Overcoming Everyday Racism: Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions (Cousins Susan)(Paperback)

Overcoming Everyday Racism: Building Resilience and Wellbeing in the Face of Discrimination and Microaggressions (Cousins Susan)(Paperback)

This enlightening and reflective guide studies the psychological impact of racism and discrimination on BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) people and offers steps to improve wellbeing. It includes definitions of race, racism and other commonly used terms, such as microaggressions, and

Building Wellbeing and Resilience: How to Help (Long Rob)(Paperback)

Building Wellbeing and Resilience is part of the How to Help series of books exploring issues commonly faced by children and young people at home and at school, Building Wellbeing and Resilience offers a complete introduction to these critical yet frequently misunderstood topics. Often confused

Understanding Racism: Theories of Oppression and Discrimination (Strmic-Pawl Hephzibah)(Paperback)

Understanding Racism systematically examines the theories and theorists that have contributed the most to our contemporary understanding of racism in its various forms--making it easier for you to understand the multiple dynamics of how racism operates. In every chapter, activist and award-winning

Widows (Dorfman Ariel)(Paperback / softback)

Contains WIDOWS, a parable of courage and resilience in the face of totalitarian oppression, and LAST WALTZ IN SANTIAGO, a collection of poems written on the themes of exile and 'the disappeared'. From the author of DEATH AND THE

Managing Your Mind: The Mental Fitness Guide (Butler Gillian)(Paperback)

Managing Your Mind is a book for building resilience, overcoming emotional difficulties and enabling self-development. It is for any of us who wish to understand ourselves better, to be more effective in day-to-day life, to overcome current problems; or who want to support others in thesetasks. The

The Resilience Dynamic: The simple, proven approach to high performance and wellbeing (Campbell Jenny)(Paperback)

The simple, proven approach to high performance and wellbeing based on cutting-edge research by the Resilience

Forced Out - A Detective's Story of Prejudice and Resilience (Maxwell Kevin)(Paperback / softback)

An explosive insider's account of racism, homophobia and wrongdoing in today's police force and his fight for

Power of Discord - why the ups and downs of relationships are the secret to building intimacy, resilience, and trust (Tronick Dr Ed)(Paperback / softback)

The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing (Karkou Vicky)(Paperback)

In recent years, a growth in dance and wellbeing scholarship has resulted in new ways of thinking that place the body, movement, and dance in a central place with renewed significance for wellbeing. The Oxford Handbook of Dance and Wellbeing examines dance and related movement practices from the

The Story of Looking (Cousins Mark)(Paperback)

In The Story of Looking, Mark Cousins takes us on a lightning-bright tour - in words and images - through how our looking selves develop over the course of a lifetime, and the ways that looking has changed over the centuries. From great works of art to holiday photos, from cityscapes to cinema,

The Sage Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination (Dovidio John F.)(Paperback)

The SAGE Handbook of Prejudice, Stereotyping and Discrimination provides comprehensive coverage on the state of research, critical analysis and promising avenues for further study on prejudice, stereotyping and discrimination. Each chapter presents in-depth reviews of specific topics, describing

The Stone Face (Smith William Gardner)(Paperback)

A roman clef about racism, identity, and bohemian living amidst the tensions and violence of Algerian War-era France, and one of the earliest published accounts of the Paris massacre of 1961. First published in 1963, The Stone Face tells the tale of a young African-American man who takes refuge

Varieties of Resilience: Studies in Governmentality (Joseph Jonathan)(Paperback)

Resilience refers to the ability of individuals, groups and societies to withstand and recover from external shocks. This pioneering book-length comparative study examines resilience as it is experienced across different countries, such as the UK, US, France, Germany and EU. Furthermore it

Tourism and Resilience: Individual, Organisational and Destination Perspectives (Hall C. Michael)(Paperback)

This is the first authored overview of resilience in tourism and its relationship to the broader resilience literature. The book examines resilience at individual, organisation and destination levels, and with respect to the wider tourism system. It is designed to be an upper-level undergraduate

Community Resilience and Environmental Transitions (Wilson Geoff)(Paperback)

This book discusses the resilience of communities in both developed and developing world contexts. It investigates the notion of 'resilience' and the challenges faced by local communities around the world to deal with disturbances (natural hazards or human-made) that may threaten their long-term

Exercises in Building Construction (Allen Edward)(Paperback)

Fundamentals of Building Construction, Seventh Edition, involves students in the types of everyday issues faced by professional building architects. Exercises in Building Construction, Seventh Edition offers students a hands-on way to apply material learned in the core book by featuring:

Resilience Practice: Building Capacity to Absorb Disturbance and Maintain Function (Walker Brian)(Paperback)

In 2006, 'Resilience Thinking' addressed an essential question: As the natural systems that sustain us are subjected to shock after shock, how much can they take and still deliver the services we need from them? This idea caught the attention of both the scientific community and the general public

Circle Solutions for Student Wellbeing: Relationships, Resilience and Responsibility (Roffey Sue)(Paperback)

Drawing on contemporary classroom challenges to demonstrate the impact of Circle Solutions (CS), this new edition for teaching students 5 to 16 years, has been updated to include: - easy to follow instructions on how to set up, run and end CST sessions designed to improve Social and Emotional

Daughters of Smoke and Fire (Homa Ava)(Paperback)

'A story of slowly-building self-liberation and resilience. . . . Our conversations around this book are going to be meaningful, engaging and urgently necessary.' --Roxane Gay The unforgettable, haunting story of a young woman's perilous fight for freedom and justice for her brother, the first

Joyous Resilience: A Path to Individual Healing and Collective Thriving in an Inequitable World (Sherin Anjuli)(Paperback)

An intersectional guide to building resilience and reclaiming joy With so much information available on how to build resilience--from meditation, exercise, and time in nature, to the latest neuroscience-backed studies--have you ever wondered what's holding you back? If you commit to self-care but

Giant Days Vol. 7, 7 (Allison John)(Paperback)

Esther, Susan, and Daisy continue to face the rigors of young adulthood in this Eisner-nominated series. Fast friends Susan, Daisy, and Esther continue their second year at Sheffield University, and these are formative times, indeed. Education and looking ahead to the future isn't all that college

Hidden Torture - A Face Behind A Masquerade Mask (Di Giovanni Lily)(Paperback)

In a powerful and harrowing life-story of deprivation, suffering and ultimate overcoming, one woman's personal struggle is depicted in raw, often brutal detail. This complex testimony of living in a dysfunctional family, with physical and sexual abuse at the hands of a volatile but clever

Black Feminist Thought: Knowledge, Consciousness, and the Politics of Empowerment (Hill Collins Patricia)(Paperback)

In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, originally published in 1990, Patricia Hill Collins set out to explore the words and ideas of Black feminist

The Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated (Billington M. J.)(Paperback)

Since publication of the first edition in 1976, The Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated has provided a detailed, authoritative, highly illustrated and accessible guide to the regulations that must be adhered to when constructing, altering or extending a building in England and Wales