In Sweatshop Capital, Beth Robinson examines the brutal sweatshop labor conditions that produced American consumer goods from the late nineteenth through the early twenty-first centuries, as well as the labor and social movements that contested them. Arguing that sweatshop labor is a persistent feature of capitalism, she shows how manufacturers used both their influence in government and their mobility to sidestep US labor laws, maximize profits, and perpetuate abuses. She outline...

The dawning of realization for the people of planet Earth of their cosmic inheritance is coming ever closer to fruition. The veil of the Divine Mother was lifted in 1996 and the New Day is sending through the first rays of a deeper comprehension denoting Life and Living Free. Some people may think what is offered will lessen their participation in life. The cosmic understandings we share are designed to be life altering mentally. What is available to those ready to receive is an expansion ...

Music therapy professionals work with diverse population groups, and this book provides therapists, and those in training, with the tools to integrate understanding of different cultural and social identities into their practice.Topics addressed include heritage, age, location, identity and health beliefs, and how to understand the dynamics of the variety of different cultures which music therapists will encounter in the course of their practice. Each chapter is written by an exper...

The Book of Life, which is eternal, has no set beginnings. Yet each chapter in the book that we identify with offers the opportunity for a new approach in mind and spirit to access a greater understanding of loving and living freely. Each chapter in 'Awakening to a New Mind' delivers a cosmic presentation concerning the progression of human life and the prospect of living free of present-day planetary fixations in minds that are erroneous.These essays are an advent purposefully com...

Even good parents often underestimate the dangers their children face. Research indicates that one in four females and one in six males are sexually abused before age 18. In most cases, the enemy is not a faceless stranger; it's someone you know and trust--a neighbor, a coach, or even a family member.This book provides practical steps to ensure you're doing all you can to reduce the risks of abuse. But since you cannot be with your children 24/7, it goes beyond what you can do as a...

When Dr. Robinson asked her freshman psychology students what today's parents need to know about teens and sex, they said parents do not have a realistic view of the world their children live in. A healthy sexual identity requires more than just a list of what not to do. In today's culture of sexual identity confusion, ubiquitous pornography, and #MeToo, teenagers need to know how to protect themselves as well as how to treat others.Talking with Teens about Sexuality will ...

When Dr. Robinson asked her freshman psychology students what today's parents need to know about teens and sex, they said parents do not have a realistic view of the world their children live in. A healthy sexual identity requires more than just a list of what not to do. In today's culture of sexual identity confusion, ubiquitous pornography, and #MeToo, teenagers need to know how to protect themselves as well as how to treat others.Talking with Teens about Sexuality will ...

'Every day is a perfect day to read this’ Shari LowAmy Piper is in need of a bit of luck. She’s lost her confidence, her mojo and her way.But one thing she has never lost is her total love for her thirteen-year-old son Joey, and for his sake she knows it’s time for a change. But first she has to be brave enough to leave the house…What she needs are friends and an adventure. And when she joins a running group of women who call themselves T...

Even good parents often underestimate the dangers their children face. Research indicates that one in four females and one in six males are sexually abused before age eighteen. In most cases, the enemy is not a faceless stranger; it’s someone you know and trust—a neighbor, a coach, or even a family member.This book provides practical steps to ensure you’re doing all you can to reduce the risks of abuse. But since you cannot be with your children 24/7, it goes beyond what you can do...

If talking and hearing are ‘natural’ modes of human communication, how then, did the artificial art of writing come to substitute so satisfyingly for them, and with such deft and commanding authority? Talk to Text: Ancient Origins of Western Prose and the Transition from Oral to Written Culture examines the history of the writing skills that we now practice so casually. These skills were never a human entitlement. Our literary ancestors worked for them, starting from crud...

Are you discouraged by events in our country and the world? Does consuming the news bring you down and leave you wanting to shut it off? Have your relationships with friends or family been negatively affected by politics? Do you feel helpless to do anything about it?"In Beyond the Politics of Contempt, Teschner, Malow, and Robinson offer nourishment for America's hungry soul. You'll discover, in invitingly bite-sized chunks, a cogent analysis of how we became so polarized. Diverse in...

Can Love Transcend Time?Clara Mitchell’s life is shattered by betrayal, driving her to the haunting tale of Anne of the Willows—a ghost story mirroring her own heartbreak. Seeking solace, she ventures to Stowe, Vermont, where the serene beauty and the mystery of Anne's spirit beckon her to explore a past intertwined with her present. As Clara navigates the pain of her own unraveling relationships, she is drawn into a century-old love story, discovering that healing can come from th...