Shoot-Out at Wall And Broad is a fable, but more fact than fiction, about a veteran activist money manger. An activist doesnt just take a position in a stock and passively wait until an anticipated scenario plays out and changes the value of his investment but instead writes the scenario and has a complete understanding of the realities of the business he is investing in. He is initially triggered into action on the short side by the follies, greeted enthusiastically by the herd on Wall St...

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for Sexual Dysfunction provides clinicians and graduate students with a comprehensive biopsychosocial model of useful, practical, empirically-based strategies and techniques to address common sexual dysfunctions. It is the most comprehensive volume describing the couple cognitive-behavioral approach to assessment, treatment, and relapse prevention of sexual dysfunction. The focus is on sexual desire and satisfaction with an emphasis on the Good Enough ...

Rund 200 namhafte AutorInnen stellen den Stand der Sozialen Arbeit in ihrer theoretischen Diskussion, Forschung und Praxis dar. Die Beiträge fassen die zentralen wissenschaftlichen Erkenntnisse zusammen, machen Probleme und neue Aufgaben deutlich und geben Impulse für notwendige Entwicklungsaufgaben der Sozialen Arbeit. Für die 6. Auflage wurden aktuelle Themen aufgegriffen und über die Hälfte der Beiträge aktualisiert und teilweise umfassend überarbeitet. Das Herausgeberteam wurde um Rain...

Winner of the 2011 AASECT Book Award!Co-authors of Men’s Sexual Health, Michael Metz and Barry McCarthy have come together to inspire and motivate readers in their newest book, Enduring Desire. Real-life examples and clear, helpful individual and couple exercises allow readers to reach for realistic and high quality sexual satisfaction as a couple. Throughout the book, the authors promote positive, realistic sexual expectations without commerciali...

There seem to be no end to the “authoritative” explanations and “guaranteed” easy treatments for erectile dysfunction (ED). Since the so-called Viagra revolution, conventional wisdom holds that the problem can be fixed simply by taking a pill. The truth of the matter is, though, that ED is often a complex condition affected by physical, psychological, and relationship issues—and it’s a problem shared by both a man and his partner. This book is the first ever to address this common problem ...

This book creates (on the one hand) and explores (on the other hand) philosophies of African development suitable for Black sub-Saharan African countries. As an academic discipline focused on thought informed by indigenous moral values among Black peoples in the sub-Saharan region, African political philosophy involves philosophizing normatively about government by traditional Black African people with the aim of advancing a better African society. African political philosophy does not mea...

Zugehende Arbeit und damit der bewusste Einbezug des räumlichen und sozialen Umfelds psychisch erkrankter älterer Menschen gilt mittlerweile als unverzichtbarer Baustein einer bedarfsgerechten Gesundheitsversorgung. Gerade ältere und in der Regel multimorbid erkrankte Patientinnen und Patienten sowie auch ihr unterstützendes Umfeld profitieren in besonderem Maße von einer aufsuchenden Behandlungsoption. Aus psychiatrischer, historischer, politischer und finanzieller Perspektive heraus besc...

Das Buch "… Weil Gott es so will - Frauen erzählen von ihrer Berufung zur Diakonin und Priesterin" ist innerhalb wie außerhalb der Kirche auf enorme Resonanz gestoßen und hat das Thema Ämter für Frauen in der Kirche erneut in den Fokus der Diskussion gerückt, auch im Synodalen Weg.Das jetzige Buch macht den nächsten Schritt: 100 Männer der Kirche, darunter viele Prominente - Priester, Diakone und Ordensleute, auch eine Reihe Bischöfe - solidarisieren sich mit dem Anliegen der Fraue...

Die Festschrift für Franz-Josef Klein versammelt 26 Beiträge, die unter dem Titel Innovatio et traditio – Renaissance(n) in der Romania eines der Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars behandeln. Analog zur Heterogenität dieses Phänomens, das wir ‚Renaissance‘ nennen, greift dieser Band eine Vielzahl von Aspekten aus sprachwissenschaftlicher, literatur-/kulturwissenschaftlicher sowie fachdidaktischer Perspektive auf und berücksichtigt dabei verschiedene Gebiete der Romania. Der Begriff der Rena...

Ifeanyi Menkiti’s articulation of an African conception of personhood—especially in “Person and Community in African Traditional Thought” —has become very influential in African philosophy. Menkiti on Community and Becoming a Person contributes to the debate in African philosophy on personhood by engaging with various aspects of Menkiti’s account of person and community. The contributors examine this account in relation to themes such as individualism, communalism, rights, individual liber...

Misadventures with Mets is a coming-of-age memoir that captures the adventurous, humorous, and sometimes rebellious escapades of Michael and his best friend, Mets. Set against the backdrop of 1970s-1980s Minnesota, the story unfolds through vivid snapshots of adolescence-fishing trips, icy misadventures, boyhood mischief, and the unbreakable bond of friendship.Blending nostalgic storytelling with Midwestern charm, the memoir explores themes of resilience, curiosity, and identity. I...

In 1969, the campus tumult that defined the Sixties reached a flash point at the University of Illinois. Out-of-town radicals preached armed revolution. Students took to the streets and fought police and National Guardsmen. Firebombs were planted in lecture halls while explosions rocked a federal building on one side of town and a recruiting office on the other. Across the state, the powers-that-be expressed shock that such events could take place at Illinois's esteemed, conservative, flag...