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Book SynopsisOver 1 million sold in the series!Now updated to address screen time, cyberbullying, and social media.From the authors of the bestselling Parenting with Love and Logic, this teen-specific resource empowers parents to raise responsible tweens, teens, and young adults without anger, nagging, or power struggles. Learn to set healthy boundaries, encourage important skills, and foster effective decision-making with empathy and grace.Designed to help you and your child grow during the challenges of the teenage years, this book is filled with strategies and addresses a wide range of real-life issues such as: Addiction Social media and screen time Peer pressure Sex and dating Divorce and visitation Anger and aggression Paying for college And much more! Each topic is indexed for easy reference for moms and dads. Learn to reconnect with your teenager, establish a healthy relationship with them, and cultivate a peaceful family culture today!This is as close to an owner's manual for parents as you will find. Now, parents can embrace mistakes as wonderful learning opportunities to raise respectful, responsible, and caring children.- Gloria Sherman, MA, MED, LPC, cofounder, Parenting PartnershipI have been delighted to share the powerful yet simple wisdom of Jim Fay and Foster Cline with my counseling clients. These principles are practical, proven techniques that keep parents on track to raising responsible, loving, confident children.- Carol R. Cole, PhD, LMFTA terrific book for parents that provides important concepts and practical solutions to help children become emotionally, socially, and morally healthy.- Terry M. Levy, PhD, codirector of Evergreen Psychotherapy Center; coauthor of Attachment, Trauma, and HealingAn essential component for our schools, parents, and teachers. Thousands of families have been positively impacted by the love and logic principles.- Leonard R. Rezmierski, PhD, superintendent support administrator, Wayne RESA

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Book SynopsisIn recent years the British mass media have discovered a new and urgent social problem - the Asian gang. Images of urban deprivation and the Underclass have combined with fears of growing youth militancy and masculinities-in-crisis to position Asian, and especially Muslim, young men as the new folk devil. This reimagination of Asian young men has focused on violence, drug abuse and crime, set against a backdrop of cultural conflict, generational confusion and religious fundamentalism. The Asian gang, it seems, is the inevitable product of these social forces. But what is the reality? Based on three years fieldwork with a group of Bangladeshi young men in inner-city London, this book attempts to explore the complex mythologies and realities of contemporary Asian youth experience. Taking the gang as its starting point, the study examines the interaction of representation and reality, ethnicity and masculinity in a textured, in-depth and personal perspective that challenges traditional views on Asian communities and identities.Trade Review'Refreshing and highly readable.'Contemporary Sociology'Alexander's book is a fascinating analysis of the social construction and demonisation of Asian young men as members of 'the Asian Gang' ... A fascinating and challenging account of the construction of meaning of racialised masculinity and a welcome addition to studies of the social construction of identity.'Gender, Place and Culture'It is rare to find a book that comes anywhere near allowing its informants to 'live and breathe' within the scope of its bleached pages. Claire Alexander's book on young 'Bengali' men in London does just that.'Ethnic and Racial Studies'This is an exceptional book that is both lucid and engaged ... The Asian Gang could be a landmark in how to conduct social research.'Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies'Through interviews with several young people Alexander nicely debunks the notion that they might embrace a unified Asian identity based exclusively (or primarily) on ethnicity.

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Book SynopsisWhat does it mean to be young in a changing world? How are migration, settlement and new urban cultures shaping young lives? And in particular, are race, place and class still meaningful to contemporary youth cultures? This path-breaking book shows how young people are responding differently to recent social, economic and cultural transformations. From the spirit of white localism deployed by de-industrialized football supporters, to the hybrid multicultural exchanges displayed by urban youth, young people are finding new ways of wrestling with questions of race and ethnicity. Through globalization is whiteness now being displaced by black culture -- in fashion, music and slang -- and if so, what impact is this having on race politics? Moreover, what happens to those people and places that are left behind by changes in late modernity? By developing a unique brand of spatial cultural studies, this book explores complex formations of race and class as they arise in the subtle textures of whiteness, respectability and youth subjectivity. This is the first book to look specifically at young ethnicities through the prism of local-global change. Eloquently written, its riveting ethnographic case studies and insider accounts will ensure that this book becomes a benchmark publication for writing on race in years to come.Trade Review'Race, Place and Globalization is a critical ethnography of the construction of young white masculinities in North-East England. It provides a locally grounded understanding of the experience of globalization from the perspective of those at its cutting edge. The Real Geordies, Charver Kids, Wiggers and Wannabees who we encounter in the course of this most engaging book are no ciphers of some abstract social theory. In Anoop Nayaks skilful narrative, they emerge as real, live, embodied and contradictory identities. The author combines a geographical interest in the dynamics of place, space and location with a wider perspective on the cultural politics of race, class and gender. It makes compelling reading and deserves a wide audience.'Peter Jackson, University of Sheffield 'Cross-racial identifications among young people of various racial backgrounds in England, but also racisms, are the topics of "Race, Place and Globalization: Youth Cultures in a Changing

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Book SynopsisAn examination of the treatment of juveniles who kill in different European countries. From the tragic Mary Bell and Jamie Bulger murder cases to events world-wide: An expert analysis of what is a global, not just a UK phenomenon. This unique and powerful account includes contributions by 25 legal, medical and psychiatric experts from Europe and CIS states including the author Gita Sereny, Allan Levy QC, Dr. Norman Tutt, Dr Susan Bailey and Peter Badge. There is a also a special chapter by Mary-Anne Kirvan on the position in Canada. Simply excellent and containing information and data not available elsewhere. Published in association with the British Juvenile and Family Courts Society (BJFCS). Reviews 'Highly recommended': The Law 'A rich source of information': British Journal of Social Work 'If you work with children in any of the jurisdictions I think you should read this book': Internet Law Book Reviews Editor Paul Cavadino is principal information officer at the National Association for the Rehabilitation of Offenders (NACRO) and chair of the Penal Affairs Consortium. His other publications include Introduction to the Criminal Justice Process and Bail: The Law, Best Practice and the Debate (now out of print) both with Bryan Gibson.Trade Review'Highly recommended':The Law. 'A rich source of information':British Journal of Social Work.'If you work with children in any of the jurisdictions I think you should read this book': Internet Law Book Reviews.

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Book SynopsisThe 1862 Bartenders Guide is the FIRST cocktail book, in its FIRST version, now in an affordable reprint as it first appeared, in Hardback.It was first known as 'How to Mix Drinks, or the Bon Vivant’s Companion' and published in 1862 with 'A Manual for the Manufacture of Cordials, Liquors, Fancy Syrups, etc, etc' by Christian Schultz appended at the back, since any good bartender was supposed to know how to both mix and make.It includes drinks that we still know today like the Mint Julep and lesser known drinks like Absinthe Water, Flip, and Fix.  One can use it to impress your friends making the Balaklava Nectar, Locomotive, and Blue Blazer.Originals of the 1862 Jerry Thomas Bartender's Guide have been costing $2,000 in 2016, so enjoy this inexpensive reprint and spend your savings in studious enjoyment!

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