Product Description: Trauma in Schools and Communities uses the power of first-hand, autobiographical narratives to illustrate the advantages and pitfalls of specific interventions implemented in the wake of tragedies. This book addresses short- and long-term impacts of traumatic events and the challenges both survivors and responders face, using case studies from the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing; the Gulf War; the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Hurricanes Katrina and Rita; student suicides; the killing of a teacher; and the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary, Virginia Tech, and Chardon, Ohio, among others...read more

Product Description: The first in-depth study of Kinsella's fiction since 1987, this book offers a unique and updated analysis. Utilizing a variety of approaches and the hermeneutical lenses of race, gender, class, religion, sexuality, and post colonialism, this comprehensive text covers the five novels and numerous short stories featuring baseball...read more

Product Description: That's My Food! is a collection of easy recipes for making delicious Asian food in the typical American kitchen. Written in a casual style, it is perfect for the person who loves to eat Asian food - but has always been a little afraid of trying to cook it...read more

Product Description: This confrontational work analyzes the difficulties that Australia has in establishing a meaningful relationship with Asia. It considers contemporary and historical examples from Australian culture, literature, politics, media and society, contrasting Asian traditions and the experience of non-Anglo migrants in Australia...read more

Product Description: This book is essential reading for any helping professional who work with children, adolescents, and adults who have experience trauma, whether it is a loss, violence, medical emergencies or serious illness, or natural or man-made catastrophic events...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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Product Description: A student in crisis often signifies a family in crisis. When this is the case, school personnel can most effectively help the student by working with the whole family. Although school counselors are constrained by time considerations and a limited scope of responsibility, many times they are the first helping professionals to know there is a problem and they are often the only mental health workers who will come into contact with these families...read more