The connections and interactions of lifelong learning and social justice are complex and contested. Both are seen as a means to unconditional good, with little account taken of the inequalities and equalities located in constructions of power. This book develops critical ways to engage with international debates about lifelong learning and social justice through a range of competing and contested definitions, setting out some of the complexities and challenges of linking the two concepts. In particular, it engages in debates about the equalities and inequalities of learner identities, displacement and place. Its chapters consider those marginalised in complex and multiple ways, including gender, social class, ethnicity, age and migration. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of Lifelong Education.

The Seventh International Congress of Mucosal Immunology held in Prague, the beautiful old capital of The Czech Republic, 16-20 August 1992, was the first to be sponsored by the Society for Mucosal Immunology, and was the largest since their inception 20 years earlier in Birmingham, Alabama. It was attended by 624 participants who gave 538 presentations, more than 10 times the numbers of the first meeting; these proceedings contain 354 papers that were submitted for publication. The political events in Europe that made it possible to hold this Congress in Prague also allowed for the first time the participation of large numbers of scientists from Eastern Europe, as weil as from Asia, and the organizers were truly gratified by this happy circumstance. It is now clear not only that mucosal immunityencompasses the huge area of mucosal surfaces and most physiological organ systems, but also that mucosal immunology extends over the whole global surface and all continents! The sheer size of the Congress and number of manuscripts unfortunately entailed some unexpected problems in editing and assembling the proceedings, partly due to the diversity of linguistic styles not represented at earlier meetings, and we apologize to the authors who have patiently awaited the publication of their contributions.

A poetic meditation on life, loss, and legacy. "So what lasts?" asks the speaker in the poem "El Anatsui." This is the central question of Susan Jackson's new collection In the River of Songs. Jackson is a poet dedicated to exploring the mysteries of what it means to be fully human in a world where love, loss, pain, and joy are irrevocably nested together. These poems seem to answer that whatever does last is not easily defined; maybe only the intangible qualities of heart, perseverance, generosity of spirit, and moments when the poet is suddenly anchored in appreciation for "the ever-flowing fullness of the world." Readers will be touched by the intimate beauty of the poems in this new volume.

This eating disorders treatment book will give you answers After reading it you will have a clear and complete picture of what it is like to have anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or compulsive overeating. This book will also give you many ideas and practical advice on how to cope and heal with these eating disorders. This book covers the 3 most common eating disorders, including: - Anorexia nervosa - Bulimia nervosa - Binge eating All 3 of these disorders are closely linked so it is very important to understand each one and also the connections between them. Topics covered in this book include: - Understanding the cause of anorexia, bulimia and over eating disorders - How to diagnose of anorexia, bulimia and over eating disorders - How to deal with eating disorders in friends and loved ones - How cope with and heal from anorexia, bulimia and over eating disorders - Effective ways of anorexia, bulimia and over eating disorders treatment and recovery Many people look in the mirror and are dissatisfied with their bodies. They are unhappy with themselves as a whole. They have low self-esteem and feel they are not beautiful enough. But is this not an illusion created by the mind? Do not punish yourself Do not leave yourself in the hands of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or overeating-read eating disorders treatment and recovery books instead. It will give you guidance on how to deal with eating disorders (which are reaching epidemic proportions today). It will also reveal the whole truth about these conditions and will help you take control of your life. Many people know what it means to be hungry and how it feels to satisfy hunger. For them, eating is a comfortable and important part of their social lives. They understand nutrition without being obsessive about it. Those people are lucky, but millions of others aren't so fortunate. They require the help found in eating disorders treatment books. Their thoughts and behaviors about food, eating, self-image, and self-worth have become out of control and so intense that they develop actual medical conditions, referred to as "eating disorders." This when you need to start your search for over eating, anorexia and bulimia recovery. This eating disorders treatment book is designed to help you or someone you know overcome eating problems. It reveals the logic that underlies and supports anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or compulsive overeating. This book also provides you with facts. You will be able to see the reasons causing these disorders so you or they can start over eating, anorexia or bulimia recovery. Diagnosis is also one of the issues discussed in eating disorders treatment books and that is included here. You'll find tips on how to cope with the risks associated with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or compulsive overeating and how to fight against them daily. This book also describes the existing treatments and the probability of a full recovery. Each of us knows that prevention is an important part of solving any problem, so the last part of this book describes how to reduce the risk of eating disorders. Be aware of the benefits of diets and also the dangers they pose and come armed with knowledge from eating disorders treatment books. The role models imposed on us by mass media can create predispositions to these disorders and push a person in the wrong direction. It is very important that people talk to their friends about this issue. Eating disorders treatment and recovery books are for you, whether or not you have an eating disorder. It will give you the advantage of knowledge. You will have the information that will protect you from the dangers of these disorders or help you deal with them. It is designed to give you a clear and complete picture of what it is like to have anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, or compulsive overeating, and what is involved in recovering from these disorders.

