Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Parenting with Love, Laughter, and Limits

Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Parenting with Love, Laughter, and Limits
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Just what we needed!

Enjoyable reading for parents of tweens and teens!

Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers: Parenting with Love, Laughter, and Limits
Maurice J. Phd Elias , Steven E. Psyd Tobias , and Brian S. Phd Friedlander
Manufacturer: Harmony
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Leave your son an answering machine message from his incomplete English paper or send your daughter an e-mail from her overdue science assignment. These are two of the refreshing suggestions about how to happily cope with a hormone-charged teenager who is ignoring his/her homework in Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers. A trio of psychologists have written a practical and humorous book to deepen the parent-teen connection, raise knowledgeable and emotionally wise teenagers, and to make home an oasis from the stress of adolescence.

Summarizing the insights from Daniel Goleman's bestselling Emotional Intelligence, the authors focus on emotional and spiritual, rather than intellectual, development. They tackle teen issues of schoolwork, car keys, mall malaise, grungy rooms, scary friends, sex, and drugs with their "Four L" plan (love, laughter, limits, and linkages). The pages are packed with instructive scenarios, quizzes, and wise, engaging strategies for parents and teens. One unique chapter--lampooning the ways of parents--is written for parents and kids to read and laugh about together. The authors offer a "24 Karat Golden Rule," which underlines the spirit and substance of the book's emotional toolbox for parents: "Do unto your children as you would have other people do unto your children." --Barbara Mackoff

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The authors of Emotionally Intelligent Parenting focus their attention and expertise on the toughest parenting job of all: raising emotionally intelligent teenagers.

Just when parents think they've successfully navigated the baffling challenges of raising young children, they're astonished to find those same kids have become teenagers -- an entirely new genus altogether! Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers provides specific strategies for applying the insights of Daniel Goleman's best-seller, Emotional Intelligence, to this most challenging stage in parenting.

Not only do raging hormones make everything more intense for teenagers, but they have their own special issues concerning identity, self-confidence, peer pressure, and responsibility, including individuating from their parents. Drs. Elias, Tobias, and Friedlander, all respected experts in child behavior, have written a clear, informative book of sound advice to help parents raise knowledgeable, responsible, nonviolent, and caring teenagers who will mature into well-adjusted young adults.

Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers is packed with real-life scenarios, practical strategies, the answers to the questions parents ask most frequently, and even questionnaires and quizzes. All of this useful information is drawn from the authors' professional and personal experiences and is given with warmth and humor.

There is a great chapter for parents and teens to read and laugh over together and one that addresses teens who are particularly tough to raise. The authors, professionals and parents who have seen it all, know how to help you and your teenagers communicate.

Customer Reviews:

Just what we needed!.......2001-02-13

Recently, I had the opportunity to read "Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers", a new book about raising teenagers. I was very interested in reading the book, as I knew that someday my young children will be teens, and I like to be prepared!

As I read the book, "Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers", I can not begin to tell you how uplifted I began to feel. While my oldest is only ten years old, I immediately realized that this book could help me with raising her even before she officially becomes a teenager. I have already began to experience some strains on our relationship, but this book gave me new insight and approaches that I alone would not have thought of.

My husband and I have discussed that we are worried about the future, when we will have hormone filled teens. Will be raise them right? Have we provide the best foundations for them now? What obstacles must we overcome once these little ones are transformed into young adults? We know how we were for our parents, so how are our children going to be for us? "Raising Emotionally Intelligent Teenagers" was the perfect book we needed.

Enjoyable reading for parents of tweens and teens!.......2000-11-03

Once again these three have come up with an easy to read, insightful book on the joys and pains of parenting. Their humorous but sincere dialog shares the good and the bad of the volatile teenage years without being too preachy about things. I enjoyed this book as much as their last one, Emotionally Intelligent Parenting. I would definitely recommend this as a "must read" to anyone trying to raise a teenager in today's world.

Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
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wisdom in defeat and humility in victory

How Delta Came to Be

Excellent book.

