Dr Maxwell Jones, known worldwide as one of the founders of the therapeutic community movement, recounts his seven years at Dingleton Hospital in The Process of Change (originally published in 1982) in an autobiographical style. He describes how a mental hospital, which began with a traditional hierarchical authority structure, was transformed into a democratic social system.He believes that his experience constitutes a model relevant to other organizations, as diverse as ...

Habits have the power to control the course and direction of our lives.We are formed by habits which determine what kind of person we are and how we act day by day, adopting good habits leads us to be better in all aspects of our lives.With this book you will be able to determine the habits that you need to adopt at this time, with the ease of knowing how to start implementing them into your routine, it is aimed at increasing your productivity, creating...

Self-discipline makes a completely decisive difference between people who only have desires or dreams and those who take action to get what they want.There are many people who possess great natural talent, but without applying self-discipline those skills alone will not achieve anything. We often justify ourselves by saying "When I feel ready, I'll do it" "I lose interest quickly" or "I can't find motivation anywhere" and therefore, we can't carry out tasks. Do...

Protecting the environment is often not the primary objective of businesses. As the world has become more environmentally aware, the necessity of environmental regulations becomes apparent. Voluntary Environmental Programs: A Policy Perspective examines different approaches to environmental protection in business. Environmental improvements on the part of industry often result from government regulations that command certain action on the part of industry and then control how well...

This book critically analyzes the portrayals of Black women in current reality television. Audiences are presented with a multitude of images of Black women fighting, arguing, and cursing at one another in this manufactured world of reality television. This perpetuation of negative, insidious racial and gender stereotypes influences how the U.S. views Black women. This stereotyping disrupts the process in which people are able to appreciate cultural and gender difference. Instead of celebr...

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people often face unique challenges as they grow older. It is vital that those providing them with care and support understand their needs, wishes and experiences.This book demonstrates how biographical approaches can increase understanding about the distinct perspectives of older LGBT people, enhancing inclusive care and support. Chapters explore people's expectations and fears surrounding care and service provision, the impact of disc...

Since the collapse of the housing market in 2008, demand for housing has consistently outpaced supply in many US communities. The failure to construct sufficient housing—especially affordable housing—in desirable communities and neighborhoods comes with significant social, economic, and environmental costs. This book examines how local participatory land use institutions amplify the power of entrenched interests and privileged homeowners. The book draws on sweeping data to examine the domi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This is more than history it’s a tapestry of faith, resilience, and survival, where gods, warriors, and storms collide. Whether you are a lover of mythology, a student of history, or simply someone who craves an epic story, this book offers a window into the origins of a nation that still fascinates the world today. Few people know the hidden truth behind Himiko’s sorcery, the grandeur of the Great Buddha at Tōdaiji, or...

This issue of Weird Tales presents a batch of entirely new short stories, flash fiction, poems, and an essay dealing with monsters who defy death, including zombies, vampires, mummies, and various and assorted revenants. There are some real heavy hitters here—bestsellers and names listeners might not yet know … but should. And will.Like Weird Tales itself—the magazine that never dies—these monsters are coming for you and they are very, very hungry.“The Eyr...

The only thing between us and the demons is a broken soldier with a cause...Struggling to reintegrate himself into civilian life, army veteran Felix Jones clings to the support of his sister—and the whisky. From his lonely perch by the window, peculiar comings and goings catch his bleary eye.When his sister disappears, along with a huge chunk of the city, Felix is plunged into a desperate search for answers. He stumbles through a hole in the veil between wo...

This book brings together an extensive and varied collection of Sir Peter Maxwell Davies's written and spoken-word items for the first time. Spanning the composer's entire career, this compendium offers a balanced selection of Davies's articles and essays, speeches and lectures, interviews, radio broadcasts, programme notes, tributes and letters to newspapers. A number of items are published for the first time, including a new article from Davies himself (commissioned specially for this bo...

The Romance of Regionalism in the Work of F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald: The South Side of Paradise explores resonances of "Southernness" in works by American culture’s leading literary couple. At the height of their fame, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald dramatized their relationship as a romance of regionalism, as the charming tale of a Northern man wooing a Southern belle. Their writing exposes deeper sectional conflicts, however: from the seemingly unexorcisable fixation with the...