Between Mission and Market: The Freshman Year in a Corporate Age focuses on the arrival of college freshmen at the moment of the transformation; it uses Adelphi University in suburban New York City to study an attempt to resolve first-year difficulties. As higher education institutions turn into enterprises run on business models, the pressures of getting into college, including the taking of the SAT and ACT, have induced stress, addictions, eating disorders, drug use, and mental problems....

Ivy lands a job at a fast-growing makeup company, ready to start fresh—until she meets her gruff, maddeningly frustrating boss. Everything changes on one wild night when Ivy runs into him at a bar. Their flirtatious banter takes an unexpected turn, and a moment of heated passion leaves them both reeling. Suddenly, Ivy is torn between maintaining professionalism and indulging in a growing desire that could complicate her career—and her heart.In this extended version of *The Makeup G...

In this hip and utterly indispensable guide, two happily married husbands and regular guys reveal the secrets to getting a man down on bended knee -- his most uncomfortable position.Over the years, Richard Kirshenbaum and Daniel Rosenberg have dispensed loads of successful relationship advice to friends, colleagues, and relatives, who then pushed the ex-bachelors to share their lessons with the masses of future brides who need help taking their existing relationships to the next le...

This two-volume anthology conveniently contains useful academic tools for studying the combative arts. Each chapter will prove special to all interested in the intellectual side to the martial arts. Some chapters provide fine details for categorizing the variety of what we commonly refer to as "martial arts." Other chapters focus on the martial arts as living culture and social implications. The quality of instruction can either encourage negative traits such as violence or allow a practit...

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2014 im Fachbereich Soziologie - Soziales System und Sozialstruktur, , Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Daniel Rosenberger nimmt den Leser in seinen Kurzgeschichten mit auf eine abenteuerliche Reise durch die letzten zehn Jahre seines Lebens. Sein Leben ähnelt immer mehr einer Odyssee, je länger er keine Chance bekommt, auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt Fuß zu fassen. Rosenberger zieht alle Register seines Humors, wenn er beschreibt, wie er immer tiefer in den Sog einer Arbei...

Just what attracts people to study fighting arts? What psychological needs are met when one joins an instructional class? Practitioners and scholars will find much in this anthology to broaden the perspective and understanding of why Americans are so fascinated with the Asian martial traditions. Chapters in this book present meticulous research into the adaptation and significance of Asian combatives as infused within American society.

Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and contemporary continental thinkers have engaged with poetry and its contribution to philosophical meaning making, challenging us to rethink how philosophy has been changed through its enc...

Ever since Plato’s Socrates exiled the poets from the ideal city in The Republic, Western thought has insisted on a strict demarcation between philosophy and poetry. Yet might their long-standing quarrel hide deeper affinities? This book explores the distinctive ways in which twentieth-century and contemporary continental thinkers have engaged with poetry and its contribution to philosophical meaning making, challenging us to rethink how philosophy has been changed through its enc...

Krimi im Körper: Die unsichtbaren Feinde im menschlichen OrganismusEine Frau suchen aus heiterem Himmel schlimme Panikattacken heim. Eine Hand versagt plötzlich ihren Dienst. Unerklärliche Krampfanfälle machen das Leben zur Qual. Und die Ärzte sind ratlos. Es gibt mehr seltene Erkrankungen, als man denkt. Ihre Symptome sind ebenso verwirrend wie vielfältig. Nur wenige Spezialisten nehmen sich dieser Chamäleons der Medizin gezielt an. Prof. Martin ...

From the acclaimed author of Kissing Through a Pane of Glass comes an outstanding novel of dreams and desire, a fascinating exploration of guilt and wish-fulfilment – and the very real dangers of having your dreams come true. Daniel's work as a photo-journalist has taken him all around the world. But following a serious accident in which a colleague is killed, his injuries – both mental and physical – prevent him from going much further than the end of the street. Depression, anx...

Met sommige collega's of medewerkers wil de samenwerking maar niet vlotten. Zij pakken zaken heel anders aan, en de communicatie verloopt stroef. Het is alsof je tegen een muur praat, maar misschien denken zij wel hetzelfde… In dit soort gevallen biedt de DISC-methode uitkomst. DISC geeft inzicht in je communicatiestijl: is die daadkrachtig, interactief, steungevend of consciëntieus? Merrick Rosenberg en Daniel Silvert laten je in en vlot geschreven parabel zien hoe je je eigen persoonlijk...

In Z'ev Rosenberg's second book, the scholar-physician shares his insights from his study of discrimination of movement in the vessels in the Nàn Jing. This book provides an accessible window into the world of classic vessel discrimination, and a deep explanation of the Nàn Jing as well as advising how it can inform modern clinical practice.The first chapters of the Nàn Jing examine the parameters of depth, length, qualities, five phase relationships, viscera/bowel, channel/network...