Best 1st Person Spec.Ops. Account I have Read to Date

Excellent book.

Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Eric Haney
Manufacturer: Delta
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ASIN: 0385339364
Release Date: 2005-08-30

Book Description

Now the inspiration for the CBS Television drama, "The Unit."

Delta Force. They are the U.S. Army's most elite top-secret strike force. They dominate the modern battlefield, but you won't hear about their heroics on CNN. No headlines can reveal their top-secret missions, and no book has ever taken readers inside—until now. Here, a founding member of Delta Force takes us behind the veil of secrecy and into the action-to reveal the never-before-told story of 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-D (Delta Force).

Inside Delta Forece
The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

He is a master of espionage, trained to take on hijackers, terrorists, hostage takers, and enemy armies. He can deploy by parachute or arrive by commercial aircraft. Survive alone in hostile cities. Speak foreign languages fluently. Strike at enemy targets with stunning swiftness and extraordinary teamwork. He is the ultimate modern warrior: the Delta Force Operator.

In this dramatic behind-the-scenes chronicle, Eric Haney, one of the founding members of Delta Force, takes us inside this legendary counterterrorist unit. Here, for the first time, are details of the grueling selection process—designed to break the strongest of men—that singles out the best of the best: the Delta Force Operator.

With heart-stopping immediacy, Haney tells what it's really like to enter a hostage-held airplane. And from his days in Beirut, Haney tells an unforgettable tale of bodyguards and bombs, of a day-to-day life of madness and beauty, and of how he and a teammate are called on to kill two gunmen targeting U.S. Marines at the Beirut airport. As part of the team sent to rescue American hostages in Tehran, Haney offers a first-person description of that failed mission that is a chilling, compelling account of a bold maneuver undone by chance—and a few fatal mistakes.

From fighting guerrilla warfare in Honduras to rescuing missionaries in Sudan and leading the way onto the island of Grenada, Eric Haney captures the daring and discipline that distinguish the men of Delta Force. Inside Delta Force brings honor to these singular men while it puts us in the middle of action that is sudden, frightening, and nonstop around the world.

From the Hardcover edition.

Customer Reviews:

wisdom in defeat and humility in victory.......2007-07-12

David Mamet, in my edition of this book, now more than three years old, long before 'The Unit' came along, writes at the beginning:

"The great military novels have about them an ineffable air of sadness. [They] seem, both in scenes of combat and in the scenes of rest, depictions of a life heightened to the plateau of regret, longing, and loss. The great military memoirs, similarly, are a record of loss and its transmutation into compassion. [...] in Eric Haney's Inside Delta Force, we are welcomed into the curious, moving and persuasive philosophy of the soldier trying to find wisdom in defeat and humility in victory."

It's a comment that reflects the spirit of the contents, and which ultimately translates into the very cool TV series based on the book. I also admit, quite without shame that the characters of 'Phantom Strike Team' in my novel 'Fontaine' were definitely inspired by this account, which I found fascinating and quite un-put-downable; much like Michael Durant's 'In The Company of Heroes'.

I have no idea how 'real' and 'true' the things depicted here are, because I have no real evidence to back up whatever I believe. However, I would like to think--possibly wishfully, but why not?--that Orwell's 'rough men [who] stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm' aren't just a bunch of thugs, who just like to shoot people, but that they are like those guys; that they are grounded and have a sense of purpose, and that Mamet's comments are on the mark.

Again, without evidence for the 'truth', whatever that may be, I cannot tell; but I choose to think that Haney has done more than just show them in the best light; that even in the harsh light of day, it all basically holds true.

How Delta Came to Be.......2007-07-09

I read a few other reviews of this book before buying it and find they were accurate. Haney tells about how Delta force came to be in interesting detail. The people that submit themselves to the Selection process really can only truly truly want the job. If you watch or have seen any episodes of "The Unit" you can see where story plot lines came from, but don't expect any detailed past mission stories.