Getting a good night's sleep is perfectly natural for most people, and probably was for you at one time. However when a condition affects your sleep on a regular basis it becomes a problem very fast. You do not feel normal during the day, your work performance suffers, your relationships become bland and your overall quality of life is greatly diminished. It feels like you are just going through the motions, rather than really living. The fast is you are not alone. The latest findings reveal that 60 million Americans have insomnia right now, with 4 out of 10 women and 3 out of 10 men having that condition. To them, insomnia relief seems miles away. And that does not even include the other major sleep disorders in women, men or children, such as: - Narcolepsy - Restless Leg Syndrome - Chronic snoring - Insomnia - Heartburn - Night sweats - Sleep walking If you are looking for insomnia relief, treatments for other sleep disorders already mentioned, natural therapies to relieve the root cause of sleep disorders, help with a snoring partner, need information on sleep disorders in women, men and children or just want to get a better night's sleep, there is help. Of course there are many prescription medications that can put you to sleep but these do not really solve the problem - they just combat the symptoms. However this sleep disorder and insomnia treatment and therapy guide book is here to provide other alternatives to help you make a smarter decision about how to get sleep disorder and insomnia relief in women, men and children. The good news is there are natural behavioral sleep disorder treatments that can help you finally get a good night's sleep. This sleep disorder and insomnia treatments and therapies guide book is here to help. It provides answers to all of your questions on sleep disorders in women, men and children, including: - What are the common signs and symptoms of sleep disorders? - What are your risk factors for the various sleep disorders out there? - What specific techniques can be used to alleviate insomnia and other sleep disorders? - How can you help a partner or loved one that suffers from sleep disorders? - How at risk are you and your family members when it comes to sleep disorders in women, men or children? - What natural treatments are available that provide sleep disorder and insomnia relief? - Once you are sleep well again, how to you make sure you don't suffer from sleep disorders again? This sleep disorder and insomnia treatment and therapy guide book will open your mind to the treatments and natural therapies available. It will also give you smart, actionable steps so you can experience total sleep disorder relief and actively manage sleep disorders in women, men or children. Here is just some of what you will learn: - All natural sleep disorder relief therapies and treatments - How to determine if you are likely to be suffering from narcolepsy, restless leg syndrome, chronic snoring, heartburn, night sweats, sleep walking or insomnia - How you can get better and more consistent sleep, starting tonight - Why you need a sleep disorder and insomnia treatment and therapy guide book - Small and manageable changes you can make that will have a huge positive effect on your sleep patterns - Tips to spot sleep disorders in women, men or children - How you can get more sleep when you partner suffers from chronic snoring - How you can watch for sleep disorders in your kids and family members and what to do to avoid them - When a sleep disorder and insomnia treatment and therapy guide book is not enough - And much more... The Smart & Easy Guide to Sleep Disorder & Insomnia Relief is written in a concise and comprehensive way so you get the most out of your reading time. It provides you with an overview of every major sleep disorder, including the causes, signs and symptoms, and most importantly, how to get lasting sleep disorder relief. Finally enjoy a good night's sleep and grab your copy to

