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Author: Russell Frank Publisher: Keystone Books ISBN: 9780271079714 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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A humorous account of life in State College, Pennsylvania. Includes reflections on undergraduate life, intercollegiate sports, teaching at Penn State, and the pleasures and frustrations of living in a college town.
Author: Russell Frank Publisher: Keystone Books ISBN: 9780271079714 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 0
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A humorous account of life in State College, Pennsylvania. Includes reflections on undergraduate life, intercollegiate sports, teaching at Penn State, and the pleasures and frustrations of living in a college town.
Author: Russell Frank Publisher: Penn State Press ISBN: 0271080434 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 199
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In the mid-nineties, Russell Frank left a peaceful life in rural California to raise three kids in a town saturated with fraternities, late-night undergrad fast food haunts, and rowdy football crowds. Among the Woo People recounts his two decades living—and surviving—in State College, Pennsylvania, the often-chaotic home of Penn State University. This humorous peek at life in a college town smack-dab in the middle of rural Pennsylvania chronicles a changing community over the course of two eventful decades. A professor of journalism, former columnist for the Centre Daily Times, and contributor to StateCollege.com, Frank has a unique perspective on living in the shadow of a university—especially on the tribe of nomadic young adults known as the “Woo people,” so named for their signature mode of celebratory communication. He invites readers into the routines of his hectic household as they embrace their new home, skewers the culture of intercollegiate sports, relates the challenges and peculiarities of teaching at one of the nation’s largest universities, and, most important, teaches us to be amused at college-kid antics and to appreciate their academic and real-world accomplishments, even as we anxiously tick off the days until semester’s end. From tales of missing porch furniture and red plastic cups in the bushes to a “Nude Year’s Eve” run by an octet of forty-somethings to the sweet relief of summer, Frank’s hilarious, insightful essays are indispensable for anyone who wants to survive, appreciate, and enjoy college-town life.
Author: Lindsay Wong Publisher: arsenal pulp press ISBN: 1551527375 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 233
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In this jaw-dropping, darkly comedic memoir, a young woman comes of age in a dysfunctional Asian family whose members blamed their woes on ghosts and demons when in fact they should have been on anti-psychotic meds. Lindsay Wong grew up with a paranoid schizophrenic grandmother and a mother who was deeply afraid of the “woo-woo”—Chinese ghosts who come to visit in times of personal turmoil. From a young age, she witnessed the woo-woo’s sinister effects; at the age of six, she found herself living in the food court of her suburban mall, which her mother saw as a safe haven because they could hide there from dead people, and on a camping trip, her mother tried to light Lindsay’s foot on fire to rid her of the woo-woo. The eccentricities take a dark turn, however, when her aunt, suffering from a psychotic breakdown, holds the city of Vancouver hostage for eight hours when she threatens to jump off a bridge. And when Lindsay herself starts to experience symptoms of the woo-woo herself, she wonders whether she will suffer the same fate as her family. On one hand a witty and touching memoir about the Asian immigrant experience, and on the other a harrowing and honest depiction of the vagaries of mental illness, The Woo-Woo is a gut-wrenching and beguiling manual for surviving family, and oneself. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.
Author: Benjamin Woo Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP ISBN: 0773552960 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages :
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"Comic book superheroes, fantasy kingdoms, and futuristic starships have become inescapable features of today's pop-culture landscape, and the people we used to deride as "nerds" or "geeks" have ridden their popularity and visibility to mainstream recognition. It seems it's finally hip to be square. Yet these conventionalized representations of geek culture typically ignore the real people who have invested time and resources to make it what it is. Getting a Life recentres our understanding of geek culture on the everyday lives of its participants, drawing on fieldwork in comic book shops, game stores, and conventions, including in-depth interviews with ordinary members of the overlapping communities of fans and enthusiasts. Benjamin Woo shows how geek culture is a set of interconnected social practices that are associated with popular media. He argues that typical depictions of mass-mediated entertainment as something that isolates and pacifies its audiences are flawed because they do not account for the conversations, relationships, communities, and identities that are created by engaging with the products of mass culture. Getting a Life combines engaging interview material with lucid interpretation and a clear, interdisciplinary framework. The volume is both an accessible introduction to this contemporary subculture and an exploration of the ethical possibilities of a life lived with media.
