This ground-breaking book explores the reality of living with Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME). Drawing on her own lived experience, social science, and creative work, the author tells the story of how she sought to reimagine a ‘good life’ and find sanctuary alongside the illness.
Deconstructing Dreamscapes of Femininity
This book explores the interplay of two dimensions of consciousness: This World and The Otherworld. Together, they create the archetype Lolita, in the Mist—a protective dreamscape where a girl can explore her budding sexuality through film and social imagery.
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.
Career Agility
In our complex and uncertain world, working lives are rapidly changing. This book offers career strategies and a practical toolkit of exercises to prepare you for the future, helping you understand your values and strengths to advance or reboot your career.
Exploring Practical Perspectives of Emotional Intelligence
This book is for those who want to grow through life’s successes and struggles but don’t know where to start. Develop emotional intelligence, resilience, and empathy through heart-warming stories, insights, and practical activities for your personal development adventure.
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.
This book invites the reader on a fascinating journey across three centuries of Europe, using death as a guide. Authors from varying backgrounds—historians, sociologists, doctors, and more—explore the complex phenomena of death and dying across the continent.
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.
Healing with Art and Soul
This collection of essays offers perspectives on using expressive arts for physical and emotional healing. Learn how to engage the inner self to allow the natural healing processes of the body and soul to flourish. A guide for your healing practice.
This book shows how a whole of community approach can redesign inadequate services to support families. Drawing on research and experience, it provides key ingredients to break cycles of trauma and build communities where children can flourish.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Haiku
A renowned poet shows how haiku is a powerful tool for spiritual awakening. Shed the ego, enjoy glimpses of unity with nature, and discover a deeper sense of what it is to be truly alive. Surprises await readers who think haiku is just a three-line poem.
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.