ADD and ADHD are devastating disorders that adversely affect the lives of 18 million adults and children in the United States. Somewhere between 5 and 15% of all young people suffer from the disorder and, in 2006, according to the Center for Disease Control, some 7 million cases of ADHD required ambulatory care. Complicated, disruptive and sometimes devastating, the disorder is the culprit behind behavioral problems, family stress in parenting children and kids with ADHD or ADD, break-ups and even more painful and distressing situations. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder can include disorders related to all of the following: Hyperactivity Impulsivity Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD) and Conduct Disorder (CD) Primary Disorder of Vigilance Bipolar Disorder Anxiety Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Substance Use Disorder Sleep Disorders Yet, even today, it's a disorder that is little understood and mismanaged while parenting children and kids with ADHD or ADD. Often misdiagnosed and seldom addressed, treated or effectively handled, it's a real disorder with characteristics that are undeniable and unique. This ADHD and ADD guide book is intended to supplement, but not replace, an informed discussion of the issue with your physician. Most children or adults diagnosed with ADD or ADHD suffer from some or many of the above. While myths and downright misinformation persist, ADD or ADHD is treatable. This ADHD and ADD guide book will show you how. There is a systematic method for managing and minimizing the effects of parenting children and kids with ADHD or ADD. Young people and adults who suffer the consequences of unruly behavior, continual distractions, mood-swings and listlessness are likely suffering some variant of ADD or ADHD. This ADHD and ADD guide book is designed to address the causes, the symptoms, diagnosis, and to ease the painful process toward establishing and maintaining treatment. This ADHD and ADD guide book is also intended for both those suffering from the disorder and those parenting children and kids with ADHD or ADD. Damage to work or school productivity, diminished quality of life and happiness issues and relationship problems can all result from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Other damaging effects can include: Inability to focus or concentrate Work or school absences, tardiness or failing grades Financial instability or wrecklessness Diminished quality of life Groundbreaking research and clinical trials have resulted in advanced treatments, understandings and techniques to better control and minimize the impact of ADD or ADHD on the lives of those who suffer from it. This ADHD and ADD guide book provides a comprehensive and holistic approach to better understanding and treating ADD or ADHD. Minimizing the disorder's effects and re-integrating ADHD sufferers back into their families, schools, and workplaces is just part of this ADHD and ADD guide book program. In this ADHD and ADD guide book, you'll also learn about nutritional and exercise therapies, the latest thinking on long-term care and management, how to handle parenting children and kids with ADHD or ADD and effectively mitigating all of the disorder's most harmful effects. The authors of this ADHD and ADD guide book have also carefully and thoroughly detailed everything you need to know to learn to live with, treat and improve the lives of the ADD or ADHD patient and family. Medical and therapeutic treatments, fully explained Side effects and other outcomes Dietary and physical exercise regimens Emotional and psychological support and counseling Support for caregivers, parents and spouses Parenting children and kids with ADHD or ADD This ADHD and ADD guide book is among the valuable diagnosis and treatment manuals on the market. Careful explanations of every aspect of the disorder accompany a thorough road map to treating and de

