Learn all about OCD and what it's like to live with it.This is a kids’ book about OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), which is a mental health condition. People with OCD have recurring, repetitive thoughts that can feel impossible to ignore.This book helps kids aged 5-9 learn about Obsessive Compulsive Disorder from a kid who has OCD herself, with illustrations by a grownup with OCD, too. It offers unique insight into the condition, a warmth and openness a...

OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder) is a mental health condition. People with OCD have recurring, repetitive thoughts that can feel impossible to ignore. This book was written by a kid who has OCD, and illustrated by a grownup who has OCD, too. It offers a unique insight into the condition, a warmth and openness about what it is like, and the opportunity for readers to grow in understanding

It is increasingly recognised that the strength of the bond between counsellor and client is the best indicator of a good outcome for the client. The theoretical model employed by the counsellor matters less than the relationship the counsellor can build with each individual client. Yet first year counselling students continue to be taught about different models of therapy and specialised approaches supposedly needed by clients with different problems. The result is often confusion and unc...

Sixteen-year-old Ari Wyndham lost her best friend in the sea. Everybody told her it was an accident, but Ari can't forgive herself. Her own life is cut short when a tiger-snake delivers a deathly bite, and a beautiful, ghostly and strangely familiar young woman appears, summoning Ari's soul to the underworld. Ari, however, refuses to go.Though she knows there will be a terrible price to pay for her transgression, the mysterious guide chooses to save Ari. Their rebellion upsets the ...

If you want to learn how to set up your aquarium, add fishes, maintain your fish tank, and enjoy fishkeeping, then check out HowExpert Guide to Aquariums.HowExpert Guide to Aquariums is a great way to jump into the world of these unique animals. This guide has been written by an everyday expert and passionate fishkeeper so that it is accessible to people at every stage in the fishkeeping process. This hobby and passion is, in many ways, an emotional and intellectual pursuit; it can...

If you want to learn how to birdwatch, identify birds, and become a better birdwatcher, then check out HowExpert Guide to Birdwatching.HowExpert Guide to Birdwatching is a great way to gain deeper insight into some of the world's most interesting animals: birds. This guide has been written by an everyday expert with a passion for birds who, at one point, was also hoping to jump into the hobby of birding. At times, it can be difficult to start birdwatching. However, talking and learn...

If you want to learn how to set up your aquarium, add fishes, maintain your fish tank, and enjoy fishkeeping, then check out HowExpert Guide to Aquariums.HowExpert Guide to Aquariums is a great way to jump into the world of these unique animals. This guide has been written by an everyday expert and passionate fishkeeper so that it is accessible to people at every stage in the fishkeeping process. This hobby and passion is, in many ways, an emotional and intellectual pursuit; it can...

If you want to learn how to birdwatch, identify birds, and become a better birdwatcher, then check out HowExpert Guide to Birdwatching.HowExpert Guide to Birdwatching is a great way to gain deeper insight into some of the world's most interesting animals: birds. This guide has been written by an everyday expert with a passion for birds who, at one point, was also hoping to jump into the hobby of birding. At times, it can be difficult to start birdwatching. However, talking and lear...

Due to its centrality to the processes of transnational mobilities, migration and globalization, tourism studies has the potential to make a significant contribution to understanding the postcolonial experience. Drawing together theoretical and applied research, this fascinating book illuminates the links between tourism, colonialism and postcolonialism. Significantly, it creates a space for the voices of authors from postcolonial countries.Chapters are integrated and examined thro...

John Hall Wheelock is an American poet who during his student years at Harvard University was editor-in-chief of The Harvard Monthly, and began to publish his first poems. He later worked for publisher Charles Sribner and Sons finally becoming senior editor. He received many awards for his poetry including the Golden Rose in 1936 for the most distinguished contribution to American poetry of that year. The poems in The Black Panther reveal a deep spirituality but also a strong humanistic re...

In the 1960s, the city of Halifax razed the black community of Africville under a program of urban renewal and 'slum clearance.' The city defended its actions by citing the deplorable living conditions in Africville, ignoring its own role in the creation of these conditions through years of neglect and the refusal of essential services. In the 1980s, the city created a park on Africville's former site, which has been a place of protest and commemoration for black citizens since its opening...

Historic sites, memorials, national parks, museums…we live in an age in which heritage is ever-present. But what does it mean to live amongst the spectral traces of the past, the heterogeneous piling up of historic materials in the present? How did heritage grow from the concern of a handful of enthusiasts and specialists in one part of the world to something which is considered to be universally cherished? And what concepts and approaches are necessary to understanding this global obsessi...