP), as well as other approaches to treatment, such as ACT for all ages. The arsenal of research and experience, both professional and personal, provided by Clinical Psychologist Dr David Russ and Registered Clinical Counsellor Anna S. Christie makes this book a must-have for mental health professionals treating emetophobia.

American Modernist Poetry and the Chinese Encounteroffers a framework for understanding the variety of imagined encounters by eight different American poets with their imagined 'Chinese' subject. The method is historical and materialist, insofar as the contributors to the volume read the claims of specific poems alongside the actual and tumultuous changes China faced between 1911 and 1979. Even where specific poems are found to be erroneous, the contributors to the volume suggest that each of the poets attempted to engage their 'Chinese' subject with a degree of commitment that presaged imaginatively China's subsequent dominance. The poems stand as unique artifacts, via proxy and in the English language, for the rise of China in the American imagination. The audience of the volume is international, including the growing number of scholars and graduate students in Chinese universities working on American literature and comparative cultural studies, as well as already established commentators and students in the west.

"Anna Christie has written an elegant and thoughtful book for people who want to make changes in their lives and have an impact on the world. "Evoking Change" gives us tools and hope, along with a solid framework for helping not only with troubles but also in troubled times." -Peter Silin, MSW, RSW, author of "Nursing Homes: The Family's Journey" Change requires patience, and true leadership that evokes lasting change is a continual journey-a lifelong process that begins and ends with personal growth. Leadership and personal-growth consultant Anna Christie distills complex psychological and psychiatric theories into a practical, spiritual plan to help you thrive and excel at home, in the workplace, in the community, and beyond. She challenges you to take control over your own life by defining your goals and focusing your energy in ways and areas over which you have genuine power to promote lasting, effective transformation. With refreshing optimism, Christie puts you on a foolproof path that will positively impact all aspects of your life and eventually improve the world.