Don't lose your cool. Anger, hatred, loathing and all the negative effects of living out there in the world confront and confound all of us. They can make our lives miserable, or worse. Anger will lead even the coolest among us to making really bad decisions, into dangerous situations and even to consequences that can take years to get back under control. But the science of anger management is advanced, it's real and it's available now. This book is designed to provide: Comprehensive understanding of the sources, effects and consequences of mishandled anger Immediate and practical steps to relief, treatment and management, with no sacrifices A thorough guide to integrating and better understanding all of the emotions Care and counseling for life partners, family members - and the people around them A clear path to healing, from abuse, loss and failure, be it perceived or in earnest. Anger management techniques, courses and classes all lead back to individual responsibility. Healing from anger starts there too. Yet often, those suffering the most from mismanaged anger will not seek the help they need. This comprehensive guide makes a concise simple guide for the self-motivated or for the people most affected by the destructive effects of too much anger. Complete emotional health and wellbeing is not only fully realizable, it's a tremendous relief and it's a lot simpler than you might think. While anger or rage can multiply and infect all aspects of a person's life and livelihood, it doesn't have to. Often keenly intelligent, angry people are blunted from true growth and healing by the discouraging effects of anger, hatred, low self-esteem, and sometimes worse. This quick guide is designed to super-charge the healing process with practical, no-nonsense and straightforward answers to the most difficult questions surrounding an already difficult topic. Put shame, embarrassment and low self-esteem to rest, easily, and forever Live more fully, by fully exploring and experiencing the range of emotions available Stop acting on impulse and learn to better express emotions, as they emerge Put aside what other people think or assume and live more fully, for yourself, and only for yourself Manage annoyances, bad past decisions and mistakes, better, and starting today Readers learn to better mitigate negative influences and impulses, and quickly begin to make better decisions with regard to reactions, regrets and negativity. And they don't need continual external pressure to do it. This is the guide to self-healing, and better accommodating all of your own experience, without reflection or regret, so that all of your decisions are better informed. Ultimately true anger management comes from the individual better able to feel and experience whatever the world comes up with. While emotional health is not a well-explored topic for many readers, those who know that they or someone they love can benefit from better anger management will benefit ten-fold. Simple, clear and compassionate answers accompany multiple techniques, exercises and changes to lifestyle that actually work. Whether you've been recommended to look into anger management exercises, or you just think something is missing, this is the guide with the answers. Anger management techniques don't have to add further stress to emotional states that are already being tested. In fact, the solution should be quite the opposite. Compassionate, and full of complete adult-level understanding, this is the quickest and simplest anger management solution on the market. Easily readable and ready to solve even the most distressing of situations, getting started is easy - and this anger management solution really will last a lifetime.

For millions of people around the world, coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment are very real and very big issues in their lives. Stress is the cause of a variety of ailments, from true physical problems like increased immune deficiency, heart problems, high blood pressure, weight problems and more. What's more, the psychological issues that excessive stress cause are responsible for millions of filled prescriptions, drug and alcohol dependencies and broken relationships year after year. The excellent guide, The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living, provides real world, easy-to-follow advice on how to identify and manage stress. Jackson makes great arguments for the huge problem coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment poses to our society, including: Poor health problems Negative interpersonal relations Drug and alcohol dependency Difficulties with managing job responsibilities Financial issues Suicide He notes that much of the stress we face is self-induced, meaning that we put that stress and pressure on ourselves - though this makes it no less real or potentially harmful. We all know how unhealthy and devastating stress can be, but we often fail to see our own culpability in our coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment. We are often responsible for our excessive burdens such as: Overworking at our jobs Too many after work commitments Toxic interpersonal relationships Expecting perfection He advocates taking account of our life stressors and determine what we do and do not have control over. Once we do this, we can work on changing those things we do have control over, and learn how to find more healthy and adaptive ways of dealing with the stressful areas of our lives that are beyond our control. The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living is here to help. When it comes to areas of our lives that are stressful, but out of our control, Jackson offers a variety of stress-relieving measures that help to make life more bearable during times of unavoidable coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment. The best means of dealing with stress seems to be to avoid dwelling on it and letting it control your life. Jackson suggests the following activities as potential stress relieving measures: Healthy eating Physical activity Taking a multivitamin Massage Deep breathing Crafts or other creative endeavors Yoga He also outlines the common, negative ways that many people choose to manage their stress. Drug and alcohol are often used by stressed out people to calm down and chill out. This often leads to dependency, which has a whole host of negative consequences. Risky behaviors, such as promiscuous sex or excessive spending may be distracting now, but will only serve to compound stress later. The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living gives you more productive and effective options. The Smart & Easy Guide To Reducing & Managing Stress: The Ultimate Worry, Anxiety And Stress Management Techniques And Treatments To Take You From Coping To Living is a helpful reducing stress book, written in plain English, that illustrates the problems that coping with worry, stress management and anxiety treatment has on our lives and provides a means to help us identify our sources of stress and find better ways of dealing with it. Jackson lays out a compelling argument for holistic, natural treatment options, as opposed to immediate submission to medication. He lays out the ways in which we can help take back control over our lives and learn how to handle our stress in a healthy and productive manner.

