The many points of contact and conflict about culture and identity that exist between Europe and the Asia-Pacific are highlighted in this volume. In terms of democracy, human rights and the state of the economy, Asian culture and values have been a major factor in representing the region and its identity. Definitions of region here have generally taken the West as the major point of contrast, and the edifice against which culture, identity and representations of region have been constructed in the Asia-Pacific. Similarly, the idea of Europe and the construction of European identity have...

Tackling difficult issues, Emotionally Involved gives a vivid picture the challenges researchers who studey traumatic events face. It is essential reading for researchers, therapists, fieldworkers, for those on the frontlines of rape crisis and domestic violence work, and for anyone concerned with the role of emotions in social science.

Based on interviews with over 100 rape researchers, Emotionally Involved explores what it feels like to continually work with these distressing accounts of sexual violence in women's lives.

In 1999, Becky Kasprick found herself alone with four children in the heart of the civil war. Her house was burned down leaving only the clothes on her back. She had the choice to stay and surrender, or run and risk their lives. She chose to run.

Rise Sister Rise is for the women who agreed at soul level to be here at this stage in history to lead this global shift that the mystics of all of the ages have predicted: the return of the mother and the rise of the feminine. It is essentially a call to arms for women to rise up, tell their truth, and lead.
Most women have spent much of their working lives "making it" in a man's world, leaning on patriarchal methods of survival in order to succeed, dulling down their intuition, and ignoring the fierce power of their feminine. They have ignored the cycles of the feminine in...

Light Is the New Black is a guidebook for a new breed of women who are here to be bright lights in the world - modern-day lightworkers, who agreed to be here at this time in history. In order to thrive in this new age, everything we do must be an authentic expression of who we truly are. Light Is the New Black will guide you back home to the callings of your soul, so you can light up the world with your presence.

Rebecca Campbell had her first awakening when she was a teenager, but without anyone to guide her, she ignored her soul's callings and dimmed her light in order to...