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Trent Holden, Ann Babe, Joel Balsam, Rosie Bell, Marc Di Duca, Jamie Ditaranto, Kathryn Dominique Lum, Luana Ferreira, Christine Gilbert, Anthony Ham, Daniel C Schechter

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Travel Guide

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime in this latest edition of our guide to Brazil.Discover Brazil's most popular experiences and best kept secrets from taking your pick of raucous, remote, classy and laid-back beaches on Ilhabela; to immersing yourself in the Amazon's flooded forest at Mamiraua, a refuge for rare birds, reptiles and mammals; and getting served rodizio-style in the gaúcho ...

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Jorge García-Robles

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Daniel C. Schechter

“We had finally found the magic land at the end of the road and we never dreamed the extent of the magic.” Mexico, an escape route, inspiration, and ecstatic terminus of the celebrated novel On the Road, was crucial to Jack Kerouac’s creative development. In this dramatic and highly compelling account, Jorge García-Robles, leading authority on the Beats in Mexico, re-creates both the actual events and the literary imaginings of Kerouac in what became the writer’s revelatory terrai...

The authors offer a unique exploration of the formative effects of children's early life experiences, with an emphasis on interactions among neurodevelopmental, behavioural and cultural dynamics. Multidisciplinary case studies focus on specific periods of development, or windows of susceptibility, during which care giving and other cultural practices potentially have a long-lasting impact on brain and behaviour. Chapters describe in detail: how social experience interacts with neurodevelop...

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Relational Perspectives Book Series

Drawing on research from a variety of domains - clinical studies of trauma, developmental psychopathology, interpersonal psychobiology, epidemiology, and social policy - September 11: Trauma and Human Bonds addresses especially the fundamental relationship of human bonds to trauma and underscores the manner in which developments in all these fields are coming together in complementary ways that sustain a key finding: that trauma must be understood in its relational and attachment ...

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Jorge García-Robles

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Daniel C. Schechter

William S. Burroughs arrived in Mexico City in 1949, having slipped out of New Orleans while awaiting trial on drug and weapons charges that would almost certainly have resulted in a lengthy prison sentence. Still uncertain about being a writer, he had left behind a series of failed business ventures—including a scheme to grow marijuana in Texas and sell it in New York—and an already long history of drug use and arrests. He would remain in Mexico for three years, a period that culminated i...

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Stephen Seligman DMH, Kerry Kelly Novick, Jack Novick, Hayuta Kaplan, Raya Patt, Elizabeth Berger M.D, Ester Cohen Ph.D, Susan Coates Ph.D, Peter Deri Ph.D, Ionas Sapountzis, Etan Lwow M.D, Sharon Kozberg Ph.D, Judith Harel Ph.D, Arietta Slade Ph.D, Josef Prinz Psy.D, James Lock M.D. Ph. D, Daniel Schechter

Today more pediatric therapists are centering their work on the parent-child relationship and are turning to parents as a primary modality in solving children's problems. Parent-Focused Child Therapy: Attachment, Identification, and Reflective Functions is an edited collection, drawing from leading psychotherapists with specialties in family therapy. Carrol Wachs and Linda Jacobs tap into the current literature on the efficacy of working with parents in therapy situations. The col...

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Harold Blum, Susan Coates Ph.D, John Munder Ross, Daniel Schechter, Ann G. Smolen, Salman Akhtar, Wendy Olesker, Henri Parens, MD

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Margaret S. Mahler

In Growing Up: Revisiting Child Development Theories and their Application to Patients of All Ages, editors Henri Parens and Salman Akhtar present a collection that draws on over fifty years of professional experience in child development. Contributors to this collection touch on psychoanalytic conceptualizations of child development, separation-individuation theory, personal clinical experiences, the effects of trauma and neurodevelopmental disorders in the mother-child relationship, and ...

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Storm Large

“A helluva compelling story.” —Elle“Storm Large is a force of nature. Her ballsy, heartbreaking, hysterical, tour de force of a memoir is not to be missed.” —Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author“Edgy, gritty, and fearless.” —The Portland ObserverYes,Storm Large is her real name, though she’s been called many things. As a performer, the majority of descriptions have led with “Ama...

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Edgar Allan Poe

The works of American author Edgar Allan Poe include many poems, short stories, and one novel. His fiction spans multiple genres, including horror fiction, adventure, science fiction, satires, fables, fantasies, verse dramas and detective fiction, a genre he is credited with inventing.Among some of the most famous are: 'The Fall of the House of Usher', 'The Tell-Tale Heart', 'The Pit and the Pendulum', 'The Raven', 'Annabel Lee', and the full-length novel 'The Narrative of Arthur G...

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Daniel A. Hughes

An expert clinician brings attachment theory into the realm of parenting skills.Attachment security and affect regulation have long been buzzwords in therapy circles, but many of these ideas—so integral to successful therapeutic work with kids and adolescents— have yet to be effectively translated to parenting practice itself. Moreover, as neuroscience reveals how the human brain is designed to work in good relationships, and how such relationships are central to healthy human deve...

The forces that develop the self—somatic, emotional, mental, interpersonal, social, and spiritual—must all be considered by therapists in treating any patient. Each article in this important anthology deals in some way with these various elements. The writing is focused on the body-mind connection, exploring the practices and theories of this popular branch of psychology. Topics include the significance of family systems; dealing with trauma and shock in therapy; and the importance of brea...

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Dream Classics, Jacob Ludwig Karl Grimm

Children's and Household Tales (German: Kinder- und Hausmärchen) is a collection of German origin fairy tales first published in 1812 by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the Brothers Grimm. The collection is commonly known today as Grimms' Fairy Tales (German: Grimms Märchen).