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News for Free

How to Save Public Media and Why

by Joel Simon ...

Can democracy come to the rescue of journalism?Across the United States, local news is collapsing, trust is eroding, and public media is under political attack. Yet democracies cannot survive without reliable information. In News for Free, journalist and press-freedom advocate Joel Simon travels from New Hampshire and Texas to Denmark, South Korea, and beyond, asking whether governments can ... Read more

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Can democracy come to the rescue of journalism?Across the United States, local news is collapsing, trust is eroding, and public media is under political attack. Yet democracies cannot survive without reliable information. In News for Free, journalist and press-freedom advocate Joel Simon travels from New Hampshire and Texas to Denmark, South Korea, and beyond, asking whether governments can
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We Want to Negotiate

The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom

by Joel Simon ...

A gripping exploration of the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: Should governments pay ransom to terrorists?Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria—journalists and aid workers—began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the ... Read more

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A gripping exploration of the ethical, legal, and strategic considerations of a bedeviling question: Should governments pay ransom to terrorists?Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria—journalists and aid workers—began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the
... Read more

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Informing the Global Citizen

A Selection from The New Censorship: Inside the Global Battle for Media Freedom

by Joel Simon ...

Series series To the Point
Today, anyone with an iPhone can provide firsthand accounts from the world's front lines. Despite our increased access to events around the world, journalists are more vital than ever as they bring context and perspective and help to set the humanitarian agenda. However, threats to journalists are mounting with record numbers killed and imprisoned each year. From the drug wars of Mexico to Iraq ... Read more

$1.99 USD

Today, anyone with an iPhone can provide firsthand accounts from the world's front lines. Despite our increased access to events around the world, journalists are more vital than ever as they bring context and perspective and help to set the humanitarian agenda. However, threats to journalists are mounting with record numbers killed and imprisoned each year. From the drug wars of Mexico to Iraq
... Read more
Opportunities in Solution-Focused Interviewing

Clients’ Key Words and Therapists’ Responses

by Joel K. Simon, Lance Taylor ...

Written by the developers of the microanalysis of opportunities approach, this book describes how clinicians can use this model when listening and responding to clients in solution-focused therapy, training, coaching, and supervision.Joel K. Simon and Lance Taylor begin by reviewing the evolution, philosophical foundations, and intervention tools of solution-focused brief therapy, sharing how ... Read more

$44.99 USD

Written by the developers of the microanalysis of opportunities approach, this book describes how clinicians can use this model when listening and responding to clients in solution-focused therapy, training, coaching, and supervision.Joel K. Simon and Lance Taylor begin by reviewing the evolution, philosophical foundations, and intervention tools of solution-focused brief therapy, sharing how
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Weird Tales Magazine No. 368

Occult Detective Issue

by Jonathan Maberry ...

Narrated by various authors, Bronson Pinchot, Eric G. Dove, Kevin Kenerly, Andrea Emmes, Robin Miles, Sarah Mollo-Christensen, Tim Campbell, Robert Fass0, Joel Froomkin1, Frankie Corzo2, Scott Aiello3, Simon Vance4, Hillary Huber5, Zura Johnson6, Heath Miller7, Marc Thompson8, Kyla Garcia9, various narrators0, Kevin J. Anderson1 ...

Series Audiobook 368 - Weird Tales Magazine
Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

Weird Tales magazine is known for launching a number of sub-genres of fiction—cosmic horror, swords & sorcery, dark fantasy, and others. It has also greatly added to existing genres like science fiction, horror, and—a personal favorite of editor Jonathan Maberry—weird mystery stories. Or, as they became known—occult detective tales. Here are all-original tales about people who peer into the ... Read more

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Weird Tales magazine is known for launching a number of sub-genres of fiction—cosmic horror, swords & sorcery, dark fantasy, and others. It has also greatly added to existing genres like science fiction, horror, and—a personal favorite of editor Jonathan Maberry—weird mystery stories. Or, as they became known—occult detective tales. Here are all-original tales about people who peer into the
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The Oxford Handbook of the Anthropology of Religion

Edited by Joel Robbins, Simon Coleman ...

Series series Oxford Handbooks
Anthropologists of religion study themes central to the understanding of humanity, such as the power of ritual, the authority of language, and the exemplary character of myth. This Handbook brings together leading specialists to explain the historical and intellectual background to how anthropologists approach religion, and to show why its study remains a dynamic means of reflecting on ... Read more

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Anthropologists of religion study themes central to the understanding of humanity, such as the power of ritual, the authority of language, and the exemplary character of myth. This Handbook brings together leading specialists to explain the historical and intellectual background to how anthropologists approach religion, and to show why its study remains a dynamic means of reflecting on
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Were-2

by Esther Friesner, Randee Dawn, Auston Habershaw, Gini Koch, Jean Marie Ward, Harry Turtledove, Gail Z. Martin, Blake Jessop, Steven Harper, Evan Simon-Leack, Elena Pavlova, Joel C. Scoberg, Joe Attard, Joshua Palmatier, Rebecca Snow, S.C. Butler ...