Have you caught yourself abnormally angry, sad, or feeling guilty for long hours of the day? Are you unable to stop worrying about every little incident that happens around you? Do you feel that you constantly need approval or appreciation from the people you most love, even though you had that same scenario not even a week ago? Are you tired of feeling sorry for yourself and do you want to move on with your life like most people around you do? Do you feel like you are being held hostage by your anxiety, fear, stress and other emotions so much that you've lost control? What's difficult with being in a depressed state is all these powerful emotions seem inescapable once you're tied to them. It's very difficult to reflect during times when you're sobbing. You need to have built up considerable knowledge about depression and anxiety management in women and men already, because you won't be able find a depression cure by yourself after you have it. For those who've had a history of being depressed, the contents of depression books and especially this depression healing handbook can help you. This is highly recommended for finding a cure to anxiety and depression in women and men. If you fear that depression is about to grip you, this should give you an effective plan for escape. Likewise, any person who has been around someone they think is in a depressive state should read this depression healing handbook, because depression is one of those conditions in which a sufferer could really use the help of those he or she is closest to. You will find that depression and anxiety management books and especially this depression healing handbook is able to guide you in detection, education and treatment of depression. The reader will realize that emotional therapy is the most important solution for anxiety and depression in women and men but other factors such as a natural depression management, tips on depression science, and how depression and the body work will be extra helpful in recovery and ultimately finding a depression cure. This book contains several approaches to coming out of the hole that depressed people are stuck in. And, although crawling out of that hole can be difficult, the expertly detailed tips that will be explained in this depression healing handbook should be enough to guide you toward an anxiety and depression management cure. It introduces several unique thought processes derived from solid foundations, without assumptions. Gathered from psychotherapists, counselors and medical practitioners, this compilation explains breakthroughs in the subject of emotional therapy in the past 2 decades that help cure depression in women and men. Depression and anxiety management books and especially this depression healing handbook is an excellent way to learn to help yourself if you feel like you haven't had enough joyful moments in life. It shows readers jargon-free and actionable anxiety and depression management tools. It's a self-help book meant to allow the reader to become his own counselor for depression in women and men. Anxiety and depression in women and men has some of the most obvious symptoms of any condition around, but since a lot of us know very little about it, many are still left untreated. This book will help anyone who is confused about whether to take seriously the emotions that are troubling him or a friend. The good news is picking up this book is nearly half of the journey to depression management and finding a depression cure. Whether you want to know if it is, indeed, anxiety and depression or you only have the urge to research the subject, the contents of this depression healing handbook will expose some of the most important details about a depressed person. This knowledge will remove the possibility of someone unknowingly dismissing the signs of depression, which is very dangerous if allowed to fester for an extended period. Grab your copy today