Excellent book........2007-06-08

As usual, the same excellent quality and service that I have come to expect from Amazon. Book was great and recommend it to anyone thats interested in this type of stuff. Great compliment to "The Unit".

Best 1st Person Spec.Ops. Account I have Read to Date.......2007-05-19

I initially was drawn to this book after seeing it credited as the inspiration for CBS's drama "The Unit". (I'm a sucker for marketing, huh?) This book was to be the first in a long line of military non-fiction works that I read recently and for me it's still one of the best. Haney isn't the GREATEST writer in the world but his style works well for the subject matter at hand and thankfully lacks some of the irritating macho-ness that plagues many other ex-military authors. What made the book great for me was the fact that because Haney was a recruit in Delta as opposed to one of the organizers, there is a sense of mystery and the unknown as he chronicles his progress through Selection and his early days in the unit. I also read Charlie Beckwith's book on Delta and thought this was the better read. The only thing I didn't like about the book was that Haney retired so many years ago that you are left wanting to know more about current ops, but that's not a criticism of the book itself, simply a lament on my part. Overall I'd highly recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about what drives these incredible individuals.

Excellent book. .......2007-05-18

Great read. I spent 28 years in the Army, many of them at Bragg and retired in 2003. Mr Mercer's comments about what he believes are fact and fiction as it pertains to the contents of this book are inaccurate and I would recommend he go back and do his research correctly this time.

Delta Force: America's Elite Counterterrorist Force (Power)

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Outright dismal and boring
A Good, Solid, History of DELTA
Delta: America's Elite Counterterrorist Force
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Awful.

Delta Force: America's Elite Counterterrorist Force (Power)
Terry Griswold
Manufacturer: Zenith Press
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Book Description

Go inside the secret world of the elite anti-terrorist force directed by the President and drawn from the very best of the CIA, Army, Navy, Marines, and Air Force. History and past operations, secret training, uniforms, patches, weapons, and hi-tech equipment are all examined.

Customer Reviews:

Outright dismal and boring.......2004-09-07

If you like old 1970's vintage photos and elementary-level prose and narrative then this is the book for you. I wouldn't buy this book for a first-timer that has a sudden interest in Delta Force. Very disappointing and just not worth the money. Buy C. Beckwith's and E.Haney's books on Delta Force. Both were members of the unit and can write a better word-picture than any of the photos in the Delta-Power series book.

A Good, Solid, History of DELTA.......2002-10-31

This is a good, solid, history of DELTA. Note that I say "history." In it the reader will find a discussion of the unit's creation, its weapons and equipment, the selection process and training of troopers, and the rotary and fixed-wing assets available to DELTA. The book ends with two chapters examining DELTA's role in Desert Shield and Desert Storm (especially hunting Iraqi Scud missile launchers deep behind enemy lines). The text is clearly informed by authors who know their subject.

Again, note the word "history." Some knock the book for not including up-to-the-minute current capabilities, weapons, photos, etc. Think about it, is this what you expect should be in a book on DELTA -- current capabilities and methods? Let's not make it too easy for the bad guys. Besides the book came out in the first-half of the 1990s, so photos run from the unit's beginnings through Desert Storm and the funerals afterwards.

As regards the photographs -- they are good, and there are plenty of them -- maybe over 150 or so color and black & white shots. A few previous reviewers don't like many of them -- they aren't pretty, they appear "out of date." But this is what separates the amateurs from the pros. Amateurs and buffs like the pretty shots, everyone nicely arranged for the camera. But that's not the reality of training in special forces. You don't dress up in pretty attire and pose for the photographer -- you use stealth, you charge hard, but you don't preen for the camera (and live to tell about it!). Besides, full-up battle gear is actually worn in less than 5% of the unit training, and depending on the mission, often not during active operations either.

This issue of photographs also begs the questions -- how are contemporary pictures in a work of history, "out of date?" Are Matthew Brady and Alexander Gardner's Civil War photographs "out of date?"