Author: G. Richard Shell Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 9781591841760 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 332
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Explains that the selling of ideas is a matter of encouraging others to share one's beliefs in a guide for salespeople that invites readers to self-assess their persuasion personality and build on natural strengths.
Author: Cynthia Drew Ph. D. Barnes Publisher: Xlibris Corporation ISBN: 9781413447255 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
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Hundreds of thousands of Woo-Woo Sisters women who lead lives guided by rules they didn't make, people they've never met, and standards someone else has set keep searching outside themselves for the answer to who they truly are. In The Woo-Woo Sisters' Wee Book of Wisdom: Just Some Little Life Essentials I Wished I Had Known When, Cynthia Drew Barnes, Ph.D., writes heartfelt messages to these women. About who they really are. About the lives they were meant to live. About the men they have or hope to have in their lives. About where these women can truly find the answers to questions about why they're here. This book examines issues that all women struggle with: love, jobs, homes, relationships, competition, beauty. It speaks a dynamic message through a passionate voice in an effort to liberate women from their own fears. Through poetry and story, this little book of wisdom offers guidance to women everywhere about living the lives they were truly created to live. By risking being just who they are, Woo-Woo Sisters can free themselves from living down to other people's standards for them and embrace themselves for who they were truly meant to be.
Author: Woo Myung Publisher: Cham Books ISBN: 1625930038 Category : Philosophy Languages : en Pages :
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If one understands what the mind is, he is already on the path to happiness. So what is the mind? How can one cleanse one’s mind? Bestselling author Woo Myung has written World Beyond World which is the first book that offers the answers by defining the mind and explaining how one can eliminate the individual self-centered mind, which is pain and burden. Woo Myung is the first to give us the method to cleanse our mind and attain perfect freedom. Sharing his story of how he became Truth, Woo Myung also reveals the method for others to become Truth. He illustrates in writings and graphics the step-by-step process for human completion. He clearly defines the difference between heaven and hell, explaining the reality of the true world and the world of illusion, the human mind world. Woo Myung explains why we must awaken from our illusion and live in the world of reality. For the first time ever, Truth can be fully understood since the book presents the method to realize and become what others have only spoken of. Woo Myung is the first to provide the answers to our deep-rooted questions and the method to attain enlightenment. World Beyond World also includes beautiful poetry that will assist in awakening the human consciousness. Author's official website: www.woomyung.com
Author: Jeana L. Magyar-Moe Publisher: Academic Press ISBN: 9780080923017 Category : Psychology Languages : en Pages : 200
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Positive psychology - essentially the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive - is a relatively new discipline that has experienced substantial growth in the last 5-10 years. Research suggests that the principles and theories from this area of study are highly relevant to the practice of counseling and psychotherapy, and positive psychology presents clinicians and patients with a much needed balance to the more traditional focus on pathology and the disease model of mental health. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the best-researched positive psychological interventions. It emphasizes clinical application, providing a detailed view of how the research can be applied to patients. Covering the broaden-and-build theory, strengths-based therapy, mentoring modalities and more, the volume will provide numerous assessment tools, exercises and worksheets for use throughout the counseling and psychotherapy process. - Summarizes the applications of research from positive psychology to the practice of counseling and psychotherapy - Provides clinician a variety of assessments, worksheets, handouts, and take home and in-session exercises to utilize in the process of conducting therapy from a positive psychological perspective - Provides general treatment planning guidelines for the appropriate use of such assessments, worksheets, handouts, and exercises - Bibliography of positive psychology references to compliment the information provided in this book
Author: Russell Frank
Author: Russell Frank
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