Not All Shapeshifters Howl at the MoonIt’s the night of the full moon and you thought werewolves were bad enough. Now you have to worry about what else might be stalking you through the streets! Were-bees? Were-llamas? Were-siphonophores? Even the ocean isn’t safe! In WERE-2, the latest anthology from Zombies Need Brains, we return to the back alleys (and oceans) in the dead of night to discover ... Read more

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Not All Shapeshifters Howl at the MoonIt’s the night of the full moon and you thought werewolves were bad enough. Now you have to worry about what else might be stalking you through the streets! Were-bees? Were-llamas? Were-siphonophores? Even the ocean isn’t safe! In WERE-2, the latest anthology from Zombies Need Brains, we return to the back alleys (and oceans) in the dead of night to discover
... Read more
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The Infodemic

How Censorship and Lies Made the World Sicker and Less Free

by Joel Simon, Robert Mahoney ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Series series Columbia Global Reports
Unabridged

4 hours 56 min

An inside look at how the governments of Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, India and the US used COVID as a pretense to undermine freedomThe Infodemic lays bare the mechanisms of modern censorship and shows how they were used to undermine the response to the greatest global pandemic in a century. Beginning in China, the book charts the onslaught of COVID censorship through Iran, Russia, India, ... Read more

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An inside look at how the governments of Iran, Russia, India, Egypt, Brazil, India and the US used COVID as a pretense to undermine freedomThe Infodemic lays bare the mechanisms of modern censorship and shows how they were used to undermine the response to the greatest global pandemic in a century. Beginning in China, the book charts the onslaught of COVID censorship through Iran, Russia, India,
... Read more

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Solution-Focused Case Management

by Joel Simon, MSW, ACSW, BCD, Robert G. Blundo, PhD, LCSW ...

“Blundo and Simon have successfully outlined how a solution*-focused* perspective can be a powerful tool for case managers. Their understanding and presentation is based upon practice scenarios that are real and applied...They clearly demonstrate the impact of ‘thinking and language’ and the importance of building a collaborative relationship with clients. Their work challenges the traditional ... Read more

$77.99 USD

“Blundo and Simon have successfully outlined how a solution*-focused* perspective can be a powerful tool for case managers. Their understanding and presentation is based upon practice scenarios that are real and applied...They clearly demonstrate the impact of ‘thinking and language’ and the importance of building a collaborative relationship with clients. Their work challenges the traditional
... Read more
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We Want to Negotiate

The Secret World of Kidnapping, Hostages and Ransom

by Joel Simon ...

Narrated by Rob Shapiro ...

Series series Columbia Global Reports
Unabridged

5 hours 5 min

Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the Islamic State began executing the Americans -- including ... Read more

$14.00 USD

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Starting in late 2012, Westerners working in Syria -- journalists and aid workers -- began disappearing without a trace. A year later the world learned they had been taken hostage by the Islamic State. Throughout 2014, all the Europeans came home, first the Spanish, then the French, then an Italian, a German, and a Dane. In August 2014, the Islamic State began executing the Americans -- including
... Read more

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Solution Focused Practice in End-of-Life and Grief Counseling

by Joel Simon, MSW, ACSW, BCD ...

"Although I have been a hospice nurse for almost 19 years, I am not a counselor. However, I will be able to use some of the information I learned here to assist my patients and my colleagues with issues encountered during the difficult time when patients are dying and families are struggling with realities. I will definitely share this book with our bereavement counselors and social workers." ... Read more

$64.99 USD

"Although I have been a hospice nurse for almost 19 years, I am not a counselor. However, I will be able to use some of the information I learned here to assist my patients and my colleagues with issues encountered during the difficult time when patients are dying and families are struggling with realities. I will definitely share this book with our bereavement counselors and social workers."
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Dark Minds

A Charity Collection of Short Stories from Some of Your Favourite Authors

by B. A. Morton, Emma Pullar, Louise Jensen, Tara Lyons, Richard T. Burke, Betsy Reavley, Tony R. Cox, S.E. Lynes, Ross Greenwood, JT Lawrence, Ron Nicholson, Lisa Hall, KA Richardson, A.J. Sendall, Pete Adams, A.S. King, L J Ross, Paul D. Brazill, April Taylor, Joel Hames, Anita Waller, Simon Maltman, Jim Ody, Steve Dunne, Peter Best, Tess Makovesky, Alex Walters, Paul Gitsham, M.A. Comley, Stephen Edger, Nick Jackson, Roz White, David Evans, Lucy V. Hay, Alex Shaw, Jane E. James, Mark L. Fowler, Charlie Flowers, Hannah Haq, Bernie Steadman, Jenna-Leigh Golding ...

A collection of forty crime and thriller short stories, with all profits from the sale of this book to be donated to Hospice UK and Sophie's Appeal.Do you think you know darkness? Think again. Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds—a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalise and shock its readers. What took place "By the Water?" What ... Read more

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A collection of forty crime and thriller short stories, with all profits from the sale of this book to be donated to Hospice UK and Sophie's Appeal.Do you think you know darkness? Think again. Bloodhound Books presents Dark Minds—a collection of stories by authors who have come together to produce an anthology that will lure, tantalise and shock its readers. What took place "By the Water?" What
... Read more

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