Diane Ross aurait pu filer doucement vers une retraite bien méritée, mais, au début de la soixantaine, un diagnostic de démence frontotemporale bouleverse le parcours de sa vie. Ce type d’aliénation constitue un groupe de maladies neurodégénératives caractérisées par des troubles du comportement et du langage associés à une détérioration intellectuelle. « Malgré ce diagnostic impitoyable, je crois que la bonne fortune s’est présentée quand on a découvert cette dégénérescence au tout début ...

Des personnes résiliantes montrent qu'elles sont d'abord autrices de leur vies dans ces récits interpellants et touchants. Une lecture par des personnes narratrices qui ont eu aussi leurs détours. Entendez ce livre audio unique qui rassemble nos existences. Ce livre-événement a été financé dans le cadre de l’Entente sur le développement culturel de Montréal (PMAC) et par la SODEC. Une idée originale de l’Association des libraires du Québec.

As an aspiring or seasoned writer, do you feel like you aren't making headway, stumbling on what to write next, or wondering if you're even on the right path? Are you unable to find the motivation to charge up your computer and put your fingers on the keyboard after that last rejection?Between the pages of What I Wish I'd Known: For Writers, 100 highly accomplished authors share their time, energy, and knowledge to pay it forward and inspire other writers, experienced or a...

Communicating Intimate Health presents an edited collection of original, empirical research, personal essays, autoethnography, critical reviews, and theoretical work showcasing advances in intimate health research from the field of communication studies. Intimate health includes sexual and reproductive health, sexual activity, sexuality, gender, and reproductive justice. The contributors vulnerably engage subjects including: parent-child, partner, patient-provider, and larger societal disc...

A transformational approach to conflict argues that conflicts must be viewed as embedded within broader relational patterns and social and discursive structures. Central to this book is the idea that the origins of transformation can be momentary, situational, and small-scale or large-scale and systemic. The momentary involves shifts and meaningful changes in communication and related patterns that are created in communication between people. Momentary transformative changes can radiate ou...

Have you ever been in a situation that was emotionally charged and the stakes were high? And it was difficult to find the right words? Back Pocket Coach™ provides 33 power-packed communication strategies to support you in creating satisfying conversations that result in good outcomes for you and others. These just-in-time strategies will help you move through conversations masterfully, whether you're engaging with one person or a team of people. This book also introduces Game Chan...

Twenty-three noir stories of crime and desperation. Featuring, Michael Bracken Kenneth Gwin, Michael Chandos, Warren Bull, Peter H. Denton, JoAnne Lucas, Karen Gough, J.J. Lamb, Craig Faustus Buck, Patricia Dusenbury, Herschel Cozine, Diane A. Hadoc, Wenda Morrone, Jan Christensen, Ross Baxter, Rosemary McCracken, Steve Shrott, Bobbi A. Chukran, Timothy O’Leary, Margaret Lucke, Albert Tucher, KM Rockwood

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It is increasingly recognised that instead of relying on top-down commands or leaving individuals to their own devices, communities should be given a role in tackling challenges exacerbated by global crises.Written by a team of leading experts with in-depth knowledge and on-the-ground experience, this book sets out why and how people’s lives can be positively transformed through diverse forms of community involvement.This book critically explores examples from around the wo...

Vernacular responses have been crucial for communities seeking creative ways to cope with the coronavirus pandemic. With most people locked down and separated from the normal ebb and flow of life for an extended period of time, COVID-19 inspired community and creativity, adaptation and flexibility, traditional knowledge, resistance, and dynamism. Removing people from assumed norms and daily lives, the pandemic provided a moment of insight into the nature of vernacular culture as it was use...

Soul Survivor explores the depths of human emotions, both real and imagined. That any I of us reach adulthood in one piece, emotionally or physically is a miracle of no small proportion. That any of us reach adulthood to contribute back to society and become highly respected in the community is truly a gift of time and place. Soul Survivor is a true story of fortitude, and iron will and looking to the future in the hope that tomorrow will be better than today. Soul Survivor is nothing less...

This book has been FULLY updated to reflect PMI's changes to the PMP Exam Content Outline—June 2015, and is intended for all PMP exams taken AFTER January 11, 2016.This proven best-selling study guide, used in conjunction with PMI’s PMBOK® Guide — Fifth Edition (2013), presents all the fundamental knowledge, concepts, exercises, and practice exam questions a project manager needs to prepare for and successfully pass the Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Exam on the first...