As for the scurrilous charge of plagiarism (tough to charge it when you can't spell it!). I have read Beckwith's book and can say that none, zero, zip, nada is plagiarized in this book. I would challenge the alleged "reviewer" to provide one instance of plagiarism. What makes such a charge absurd is the fact that Beckwith told a colleague (an SF LTC) that he liked this book. Would he like a book that plagiarizes him?? Hardly! I do recommend that one read Beckwith's book along with Black Hawk Down, but these don't replace reading Giangreco and Griswold's DELTA.

Of all the American special operations assets, DELTA is the one most shrouded in secrecy -- it's great to have a book by these coauthors that gives us historical insight into the unit.

Delta: America's Elite Counterterrorist Force.......2002-10-26

After reading D.M. Giangreco's article "Special Forces" in the new edition of American Heritage (November-December 2002), I pulled out my copy of Delta from the shelf. It has stood the test of time well. It is a well-researched history of Delta Force from its founding in 1979 through various operations including DESERT ONE, URGENT FURY, and JUST CAUSE. It ends with DESERT STORM. Over time, Delta Force changed what was needed and didn't tinker with what worked. Recruiting and training obviously worked and have stayed fairly static. Technology has changed with time. The book is great history with great photos of real professionals-not the standard, glitzy public affairs shots. It is an excellent account of a highly secret -- and, consequently, highly misunderstood -- counterterrorist organization. I hope the authors put out a follow-on edition adding Somalia, and Afghanistan. Les Grau, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas

an awful rip-off.......2002-02-05

This book plagarizes most of Col. Beckwith's book. It is written at a high school level. The pictures are only about 20 years out of date. The inventory of weapons is woefully dated. You would be better off watching the movie "Blackhawk Down" in order to get some insight into Delta Ops. Avoid this book.

Awful........2001-12-27

This book claims to be full of pictures of "Delta Force members," who are arguably the most elite soldiers in our armed forces. The government essentially denies knowledge of Delta Force, so why would it let pictures be taken of this top-secret unit? The pictures in this book are not Delta Force members at all, they are either stand-ins or other elite units. The pictures that are possibly real are all of terrible quality. I also like a book to be up to date, which this one certainly is not. The book is almost a decade old, so most of the "cutting-edge technology" that is shown is archaic. I don't know about you, but this disappointed me. Delta Force does use the most cutting-edge technology, but the gear featured in this book is now commonplace in today's military. There is an entire section on NIGHT VISION! (oooo, ahhhh!). If you want to know who the men are that CNN has recently been covering so well in Afghanistan, read Charlie Beckwith's book. He assembled Delta, and therefore is naturally an authority on the unit. All I can say is don't buy this: it's overpriced and underdone.

Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit

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Inside Delta Force: The Story of America's Elite Counterterrorist Unit
Eric Haney
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The archaeological remnants of the first Americans tell a story of advanced civilization and culture. From the Pueblo dwellings of the Southwest to the buffalo jumps of the Great Plains to the coastal villages of the Northwest, the author combines the latest field research with accounts of tribal life to offer a new perspective on Native American history, culture and ritual.

Using a chronological and regional framework, Thomas describes each of the prehistoric early native cultures, including Paleoindians of the North, the moundbuilding Mississippian cultures, and the ancient Anasazi peoples of the Southwest. Covering nine million square miles and 25,000 years, Exploring Ancient Native America suggests more than four hundred accessible sites where individuals can observe the remains of prehistoric American cultures today. Thomas also includes relevant contributions from Native American scholars, poets, and activists on topics such as language, oral tradition, contact, and sacred sites. The mostcomprehensive guide available, Exploring Ancient Native America is an excellent primer on early Native American cultures in every region of the country for both the intrepid explorer and the armchair traveler.

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They are probably not arrowheads........2007-09-22

After fining an arrowhead in Colorado I was curious as to its provinence. In this book I learned that what we call arrowheads are projectile points, and too heavy for a bow, even though they seem small. And it may well be over 1,000 years old. This is a wonderful tour through Native American sites and the past.

