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Supported by academic research focused on technology, Media Moms and Digital Dads breaks down complex issues in a friendly, accessible fashion, making it a highly useful and ultimately reassuring listen for anyone worried about the impact that media might be having on young minds. Dr. Uhls ends each chapter with a summary of the science, a bottom line for quick takeaway, and tips and guidance for parents.

Who in their right mind would move into the Faraday House, with its grim history and a generation spent rotting and untended? Rachel Vale and her daughter, Lucy. They’ve arrived unexpectedly, yet with peculiar purpose, to Woodward, Indiana, to rent the most infamous house in town. Here, sixteen years ago, Nina Faraday vanished without a trace and her mother was found hanging from an apple tree in the front yard. It was the stuff of ghoulish fascination and dark imaginings.

It's the mother of all search problems: how to find a spouse, a mate, a date. The escalating marriage age and declining marriage rate mean we're spending a greater portion of our lives unattached, searching for love well into our 30s and 40s. It's no wonder that a third of America's 90 million singles are turning to dating Web sites. Once considered the realm of the lonely and desperate, sites like eHarmony, Match, OkCupid, and Plenty of Fish have been embraced by pretty much every demographic.

To succeed in science and tech fields today, girls don't have to change who they are. A girl who combines her natural talents, interests, and dreams with STEM skills has a greater shot at a career she loves and a salary she deserves. The authors present compelling research in a conversational, accessible style and provide specific advice and takeaways for each stage of schooling from elementary school through college, followed by comprehensive STEM resources.

Das Große 4 in 1 Hörbuch der Bestsellerautoren Sabine Altena, Ingo Hoppe und Patrick Lynen! Was ist das für eine magische Eigenschaft, die manche Menschen sofort beliebt und respektiert macht? Bei Veranstaltungen scharen sie andere um sie, jeder möchte mit ihnen ins Gespräch kommen sein und im Geschäft steigen sie schnell die Karriereleiter empor. Welche "Geheimwaffe" nutzen diese Menschen? Die Antwort lautet: Es ist ein besonderes Gespür für Beziehungen, ein geschickterer Umgang mit Menschen.

¿Ya te cansaste de sentirte tímido y no poder hablar? Este programa garantiza enseñarte a comenzar, continuar y terminar conversaciones con cualquiera en cualquier situación. Con un poco de práctica, dominarás las técnicas prácticas contenidas en este programa. En muy poco tiempo, superarás la timidez, harás nuevas amistades y podrás comunicarte con más éxito y más confianza en la casa, en el trabajo y en todos lugares.

Ob Barack Obama, Martin Luther King oder Steve Jobs - sie sind allesamt einflussreiche Persönlichkeiten, die vor allem durch ihr rhetorisches Geschick von sich reden machten. Wer sich in der heutigen Welt behaupten möchte, muss die Kunst der Kommunikation beherrschen und sollte unbedingt selbstbewusst auftreten! Mit Charisma und einer guten Rhetorik kann man fast alle Menschen für sich gewinnen und seine Ziele besser erreichen. Die Bestseller-Autoren Ingo Hoppe und Patrick Lynen zeigen in diesem Premium-Bundle wirkungsvolle Mechanismen für erfolgreiche Beziehungsarbeit auf.

The last five years have seen dramatic and fundamental changes in whistleblower procedures for organizations. Prompted by a spate of important public disclosures, organizations are now mandated by law to implement effective arrangements enabling employees to speak up about perceived wrongdoing. Currently few resources exist to help with this. To help fill the gap, The Whistleblowing Guide examines the opportunities and challenges associated with different types of whistleblowing and speak-up arrangements, making recommendations based on best practices you can trust.

Renowned as a diversity and inclusion strategist, Michelle Gadsden-Williams held C-Suite positions at major organizations for many years and then took the off-ramp to probe a different career path, launching Ceiling Breakers LLC, with the primary goal to help women and professionals of color reach their full potential. As a woman of color and corporate executive who has worked and traveled the world for several Fortune 500 companies - all while managing a chronic illness - she provides insight into overcoming the barriers facing professionals in today's workplace.

