Why Communication Is Important and How to Be Good at It
Understanding Human Communication: Why Communication Is Important and How to Be Good at It provides readers with an exploration of why effective communication is vital and how it can be mastered. The book underscores communication as a critical skill for various social, personal, and professional scenarios, and provides readers with an innovative ......
This book explores communication in older adulthood, particularly in the areas of interpersonal, intercultural, and mass communication, and includes coverage of communication using new technology. The book synthesises existing research and builds a case for more positive attitudes towards aging and for the power of communication to shape such ......
Why can an individual who was found not guilty in criminal court be made to pay damages in a tort case? What is administrative or regulatory law? And how and why are different facets of the legal system so complex, nuanced, and different from each other? Understanding Aspects of the Law: A Guide to Criminal, Tort, and Regulatory Law helps ......
Understanding Argument in a Post-Truth World provides students with the necessary skills to help them critically evaluate the situations they face in a technologically driven, "post-truth" world. Authors Heather Walters and Kristen Stout explore how the use of technology has changed the way people argue, and how disinformation, information ......
Addressing the Transgenerational Trauma of Afrikan/Black People
Ubuntu Psychology: Addressing the Transgenerational Trauma of Afrikan/Black People introduces a paradigm for understanding and treating psychological health amongst Afrikan people, informed by a distinct Afrikan worldview. The book describes Ubuntu Psychology as a mental health model and the practice of Ubuntu psychotherapy, grounded in the ......
Filling a gap in academic literature, U.S. First Ladies: Making History and Leaving Legacies, examines how first ladies are uniquely positioned to influence American society, public policy, politics, diplomacy, and life in the White House. The textbook explores the development and evolution of the role of the first lady, their initiatives and ......
Reading and studying great works of literature can help us expand our vision, worldview, and frame of reference and can make us feel more vital, exuberant, and alive. These activities can provide an intellectual experience to make life more comprehensible and meaningful. Furthermore, reading and studying literature can do an extraordinary job of ......
Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America answers the revolutionary call of James Baldwin in "The Fire Next Time" for new standards for white Americans. Educator and former psychotherapist William Watson presents a treatment plan for democracy, an innovative framework of steps white Americans can take (and all individuals and ......
Twelve Steps for White America: For a United States of America answers the revolutionary call of James Baldwin in "The Fire Next Time" for new standards for white Americans. Educator and former psychotherapist, William Watson presents a treatment plan for democracy, an innovative framework of steps white Americans can take (and all individuals ......