Current approaches to the drug problem are not working and almost everyone agrees that more effective solutions are needed. This comprehensive volume offers a dynamic new approach to understanding and solving the drug problem. This text applies the techniques and formulations of general semantics to investigate and make recommendations about various aspects of drug abuse. General semantics, a process problem-solving approach based on the primacy of the scientific method and importance of language as a shaper of thoughts and perceptions, has a proven record of success in problem-solving...
Current approaches to the drug problem are not working and almost everyone agrees that more effective solutions are needed. This comprehensive volu...
"When Good Things Happen to Bad People" offers an irreverent, fast-paced, fact-filled compendium of fifty case studies of notorious villains from Attila the Hun to Dick Cheney who triumphed in life despite, or because of, their dastardly deeds. This book is the perfect foil to Harold Kushner's international bestseller "When Bad Things Happen to Good People."
So why do good things happen to bad people? Maybe a certain number of baddies are simply going to get their share of good luck. Maybe "the devil" is running the universe and he or she likes pleasing his or her favorites. Maybe God is...
"When Good Things Happen to Bad People" offers an irreverent, fast-paced, fact-filled compendium of fifty case studies of notorious villains from Atti...
In these times of rapid change and constant upheaval, can we learn to think and communicate more effectively-at home, in school, on the job, and as citizens of the larger world? This book (like its predecessor Sensible Thinking for Turbulent Times), which is based on the formulations of general semantics, says yes, yes, and yes Topics in it include practical ways to improve your thinking ability, emotional self-management, understanding of the media, and analysis of important social issues.
In these times of rapid change and constant upheaval, can we learn to think and communicate more effectively-at home, in school, on the job, and as ci...
