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  • Sumo: A Pocket Guide

    Sumo: A Pocket Guide

    by David Shapiro

    "One of the finest compact books on sumo today. "--Sumo World Completely updated by the well known sumo authority David Shapiro, Sumo: A Pocket Guide describes the history, rules, rituals and techniques of sumo, the wrestlers' training and even their diets. Covering such topics as "life in the sta... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1995
  • Autonomy And Rigid Character

    Autonomy And Rigid Character

    by David Shapiro

    IN THIS BOOK I have two principal concerns, one growing out of the other. The first issue is the general psychology of autonomy or human self-direction: the theoretical problem of autonomy as it appears in psychiatry is discussed in chapter 1; ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1981
  • Neurotic Styles (The Austen Riggs Center Monograph Series #No.5)

    Neurotic Styles (The Austen Riggs Center Monograph Series #No.5)

    by David Shapiro

    This new edition of one of the books most closely identified with clinical psychology since 1965 will expose a new generation to Shapiro's stunningly defining conceptualizations of the Obsessive-Compulsive, Paranoid, Hysterical, and Impulsive ways of being.... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1965
  • A Psychodynamic View of Action and Responsibility: Clinical Studies in Subjective Experience

    A Psychodynamic View of Action and Responsibility: Clinical Studies in Subjective Experience

    by David Shapiro

    This new book by David Shapiro, author of the classic Neurotic Styles, throws light, from a clinical standpoint, on a subject of importance, both theoretically and for therapeutic practice, for psychoanalysts and psychotherapists, as well as for those with general interests in philosophy or psycholo... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2017
  • Sumo: A Pocket Guide

    Sumo: A Pocket Guide

    by David Shapiro

    When it was first published in 1989, Sumo: A Pocket Guide was quickly recognized as the best compact reference to the fascinating tradition and exciting sport this is Sumo. Now completely updated by the well known sumo authority David Shapiro, the book describes the history, rules, rituals and techn... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1995
  • Work Reimagined

    Work Reimagined

    by Richard J. Leider • David Shapiro

    DISCOVER WHAT YOU'RE HERE TO DOIt's the end of work as we know it. Career paths look nothing like they did in the days before phones got smart. We work more hours at more jobs for more years than ever before. So it's vital that we know how to find work that allows us to remain true to who we are in ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?: The Path of Purposeful Aging
 

    Who Do You Want to Be When You Grow Old?: The Path of Purposeful Aging  

    by Richard J. Leider • David Shapiro

    Our later years need not be a time of loss. This book helps readers embrace the positive possibilities of aging and provides guidance on doing so purposefully, with courage, compassion, and curiosity.None of us know for sure what will happen as we age. What Richard J. Leider and David A. Shapiro do ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
  • The Book of Coffee and Tea

    The Book of Coffee and Tea

    by Joel Schapira • Karl Schapira • David Schapira

    The Book of Coffee and Tea is a passionate guide to selecting, tasting, preparing, and serving the beverages caffeine connoisseurs can't live without. Written by acknowledged experts in the coffee-roasting and tea-importing business, this book will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about t... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1982
  • Context, Truth and Objectivity: Essays on Radical Contextualism (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)

    Context, Truth and Objectivity: Essays on Radical Contextualism (Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy)

    by Eduardo Marchesan • David Zapero

    The claim according to which there is a categorial gap between meaning and saying – between what sentences mean and what we say by using them on particular occasions – has come to be widely regarded as being exclusively a claim in the philosophy of language. The present essay collection takes a diff... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
  • Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Clinical and Social Psychological Perspectives

    Introduction to Forensic Psychology: Clinical and Social Psychological Perspectives

    by David Shapiro • Lenore E. Walker • Stephanie Akl

    This book provides a broad overview of the history and practice of forensic psychology, illustrating the principles of how psychological knowledge can inform judges and juries in the U.S. legal system with reference to several high publicity cases. The second edition contains new case law and discus... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2020
  • The Taming of the Demons: From the Epic of Gesar

    The Taming of the Demons: From the Epic of Gesar

    by David Shapiro • Lama Chonam • Jane Hawes • H.H. the Fourteenth Dalai Lama • Dudjom Sangye Pema Shepa

    A newly translated volume of the centuries-old spiritual epic of King Gesar.For centuries, the epic tale of Gesar of Ling has been told across Asia. This epic is a living oral tradition, performed widely by singers and bards and beloved especially in Tibet. Considered the longest single piece of lit... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2021
  • Choosing the Right Thing to Do: In Life, at Work, in Relationships, and for the Planet

    Choosing the Right Thing to Do: In Life, at Work, in Relationships, and for the Planet

    by David A. Shapiro

    This enlightening tome helps readers internalize the process by which they make decisions and, ultimately, consider the moral example they set. Choosing the Right Thing to Do is different because it stresses practice over theory and doesn't lecture on morality; rather, it provides tools for learnin... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 1999
  • Plato Was Wrong! Footnotes on Doing Philosophy with Young People

