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Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Eating Disordersby Christopher Fairburn; Zafra Cooper
Guilford Press 2008; US$ 45.00This book provides the first comprehensive guide to the practice of "enhanced" cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E), the latest version of the leading empirically supported treatment for eating disorders. Written with the practitioner in mind, the book demonstrates how this transdiagnostic approach can be used with the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical practice. Christopher Fairburn and colleagues describe in detail how to tailor CBT-E to the needs of individual patients, and how to adapt it for adolescents and patients who require hospitalization. Also addressed are frequently encountered co-occurring disorders and how to manage them. Reproducible appendices feature the Eating Disorder Examination interview and questionnaire. more...
Red and Black in Haitiby Matthew J. Smith
The University of North Carolina Press 2009; US$ 62.95In 1934 the republic of Haiti celebrated its 130th anniversary as an independent nation. In that year, too, another sort of Haitian independence occurred, as the United States ended nearly two decades of occupation. In the first comprehensive political history of postoccupation Haiti, Matthew Smith argues that the period from 1934 until the rise of dictator Francois "Papa Doc" Duvalier to the presidency in 1957 constituted modern Haiti's greatest moment of political promise.Smith emphasizes the key role that radical groups, particularly Marxists and black nationalists, played in shaping contemporary Haitian history. These movements transformed Haiti's political culture, widened political discourse, and presented several ideological... more...
Washington Information Directory 2009-2010by CQ Press
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2009; US$ 161.00Washington Information Directory (WID) is the essential one-stop source for information on U.S. governmental and nongovernmental organizations. WID provides capsule descriptions that help users quickly and easily find the right person at the right organization. more...
Upholding Democracyby John R. Ballard
ABC-CLIO 1998; US$ 168.00An inside account of the U.S. military operation to restore Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide to power in 1994, this study demonstrates progress made in joint warfighting in the period following the end of the Cold War, including improvements in command and control, joint force integration, and techniques for successful humanitarian operations.^L With ties to Haiti that date back over one hundred years, the United States could not stand by as a coup ousted Aristide in 1990. When the coup leaders refused to leave peacefully, forces authorized by the U.N. Security Council deployed toward Haiti. Diplomatic efforts by former President Carter, General Powell, and Senator Nunn eventually obtained the cooperation of coup leaders in the final... more...
Facing Racial Revolutionby Jeremy D. Popkin
University of Chicago Press 2010; US$ 18.00The only truly successful slave uprising in the Atlantic world, the Haitian Revolution gave birth to the first independent black republic of the modern era. Inspired by the revolution that had recently roiled their French rulers, black slaves and people of mixed race alike rose up against their oppressors in a bloody insurrection that led to the burning of the colony’s largest city, a bitter struggle against Napoleon’s troops, and in 1804, the founding of a free nation. Numerous firsthand narratives of these events survived, but their invaluable insights into the period have long languished in obscurity—until now. In Facing Racial Revolution , Jeremy D. Popkin unearths these documents and presents excerpts from more than... more...
Frommer's Washington D.C. with Kidsby Beth Rubin
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 16.99LET FROMMER'S SHOW YOU WHERE YOUR KIDS CAN: Take a simulated orbital flight Dress like Thomas Jefferson Ogle the Hope Diamond Pet a horseshoe crab Touch a moon rock Crawl through a replica of an African termites' mound See money being made PLUS INVALUABLE TRAVEL TIPS: Age ranges for each sight and activity Hotels that offer cribs and rollaway beds A complete rundown on restaurants with kids' menus Shopping for everything from baby booties to comic books Words of wisdom on safety in Washington, D.C. How to have a good time without breaking the bank more...
Frommer's Washington, DC Free and Dirt Cheapby Tom Price; Susan Crites Price
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2010; US$ 16.99Written by longtime residents who are also savvy travel writers, the book targets not only tourists looking for a budget-minded travel guide but also District residents who are eager to discover D.C.’s secret deals. In October 2009, Washington D.C. ranked as the tenth most expensive city in America according to Forbes making it even more important to find good deals. more...
Plunging into Haitiby Ralph Pezzullo
University Press of Mississippi 2006; US$ 50.00For much of the early 1990s, Haiti held the world's attention. A fiery populist priest, Jean Bertrand Aristide, was elected president and deposed a year later in a military coup. Soon thousands of desperately poor Haitians started to arrive in makeshift boats on the shores of Florida. In early 1993, the newly elected Clinton administration pledged to make the restoration of President Aristide one of the cornerstones of its foreign policy. But that fall the U.S. let supporters of Haiti's ruling military junta intimidate America into ordering the USS Harlan County and its cargo of UN peacekeeping troops to scotch plans and return to port. Less than a year later, for the first time in U.S. history, a deposed president of another country... more...
Haitiby Philippe Girard
Palgrave Macmillan 2010; US$ 9.99Why has Haiti been plagued by so many woes? Why have multiple U.S. efforts to create a stable democracy in Haiti failed so spectacularly? Philippe Girard answers these and other questions, examining how colonialism and slavery have left a legacy of racial tension, both within Haiti and internationally; Haitians remain deeply suspicious of white foriegners' motives, many of whom doubt Hatians' ability to govern themselves. He also examines how Haiti's current political instability is merely a continuation of political strife that began during the War of Independence (1791-1804). Finally, Girard explores poverty's devastating impact on contemporary Haiti and argues that Haitians--particularly home-grown dictators--bear a big share of the responsibility... more...
Backpacks Full of Hopeby Eduardo Aldunate
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2010; US$ 85.00Backpacks Full of Hope: The UN Mission in Haiti describes the experience of a Chilean general as Deputy Force Commander of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) during the particularly turbulent year September 2005 to September 2006. It details the realities of commanding more than 7,000 men from eleven countries while working to fulfill the mandate of the United Nations in Haitito ensure a secure and stable environment, to support the transitional government in a democratic political process, and to promote and protect the human rights of the Haitian people. Despite the enormous challenges of a complex scenario that included local violence and extreme poverty, the UN command succeeded in its mission, stabilizing... more...