THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER'Informative...warm in tone and easy to understand. A safe space to learn about money.' Clare Seal, author and founder of My Frugal Year‘An evergreen guide to keep through different life stages.’ Bola Sol, author of Your Money Life'Cuts the jargon, keeps it real — and actually makes money feel manageable.' Jason Butler, global financial well-bein...

This book presents a new model to visualize and understand the creative process in free improvisation: the Interactive Dimensions of the Creative Flow (IDCF). Drawing on theoretical work on distributed creativity and the author’s background as a professional pianist, this short monograph establishes provocative dialogues between the field of music and the cultural psychology of semiotic dynamics to investigate human interactions involved in the act of creating.New empirical data an...

'In this book it is made plain that complex and powerful understanding can take place in brief work. The baby's development is carried forward, the family re-groups differently, and understanding brings a change in behaviour.'- Lisa Miller, from the Foreword. 'This book focuses on young children as old as five and the parents and siblings who live with them. It wants to explore deep, unconscious connections between children and parents, especially in those cases where symptomatic behaviour...

From turkeys gathered around a spring in sub zero weather to clumsy, young geese learning to fly; from a mysterious bird to a great blue heron with a different outlook on life, these poems describe and celebrate wildlife on our 40 acres. Then, there is the wildlife within our home: our black cat, imprisoned, in her way of thinking, when being outside amongst the lilacs would be preferable. People in our family are included in poetry also, from a loved sister in her last days to a visit by ...

These dialogues with child, adolescent and adult psychotherapists and child psychiatrists focus on their personal as well as professional experiences. All the contributors have a long-standing practice of Buddhism or other forms of meditation. The relevance of this to their clinical work with infants, children, adolescents, families and adults is described. Buddhist principles such as suffering, impermanence, non-attachment, no-self and the Four Noble Truths influence the contributors' pra...

This book has emerged from the authors' excitement about the proliferation of parent-infant psychotherapy work around the world, including Australia, Brazil, Europe, South Africa and the United States. It shows how the therapy connects with the culture of the family inspired by the wider community.

This collection critically examines the practical impacts of machine translation (MT) through the lens of an ethics of care. It addresses the ideological issues in MT development linked to social hierarchies and explores the transformative potential of care ethics for more equitable technological progress.The volume explores the ideological constructs behind MT as a labor-saving technology, how these constructs are embedded in both its development and social reception, and how they...

This collection re-envisions the academic study of institutional translation and interpreting (ITI), revealing oppression in established institutional spaces toward challenging existing policies and the myths which inhibit critical inquiry within the field.ITI is broadly conceived here as translation and interpreting delivered in or for specific institutions, understood as social systems and spanning national, supranational, and international organizations as well as immigration de...

La reunión en la sede central de Vicky Foods había finalizado. El clima era distendidoaquella mañana de diciembre de 2019. Los resultados del año habíansido muy positivos. Sin embargo, las ventas de la bollería dulce envasada habíandisminuido en los últimos años. Aunque Rafael Juan, CEO desde 2007, intuía lasrazones, necesitaba implementar nuevas estrategias y un enfoque diferente paralograr el reposicionamiento de esta categoría de productos. Por esta razón, convocóa un equipo de consulto...

Winner, CCCC Outstanding Book Award in the Edited Collection Category, 2018With the election of our first black president, many Americans began to argue that we had finally ended racism, claiming that we now live in a postracial era. Yet near-daily news reports regularly invoke white as a demographic category and recount instances of racialized violence as well as an increased sensitivity to expressions of racial unrest. Clearly, American society isn’t as color-blind as pe...

Everything’s made to be broken in this wickedly funny story collection from Catalan’s greatest contemporary writer.

The True Story Behind Valentine's DayUncover the captivating history and untold tales behind one of the world's most beloved holidays with "The True Story Behind Valentine's Day." In this illuminating and comprehensive exploration, Sara E. Monzo delves deep into the origins, myths, and cultural significance of Valentine's Day, offering readers a rich tapestry of insights, anecdotes, and revelations.From its ancient roots in Roman festivals to its modern-day celebration as a...