    Plato Was Wrong! Footnotes on Doing Philosophy with Young People

    by David A. Shapiro

    This book is a compendium of lesson plans for classroom exercises designed to foster philosophical inquiry with young people. It introduces the reader to a wide range of activities for exploring philosophical questions and problems with children from pre-school age through high-school. There are l... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2012
  • Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply

    Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply

    by David Talbot • Mark Schapiro

    Sun. Soil. Water. Seed. These are the primordial ingredients for the most essential activity of all on earth: growing food. All of these elements are being changed dramatically under the pressures of corporate consolidation of the food chain, which has been accelerating just as climate change is pro... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2018
  • Religious Liberties for Corporations?: Hobby Lobby, the Affordable Care Act, and the Constitution

    Religious Liberties for Corporations?: Hobby Lobby, the Affordable Care Act, and the Constitution

    by David H. Gans • Ilya Shapiro

    An expanded version of a series of debates between the authors, this book examines the nature of corporate rights, especially with respect to religious liberty, in the context of the controversial Hobby Lobby case from the Supreme Court's 2013-14 term.... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2014
  • Risk Assessment

    Risk Assessment

    by David L. Shapiro • Angela M. Noe

    This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in predicting future violence, domestic violence, and sexual offending. It critiques widely used measures such as the PCL-R, VRAG, SORAG, and Static-99 in terms of clarity of scoring, need for clinical ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2015
  • Ecology of Invertebrate Diseases

    Ecology of Invertebrate Diseases

    by David I. Shapiro-Ilan • Ann E. Hajek

    A rapidly growing interdisciplinary field, disease ecology merges key ideas from ecology, medicine, genetics, immunology, and epidemiology to study how hosts and pathogens interact in populations, communities, and entire ecosystems. Bringing together contributions from leading international experts ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2017
  • Critical Social Issues in American Education: Democracy and Meaning in a Globalizing World

    Critical Social Issues in American Education: Democracy and Meaning in a Globalizing World

    by H. Svi Shapiro • David E. Purpel

    This text-reader brings together powerful readings that critically situate issues of education in the context of the major cultural, moral, political, economic, ecological, and spiritual crises that confront us as a nation and a global community. It provides a focus and a conceptual framework for th... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2005
  • Modern Methods of Valuation

    Modern Methods of Valuation

    by David Mackmin • Eric Shapiro • Gary Sams

    The new and improved eleventh edition of this essential valuation textbook reflects the changes in the property market since 2009, whilst presenting the tried and tested study of the principles governing the valuation of land, houses and buildings of the previous editions. The eleventh edition is f... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2013
  • Retrying Leopold and Loeb: A Neuropsychological Perspective (SpringerBriefs in Psychology)

    Retrying Leopold and Loeb: A Neuropsychological Perspective (SpringerBriefs in Psychology)

    by David L. Shapiro • Charles Golden • Sara Ferguson

    This book retrospectively analyzes the notorious 1924 case of Leopold and Loeb, in which two college students murder a young boy just to prove they could do it. In the almost hundred years since that trial, the field of neuroscience along with neuropsychology have expanded tremendously, and there ar... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2018
  • Modern Methods of Valuation

    Modern Methods of Valuation

    by David Mackmin • Eric Shapiro • Gary Sams

    Modern Methods of Valuation covers real estate valuation theory and methods, UK valuation standards compliant with international standards and the application of these methods to the valuation of most types of property for most value purposes. Significant changes in this new edition include: New ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2019
  • Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling

    Whistle While You Work: Heeding Your Life's Calling

    by Richard J. Leider • David A. Shapiro

    Everyone has a calling with a unique purpose to fulfill in the world. Heeding it is about deliberately choosing a way of life and work consistent with individual gifts, passions, and values. Through powerful stories and a guided exploration of 52 possible callings, Whistle While You Work helps rea... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2001
  • Something to Live for: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life (Bk Life. Ser.)

    Something to Live for: Finding Your Way in the Second Half of Life (Bk Life. Ser.)

    by Richard J. Leider • David A. Shapiro

    Drawing on ancient and contemporary wisdom, as well as modern research, Richard Leider and David Shapiro provide insightful ways of thinking and being that help us find meaning and purpose in the second half of life. This deeply reflective book uses a safari, (referencing a trip the authors took to... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2008
  • Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life

    Repacking Your Bags: Lighten Your Load for the Rest of Your Life

    by Richard J. Leider • David A. Shapiro

    People everywhere feel overwhelmed today--weighed down by countless responsibilities and buffeted by never-ending changes in their personal and professional lives. Repacking Your Bags shows readers how to climb out from under these burdens and find the fulfillment that is missing in their lives. Wi... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2012
  • Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose

    Claiming Your Place at the Fire: Living the Second Half of Your Life on Purpose

    by Richard J. Leider • David A. Shapiro

    More than 10,000 people turn 50 every day in the U. S. ; how do they handle this shift? Claiming Your Place at the Fire invites this group of "new elders" to ask four key questions: Who am I? New elders synthesize and transfer the wisdom of the past into the present. Where do I belong? They have a ... More

    Language: ENG
    Copyright: 2004
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