A year after you have proudly became a parent, your little bundle of joy is starting to develop and so are your parenting activities and development. Along with your baby, the parenting activities that you are going to deal with are also becoming more complex. Indeed, parenting toddlers may not be easy, but the rewards will be bigger. Seeing your toddler's first steps, teaching your toddler how to speak, teaching better sleeping habits, playing with your toddler and teaching them all kinds of new activities - these are the priceless memories you will cherish. This toddler parenting guide book is destined for parents who want to reinforce their education about raising a toddler, who need friendly advice in toddler parenting, but also to future parents of toddlers, who want the education ahead of time. It is a perfect toddler education guide book, offering entertaining yet useful lessons in all toddler development phases. This parenting toddlers guide book comes in 14 chapters, each teaching a particular phase in your toddler's development. You will learn how to deal with parenting activities, with love, care and patience. You will find quick and to-the-point answers to every major problem that can occur in this confusing yet delightful life development. Firstly you will learn about the actual changes your toddler is going through and you will find out more about toddler development. Next you will see how to fulfill your new parenting activities - a teacher and a nurturer at the same time. Do your parenting well and get the sweetest pay in the world - kisses, hugs and smiles. In the next two chapters, we get to the fun part - playtime Your toddler is always very active and will be in a permanent mood for fun activities. Chapter 5 covers an important step in your toddler's development - parenting and teaching potty training. Afterwards, we will guide you through toddler sleeping issues. What do parents do when your toddler has to go to bed but isn't thinking about sleeping? How do parents get toddlers to take afternoon naps and regulate sleeping times? All toddlers are always very full of energy and getting them dressed will indeed be another parenting challenge. This is why the guide book's next chapter will teach you parenting tricks to get them dressed quickly. Discipline is something a parent must be teaching toddlers from a young age. Chapter 8 deals with the idea of parenting with discipline and focuses on teaching you how to make your toddler disciplined, without it being a chore. Next, find out why you should not panic when your toddler has a fever or other minor health problems. This is where you will find answers to parenting questions related to health and sickness. In chapter 10, this parenting toddlers book focuses on teaching the basic feeding and nutrition issues. You want your toddler to be strong and healthy, so you should pay a lot of attention to what you are feeding them. Next, learn about parenting activities for dental care and how to make him or her care about it. After all, in a couple of years from now, the tooth fairy will be coming, so they will want to take care of those teeth, right? After that, we will guide your through daycare alternatives, for certain situations when you are not able to be with your toddler all day. Like getting sick, having an occasional accident is a normal development for your toddler. Chapter 13 will show you how to minimize the risks of injuries and how to react when your little one comes crying to you. The last chapter prepares you for another parenting education development - your toddler becoming a preschooler and starting their formal education. After going through all these chapters, you will be armed with a solid parenting toddlers education and advice on their development. Quick and effective, this parenting toddlers education guide book will show you how to really enjoy your new duties and how to solve the problems that will come along.

"Don't be fooled by the lovely, lady-like voices that lure you into the twenty-two short stories in Susan Jackson Rodgers' Ex-Boyfriend on Aisle 6. It's hard not to be pulled into the deceptively charming female heads and start laughing along, relating to the frazzled divorced woman unhappy to bump into her ex-boyfriend, or the little girl innocently feeding birds outside by the pool. Then a devastating twist towards the end lurches your heart out and shocks you so much you have to go back to reread the beginning to see what the author had slyly slipped past that you'd barely noticed. Think: Flannery O'Connor meets Desperate Housewives. A poetic, hilarious and haunting collection." - Susan Shapiro, author of Overexposed and Five Men Who Broke My Heart

It's the summer of 1983. Ronald Reagan is in the White House, Princess Leia is on magazine covers, and Thea Knox is on the road. Fresh out of college, Thea is driving solo from California to New York. Her plan is to house-sit for her parents for the summer, but they sell her childhood home on a whim, leaving Thea (once again) to her own devices. She takes a detour to visit her Aunt Wendy in Merdale, a college town nestled in the Kansas prairie. Unlike Dorothy, Thea's adventure begins when she arrives in Kansas. Thea is immediately surrounded by her aunt's group of friends, including Julie, a bookstore owner; Nick, Julie's carpenter boyfriend; Bob, a stoner wildlife rehabilitator; and Amira, a lawyer who works with runaway girls. When she finds herself in love at first sight with Jimmy Ward, a local with a hazy past, Thea decides to extend her stay. Not everyone welcomes her into the fold, however, and Thea's own past-including her distant best friend and erstwhile boyfriends on either coast-is nipping at her heels. When she discovers a terrible secret that could upend Jimmy's world, the spell of happiness she has woven in this unlikely place threatens to break. This compelling coming-of-age novel explores the search for identity, love, friendship, and home, and celebrates the magic and mystery that exist in even the most ordinary places.