SEARCH FOR 1ST AMER (Exploring the Ancient World)

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A great book for the bus.
Search for the First Americans (Smithsonian Book)

SEARCH FOR 1ST AMER (Exploring the Ancient World)
MELTZER DAVID J
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A great book for the bus........2006-03-22

Search For The First Americans by David J. Meltzer is a very detailed, very complete book on, as the title says, the history on the search for the first Americans but also the gives a very detailed explanation on such things as how carbon dating is used, how many theories there are and the pros and cons of such ideas and methods used.
For example, which is the best way to decide which wave of Americans showed up first? Language groups? DNA? Artifacts found?
Did the first Americans kill off many of the larger animals or did most of them die out before the waves of humans from Asia even showed up?
And is the evidence strong enough to show us there were three waves of invaders or was there more?
At the time this book was published, in 1993, some of this questions were about to be answered while others were still up in the air (and still are). At 176 pages I would suggest this for anybody who is interested in the subject of the First Americans, beginners of not.

Search for the First Americans (Smithsonian Book).......2000-10-18

This is an excellent book, written at an "entry level" for the general public to enjoy. This book treats a complex and hotly debated topic (peopling of the Americas) and treats it in a comprehensive, exhaustive, yet comprehensible manner. The authors are experts and the information is very valuable. Also, the illustrations and graphics are fantastic. This book is great a great buy for the information/text or the graphics alone -- but for one price you get BOTH.

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Virtually everyone values some aspect of the natural world. Yet many people are surprisingly unconcerned about environmental issues, treating them as the province of special interest groups. Seeking to understand how our appreciation for the beauty of nature and our indifference to its destruction can coexist in us, Shierry Weber Nicholsen explores dimensions of our emotional experience with the natural world that are so deep and painful that they often remain unspoken.

The Love of Nature and the End of the World is a gathering of meditations and collages. Its evocations of our emotional attachment to the natural world and the emotional impact of environmental deterioration are meant to encourage individual and collective reflection on a difficult dilemma. Nicholsen draws on work in environmental philosophy and ecopsychology; the writings of psychoanalytic thinkers such as Wilfred Bion, Donald Meltzer, and D. W. Winnicott; and ideas from Buddhist and Sufi traditions. She shows how our emotional responses to the vulnerabilities of the natural world range from intense caring and compassion, through grief and outrage, to diffuse depression. Individual chapters focus on silence and the process whereby we move from the unspoken to the spoken, the love of nature, the "perceptual reciprocity" with the natural world to which we might mature, beauty in the human and natural realms, the psychological impact of the destruction of the natural world, and reflections on the future.

Customer Reviews:

Poorly written and badly edited.......2007-10-03

While this is clearly a heartfelt attempt at beautiful writing, this book falls drastically and sadly short. Nicholsen wanders from topic to topic, citing a plethora of different authors. The content of the book is sorely lacking, however, as the narrative (or what there is of one) seems distracted and unfocused. Most parts come across as sounding like a high school student's explication of more complex works, and most of the book is spent explaining what some other author said. Often Nicholsen takes what one author says and expands, but either not in a way that is clear to the reader, or goes on an unrelated tangent.

Also, the editing is subpar. There is excessive wordiness, and the writing could be so much tighter; not only this, but there are clear mistakes, such as thinking "Ortega y Gasset" is one person. The "y" in Spanish translates to "and," which makes Ortega AND Gasset TWO different people. The editor clearly did not see this, and the mistake appears upwards of five times. This is distracting and ruins the credibility of Nicholsen.

This book comes across as an Annie Dillard wannabe, while it ends up sounding like a childish, poorly organized piece of work that was thrown together to make up a book. I would definitely NOT recommend this book.

The unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern.......2002-02-20

Shierry Nicholsen, a philosopher and teacher, demonstrates mastery of an astounding range of disciplines to reach beyond the usual places we look when contemplating the environmental crisis. Thankfully she accomplishes this in The Love of Nature and the End of the World with a sensitive and personal, rather than merely scholarly, voice.

