Procrastination - Why You Do It? What to Do About It Now
Based on years of counseling, psychologists Jane B. Burka and Lenora M. Yuen offer a probing, sensitive, and sometimes humorous look at the problem that troubles everyone. Revealing the reasons we put off tasks-fears of failure, success, control, separation, and attachment-the authors outline a practical, tested program to overcome procrastination. Candid and understanding, Procrastination is a must-have today for anyone who puts everything off until tomorrow.
The Critique of Practical Reason (German: Kritik der praktischen Vernunft) is the second of Immanuel Kant's three critiques, first published in 1788. It follows on from his Critique of Pure Reason and deals with his moral philosophy. The second Critique exercised a decisive influence over the subsequent development of the field of ethics and moral philosophy, beginning with Fichte's Doctrine of Science and becoming, during the 20th century, the principal reference point for every moral philosophy of a deontological stamp.
2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings and Expressions
This enormous collection of almost one thousand pages contains the four previously published bestselling titles, A Hog on Ice, Thereby Hangs, A Tale, Heavens to Betsy! and Horsefeathers. How did the expression "a wild goose chase" originate? Why does the word "dunce" come from the great philosopher, Duns Scotus? Dr. Funk has taken these and over 2000 other curious words, expressions and sayings that we use in our daily speech and traced them back through the years to find their amusing, practical and surprising origins. These sayings are derived from classical sources, historic events, famous literature, frontier humor and the frailties of mankind.
Here is a concise, well illustrated, practical guide to treating women with acupuncture throughout their pregnancy and labor. The author, an experienced midwife and acupuncturist, has produced a book that's useful and accessible to acupuncture students and practitioners. It covers physiology related to pregnancy and childbirth, with practical advice and instruction on the use of acupuncture in different stages of pregnancy and labor.
Accurate diagnosis and effective long term therapy or control of alimentary disease in the dog and cat are difficult goals to achieve, due to a lack of comprehensive information on the specific conditions affecting the alimentary tract together with a lack of suitably practical methods of investigation. The book presents, in a practical way, the information which clinicians, faced with the daily business of investigating such problems, will need.
