If you've ever wondered what you might need to know to get started working in a public library, Unintentional Librarian will get you pointed in the right direction. Whether you are a high school or college student who wants to work evenings at your local library or a seasoned professional looking to shift gears into something new, this book will help you understand what you need to know to get in the door and what you might experience once you're there. Readers will learn ...

From Research to Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health has been shaped to reflect the mental health needs of children and adolescents in low and middle income countries of the world. It also includes chapters on topics based on research and practice in high income countries which may have lessons and implications universally. The first section of the book takes a child and adolescent mental health services perspective encompassing epidemiology, mental health needs, and selected po...

Christian Wisdom for Our Tech-Saturated AgeThe rapid advance of digital technology is reshaping our world and warping our minds. The onslaught of social media and smartphones has brought an appetite for distraction, an epidemic of loneliness, and increased rates of mental unhealth. For Christians, the digital revolution has profound implications for spiritual formation and mission. How should believers respond to the theological and discipleship challenges of scrol...

Vom Bruch mit den jüdischen Dogmen und der Freiheit der Philosophie.Nathan war keine zehn Jahre alt, als er sich für das orthodoxe Judentum entschied. Aufgewachsen in einem liberalen Elternhaus in Paris, entdeckte er das Leben in der Synagoge und die Radikalität jüdischen Denkens. Fortan trug er die Kippa, reiste nach Jerusalem und wollte Rabbiner werden. Doch dann kam ihm der Glaube abhanden.In einer tiefen Krise musste Nathan Devers sich neu erfinden. Er fand den Weg zur ...

Gedankenlos klickt Julien Libérat auf einen Link im Netz und lässt den Liebeskummer und sein erbärmliches Vorortzimmer hinter sich. Wie im Rausch stürzt er sich in die fabelhafte »Antiwelt«, wo er sich unter dem Namen Vangel neu erfindet und mit seinem Boxergesicht ein stürmisches Leben führt.Adrien Sterner ist der visionäre Entwickler dieses Metaversums, er duldet keine anderen Götter neben sich. Als Vangel zum Superstar wird, sieht er sich zunehmend bedroht und muss handeln....

Peace and Conflict Studies (PCS) includes scholars and practitioners throughout the world working in peace studies, conflict analysis and resolution, conflict management, appropriate dispute resolution, and peace and justice studies. They come to the PCS field with a diversity of ideas, approaches, disciplinary roots, and topic areas, which speaks to the complexity, breadth, and depth needed to apply and take account of conflict dynamics and the goal of peace. Yet, a number of key concerns...

Christian Wisdom for Our Tech-Saturated AgeThe rapid advance of digital technology is reshaping our world and warping our minds. The onslaught of social media and smartphones has brought an appetite for distraction, an epidemic of loneliness, and increased rates of mental unhealth. For Christians, the digital revolution has profound implications for spiritual formation and mission. How should believers respond to the theological and discipleship challenges of scrol...

For the first time, a book exists that compiles all the information candidates need to apply for their first High school English teachers job, or to apply for a better job.What you'll find especially helpful are the worksheets. It is so much easier to write about a work experience using these outlines. It ensures that the narrative will follow a logical structure and reminds you not to leave out the most important points. With this book, you'll be able to revise your application in...

Since 2012, Public Books has championed a new kind of community for intellectual engagement, discussion, and action. An online magazine that unites the best of the university with the openness of the internet, Public Books is where new ideas are debuted, old facts revived, and dangerous illusions dismantled. Here, young scholars present fresh thinking to audiences outside the academy, accomplished authors weigh in on timely issues, and a wide range of readers encounter th...

As a family is dragged into an age-old war that has consumed many previous generations, it is up to Anne and her four children Adam, Robin, Sarah, and Stephen to bring the battles to an end.The time period takes place on modern day earth, but the action involves an old family home and different worlds within our own.Anne is over protective and will do anything for her children, who have all been blessed with the Ancients’ powers.Training and fighting for their lives, the family members unc...

Gothic Horror brings specific images to mind—crumbling castles, dark Parisian alleyways, mad wives in attics, dark and lonely moors, cathedrals where more evil than good exists. Georgia Gothic replaces those locations with antebellum plantations, creatures hidden in backyard sheds, rural folks who might or might not be making pacts with a variety of terrors because that's how it's always been done, city folks hiding their secrets in the trunks of their cars or in their correspondence, hous...