The words and ideas of Paul Shepard, Ed Abbey, Gary Snyder and Jack Turner among many others are woven into this work, all thinkers who've considered deeply our flawed relationship with the rest of nature. But this book gently moves into new territory, ideawise when trying to grab hold of the ecological catastrophe we're living through (a crisis assumed by Nicholsen as a given). The author's stated premise is that fundamentally, contemporary humans live with an awareness of this crisis, yet nevertheless fail to act appropriately. Therefore it's no surprise and a wonderful gift that Nicholsen draws ideas from diverse fields, including psychoanalysis and aesthetics, and from writers who have considered human responses to other catastrophes, and from spiritual figures, including monk and peace activist Thich Nhat Hanh, to provide fresh vantage points from which to view our situation act accordingly.

As an advocate among many striving to ameliorate the destruction through greater protection of public lands, I occasionally muse upon big questions of the kind Nicholsen reflects on here, though hardly with her virtuosity. Most painfully, I contemplate these things because the battles over the land relentlessly remind me that even advocates (never mind the other players) struggle with little unity of background, perception or plan of action, yet the window of opportunity to protect much of anything is closing quickly.

Herein for me lie the chief values of this book - its insights into aspects of the psyche that impede individuals from more effectively coming together to form a greater whole, and into the dynamics of groups. Four sources stand out in this regard among those Nicholsen utilizes: D.W. Winnicott and Wilfred Bion from psychoanalytic thought, the aforementioned Thich Nhat Hanh, and writer Robert Jay Lifton, who visits the geography of apocalypse. To summarize one of Nicholsen's conclusions, though a single quote hardly does her nuanced treatment justice: "To endure the change that is occurring, we will need to suffer not only the pain of privation but also the pain of mourning and the pain of guilt, as well as the pain of understanding who we are" (p. 180).

Nature, Hidden and Human.......2002-02-05

Why do people destroy the environment that sustains them is a psychological question as well as a political one. This book probes the ways our feelings and past experiences can help or hinder our relationship with the natural world. Nicholsen does this through stories of people and their responses, and through meditations on the work of authors in many areas who have much to say on this subject. She teaches environmental philosophy, and this book lays groundwork for a better and deeper understanding of human thought, feelings, culture and human relationships, based on our collective and personal relationships with nature. Most of us feel so distant from nature in everyday life that we no longer realize how deep our feelings are, and how important nature is to how we live in the world. Just as importantly, understanding our relationship to nature can be a key to addressing many problems that seem to be impenetrable barriers to a better future. For example, empathy, altruism, even heroism as well as "why can't we all get along" make much more and much deeper sense when we reflect on our complex place within nature, and our relationship with the rest of life.

Many readers will find themselves reflecting on their own feelings and experiences with the natural world-and we all have them, wherever we are. Nature writers usually inspire us to experience our positive feelings about nature and to add to them, which this book also does. But as Jung wrote, "One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light but by making the darkness conscious." It is now very important to dig into our unconscious fears and other unconscious barriers to allowing the truth of our place in the natural world to determine our behavior. This book also gently explores some of that darkness.

Last but not least, the writers that Nicholsen quotes on nearly every page-including Paul Shepard, Jack Turner, Gary Snyder, James Hillman-are writers from different "fields" who have read and admired each other's work. Now their insights are combined, and the reader who doesn't know them has the bonus experience of being introduced to a host of powerful writers and original minds.
By bringing together so many other voices, including the perceptions that modern artists like Cezanne and Klee share with indigenous peoples, she brings to light many hidden relationships to nature we all have in common.

Love of Nature and the End of the World: The Unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern
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Love of Nature and the End of the World: The Unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern
Shierry Weber Nicholsen
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The Love of Nature and the End of the World: The Unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern
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The Love of Nature and the End of the World: The Unspoken Dimensions of Environmental Concern
Shierry Weber Nicholsen
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