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There are self help books littering the shelves of every book store in America. People are searching for a way to improve their quality of life as they digest the pages of every one of them. This book is different.This book contains no promises of great monetary success in less than twenty four hours if you read the book. There is no mystical secret contained between pages forty and sixty. Instead, there are simple truths. Truths are so often overlooked; they seem to be revelations of a new and exciting horizon. There are methods of reaching goals and what you need to do to reach yours, but...

When people are in a certain mood, whether elated or depressed, that mood is often communicated to others. When we are talking to someone who is depressed it may make us feel depressed, whereas if we talk to someone who is feeling self-confident and buoyant we are likely to feel good about ourselves. This phenomenon, known as emotional contagion, is identified here, and compelling evidence for its effects is offered from a variety of disciplines--social and developmental psychology, history, cross-cultural psychology, experimental psychology, and psychopathology. The authors propose a simple...

Today, with all of the controversies surrounding religion in the schools and in the public sphere, it would seem more important than ever that teachers and librarians have a quick source of up-to-date, correct, unbiased information to give to patrons and students. The authors of this book (all are or have been professors of religion at various well- known universities) offer just that. The book is arranged to cover most of the known (and little-known) religions in America. Each section includes: Origins, Beliefs, Sacred Book/Scriptures, Practices, Main Subgroups, Common Misunderstandings and...