Love, Family and Friendship
This volume presents current research on love, family, and friendship from a Latin American perspective. It includes studies from Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico on topics from satisfaction to violence, filling a major gap in relationship research.
Medicinal Plants as Functional Food Candidates
This book provides a comprehensive overview of medicinal plant-based functional foods. It explains how the chemical diversity of medicinal plants can be used to develop health-promoting products, and covers the opportunities and challenges associated with this research.
Messages
Drawing on clinical experience and quotes from movies, TV, and music, this book helps you navigate real-world issues. Discover the direct, practical advice about ourselves hidden in the everyday echoes of popular culture, from finance to love and loss.
This innovative book combines two very special states of awareness—“mindfulness” and “flow”—into a new and unique state called “mindflow”. The practice of mindflow leads to a stress-free, healthy, fulfilling and effective life in today’s complex and challenging environment.
Minding Dolls
This book explores the symbolic relationship between self and object, where a living human being becomes a “doll.” Losing its own nature, the “doll” is imbued with personal meaning—an intimate manifestation of one’s own experience, shaped by desire and archetypes.
Youths with chronic conditions are now thriving into adulthood, but less is known about how their parents prepare them. This book explores parents’ beliefs and behaviors to help healthcare professionals provide more effective resources and support for these families.
This accessible book offers solutions to re-establish dialogue at work and in life. Based on 30 years of research, the Savoir-Relier method helps build trust and improve the quality of work and life through genuine, generous, and generative behaviors.
Selling Sex Short
Pornography and sexology are redefining sexuality, but is the model they promote selling sex short? This book investigates the connections between these industries, revealing they promote a sexual ideal resembling prostitution for couples to mimic.
Southern Medicine for Southern People
How does a national medicine emerge? This book examines the making of Vietnamese medicine, from its origins in Chinese traditions to its modern revival, linking its development to Vietnam’s tumultuous quest for independence and post-colonial national identity.
Staircase to Heaven
In a Tel Aviv old-age home, Holocaust survivors face death not with denial, but with a rich “death culture.” This ethnography reveals how they transform anxiety into acts of comfort, respect, and unity, holding up an existential mirror to us all.
Street to Shelter Homes
This book delves into the challenges of street children in Bangladesh, examining the interplay of poverty, abuse, and child labour. It offers practical strategies and unique insights for social workers, policymakers, and educators to address the vulnerability of these children.
Teacher Self-Care
Teachers give so much. This book is about putting your own oxygen mask on first, with simple, scientific ways to take care of yourself. It provides modern ‘life hacks’ to improve self-care, helping teachers of all levels become more joyful and healthy.
This groundbreaking book merges ancient wisdom and modern medicine, equipping professionals with validated scientific research. Delve into prevalent conditions, from low back pain to infertility, and bridge the gap between traditional Chinese medicine and Western approaches.
The Gift of Consciousness
An engaging overview of Patañjali’s Yoga Sūtras through the prism of Eastern and Western psychology. This clear-eyed approach makes the ancient text relevant to anyone interested in Yoga, integrating its insights into everyday life.
The Intercountry Adoption Debate
Intercountry adoption is a complex, global, and deeply personal issue. This volume gives voice to all sides of the debate, featuring writings from top scholars, parents, policymakers, and adoptees from around the world.
The Paradoxical Situation in Carcinogenesis
This book challenges the view that DNA is solely responsible for cancer. It highlights the often-disregarded role of non-DNA cellular elements in carcinogenesis and considers new prospects for cancer prevention and treatment based on these arguments.
Rebuild your physique and keep fit with Traditional Chinese Exercises. This illustrated guide explores Qi-Gong, Taiji, and minor exercises for your daily routine, while also providing valuable insights into the Chinese philosophies embodied in them.
This book highlights the immense contribution of traditional medicine to the discovery of modern drugs. It inspires experts to explore traditional flora and younger investigators to find novel molecules, making it invaluable to scientists, researchers, and students alike.