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Social Media Strategy: Marketing and Advertising in the Consumer Revolution

Social Media Strategy is your guide to practicing marketing, advertising, and public relations in a world of social media-empowered consumers. Grounded in a refreshing balance of concept, theory, industry statistics, and real-world examples, Keith Quesenberry introduces readers to the steps of building a complete social media plan and how companies can integrate the social media consumer landscape.This simple, …

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Overcoming OCD: A Journey to Recovery

Daniel Singer hadn’t eaten in a week. Hunched over with his head in his hands, he’d sit in his “safe” chair for hours, doing nothing but shaking, mumbling and moaning; he was in the throes of severe obsessive-compulsive disorder. Dan went from seven therapists to ten medications to a nine week stay at a world renowned residential treatment …

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Say What You Really Mean!: How Women Can Learn to Speak Up

Most of us claim to value honesty and openness in communication, but we often settle for insincerity and ambiguity. We valiantly try to say what we mean, all the while using words, attitudes, and expressions that sabotage the real message. Results can be frustrating, or even devastating.A recent workplace report claims that 25% of the business sector experience …

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The Open-Hearted Way to Open Adoption: Helping Your Child Grow Up Whole

Prior to 1990, fewer than five percent of domestic infant adoptions were open. In 2012, ninety percent or more of adoption agencies are recommending open adoption. Yet these agencies do not often or adequately prepare either adopting parents or birth parents for the road ahead of them! The adult parties in open adoptions are left floundering.There are many …

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Read My Lips: A Complete Guide to the Vagina and Vulva

Many, if not most, people remain in the dark about the actual workings of the vagina and vulva. The primary purpose of Read My Lips is to educate women and men about the vulva and vagina in a manner that is smart, informative, and entertaining. Readers, both women and men alike, will come to think differently about women’s …

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Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America

Eduardo Bonilla-Silva’s acclaimed Racism without Racists documents how, beneath our contemporary conversation about race, lies a full-blown arsenal of arguments, phrases, and stories that whites use to account for—and ultimately justify—racial inequalities. This provocative book explodes the belief that America is now a color-blind society.The fourth edition adds a chapter on what Bonilla-Silva calls “the new racism,” which …

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A Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals

Presented in an easily-digestible format, this go-to desktop reference guide provides explanations and clarifications on a variety of issues and concerns facing today’s museum professional, including:Intellectual property issues, including copyright, trademark, service marks, and fair useCorporate issues, including non-profit status and tax exempt statusGovernance issues, including trustees and fiduciary dutiesA Legal Dictionary for Museum Professionals features three major …

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Surviving Parental Alienation: A Journey of Hope and Healing

Half of all marriages end, and, when they do, most parents hope to achieve a “good divorce” in which they can amicably raise their children with their former spouse. Unfortunately, about 20% of divorces are high-conflict, involving frequent visits to court, allegations of abuse, and chronic disagreements regarding parenting schedules. In response to this conflict, some children become …

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Bonded to the Abuser: How Victims Make Sense of Childhood Abuse

Tens of thousands of children are removed from home each year due to some form of child maltreatment, usually physical neglect, physical abuse, or sexual abuse, although sometimes for emotional abuse as well. An additional significant number of children are victims of child maltreatment but remain in their home. Extensive research reveals the far reaching and long lasting …

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Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari’ah in the Modern Age

In light of recent concern over Shari’ah, such as proposed laws to prohibit it in the United States and conflict over the role it should play in the new Egyptian constitution, many people are confused about the meaning of Shari‘ah in Islam and its role in the world today. In Reasoning with God, renowned Islamic scholar Khaled Abou …

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