A compelling and informative guide for every parent, 'Raising Stress-Proof Kids' offers an eye-opening view on how the unhealthy and unnecessary stresses of our educational systems as well as outdated perspectives on parenting affect our children. It offers practical advice on how we can significantly and positively impact the lives of our children as they move through developmental phases and become mature, self-regulated and composed beings ready to succeed in our increasingly complex wo...

Two women. Two cultures. And a friendship that freed them both.‘We don’t choose where we’re born. Geography ends up being everything.’Shaimaa Khalil and Shelley Davidow met twenty years ago in the Middle East when Shaimaa was Shelley’s student at the University of Qatar. Strangers in a strange land where the silencing and oppression of women is deeply entrenched, they immediately formed a deep and abiding bond.Shelley saw Shaimaa as her ‘Ro...

"Shows how the unanticipated effects of the Internet are distorting economics, politics, international relations, and individual lives" (James Fallows).In Overconnected, Bill Davidow, a former Silicon Valley executive, explains how the almost miraculous success of the Internet has also created a unique set of hazards, in effect overconnecting us, with the direst of consequences for our political, economic, and day-to-day lives.The practical applicat...

Twenty-five celebrated Latino writers delight and move us with their recollections of Christmas in this splendid holiday extravaganza.From Julia Alvarez's tale of how Santicló delivered a beloved uncle from political oppression to Junot Díaz's story of his own uneasy assimilation on his first Christmas in America, to Sandra Cisneros's poignant memories of her late father's holiday dinners, Las Christmas gives us true stories from writers of many traditions--memories...

A brave, heartrending memoir of family, love and longing in the turbulent era of Apartheid in South Africa. During the terrifying years of Apartheid in South Africa, Shelley Davidow's family was a crime. At a time when it was illegal for black and white people to live together, Shelley's social activist parents took in Rosie, an abandoned black three-year-old. Rosie grew up as a beloved daughter and sister in a white household. Against the backdrop of racist laws and ever-present threats o...

In Feb 2006, a Danish newspaper printed twelve highly provocative caricatures of the prophet Muhammad. The drawings landed on the internet and quickly circled the globe. As a direct result, riots ensued and at least 139 people died. This is just one example of overconnection. The consequences of an over-connected world cannot be ignored. In this important book, William H. Davidow takes a highly pragmatic approach by recognising that the digital clock cannot be turned back in terms of ubiqu...

Write Now! is an innovative resource for educators teaching creative writing to middle primary school students. Packed with 20 progressive lessons, this book offers a unique approach to literacy development through engaging writing exercises designed to ignite a love for words in young minds.Educators will gain access to sequential writing activities, freewriting techniques and editing strategies aimed at improving students' overall literacy while fostering individual voic...

Comprehensive guide to the private market, covering allocating capital, portfolio construction, product evolution, and moreWritten in accessible language, Private Markets: Building Better Portfolios with Private Equity, Private Credit, and Private Real Estate addresses the challenges and opportunities with investing in the private markets, including understanding the merits of the asset classes—private equity, private credit, and private real estate—produc...

Zero Complaints: The Path to Continuous Value Creation is the ONLY book that lays out the importance for organizations to ensure their customers do not have a need to complain and share their frustrations with other customers.The book shows why customers complain and how these complaints create huge problems for organizations, including limiting their growth, increasing unnecessary costs, contributing to customer churn, and upsetting employees. The book also calculates the enormous...

Grounded is a beacon of wisdom for parents navigating the complex landscape of modern childhood. Drawing on their extensive research and personal experiences as parents and educators, the authors have crafted a comprehensive guide that transcends age boundaries, offering practical insights from infancy to adolescence.Grounded provides a user-friendly introduction to neurological development and highlights that a parent's wellbeing is integral to supporting their c...

For those that have mastered the basics of memoir and wish to probe this brand of creative nonfiction further, Writing the Radical Memoir uses salient theories about memory and the self to challenge assumptions about how we remember and tell the truth of our lives when we write about it. Innovative in approach and making new critical ideas accessible, each chapter maps out the key principles of such writers as Barthes, Lacan, Derrida, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Philippe Le Jeune and Jose...

This beautiful new work of historical fiction was inspired by the diary of an 18th-century Roman Jewish girl who was imprisoned in a convent cell by the Catholic Church in an attempt to forcibly convert her.“An intricately detailed novel of resistance and community.” —Kirkus ReviewsAnything but Yes is the true story of a young woman’s struggle to defend her identity in the face of relentless attempts to destroy it. In 1749...