In his account of the sensational life and murder of Grady Stiles Jr., also known as the legendary carnival freak Lobster Boy, author Fred Rosen explains how Stiles' death was engineered by his wife, Mary Teresa, the carny known as the Electrified Girl. Rosen describes how Mary Teresa arranged for her husband's murder after years of physical and emotional abuse. During Mary Teresa's dramatic trial, Rosen becomes a character in his own book.

In a confusing world in which faith no longer satisfies, The New Moral Code paves a clear path to happiness and fulfillment. The authors provide simple and easy steps to free you from the angst of modern society’s hectic pace. Learn to shed the burden of expectation created by others and pave your own road to a meaningful life of deep contentment.

Yes: a small word, but the key to opening doors both professional and personal. The power of The Yes Factor gets you the job, the promotion, or the second date. But getting a "yes" can be tricky. Tonya Reiman explains how communication works-what the words you speak actually say about you, and how the perfect pitch can help you achieve your goals, convince your boss or client you should get the account, give a killer presentation, or win control of the remote (without ticking off your spouse!).

Fearful of prison time - or lynching - for violating Indiana’s anti-miscegenation laws in the 1940s, E. Dolores Johnson's Black father and White mother fled Indianapolis to secretly marry in Buffalo. Her mother simply vanished, evading an FBI and police search that ended with the declaration to her family that she was the victim of foul play, either dead or sold into white slavery.

Our devices and data are woven into our lives. We can't simply reject them. Margaret Morris argues we need to adapt technology creatively to our needs and values. In Left to Our Own Devices, Morris offers examples of individuals applying technologies in unexpected ways - uses that go beyond those intended by developers and designers. Morris examines these kinds of personalized life hacks, chronicling the ways that people have adapted technology to strengthen social connection, enhance well-being, and affirm identity.

Weit über 100 getötete Frauen allein in Deutschland pro Jahr: Morde, über die niemand spricht. Jeden Tag versucht in Deutschland ein Mann, seine Frau umzubringen. Alle 3 Tage wird eine Frau von ihrem Partner oder Ex-Partner getötet. Hinzu kommen die Morde an Frauen durch ihnen unbekannte Täter. Diese Verbrechen sind keine Ehrenmorde oder Beziehungstaten, sondern Femizide: Morde, die an Frauen verübt werden, weil sie Frauen sind.

As part of human psychology, everyone manipulates a little bit. But some do it on purpose, and some do it a lot. And the way we do it, and the reasons we do it for, matter. Did you know most people lie every day? Did you know that some people have become masters and making other people do what they want them to do? If you want to see through all that, take off your pink glasses and step into the world of dark psychology.

Wie Sie sich schnell und mühelos ein umfassendes Allgemeinwissen aufbauen und sofort selbstbewusster in Gesprächen werden - für privaten und beruflichen Erfolg! Fühlen Sie sich in Gesprächsrunden oft unwohl, da Sie wegen mangelnden Wissens nicht richtig mitreden können? Empfinden Sie Unsicherheit, wenn Sie nach Ihrer Meinung zu einem Thema gefragt werden, von dem Sie nicht einmal etwas mitbekommen haben? Fällt es Ihnen schwer, sich neu gelernte Dinge dauerhaft zu merken?

Sweet, supportive, dependable, selfless. Long before she had children of her own, journalist Carrie Mullins knew how mothers should behave. But how? Where did these expectations come from—and, more importantly, are they serving the mothers whose lives they shape? Carrie's suspicion, later crystallized while raising two small children, was that our culture’s idealization of motherhood was not only painfully limiting but harmful, leaving women to cope with impossible standards—standards rarely created by mothers themselves.

Emily Bell has it all - or so she thinks. She's in love with a boy named Sam, and this summer is destined to be the best they've ever known. No one suspects that Sam's violent father, who blames the Bell family for his incarceration, is planning a jailbreak. Meanwhile Sam and Emily's idyllic romance is under fire from a charismatic new girl in town, and Emily begins to question the loyalty of the person she thought she could trust most.

On a winter morning in 1990, Senator Byron Dorgan of North Dakota picked up the Bismarck Tribune. On the front page, a small girl gazed into the distance, shedding a tear. The headline: Foster home children beaten - and nobody's helping. Dorgan, who had been working with American Indian tribes to secure resources, was distressed. He flew to the Standing Rock Indian Reservation to meet with five-year-old Tamara and her grandfather. They became friends. Then she disappeared. And he would search for her for decades until they finally found each other again.