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Explores the controversy surrounding the use of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT. Follows the ongoing treatments of a 30-year old mother of two and interviews people on both sides of the issue, including Dr. Peter Breggin, a psychiatrist and outspoken critic of ECT, and Roland Kohloff, chief timpanist of the New York Philharmonic, who claims ECT saved both his and his son's life.
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"The 108 Skills of Natural Born Leaders identifies the 108 specific traits that typically cause others to see people as natural born leaders. The book then shows that with a little concentration and self-awareness, you can master many of the qualities that will inspire others to take heed of your ideas and follow your example." "But before you can enhance and enrich your own leadership capacity, it's important to determine your current leadership...
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The second edition of Ads to Icons examines current and future trends in advertising. Through 50 international case studies of new and iconic advertising campaigns, author Paul Springer identifies why these campaigns were successful and analyzes their contribution to the continued development of advertising. New digital formats analyzed include Google's AdSense and AdWords, which reworked their search facility as a revenue-generating advertising service....
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?In the true spirit of a worthy descendant of Freud, Jule Eisenbud boldly takes on some of the most far-reaching questions facing humanity and offers a logically compelling theory that is equal to the questions in its scope and audacity. Looking to the underlying aspects of the mind, the unconscious, for clues to the underlying nature of the universe, Eisenbud finds there evidence suggesting that psi, the unacknowledged sign of connections between...
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Despite all the words and regulations aimed at building ethical and responsible organizations, observed misbehavior has increased. Think of the Siemens scandal and Bernie Madoff. This book confronts the brutal fact about business ethics as it exists today; it's not working. This casebook powerfully draws a direct line between ethics and business performance, that is, the sounder your company's ethical foundation, the stronger it will perform in brand...
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"Maps the giant dilemmas posed by new technologies and medical choices, using 60 cases taken from our headlines, and from the worlds of medicine and science. This eminently readable book takes it one case at a time, shedding light on the social, economic, and legal side of twenty-first-century medicine while giving the reader an informed basis on which to answer personal, practical question such as: should we test and modify our genes? How much is...
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"A beautiful pianist hears her music drowned out by the voice of God." "A young woman calmly watches the gang rape of her girlfriend and herself." "A shy schoolboy turns to his invisible best friend to wreak bloody vengeance." "In Fire in the Brain, Ronald K. Siegel shows how even the sober brain can create the sights and sounds of artificial heavens and hells. Here we find gods and demons, living playmates and dead friends, even UFOs--all astonishingly...
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"Welfare Reform in Persistent Rural Poverty sheds welcome light on the opportunities and challenges that welfare reform has imposed on low-income families situated in disadvantaged areas. Combining both qualitative and quantitative research, it will be an excellent guide for scholars and practitioners alike seeking to address the problem of poverty in rural America."--Jacket.
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